SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 225, 28 October 1909, Page 3

SPORTING.

TUItP TOPICS.

(liy "Hoturoa"). 'lhe Alasiertoii Racing Club's spring meeting opens al Opaki to-day aiul will be concluded to-monow. i Cup memos: The Now Zealand Cup will be run 021 Saturday week, and the Melbourne I up come* up fur decision 011 Tuesday next. Gulden Kagle was galloping In great style last week, and may run well at Masteriun.

Uauniti and Sylvia Maid have joined the eavy brigade after rather scrappy f exhibitions of jumping at the tail end 1 of the season. Koyai Marine impressed punters by the way in which he downed a good held at Treutham on Saturday. In the mud Koyaf Marine was quite at home, and he should quickly run out of hacks. Consequent on his win in the l'e.ucc Handicap on Saturday, Merrie Zealand has come into favor for the New Zealand Cup. The .Merrie England gelding won his r£U?e with 11 lot in hand, and 1 is not overburdened at Kicearton. Kairoma ami Mundic returned from Sydney last week, and will be amongst the runnels at Kicearton next month.

Eleven horses of little account dropped out of the New Zealand Cup last week, but with twenty of the l»e>t still on the; card, punters will have plenty to <fo to hort out the winner in the next. teiMlays, California is reported to have struck himself again la.< 4 week, and" it is hardly likely that the llawke's Bay Jlier wiil be in the best of condition to test the New Zealand Cup on Saturday week. The Stewards' Handicap promises to be a good betting race. The principal withdrawals on Saturday were Gold Crest, Flitaway, Broadsword, Sir Frisco and Maori King. Master Soult, Elysian and First Gun were shipped to Kicearton; on Tuesday night. Sir Prize was looking in tip-top condition when he went- down 011 Monday. The Taranaki horse gained heaps of admirers at Wauganui, and he will ! beat more than will beat him in the New Zealaud Cup, W. Young will have the mount on Kelso at Opaki to-day . lmprimus has gone over to the unregistered ranks and will shortly sport silk at Miramar.

Ngapuka appears to have thrown off all ill effects of his recent accident and joined the active brigade again last week.

Mr. J. H. l'ollock has' declared the following re-handicaps for the Masterton meeting to-day:—llack Hurdles, Waipunelm, 10.10; Flying Hack Handicap, Royal Marine 7.10, and Undecided 7.10. Royal Marine 7.0 and Undecided 7.10. Tyrannic and Sir Lethe will probably meet at Opaki and opinions differ as to which is the better of the pair of hunters. They are certainly in fclie front rank of hunters, but whether they can "ivc weight away to Waipunelni, who has been running prominently of late, rei mains to lie seen. It is many years since Jewellery took to the rai-i'-trac-k, but she appears amongst the weights for the Auckland spring meeting. On Trentham form St. Kildare is not j badly treated in the Shorts Handicap at Ellerslie.