SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 391, 17 May 1910, Page 3

SPORTING

TIJKF TUPICS. (Dy •'Moturoa.") Pari tutu does not appear to have done much, work, tat ihe has been accepted for in the Great Northern Hurdles. The Hawke's Bay 'chaser Audax lias been allowed to drop out of the Great Northern Hurdle lfcaoe, but ihis Steeplechase engagement has been continued. Madhura, tihe disappointing full-sister to All Red, died recently at Porinua. The veteran Grand Slam is reported to be .perfectly sound again, and is galloping so well that Kiccarton touts .predict hiis quick return to the ranks of winners. Ti\vo mornings running last week Te Aral obstinately refused to take the olu water-jump at Ellerslie, and .all the coaxing and flogging in the world woukl not induce him to face it. He has accepted for 'both "legs" of the Northern double. As the buildings on the new Otaki course will not be ready for the June meeting, tilie club has obtained permission to race on the Levin course. Awl ax .and Jack Pot have been frequent companions over the big country at Hastings of late, but the Birkenhead gelding always jumps quicker than his smaller rival and holds him safely at any part of the gallops. .Splendid acceptances have' been received for the Great Northern Steeple. The only defections are El Dorado, Waione, Maku, Maidi, Eeumac, Armagh, Grey Dawn, and Kapakapa, That leaves twenty-three in.

Polyanthus makes no 'race of her stable-mate Maku over the Hastings steeplechase course, and the miare is

said to he si .brilliant jumper. JVlnku has been withdrawn from the Auckland double, in which lie was badly treated, considering that he has only been running. 'amongst the hacks this season. Last week Te Tliiia was sent across

to her owner's station, Te Mahanga, in

the Hawike's Bay district, where she will put in the 'winter. The daughter Of San Fran -promised well as a two-year-old, •uut has hardly run up to expectations. What a slashing ibig fellow Stourton

is! By Birkenhead from Roie, lie wants for nothing as far as breeding is concerned. He is a three-year-old!. .that

should be worth watching in hack events! this autumn, as foe looks w'eli up to carrying ■welter weights, and' there was no doubt about .the way lie woii d double at Haw era. He simply cantered in, and with Hinekorangi and Bo w Bells' behind him the performances were very meritorious. The Porirua stable will not be strongly represented at El'lerslie jtliis montih. Waione .has dropped out of'the' double, and Taiuira; and Playmate have declined their Great Northern Hurdles engagements. Mr. O'Driscoll has paid up for Pharos and Waitapu in the .principal events at Auckland, land Pa.ul, Red Luipin, and Maika figure amongst tue acceptances; for the Tafcapmia Jockey Club's wintei" meeting. Complaints are frequently made by horse-owners and jockeys that the rule wihicih compels horses to go to the barrier half-an-hour before the time of starting is absurd, and in many casesnervous horses fret and otherwise injure their prospects of success. I hear that a number of Auckland jockeys are petitioning the Auckland Racing Club committee to reduce the time to fifteen minutes. In wet weather the knights of the pigskin are quite full up of even a quiarter-of-an-hour's drencing out in the open. Anything on four legs is tried over hurdles in the Hawike's Bay aistrict, j Probably the success of Wimmera and Continuance is -responsible for the latest batch of Grand National aspirants, j Oxton and AH Trumps are showing a liking for the schooling hurdles, and Golden Water was given a first flutter last week, getting through safely. The next to be tried will probably be Millenial. There may be a champion hidden amongst that lot. It is .pleasing to record the success of local trainers at the recent Egmont meeting. 'Percy Johnson scored a win with Sandy Paul at the first attempt; Harry Eva produced a. nice black geld-

ingi in the shape of Plantation, and came iliome with tiie Borough Stakes carefully stowed away in' ihis hip pocket. Albert Rhodes scored a long overdue win with Golden Eagle, and '"Jerry" O'Driscoli confounde dthe critics .by leading in a winner, Waitapu, after the Manawapou Hurdles. Good luck to ibhem all! Of the outside trainers, J. Lucas from Hawike's Bay was the most successful mentor at the meeting, scoring a double with Stourton and the Tongaihoe Hurdles with Continuance. J. Morris turned out two winners, Miss Alba and Envoy. Winning owners at the Egmont meeting were:—Messrs. J. F. Pcttie £IBO, W. Homes £lO5, G. Morris £95, A.

Rhodes £BS, S. Brere-ton £7O, J. O'Driscoli £7O, E. Jackman £GS, W. Lovett £OS, J. McCarthy £65, C. Mumbv £45, B. T. Bennett £4O, T. Carson £.20, G. A. Harrison £ls, D. Barry, R. Allen, T. P. Godda.rd, A. Rider, P. Preston, G. P. Moore, G. Castle, S. Woodhill, and T. Cameron £lO each, E. Hastie £5. The Auckland horseman 'B. Deeley tapped the list of winning riders with four firsts, H. Gray and T. Pritdiard each rode two winners, and G. Jones, R. Yomtjv, \\ r . Ryan, ft. Batten, and Messrs. C. Brewer and A. McDonald were up on one winner apiece.