THE WORLD OF SPORT. RACING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 130, 10 September 1910, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

RACING.

RACING FIXTURES. NEW ZEALAND. ■September 14 and 15—Raugitikei R.C. ripring. September 14 and lo. —Ashburton R.C. Spring. AUSTRALIA. October 1, 3, 5, and S —Australian Derby. October t>, 12, and 1 u —Victoria' Amateur Turf Club. f Ootober •£[), November 1, 3, and s—Victoria5 —Victoria Racing Club. COMING .5 VENTS. October I—Austral'1 —Austral' i Derby. , October I—Epsoml—Epsom . .mdicap. October 3 —Metrop i... can Handicap. TURF TOPICS.

Bulls races on Wednesday and Thursday. The Bar Vons scored heavily at Mar:ton. •»

Don Carlos paid a wonderful dividend] in the Hack Steeple. Whaffor? i Torpoint is not a bad name for a jirad, but the pencillers will persist in calling it Tarpot. Hawke's Bay papers report that California is going well in his New Zealand Cup preparation. Albert Rhodes has Golden Eagle looking her pinkiest, and they should "strike 1 oil" any time now. More than one of the runners in the Maiden at Marton hadn't a 1000 to 1 chance of landing the stake. Dearest hopped out with Advantage in the Shorts Handicap, but the pace was too torrid and she quickly retired. It is wonderful what a retiring nature some of our fancies have!

Mr. Harry Matthews' jumper Kotare was coming very fast at the end of the First "Hack Hurdles, and just missed second place by a head. He was paying a good price too. He should turn out useful.

The Grand National Hurdles hero, Paisano, is still in steady work, and it is rumoured thait he will be given a inn in the Auckland Cup if the weights are favourable.

Southern papeis are trying to boom the Advance Tiolt, Te Tikuia, for the New Zealand Cup, but although he may 'be » a fair horse, he has yet to prove Vis ability to travel fast and to stay. "Booming" travels fast, but it does last very long. ; Quite a record iri its way! In Gcr-I many, an eighteen-year-oitt horse named Hagopean recently won a twelve furlong race. It is time he was pensioned oil\

Returning from Marton on Wednesday more than one sorry punter soliloquised on the foolishness of trying to pick winners when the fields •were large and the courses short. These lour and five furlong flutters are tkS curse of racing. Koran is very fit at present, and ran two fine races at Marton. On the first day he made practically all the running, and at the distance looked a sure winner, but North East came with his demon rush and was not to be denied. Mr. H. McManaway was proudly superintending the saddling-up of North East before going out for the Marton Handicap. "Has he any chance today?" queried some bystanders. "He has!" replied the genial sport, "the chestnut is A. 1; he has a good rider, and you may bet your life he will be there' or thereabouts at the finish." The prediction was accurate in every detail. , , , „.. The last has not been heard of the ■Hack Hurdles at Horowhenua. Mr. A. Hathaway, owner of Rosegrove, has entered a protest against the winner Te Ru, and the stakes have been impounded. It is rumoured that the name Te Ku was given to the handicapper as Turu, and the horse was thrown in at the minimum as a maiden performer instead of being treated as a wellperformed flat-racer should have been. If such is the case, the muddle will take some straightening out. ' Hats off to Master Sylvia! bportsnnen will rejoice with this scribe at the success of Mr. "Jimmy" Smith's three-year-old. The son of Sylvia Park won all the wax on Wednesday, and at the finish was "oi •' better than anything in the race ° crowd of Taranaki sports at the meeting had their little bit on, and it was a treat to see" their expansive :smiles as they rushed the ray-out win-; dows. Once again, it wa* the case of the last horse on the card winning the last race. . J Mr W Davies has a good cut ot a colt in Sonite, a three-year-old son of Field Battery. He was one of the first to leave the Barrier in the Maiden and he won all the way by a couple of lengths. On Thursday he suffered defeat in the Telegraph Handicap, but it must be remembered that the winner Advantage, was probably never better in her ltfe than at present, and the crowd behind the dividend-payers included some fast sprinters. Sonite looks like a horse worth following. J Shuja, who was terribly cut about at Dannevirke two years ago, was landed fit and well at Marton by trainer 1Tilley, and the bay horse still bears the marks of his scrimmage. He ran creditably on the first day and came m for a heap more support on Thursday, llie confidence was not misplaced, for the lu«rh-priced son of Soult held his oppon- ; ents very easily and won with a lot yn iha-ad No doubt Messrs Matthews will now be rewarded for the long penou of disappointment and waiting which has robbed them of many possible good

wins. The wives were jigging for St. Toney. vm Thursday last, but the good thing, was not quite good enough. He was, •ridden a good race by young Gilbert,, who is now attached to Mr. J. Fryers, stable and at the distance appeared to Jmve 'as good a chance as anything. 1 Just as St. Toney and Mediterranean were fighting lout a neck mud neck; tattle for supremacy, Shnja came wrth the usual "Billy ?onnp" rush on the outside and landed the stake by a bnie head St Toney did well to run so prominently considering the company and the good time recorded (for the C °mT O'Connor sent the Hack Scurry field off with a good start and immediately all hands got to work lime-1 korangi singled himself out in the f r.t hundred yards and was ™ v " af £ "' wards headed. F. Coleman took no risks and kept him moving all the way. ■ In asking M-<:er Sylvia to present Waipunui and w.th one and five pounds respectively in the Welter on Thursday, Mr. George Morse showed; that he had a good opinion of the chestnut. Waipunui made all the running, ■ and won fa-r\v conrlortr.br- llut

and Master Sylvia had a ding dong' battle up the'straight and raced home "heads apart." That head cost "the heads" a goodly sum. A romance is revealed in the will of Mr. John Hammond, of The Lawn, Exiling, Newmarket, the famous racing centre of England, who died on June 12, leaving estate of the gross value of £213,649, with net personality of £232,•200. Mr. Hammond, who was the son of a Newmarket blacksmith, started his career as stable boy, afterwards became a professional backer of horses, and subsequently a racehorse owner. Among his rost successful horses were St. Gatien, who ran a drul heat with Sir John Willoughby's lb' rvester for the Derby, and afterwards i\,m the Cesarewiteh, the Ascot Gold Cup, and the Ascot Gold Vase; Florence, which won the Cambridgeshire and the Manchester Cups; and Laureate IT., which won the Royal Hunt Cup and the Cambridgeshire.