SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 207, 10 December 1910, Page 7

SPORTING

' RACING FIXTURES. • Dec. 16, 17-—Qwistchurtih R.C. Summer. Dec. 23, 26, 27—Manawatu R. C. Summer. Dec. 26, 27—Taranaki Christmas Meeting Dec. 26, 29, and Jan. 2, 3—Auckland R.C. Summer. Jain. 2, 3—Stratford R. C. Annual. COMING EVENTS. Dec. 26.—Auckland Cup. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Red Lupin would be a good bet in an Ascot Thousand. Old Highden seems to be the mainstay of the Uhlando stable. Taranald weights appear to be framed on equitable lines, and present many problems. Maggie Paul made a poor showing in the Waitara Cup, and is evidently feeling the effects of recent battling. The champion unlucky horse in these parts is Mallet, who seems to be incapable of running anything but seconds. Hie. Manawatu Racing Club's summer programme looks bare without a hurdle race, but the leapers have supplied such poor sport at Awapuni recently that their absence will hardly be noted. After his showing at Feilding, Clareman t was "sticking out a mile" for the Waitara, and lie scored rather easily. ' Last year Golden Glow won in < thf'-sa toe tiara. - - i ,;Kiyay from the course, there was a • yttl|;s9n'e£.to back: Lady Heroine to repeat iter winning performance of last season' in tlig Cliftbn Stakes, but Con--1 tralto'-,,be.it her ' pointless in a smartly raee.. ". ?oxing Day there will be no bar, and New -Year's Day there will be uq,fear : vons. , With the exception of HigMen, winners were hard to pick at Woodville on have had'amky time. ... he crowd behind Patrobus let a certajijity -go by at Waitara to take on the bigger stakes ,at the Woodville meeting, and the consequence was that they won nothing at-all. ■ Te Tikura .finished fast in fourth place : in, the Maiden at Feilding, and punters sent diim out. second favorite in tJie Maiden Plate at Woodville. He got a bad-run throughout, and was never dangerous. The sporting public get nothing but hard words from certain quarters, but when the hat is handed round for " th£ ! cause that /neejls .assistance," I always notice whiclTclass contributes most generously. The other day £"2000 was given to "'Mother Mary Aubert in Wellington , tq, assist in her life's work of cariiig for the orphans, and the subscription list fairly bristles with the names of prominent sporting folk. Wonder what our good friends said when they read, '"Bookmakers of Wellington, per A. Law, forty guineas?" ! The New Zealand mare Lady Lucy is j reported to be going well in 'Stralia, and may soon give the Cornstalks a taste ' of her ability. After his forward running at Feilding last week, Merrie Lawn was expected to show up at Woodville, but he failed ■' badly each day, and apparently lie never j. runs two races alike. '< On paper, Golden Loop appears to have plenty (jf weight in the Flying at the j] T.J.C. meeting, but horses that are al- ' lowed to romp home as he did at Taka- I puna—six lengths in front, and pulling ;< up—have to pay the penalty of their showing-up. ;< Clemency is looking bright and well, 1 and might be good for a twelve-furlong ] hurdle race before long. On Feilding >j form Waikaraka has only to jump well ; to have a chance at the Taranaki meet- 'j in S' , , . 1 Red Lupin has now won three races in ■ succession, and for his inches is one of ' the smartest sprinters in the province. 1 The way he cut down the leaders in the < Lepperton Stakes on Thursday stamps him as a gritty little customer, 1 and one that should take some beating ] over a longer course. i After several disappointing displays, i Soultiform has won a race at last. It h was a close thing, however, and the fa- ] vorite just caught Wild Lupin in the ,j last few strides. The Government sire Lupin has some speedy representatives i on the turf, as the recent successes of ii Lupulite, Golden Loop and Red Lupin |j show. 1 iTKjs following wqre the winning jock- , eys the Wtitar'a Races TKtirsday: ■ CJbnqirost, twb. wins; Coleman, three; \ Tnjaksone; >Morris, one; and Mr. Mc-