SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 61, 2 September 1911, Page 7

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES. 6e.pt. C and 7—Marton J.C. Annual Sept. 13—Dannevirke R.C. Steeplechase. Sept. 14 and 15 —Aflh-burton R.C. Spring. Sept. 20 and 23—Avondale J.C. Spring. ■Sept. 23 and 25—Otaiki R.C. Spring. Sept. 28 and 30—Wanganui J.C. Spring TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"), Marton rates next week. Gay Lawless is worth watching. •Polymorphous has been put into work again. Loch Fyne will be shipped to Sydney on Monday. New Zealand Cup acceptances should appear this morning. Who can pick it now? North-East, with St. Gate as a companion, will be shipped to Sydney next week. Tho Highden pair, Kilosteri and Bronze, have been galloping well, and wilt have many friends at Marton. The erstwhile New Zealander, Wanstead, is now trained by W. Gullum at Randwiek. After racing unsuccessfully about a score of time in 'Stralia, the New Zea-land-bred Chauveliri won the Jumpers' Flat Race at Bendigo last month. Taft has been well-loaded in his Marton engagement's, but the horse is so well at present that a few .pounds more or less may not trouble him if favored with, a good run. One of the winners at the Pohnerston trots was named Terry L. No offence to Lionel, I hope. Under the circs, it is just as well that the Taranaki-owned Powelka did not start at the gathering. The tail from a N.S.W. country paper: "The robust Maggie came last on the scene." 'The robust Maggie!" Poor thing! Star Lass fenced finely on Thursday, and should run well in the Hunt Club events at Marton.

The Easter Handicap winner, Antoinette, is now in good fettle, and will have many friends when the Avondale Cup comes up for decision. Old Stilt Rose has not done his dash yet. Quite a crowd of old-timers came to light at Thursday's meeting. Bon Cyr, now trained by F. Ross in Auckland, is to be tried over the small sticks. She is a half-sister to Maggie Paul, and should make a good jumper. The attendance at the Hunt Club meeting was disappointing in the extreme. Racing was very interesting throughout the afternoon, and those who stayed at home will probably make it their business to travel miles to witness a poorer afternoon's sport before the season closes. The Roman-nosed Tawhaki. runnerup to Elysian in the C.J.C. Derby, is now broken to harness, but hopes are expressed that the horse, like Jeffries, Powelka and other persons, will "come back" and "make good" later on. Contour has said farewell to the racing track and will be mated with Papakura this year. It is reported that Sir Knox will not be a starter at Marton. With Whittaker and Gray away in "Stralia, Ben Deeley should just about get the pick of the riding at the Avondale meeting. Winning Way, by Cannie Chiel, out of Lady Wayward, is said to be the most promising two-year-old at Riccarton this year. Needless to say, she is a member of Clifford's team.

Some people are busy booming Bonnie > Boy for Marton engagements, but'up to the present the son of San Fran has done little to merit all this praise. True, . the colt won at the Manawatu Hunt Club meeting, and has been moving nicely at Awapuni since, but the maidens at Marton are a fast lot—you bet! Pugilist Bill Laing, whose principal i occupation these days is slogging Bill i Squires into oblivion, has joined the ; ranks of horse-owners, and has a pony entered for the Ascot Thousand. There j; must be monev in "stoush." )'

The smartest'two-year-olds nt Ellcrslic this year are Prince Soult and His Eminence. The former shows better staying ability, but these youngsters often shape very differently when the colors arc unfurled'. The Avondale Stakes appear to he very open. Retting, like the anti-gambling horselovers, was conspicuous by its absence on Thursday at the Hunt Club races. The racing on Thursday was very interesting, some of the events also .being humorous. Tn the Licensed' Victuallers' Handicap all competitors camp down, hut were re-mounted. Barney and Kura only fell once, and fell in Unit order. Redwing gave his rider an"eneon\ and could only get third. . ~ Kura, usually a safe fencer, made a mistake at the first attempt, and in regaining his feet Cliff lost the reins, and the horse, like Powelka, got away. On being recaptured and remounted he fenced beautifully, but there was too much landscape, between him and the leader, and the winning post came too soon for him to make good. The Inglewood rider, L. V. Russell, did the "hat trick," winning the Bracelet on Star Rose, the Novice on Rawa, and the big steeplechase on Star Lass. ITe showed fine horsemanship and good judgment of pace. The Novice Steeple provided much amusement. The field was at one stage spread half-way round the course, and it was impossible to follow all the evolutions performed by some of the horses and riders. Rawa fenced beautifully, and won easily. Pompcv. the runner-up. lost much ground when bored off the brush in front of the stand. Inglewood, a heavy animal, was safe but slow, and, standing up. secured third place. In this event, the second and third horses were respectively under 11. George and his son, IT. T). fleorge. (leorge, senior, rode a good race, and was warmly applauded on returning to scale. ''Sport," writes:—'-A brace of nicelooking two-year-olds were given a spin on tiie local track proper on Thursday. They were the Merriwee gelding. Paoli, and Mangaoruka, a half-brother to Mauiaopoto. both out of A. Rhodes' stable. Old Hydraulic showed them the way.

Tilt? Tasiuaiiiiiii Racing Club lias fol--lowed in the stops of the bigger 'Struliiin clubs and adopted the stipendiary si (-ward. New Zealand won't have him at any price, but if appearances go lor anything the "stip." would be worked to death in this country.

The principal event at Moorefield (X.S.W.) the other day was won by 'leoige Ciin, by Machine (Inn. After leading all the way he just managed to keep his short head in front of an odds--011 favorite, in Psyttyx, to whom he was conceding a stone and a-half. Mr. ,T. ('. Montefiore's Erin's Tracey was easily the best horse trotting at Palmorsloii this week, and won a double by dozens of lengths. That is the way fo show a horse up if you like—and all for less than half a century!

ljoyal Sonlt's reputation had evident-' 1 ly preceded him when backers fell over one another to put their money on the Xew Zoa hinder at Canterbury Park last month. He carried lop Height in the Flying, and was ridden by Hector Cray, hut, after leaving the barrier sloTly a»ic being badly placed in the first few furlongs he could only get within a couple of lengths of Blackpool at the death. The six furlongs were flung behind in

I.!,"), mi there wasn't any time to spare

for making up lost ground. This winner was in receipt of 2fllbs, so the honors of the race go to Royal Smilt. 'Stralian papers had a. good word to say for him after the race and he should not be long without a winning bracket. Tialromaan'd Wharekura ran unplaced in , f the hurdle race at" the .same, meeting.

Mr. J. B. Joel owns an own brother to the English Derby winner, Sunstar, and he made his debut in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom. The colt had been well galloped, and he was heavily backed. There was a fine finish, and the brother to Sinister,won by a head from Halberd, but it is said he would have won more easily if he had not "pecked" badly at a critical point in the race. He is said to have' put up a sterling race for a green two-year-old. Race curds are for the most part well printed in the Dominion, but for real up-to-date "k'rect cards" one wants to peruse those issued by the Rosebery Racing Club in Sydney. There one finds not only the names of the horses, their breeding, and owners' colors, but a whole host of .valuable information. Recent racing results fill half-a-dozen pages. The numbers of horse-stalls fill another page or two. There you can go straight to Nos. 1, 50 or 100 and know what horse you will see there.; Weight-for-age scales, records of fastest times in the Commonwealth and New Zealand, names of bookmakers registered in the paddock and Lcger reserve, licensed trainers, licensed jockeys, readyreckoner of starting-prices, betting rules, future racing fixtures, notices re reporting defaulting bookmakers, pages for recording wagers, for settlements, and a crowd of other trifles. The person who "follows the rider" will find in his card the record of each jockey's number of mounts and placed performances for the present season right up to date, as well as for the previous racing season. And the price for all this is just the humble bob! Carbine, who must he nearing the end of his career, being twenty-seven years old, waa represented by a winner in Casfcineer at the. Royal Ascot meeting in July. The son of Carbine, who successively carried the dark blue and gold livery of Mr. Leopold de Rothschild in the Visitors' Handicap, started only fourth in demand in the wagering, but he won with the greatest ease from Papavero, Attv and five others. Esmeralda, a daughter of Fowling Piece .(son of Carbine) won a three-year-old Selling Handicap at the Gatwick summer meeting, for which she was installed fhvorite in a field of thirteen. A recent -week in England has been notable for some very sensational racecourse gatnbling. One youthful plunger, who is the 'son. of a man who is very well known in city circles, lost £7OOO on one race. He has only just finished his University career, which was full of interesting episodes. More than one young lady associated with the musical comedy stage has formed the opinion that he is a millionaire. His fond parents will probably soon realise that it is quite time they were disillusioned on this point.