SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 7 February 1912, Page 7

SPORTING

TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa."} Races at Hawera to-day. Longner and Longstep have arrived in Sydney. Taft rewarded his new owner with a win at Tapamii. Sydney papers state that Queen o' Scots is favorite for the Newmarket Handicap.

Ireland is to be raced in 'Stralia next month, and will be trained by H. Raynor. Miss Roberts showed plenty of pace at Foxton, and her connections expect her to win at any moment.

They say that Brilliancy has been breaking the watcheß lately, and if caught in a galloping mood—well, that would be the end of itt

The Wanganui horseman, F. Coleman, will pilot Allure at Hawera, and this horse may be relied upon to run honestly each day. The victory recorded by Miss Advance at Riccarton on Saturday is the first that has come her way since winning at Takapuna twelve months ago. Jargon has thrown off his lameness, and beat Lady Menschikoff over a mile at Hawera one recent' morniiig. Waverley reports state that Labor Day has just been taken up after a long spell, and will not be quite ready for the Egmont meeting. Birkline has won three good races since Xmas, and. an offer of SOOgns did not tempt his owner to sell after the horse won. at Gisborne.

Wild Lupin is still feeling the effects of his accident at Wellington, and if started at Hawera may not be seen at his best. ' ;

Nothing has pleased better on the 11---I 1 --- wera tracks recently than Bow ' Bolls, and this horse apepars to be as fit anything engaged it the meeting. The aged hurdler Black Reynard must be about at the end of his tether." He changed hands for 25 guineas in Melbourne recently. " Even the most successful racing men have their turn of bad luck.. Mr. E. J. Watt, who a month or sd/kgo lost a valuable yearling, suffered a further loss last week, when the Achilles—Marseillaise colt succumbed to an internal trouble. The Hawke's Bay sportsman paid 260 guineas for the colt four days previously at the Waikanae sales. At Williamstown on the 29th ult., Merrie Zealand made amends for his Caulfield defeat by landing the big race after a great finish. Cairns rode the winner and just got his mount home by half a neck. The race was run over a mi in and three furlongs, and the time—2min 22sec—was fairly fast. Gladiole and Dearest showed excellwit form at Trentham, and their meeting in the Flying Handicap to-day promises to be a big draw. Dearest will probably have most friends.

Winning Way has turned out a most erratic filly, and after her disgraceful performance at Trentham, she nearly did as badly in the Middle Park Plate, ruining all over the course, and giving Emmerson a very uncomfortable ride. Black Northern, who has won four hurdle races in succession, will probably carry a lot of Auckland money in his Hawera engagements. Of his latest victory at Takapuna an exchange' says: "The finish of the Waiwera Hurdle Eace at Takapuna on Monday will not be readily forgotten by those who witnessed it.' Black Northern and Blue Mountain rose at the last fence together, but on , the flat Blue Mountain appeared to run steadier for a few strides than his rival. The pair then settled down 'to their work in dead .earnest, Blue Mountain (A. Julian) close on the rails, and amidst considerable excitement Cowan just managed to force Black Northern home by a head.' Black Northern has great pace and usually jumps brilliantlv. Particulars of the victory of the three-year-old loli. (Birkenhead—lsolf.) in the Novice Handicap at the A.J.C. meeting: show that the New ZealandeV, who started a warm favorite, was in front after going a furlong and won in a Winter by half a dozen lengths. At the same meeting Mr. Dan O'Brien's Respect, by Multiform—Heriot, ran'Ptah a close second m the .High-Weight Handicap. "Dany old , favorite, Maranui, has taken up stud duties this season. | Taranalq acceptances exceeded the most sanguine "expectations; and without exception the events have.filled splendidly. Seventeen remain in the Gup and nine in the Flying. The hack races promise very large fields. The presence or Coroinandel, Mendip, Dearest, Captain Soult, Gladiole, St. Petersburg, Projectile and other good horses at the meeting ensures a record gathering and no club deserves it better than the T.J.C., which has successfully battled through several lean years and now raises its head to face the bright times ahead. The meeting opens this day we#k.