SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 2 March 1912, Page 7

SPORTING.

WANGANUI NOTES. (By "Moturoa.") Royal Scotch was very unlucky »n Thursday. He should do better next t.::>e he sports silk. La st week most people guffawed at the suggestion that Bronze was another Counterfeit. With 21bs above weight for age the little daughter of Field Battery could not be reckoned well treated. Yet her connection made no secret of their confidence that Bronze would not only win, but would win easily. How true their prediction was everybody knows now. On the course Bronze was easily first favorite and she fully justified her plac« in the betting. Undecided and Domino ran well but neither was ridden with much judgment, being kept away hack in the rear until Bronze was well out on her own and on the straight road for home. Midnight Sun failed badly and was one of the last to finish. Merrivonia was done with half a mile from the judge's box, and Dearest ran brilliantly, coming along with great dash when Deeley called upon her at the home turn. Lady Menschikoff was badly placed in the early stages of the race but came fast in the straight and finished with Undecided—fourth. Maxwell could not go the pace, and his chance was hopeless before the field had left a mile behind. Idealism shaped poorly but Kauroa set a solid pace right to the turn and then quickly compounded. Uhlando, piloted by C. Emmerson, ran prominently all the way, being second to, Kauroa in the first mile and never further, back than fifth. The little horse ran gamely and was alongside Lady Menschikoff at t finish, but he was simply outclassed !>■■ the placed division. Goodwin Park v. • sore and did not start.

Sandy Paul is a fine natural jumpi :•,; and should; .do. bigger .tilings over<the small sticks than he did*"* on I"h"e' flat. Sandy Paul has only 9st 81b to-dav. Trainer Tilley has Miscal' 'looking every inch a slashing well-trained racehorse. He may set a merry fiace'-'ipr the top-weights if started in Handicap. ■" There was no delay at the barrier, all the horses behaving like veterans, and Mr Skipworth sent them off to a pretty start. Midnight Sun was prominent for a few strides, but was steadied, and Kauroa dashed to the front an2'set the pace a cracker, the field etrmg&g out rapidly. As they swept round' tijie, bot- ; torn- and came into the straight the first ; time Kauroa' was three lengshs,|n front of Uhlando, Merivonia headed ifi<* ruck and Maxwell was last. The ".order was' unchanged as they thundered past the stand and the leader had increased his advantage to four lengths aB iliey "passed the Six furlong -post.", was ros*-'" ing ground, and Merrivonia" was' failirjg*-' too. lit vth'e- next' furloiig ''Bi-offze*' , "jumped," and Dearest resp'oijdei!' the pair running into second and tffittt respectively. Domino imprbveTl ,J W i pla"ce" and as they turned for Kauroa was holding out signs of distress? and the trio named quickly* c"olla*ed affi passed him. Domino 'wait a' great rattle, and Undecided'-wsfe Moving 7 forward—at last! Bronze' ■'■wW the quickest to straighten up;' a'hd4ff*a' r flash darted out from her rivals f- " Deeley .brought the whip dut on DRrfefff| and gamely she came on. DomiiKy;wtio' had started his run three furlongs i~from home, was staying out every irich'«t>f the? trying journey, but in diiF' tance, Bronze had shaken--Bfealregt (ftp and coming on brilliantly -an 1 * easy winner by over.-twb-JMg«ilofr«a< Dearest. Domino was a close'tbir», a!»"f the fast finishing Undecided* E (oa <*g? rails), and Lady Menschikoffk, a«P *-^ hr .i ,; n , ine ha j f a . ien?th mx liind Domino. Kauroa and.Midmght Suit'' whipped in the field. It was a-finoaraK'"' won by a great fiUy, and. won, in fas! time. That the best horse w,an there waV no doubt, and after all that is the.«im'c"f i ' sport. ". . e-v-Darby Paul ran prominently in thr Open Hurdles on Thursday,' and "i? amongst the hacks to-day, Lady Menschikoff ran a fine race-Ijtf: trie Lup and has been dropped 31bs in the*' | Stakes. Ihe latter race is run over's" quarter of a mile less antf-shrjnJd «iiT the mare better. •■■- - -v. | Spurred on by the success of the Higff-i _dfin- filly--in the- puntere* fell" oveH each other to back Boanerges m-*t]fc Fly-1 ing Handicap. Mr. E. J. two horses Royal Scotch (R. WM) dM ] Theodore (C. Jenkins), the bracketed £'i T n f/ eX n in favor " J PfJ^elle )( Lady Laddo, Crown' Pearl a&F'Syrotf were next, in that order, in Ihe* .fharfe 7. The antics of half-a-dozen of the-funneW -notably Ngatiruanui and Piriwai-de".' layed the start for a considerable.'time "i and when the barrier and Bootle hopped out three-lengthsin adv a „ ce and the 'rest just straggled off. like trotters in a handicap. It- was Znf W Sc ° tch ' °™ time »d Byron were left many lengths and Piriwai and Ngatiruanui were asked to stand the leaders up a hundred yards or .more I tL?? 8 *° IMZl M Z Gi P sy ' Belle shook! Bootle off at the turn, and coming on ■?« H f°^ f ? r , tabl r over a ] ength from Royal Scotch, who ran a great race under the circumstances. Byron was a moderate third and Overtime finished very fast L T^oE' aCe - The race was r«n in lmm If 2-ssec- two-fifths of a second slower than Ineuru took to cut out the distance m the Petre Hack Handicap. With a level start Royal Scotch misfithave won, but Gipsy Belle was galloping, well within herself all the way. _ A lot of g6od money„ was, lost #ver Boanerges m the Flying Handicap, The Highden horse got away badly, but made up so much lost ground that the public expect better of him next time he steps out. *

Outward finished up his task well in the Juvenile Handicap, and with a* stronger horseman should do better over, ft trifle longer distance. The two races started from the mile post-in front of the stand—were responsible for a great deal of bumping soon after the send-off. Horses on the outside were rushed towards the rails in order to get a good berth on the bend, and the< amount of crowding on the inside made one wonder how the horses escaped accident. In the Stewards' Handicap, St. Petersburg, Golden Loop,

Electrakoff and others had their chances considerably lessened at this point, ant in the Wiritoa Hack Handicap Olliver had to practically pull Manawakaha up to avoid disaster. With a decent run Manawakaha would have just about won. The Hawera horse came from a bad last to a close fifth in the last half mile. The stewards should have taken some of those- hoys and offered them the choice between fair riding taietics or no riding at all. One noticeable feature of the Wangamii meeting was the utter inadequacy of the totalisator arrangements. The scene outside the ticket windows resembled football scrums, and hundreds of pounds were shut out on several races. In the tnelee it is not surprising to hear that a prominent Hawera horse-owner lost £7O, while others lost sums from £lO downward.

Golden Loop put up s%lbs extra for the services of C. Browne, and I am told his connections expected him to win. The chestnut was badly interfered with at one stage of the race, and the effort to get within striking distance of Sea Queen and Red Lupin on the bend took all the steam out of him. Red. Lupin ran a great race, leading to the straight, where Sea Queen drew up and looked a certain winner. Red Lupin came again below the distance, and galloping very freely won by almost a length. Miscal was galloping everything at the finish, and had he got round the first turn in good position that would have been the end of it. The Petre Hack Handicap introduced to Wanganui a very warm member in Ineuru, who was in front from barrierrise to numbers up. It was a hollow victory, and the time recorded—lmin l4sec—was wonderful for a hack. Deeley encouraged Nukuatu to show a glimpse of his best form, but he was simply "not the goods." Dirge was a good third, Royal.Simon (H. Gray) fourth, Aviatrix next, an<r Bayadere last. C. Price rode the winner, and he piloted the hurdler Captain to victory in the next race. Captain, now out of hacks, was nearly •as warmly supported as the favorite, Waiputere, in the Westmerp Hurdles. The bas>«hor&e. jumped' beautifully and led throughout 'the ""two mile race. Waiputere threw out a challenge, at the distance, but Captain was equal to the occasion, and ran away from the opposition. The rider 'of Xavier broke a stirrup and the horse was pulled up in the first half mile.' Captain Bell - stumbled at the

fence in front of the stand and his rider supplied* the crowd with any amount of thrill" by hanging under the horse's neck, suspended only by one arm, until the horse pulled up fifty yards further on. •Eeumadwas neglected in the. betting, and ran a shocking race. -." Much' interest was attached to Sandy Paul's running in the Tayforth Hurdles. •-The chestnut jirmped nicely at most of -ihfe fences, but one or two slow leaps put Mas out of the running. In finishing fourth sthe chestnut performed very : creditably, and he may do much better -•f(ext start'. - Cornelian had too much pace -for Se'amarf'in "the run home, but Kelly icnt-mal-ters pretty fine, and gave backers •of .the chestnut' a. few anxious moments '-until the'numbers were hoisted. Bis-* marck,f as'usual, came from a long way i>a€fo%«dywas a fair third. Sapience, owned by Barton's circus, jumped too slow^:vy-r , f!o j have a chance, and quickly tailed off. Shining Star got round with-iPHfc-»na*-jhap,«but his performance was not impressive.ys-r- .■- By winning_J-he Cup 'on Bronze, A. .OlUver, richly- deserved the cheer he got wj-ej* returning to scale. Olliver won on iMj|luu Ti (.lfliP), Merrivonia (1911), and ,aiP)—the "hat trick," and he JDfuce to victory in 1907. j^H^iny ;i a'porentices weighed out to Juvenile Handicap, and SftT/* n ?'-|«WTOont, who rode the winner, is jSirbbftbly the smartest of the crowd. He out first and had a comfortable rideir Sanguinary was backed for a lot of money, but could not gain a place. ; .Topie finished fast, as did Outward, but Logwood- was the last to finish. .»> Bonnie Boy won at Woodville, but few ,-tho.wht Jre,rr.was capable of racing and peaking Matlow home from the distance in the ~Mritoa Hack Handicap. Gray jtapugh:fc'Matlow through fast from the 'aea<isrof..i l be straight, and it looked any odds -fj-jk.-him" winning once he got his -head-in -front. H.. v Tricklebank rode a -co^Tac^on-Bonnie'Boy,' and after pulltogether nicely, he brought hilßj! "up,/agajjri r in ;j the .last, twenty -yards . ajid a head. Grandee, who led ior ( six, furlongs, is > greatly improved ■ horse since Quinlivan took him in charge ! at-Hastings. Tiwari was the elect of Tiilej-'<!U stable, but Leonta beat kim ' ~■-". ' t .->—■ ait ■♦ •» . i ■