SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 83, 24 August 1912, Page 7

SPORTING.

"- RACING FIXTURES. NEW ZEALAND. Aug. 29—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club. Sept. 4—Martou Racing Club. Sept. 25, 28—Avondale Jockey Club. Oct. 2—Hawke's Bav Jotkev Club. Oct. 2U, 2S—Wan<raiiui Jockey Club. AUSTRALIA. Oct. 5, 7, 0, 12—Australian Jockey Club. Oct. 12, 16, 19—Victoria Amateur Turf Club, tfov. 2, 5, 7, 9 Victoria Racing Club . DATES OF COMING EVENTS. NEW ZEALAND. ' Sept. 25—Avondale Cup. Sept. 28—Avondale Guineas. Oct. 2—Hawke's Bay Guineas. Oct. 20—Wanganui Guineas. Nov. 6—Great Northern Guineas. AUSTRALIA. Oct. S—A.J.C. Derby. Oct. 7—Metropolitan Stakes. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club meeting on Thursday. Marton acceptances are due on Tuesday next at 3 p.m. Bismarck is sjid to be jumping big country nicely, and should make his nark at the game. Tc Wsharoa, the much-boomed neddy who befriended Taranaki bookmakers last season, is now trained at Cambridge. All Trump* stopped the "friendly bullet" recently. The mare did no good after her Hastings accident last Janu-

Reported from down the line that old Nero is a rejuvenated prad and may be given a Putter at forthcoming Hunt Club meetings. . . . Double-layers generally report a "skinner"' for the National double. The disqualification of The Native was a great let-off for the layers. A local sport who had Captain JiDgle—The Native gqing for a. lew .hund/f d is -said- to-have in»ent«r 29 new cuss words when the news ©ame through.

Royal Scotch is in the boom for Syd«ew engagements, and its enough to make the angels weep to see the famine prices quoted about the Hawke's Bay ■printer. Considering that he is unsound the hard tracks over there should prove his undoing. Taranaki sports returned from Rieearton all report "good business," and one very modest punter actually owns up to 'lifting" £l5O. Incidentally, he remarked, the party lifted a hogshead of whisky—a glass at a time —and generally did themselves nobly. The eleventh-hour scratching of The Rover for the Grand National Hurdle Race will be gone into on Tuesday next, the owner and lessee toeing the mark before the C.J.C. stewards on that day.

The habit of giving 'chasers a look at the fences before starting produced an amusings tit-bit rightjn front of the stand prior to the start for the Beauf6rt Steeplechase. The Gunner was walked up to a fence, and. much to his jockey's surprise, jumped it. The jockster got •ff—om his neck!

Counterfeit's break-down puts an end to the possibility of a much-longed for meeting between that crack and the equally brilliant Bronze. The question •f supremacy is adjourned fine die (which means "sometime—never"), and •till the argument cops on. A handful of coincidences! Curfew Bell died Inst week after foalin? twin colls to Boniform. Last year her daughters. Sweet Angel us and Ve?per Bell, each foaled twin-:, those of Vesper Bell being born dead.

Antarctic's three-yen r-old half-brother Arctic, who has been under J. Chaafe's. care at EllorMie. was railed through t« Wangamti this week.

Mr. E. J. AVatt's horses—Bovnl Scotch. Theodore, Midnight Sun and Kildonan—were shipped to Sydney last evening in charge of Mr. T. Quihlivan, The latter trainer recently lost his father. T. Qumlivan, sen., who died at Wanganui la~t week. The deceased was well known to Taranaki sports, anil trained PluTit:'tir-n and other horses at Paten. Taranaki horses are being 1.-u.-tl"il along in view of Mart on engagement?. Master Sylvia. Crown Pearl. Rovn! Arni.s, Mulga P»ill. Patriotic. Piriwai an.] other* are engaged in the flat events. «nd Timothy. Rua. Moahau. and others in the Ptick events. Weights for all event* are due this morning.

New Zealand Cup weights are now attracting attention. Mr. Henrvs stilts his handicap with Vice-Admiral flst lib, eonsiderablv lower than usual, and only one hor.se. Counterfeit, is asked to carry w.f.a. Last vear Vice- ',,'mira! wo,! ca-i>-.- with 7-t Mb. end {'■:)■ in -'e.v- ■ ■■]

poundage should ju-t a'-oi;' In'-l him gnfe. Bronze is placed within lib of Counterfeit, surely a flattering adjustment. Undecided is given a good chance with Bst 41b. Miscount carried 7st filh into second place last year, and with another vear to hi.s credit would make light of Sst 31b is not troubled with unsoundness. Ladv Lucy is sure'v liaiidtrapped on ancient form, and ran hardly tie up to fit lib at this stage of her career. P/oniino. Midnight Sim. Taskmaster, and Masterpiece wi'l ell hive friend". as will The Boy,-. Cheddar. Prinze Soult am! Our King, I'oj.a.l Arms is let in lightly, hut nothing else among the light-weight* has much pretention to Cup form. Onlv one horse his been weighted above Ost: six above 9sf. and quite one-half of those engaged are bundled in at Tst or tinder. On r;H'"r the dangerous division ma'- b" wit down as compri-ing those between 7-t filb and B*l 41b. Mr. .Tervis Oeorge gained the distinction of being the most successful trainer at the Canterbury meeting, and during the three dav»' racing led in three winner*. Tlis total of stakes won reached £O2O. just about oue-li.i'f of his total winning; last 'en-on. V-"i'h ordiear; luck bearers of Cv "b!...-V ia<!-o:. re>jenbi -.a Mi" Mi'-.idd lei-! >■,.-,,.-.! Fee.cs this sr-;t«on.