SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 205, 18 January 1913, Page 7

SPORTING.

January 21, 22 —Foxton R.C. Annual Summer. Janaury 22, 23 and 25—Wellington R.C. Summer. January 20, February I—Takapunal—Takapuna J.C. Summer. February I—Canterbury J.C. Summer. February 5. 6—Egmont R.C. Summer. February 12, 13—Taranaki .J.C. Autumn. COMING EVENTS. January 21—Foxton Cup. January 22 —Wellington Cup. January 29 —Takapuna Cup. February s—Egmont Cup. February 12 —Taranaki Cup. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa."). Foxton races on Tuesday. Wellington Cup on Wednesday. Hoanga has broken down. Profit! Marton J.C. made £ISOO over the New Year meeting. St. Gate has been spelling since racing at the holiday gatherings. Serenity is a bold jumper, and his maiden effort over stick* at Foxton will be watched with interest. Tired of the old horse? Nauniai. now on the down-grade, figures in rolling races at Trentham. Exertion, who was given a slight respite recently, is now acting up to his name once more. Trainer Tilley's team for Trentham will include Tiwari. Nukuatu. Austin. Sunbird and Sanguinary. Mr. W. -Bidwill has disposed of Distinction, and the Daunt gelding goes into a Palmerston stable. Bally Shannon, who has been galloping well lately will be piloted by F. D. Jones in the Harrington Welter at Foxton. The fluctuations of a sportsman's luck K clearly shown in the case of Mr. T. Pilkington, who headed the winning ownere' list in England this season with £20,882. Last year his winning; were only £465. Imagination is bounding along in rare . style and her Wairarapa followers reckon she will keep Bon Reve and Co. busy ' on Wednesday next. Of those thrown in at the minimum in the Wellington Cup Seatondale reads best. The bay horse has been in winning vein lately and may turn out to bo the good light-weight which has so often beaten the eraek topweight in the Cup. They , were discussing jockeys and rac-e- ---' riding. "What I admire." said the thin man,' is the fellow who always does the right thing at the right moment.' The fat man snapped his parched lips and replied with enthusiasm. "So do I. old man. when I'm thirsty!" Irish Gift, by Cordon Rouge, has the fine record of seven firsts in eight starts at the West Coast meetings. He was bred in the Hawera district and was sold to Mr. J. Bevan for £4O. There's a bargain for you! Fast time was recorded at Victoria Bark (Sydney) the other dav when Bombardment, a son of the ex-New Zea- ■ lander Seige Gun ran off with a mile and a half hurdle race in 2min 44% sec. The obstacles must be very easy over ' *? e . re \ P er ' ,a P s they are like the Rangitikei hurdles which struck the writer as merely sign-posts leaning far over and wearily pointing the way towards the winning post. Wild West. Necktie. Sir Artogal and Mundic. all New Zealand bred, are engaged at Warwick Farm to-day. Wild West has been a good winner on the other side, and is now right up amongst the top-weights at the minor meetings. With lOst (Jibs, the ex-Aucklander finished second to Santanno 8.13 at Canterbury Park on the 4th instant. Ashby won again at Orange (New South Wales) on New Year's Day, and ran second on the following day. Sydney papers rarely fail tjo record the successes of ex-New Zealanders iti some part of the Continent. In far Westralia. Snowfoot/ and Miss Alison each ran into second place at the Perth meeting: Strike Fund (by Birkenhead-Snooze). full brother to the unfortunate Xapper. won a sprint event at Brirbane and Ireland just failed to concede several stone to an opponent at Flemington. Their turn will come some day. - Roman Nose is hardly an elegant name for a racehorse, and it becomes almost an atrocity when a newspaper reports that "Mr. NoonanV Roman No=e was respo"-iMe for a bad accident in the Flying Handicap." Newmarket nominations contain a Turbine. If this i; the little Auckland mare who is booked for Sydney on Monday next some people would he inclined to sav that it «avour« of flattery. Still, it takes all sort* of horses to swell the V.R.C funds. A contemporary, in commen' : ng 011 King George's patronage of Jie ti i f gives His Majesty rather a poor testimonial as a sport when it state*. "K'n? George has expressed his intension of racing horses as long as no n iney is lost in the business."' Has n.. trim "Sport of Kinsrs' degenerated to 'business of Kings?" If everybody r.i<n. jt-st for the cold, hard ca-h to be won at tingame it wouldn't be snort at all. pud only an anarchist could hold the iib < that King George just races because there's money in it. Aborigine, who now races as Keerit, won a hurdle race at Calcutta last month. The ex-Hawke's Bay horse i-- .1 well-preserved noddy.