SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

KACiXIr FIXIX'JIEss January 21, 22. 24—Wellington l'.C. January 22, 23—i'oxtou S.C. January 2!!—''l'almpuna J.C. February 4, J—Egmont R.C. February 11, 12 —Tauinaki J.C. February 2ti, 2S—Wahganui J.C. February 27, :io—Wauganui Trotting Club. | DATES? OF COMfXti EVENT*. •January 21—Wellington Cup. January 27—Wellington Stakes. February 20—Wanganui Cup. ' February 27 —Wanganui Trotting Cup. TURF TOPICS. (Hy "Moturoa.") Horses ami punters alike welcome the respite tliis woe's after the strenuous holiday meetings. l!nr~e-i were, sore and puiltcrs "sorry'' last week, and even the enthusiasts were glad to admit that one can get too much of a good tiling-. The only items of interest this week have been the appearance cf Wellington :.nd Foxton weights. The Wellington Cup meeting will open on Wednesday week, ,and the Foxton gathering a day later. Wellington acceptances fall due on Monday next, and Foxton acceptances on Wednesday. Meanwhile the double-layers are at work, and punters who rarely have the luck to. pick a winner will—probably in the desperation horn of despair—endeavor to pick - two winners at once. It is queer game, isn't it! ' The Taranaki Jockey Club has issued an attractive programme for the Cup meeting in Februwy. This year's Cup will lie worth £>oo, and the Paul Memorial Handicap (on the second dav) car- i rics with it 2.10 sovs. Other good' stakes make »p an attractive menu which should ensure big fields and good racino-. Mr 'ffeorge Morse will attend to the weights, am! the starting will in tV capable hands of Mr C, O'Connor. Kntries for all events will close on Friday. January ]i;. ; ,t i) The full programme will found in our advertising columns.

Tlio burniii" of those 'iood nuuvs Plirnso end Lady llenscnikof]' at Fllonlie caused i> painful sensation in the sporting world. Till. of till. Hlfated pair arc well known to sportsmen on thin const, and t':p\" wore popular flam's on mir (our-es. lioth won jjood races at tin- recent EMt.rsiie meeting. and their kifs is a serious one financially—apart from the painful circumstances attaching thereto—-to tkc.r owner-;. Plir o=o 0 =o was one o! the best hurdlers in the Dominion, Ji»r live staKa nv,-r sticks resulting in foul' fir-l* ami one second. Lady liens;hikofl' was for a lomr while owned and trained ill Uav-cra: she won tlie Taranaki C'njj and many other racc-i 011 Taranaki courses.

Quite a "buzz" of er.c'tement stirred town on Tuesday, when Mr .T. 0 Xeill retiuned from Auckland with Clieddar and l'aoli. The fornirr has been purchased from Me E. J. Natl t-v tile local sport-mail, 11;- .Tames TfawkiiH. the price l»einjr £.">(10. Cheddar was one of those fortunate onnnjh < 0 e-ea scathless from the fire at the Tiarp of Erin stable.;, it would have been bad luck for Mr Hawkins if h:> had lost his Hew purcha-c that night. 'mt whether tlie bor.-e is worth the money alleged to have been paid for him remains to lo seen. If the Taranaki Cu,i falls to the H"W arrival the genial '■Jimmy" will liave the billyh on hi- critics! iicwi |'„i„ was the handsomest horse seen under silk Stratford. ••Quite an oil-painting," one huly averred. Anyway, the lioise'.- appearaice and s« c - C'-ssful running rcllccted sreat credit on his trainer. -Dick" Johnson. Jargon broke down after winning at Xew Plymouth, and could not take part in the Stratford meeting. This good liorse has caused bis trainer. 0. Cox. a Ilean of i rouble, and i'le fates were unkind again jij.-t-«•; the son of Cordon I!ouge looked like reaping n lon'r-de-ferred harvest. 'Twax ever so, Horatio! Crawford "nearly" won a race at Ptralford! IVrey Coiley hart him prettv ■fit )>iit fee did not. appor If be handled unite as well as Deelev or OUiver might liave handled him.

S in 1)11,. so sum at Sti'atfiii'd that it i< wonder II r s. Pitt allowed the horse to start. Sum Due was onlv one of many Miir (nics that .siioulil have been in the puiUliifk.

rattan's i-imiiina tit Mavton c«ime in for home con;iiic<tt last v eek". After run'l'".- nowhere in til.- liailwav Handicap on the first day, tin- Uawera naix oamo out on thi' second duv and made the Telejvrapli Handicap >. procession. The time pi veil 1.1:1—looks. likr other "official' times {riven at Ma.rton, too good to lie true! .Most people reckoned that (■'rattan had a good race concealed in liini, luii. few enjoyed tlie jrood -price lie returned tils supporters on Friday. Achilles W:is ri'iiresented by two winners ran;|ia meet in u - last week.

OLiei'iiln'ni, winner of tli» C.j'.C. and Croat Northern Derbies, is a pronounced : favorite tor ihe AYeHiniton Cup. llinaldo in fa.t efiiiiiii" back to lOrni, and with a pull of llili in I he weights av compared with the Derbies, mav beat all the ilir-e-vear-oli!.-. ill (lie race. Marb'e Head won four races—two liurdl,' event< and two'on tile flat —it the holiday ii:ce|.ii!.;;- : . lfe it useful m-f oilier. W'arstcp ran o-ie iler-n 1 i>« Kllei\lie. an,( then had me!; .• b-id time on tin l t ra'i! eomiie.: - ■ j ti I'i tii.-iy sh : . mav be eoniiiieil til the paudo; f o v s'Hl!" 1 months. ■Tacii Pin. the ai/cri reliiii.-.- li • l.'.ioin forni.'rlv trainvd M. Ons-ri" ai Vel'lcv. h:li! I 'i li ■ ,'e ;( v.>"l M l , in i*i-i.'» iveeived wli"',i f, W j,, jl'., (■rev lranilieap at IC!lpr-l : i . Tinriii-i- tho runiiin■ r i-t |i < "brlu'i C ei Pndeviiled ln',l. e' do vii if li'lle'-! that Cue W'elliir.'l on C.ri v'l.n v 1.-is I'upi.nrcd tLie mii-ele.s in " -an ilde" r.n.' he v. iil he oil' I lie '; ,)i' i.iv n v.'lii'f vecnei rat inu'. fllenmi re. Priir <■ K Yii-. r :id tli ■ n'--oualifii-il Mi-it 'in arrhe.l 1:0r..e e.'.'aiu tiii- week. liaces :uiM be (>:; = *•' to win down tie 1 West ('oust v hen It ova I Drnvoon can f'ii' k lip t'l: Ml' fi rsi. (;! j;.| i jvo of i«cr.i Cup ra'.'cs!. and tw.i woi-Os and a third ill fcfvi n Slafl-'. Marshal McDonald lia'i v.'ithdrawn from the YTellirmYou fun. Atlienic, for vlioin Mr w ,TT M'ifl cave 7nO;jiis. has already won fifi;>ll in stakes. S(|iiar" Deal. Pavlov:!, Knw.vth nni Stepney all won o'oalih s at ' t ■,; - - overdue victories. !nii.' 'l'lie folloi.-iii"' queer pirasr.inh a '- IV-ared in vest cr.la v's Y\iiitar:i raner:- ■ Since Mr Thor. l!ucha,,iin nnii'.ierl oul the winner of tliv •''birr money' on tlie second day of the Strafford ri _'e me: tiiiL', through the sueee.rs of 1: i hoi-se Kewi l'oto, lie has received n h,:n) of coiigratiilations. "\'esterday Jfr I'lichanan conferred with his trainer. Mr ?. ,Tolmston, is to (lie fiifuve movemeri) of the lioi'se.