SPOUTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 173, 21 January 1914, Page 8

SPOUTING.

tauaxaiu jo; key cut.. The (lists irt committee of th:; Taraimki Jockey Club met in the secretary's o.'l'ice last night, there being present: -Messrs. Lcpper (in the chair), Griffiths, Gray, Nolan, Orb 11, Webster, Ktaadisl:, Budge. Chaney, and .King. The Upiinake Lacing Chios programme for .Mu:cli 17 wis held over for further in formation. ""- A trainer's license was granted, and five L'entl.inen riders' ecitilicalcs were issued. Lists of fines imposed by the Tar.i.iiaki and Stratford c'-.;hs at the recoru meetings wi re approved. A claim for £lO on the accident fund v.aj ncuamended. The committee met at the conclusion of the above meeting. Seven new members were elected. It was resolved to feneo the course at the High School bend. ■ It wes also resolved to eive ilie mundgoment of the tea kiosk for the Cup meeting to Mrs KirKliy, of the Kia Ora Tea lioonn. .SeCerai alterations and improvements are to be put in band for the coming meeting. Accounts, nmountinj; to Lool Os 10,1,' wer." passed far payment. TUllt' TO >ICS. (By Tha Wellington Racing CI lib's-summer mooting; opens at Treiitham to-day, the. principal events being the "Wellington I Cup (one mile and 11-hnlf) and Waterloo Stak.es (one mile). Acceptances are very large, and winners may prove fairly iia.nl to pick, ranters have h:ul little to guide them as regards training gallop?, :iud Christmas and New Year form may be all wrong now. Numerically, Tarannki is poorly represented at the meeting, but ({rattan, Lady Louisa, Patron-ale an;! Play-oil' may render a yood account of llicnisclvi'?. The Y\'cllinvft()ii Cup carries with it fine stakes totalling 1300 sovs, and i. filial payment of 1!) must be considered satisfactory, including us it does tw>'i N'ew Zealand Cuji winners', Midnight Sun and Simipis, as well as Sir Soo (Auckland ami Manawalu. Cups), Bronze (WangaiKii Cup), Kilraln (Manawatu Cup), Los Angclos (Dunedin and lfawke'.s Hay Cups and Croat Autumn Handicap), Blcriot (Avomlale Cup and (Juineas), Byron (l r eilding Cup), liinaldo (llawke's Bay Stakes), and other well-known performers. Recently Sir Solo, Sinapi.-, Kilraiu, Birkline and ltiiialdo have shown themselves to be running into form, and the winner may come from amongst these. 11. Gray will ride Kilrain, and this horse lias n. nice handy weight. Blcriot and ltinuldo hive been galloping as well as anything (Is* at Trenlliam, and they may not bj far away when the judge gets busv. The programme open.i with the Trentham Walter, eight moderates being carded. Popular opinion seems to point to Arlington and Counsel, who have been running consistently of late. Nineteen still remain in the Nursery Handicap, ineuding smart two-year-olds like Honesty, Martian Princess and r'a'jrikoll'. With u good Hart this.trio should shape nicely. (ileniinn.ui lops the list in the Anniversary Welter Handicap, and i:e U a good horse over a mile course. Peg is reported lame, and the weight 111 ny stop Stepney. Monologue is u. consistent performer, and has dropped in light ly.' Scruteliings may reduce the field for the Trial llaudici.p to more reasonable, proportions than the card shows. If Pavlova, Cbarlcruse, Bertrada and llistoirettc start, the pace will be on all the way. Square Deal's vins ut Mnrton promise to send that horse out a warm order for the Kuapehu Handicap. Albert Jackson lias the full-brother to Postillion very fit, and he may give a good account ot himself in conipa.jy with Day Fly, Play Oil' and Co. , ', .-Up('i Probably the most interesting race of the day will be the Waterloo Stakes, for which Postillion, Autumnus, Bon Ton and Kmperador are considered likely starters. PosUllbn has recent form on his side, but Autumnus and Emparailor have hosts of admirers. H sttould be a race worth watching:, The day's sport concludes with the Telegraph Handicap, 24 horses oll'ering plenty of food for varied tastes in .betting. Never did a sprint event look more open. Culprit, Krmengarde, Gipsy Belle, Palisade, Beldame, Iminer and G rattan are most talked about, and the double-layers must be having the time of their lives. Horses that van well quite recently include Culprit, Grattuu, Beldame and Makara, and they may bo there or thereabouts when the crowd is sfhouting its loudest. The Wellington meeting will be continued to-morrow and concluded 011 Siturday. Fox ton races will demand minor attention on Thursday and Friday. Sir George Clifford will be represented at Wellington by Autmunnus, tilcnlinnan, Briar Patch, Bold Stroke, Snap.dragon, and Veritas. Sir George's hick has been what is commonly termed "ratten" of late, and at Eller.-lio his representatives failed to earn a penny. Trainer F. Tilley vent down on Monday with Postillion, Leouta, Sunbivd, Kecord, Miaeara, and Princess Moutoa. J. Conquest will have the mount on Sir Knox in the Cup. ■Bleriot is improving with every gallop, and should not be long in having her number hoisted. Mr Harvey Patterson will have t\ro horses—FabvikolV and Silver Shieldracing at Trcntlmm. Both can gallop fairly,-fast. • fsi» Mowbray galloped attractively at Treuthnm on Saturday morning, easilv accounting for Honesty and Charmilla over five furlongs', run in l.:j. Tt i;i a pity the Canterbury horse is such an unruly fellow with the colors up. In Ike Cup Sir Solo has 1411) more than lie wan with last year. It is many

years .-:i»-: o the Cup was draino-1 by one horse more than unco, in fact Cy'niaea, who scored in fiinv successive years (IS!!(l-]--2:, i, tin. c„iy 0 „ l; to claim*tlia-t i!i-lim;tiu!; Tarannki 110111:111'.iwiv show a distinct advance in the quality of horses entered, mill tlic local thib has reason io bo proud of the good lioiws attracted by the Taranaki < "uji. Sh.iulil Kmperador, ICxpect, Merry Hoe. Los An'folo., Peroneal, Sir Moscloy, Muislnl McDonald, Byron, burner anil Allegation continue their engagements, things will certainly he "going some" ivxt montli. J;i (lie. ".priuSbig ranks the 10e.,1 "i-altl::" will have Io keep moving to liavo a chance with (ilii.liole, Pcroiiilhi, Nauimii, mid others engaged. Kopremitntives from Auckland, V\ Wairarapu ami Waugauui will all IHp to make the meeting a memoi'ab'o oil':. Mcridip, v ho Ins Leer, off the ?eone for some time, is engaged i:i Welters at New ]'l; month ami Unworn next The uitnis fur the T'.jmon.f C'»i> are hardly up t 1 the mark, only 1." hordes being oii.-jii <rt<l. This is surprising seeing that: the meeting faun* ,vit!i tile local fixtiii"- an f.t traction of interest to •'outside" iiorsos. IYob.Oly butter advertising would liave 111:1'.e all the different'?. At the annual meeting of the Opunako Racing ("iiih on Saturday evening, the balance-sheet was presented and showed Hint in the ui'iiiM-iil account the receipts totalled £ir>lifi 2s :M. and the expenditure i;s 2d. leavine: a hank overdraft of :C(!l!M)s 11,1. The assets, after iillowiii'.' ten per ee;il. for depreeiition and £7llll for mortgage, totalled £i:Ul 2s 2d. and the Ib-.bTities Woro-Ban'; overdraft ,Clil!> Os 1 Id. interest €l7 H)s. leaving-a balance of I'lOO.i lis 3d. The report and balance-beet were adopted!