SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 206, 28 February 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING fixtures. February JS—\Va„g lului j. c Autumn. Marc . 1 and 12—Xc-lso,, J.C. Annual, Haicli 1,1 ami 14—Xapier Park I'.O. Autumn. March 17—Opium ke li.C. Amiral. TL'RF TOPICS. (By ''.Moturon."^ Concluding day at Wangaiiui. The Jackson Stakes will be ran today.

Armature pulled up lame 011 Thursilay. Bereola could liardly raise a gallon in the Westmere Hurdles. Maipaku lias been a long time learning to jump—and hasn't iXrnt the art .ret: Bronze looked very Mickey" in her front legs .on Thursday, and 'was never prominent in the. Cup. Sir Solo ran a good, honest race wicn his steadier of 8.11), but the pair in front of him at the finish were just too good. Los Anglos was running well up just as the field turned for home in the Cup ''ace. but he failed to see the journey out. '

' Rencontre ran all ov#r the course in .the Juvenile Handicap, her apprentice rider, Humphries, having no control over her at all. Apprentices may deserve some encouragement, but the exhibition of horsemanship by all except, voumr Goddard (onßradamante) was wretched i>ia«am;u)te'B surprise victory win i»*f -atter of "experience." Lthfli? otiers'lT to ° S ' i,SOm ' ,l for tl|,<! tl (.1.. Ihe Hawera nag got M vav first and must have been six lengths in fm.it of Rencontre ;>,t the turn. Stead" form finished gamely, but could not reduce the break gained bv the filly sc«'od p, ti. Cl,p r «'«•» a,, ~ , e , MS ***** m " ,r /1-otit. •ma four furlongs from hmim u mg hard. Moutoa Girl ] u( | into''thstraight, but Sinapis quickly i-ui"ed alongside, and flllMling V( , r ' won by a goo d half-length: Sinani's won without the whip, and proved herself to be a great mare. Had the distance been further there is no sayi„.. how much she could have won bv TT-r supporters were rewarded with another fine ill vidend—a false price considering . W i /eala,ld Cup performance and subsequent victories over long courses An error crept into my "notes" wheu through on Thursday evening. Lubriline, not Kimbombi.. as stated,"just b?at Centenary and Square Deal on the post m the Wiritoa Hack Handicap. It was ■I magnificent finish—easily the best of 4he day. First Square Deal, and then Centenary, appeared to hold the upper hand as they raced up the straight. T'lexcitement was intensified when Lubrii111c joined issue fifty yards from the post. Lubnlino ran in on to Centenary.. and Conquest (on the latter) could not use his whip. Lubriline came from a long way back, and her victory was well merited, but as the race was run Centenary was unlucky to lose. Carloman proved too much of a handful for his apprentice rider, and in his prelim, prior to the Juvenile Handicap nearly came to grief through colliding with another horse and getting thrown on to the rails. Carloman wav slightly lame in front when pulled up, and is a doubtful starter to-dav.

Trainer "Paddy" Eva produced a shapely two-year-old filly in Slmudoii Hells (Campfire—Sister Frances), in the Juvenile. The youngster ran greenly, but appears to be a promising sort. Kuriialpi knocked himself about pretty badly when he fell in the AVestmere Hurdles, and may not be seen at 'his best for some time to come. The Daystar gelding was very l&rcd when lie MI, and a two-mile journey appears to be quite beyond him. The first race at Wanganui did not look to be run on the square, and the stewards might have "questioned" all but a couple of the runners. An inquiry was, it is alleged, held into tlie ownership of Guiding Way, but everything was passed as "according in lToyle.' IMrmiale was ridden a poor race, and covered a lot of ground on the turns. At the last moment the money just 'poured 011 to Expect, so that '"tile guns" evidently "expected" something to liappcn—aiid it did! Makara and Satici were two of the slowest to begin in the Flying Handicap, and either would have finished in front of Pavlova with an even send-off. Culprit was badly bumped, and G rattan was chopped right back on the home turn when going fast in fourth plate. Heather and Lady Volga were first away 11 nd had every elianee to make good. Bnneiigarde and Gi;>sy Bell? performed indifferently. Bon Ton will probably never shine nver a long course. In the Cup he "was pulling F. E. .Tones out of the saddle for a mile and a quarter, and a horse that carries 9iit cannot afford to be out in front for that distance and yet go on with it when the real racing begins. Timothy was never better than on Thursday, and looks like picking up a good race right away. Two miles may lie beyond him, but up to a mile and three-quarters he will always k* hard to bent.