SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 255, 26 March 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

NOTKS BY "JIOTUBOA." ACROSS THE POND. The invasion of 'Stralia by some of the Dominion's loading equines is at present engaging rather more than ordinary interest, and now that Sinapis, Bon Reve, Midnight Sun, North-east and lesser lights are safely stabled at Randwick their prospects arc being eagerly discussed. A recent cablegram announced that Sinapis had advanced to the proud position of lirst favorite for the Sydney Cup, a two-mile handicap, in ■which she is> nicely handled with 8 4 but whether she will hold her place when the thousands roll in for "homebred" champions is very doubtful. R Berry, who piloted Sinapis in the New Zealand and Wanganui -Cups, will ride the mare at Randwick. When the last mail left Sydney Wallalo was a firm favorite for the Cup, with Beragoon and Sinapis next in demand,

Rathlea is a warm order for the Doncaster Handicap, run over a mile course at Randwick, and Aleconner, First Principle, and St. Medoc are next in demand. Bon Reve may be exoected to touch a short price in quotations, but the New Zealanders will hardly oust Rathlea from the position of favorite. H. Gray will probably have the mount on Bon Reve, and coupled with Sinapis, New Zealand has a worthy pair to attack ftte bio Randwick "double."

CURRENT TOPICS. Midnight Sun is galloping with some of his old dash on the Randwick tracks. Beraeoon, Multiform's best son in 'Stralia, is sound again and will do big things this autumn. A Sydney paper states that old Soultline won a hurdle race in India nuite recently. The New Zealand trotters, Hal Zolock arid Papanui. are in Sydney, foein°- prepared for the "Sydney Thousand" trot at Easter.

Sea Prince's weak hoof split almost up to the coronet during the running of the 'Stralian Cup. The Persimmon horse now bids farewell to the race track. Amongst the scratehings lostcd for the A.J.C. Sires' Produce and Champagne Stakes arc Good-night and Itineform. Neither has done much so far. The ex-New Zealand jumper Adherent: by Gluten—Catehfly, has been brought into Sydney to be prepared for the autumn carnival.

There is a horse running about Svrtncy named The Christian- Brother. Almost as senseless a name as lownit (the Newmarket winner), isn't it? At Newcastle this month, Saona, by Stepniak—lllusion, ridden bv C. Emmerson, Appropriated a Welter Handicap At the same meeting a steadier of 10st kept Beau Sonlt out of a place in the big handicap. Clarence O'Neill, once famed as the Dominion's "beauty horseman," is riding plenty of winners in Victoria, both over the small sticks and over the stone-walls, which bristle like the fences round cemeteries.

Boulogne, by Charlemagne ll.—Cruciform, landed a race at Caulfield on the 14th inst., and was chased home 'bv another New Zealander in the shape of Gangway, the southern hurdle horse. Another of the Charlesmames, a hea.ii-tifully-bred four-year-old welding from that good mare La Gloria, won the principal event at Moorefleld recently. He started favorite and won verv Rajah and Moonbria ran unplaced at Che same meeting. Continuance, who wa.-. sent across to Sydney in company with Forest Kin? a fortnight ago. quickly came to arief, the cable.) tell us, the son of Sabretache meeting with a fatal accident at Handwick. Tim is hard luck for his owner, for Continuance showed, bv winning at flisbornc recentb- that he still ha/1 a good race left in him. F. Cress, who was injured when the horse foil, is a popular New Zealander.

North-east seems to be "net" bv the Sydney handicappcrs. Entered at Ttoscliill. they gave him top-weight HSst l KM he was quickly withdrawn. lie was one of tile eigM t<° fflU ill tfic Hosohill Cup. 0. riding. Both escaped without injurv. At Kembla Grange, on the 17t.1i inst., Xorth-cast was heavily h;icked for tne Junipers' Tint Knee, hut 12.5 stopped him, and he lost hy half-a-hcad. And the:e are. no second dividends in 'Stralia, more's the pity! The old Xi-w Zealand gelding Soultline displayed a litle of hi.-i old form in the Grand Western Handicap, nine furlongs, at Bombay hist month, and in so doing unpleasantly surprised most hackers. He only had 7.2. and taking charge a quarter of a mile from home won In- a length and a-half from Mayfowl jn.lol, in 1.515%. The favorite, Shining Way, !).!), missed a -place. Soult- '.:;;,:, w '"> '* unw rising eleven, was ridden !i>' a native lad named Patroosingh, and that probably bad a deal to do with liis totalisator dividend being at the rate of p. big outsider. As the winner's share of the (prize-money was £l:tSO. Mr M. fioculdas. who now owns Soiiltline. bad n profitable race.