SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 71, 13 August 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

| BEAU SO LILTS WITHDRAWAL.

ISy C'tilo.—l'russ Association—Copyright Sydney, August 11. Beau Soult's retirement is due to knee trouble. llis trainer considers tliat to continue preparation would mean a permanent breakdown.

THE GRAND NATIONALS.

(Notes by "Jtoturoa."; The Canterbury Wrand National iuee fiug, which was o| t'lie.l on Tuesday, will be advanced another stage to-day, when the Grand National Hurdle Race {two miles), Beaufort Steeples (two miles and a half), and August Handicap (six furlongs) will be the principal events. Tuesday's racing saw form "pan out" fairly well. A warm favorite in the shape of The Pole landed the opening event, and another first choice, Morecambe, ran home in front in the Trial Hurdles. Admiral Soult put punters in a happy frame of mind by winning the 'Jumpers' Flat Race in good time, and then the public rushed Bereola for the big s.fieple. The Taranaki horse ran a fine race, but had to strike his colors to Tim Doolan. The latter was in l'e'ceip; o.' 25lbs, so that instead of being disgi a< -d Bereola scored the honors of the race. The winner runs i'n the nomination of Gerald Stead, and ranks as one of the bargains of last season. Purchased for something in the region of 300gns from an Aucklander, Tim Doolan was intended to carry his owner in 'Hunt Club events, but so (lashing were his displays over big fences that he was given a "fly'' at higher game. At the Wellington Winter Meeting last year he won the Hack Steeple, and the second day finished up in third place behind Grit Lawless and Bismarck. Going on to Iliccarton, he won the Enfield Steeple on the opening day of the National Meeting, and followed it up by running third to Dorando and Glenmore in the Beaufort Steeple. A second in the Brackenfield Steeple was the only other placed performance recorded last season, but Tim Doolan distinguished himself in Hunt Club events, and altogether proved a mighty cheap horse for Mr Stead. Tuesday's, victory in the Grand National Steeplechase was worth £IOSO, and as he paid a fair dividend his party must have thrown in for a royal win. Bereola takes £3OO for running 6econd, and The Spaniard £l5O for third, so that their defeat by a 1 lightweight was smoothed over with tidy "consolation" prizes. A second favorite in Tolstoi was equal to winning the Tally-Ho Steeple on Tuesday, and the Winter Cup fell to a scalding-hot order —and a bad horse for the double-layers all ground — in the Gisborne-owned Chortle. Another horse from the sam e place, Raupani, filled the role of runner-up. Raupani was the early favorite for this ' race, and the results ought to teach I straight-out punters (who backed the horse weeks ago) a good lesson. Gisborne was again to the fore when Stroller returned a fine dividend in the Enfield Steeple, the favorite (Daylight Bill) being brought down bv another horse. The final event drew a big fie:J. and G"orge ".va-, a very warm order. The winker, however, tnrnel lip in the ex Taranaki horse Kucore, who carried his welter-weight home very comfortably in fast tim n .