SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 76, 19 August 1914, Page 3

SPORTING.

TURF TuPICi ' illy •■.\ii)t:iro:i.") P.iritutu we..; too sole to do himself justice at ill- Naiienal Meeting. Leonta was well supported by his par.y on Saturday, luit got into a fence and "blew" Lis chance. Till' surprise of tin., meeting was The Chief's victory. The old fellow paid nearly haU-a-century in U.*! Lincoln Steep'ies. What was wrong with Ngatiruanui at Kiccarton? The Jlawera-owned neddy eou.dnT raise a gallop eii her ttav. The liawera nraro Nita, ridden liy Air •S. Goddard, carried a lot of 'Parana!;: money in the Hunters' Plate, but the company was too select for her. When Gisbcriie horses were carrying all before twin last week, cheve. was one notabh; exception, and the question vus frequently asked, "Where, was (.ire." King!" Iliad's Hero, the appropriar.ely-uamed son of Achdles, was very "hot'' in the '.Vlwyn Handicap, and the good thin; itai.h: a'i iilibitior. of his o^ionent,. iieuola lan Iris. u<ual game race oa Saturday, but list olb tied him ur> at ,he iinisii, and the lightly-weighted Chief just lent hiiir. It is reported that the, Auckland K.r. has held up J. G'Shea's jockey'c license ibis year. Snaic people doubt >! there will be any racing at all! The tinish of the Svyx Ha-rdles ou S'.aturday in st have bet'n ury fine. Conic, whj filled the roe of -runner-up to Morecambe in the Trial Hurdles, and subsequently finished i ie s e up fourth in ihe National Hurdle*, just, beat. Sunbeam by a bare hew. The ■third horse, Golden Water was a neck away third. The sensation of the meeting was the ■'commissioning" of Fashion Plate for the Sydenham ITurdle Race. In almost every town in the Dominion it ia reported '.hat large sums were put on the marc. Somebody must have "known something,' 1 as the saying goes. The niare'n form for the past season would not encourage anyone to put a match on her, but there you go! >She won! And (.he liar Vons are dissolved in tears!

Tin: falijig off in totalisator turnover at the Grand Xatioiml Meeting, ■ consequent or the war, lias fi'ijjhteno; other rating clubs, unite unnecessarily, \t seems. On Monday evening the \Yaugaiiui Joel-ey Club's committee met and decided to abandon the spring meeting. This is currying the excitement too far. K very-body recognises >.liat t'u'y clubs will not have si'-'-'h a prosperous time as during the past vew sui.-ons, when racing "boomed" beyond the wildest, imagination, but to cam-el .meetings ami leave horse-owners, tr.iincus. jockeys, etc., on the rocks is- surely a breach of lVi'.li. Apparently the clubs are not satisfied unless the gold l is literally pouring in, and they iave been so used to counting their protits in thousanils tbat .hey throw up the sponge 'immediately the profits are likely to be curtailed. The Marton Jockey C'iub ' will hold its meeting as usual in -SeptenvlKT, and our AvonUa'e friends are going on w.'.h vl:le game, and -vheji other clubs rea'.ise that too much has been made of a .-adden scare they will cyme smirking back to the fold. I'ce inui-li-vauiiteiL .spcrtsnuuiV- gameness muist have flown tc the war wi'-U tie expeditionary forces. You can "scai ;i\" most racing olutw in rain pursuit of it! When this scribe penned a par _.ist week ■anticipating the V.'anganui J.C. action. , i.lie idea was pooh-poohed, but there you are! It's a facts TARAXAKI METROPOLITAN' MITTEE.A meeiin" of the Taranaki Metropolitan Committee was held -at the secretarv's oil ice ia-'l night, when I here were present: —Messrs u. A. Nolan (chairman), Phi.lij*--, Grey, Weston. Orbe!l. Alexander, McLeod, Paul, Blandish. vliano.i, Kia-er. and Rhimiell. Tr.iineis' iiccnse.s were grant-d to J.s. Barlow, T. Pine, 0. Cox. 1). -i. . (ioodwin. las. Brown, It. Brough, U". 1". ■Mantle, I'. Johnson. It. Johnson, and P. W". Scaily. Joekevs' licenses wefe era net to L. \V. Xoddcr. C. A. Pine. 11. K. t.oldlinch. John Cord'ie, C. 11. Monk, tuui K. Croot. .Ami-ciui-" joekevs' licences to 'l'. 11. Fryer, A. X 'tioddard. and Ceo. 11. Lowe, and sjentlcinen riders' ccniiic.ites te W. Kow'.e; and I.'. B. Shield. It was- decided to recommend to the trii.-/.ees to grant flo Hon; the district trust funds to the mother oi a deceased jw key. TAItAXAKI J.C. COMMIT TK. A meeting of the Taranaki ,:.:.'. Comimitlee was sr.bse<|ueutly held, at which tin- *.w.'-.\ members were prcsyn , with the exception of Mr Grey. ' The following committees and oil'irials were apnoir.v.-u: Course Committee: Me-s;s Xohm, Clianev, L. B. WcbiterfcSore, and Alexander. Programme Committee: Xolan. King and iilundcll. . Assistant Q.::s of Sale-, Mr (i. 'F:\iser; Clerk of Coar-e, Mr A. Lash; T ::i:i-keeper. Mr J. Unmet'.. Mr !'. O'Connor »;u iip)ioin"-d stivici' for the autuMii meeting. The appuinlment of starter for the Cirri-si'iias meeting was held over until ti;e ne.v. ce.T.'ni tt-e :::e.;t:ng. Mr (i. Mor.-je was appointed handicappcr. It was decided to erect an ron rail fence, similar to that a' (he hiwn, along tiu saddling paddock, laeini; the course. will also be cllicted to the joekevs' roo:ii.