SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 91, 12 September 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

KACiXG FIXTURES. September 10, 19—Avondale J.C. Spring. September 24, 20—Wanganui J.C. Sprin" October 3—Napier Park R.C. Spring. ° October 9, 10—Uunedin J.C. Spring. October 10—Hawko's Bay .IX'. Spring. October lu—Masterton B.C. Spring. TI7RF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Avondale races on Wednesday. Wanganui weights are now engaging attention. The unfortunate Rigo Park is to be tried over hurdles. Advanver has recovered from his recent ruishan, and will race at Wan<-a----n'-" ° the ex-New Zealandcr, Anna Carlovna. is first favorite for the Caulfield Cup. Awahou won again on Wednesday, awl actually got the stakes this time. Reputation is said to be goin" great guns, and will shake things up in the Wanganui Guineas. Jockey J. O'Shea has been granted a license by the Auckland Racing Club. Maniaroa has incurred a alb penalty in the. Now Zealand Cup, but that only brings bis weight up to 6.12. As suggested by his Marlon running, Glen Nevis was a stone moral for the llurdles at Dannevirke.

An effort is being niade by the Bar Vons to boom the Bonny Helen— Postillion double for Riecarton.

Passadena is on the up grade, as Mar

ton form showed, and W. Bell should get the best out o! her if she starts in the Avondale Cup. The field for tins Xew Zea'and Cup looks like being a very small one. Only 37 remain in now, and it's a long way to Tipperary! Autumnnug is on the job again at

Riecarton, and looks like standing ah-otlu-r preparation. The much-boomed Lord Multifid, by Multilid—Lady Xell, is a big, powerful colt, but he is too straight in front to be all his admirers claim for him. The veteran Parable is giving the schooling.hurdles a rare "smashing up" at Riecarton. Time she got the pension!

■Sir George Clifford has sold. Master piece to Mr John Buckley, and the Can ranald horse will do stud duties at Ourn aril this season.

Indigo covered more ground than anything else in the big Handicap at Dannevirke, and yet'won very easily. lUs three-year-old career looks promising.

Sir fciolo was badly in need of a race on Wednesday, but he finished fast and gained third place. Not a bad performance, considering his i'st.

Kauroa was badly left in the Dannevirke Steeples, anil did well to gain seeoud money. The winner, Cousin -lack, made most of the running, and may have won had they all stoou up. Tyrannic returned his supporters a fine dividend in the Hack Steeples, on Wednesday. It is a wonder anyone at all had the pluck to back him considering that he has failed to win a stake for two seasons.

Owner W. K. Bidwill'a latest batch of "utions"' includes Determination, IV:ration, and Probation. Wonder he never thought of a cheerful name like Congratulation! Newly-named two-year-olds see the name old slip-shod method of nomenclature Ktill being worked at death. A notable exception is Wrestler (Antagonist •Elusive), though Carpcntier might have been just as appropriate. Another fair effort'is Mount Kden, by Elevation out of Waitemata. the latter being the Maori name for Auckland Harbor,, and Mount Kden (as all of my readers who have been in gaol up there will know) is the principal "mountain" on tlm city hide of the harbor. There is a still more lofty eminence, Kangituto, but tint I name was used years ago. Sir George. I (Word lias a youngster named Fixing. Start. A promising name, surely, hut it would read.funny if the nag was left at Ibe post! Tli.e war is also responsible for a couple of n?w names, Liege and Brussels. So far I have not noticed a rush on Wilhelmslmven, Wurtembarg, or Sehlestadt! Mr W. (1. Stead's horses Con Revo, Kingform and '.Peppercorn, are to fullil their spring engagements in 'Stralia, and R. Berry has gone over to ride them. Peppercorn is by Malster—Condiment, and is paid to be "cayenne.'' The Taranaki Jockey Club has good reason to feel satisfied with the entries received for the Second Taranaki Stakes. One hundred and nine have been nominated, and they include representatives or all the principal stables in the Dominion. Sir George Clifford and Mr (I. 1). Greenwood have each entered 14, "Mr Highden" six, I. Duncan seven, T. Hl.o'wry six, J. 11. Keid live, and W". 10. Hid will four. Apparently the war is not troubling our breeders. Wanganui weights appeared yesterday, and .Mr George Morse appears to have done his work with his usual care. Kxpeet tops the list in the Flying Handicap with !).-">, but he is a ;great weight - carrier, and is well up to it. Sir Moselev, with S.S, may not have many friends, biit Play Off and Our King read well. Kaniki has got in nicely and may be the hardest to beat of those handicapped below Sst.

The Sprintf Handicap sees the consistent Kooya "skied" with list. At a difference of "Jibs, Kewi l'oto will have many more hackers. Portraiture, desiiiic one had race at Marton. and Natalia, Awahou and Commotion, are all leienflv treated. Of the hurdlers, AruaUe looks the jiiek of a wretched quintette in the Okehu Hurdles, and Olcii Nevis. KeW anil j Harbor are most discussed ones

ill the hack event. The hack lint races promise to provn.e | inteivstiii" racing. In Llie l'utiki Handicap, Princess M.uitoa, Ngania and Garlance have nothing to complain of, and .he same remark applies to Orl-ans Sweet Van, ami Gerberga in the l>uric Handicap. Waldemar, Larkspur and a number of other well-known performers, will run their next races in Germany with the KNpcditionav Forces. Kla-rfall. liv lienzonian—Kleetfoot, was not n'earlv ivadv "hen raced at Marlon. le.it. lie will he a good horse when ill pioper racing nick. N-a l'ink is undergoing a special preparation of the New Zealand Cup, and there arc more unlikely ones engaged, too 1 Sir Donald ran his usual honest race «.u Wednesday but I.SO with welterweights up was iust a bit too warm /or him! Alecto can" go some for seven tur"u is reported that \V. Price, the Wan«amu horseman, has accepted a retainer from Mr H. do Latour. of Gisborne Julian lias lieen and turned „ul. 'Another old llawkes Pay battler, Whakaweira, lias been put nit.) work again. ~ . lioth Kurnalui and Davny 'Paul a.e showing improved form over tin? lug fences, and they should hold their own at 'chasing next Beason. Avondade acceptances should appear S this moraipg. ,'TJfe,CuP and Stakes will Mid the