SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 114, 7 October 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

JIR G. L. STEAD FINED. By caiile. —i'ress Association.—Copyright" Sydney, October fi. Mr G. L. Stead, owner of the Now Zealand chaser Tim Doolan, was fined £J ioi late scratching in the stcepl,;. FLEMLNGTON TRAINING NOTES. Fhmington, October (!. Tow-nit got to the end of nine furlongs in lmin. 5!)% see, Uncle Sam covering a mile in lmin. fltisec, Newberry and Savannah did a mile in lmin. 52 sec. Grand Charm snrinted six furlongs m lmin. ISsec., -Minebtoiie galloped a niiie in lmin. -PJsee. j RACIJJG FIXTURES. Oet. 9, 10—Duncdin J.C. Spring. Oct. 15—Ua-sterton R.C. Spring. Oct. e«—Waverle.v-Waitotara R.C. Anmual TURF TOPICS. (By ".Motnroa"). The feature of the Australian .Tocke/ thil)\j .spring meeting is the success atteudin" horses carrying the well-known blue jacket of the llawke',* Ban sportsman, Mr. E. J. Watt. That these brilliant victories -have Ibeenj mainly achieved by 'Stralian-'brod horses detract* but. little from tin main fact that in two days' racing in Sydney Mr. Watt lias on just about as much in stakes as be ■« during the wliobi of last year in New Zealand. Yet "E.J.W."'liad a gcod season heic. It just show* the uoicronee betweun big stakes in the] Commonwealth and (so-called) b : g stakes in the Dominion. No wonder ecme of our biggest racehorse owners are seriously thinking of settling on the other side of the Tasman.

I (Mountain Knight, who won the A.J.C. Derby for Mr. Watt, is bv that young sire, Mountain King, from La Voi'lle a ' rare that traces back to tin same Uproot as Canteen, Patronus ami main other 'big winners. Mountain Knight was ono of thy bargains of the year, looming into Mr. IWalfs possession fur j 210 guiueas. The A.J.C. Derie- is a | sweepstake of 20 sovs. each, with f JOOO added, and is usually worth jurit over •?000 sovs. to the winner. Last year, when tho (Multiform eolt Ueragoon led llie lield home, the stake was worth f £4270. , '«ij,jljii Another of the progeny of Mountain Kin» a chestnut filly bearing the N.e.v ish-name of Del Monte, and a daughter of Belle of Brittany, carried Mr. Wait'» colors witli distinction in the Breeders' Plate, a valuable two-year-old event; the stakes being made "up of a sweep- ' state of 20 sovn. (tich and -2000 sovs. added money. Del Monte cost 700 <;; ncas as a yearling. The A.J.O. meetin." will be advanced another stage this afternoon, when the Sydney Handier Cravau 'Plate nnd Gimcraek .Stakes will be the chief , events. 1)el Monte and Ureen.»ood'« Keno (Achilles-Chinwag) are engaged in ' •the Gimcraek Slakes (Ji/ 3 furlongs); Rathlea, Ventura, Bon Ton and Cherufbiniin the Craven Plate (one mile and a quarter); and Bon Ton. .Mooubria. Jvingform ftad Kedbook ia the Sydney ' ■Handicap (one mile and a-half).' In ] addition 'Redbook is entered for the [ Suburban Handicap (one mile); and i Ringforui figures in the Members' Han j dicap (one mile and n furlong). , St. Spasa, winner of the Metronoli- , tan Handicap, is an imported horse, and | recently won the Spring Handicap at,. Tattcrsall's meeting. 'die was 'tlwdi . troubled with lameness, and would pro- t ba'My start at a good price. J The runner-up in the Mwlropolitan, ■ Psyttyx, would probably start a warm ' favorite. Me is a son of San J-'ran 1 cisco, and appears to have the family r trait for gameness. That lie wis beat- ' en. bv a ueck in the torrid time of 2.3:1 ' was certainly no disgrace. ' Tatterley was always reckoned—a 1 c best—a five-furlong sprinter when in 8 New Zealand, but the .Birkenhead geld- i in» was all there on Saturday when In- t von the Kensington Handicap (seven l furlongs), and) he was again on the job i on Monday, running that prince of s handicap sprinter, Gigandra. to a half- t length in the Shorts' Handicap (six fur- i longs). Tatterleyl is still owned by Mr. | K. .1. Wfltt, whose record reads' like s that of the proud owner of Noetuiform , and Co., which cleared the board a"; ib- , A..1.C. meeting in 1005. 1 The Hawke's Bay spring meeting takes j j place on Saturday next. ( Chriatehurc'h ipapeM record the death of Mr. Harry Piper,.the veteran starter at many race meetings for '-ears past. | [ He was'born in London just on seventv ' years ago, and on going to Chri.-t .dmrc'i , he took service with »fes-rs .Manning ' nnd Co., and su'bsitiuentlv tool; oar the ' Wharf Hotel on Kerry road. In the i eighties he set up at Ilieearlon as a i public trainer, and his suecc-sc-s in i eluded the Wellington. Handicap, Dunedin Cup, St. Andrew's Handicap, and VJ.G. ISunvmier Cu,i>. On the death of the late Mr. Sam Powell, who officiated as starter to the Canterbury .loch«y Club and other leading racing institutions, most of bis work fell to the I' l ' of Mr. (Piper, who had already proved his ability for the. position. The success attending his efforts was so marked (savs the Chrislchiirch Sun) that within a few veal's his service* were in keeii demand throughout the Donun'on. His patience with refractory horses waremarkable. He made a special study M the. peculiarities of horses, m wind; hi* thorough practical knowledge flood him in good ntcwl. ttolli with the harrier and Hag his ability was eoiiallv pvOi.ouncrll, and for many y«u- Id..re death's e.ill came be was rccogm-ed a'' )ein" quite at, the head of hi< pr.-.'cs-.-ion in New Zealand. l.a-t year Mr. Piper's health broke down a., the rsult of an inward complaint. He u'l darwent a Hcrious operali"ii. from lheffects of which ''he never tm>r.ms;!oy._i--covered, though on leaving the ho-pHi I he bad eve'riv hope of soon Liang ah' So resume his duties. A few da.,- ago iie suffered'a relap.-e. and on b.,iiie cm; yeyed to the hospital it wa- '-ceiMha: lhero was javc.l.ieallv mi lac-" "i ■ •>- ,-ver acain Uivinj." that iir.-titm ..-n. Ml. Piper's death will la-, mourned o.v a largo circle, of acpiim.lance-, pr • ■ made friends wherever'h-. .■,.■;::. >,., < ' in sporting circle. ;ml a-' /■ .|" ' : . walks i.f life. 1 e !■".. -■ '■'■'' M r . rt v„-.„. .1:...t!1.1.-:-. :=.. =!« a- ! ■'■ - I