SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 135, 31 October 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

KACINU I'M-VILIiKS. November 1, 7—'Auckl.tml R.U. Kprhijc. November 7, il, II and. 14—OiiiterDiir.i ■F.O. Metropolitan. November IS, I!) —Me. I'J'ui'uli:;;! JLC. .Spring. November 2S—Takapumb .I.C. Sjii ;:iv. November "JS, oU-Fcilding .J'.C. Si inn-;. tlkf topics. ( ; 'J>y .Moturoa.'') Auckland rates on Wednesday. New Zealand Cup this day week. Auckland acceptances .should appear to-day. Gerberga and Simple .Sam liuve been nominated at Marlboruugn. Owing to ait aitsoss forming King Chira could not start at Y\avcrley. "Paddy" Eva, after a series o£ '"ant--." led in a winner. Ineuru, (bis week. Postillion was knocked all over the course at Trentham, but lie will k«p them busy next .Saturday. Bad luck in the shap of break-downs struck two of P. liva's charges. Shandon Bells and Miss Fisher on tiie eve of the Wa\vrie\ meeting, and Uiey conl.i notsian.

The Taranaki Jockey Club will away in stakes this season the sum of i'7olo, an increase of nearly a thousand oil last ''.ear's total.

The \ .K.O. spring meeting opens today, when tiie Derby will be the chief event. The Melbourne Cup will be run oil Tuesdav.

Last week the llawera, jumper, Darby Paul was sent up to Auckland. lie is engaged in the steeplechases at next week's meeting.

Battle Kvc is easily the best of Clifford's two-year-olds, and, though beaten by a head in the Wellesley Slakes will probably turn up trumps at Iticcarton. Kooya may be one of the hardest horses to beat in the New Zealand Cup. At Trentham she gave Muitipk Tilbs and ran him to a iiead over a mile, and past records show that the longer the distance the better Kooya likes'it. Mr J. Brown's east-oil', Sinilax, was not long in winning a race for his new owner, leading the iield home in the Welter on Thursday. It was only lifting that a Hawera horseman, McCarten, should be on the winner.

Died in London recently, the wellknown ex-Auckland sportsman Major George. As a breeder and racehorse I owner he was fairly successful, and he [ won three Auckland Cups with Nelson, and the Great Northern Derby, Wellington Cup and Dunedin Cup with the same 'horse. With Seahorse, a son of Nelson, 'ho gathered in the New Zealand Cup, Canterbury Derby and Canterbury Clip, all at one meeting. Other good horses ' that carried Uhe Major's colors were Pegasus, The Workman and Wapiti. Kaminohe, who won a race at Trentham last week, is the nineteenth foal of Dryad. He is therefore a half-brother to Reliance and Erl King. Says an exchange: "Conqueror's time lmin 46 l-ssec still remains the best time on record for the Canterbury Welcome Stakes." Considering it is a four furlong iiutter Conqueror must have stopped on the road to absorb a bud. ; of water or something! Talking of lour furlong gp.llopt. !•;> worth's 4il 3-5 >-cc. under list, was. a great •'go'' on Monday. The "straight-away" at Waveriev is nil-hi 1 too!

Two New Zeait'iM bivd hordes, Kath lea and Sir Solo, ligure amongst tile line, acceptors ior tie .Melbourne Cup. Katli lea has had a lot of racing on tii:; otiuside, and may be the more season' 1 /, o the pair. Kill:, a. it will lie remember ed, li,ied the roi" i.f runner-up In l.'i. ■!> Sam in tnr t'-inhW.! Cup.

Alauiur.'it »>,v: Tiir.i:uikiV !</.;• rep resell I a t.,1 1 :i: li;i: New ZiaJund Or:. 'i ,i *Oll of started hk-c a i WVs Kngtun, i.at was turned tin- wn..tv when the tapes l;!£:'d, anil lu;v»i- "hit. tin* front. Sonic {food judges givv t'.i Inglewood nag more than a s-cagi c::.uu at Riecanon.

Autumnus reeled off a, mile in lmin 43sa> at Kiecarion on Saturday. and provided he keeps sound he should wm a raee at the Canterbury meeting. On Thursday there was not much between Rinaido and Warstep at the end of a mile and a half run 111 viiiiin 40see. It was a good gallop. Reputation's victory in the Champion Plate is brimful of merit. Ten started, including last year's winner Merry Roe. First Flight am! Expect. Mi m Roe carried them along at a great pace for a mile, and First Flight, Reputation an,! Expect tiien settled down for a dingdong struggle. With great gameness Reputation overhauled horse after horse, just as he did in the Wangarmi Guineas, and amidst great eiciti■merit ran in a winner from First Flight by a length. Expect ran a gre:;t race under 9.4, and was not disgraced ii-j being beaten for second place by a neck. The oilicial time was -Jmiii (i rJ-.jsec, but many watches made it 3-s.<ec faster. A mile and a quarter is probably Expert's pet distance, as he proved atTrenthain. Whether lie will get to the end of two miles is doubtful. Still, the money rolls in for the Higlulen horse. It is safe to say that he will win :t race at the meeting, but it will probably be one of the shorter ones. FI.EMINGTOX XOTES. 'Jiaipietie skipped over tiiree furlongs in ."B;icc: Naxbcrrv i.'ot to tho end of live furlong* in limn -jscc.: Fulclio left behind half-a-mile in 51'/,see.