SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 30 November 1914, Page 3

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. (By "Motruoa.") The Fcilding Jockey Club's spring meeting will be concluded to-day, when the Oroua Stakes, weight-for-age, run over sis furlongs, will be the principal event. Eewi Poto, Postillion, Grattan, and other top-notchers will measure strides, and the meeting should be brimful of interest.

Last year Postijlion defeated Ventura in the Orua Stakes. 1 It was a showery day, and the going, especially nea« the inner rails, was heavy. VensK» tMfti in. fjfifct,

gtjefl {lfijj' at the turn. Luke Wilson showed poor judgment in keepinng on the inner, and Postillion—on the firm

going in the centre of the course—made up leeway in great style. Vcntura in trouble at the distance, .and the black horse ran in an' easy winner. > The Bix furlongs .took 1.20, and the result was about as ! false as it couldpossibly be. . English. racing clubs now refusi ! to accept';the nominations of all hirees owned by Germans or Austrians. ? By way of getting .one baqk the uee of English spotting terms has been rigorously prohibited in Austria, and the Vienna Jockey Club now calls a steeplechaiso a "jagdrennen," a handicap . "anggleichsrennen," and spring meeting "Fuhlingslvnned." From the nature of the news filtering through from Austria racing mutt be very dead in those parts ' just now. • » ,

jlerberga's running at Blenheim (and ot'ier. places) has been such a direct contrast to her track form that it is no wonder Bob Barlow has given her up as it ba-i job. Mr '•'Highden" will rp.ce her in future, and it would be particularly 'galling if she hopped out: and won races on end. Reminds one of the Maori who had a horse that used to feign lameness. The nag would limp bad enough to attract the attention, of even a John Hop, but once the horsc';head was turned for home he strode but gaily and settled down to a 2.40 'gait. One day the limp was more painfully, evident than usufil, and the Maori, hav- i iag exhausted his dietionaryr of cuaswords, went up and swung a dirty left 1 to the horse's jaw. "Take that," the yelled, "Py cripes, you te blankey liar!" The Hawera scribe "Sir Single" states that Rosalys has been purchased by a Stratford sportsman. She»is a f six-year-old bay mare by Lupin—Epilogue, j and wants for nothing as regards breeding. Last year Rosalys started on ten occasions, her best performance being 1 registered at the Masterton Spring meeting where she ran Guiding Way ito half a length in the Trial Stakes,;five furlongs. Nineteen horse finished l behind her, and amongst the number wfre Lubrilinc, Ngarua, Consultation and Trojan. :. ■ Sir Moseley is still doing light work at Hawera. His knee has beeen

lightly blistered and appears to be ; improving. On the same track Kanikij is a regular worker, and Armature is improving in her jumping. There is some talk of Jargon, who broke down at the Waverley meeting last year, standing another preparation.

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