SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 3 December 1914, Page 5

SPORTING.

FORIIURY J'AFK TRf'TTIXG. SECOND DAY. By Telegraph.—-Per Proas Association. Duncdin, Last Night. Hie ioriturv Park Ti\>ttin« Club's spring meeting concluded to-day in line, but windy weather, and there was a good attendance. The totalisator !pi n n icj ln 7 '' >,! ' ! 10s > as con:pared with .tl.),]M 10s on the second day last i eai, and the toii'.i lor the meeting was .&?!),.'>B7 IDs as against £31,178 in 1913. Results:—

SECOND AMATEUR HANDICAP, (harness), 100 sovs., ],} miles.—l Little Dons, scr., 1; 2 The Limit, 1 sea., 2; 0 Honoanki, lsec., 3. Also started: 10 Scenery scr., 12 Bright Child, scr., 7 Larkmn lsec., 0 Infant Princess 1 sec 3 Favonuis lsec., 8 Kaweka. lsec., 11 Collena lsec., -r The* l!rpi!::ewing lsoc. > 13 Miss Pinanc'er ."see., Promise ,*!scc!! and 11 Lady Tui 3sec. Won by three lengths. Time, 3miu 4,)4-?src.

ADVANCE HANDICAP (laddie) ]OO sovs ]J miles, 5 Prince Teroaio, l' r - Dons V. ilkes, ssie., '2; t Miss \voo(!:.:, Usee., 3. Aiso started; :: Dot Lobbms scr., 7 Bell 8,.y L. 2see„ ti Rue I ntcheii .isce., 4 Cromwell lOsee. Won by a length. Time, 3mm 37 2-f>see. SUBURBAN HANDICAP (harness) 100 sovs li miles.—l Victor Chief, o scc ' 1; 10 Irugela, lOsec., 2; 5 Pine Bell, Usee,, v 3. Also started: 2 Rostrcbor scr., h Security lsec., 3 Almond Jr. osec.. (> Rose Palm lOsec., 0 Roth Boy Msec., 4 Lavnia Usee., 7 James Maddison llsec. and 11 Octave lL'scc. Won by a length! lime, 4min lsec.

FOI.BURY CUP (harness!, 300 sovs., - miles.—4 Wallace Wood, Osec., 1; 5 trandocia, 7sec„ 2; 7 Crown Prince, 7sec., 3. Also started: G Emmeline scr., 3 Schoolgirl Osec., 1 St. Swithin 7sec Tommy C. flscc., and S Piecework Usee Worn by three lengths. Time, 4mm

TAINUI HANDICAP' (saddle) l-'-O a miles.—3 Black Satin, 12sec., i; 4 btanleys Child, scr., 2; 2 Carretta 3. Also started: 5 Black Jet (Bee., 1 Flora Tracy lOsec. Won by 00 yards. Time, 4min 57aec. VICTORIA HANDICAP (saddle) *135 sov-s 2 miles.—l Frank Wilkes, ISsee., 1; .> Ivory Bella, ISsec., 2; 7 Piteli Dark, j-Osec. . Also started: 4 Trugsnini Osec., 3 Lostrcvor Usee., 2 Tony Robbing Josee., 0 Combine Msec. Won by a ' Time, smin !)3-jsec. I'jMllßli HANDICAP (harness), 170 sovs., li miles. 2 Ripon Child, Usee., 1; •( iranzalena, 3aee., 2; 5 Prince Poole w'Y\>l A m°- ? torted - I 1)ilIon Bell > B t l '' Metal r 'Cr., o Crown Princa Knv •! w (:| 'i d leeC '' 8 C;,ai '» li "S o b thrce -q«»rte« of I Jtngtn. Time, 2min £(>2-sh'\: RECOVERY HANDICAP' (saddle), ' . .a. m,vs., 1 mile.—2 itahvlu'nnic, Csec., ,V° J : ; lck y Chance, fisec,, 2; £> Hinenum )sic, ~ Also started: 1 Breeze scr., 7 Mi,.'.rood 4ace., 4 Bequest 4see., ti Truth I'mVf'i 'f CC ' 01! r l ''-ht n.ytlis. 1 line, 2rain 20 3-Ssee. FEiLDINO NOTES. (By '"Moturoa.") Almost wintry conditions prevailed on t.ie occasion of the Feilding Racing dub s spring meeting, and the weather on Monday was particularly disagreeTJl ° attendance was excellent, iind uite returns ditto, but the gatherlnl' flight have been improved in' many respects. The Feilding Racing Club winch has hoisted a flash stand' for its members, still neglects the publie as retfards totahsator facilities, and the entrance to the lawn and grandstand might be improved very easily. The club wants si "thirty horse" tote badly * the system ol' :eting horses ruii-' iiv.g in different : .icrship (as in the Maiden Hack Scurry on the second day) being quite unfair, though, under ex-' is,ting conditions, it was impossible to lecord the wagers oil the twenty-seven starters on a twenty-four horse machine. .More "pay out" windows are urgently required. In fact, a new totalisator house j s a thing which our Feilding friends should consider straight away. , 'ile on the job it would be advisable to give more than a mere cattle-race ortrance to the lawn. The congestion a* ' ■this point, particularly after the last race is deplorable, >, While "class" was well represented in S J iring ' lan<1 'cap, .and for the St A I*'" li . dd9 th#t 4 r, ml , Andrc w's and Manchester hot' WCl 'i " 0i ° n!y wcak numCTically, but wcak m quality. The St. Andrews Handicap saw.3so sovs hung out to six runners, of which four coull no- n'!,l V al '?- Wlu ' n a hnnter can ;„ l ' f druggie into third place, but actually make most of the running you can imagine what a poor lot they were The pace (!) was painfully slow and, in a sprint homo Portraiture was' fast The r iat'er°'° t bri " ia . nt for ollr Maniaroa. iil vV h r cam(! on Monday, when, vutli 1 ortraiture out of the wav thn tf ! J'T llad no difficulty in «£* t «■»' earnt, amines *l;"t IV „ , v'" 1 -*'" 11 these races, i-ui' w' I''/ ' Vi" .* ■" i ' «»ne probably have miten Rangitero. Battle 1 m hi " thb W "t the -■> v. ..ealand Cup meeting, was a disappointment, n.nd the rest were oul u;,sve<l._ Po-'tilhon paid a remarkably ' n' Oii price v. i-cn he won. Tns.'inaki was w.-!i to thn .fore in the spniit handle:)ps, Play Off and Astor gluing Oiu- R uref.t finish in the Flying Handicap, and J>,i p„ to rumiin J > an easy -winner in the York Stakes. UVI K ' ::; ick at! the trouble that wau d'.n,ing aboirfjin the Flying Hand.cap, or .Wfc' JV,ve landed that iae,. .-.ml. what a price he was paying! , " iarly in the season this scribe expressed r.ne opinion that Play Off was the most, promising sprinter at Hawera 1 101-9e has 50% twice since, bcatme goou horses eacfefame," but Feilding run? nmg points toJffigijgDßsibili'ty of AStOT thntf "to ut Chmtmrt