SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Ilatg off to Warstep, winner of the Duncdin Cup under the steadier of 9.13. Some fairly bulky loads have been carried to victory in this mill' and a half race, hut the daughter of Martian's performance knocks them well out of the lime-| light. 'Way hack in '74, Lurline won, with,!!.!), a. feat that was not equalledj in a "period of forty years. Templcton won his second Cup in '7B under 9.3, j and Vanguard carried the same weight j seven years later. Then wc drop to 1910 to find a winnei with 9.0 in Oivoi, and Los Angelos scored the following autumn witli 9.5. Tile' Dunedin Cup ' records show that the race lias been won twice by each of the following horses. Templeton. Mata, Lady Emma, and Stepdancer. It is a coincidence that tiiy last named is the dam of Warstep. The Canterbury sportsman, Mr 0. G. Dalgcty, lias won four out of the last nine Cups with Stepdancer (twice), Prim an.l Warstep. The Hon. G McLean scorod with Lady Emma, St. James, and Lord Roslyn.

Fine acceptances have been received for the opening day of the Wanganui Trotting Clnb's meeting, and this gathering in conjunction with the Wanganui Jockey Club's autumn meeting should attract a big crowd to Wanganui this week. There will he gallops on Thursday and Saturday, and trotting on Friday and Monday. A large number of Taranaki-traincd horses will be seen out at these fixtures. Asealon broke it for a well deserved win on Thursday, after being placed in his four previous starts. Each day at Woodville h<> had a gruelling race right up the straight, and a head defeat on the first day was fortunately turned into a head victory on the second. Local punters were all on Mr P. Scally's nag, and showed a profit each day.

There is some doubt as to whether the much fancied Indigo will start in the Wanganui Cup. The field only promises to be a small one, but the public will bo better able to gauge the chance* of Rewi Poto and Co., wlu-n the acceptances appear in the News on Tuesday morning.

The Jackson Stakes, to bo run at Wanganui o n Saturday, should bring together some fair six furlong sprinters. The likely starters includ? Emperador, Gladiole. Postillion. Nones, Flyinsj Start, Dinner Gong and Bisogne. A fine race should result. Jem and Gold Poult have been scratched for all engagements at the Wanganui meeting. The hurdler Aruake has been showing signs of lameness during the past few days, and is at nrcsent. being prepared on the beach at Castloeliff (Wanganui).

After running a close second at the Rotorua meeting Cheddar managed to o'in twice at Hamilton last week. (Some Taranaki snorts wish they had never been introduced to the disappnV "eddy.