SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 286, 12 May 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

I£(iAIOST WINTER MEBTISU. (Safes .I>y ."Mafcuroa.") Tin. Knciiiix Club's winter meeting lakes place to-day and to-mor-r:iv.-, and judging by th" numerous acwpiam* for ill'.' iirst. OayV events tlu> jt tu !;.-t h \ery mmCOSSIVI Dill'. Til i' CHIIV:." is ill guild (I .tlEf Weaiili-i' kfl'liv Ji li In- m<>4 Ihji. It io p'livMlly ack'i."wh-d;,0.l fh.u ike ,I.y.luli c;'llllXT, Ceurge Mors", 1:; s dom li .. \-.si, i.o.v tun will, in-! the winners I, ilny. . Mi-. C. OM..',;;iuor will do .the ►taiiim.-. 'iV-day'>i niopens* •••» ith the To,;g:Uitio llauUioeu ll'ii'dles, i-ne luile :;rd a l.ii'i. i'or which n line Ink 1 <ii roun • i is cn.i-.loil. 'II i. 1 A uokki nder l-.I Or.J-a ct.n;«ss v.'itli'a ,w.tt rfju'tr.ti-w. uwl wjJ! earry a kit of ii'i'ia',.', fi!(.'i'<v those who |:r«f»T a proved jmn;>er will nndnubtnily. go .strongly for Dogger B&'ik and Kntuu. The eleven in the Tawhiti Il.vurtie.ij: (six furlongs' jnei\ide so> le i11■: i1 sprinter.?. aiul tti;' public jw. y liiul it liiird to .choose between at 1 e--i liali' ;i dozen of .the ranui>r.<. Crown. Pearl will probably bo ridden by Aiihin t 'Hi\ ■ ■?*, but v.'ilJ roipiire all tint in to loot it v.itjt his Usser weighted opponents. On reet-ui f«ru> Astor, .'.von bark, t nd pi>>-i-'hly I'layoii' should all li;:il 1-top-weight. Pal'ona'.e atid. (jrattan lire also woli treated. and either at bis best v.»:ilil lata- .wise shaking off. 3?s ••s'My (In- "heads" ,v.ill g,» To.'' At tor aiitf Avon

The Ford;!!-." i':iin-"d i-Viiion is 1,-kely to carry a'Jot of Waiyv/nui money in ike l.'-'Jlway Jj«.'wli<-.i{i, in wliMi k". viil be ridden by liaro'd Yumi.::. Fortify, on Vic kiiiio marl:. 'imilsh Inver to iiev'tt a .iies, and <;l.'iirt;v. truly .An';: i and <-b j iir wii; all have -apoorior:;. fortify :u ; -l i.:-dy Mm* wili only require to grt eood run fo sin.-w yw nromini-'iil. " The Ladii'.i' Pi;i"v kt;. attracted flf-' leva horses. and wiih j"!:voua'\ <;!:• :'.'i - . itr.tl San in ti:c ikdil U,c looks very oi)on. Another iij'i)ii;c:n avaiU cr.-; in t Ion;;-. I. r-nart lipjtfmiws. and ill!-, (■tar;!-- ; i l!<-.-ir fs\6r. Veto irf nicely treated viln 7.0, t.'.it if sC;«ii is an (It 'as at Awanuni j.lie ].;ibi;c mav link" li.-r a ni'-d faiorkp. T!h> r.-vln lior.w fi««rhs« hi the Me-I-.K' Mimorial [iandicup (onn mile ami a (jr.arti-rl will j.n.bably ali ye. la ;iie jinst. Smibird !m:> a solid, inij-0.-il., and "Slntiuiroa (witii u stone Ua.> tr.inble ker. The last named ruii a yiod. raw:.' in (lie 11a..T<\- li;-.y Cuji i.in! ap-pca-.-s to be eoniiuf; back to for::). It-x* t:«ai awl Styrax are most fancied of l!ie and. soine ;to fso i.ir i:i to eay tliat tlie latter, il in a ga!!o|?i«j; inoial would win c-oniiortably. Tc-(lav's will eo:iciui!e v.-ith the Waihi llardicap (eijikt and a lialf fui'lonys), e'even remaiiiin;; in. Draft is j,'ailo])ii)g in liir, beat style, and looks like taking a hand in the finish. Sylvan Dale may prove his toughest opTUKF TfIPKS. l-'!-'.yofl' *v.-:n tho Tav.'iiti Ilandicrip k':t year with 7,{! and 51-i■: fi.l t:i day. til (killo is one of tin* Javivite.; up I'orth for the Creat Xorthevn Hurdles, When Tyson won the Telegraph Ilan-dl:-;p lift year he carried 8.11. To day he is rot to carry HlOs more. Ta r-maki horses entered at. Otaki include ilaiiiaroa, Ineani, Tiura, Wi'd Lupiti, Mul';:i liill, Cornelian, Katu, Welcome Nugget, and Coropet. 'the veteran hurdler Haku changed hands reci-ntly for 7,t;ns. Just about the price of dogs' meat! Jockey Ben Deoley, laid aside with pneumonia, has yet to score about another half-dozen wins fo beat Charlie Jenkins' record of S'.i firsts for one season.

Scots Guard and tlie erstwhile Tur-v nuki Cheddar wore booked to leave Auckland for Sydney yesterday. The Ashburtfm course lias always liad a ri putation for being fast, and last week's times v.'ere just as electrical. Pride of C'utha was hung up in the tapes and then won a six-furlongs race in Medley and Peg equalled that performance, and' Daytime chopped the fraction oil'. Castiren won the mile nd three quarters hurdle race in 3.1 -j and Commotion ran the shorter event (one and a half miles) over sticks in IV sort Gold (V (Voisus should Lv able to hoist fresh ir:i> ITS Up to six j'iirhuu;.-; ut and it is only a yliaiue what a CJrirtlo or a would do iij) to a miie and a half. Leapuki is a good mark for the Wanfja;!;ii Steeplechase, Favored with a Ih/ht weight lie wou'd only have to jump to .keep tin* opposition busy. Last year Jaekman had tin' race won at (lie end of a milt', and Lnapukr.s admirers hope for a similar runaway victory this season. The handicappim*' of Lord Mullifsd m Australi;i lnw been particularly harsh. r l he 'iV.ranaki colt, with 011 c win to his credit; is right up with the top-noteliers it*.v,\ a lid a hoiv: like (!i::"!ndva is onlv called tipciii to give. 3) tin Why,. Tic v.- dir'f 1 rent is (1:0 \ew Zeahmd har.dieappei's' in .if iiit-iit oi* the "Siralian -hrod Veronal. '!"!:<• hitler lias won on™ hire, and gets in at the minimum in open sprint (.'Wilts. "Should horse racing be emUhmed during the war,"' w a subject that lias been hotly debated of late. When one considers (he he-;.-" revenue gaim-d by the nt from racing, the number of eeop'c wh'j-e living depend- on the continuation of (7m spori, and the amount oi' money tied up in racecourses. appointments. and in hr.ive'h sh. there heeiiui every reason why we sh-mld continue. Kveryonc cannot go (.» (he war.: I'ivl tii'j.'.e who art' left behind c::n b''St' serve their country bv keeping revenue ard living up to normal. Sporisimm h.'ve dime (heir duty nobly. and only tin-hmd-voiced kdl sports are h-ini/iag back in tie' great struu.ule. The r.moni ("bib has notifii-d Mr. .). Bennett. of Xew I l ] \ month. that his patent Ha- starting imliratnr is li> he used at the meeting. This is a vow siiojdi' but ellVrtive device aU;u!i,il to the lurrii-r, iiidicalin;; its ri-e lsi«fn:»-1-<ltoi>r.x!y l).v the unlVrlia;; i,f a ib«. 'l'lie <h'\iee was u -eel at the recent A- ' land ineetin;-', and was very favorably (".■niineiited on hy (he puhlie.