SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 29 May 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. June 3, 4—Otaki R.C. Winter. June 3, B—Dunedin8 —Dunedin J.C. Winter. June 3, 5, 7—A.11.C. Great Northern. June 18, 19 —Hawko'a Bay, J.C. Winter.. June 25, 2P>—Napier Park R.C. Winter. July 28—Waimate Plains Trotting Club. TROTTING IN TARANAKI.

The enthusiasm manifested at the Waimate Plains Trotting Club meeting held at Hawera on' Tuesday evening augurs well fur the success of this particular line of sport in Taranaki. Not only were nearly two hundred members enrolled, but more have promised to join, and all parts of the province will be represented shortly. As the News has always urged most strongly the claims of the Waimate Racing Club were almost without parallel in the Dominion, Here was a province abounding in trotting enthusiasts and good class trotters, and to enjoy their sport they were forced to go abroad to centres, many of which did not possess an atom of the "talent" we have here. In addition to our already trained division there ;u'o heaps of promising horses languishing for a chance to assert themselves. This class comprises our stoutest and most useful breeds, and recognition of this fact promises to do much to improve horse breeding in the province. The decision to give away in stakes between £450 and £SOO on July 28 shows that the Waimate Plains Club ;s being run by go-ahead, energetic persons, and with Mr. E. A. Nalder holding the reins of secretaryship no qualm.) r>r the future success of (he club may !>e feared. The question of a date for futture meetings is one that must be c.irefully considered. There is a proposal in hold flie meeting on the • day following the Egmont Racing Club meeting, whHi looks a good proposition, but whether it would not, be more advisable to apply for Easter Monday, at present a blank day in Taranaki, is a point worth arguing. TJie News joins with all tnk sports in wishing the Waimate Club ;i successful future.

TURF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa. 1 ')

Thursday next, the King's Birthday, will see racing in full swing at Kllerslie, Otaki, and Wingatui. The Great Northern meeting is of most interest to Tarnnaki sports, and the appearance of acceptances this morning will be eagerly looked for. Prospects of a fine meeting are not lacking, and there should be some interesting contests there 011 Thursday (Great Northern Hurdles day), Saturday (Steeplechase day), and on the following Monday. The Otaki winter meeting will rage on Thursday and Friday, and the Dunedin gathering on Thursday and Saturday. The victory of Mr. James Hawkin's jumper Kurnalpi in a two miles hurdle race at Canterbury Tark (Sydnej') ea;nc as a surprise to those who classed ths ex-Taranaki gelding as a non-stayer. Details of the race show that the course was holding, but Kurnalpi carried iiis 9.12 in good style, coming away at the right end when J. Graham called upon him. The race was only worth 100 sovs., £75 of which was the winner's share, but Kurnalpi started at such a fine price that the genial "Jimmy" : 9 certain to buy another racehorse, or car, or something of the sort, at any moment.

A correspondent writes inquiring the correct spelling of the name of- the imported Linacra —Tototo filly at present racing with some success in the Dominion. It is Veronal, not Veroneal, as the know-all "comps." twist it. Con the Shaughruun and Master Paul were recently brought back from Jl?i--bourne, and are now quartered at Ric-. carton. The prad with the Eyetali.ui cognomen failed to jump into prominence on the other side of the Tassy.

Just by way of celebrating one of the Allies' finest victories, His Majesty King George has named one of his yearling Neuve ; Chapelle. The speedy pony Deep Sleep, by Boniform—Midnight, made a mess of a big field in tiie Maiden Handicap at Rosobery on the 15th inst. Such a well-bred filly should hold her own in any company. Other New ZeaJanders to win races in 'Stralia recently .include Wild West, who notched a double in the wilds of Cootamundra; and old Fireworks, who scored again over the big fences at Williamstown. Kirkee, winner of the welter ut Canterbury Park, was got by the New Zealander Cuneiform from Jig. Beau Soult's breakdown is proving more serious than at first'expected, and the nag goes to the stud next season. In writing to a friend, George Price, who is in England, in search of horses for the "Ilighdcn" stable, says he has seen a lot of racing in England, and, according to him, if it were not for the prevailing color of khaki and the crowds of wounded soldiers, one would not know England was at war, so large are the attendances at the meetings. Price quickly found that good horses were not given away in England. There the prevailing impression is that the war will be over by December Ist, and on this account owners prefer to hold in to any horse that shows promise, while there are always buyers ready to give good prices for horses sold out of Selling Plates. The Highdeu trainer met many New Zealanders in his travels, including the ex-Yaldlmrst horseman, Tod Hewitt. AU going well, Price expected to leave England on the 2(iiii of this month, and will travel with the horses he has purchased.

EXGLISII RACING. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London May 27. Tlie Racing Calendar announces a race at Newmarket for Derby horsei in Ascot week.