SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

CIIKISTCIIUKCII TROTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. , Chriatchureh, Tuesday. , following acceptances have been received for the Christchureh Trots: INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP, on, and a-half miles.—Young Tohu and Ao.ea l?oa 4sec., Espiral 5, Lucille H, lokio. Lady Poole, Azile, Crouistall, opacification Junior, and General Link i'li o Franz, Coal King, and Wooddrift nrive ' (!ret!D Hibbon, Olive Cliild. \\ ill-o -the-Wisp, and Division 1] BELGIUM HANDICAP (saddle), one amln-nnit miles— Armameter Csoo., Trugftnmi 8, Mayflower 0, Chub and Havana 10, re Kuiti and Macwood 11, Mandor, Able Boy. and Ohapi 14, Mushroom 15, niroki, Aladdin, and Rudston HI, Sergeant Have lock, Admiral Drake, and Whisht IS, Huon Child, Geranium, Navigator, Amazona, '1 o-night, and Imperial Victor 20. AUGUST HANDICAP (harness), |wo miles.—Denver Huon and Win Soon scr., Persuador and Muricata fisee.. Jewi Chimes, Tommy C.. and Gnldwond 7, Calm, Fashionwood, and Edith A. S Little Tib. Prince Akwood. Stanley's Child, Lord Heatheote, and The Kin"\< 0;n(-ral 9, Succeed 10. 7 QUEEN MARY HANDICAP /saddle' two miles.—Prince Rufus ser., Emiliu's lsec., Chelston 7, Baron Franz S. Doris Wilkes and The Bronzewing 9, Celtic, George, Hard Florv, Tracey, and Jlvrtle Palm 12, Elwood 1.1, Scotch Mist* and Tlifi Chief 14, Claribel and Whispering Lad l.j. Hesitation, Lvndhurst, QWr.'--Drive, \Yiilq'-the-Wisp", Gold Drift, and Dhi,i(,u i,i. " " " STEWARDS' HANDICAP (harness), two miles.—Electrocute scr,, Galiehn Usee., Truganini 15; Verawocd, Bow Bells, and Auckland Girl IS, Parole, Bells and Rummy Ift, Albertorin, Chub, affM Arcadian 20, Elktfm Hall 21, Cousin Jenny 22, Theseus 23.

SELWYN HANDICAP (harness), two miles.---Franzalena scr„ Princess Sherwood and Disappear lsec., Harold Direct 3, Gertio L., Ngaraimn, and 0.1.C. 5, Sunged, Moneymaker, and Waitchie 0, Lindett.i, Drum-Major, and Gee Whiz 7. SPEEDWAY HANDICAP (harness), one mile.—Dcsdemona scr., Miss Audrey and Bacchus Isoe., Icicle 2, Remarosa and Annie Dillon 3, Waterlog 4. ELECTRIC HANDICAP (saddle), one mile.--Clingsehild scr., Jack Ashoro, and Barnuiguic lsee., Dahvhinnie and Cro-.vn Prince 2, Miss Advocate, Medallion, Fir-it Alarm, and Promotion 3, Timepiece, Rothannie, Franz Josef, Rawene, Qu:naldine, Miss Florrie C., Qiiineey Maid, and Sir Elmo 4, Miss Audrey and Soda 5, Young Tohu, May Dillon, Caledou, and Diek B. 8. ~ TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") The Grand National meeting opens on Tuesday next. Final payments—due on Fridayshould reduce the fields considerably. Those who arc barking Sam Pan for the Jumpers' Flat Race should remember that Harbour Light is in with lOst. 21b. Judging by the moderate crowd in the hunters' events at the National meeting, Expedition would have had a picnic down there if his owner had taken it on with him.

Glenroy just strolled home at Pallia tua, but five furlongs is a very different proposition to the Winter Cup mile, witl the long, gruelling Ricearton straiirhl thrown in as well.

Arthur Ollivcr is stated to l.e Glenroy's prospective pilot in tlie Winter Cup, but "Lil Arth'r" hasn't got a brief yet. The Wanganui J.C. will consider his application to night, Multiply's form »t Pahiatua should not be taken too seriously. He may "add" to his reputation next start, and then his party will "divide" aomething worth while!

Awahou has dropped into the Trial Hurdles at Eieoarton with 10.11. Just east your memory back to the Wanganui winter meeting and recollect tlie big black gelding running away with the Kaitoke Hurdles (1? miles), with 10.0, in the swift time of 3.14 2-5, and the following day cantering home in the Rata Hurdles (1 mile and 5 furlongs), with 11.!), in 3.3 3-5. Can you pick the Trhl Hurdles now?

Coming just in front of the big prize* at Riccarton and Trentham these small stakes offered at hunt meetings are sheer temptations to owners to rim their neddies "stiff'." Heard at a recent meeting:—Owner: "By jove, Bill, you nearly won!" Jockster: "Yes! I couldn't have held him a moment longer!" This scribe has seen the cracks—Awahou, Master Lupin, Styrax, and Leonta—in action recently, and when all ia carefully weighed lip Leonta fills the eye M, the most likely National candidate of the quartette.

This cold tea business threatens to get a frigid hearing from New Zealand owners. True to his edict, says an exchange, King George has become so intenselv teetotal that he has actually called one of his racehorses "Cocoa." Of course we've had an Acid Drop, a Rongoa, a Skimmed Milk, and a Water o' Milk, but the popular fancy runs to nomenclature like Continuance, Beerslayer, John Barleycorn, Mescal, Glenlivet, The Brewer, Bacchus, and Tanglefoot.

"The heads" in Sydney are still guffawing about the ex-New Zealand jockey who forestalled the Taranaki "jubilee punters" at Newcastle the other day. The jockster, who is one of the hardest "heads" afloat, got the "wheeze'' th.it something was doing, and promptly got on to a large amount at S't. When the "hayseeds" tried to get "set" tlie be*t on offer was 2's. The nag won easily! Followers of the doing of thin-legg-'d horses blinked their optics the other day when the New Zealand Trotting Cup stakes wore hoisted to 2500 sovs, tlms making the New Zealand Cup (for gallopers) look very small potatoes. Trotting stakes are wonderfully good in the dominion, as a comparison with Sydney quickly shows. The Now Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club gave £19,800 in nine days' trotting last season, while Sydney clubs only unloaded £10,690 in thirty days' trotting. The so-called "parade" of two-year-olds at the I'akuraiiga Hunt meeting is fast becoming more of a three furlongs flutter than n show affair. The youngsters are allowed to run along to show their paces, and Tom Brown being anxious to show that his nag is better than Bill Smith's, and vice versa, the parade results in a race. The peculiar part of Saturday's turn-out waß that (he socalled two-ycnr-olds weren't two-year-olds at all—wanting one day to attain their second year. The racing of yearlings is "barred," by the way. Mr. J. Hawkins had his pair, Lord Multifid arnf Toa Tere engaged at Canterbury Park on Monday, but the cables are silent as to results. Lord Multifid had 8.7 to Toa Tere's 8.0 In the Flying Handicap (six furlongs), and In the Canterbury Park Cup (ono mile ami three furlongs) the weights were 8,6 and .12 respectively.

Welcome Nugget's \ictory at the Hunt Club meeting again draws attention to liis dan), J'tuu liau. The Litter has l>ccn a most prolific matron, and ail of her progeny that have raced have won. Amongst the number were Nicotine, Golden .Eagle, Coronetted, and Harbour Light, and her latest addition is a shapely filly, a full-sister to Welcome. Nuggclt. which is at present at BuiJiy Talk. liau lluii is in foal to Hallowmas, the only really first-class sire put to her, and her next foal should turn out a good one. "One well-known local sportsman at the Pahiatua meeting was certainly not ir. luck's way," says a Palmersion writer. "Up to the sixth race he had rot backed a winner, but declared he would get hit money bac-k in the last race and supported for a substantial amount Roy'il Mary, which won all the way. What was said when the eqitine's i icier con id not draw the weight, and Hie race was awarded to Conziska, is beyond imagination. It. appeai'3 tlr.t, in saddling up, the lead bag was left 01 the stall, and it was found there after the race was run." The question remains, ''How does the public get onV' The owner lo?e:; the stakes, the jockey his winning percentage, and what happen;; to the public, who, through no fault of tlvir own, backed a disqualified nag. In case-j like this the stewards should not rest until they have found out who was responsible for the weight being mislaid and should make an example of him. Winners are hard enough to find without having the dividend snatched out of your hand when you have won—and all through the earelefsness of some individual who clearly emphasises the fact that he is not fit to superintend the saddling up of raceliorscs.