SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1915, Page 7

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES. Aug. 2'G—Egmqnt-Wanganui Hunt. Sept. I—Marten J. C, Spring. Sept. 2—Rangitikei Hunt. Sept. B—Dannevirkc R.C. Steeple. Sept. 0, 10—Aslvburton R.C. Spring . Sept. 15, 18—Avondale J.C. Spring. Sept. 23, 25—Wanganui J.C. Spring.

TURF TOPICS. (By '■'Moturoa.") On Monday next the Egniont-Wan-ganui Hunt meeting will attract a good crowd of Taranakt sportsmen to Waverloy. Tile acceptances are good, practically every horse of class having been paid up for, and, as lis only to .bo expected, Taranaki stables are strongly represented at the gathering. Expedition holds his ground in the Hun« Cup, and with a capable horsemen up, should not be troubled with 1.1.7. Warea, White Blaze, Iceberg, Consul and Vladian should run well .in the minor events. Vludian is engaged in two events, though the. Wanganui prad's name was missing—strange to say—from both nominations and acceptances published. Some punters would accept that at the "straight griffin." The hurdler Leonta ' took on the '•water jump" at Lyttelton the other day. While being shipped ho-fell off the wharf, and it took several stout, perspiring persons the best part of on hour to rescue the horse from the water. Luckily the Fordell nag was none the worse for the immersion.

A contemporary mentions tlio fondness of the O'Counell family for riding over big .fence?, and the four brothers nave achieved wonderful success'. Jerry, who won the Grand National Hurdles on Hurakia, also won the National Steeple on Bcrcola. Billy won the latter race on Eurus and Joe. scored on Captain Jingle. Billy Bteered Akc Ake to victory in the Great Northern Hurdles, and brother Jack scored on Merriwai and YVaipu. Two of them, Jack and Billy, were fatally injured in the game.

Mr. E. W. Alison, junr., who scored a lucky; win with Ngatoa in the National Steeple, heads the list of winning owners at the Canterbury meeting with £IOSO. Mr. P. J. Lysnar, who races Hurakia and Vi, followed with £855. Then came Messrs. F. Armstrong £770, I'. D. Greenwood £4OO, "0. Maohell" £379, ?. Neagle £350, A. W. Rutherford junr. £340, awl J. Smith £3OO. Taranaki's share was not a large one, Mr. N. Brown taking' £lO5 for Harbor Light's win in the Jumpers' Flat, and Glenroy winning £SO for Mr. J. George in the Islington Handicap. It was a sad meeting:

Diavolo has been doing things lately! Out of seven starts he has won four limes, been second or.ee and third once, i'et folio were of '•form" preferred the chances of Awahou on Saturday la«t, and Diavolo was allowed to nay a fair price.

It is reported that Harbor Light' fractured his jaw when he fell in the National Hurdles. Considering that he had the race almost in hand when he fell, it looks like heaping insult upon injury to pull out with a cracked chewing apparatus.

Mr. E, J. "Watt did not have, a very successful season in. New Zealand last year, but his horses were winning all along the line in 'Stralia, where he topped the winning owners' list with the tidy sum of £12,628. In addition, Mountain Knight and Moonbria, who were temporarily running in Sir W. Cooper's narno (owing to the death of Mr Watt's 'sister) won £2838, which brings the total up to £15,460. This tetal has not been beaten in 'Stralia this century. Art, a double winner at the National meeting, fa a finely bred horse, being by the St. Simon horse Sarto, oiit of Vladimir's dam, Mist. Vladimir was a great horse over all distances, and won the C.J.C. Steward's Handicap, Winter Cup and Great Autumn Handicap. Hiding' honors at the Grand National meeting last week were fairly evenly distributed. Jur. CConnell 'and W. Adams each sainted the judge, on three occasions, and B. Deeley, A. J. Flynn, A. Julian, A, Wormald, and S. Eeid were each successful in two events, while K. Gray, J. Bovd, J. O'Shea, J. Boyd, L. Morris, Mr. J. D. Smith, and Mr, S. Barr won one raoe jwityih

Last week's racing at Riccarton was responsible for the death of three torsos. Taft was killed on Tuesday and; Fhauios and Kim wet with fetal itti -, juries on Saturday. Harbor Light has emulated Admiral Soult's performance of last season dur» ing the past two months by winning' tho Oraikei Hurdles, Jumpers' Flat, *n& Campbell Hurdles at iHleitsJio,' then coming to Riccarton and winning the ' Jumpers' Flat Race, and falling in tho Grand National Hurdles, says the Referee. Harbor Light got further on in ', tho journey in the big hurdle race - a*. Riccarton than did tie Soult gelding, and it was not until the last clbetacle was reached that the son of Sylvia Park was brought to earth, and at the time - he looked to have excellent prospects of success. Writing to his parents at Felthim, ', Fred Winter, the jockey, who u interned at the concentration camp at Buhle* iben, Germany, wishes to thank the "■' many friends in England who have tent him parcels—manyi of them being personally unknown to him. The Engllslr prisoners at Ruhlebeu have just reoent- - ly held a big athletic meeting, whidf ' took six days, commencing at nine U the morning and going on until five is, the afterhooiv the entries being enormous, The famous New Zealand seul- \ ler, Tom .Sullivan, who is one, of Winter's fellow-prisoners, waa president of the Sports Committee,