SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. Oct. 23, 20.—Wellington E.C. Swing. Oct. 25. —Waverley-Waitotara E.C. Annual. Oct. 28, 29.—Poverty Bay T.O. Meeting. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Trentharn to-day. Waverley on Monday. N.Z, Cup this day fortnight. Dceley will ride Chortle in tile Champion Plate. Interlude is galloping faat. Look out at Waverley. Prosser's elect looka "hard" in the steeplechases at Trentham, What -will give Hymettius a nice in to-day's Selling Hate Dunno! A Hawera scribe mentions Avon Park as an unlikely runner at Waverley. The Wanganui owner-trainer, Albert Jackson, who raced Rooseveldt, Taft, John, President Wilson and others, is taking up a position at Hastings. On Expect's form at Wanganui—when he wasn't expected by the stable—lie should have something to say ia the settlement of a race or two at Trentham.

SDa flown is a top-notcher, and the "heads" can be depended upon to go nap on the Downshire nag in the Rimutaka Handicap to-day. The Champion 'Plate comes up for settlement on Monday, and with Desert Gold, Nones, Chortle and Co. on the job there should be some watch-breaking! Punters will be up against it when the Wellesley Stakes comes to bo considered. Thestius, Egypta and Maorilander can all gallop fast, but they say that you have to hold your hat on when Hymeanos is given his head! Probably Chortle'and Three will monopolise interest in the Shorts Handicap, but Taringamutu has shown fine form recently, and is served with a nice handy weight. . There should be something doing in the Wellington Handicap to-day, if a fair proportion of the twenty acceptors go to the post. Bonny Helen holds down topweight, and is the racehorse of the crowd. Pavlova and Multiply have shown disappointing form this senson, but Maniaroa, Nones, Marco Bello and Tangihou have been there (or thereabouts), each start. Bonny Helen and Nones may share favoritism. Papauira was badly left at Mastcrton, and then showed a lot of pace. The 'Palmerston nag is up against warm members in Moutoa Queen and Martlet in the Scurry at Trentham, but her party reckon they have a fair, "rough" chance.

Lord Multifid is only engaged in on«i race at the V.R.C. spring meeting. His owner, the genial "Jimmy," reckons he will be satisfied with the Melbourne Cup stake!. A brace of dangerous sprinters, Chortle and Bimeter, have dropped out of the C.J.C. Stewards' Handicap. There is still a sufficient number in the big sprint event to give puntera a worried look, though Treritham running may shed some light on the problem. The gentleman jockster got another bad advertisement at Adelaide the other day, when, after leading up the straight by several lengths, he pulled up within fifty yards of the winning post and turned his mount towards the birdcage. Realising his mistake he got going again in time to secure second coin. Then the crowd went mad and said hard things about clubs which encouraged amateur horsemen, and the stipes were so offended that they nibbed the gentleman out for "six moons." They should have made it six years! Despite illness, Ben Deelcy is top horseman already with 11 wins for this season. J. O'Shea and A. Reed are "on his hammer," with 10 apiece, and W. Bel] 8, C. Emerson 6, A. Olliver 6, and J. 01sen C, are all getting a bustle on. Deeley gets such good riding at the big gatherings that he looks hard to top off this season. Final payments for the New Zealand Cup fell due last evening, and although not available at time of writing, this scribe is of the opinion that ihe £fl payment will "stop" much of the rubbish. Some punters will be fracturing their eyesight trying to find their neddies on the list.

Rinaldo is the Wanganui tip for the New Zealand Cup. W. Duncan's horse ran a good second to Master Lupin in the last Wanganui Cup, and was running on Btrongly at the end of a fast-run mlie and three-quarters. He is better nick now, and the confidence seem 3 somewhat justified. W. J. Adams, the well-known crosscountry rider, died in a private hospital at Hastings yesterday week as the result of the injuries he received when Gladful fell with him in the Tomoana Hack Hurdles at the Hawke's Bay J.C.'s Spring Meeting on the previous Saturday. The evidence given at the inquest went to show that the field was bunched at the first hurdle in the fecoud round, and Gladful struck tho fence hard and came down. Czaronus landed on Gladful and fell, and Negative came over between those two horses. Gladful evidently fell on top of Adams, for Dr. Tosswill stated that the deceased had both collarbones and three ribs on the left side broken, and there was also a bleeding into the left lung and injury to the brain. The news of Adams' death will be received with regret in sporting circles, in which he had many friends. He was a very capable rider over fences, and was at the head of this season's list of winning horsemen over fences, with a total of seven wins, while he had also ridden one winner on the flat. He rode Ngatoa to victory in the last Grand National Steeplechase at Ricearton, and among his other important successes were the Great Northern Hurdles on Marton in 191!!, the Grand National Hurdles on Waterworks in 1912, and tho Wanganui Steeplechase on Glenmore in 1913.