SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

TL'UF TOPICS. (By '-Moturoa.") Taranaki weights arc due to-morrow. Kumalpi is still winning races in Australia. Soldier won the Waipa Cup from end to end. Kooya is coming back to form and should be ready about Christmas. As expected. Square Deal /\volV the Woodville Handicap in hollow fashion on Wednesday. ttjornehorg was not produced at Woodville, being reserved for something better at Auckland. The ex-New Zoalumler Canute beat an oddson favorite in Sir Howard at Cosford on the 27th ult. After a long series of-"outs" ineuru caught the judge's eye on VWancsmy last. Somebody deserved an Iron Cross for sticking to the Mauiapoto noddy. Another Taranaki horse. Avon Pari;, scored in the Klectrie Handicap. Feilding form made the Taranaki horse look somewhat of a. moral. »nd the betting public evidently tumbled to the !act.

Xorth-F.ast is still costing his party money across the Tasman. At Sandow'n last month he was sent out a hot order for the Hurdles, but after losing ground at the start he could only run the winner tb three-parts of a length. XorthFast carried 12.9.

The way Kauwairoa won at Feilding made it look as if he only had to start to win at Woodville. but the extra distance evidently found him out on Wednesday. He is a. horse worth watching all the same.

The 'Press Association report of Wednesday's races stated that ("the jockey, Kemp, was badly hurt, but not seriously." Xobody quite knows what it means, and it reminds one of the eh up who would be cheerful, an.l in writinj: to his friends after the accdent stated, "that barring having both legs amputated, losing his eyesight and' hearing, and getting botfl collarbones broken, he was a good as new!"

The Auckland. Stiir professes to be amused at the Egmont Club's prote-t against the Taumavunui Club's mooting clashing with the Epmnnt mooting in February. Considering that the Taumarunni Club lias not a decent course, but proposes to race at Avmulale on the 2nd of 'February the objection seems to have a fairly solid foundation. Both the Taranaki and Egmont meetings attract a fair number of Aueldandors, and anything that may interfere with clubs whose dates were passed as far back as August last deserves to be strongly opposed. If the Taumavunui Chib is without either course or date it is their own funeral! , Entries for the minor events at the Auckland summer meeting are simply wonderful, and in the Grey Handicap alone there are 50 horses engaged. ]f things go on like this they will'have to run them in divisions shortly.

Rewi Poto is not engaged in anything at the Auckland meeting, so we may safely say that the black fellow will he a runner at the Taranaki Christmas meeting this month. The first payment for the Auckland Cup saw the possible runners reduced tosseventeen poor response for such a generous stake. Nearly one-half of those left in have no pretensions to such a race, and on paper. Warstep, Colonel Soult. and Black All read as well as anything. A select crowd figure in the Railway Handicap, including Merry Roe, Tete-a-Tete, King Lupin. Bimeter, Downham, etc. Providing Bimeter is produced fit and well on the day lie will be very nearly first favorite. Maniaroa and Tree Lucerne are tlie Taranaki representatives in the Auckland double. Mr. T. IT. Lowrv will have a sh'ong team for Ellerslic. With Desert. Cold, Tete-a-Tete, Balboa, Fi/ypt and I'.jofncberg all mentioned as certain starters his prospects of success appear very bright. Di fiatni has been scratched for all engagements at (he Auckland meefiiu. Stratford weights should appear about Mondav next.