SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 7

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. fßy "Moturoa.") Marlborough laces to-day. Wanganui Steeplechase to-morrow week. Ineuru should catch a heat at Blenheim. El Gallo's mission is the Great Northern Steeplechase. Heel-Tap looks good for a race at the Marlborough meeting. Roy Reed will ride Zola at Wanganui. What will be second? After Harbor Light's showing at Hawera it looks a case of "Now we shan't be long!" Marton is now trained'by Walter Rayner, and Wnnganui s-ports are wondering if the old champion can "come back.'' It's doubtful. Jack Johnson, who rode Captain Miro at Hawera last week, is reported to have been engtged to ride Marton in his Northern engagements. Royal Chef certainly won a double at Hawera, but he does not strike one as a champion. He was glad to reach the post in The Shorts on Thursday, and Bisogne (who had all tb... bad luck that was floating around), was right on his hammer.

Mentioning Royal Chef: An exchange puts him down as 'out of Cousin." Everybody knows the horse is.by Coro-net-Cuisine, and it ;s a shame that such a decent effort in nomenclature should be so caielessly passed over. "Mister 'Awkins'" the genial "Jimmy"—informs tlie writer that his horse, Lord Multifid, will be sent to R. Hannon shortly, and while in the Waikato will be mated with a few mares. The Multifid blood is in great demand in the Dominion at priTsent, md this young horse has a greiit future before him. Come to think of it, our future is always in front of us, isn't it? Most day's racing commence with a hurdle race, but it isn't a wise policy to go nap on such a suppostion. Recently a Taranaki owner arrived on the course just in time to see his horse winning tlie opening event—a flat race—and paying a fine dividend too. He thought- his race was the second, and what he said scorched lK> grass for fifty yards on all sides." ,

The handling of Ticino by Ray Olive, Bob Barlow's, apprentice on the first day at the Egmont- meeting was favorably commented upon by many good judges, and it v. ould occasion no surprise to find this lad well up on the winning jockeys list before he is much older.

The guesser and the p : ck-pocket were practically non <>st at Fawera last week, and the vigilance shown by the Egmont Club was much appreciated. At recent meetings one rubbed shoulders with the scum of the Dominion, and what they didn't know about the art of relieving country gentltmen ; of the germ-laden pjiper poundlet* that Ulge the ail-too-

inviting hip-pocket isn't worth knowing. Mouln has been purchased by a patron of, Alex Hall's stable, and is to be tried over sticks away. ' Always a good, honest horse, his late owner set him too high, and a long string cr thirds in firstclass company took the place of what should have been an equal number of firsts in the second rati class. Small fish are sweet.. Mentioning owners and their apparent inability to size up the qualities of their horses reminds one of at least one local owner who rather foolishly lost a "parcel" on his neddy on the second day of the Egmont meeting The horse was quite green, and although not fancied by its owner ran a fine race. Of course they went for it solidly next day, forgetting the effect that one hard race generally Ins on a horse that isn't ready, and they were tip- most surprised people on the course when their champion cut up badly and finished last. Lady Louisa is repoited to bo fairly jumping out of her skin, And some people are wondering whether she will repeat her Connolly handicap victory next week.

Although passed in at the Sydney sales, the stallion Acli!lle3 afterwards found a buyer at 500gns„ and was sent up to Queensland. Mr. G. Currie refused 700gns for the half-brother to Bronze, and the colt ha: been handed over to P. Nolan to train.

Tete-ji-Tete and Mai to Bello have been turned tut until the spring. Lucky beggars! Chortle, Multiply an.t Multiplication have proved good winners for Mr. A. B. Williams this season.. The Gisborne owner has mopped up '£4335 in stakes alone. Up Jenkins is the name of a youngster engaged at Timiru. T!i' nag was named after Charlie Jenkins by the late J. B. Reid, for whom "Jenks" won many good races. Emperador is at present in Wanganui, and looks fit enough to carry 8.3 dangerously near the fient in the Connolly Handicap. The Vladian-Zola double i 3 quoted at a ridiculously short pi ice, considering that the praris' owners haven't taken a match of it ?o far.