SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1916, Page 6

SPORTING.

BACING FIXTURES. June 17—Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase. June 23, 24—Napier Park -R.C. Winter. June 30, July I—Hawke's Bay. J.C, Winter. July li!, 13 10—Wellington JJ. C.Winter 4 TURF TOPICS. (By "Aloturoa"), ■ ?:* Concluding day at GisbofHe. The Napier Park winter meeting openi On Friday next. " A Bee's special mission in 'Stralla is said to be the Caulfteld Cup—no lean! Moulu, Combustion and Ardent are recent aspirants to hurdle honors; ■ Soldier had the services of -J)eeley in the Winter Oats at Gisborne, ' but let) his backers down very badly. With C. Emerson away in '§tralia J, O'Shea's position at the of the winning jockey's list is now quite se"lire. ' The trainer and rider of Tim Doolan were '"carpeted" at. Flemington recently, l'he game little juniper. wiH probably shape much bettlr when A. J. McFlynn rides him in'the V.R.C. Grand National Steeples. The Canterbury owner-trainer took a big team of horses to Sydney last week, , Including Corrie and Reval, wJiieK should pay ex's on the trip. . The biggest fence in the Dominion is said to he a post and rails terror on the Gisborne course. No w.ondor steeplechases over there represent a game of ',no man (or rather, horse) standing!" Braeburn and Marconi have been handed out a fair load to-day, but judging hy Thursday's showiiig they could carry their ownei's and then •prove hard to settle. Although entered for the Epsom and .Metropolitan Handicaps it is stated that there is little chance of Chortle being taken to the other side. Perhaps his owner is only testing the handicappers for some future occasions. Naupata was Very sore at the Great Northern meeting; and is spelling. Another jumper from the same stable, Kautvairoa, has gome lame, so Proaser's luclc 6eems to be right out. The Wnnganui J.C. committee has cam celled C. Monk's license. ; At the present rate of enlistment there threatens to be a shortage of lttirdle horsemen about Grand National time. The owners will httve to' ride the horses themselves! The N.2. Trotting Cup hps becti ftx«d to include horses that liav,e trotted 4.30, or better, in competition. The stakes, 2500 sovs., are worth chasing, too. Paremnta had Wl luck to fall over The Chef on Thursday, otherwise he, might have won. Tt is on the cards that he will run well in ' the Turanganui Steeples this afternoon. Sir FuMmm, runner-up in the Sydney Thousand Trot, has /been bought by the well known Southern owner, Mr. Fleming, who races that good horse Our Thorpe. ■Rov Geddes. owner of the Denver Trotting Stud in N.S.W., intends sending four trotters to the Dominion shortly. They are known as Lord Denver, Nellie Denver, Rose Denver and Huon Denver, n family of Den vers in fact. "Kooya was not given a run at Gisborne on Thursday, hut will be a hot order if started' to-day. Marton is improving with every gallop in public and looks like winning a good race at either Trenthitm or Riwarfwi. Perhaps tliev will "set" him f6r the Grand National Hurdles: -nh nn. of course, I forgot that Crown Pearl is in that race! . ' Try Fluke, who paid a handsome (livident at Ellerslic, recently, is booked for 'Stralia. Dood is nicely treated in the hack hurdles at Napier Park. Ormond's pair,are being well backed for the Napier double. •Some promising yearling?, are }>einn worked at Riccarton. They include Biplane (Comedy King—Air Motor), Carol Singer (Bezonian—Sweet Angelus), the Martian—.Everlasting colt, and the-K-il-broney—Arai-te-uru filly. The first named pair showed to most advantage in a furlong sprint last Saturday. All War is in the Wars asnin. having met with another mishap. There i» Something in a name after all. 1 , Danube, whose stock proved to be practically all "duffers," is i 0 take up stud duties in Queensland next season. The Dominion enn spare him. O. MoCarten has had a very successful Sftflson, having ridden M winners to dM». H.' Goldfinch has been successful on 18 occasions, and Len Nodder has scored on 14; .... . ''P.illv" Glenn, the All Plack crack, has been doing things again, latest neivs.lieing that he has been awarded the Military Cross for valor in .the field. ,'Te was a great sport, and was interested in Mamapoto a«d otli&r goo d racehorses a few seasons back. Goodwin Park, who was supposed to he down and out, is doing nteadv work again. .... News of Morning's demise came n« it shock. The ex-New Zea lander was billed to run in the Wanda Steeples at Caulfield to-day, and a big lirograinnio \vns mapped out for him nt ( |hc V.R.C. meeting. He was chiefly famous as the winof the Grand National Hurdles of Tatterley is now owned bv Mr. W .T Ralph. * The efforts to turn Peg into a hurdler seem to he in vain. She ), Pr Jlr . 7 , in nt evevv fence, and her jockey has to fairly lift her over. Thrax is showing good form over the schooling hurdles, but. will hardlv be cheery ripe when the National meeting roJJa along.