SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1916, Page 7

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Depredation figures in the Avondale Cup. Ashley Eeid is mentioned as Welcome Nugget's likely pilot in the New Zealand Cup. If Seaport had finished first instead of third in the Stratford Hack Handicap on Thursday he would have rewarded his backers with a £'A3 dividend. Golden Fan is a greatly improved mare, and possibly H. Nodder may get a win out of her shortly. She showed promise at Waverley last year, but lias done nothing since. Parnoa's form at the Hunt Club meeting will have to be considerably improved upon if the King Rufus gelding is to hold his own in the Electric at Martoli. Through a typographical error in Friday's News it was made to ippcar that only £4847 was passed through the total isator on Thursday, whereas the turnover was £S4SS, an increase of nearly two thousand pounds on the figures for the Club's first totalisator meeting. Engaged in tne minor events at the Avondale Spring meeting are: Bisogne, Glenroy, Ticino, White Blaze, Klajtua and other familiar noddies. Winning owners it the Hunt Club meeting were: Messrs. T. R. Taylor £IOO. Cull'. Bros £OO, fi. Lupton £45, F. M. Mills £45, I). Paul £4O. V. Jolins:on £4O, C. H. Banks £3O, B. H. Chancy £OS, L. O'Neill £25, .J. MeKean £lO, J. Britton £lO, H. Weston £lO, M. C. Aagard £lO, B. Brewer, W. C. Phillips and H. A. Nodder C 7 each; E. Childes, W. Iloneyfield und S. Bavidnon £5 each; and Smith and Fowler, J. O'Donnell and P. Bremer £3 apiece. A. Ward rode two winners, and others lo score were Roach, McCarteu, O'Shea, Lambess, 1 Brown, and Mr. C. Banks. The entries received for the Fourth Taranaki Stakes, to be run in IPIS, are very satisfactory. As usual, the principal nominators are Sir Ceo. Ciill'ord, T. 11. Lowry, (!. I). Creenwoocl. J. F. Reid, J. F. Buchanan, and "Mr Highdeii." Some of the horse-owners were complaining of the narrow fences a.t the Hunt Club meeting. The same fault I K.i to be found with the obstacles at I Dannevirke. This should be rectified at I future meetings. Mr. Bert Uoylo has been appointed ■handicapper to the Waverley Racing Club. The "plough" at Hawera lias received a touch up during the last week, and is now in good order for the big number of horses using it. Pink Pearl is said to be able to do anything on the tracks, but she let her party down badly here last week.