SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES . Oct. 21, 2,l—Wellington R.C. Spring. Oct. 23. Waverley-Waitotaiu B.C. Animal. Nov. 2. Taratahi-Carterton R.C, Annual. Nov. 4, B.—Auckland E.C. Spring. Nov. 4, 6, 8, 11—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan. , CAULFIELD NOTES. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Caulfleld, Oct. 20. Bee ran nine furlongs on the grass in 1.57. Kilboy did ten furlongs on the sand in 2.22}. Wolaroi ran i mile in 1.452, w i,ii c Amata did the samp, distance in 1.44. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Trentliara to-day. Waverley on Monday. Auckland weights on Tuesday. The Caulfleld Cup will be run this afternoon. Desert Cold is in the Champion Plate on Monday. 'Nuf sed. Interlude was taken to Masterton, but was not started owing to ilie muddy track.

Saycium and Depredation threaten to be solidly supported at the Waverley meeting. ii !l -;

Lingerie and Simonides are the popular picks for the Taita Handicap to-day. Chakwana is engaged in the Wainui Handicap at Trentham, and «t mile course suits her well.

Rangitevo has, been doing great work, and is reported to have been heivily supported for the Shorts Handicap. Tafanaki will-be "putrid" with Rewi Poto—Golden Grafton punters to-day, but both prads have heaps of avoirdupois to carry. Mr. W. G. Stead took Sasanoff anil his otliei horses away from Trainer Tom Quinlivan very abruptly, and refused to give a reason for his strange action. That was "decent" after Tom had the trouble to get the horse fit, and had actually won a good race. Some day trainers. will rise and demand a little compilation Theirs is the ioil, and tun f:!t own.v grabs the bo idle! T.ocnta, who has cost his party a, lot of monry recently, has been turned out for a long spell.

It is not at all certain that Welcome Nugget will '.tart in the New Zealand Cup after ali. ' Some say an effort is being made to get him ready for ahe Auckland Cup. Nones should be hard to' beat in whatever she starts in at Trentham. She is a greatly improved mare since racing at Wangr.iiui last month, It seems hardly likely that more than three or four horses will chase Desert Gold in the Champion Plato on Monday. Sir Fisher's name appeared amongst the acceptors for the Wavorley Cup, which was incorrect. The horse has been paid up for in the Moumahaki Stakes.

Qiiinologist, winner of the Metropolitan Handicap, is an English bred horse that was reckoned good enough to measure strides with Pommern in the Old Hart, and now most people are wondering how he managed to get into the big handicap at 331bs. under weight-for-age. Handicapping is a strange art: A contemporary says that it is strange that the placed horses on the first day at Dunedin were first, second, and third favorites respectively in each race, and finished in their order of favoritism. That would be more than "strange" if it were true, but unfortunately it is a blanky fabrication. Mr. J. B. Keid informed a southern scribe that the price paid for Kilboy was 5000 guineas. The new owners got it back first start.