SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1917, Page 8

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTUREi Jan. 27, 20—'Takapuna .T.C. f!i:;ir.nrr. Jan. 31, Feb. I —Egmont B.C. ,J.<),hu;r Feb. 7, B—Taranaki J.C. Autumii. Feb. 14, 15—Woodville J.C. Autumn.' Feb. 22. 24—Wanganui J.C. Autuiiu. March 17—Opanake B.C. Annual'.

AUSTRALIA* RACING. THE ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP. Australi.in-N.Z. Cable Association. Received .Jan. 27, 8.25 p.m. Sydney, .Jan. 27. riio Anniversary Handicap resulted: Rusliford 1, Fortune Hunter 2, Canzone •'!. Won by three lengths. Time, 2.32»/., whidi was •> record lor the race. TURF TOPICS. /By "Moturoa.") At firstglance the acceptances for (lie opening day of the Egmont Racin" s summer meeting—Wednesday mxt-do not come up to expectations. J lie Cup, of .)00 so"s„ has onlv attracted seven horses, and the Ohawe IlaekHurdlo Race a moderate quintette. Possibly the defection of Bunting, Depredation, Pamnurc, Bjorneborg. ami Blaekmn.v ')e nccourted for, hard racin" and harder tracks telling their tale- hut there is little doubt that seme 'were f-ightene,! out by Egypt, who appears to be leniently treated with 5.4 The absence of so many good horses . 111 the Cup Md rohs the race of much interest, and with the exception of the top-weight those engaged are a poor lot Fortunately the Flving Handicap has filled well, and if Tete-u-Tete, Rewipoto \\stad, Astor, and Tree Lucerne go the post the winner should take pohV picking Scratching* may further'r?duee the ten p:>id up for in the Whsrero;i belter, but gpod fields are,assured for the Waipapa Hack Race, and the "fere Merc H:,ek race, nineteen and seventeen respectively holding their ['round. The. Hurdles'will see [tecord av.tl four others in notion, and Normanby has only ten others to beat in the Ladies' Purse. On the whole the racin! should be interesting, but the good stakes offered deserved a better response f'-om horse-owners generally. Opinions differ greatly as'to the merit of Bunting's Wellington Cup victory, but several good judges consider that ihe All Black gelding did very well to win under unfavorable circumstances He was "snowed in'' until the post was veil in sight, Lnt once he got clear ho galloped over everything, and would h.:ive been very unlucky to have lost. Fresh two-year-old champions, like iv.'W prophets, new brands of beer, and new "bazaar maids," arise continually, fiid each in turn is acclaimed (he "one and only." This year we have had topiiotcliers like Gwent, Slmonides, and then Biplane. The hitter was considered the pick of the bunch till Hymestra took it into his erratic head to get a move on, and the way he "smacked up" Fiplane and Co. at Trcntham this week stamps him as •die best yet! The Taknpnna summer meeting takes place to-day and on Monday, Big fields are carded. King Lupin Is a warm ordey for the Cup, and is well ii]i to (Ist, Others that may get into the money before the meeting closes arc Agnestes, Last "Call, Carbiness, Guiding Way, and Thrace. Coincidence was overworked on Monony when the militarily named Form Up, ridden by tho A. Oilivor, won the Cuipp Handicap. The win was as popular 85 a pint on the Rabin Hi morn I '

Wli "i Stmviige wss p«n«4 in at 105 'giiim'h after thoi. Stratford meeting