SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1917, Page 8

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. .

April 14—Avondale J.C. autumn. April ID, 21—Wellington R.C. autumn. April 25, 26—Manawatu R.C. autumn. May 9, 10—Egmont R.C. whiter. YEARLING SALES.

PRICES GENERALLY LOW.S Auftralian-N.Z. Cable Association. Syd>i. '. April ISAt the yearling Mies, although prices were generally low, high- -figures were paid for a few choice lots. A Tressida— Desert Rose colt fetched 1500 guineas, and a Malster—Ardea celt 800 guineas. Mr. E. J. Watt paid 425 guineas for a Varco—Lukewarm v colt, 280 guineas for a Fortafix—Panada colt, and 170 guineas for a Fortafix—Panada filly. Mr. J. Brown paid 80 guineas for a Cooltrim— Drowsy filly, and H."A. Taylor 70 guinea's for a Charlemagne—Lochee filly. Received April 13, 10.30 p.m. Sydney, April 13.

At the yearling sales the demand was good and the prices satisfactory. Three hundred and fourteen lots totalled 43,502 guineas. Flavus, a colt, brother to the Sydney Cup winner Fortune Hunter, brought '1023 guineas. On Behalf of Mr J. B. Reid, of New 'Zealand, a Killeroney—Mazurka colt brought (150 guineas; a Killeroney— Siberia colt 41)0 guineas; six other Killeroney youngsters ranged from 130 to 370 guineas. 'On behalf of Mr G. M. Cnrrie,.a King Rufus—■Bronze filly brought 390 guineas, a King Rufus—Roscommon filly 210 guineas, whilst four colts ranged from 75 to 200 guineas.

TURF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa"). The Egmont R.C. winter meeting, nominations for which close on Monday, should be well supported by horse-own-ers and trainers. The stakes offered are first-class, and all ranks'arc well catered for. JSTo. stake is worth less than 100 sovs, and the open events are as follow:—Meßae Memorial Handicap, of 200 sovs, 1} miles; Tawhiti Handicap, of 150 sovs, six furlongs; Manaia Handicap, of 200 sovs, a mile and a distance; and Mokoia Handicap, of 150 sovs. Mr. Geo. Morse will do the handicapping, and Mr. C. O'Connor the starting. The programme, which appears in another column, is one that should commend itself to those interested. The splendid success achieved by the Waimate Plains Trotting Club on' Easter Monday last must be a source of extreme gratification to Secretary G. A. Holder and those who worked so hard to secure this succor. The gates showed a considerable increase on previous records, while the totalisator stall' handled £10,850, as against £7072 last year. The trotting was of a. high order,'and the capable starting of Mr. J. Tompkins had much to do witk the result. The "king pin'' at the trots was A. Pringle, who piloted three winners and two seconds, his only other start being unplaced. The public stuck closely to Pringle, and had a good innings in consequence. Tnatere's success in the St. deorge's Handicap at Kllerslie was anticipated l>v many Taranaki punters, and the great '•price" returned must have hit the layers very badly. There probably wasn't much betting on the Avondale meeting on Wednesday, but what there was was all in favor of the "wool brokers." One Bar Von informed this scribe that he didn't write a. first or second in his book all dav. There is a maiden in J. Fryer's stable

that will do big things shortly, hut of that more anon. Husliman was the unlucky horse at Feilding. He should have won on Morf day, and the next day, after making most of the running under 10.4 he just failed by a smile. Nobleman, who won a race at Bulls, weHt on and won a double in the simplest possible manner at feilding. He can go fast and carry weight, and should be kept in mind. Analogue had a very hard race in the Feilding Cup. He tried to win practically from end to end, and it looked as if he was a trifle unlucky to go under in the last few strides. Mahzoltov gave Les. Traill two very easy rides at the meeting. He carried 9.7 on the first day, and a rise of 12 pounds made no difference on the' second. He won each race without an effort. Gang Awa' paid the- smallest dividend at the meeting, and Lady Edith tlir biggest. Both were heavily "poulticed" away from the course. Carmel Arch goes well in fror.'c, but on Tuesday he got out badly and was never sighted. The arrangements on the first day at Feilding defied description. You had to fight your way to the outside ticket boxes, and again fight your way to the inside boxes. Long queues were formed, but broken, and it was easily worth five shillings to get up to the ticket windows. On the second day matters were considerably better. The new tote hbuse at Feilding is right up-to-date, but the prompt dosing of the totalisator at times caught the public napping. Many thousands of quidlets must have been shut out, but if the public won't bet smartly they deserve to get left at the post. Nystad's .victory in the Great Easter came as a shock' to followers of form, and had the bay son of Finland not been coupled with Panmure he would have paid a fine price. Kilboy's Great Autumn victory was anticipated, and the narrow defeat of the Sasanof—Kilboy double saved the layers a lot of money. The Avondale meeting will be concluded to-day. On recent form Bedford, Mil! o' Gowrie, Bebel and Glenroy will all be well supported. An Otakeho sport, who evidently follows the racing game very closely, has during ire past few days "land?;!" his third dr.i.ble, having bee.'i suercssl'ul at WanjjiU'.iii, Opunake and Feilding.