SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1917, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING GIXTORES. Aug. 16, 18—Canterbury Jockey dub. Sept. s—Mar ton Jockey Club. Sept. 13.—Dcunnevirke Hunt Club. ,Sept. 14.—Dannevirke Racing Club. Sept. 2-I—Otaki Maori Racing Club. Oct. 11, 12. —Mastertou Racing Ciub. Oct. '22—Waverley-Waitotara R.C. AUSTRALIAN TURP. CAIBYE WINS THE STEEPLES. Australian-NX Cable Association. Received Aug. 12, 5:5 p.m. Melbourne, Aug. 12. The Australian Steeples resulted: Caibye 1, Batfleship 2, Old Mungindi 3. All the acceptors started. Waimai piloted the field till the last time over the treble, when Battleship took charge along the railway side, from Caibye. The last-named led over the last fence, and won by half a length. Time, Bmin 30% see. Bessie, Van Homreigh, Boyeo and Union Arms fell. Leandro broke down.

TURP TOPICS. I {By "Moturoa.") Canterbury" races on Thursday and Saturday. The O.N. Steeples, Q.N. Hurdles and Winter Cup will be run on Thursday. Rewipoto and Sleight-of-Hand promise to carry most coin in the G.N. fiurdles. Provided Crib's owner .makes the final payment it is easy to pick the favorite in the G.N. Steeples. Reported from South that Charlie Price has been booked to Tide Rewipoto ittjßiccarton engagements. Mr, "Bert" Coyle has taken up the late Mr. Ceo. Morse's running with the Avondaie and Marton Clubs, After the rumpus kicked up by owners aiid trainers and the Press, it is likely that Auckland will .w one day tibia spring. From Auokland: Sylviaroa is ma&ing: a creditable showing over the small sticks at Ellerslie. Parisian Diamond is giving dazzling displays at Riccarton, and appears likely to "shine" on Winter Cup day. Mr. T. H. Lowry only won £11.029 iu stakes last season, as against £17,724 the previous year. Still, I suppose he will manage to struggle along somehow , or other in the game! Qluepob has arrived at Riccarton fit and well, and such a bold fencer must have a great chance in the big steeples. It would be a great aohievement to add the National to his Wonganui and Great Northern victories.

A Wanganui scribe states that Union ;Jack and Waioturo have joined C. Gordon's string. This trainer has Record goijig weJlugain. Katland is not engaged in the A.J.C. Derby, so ißiplane, who has made a good recovery from bis recent accident, will be New Zealand's sole rep. in that event. It is hardly likely that Mr. T. H. Lowry will invade 'Stralia spring though sportsmen on both sides of the Tas man would dearly love to aee Desert Gold meet the best of the "Straiten twr&ea, Mookee- tanohee SMnee Chinaman," said a Chow the other day, and he was quite right. Chows pay a poll tax of £IOO to enter New Zealand, white the jockstera hove to put up a similar «mouns to get out of the country. Talking of Celestials. Two of 'em, from various parts of the province, attended Wellington races, and went shares in a ticket on Orleans, which Won. The bolder of the ticket collected and decamped. In. vain the sorrowing one wrote for Ms share of the apoil, nothing but cheeijcy answers rewarding his epistotetory efforts. Stirred to sever-, $1 degrees above boiling point, he went across to the telegraph office and wired: "Me erneet (honest) Chinaman.' You ttanky Chow."' The clerk behind the counter asked what it) meant, and the "ernest Chinaman" (replied, "That all the same you tell your English fellow •Go to Hell." 1 The wire was- sent through, and no doubt the Chinaman felt that his dignity, if not his financial position, had been upheld. The hiatcJi of alleged Bar Vons "snared" at Wanganui recently were all fined bat the fines would liardly trouble any of them. There is too much money in tho game to trouble over trifles like a "score" <fr a "century" in these boom days. The death occurred at Bulls on Saturday last of Mr. Donald Fraser, president of the Rangltikei Racing Club, and a breedor and towner of raceihorses for over fifty years. The present generation of racegoers will best remember him as the breeder and owaer of Advance, winner of tho Wellington Cup, A.R.C. Eaa v ter. Handicap, C.J.C. Jubilee Cup, Canterbury Cup, Dunedin Oug, Wanganui Cup, etc. Mr; Donald Fraser was a firm he- 1 lie»er in the sturdy thoroughbred, and; that his line of breeding was a success, he jpWvied <re|peialted|ly by ttjiding hia, hoiaea from Wellington to Bulls, a <Ha-( taUce of 100 miles, in fifteen hours. AnoQier big ride undertaken by him waaK from Hawera to Bulls, the journey tu-k----lag lSi hours. Practically tie whole of the 93 miles in the latter instance wowsj along the beach. Bervr could accomplish euch feats to-day.