SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 8

SPORTING.

BACING FIXTURES, i Nov. 3, 7—Avondale J. C. Spring. Nov. 5, 7, 10—Canterbury ,T. C. Metropolitan. ' I Nov. 10—Auckland R.C. Spring

POVERTY BAY MEETING.

j CONCLUDING DAY. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. The Poverty Bay Turf Club's meeting concluded, in dull weather, with occasional light showers, and before a very large attendance. The tote handled £10,970 for the day, making a total for the meeting of £32.885, compared with £30,245 last vear. Results:— WELTER HANDICAP.—I Flash Lady 1, 8 Glucian 2, 3 The Summit 3. Also started: 7 Zeus, 4 Master Timi, 2 Slipstitch, 0 Phosphorous, 5 Hylami, 9 Multiplane, 10 Whanoko. Won by a short neck. Time. lmin. 42 3-ssec. HURDLES.—2 Con 1, 1 Gluetanus 2, 4 Tatimi 3. Also started: 3 Otara, 6 Regio, 5 Carburetter. Won by three lengths. Time, 2min. 49 3-ssec. JUVENILE -STAKES.—3 Vandubbe 1, 2 Sabine 2, 1 Metallum 3. Also started:C Broadway, -5 High Degree, 4 Principal Lady, 7 Miss Roseland. Won by a neck. Time, lmin. 3 l-ssec. MAKARAKA .HANDICAP.—I Ladogeur 1, 4 Perfidy 2, 2 Cynic 3. Also started: 3 Hyturead, li Toki, o The Summit. Won by a length. Time, lmiu. 44seo. MAIDEN SCURRY.—7 Jimnna 1, S Kahumangu 2, 2 Black Lace 3. Also started: 4 Pao, 1 Aetifid, .3 Happy Valley'; 12 Whist, 11 Warspite, 13 Orawia, 9 Multiline, 5 Platoon, G Headache, 10 Mania. Won by a, length. Time, lmin. Qaec. WAIMATA HACK HANDICAP.-3 Multive 1, 5 Waiaka 2, 0 Lord Ainslee 3. Also started: 1 The Golfer, 4 Hylami, 2 Ihipa. 7 Brunswick, 9 All Grey, 8 Nowra, 10 Mysterious Prince. Heads between the placed horses. Time, lmin. 30sec. WAIKANAE HANDICAP.—I Cariysian 1, 8 Karewa 2, 4 Block Lace 3. Also started: 2 Marimba, 5 Rewanga, 3 Blairfinde, 9 Woodrow, 7 Pao, 7 Lady Gazeley. A good race. Time, lmin. 2 l-ssec. FAREWELL HANDICAP,—2 Ccjlon- . nade, 4 Carlatour, 5 Toki. Also started: | J Raumanuwhiri, 3 Bairnsdale, fi Taurine Won by a length and a half. Time, lmin. 23see.

CHRIS'x CHURCH SORATCHKGS. :

.Christehurch, Oct. 26. Trials and Greta were scratched for all engagements at the C.J.C. meeting at 9 a.m.

TUBF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa.") Avondale thig day week. Hushman is not ready yet. Glcnroy had bad luck at Waverley. Ascalon should be -useful at the Christmas meetings. After Wellington, Client is "hot stuff" for the New Zealand Cup. Lady Middleton's.legs were in a .bad way at Waverley, and it was a. shame ! to start her. Reported that through an error in calculation Compel's backers received £i more than they were entitled to. Starengo tried conclusions with a post at Waverley,' and wore a bandage in consequence, which did not improve his clrances in the Brewer Handicap. ' Opinions are likely to differ as to > whether Colorado would have caught Calais in the Hurdles had the latter s stood up, but Calais stops very quickly, while Colorado was travelling at a mar- ' pellous rate over the last half mile, i Flying Camp shaped like a 'bus horse at Waverley, and if that form is correct j the chestnut can have no show at Avondale next week. Avon Park was not produced on Mon--5 day, and "Hoop-iron" probably lost a ■ stake in consequence. Small fish—even r whitebait—are sweet, and they will be t much harder to catch at Avondale. At one stage of the betting Interlude a looked like being sent out a warm favor--8 ite for the Brewer Handicap, but shrewd ;- judges considered that all was not well _ with her, and an eleventh hour rush put Glenroy well ahead on the machine. '" Marble Crest was taken up for the e the* train and was not fit to start. A In a true run race First Line would probably have won that Maiden, but 0 young McCarten made a grave error in knocking his mount about in the effort to catch the badly ridden Staccato. Staccato, at one stage, appeared to have a break of fifteen lengths on his opponents, and young Rayner evidently * thought it was a four furlongs sprint. » Both horse and rider would have done better in the Wilson Stakes. Compel's victory was not anticipated by her party, and it is to be hoped that those behind the mare do not run away with the idea that she is a champion. She was easily the best-handled one of the lot, and McDonald won the race—not I" Compel. The 'tote tickets at Waverley were a H beautiful combination of patch-work and it alterations, iSew tickets must be very dear if it pays to get to work with pastebrush and figures on out-of-daters. ! ' One tote employee nearly took a fit sr on Monday. A long-whiskered hayseed breasted up and planked down two lovely golden sovereigns. The ticket seller hadn't seen a "goldie" for months, and " as he handed over the tickets it is alleged that two live sparrows flew out e. of the hayseed's facial adornment, and o the ground, was literally covered with straw. Must have been saving 'em up for years! x - Diminutive it. Morris rode the winning double, White Blaze and Tree Lucerne, 5, and both victories were in large measure due to his good riding. Alleged that his pa invests a quidlet on each of the lad's mounts and the proceeds go into the snooker's money-box. After Marton and Waverley it must be well-nigh bursting. Silver' Blaze was the joke of the birdcage prior to the Cup but "Billy" Mantle " gave the ungainly grey a good rough e chance. After the race was over his party had the silver, and the others had gone to the plural of hie second name • as their share. Considering the time, 2min. f)4-ssec, and the weight to bo humped, Toatere ran a sterling race in the Cup, and had Hatch not underestimated White Blaze's ' staying abilities it is just possible that , > the browp gelding would have given the ■■ grey a mrich harder raoe. Analogue, whose both fore legs were encased in bandages, was the most noticeable failure of the race. He looked somewhat lighter than when last seen at Waverley, and after running in a handy position for a mile he faded back to sixth position. His 773 backers did their money hard. j Signorella was badly placed" in the ' £U9. BU potitiea wa» really in the ]

Maiden, whore lie had a show. He led, under sufferance, for a considerable portion of the Cup race, but was completely done at the turn—done to a turn, in fact. Alteration looked bright and well, and ran a good race in the Cup, hut it savored of cruelty to saddle him up again an hour and a half later for the Moumahaki Stakes, in which, needless to say, •he was again well stoushed. Golden Grafton was running on strongly at the end of the ten furlongs, and is worth keeping in mind. Iceberg was not suited to the going, and he and Moulu (last year's winner) ran badly. ' All the glowing things said of Turangapito proved to be correct. The. Prudent King gelding was badly placed at one stage of the Flying Handicap, but he settled the opposition without the semblance of an effort in lmin. 15 3-asec. which time he might have cut down considerably had occasion arisen. He is some good, and don't yon forget it. Cora Ora was saddled with a thumping weight, but after showing out at the start, quickly fell back, and was never afterwards dangerous. •Nobleman's party have been praying for a dry course for some months now, and they got it on Monday. Hatch got the Sir Laddo gelding out best, and making every post a winner made the others look poor cattle. Most New Plymouth sports were on Dingle, who paid a better price than the winner. Cello was bumped early and was never in the orchestra afterwards. Munition's army of backers had a poor run for their money in the Jackson Stakes. The mare showed a marked disinclination to face the barrier, and when Madam Ristori hit out for the Front, site was away back at the Base. Madam took the shortest way home and, stalling off fiewarewa, Humorist, and Goldbearing in the straight, won by a head. Douglas Fairbanks and the Chaplin brothers (Charlie and Sid) never put on • a better or more sensational acrobatic feat than that executed by Rowley Hatch (on Madam Ristori) and Claude Browne (on Humorist) as the two horses raced together past the post in the Jackson Stakes. In his vigorous finishing effort Hatch caused his saddle to slip, and the next moment the popular horseman was dangling under his mount's neek; but with remarkable coolness he swung his legs over Humorist's neck, and Claude Browne, with equal sangfroid, grabbed and held him on Humorist's shoulders. The riderless Madam Ristori galloped on and collided with the outside fence, but 'Browne held Hatch in safety until he could pull Humorist up. Needless to say, both riders received rounds of applause on returning to scale. Hatch probably owed his life to Browne's quick action.