SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1917, Page 8

SPORTING.

S SACINC- FIXTURES.

Not. 10—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan. Nov. 10—Auckland %.C. Spring. Nov. 21—Ashhurst B.C. Annual, ifov. 24—Takapuna J.C. Spring. Dec. I—Feilding J.C. Spring. METROPOLITAN TROTTING meeting. CONCLUDING RESULTS.. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ChristHwrch. Last Night.. The New Zealand Trotting Club's spring meeting concluded to-day in glorious weather, there being an enormous crowd. The totalisator liandbd £SO 531, making £ 130,339 for the meeting, as against £118,790 last vear. Results: GOVERNOR'S HANDICAP.—I The Sprinter 1, 5 Fairy Whispers 2, 4 Treasure Seeker 3. Abo started: 2 Gay Wilkes, 8 Win All, 9 Truganini, 6 King William, 7 Gemma, 3 Sol. Won by a length. Time, 4>nin. 39 3-ssec. LYTTELTON HANDICAP.—4 Willie Lincoln 1, 3 Pax -2, 1 Dillon Maid 3. Also started: 0 Karyrie, ii Lady Haldane, 8 Eluon Drift, 2 Dillon Eddy, 7 Bundura. Won by eight lengths. Time, 4min. ilsec.

CHRISTCIIURCH HAN DTCAP. 1 Sherwood 1, Oinako 2, 1 Soda (coupled with Sherwood) 3. Also started: 11 Admiral Wood, 2 Author Dillon, 3 Evelyn, 9 Steel Bell, 4 Moneymaker, 8 Succeed, 7 Reggie 'lluon, 5 General Link, 10 Brown Bell. Won by three lengths. Time, tain. 29sec.

■ AUSTRALASIAN HANDICAP—S Bellflower 1, 2 Captain Stanley 2, 3 Pax 3. Also started: 4 Cora Dillon and Jolly Girl (coupled), 7 St. Ursula, 10 Red Mac, 1 Commander Bell, 0 St. Michael, 3 liridgewood. 0 Rorke's Drift. Won by twelve lengths. Time, 4inin. 35 3-ssec. DOMINION HANDICAP.—G Olive L 1, 4 Red Heather 2, 1 Hardy Wilkes 3. Also started* 5 Whispering Willie, 8 Redchild, 2 Lord Roanchild, 3 Paul Iluon, 1 Lady Patricia, 7 Treasure Seeker. Won by six lengths. Time, 4min. 39 3-osec.

HORNBY HANDICAP.—S Captain Stanley 1, 7 Willie Lincoln 2, 4 Beckon 3. Also started: 8 Denver Hnon, 0 Antonio, 3 Queen's Drive, o Sir Fulham, 0 Rose Dillon, 1 Irvar. Won by half a length. Time, 2inin. 52sec. ENFIELD HANDICAP.—9 Ariadne 1, 3 Harold Direct 2, 7 Law Chimes 3. Also started: 10 St. Kevin, II Jlintson, 1 Soda and General Wilkes (coupled), 12 Master Park, (I St. Ursula and Nancy Patch (coupled), 4 Frandocia and Hula <3ray (coupled), 2 Dunspey, 8 Whixall, o Tamarisk. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min. 14 4-ssec.

■RECOVERY HANDICAP.—6 Sun God 1, 1 Dunspey 2, 9 John Dillon 3. Also started: 11 Adelaide Direct, 12 Admiral Wood, 7 Sherwood, 4 Eccentric, 8 Glendftlough, 5 Jewel Chimes, 2 Frank Tracey, 10 Disappear 3 Queen's Drive. Won by half a length. Tiroe, 2min. 12acc. NEWS PROM MELBOURNE. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association, Received Nov. 9, 8.55 p.m. Melbourne, Nov. 9. Biplane has developed a cracked heel, and is not likely to race again for some time. E. Connolly has purchased Redrock from its Adelaide owner, who bought Perform and The Toff, ENGLISH RACING. London, Nov. 7. The Cambridgeshire resulted: Brown Prince 1, Planet 2, Grand Fleet 3.

TORF TOPICS. (By "Moturoj,") Concluding day at Riccarton. ■Races at Ellerslie to-day. Toatere is due at asy moment now. Client, has a handy weight in the Metropolitan. The Stead Chip should occasion punters po brain tag. iGlenroy ran fcwp good races ab Avondale, but only paid a short price when he won. Informal is all to pieces at present and jmdly wants a spell. After running fourth in the N.Z. Cup Parftoa is well treated in the Fendalton Handicw,

Lowry's only opponent in the Stead Cup is Mortham, who finished "absoSitely" in Estland's Derby, How far would you walk to sap Biplane and Desert Gold measure strides it; ff.jf.a. over a mile?

So Acre is the only one of the [mucli-boojßpti Tilley team to win at | Riccarton, Sis dividend was only a wretched one.

After Canterbury a«d Ayondale the Bar Vons ought to bo able to put a few "thou" in the War Loan.

Lingerie side-stepped Desert Gold in the Electric Plate, but Tier owner had a nice win when she took off the Criterios Handicap.. Croesus stretched Pescrt Gold's neck on Wednesday, but the ehaijipion mare gave tar opponents a start, asd £J}ra won like a good one. The Canto-bury Cup wns no Cakewalk for Estland, wlio 'i#4 to be shaken up to score from Menelaus, .Snub was beaten off.

Acre won the Epsom Handicap is (,ii« easiest possible manner, and the hand!capper promptly put 10.9 against lih name for the Randolph Handicap. The nag was scratched. Simple Sam was unlucky to blunder at the last obstacle in the Firip Steeples at Avondale. At the time he wm idling with Ingcnkender, and must have paid ft dividend. Ho is in the Maiden Hurdles to-day. Waimai ha«, pot much to beat in the Onehunga Steeples, tl»ft chief opposition coming from outside her/»ps tliat may viot be as much at home over 1), ))jlly course as the National winner of jififi, ' Vagabond scored very easily on Wednesday. find is likely to again command support to-day in the Great Northern Guineas.

■ Hawera sports are ffi/entAy enamoured of the chances of Inali in lUu Shorts at Ellerslie. With a start the mate siioiild run a great race. Subterfuge seems to he improving with every gallop, and the full sister to Counterfeit is likely to win at any moment. Menelaus* time for the New Zealand Cup equalled that of Ardenvohr, and was only a fifth of a second outside Bridge's record for the race. Incidentally, it was heaps faster than Westcourt's effort $n the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. • • The writer dropped .into .Bushy Park this week. King Rufus, ?ire of Paraoa, is looking well, and Hallovraas, wlio has been in a bad way for some mortths, is now coming round nicely. Amongst the youngsters there is a nice two-year-old by Hallowmas—Senora, ftjjd a big raking half-brother (by Autum»if«) to gasanbff, "sld Mother "«s they-j&ij. tit#