SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1918, Page 7

SPORTING.

JtAOINa FIXTURES* Oct. 3—Kurow J.C. Spring. Oct. 5, 7, 9, 12—Australian J. 6. Spring Oct. 11, 12—Dunedin J.C. Spring. Oct. 17, 18—Masterton K.C Spring. Oct. 20, 28—Wellington E.C. Spring. DUNEDIN HANDICAPS, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The handicaps for the Dunedui Jockey Club's spring meeting are as follow: SPRING EURDLES—SiIver Shield 10.9, Glenthorpo 10.6, Good Houe 9.11, Nocturnal 9.9, Graftells 9.0 MAUNGATUA HANDIOAP.-ffiurran-gong 9.9, Ardmore, Heetham 9.7, Warform 9.G, Linden 9.5, Marianne 94, Subterfuge 9.3, Night Alarm 9.2, Kilkee 8.13, Royal Star S 11, Achileus 8:8, Tin Soldier 5.5, Polnnius 713, Plastic 7.12, Arihia, Talitha, Sir Fanciful 7.11, Placid 7.9, All Pink, Fabius 7.5, Red Tape 7.7.

MOSGIEL HANDICAP.—Rorke's Drift 9.9, Margermo 9.7,"R05e Pink, John Barleycorn, Killjoy 8.7, Killard 8.4, Thaddeus 8.1, Cynic 713, Marsa 7.10, Sedd-el-Bahr 7.9, Samiel, Aehilleus 1.9,

ELECTRIC HANDICAP.—KiIboyne, Mohawk, Buller 95, Michaela 8.11, Daytime 8.9, Glendower B.G, Marsa, Tremens 8.0, Belair 7.13, Helicon, Palamon 7.10, Matty 7.C, Benefit 7.2, Kilbrogan, Sgectual, Lisp 7.1, Laxly Superior 7.0."

TAIOMA HANDICAP—Zephknd 9.4, Rtikclaine 0.1, Spyglass, Black' Mountain Sll, Bon Spec, Thistleerown 8.10, Pel River 8.9, Point Blank, Killiney 8.5, Lady Superior 8 4, Monev Musk 8 3, Cattach, The Boss, Pare, fjta!7 Officer 8.2, Anconia, Red Eagle, Sleepy Head, Gla-mus-Glenapp filly 8.0.

OCTOBER WELTER.—Gunrest 9.7, Helicon 9.4, Don Paeittco 9-2, Kilbrogan 91, Samiel 8.12, Awahou 8.11, Borodino, Heiro 8.9, Leaping Burn 8.8, Kazan 8.1, Kins of the Valley, Tin Soldier, Roumania, Take Down, Placid 8.0-

AUSTRALIAN TURF. Sydsey, Sept. 27. None of the New Zealand topnotchers figure at Hawkesbury to-mor-row.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. CURTAILMENT OF RACING, Wellington, Last Night. At the annual meeting of the Wellington Racing Club to-day, the president, referring to the curtailment of racing, said it was significant that even in Germany racing still flourished The necessity for severe curtailment, or the almost total abolition in England, couia be understood, owing to the enormous amount of war work the people there had in hand. The conditions hero wero entirely different, and, speaking for the sporting community, he was sure, if any good purpose were to be served, the total ■abolition would not be cavilled at. Anyone who gave seriou9 thought to the question of tho enormous loss which would be caused to breeders, owners, and employers in the event of abolition, must admit that, so far, no sound reason bad been vouchsafed to warrant such a step Referring to the treatment that the racing public had received at the hands of the Railway Department, the president said it was incomprehensible that a highly profitable source of revenue should not only be refused, but that the Department should appear to have gone out of its way to cause as much inconvenience to the racing public as possible. TURF TOPICS (By "Moturoa") Kurow races on Thursday Masterton. weights are ijni nut Friday. Volo appears to fee flrr" ■ uo the New Zealand Cup Rose Pink i? doing thf ;dean-up stake* down south Gloaming, Finmark, and Almoner are favorites for the A.J.C. Derby. Mr. A. Alexander has sent Bisogns and a filly by Hallowmas to Hastings to b* treated toy Vet. A. M. Brodie. Torfrida, who has ibuilt up well, will make her first appearance as a threij-year-old at the Masterton meeting. •Joekster S. Donoghue is riding in fine form in England. Up to July 22. he had ridden in 150 races, winning 44. This season the Auckland Racing Club will distribute £37,000 in stakes, the chief "splash" being the Auckland Cup, of 2450 BDVS.

Client stand? out as the best stayer in the Dominion at the present time, and ii'ith 91 he is not overweighted in the New Zealand Cup, though it must be borne in. mind that the race has never been won with more than 8.9. Last year the Fordell crack failed wit'u 81.

There is the usual amount of "rubbish" in this year's Cup, and Rose Pink and Paddington Green should account for the light-weight division. Snub is reported to be going on well at Opakj, and is to contest yet another New Zealand Cup. Kcmball may pull i* olf, but we will have a chance to size up the Martian gelding's prospects after the Masterton meeting. Talking about lucky persons, reminds me. A local punter, who rolled up regularly after every meeting to collect, at last raised the ire of his unfortunate victim, the (Bar Von. "Blime," failed the latter, '''you're like Pelorus Jack—you're protected!" He is giving another penciller a "turn' now.

Gloaming is now the tig ioom over the other side. Greenwoods three-year-old flier started second choice in. the Chelmsford Stakes, and, after jumping back and losing many lengths at the start, came round and took the lead at the end of four furlongs, and then bolted home eight lengths in front of such horses as Rebus, Kennaquhair, Lingle, Kandos, Estland, etc., in Australasian record time for nine furloyss—viz., 152. It was some gallop. Gloaming is a bay gelding by The Welkin—'Light, and was purchased in Melbourne by Mr. Greenwood for a mere 230gs. Last season the youngster suffered from shin soreness, and was not started in New Zealand- He has opened Ms career auspiciously, and promises to turn out almost as great & bargain as B'mlane. In the Chelmsford he claimed maiden allowance, which rcdueed his weight to 6.10. No wonder Eatland, who earjjed 9.7, was beaten into fifth place. The only mishap at Otaki was fn the I Steeplechase, when TToatu BTtind'-md at, the .brush fence and brought down ftaeffwar and Kin<; J s Park. Hoatu's ri3er",j

W. tt Young, had a couple of ribs 'broken, and Stan rider of King's Paw, received a shaking which necessitated his standing down for the rest of ■the day. A. McDonald, who was on Gae.<war, escaped injury. Cyrisian, who ran Demos closely in the Flying Handicap at Otaki, is a promising three-year-old gelding by Elysian—Cyirma, carrying Mr. it W. Brown's colors. Last season he sported silk on five occasions, and was placed three times, winning the Nursery Handicap at the Hawke's Bay autumn meeting, running scond to Killowen in the Nursery Handicap at Trentham in January, and third to Punka and Eleus in tho Russlcy Plate at the Canterbury autumn meeting. Cyrisian is engaged in tho New Zealand Derby. The Waverley sportsman, Mr. Alf. Symes, who won the Hack Steeples at Otakl this week with Waioture,- gave the race a good "shake" last year with Union Jack, the Spalpeen gelding beating all but Coalition. As events afterwards proved, Coalition was A tough nut to crack

The locally-owned Campfire received another advertisement this week, when Ahika, who was got by the Carbine horse from Louie, made no race pf the Stewards' Handicap at Olaki, beating good performers like Utuwai, Persian Prince, Idyllic, and others. Vasilkov, by Autumnus—Ukraine, and therefore half-brother to Sasanof and Moutoa Ivanova, is moving as well as any of the two-year-olds at Op«iki, but will be given time, as he is growing fast. Probably he will not sport silk until the autumn meetings. Tawhaki, the Roman-nosed Menschikoff horse that ran with some measure of success in the colors of a patron of Joe Prosser's stable some seasons back, is dead. He was put to the stud in Otago, but his stock did not turn out much class.

A big attendance and abnormal tote turnover is often more of a curse than a Messing, as, the Manawatu. Racing Club is finding out. Last season, with the prospect of a meeting between Desert Gold and Biplane, an immense -jrowd rolled up to the autumn meeting, and the totalisator business rush»d from £54,323 to £9.1, 310. Under the Rules of Racing, the club will have to raise the stakes for this season by over three thousand pounds, but pr-ssib'y the Racing Conference' will relieve the club of I art of the obligations imposed upon it hv the rules. British Arch, who hai been distin guishing himself over battens in New South Wales, is by. MaWe Arch—Sawdust, and therefore a half-brother to the Grand National winner, Kauri King.

Down South the sports are laughing over a queer mix-up which took place over a couple of horsesrailedtodifYcre.it trainers to be prepared for forthcoming meetings One was a trotter, and the Railway Department delivered him to a trainer of gallopers. The galloper duly turned up it the trotting trainer's place. After a week of hard toil, bad language, «nd other things, the trotting mentor wrote the owner to take his horse home, "as he couldn't trot for nuts." In fact, the horse "bvoke hobbles and everything." The other trainer reckoned his horse "couldn't head a duck," and what they both said when the owner came down to straighten out the tangle could only be expressed in vermillion ink.

For over twelve months Rose Pink has stood out as the best-handicapped neddy in the Dominion, and the light weights dealt out to her have always been a puzzle to followers of figures. As a two-year-old she started 13 times and wjjn once. At three years she scored six times in 38 starts, and last season she was four times first and five times in minor places' in 28 starts. This year she failed at Marton, but won at Dannevirlre, Ashburton, and Geraldine. Will the handicappers wake up now? At Marton the other day, Rose Pink was in receipt of weight f{om such horses as Glenroy, Bairnsdale, and Vermillion, while Starengo and Vas Dubhe were assessed as her equals. At Dannevirke, Glenroy and Bairnsdale were both asked to concede her poundage, .".\i" the records do not make them out to be better horses than the daughter of Kilbroney. Then, again, at Ashburton, she was placed pounds below moderates like Oxenhope, Varnish, |Sedd-'el-Bahr, and Heathercoto. No wonder she made light of a 101b penalty and strolled home!

Mr. J. Hook, of Hawera, lias leased his horse Guianforte to Geo. Chamberlain, of Wanganui, for stud purposes. When Chamberlain took the horse last week he was more than satisfied with him, saying he had never before got a horse in such good condition to commence a season with, and he has had horses from all parts of New Zealand, and from the Hon. J. D. Ormond's stud. This horse is beautifully bred, and comes from one of the be3t staying families in the stud book. On his dam's side he belongs to the same family a« Los Angelos, Nonette, Black Reynard. Client, Full Cry, Crucinella, etc., while his sire (Multiform) is recognised as the best horse ever owned by G. G. Stead, Esq., botli as a first-class race horse and sire of good stayers (3 New Zealand Cup winners). Guianforte, who was neglected at the stud at Hawera, has left three winners in Beauforte, Jiu Jitsu and Perfect Day.