SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1918, Page 7

SPORTING.

TROTTING. i CHRISTCHURCH HANDICAPS. [ By Telegraph.—Press Association. ! Christchureh, Last Night. Metropolitan Trotting Cluli's banicaps for the spring meeting are as ollow: SPRING HANDICAP.—Gay Wilkes ■tr, Treasure Seeker "2see, Mushroom 4, "hub. Sol, 3ilJy Parole, Ohapi 5, Al•ertoria. Crai'owood, Colonel Haveloek 7, 1 rattan Abbey S, Succory, Osier, Bee?iviug, Kerawood 3. EMPIRE HANDICAP.—The Sprinter, Peter Mac scr, Bridgewood Isec, Scottish ijiieen, Legacy 2. Mahinga, The Whip, Jomminder Bell, Bank Note, Breadalwne, Bidens. Hannah M. 3, Harold Child, Energy 4, Rearguard 5, Schnapps, Auriferous, Ringlsader, Our Chum, Wooddrift 9. BICCARTON HANDICAP.—Lord Minto scr, Trix Pointer 3sec, General Link, Cora Dillon, Heetorata 5, Vice-Admiral. Pitaroa, Sit Fulyham, Tamarisk, Arvar 0. ■ MIDDLETON HANDlCAP.—Electrocute, Whispering Willie, Olive L. scr, Lady Patricia, Truganini 0, Imperial Crown, King Capitalist 7, Auckland Girl, ..ma, Peter, El Carbine, Ohapi, Norval King 8. VICTORIA HANDICAP.—Lord Minto scr, General Link, Heetorata 3, Nihilist, •_.rategy, Nora Crena, George Hard, Bundrna, Nancy Stair 4. Joan of Arc, Peter Mae, Ramitiari, Dillon Eddv 5 Lady Haldane, Sympathy, Cole N»tj Legacy, Eorke's Drift, Miss Havoc, Pax G. ST. ALBANS HANDICAP— General vvUkes ser, Evelyn, Huon Patch I. Dunspey, Wallace Wood. Capriceio 2, Sir Fulham, Pitaroa 3, Lord Dillort, Fernleigh, Silver Quick 4HAGLEV HANDICAP.—Trix Pointer scr, Beekom, Cora Dillon, Brown s Nugget Isee, Vice-Admiral, Tamarisk 2, Bun dura 3. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Buy races ou Thursday, j Clio Wellington spring meeting opens I on Saturday. I Client looked a ball of muscle at Jlasterton. | Hvginas has come into favor for the Waverley Cup. The tote arrangements at Masti.ton «ere the worst ever! Ht-.vera sports are saving up for Ota- 1 nga in the Maiden at Waverley. Waioture should start z hot favorito in the hack steeples at Trenthani. The wav Parisian Diamond finished as Mastcrton, I should say lie will win the first t [int> they say "Right" Yolo just strolled home at Masterton, ar.d it will be hard to pick one to beat him in the Wellington B.C. Handicap. Harold Young roile Tr.ah when she paid about three-quarters of a century, bu? all the connections of the male had in veFted was a solitary rj'iidlet Tim stoo..rds were, not satisfied that some of tUe L.g gun? in the open sprint the first fia_T at Master', on weie "aftfer the goose,'' -m the result of being ' carpeted" MTeia. r-f tl.t lash owners did not trouble abpu ( starting their champions on 7- idby. The cc.rcfu! unserves of doings at recent race meetings can easily see that the game is now reduced to a science. Even supposing the ''stipes' have lost their sight, what is the matter with the honorary stewards, anyhow? Pennon was only star ed once at Mas terton, and the imported prad had bad luck to bump against a solid combination like 80-Peep and Cray. There was not much ia it at the finish, but Pea non's backers got their money back "for nest time,"

Rewipoto is &tiH being neglected in the 'letting, and his form this season has : ' nr. l en very poor. Has hurdle racing spoilt the local favoriteV . Royal Park was backed for a ton of I money on Friday, and beat ail but Hastie, who wan third on the first day- TJy tlie way, IJastio is running in the inter- j ests of tlie Copper Trail Visitors to Masterton per car were he- ; sieged for "a drop o£ whisky," or for "a beer, please" Naturally, visitor.; were impressed with the effects of p>'<>hibition, which appears to breed & race; of particularly persistent cadgers. Anil yet there was plenty of "dope" to be had in Masterton if you knew the run of tlio ropes. If the writer had had is much luck as one party of Taranaki motorists which visited Masterton, he would have been on Inah. Going through tlie Manawatu Gorge, they severely ''dented" one bridge, and aftet,racing on the ed;je of the precipice for the majority of the distance, electrified those in the following cars by taking a leap for life on two wheeh across the most dangerous Blip in the Gorge. No more hair-raising nutter could he served up at the movies. Oratress had been galloping in great stvle wrier to being se,lt to Mastert °"' and wVs unlucky to have to, lower her colors to Kipling, who kad the best of luck from the moment the string was pulled. Oratress may come good at Trentbttm. , e , McTi, who would have won on tlie first day at Masterton but for a stirrupleather breaking, was made the medium of a big plunge in tlie last, race on Fndav, but after leading to wuhin 30 yards of the post stopped dead, and wa. passed by both Occasion and Gen ta. P Cvresian generaUy finishes on wel m his "sprint races ; and it came as a su prise to see him paying such a good price in the Final Welter at Masterton PosiMv there was an impression abroad that he was not at home in the mud. Zola is doing great work at ,vui and now tbat lie has been reserved ior the Waverley Cup comment is need '"midairs tint only M J'"™'™" iov »/« second acceptance o. 11 aiust ire 1 D as wonderful. The best of the bunch Kave been paid ut> for, and it is some satisiacticn to Taranaki sports that , Volo and Depredation still-hold_ ground. If the pair go to the post, they may keep Sasancf, Client, and Co. vei, Twcntv-nine remain in SWards' Handicap but outside the five top-weights the rest must be talcen on tni't Crr.c'-us is quite equal to carrying 9.5, but both he and. Hymestra may find Parisian Dia-uond troublesome Amnnast tlie light-weight division, Denms, lto-Peep, and Pennou have undem- i able chances. I Starter Charlie O'Connor is a veiy rainstcking mat:, not oßiy on race days, but at any old time, at all _ His ser- • vices are always at the call ol Ellersne owners when- horses require a little education at the and one day last week he put 23 two-year-olds tbrougu ' their facings Some of tlie youngsters I vera very "trouble jme, but all of them will be the bete.r for the education they received at Mr. O'Connor's hands. Amongst the two-year-olds in work at Ellerslie are some very promising sorts, n -ilona, a nice filly bv Flysian-'wen-onn moves ns well as anything, but Prince Clmrlcroi (General Latour-A.i----1 c'nO and the Australian-bred paid, Glen ! Ca-i'..e (Pistcl- -Siictre of Tloiev) ) ,i ..vind. i '?opMsyr^ w -y j "ar. 1 3 Hop si r ' v ly. I Cvknel ?oult is p. wonderful tract: i rt-rfi-rreor, b-it lie mv-riably lets lm partv down when they back him. However" his recent track gallops, have been of such a brilliant character_ that he cannot overlooked by those in search of likely winners at Avondale. Antc-post punters have had all the best of the Bar Vons -sver the principal events in 'Stralia recently Gloaming (A.J.C. Derby), Kennaquiilir (Metropolitan Handicap), and King Offa (Caulfield Cup) were all solid favorites, and were

hacked for big money long before tlietf respective races. King Otfs. is an Eng-lish-bred horsf by Radmm—Ajfficious,and recently won the October StaSTcs (w.f.a.) at Fiemington, scoring jn hollow fashion, and running the mile and a-half in -2tnin 3Gspc- With a stone off his back, the Crvnlfield Cup looked only a matter of health for the imported one.