SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1919, Page 8

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Good acceptances are carded for tliu Dauuuvirke R. C autumn meeting, which takes place to-day and to-morrow, bait several of the horses that cracked up in the hard going at Wanganui will be absentees. -lieiidra returned to form Just week, and should be well supported at Danncvirke, while. Comment, Sonnino, Asterina, Borealis, Hymarty ind Star Lady will carry good money in their engagements. Depredation was very sore on Saturday, and R. Barlow brought him home on Monday. R. Johnson took his team across to Dannevirke on Monday afternoon. Thoy say that Star Lady can "fly." We will know all about it after Dannevirke. Private George ("Sandy") Chapman, an erstwhile Inglewood "sport," who recently returned from the front, died in the Auckland Hospital yesterday. He had a whole army of friends in Taranaki who will regret to hear of hi# early demise. Starter O'Connor declined to wait for Melailum at ITawera and at Wanganui. On Saturday she ran close up behind the placed horses after being badly teft. Very good entries have been received for the Opunake R. C. annual meeting, which takes place on March 17. Mr Coyle's weights are due on Monday next. Dingle was paving something in the region of a quarter of a century when ho followed flendra and Tigritiva home on Saturday, and but for being stopped twice would have been on/ of the divi-denrt-payers. Jutland won like a champion at Whngamii, and when tackled by Hallow in the straight finished very true. Hallow, who was ridden by A- Reed, returned a false price for second position. Endure was looking very jaded at Wanganui, and ran badly each day. Gloaming was never out of a canter in the Wanganui Guineas, and his stableteatc beat the others just as easily. First Line and Zola cut each other's throats for a mile and a-half in the Pordell Hurdles, and then Want blew along and took the prize away from then. First Line appears to have been dealt to during the journey. Amythas, with an apprentice up, ran all over th«» course on the first day, but in C- Price's hands on Saturday he just strolled home. The Wanganui Stakes was as nearly a moral for Dusky Eve as was possible to imagine, but young McLean, when winning easily, left the rails and, let Menelaus up on the fence. McLean was watching Rewi Poto, and he still believes that he won the race. Client ran well each start at Wanganui, and on Saturday looked like winning at one stage of the Stakes. In the run home his 9sf.. anchored him securely. There was a lot of bumping in the Harrison Handicap on Saturday, and H. Gray, who won nicely on Paddipgton Green, was fined a tenner for crossing Ladv in the straight. Silver Link covered herself with glory when -she won the Farewell Handicap in fast time with 9.3 up. She was stopping over the last twenty vards. and Acre just failed to reacl her.