SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1919, Page 8

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES, March 1, 3—Hamilton R.C. Annual. March s', o—Nelson J.C. Annual. March 7, B—Napier Park R.C. Autumn. March 8, 10 —Te Aroha .J.C. Annual. rrwRF topics. (By "Moturoa.") Races at Hamilton to-day. Opunake weights are due on Monday. The Nelson annual meeting opens on Wednesday. Pacific Slope should will a race at Nelson. Tick off Royal Chef for a heat at Hamilton. Everybody except the judge reckoned Vance won the Maiden at Dannevirke. Too much notice should not be taken of Fulica's defeat last week. She's good. After Dingle got stouslied last Saturday Percy Johnson looked like a man in the blues! When Rawakore lands home in front and pays the limit the Bar Vons turn back-flips. The price Mr. J. Goodwin paid for Bingham was £250. '-Jack" should soon get his money back. Now that Hendra has regained his old form he should keep on winning. He was hot stuff at Dannevirke. Tilly's trio, Rude, Arrowfield, and Coolpan, will race at Hamilton. Mr. McManeigin did not consider it necessary to penalise Rude for winning at Wanganui. According to the double charts Spanner is considered a certainty at Hamilton, and Windorah is just as good a favorite ill the big handicap. Some of the Taranaki lads who "did" the racing carnival at Wanganui made a thorough job of it. Who were the bright lads that cut the side out of the meat safe and cleaned up the chicken and ham Also, where did they sleep after being tossed out on to the good hard road ? Mr, J. R. Corrigan's team won two races at the trots on Monday, and the Taranak sports enjoyed the good prices they returned. H. Gray rude Metallum at Dannevirke, but- the best the mare could do was to run second, her backers losing a few shillings in the pound. . The bookmakers' telegraphist did not go to Dannevirke, but by skilfully working the telephones the crowd at Wanganui backed every winner. The local Bar Vons reckoned the first rail started at 12.15, whereas it was timed for 11.30. There is a decent row going on down there at present, and the shrewd ones may have to whistle for their money.

Love Malcli, winner of the Scurry at Dannevirkc, is u three-year-old filly by Martian —Lovelorn, trained for Mrs. M. A. Perry by T. Quinlivan. The dogs were barking her name on Thursday, and she paid a good price under the circumstances I\"om> of the top-notchers could travel fast at Wanganui, and the locally trained trotters had a good time in consequence. The course is ton rough for a pacer, and to drive round behind anything at all was to experience something akin to a rough trip in the ltarawa. Xcxt season the Wanganui Trotting Club will race on its own course at Wanganui East. The recent meeting was a most successful affair, and the club is now in a sound financial position. It is rumored also that the Wanganui Jockey Club is after Mr. Fred Tilley's placa at Fordeil, which would make an ideal course for future racing. Backers of Greta in the Liverpool Handicap at Wanganui are suing the club for their dividend. There were five starters in the race, and the mare ran second. The tote rules in the correct card stated that two dividends would be paid in fields of five or more starters, but the club is relying on the fact that shortly after the tote opened business a notice was posted up that only one dividend would be paid in that' race. On the face of it Greta's backers are justified in holding on to their tickets.

Chortle is said to be moving nicely, and probably the old fellow will sport silk in some of the big hurdle races this season. His only appearance over sticks resulted in a ho'ilow victory, and it will take a lot of weight to stop him when they pull the trigger. An exchange states that Eorke's Drift, who Avon his second Dunedin Cup the other day, has run in 72 races, and his record reads: IS firsts, 9 seconds, 8 thirds, and 37 times unplaced. Total stakes won, £6214. The Wanganui trainer 11. Ravner takes over the stables recently occupied 'oy M. Gardner at Waverlev io-day. Nov; that- Alex. Han's rind Hurry kayner's teams are missing, tracks at Wanganui are quite deserted. There are not more than a score of gallopers located there at- present. Sonnino was not produced at Dannevirkc, and, together with the rest of Mr. K. Short's horse';, this boomed neddy will l;o offered for sale at Feilding about Kaster

Winuorah is a ehamnion on rou f *h (racks, hav.vtu \ " ;i' I n■" • ]>! ;i''v... Taurar.ga and Viiangarei. You can't get any money-about Mr. Ourrie's nmr at Hamilton, anil tlie course may trouble most of his more "classy" opponents. Some of the people who "did" their money on Kcwi Poto on Saturday were inclined to blame young Johnson, hut their plaint was only the wail of the person : .vho cannot !ose money like a good sportsman. Diinky Eve's rider handed the race away, letting Menelaus through from an apparently hopeless position, and l.ut for this Rewi !'o<o would have paid a ,i{oocl second dividend. Johnson rode to orders strictly, and his mount was beaten by a brace of better horses.

The flranrl Vntwinnl Hurdles winner. Kauri King, ha- been taken iip agnin

rift pi- 11 beneficial spell, anrf should be cherry ripe by Hi.' time the Wanstanni awl Creat Northern meetings roll alontr. Tb* starting machine at Oamarn »va« j iii a dilapidated condition, and after creaking down hopelessly it had to be discarded and cotton used instead The 1 !"<••>' wiper reckoned that the machine i "i i<! died of old ape!" v Evp. by Sianor—-Swift. '"as liv 1 :it Bushy rirk. and bis Cup "i'orv 1" t decidedly \V:ui«aniii flavor. Mr. • T "-' 3lav, who lias managed the Ru-hy :\i;t -tud for many year?, intends (akin;: o irnod position at Sydney shortly, ; I'.nd iiie .stud will probably be broken j 'ip- ! This is n (rue bill. .Tack H'av had a r "v.i! hillings' at (he I rots. "jsrnesßiiig" Ihe whole programme. When it came to liic last race his "system'' pointed to i Peace, and lie went up to fret, a few ! tickets oil that lieddy. The ticket-seller j told him it was not starting, so Jack ! said, rnmfing down the card, "Well, give I lis a couple on Rejoice. That, reads .next best in Pcc". for after peace there j come; reii'lc ii'./." Rejoice strolled home | and paid a hatful!