SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1919, Page 7

SPORTING.

I HANAWATU WEIGHTS.

By Telegraph —Press Association. m . Palmerston N., Dec. 1. The Manawatu Racing Club weights for the first day are:— POKOMARU HURDLES—Gang Awa" 12.3, Maraetotars 11.9, Kohu 11.5, Whiro 11.13, Combustion, Zeua 10.3, Sail Home 9.10, Goldstream 9.6, Sir Donald 9.2, Rienzi, Mautawa, Sartosa, Pervolo 9.0, 1 ?' HANDICAP - Admyra, 2X2 i oV* Dawn 93 » Statuette, Bed Signal 8.9, Arch. Lassie, Nursing Sister, Eleullus, Borealia 8.8, Arrowsmith, Prince Hal 86, Kilgour 8.5 Hymarty 8.4, Lord Astolat 8.3,! Tamaroi 8,„, Black Mark, Imarlbbon, Parorangl BJ, Matty 7.13, March On, Asterina 7.'9, f* Duns tan, Rush 7.7, Guanco 7.6, Idleness 7 * B ° U > r Willy's Knight, Import 7.^,Beloved 7.0, Farce, Macbree, St. Omer, Russet,.., Hlkola, Kinseman, Amberine 013, Paonul C.lO, Reparoa, Half Time, Missia'nd, Barleycorn 6.9, Conziska, Achlllion, Princess Marion, Hallowvonia 6.7. nn M i AJ CUP—Snub 9.0, Client 5.13, ™ ei 812 . Battle Song, Red Ribbon, Punka. Nobleman 8.9, Dusky Evo 8.4, Kllrush 8.2, Impediment 8.1, Crenides 7.13, Dribble 7.12, First Sa(uie 7.11, Battle Array 7.10, Athens II 7.9, Marqueteur 7.6, Hurry Up 7.5, Omahu 7.4, Demos, Rosa Pink, Bagdad, Oratress 7.1, The .? l0Uto « lvano ™ 6.12, Seasprite, Tressida, Tyttus, Rosa Queen 0.10, Penury Rose, Kipling, Olynthus, War Star 0.7. 8 7^S, H^? IC £ P ~ Salma 813 - Tessare3 8.7, Cantabilo 7.12, Ennea 7.9, Woden, Contook, ; Verbtfsilflt Hall Well, B'irkiei, Lord Jtafu i' Askarl 7,5, Maungaroa, Littlo ?. i a ?, Pah ' fortune Teller, Tropical, Snowlike, filly Isabel, Merry Queen, Pente Canyon 7.2, Sagacity, All Cerise, Trivoll 7.0. ' TARARUA HACK WELTER HANDICAP.— i , 6 v' 7, Wa W ]ln K 9.2, imarlbbon, Ralnland, Arch Salute 8.13, Moulu 8.12, n»n 8 9 m R? n Coral .S ueen ' la Ficelle, Woody \ 9 m „ er ' Admiral Advance 8.1. Dick, ?"VS PJ t., ' festival, Some Girl 7.13, ato?Boy 4th 7 V .? te ? ' 8 ' olaUn '' KWd Klnff - OTZffERBERT HANDICAP—Acre 9G Ons'iujpht 8.13, Croesus 8.11, Wataatoa 8<) JS 1 "' chimera 8.6, Lingerie 8.0, Demagogue' Atari ?in nti m'l 3 ' As , tinome 712 > Llonskln,' 7 6 7 ' 9 ' Bonn 5' Briar AM, a s ,', B ' ndle 73 ' Statuette 7.0, eiT r,H , 6 l3 ' Arrowsmlth, .Tean Laddo 6.11, Philomela 6.18, Idle Talk 6.7. Tek£ A 8 H^ DI CAP-Ma!ho a 9.1, ' rlbl)!e ' Hurry Up 8.0, Ladogeur 83' Inhnrt i, B i'First Salute 713 S'»l!Ila 1 lad > omahu 81 ' 01d ■ (IM 'e Heather, Lingerie 7.11, Rose Pink, Lojematch, Oratress, Daytime 7.10, Lord Musm S J - _ ' u " n,ne ' Seasprite, Zola, Kipling Macduff 7.i, Goldshine, Doric 7.5, Olynthus' hi?™ S> 6 ' „ MaUtua T - 2 . Imaribbon C ll) Silver Tongue, Spangle 6.7.

STRATFORD ANNUAL MEETING.

ENTRIES TO-NIGHT. The attention of horso owners and trainers IS again drawn to tlio programme of the StratSL , Club ' 3 annual ra «B"n(f. which Is set down for January 1 and 2, 1920, and which. In conjunction with the Taranaki ,T.c. Christmas meeting forms the holiday racing carnival IrirtS Stratford meeting is attracting a great deal of attention, as the ? o o °l„ 3 ' ak " offered quite merit, and those interested should note carefully that entries for all events close to-night at 9 p.m. The programma has been fully dealt with in these SS? S ' ', as alroady 9tated . It is one I hat hwses '° ° Wner3 ° f aU classos of

A ROUGH DAT.

„„ T ! 1 , 0,a , aports who turned up at Fellding the coldest an<i windlost aaj s outing possible. The trip ner motor were littl^'h'tT bUt 1 ' io - V ride ' and thlnKS were little better on the course. Ladies in ■ Bimsky skirts were deserving- of deepestsymth«t y had%™.„ taßk SSlrtnat had Williamson's fieAten by a mile keDt "'™ ai ' The men folk we?e !Xi i. r. as '■ lf ' bar offered agree--5 w.. ' a " we " ss a eood suppiv of "hard stuff gauranteed to keep out the cold. Some the hi« ™ "n wtlll>lro ' nnii i"« before the last race a jolly gent, who was tempted voice i'i song from the grandhr ( h ,1' reraOTPd lo a less public place by the John department. Another hilarious person, confronted by an irate wife (his right ono) eipiainssd the situation thus' "Well you see my dear they all got jambed In the i'i • A . nd 1 wa .? limbed In the middle Anyway tho cold and wind would have caused a kill-joy to. seek sannWr amongst the odours of strong liquors, and not drayaThem K oufagain y ' S WouM lme THE RACING. Anyway It Is a poor heart that never reiii Ceß 'i. 0 w ' lo weathered tho day rght through were rewarded with splendid sport and clean and spirited racing. Tho starting was hardly 1 flawless, and delays at the ™«t OTw'fi" S ° m ° instances ' rcr 5' Howwe Rot ofl Promptly, allow--6 dusk. m We " 0n ,he road for ht>rae Admyra wbs Toted the best of good things S ! a J M ' but Roßa Wreath and ian l e followlngs. The Wanhnt eat , the nes?t best-backed division age, the Avondah? GnllJs Xief EsthoX maU^rr 1 »"e hntnJ 5u ? ays hurdle form was well borne out, Hushabye and Gang Awa' winnint? " tb T h hOW »"> cmo to my S ,ch .. a COO J I Slice Is Inexplicable The Nlkau Handicap fell to the Demosthenes filly Swanee S acqulred Mr. Ebb Simpson from Messrs. Dwan Bros. Buddy, the runner- ™? 11 pat race, but had no chance with h . a a dlffer(!l lce of 241bs Nothine to « &" Ere WOUld *>" d «™ with backers '"the big races, but Moutoa Ivanova always handy, and after Marqtie'eur looked a winner below the distance, Mr, Easton's mare J? 11 " won comfortably. Duskv fom T'y w ?? , a .P uzz,c "> followers of ,° rm - A >*' pulled the public up acafn in the Orou/stnkes, but at one stagS of it his fniJi'f 3 « ' tOU haw sold out d'eaplv. Acre Sin S 1 " 'bo straight, and did well to win Tho Start of the Novico Stake, wa, awaT H? ri^, rP ' nlte ™«» Wlctoit hnt iinrt , SB on eam e ly to the end, tn ««« » . qu i te , eno,,gh condition on I,lm llde ?hl r ' Md Va " ey beaded him In cut eadi others tJf i" u T and Hu3hmf| n eacn others throats In the Empire Hin. dlcap, and Arrowfleld dashed up in the final stages and beat the favorite bv a neck With ordinary luck Rose Queen should hare won. NOTES. al^oT^u? 1 was the cause of a lot of grumbling, but possiblv tho shoekhu? hi«o tf» c ?, n<i " loni ' ' lai ' much to do with the dissatisfaction on Monday. Hurdles n""™,',?. fel J ,hp R ° n S°tea Hack round i°\- a na3ts '' fal1 ' 1,111 SI sllort ,ime "correct, cards" gave the dam of Ngaltanul as St. Clements i " : PK.f. D^ Awa L w " s ln front n" the way in the Cheltenham Hurdles, and won easily. Formore, who won a steeolechase at Ciul- 1 Held recently, was picked up by 'his present owner for half-a-dollar-in a raffle i i r H ™babye's bold showing on tho flr<t w"as lull* lft "J7, ln 'J 0 Ron S°te!i Hack Hurdles r„oill! antlc| P ated by her connections. 01,^11 1 W ?, s not nuite reat 'y at Peilding bin h m ir ? U ' 6 bettei ' for hls outing. T'clt him off for a race about Boxing Day. ACRE.

When In the spring of 1916, Mr. \V Dunfn 9h!ll>ely ' not over big colt n the Talta Handicap at Trentham, most good Judges steed up Acre—for that was the colt's name—as a likely little customer, and the Australia n-bred son of Llnacre and Miss ArOn that Justified early anticipations, Irilt . occasion he struck a speedy, but erratic two-year-old ln Simonides, and was beaten by a length and a half over four fur'ongs run In 48 3-ssecs Simonides subSri*" o™. CJC Wcl ™ ra ° Stakes, so that tho first defeat was not discouraging. hiTflLY 1 ', Rht times , ln his flrst season, ami win came in the Juvenile Handicap at Marton, In which he started a hot favorlto "" ,^ e>I J I , eris } ly - ose second to The Baro. net In the Aarongl Plate at Felldlng, and an equally close third to Silver Tongue and Birhi. Mh lß JuTe , nlle Handicap at Wanganul tvere his other moat notable performances Aa a three-year-old, Acre was saddled un a II? ? 6 W ? n four racps . was second thrlc<\ and third twlre. His victories included the Electric Hack Handicap at the Masterton spring meeting, the October Handl- **!!, SV « el u !n^ on spr,np me ®tinff, the Epsom High-Weight Handicap at, the CJC Metropolitan meeting and the Borough Handicap W Awapunl In the autumn. He ran second oi .^ D^e . T^e J ll TeiMlns Stakes, heating Birkenvale, Simonides, Demos, and Plnmark, ana was second to Lady General in the FitzherheTt Handicap at Palmsrston, having behind htm Crowhurst, LlngeMe, and other smnrt sprinters. When pitted against FJnmark and Demos in the Egmont Stakes. Acre was disappointing, but they ran 113 2-5 that af'ernoon, and the Fordell colt was only two lengths away from the winner. He was asked to take on the open sprint, tho Walmate Handicap, the next day, but Astor, who began better, beat him in 114. In the Wanganul Guinea, Acre had. to put un with a minor position behind Estlnnd and Biplane, but it was undoubtedly the solid pace set by him that i brmivht oonßatfAnai defeat of the

Greenwood champion. The mile was run In 1.412-s—record time for the race. is a four-year-old. Acre sported silk on sixteen occasions, but it was not until the summer meetings name along that he "was himself. At Awapuni, on December 27, he was ,the Urat to arrive in the Awapuni Handicap, which ho won in a jog from Inah, Waimntoa, Swnet Corn, Crowhurst, Chimera, etc,, and the "six 3 ' took 1.13. His next effort was at Trentham, whero ho beat all hut in the Tolegraph Handicap, !he defeated dMtfon tnclitdini*. Croesus, Hymestra, Nystad, Michnela, Silver Link, Bo Peep, and others. He ran Silver Link to a head in the Farewell Handicap at the Wanganui J.C. autumn meeting. Waimatoa beat Aero Mangaone Stakes at FeUdlng at level weights, hut Aero lumped 9.1 to victory in the Denbigh Stakos the following day. Acre's next outing was the Wellington autumn meeting, where, after running fourth in the Railway Handicap, won by Waimatno, he came out and downed a hot crowd in the Suburban Handicap, carving out the six furlongs in 111 2-5, and winning easily by three lengths. His record for the season was three firsts, three seconds, and ten times impla'col Acre's first start this season was in the Fellding Stakes on Saturday last. As ho paraded the birdcage one could not help being struck with his fine, masculine appearance, and if he never won another race his worth ; at the stud would be considerable. Ho showed raro sprinting ability in the Felldinj Stakes, i and won with a lot in hand. In the Oroua Stakes he was not so well favored at the start, but ho mowed down the opposition Jn the straight and won very easily. To date his record reads: 38 starts; 10 firsts, 8 seconds, and three thirds.