SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1920, Page 3

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES. « June 36. Hawke's Bay Hunt Club. July 11, 17.—Wellington B.C. Winter. HAWKE'S BAY ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, June 25. Tho acceptances for the third day of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's winter meeting ! are:— HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Two miles.— Sturdee 12 2, Bollln 11.4, Patarlltl 11.4, Tornea 11 2, Sandringham 10.13, Freehold, Neflsche 10.7. FERNHILL HACK HURDLES. One mile and a half.—Signysian 10 13. Mannish 10.12, RlsIflgham 10.4, Retard 10.2, Marshal Nell > 13, Convention 9 5, Raumanuwhlrl 9.4, Sir Agnes, Raffle, Strangeways 9.0. a, TURAMOE HURDLES. One inlle and threequarters—Thrace 11.10, Mill o' Gowrle 117, Rekanul 11.0, Paddlngton Green 10.10, Deviation 10.9, Ore Ore 9.7, Goldstream 9.3, Gunwale 9.0. JUNE STEEPLECHASE. Two and a half miles.—Luke 11.10, • Oaklelgh U.S, First Line 11.3, Foeman 11.1, Old Mungindl 11 0, Maraetotara .10.11, Cuanaco 10.4, Wiroklno 10.1, Harbor Light 10 0, John Bunny 9.11, Nottbil- ; ity, Pawerewere 9.9, Polthogue, Ormesby, Manhattan, Vacuum, Juan 9.7. LADIES' NECKLACE—Army Service U-4, Tatiml 10.12, Ethiopian 10.11, Plro Plro 10.8, Loch Dhu 10.7. SOUTRA HACK HANDICAP. Six and a half furlongs —Hymarty 11.2, Lord Astolat 10.9,. Mosthenes 101, Black Lake 10.0, Sea Foam 9.13, Molyneaux, The Digger 9.10, Willy's Knight 9.7, Neganibo 9.4, Pretty Mickey, Woodlark, Kyoto, Elevate, Larkspur 9.0. FINAL HANDICAP. Six and a half furlongs.—Gold Kip, Parisian Diamond, Croesus 11.10, Sir Fanciful 9.13, Goldshlne 9.11, Income 9.5, Hyglnas 9.3, Honey Bee, Vermil, Rawakore, Hookah, Prince Charlerol 9.0. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Concluding diiy at Hastings. Grand National entries closed yesterday. War Baby is now owned by Mr. .1. J. Carry, of Blenheim. , * Paraoa has contracted a throat trouble prevalent In the south. Miss Glrons, by St. Glrons—Toora, is said to be very speedy. Owing to A Oliver giving up riding, G. Clarke has been given a billet at Highden. Acquittal fell and broke a fetlock on the second day at Glsborne, and was destroyed. The hurdle race at Sydney won by Fisher on Saturday was worth about £IOOO. The New Zealander carried 10.2. Marshal Nell won handsomely at Greenmeadows, but Ladoguer might hare troubled the winner If he had not run off. The Reed brothers, Roy and Ashley, and Ceorge Young have each ridden over fifty winners this season. R. S. Bagby and H, Cray are In the 40's. All Talk, who over-reached and out himself badly at Wlngatul, is again In steady wotk at Rlccarton. Master Strowan, Coalition, SunaTt, Walmal, and other N'drth Island horses that are held up in the South are reported to be looking very fit. There Is still talk of a match between the cracks,. Amythas and Arrowsmlth. Both owners are perfectly willing, but the winter Is no time to decide such arguments. Sanacre, who won a race at Napier, is the Australian-bred mare that returned a fabulous "price" at Ellerslle last season. She had not won a race In the interval. Mr. Tom Cameron, the well-known Rangltlkel racing man, breeder, starter, etc., has purchase! a place at Vogefown. and will settle down there very shortly. Oaklcigh has had a great spin this month He won the Maiden Steeplechase on the first day of the Great Northern meeting, and on the concluding day placed the Tamakl Steeplechase to his credit. The Petane Hack Steeplechase at Greenmendows followed, and the game little son of St. Amans pur tne capper on his previous performance bv arriving homo first in the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase In I three weeks Oaklelgh has won £1045 In stakes aloner* In Ceylon they take their horse Taclng like we do our football, once a week. Seven even programmes are run every Saturday, the smallest prize being £IOO Racing is booming in Colombo, and owners, trainers and Jockeys are getting their load on. You can get too much of a good thing—even racing. The latest, always comes from Amurfca! A horse was recently taken by aeroplane from Los AnwlOß to Santa Barbara, where It was exhibited at a horse show. Next we will bear that Wlrth's Circus Is touring New Zealand by 'plane, linns, tigers, elephants, and all being transported by air I Aueklandors had a royal Innings at the Nanier Park and Hawke's Bay winter meetings Gold Kip, OnkleMi. and Santicrc won doubles and Pcneton. Notability. John Bunny, and Deviation also won rnres. Northern' layers received a hot peppering! Mrs Jas Bull added a necklace ami a bracelet to her alrcartv big collation of lewe'lery to the w'nnlnc efforts of Buddy and All Over at the Hawke's Bay .moetinis ' Last year Omahu won Ihe bracelet at Hastings and If all the baubles were heated together Haoken«m!th himself couldn't earrv them awav Another case of amateur phvr.iclng resulted hi the deaths of two trotting horses SMve" Weir ami Kaweah White, at Chrlstchiiroli. while a third horse (Alhert Wallace) Is still •n a bad way Usually horse owners and ♦rainers are prenared to pav for the best -rtvlce and the best -and most careful dispensing. "A pound" for a horse dope Is often nald without a murmur, hut when It comes to a "half-dollar" for a mixture for the missus o» the kMs you should hear them saueal about profiteering! The principal winning owners at the Napier y-ark meeting were: B. T. Bennett £551), ,T Mollnv. PSOO, W. O Emenr £3lO E R Murphy £270, E T Batt £23". H S SeesBrns - RIK - w !'■ Luscand P.ISS. and Mrs M A. Tern- £l5O The appearance or nominations for next season's two-year-old classics will he of interen to students of rarehorse nomenclature. nr the Tlsin? two-year-olds named, those that hrmedlatelv strike are: still Sea (Absurd—Sea Snrayl, Limelight (Solferlno—Stardancer) Dlsjant Shot (Antagonist-Tele-scope), Economist (Absurd—Week End). Ouarrelsomo (Martian-Leading Lnrly), Pageant (Martian—Grand Onora). I.nft (Martian— Lovelorn). Bluff (Martlan-Ladv Disdain), LandMrd (Finland—Landrail), Cold Steel (Mar-tlan-Snowstell), Barmaid (Nassau-Shebeen II). and Ruchy (All Black—Effort). The above are all commendable samples of appropriate nomenclature, and the standard appears to he well maintained. N. K. McDonnell sustained a broken callar- > vt "ST p " , "" 1 (i"e fell with him In the Napier Ssteeolechase. A similar mlshaa oc- , cm-red to Allen McDonald when riding Polv- , anna In the Hunt ninli Steeplechase at the ' l"L< "***'*" " Ve Ret,lns "" tlie Rlrltenvale's debut as a hurdler at Greenmeadows was a promising one. He looked a "ertp.n place-fetter when he "sold out" at the ' .1,.- V,?' " I "' w * tmn snn uld not be far off Mick King has a big team under his "re at Bulls. ManinheYa, Idealogue. Western . Boom, ami a Demosthenes flllv arc In steadv work Whiz Bang and Miss Love are at nresent spelling, and Wapplng Is qualifying with Ihe Manawatu Hunt • Harry Moss.,the nne-t'.aic Taranakl trainer, lias accepted the position of private trainer Zi ii B ' Rnl9fn "l- w, io has erected stables at Bulls. Mess has Mattock, Celmlsta. and a couple of two-year-oldS* in hand for Mr. Gelsford, also Metallum for another owner. Esnerantlst has been disposed of to Mr. N. Homes, of Parewamti. Mannish anpears to he making cond over utrdes. his first and second at Hastings mak- '"-' Wm out to be a useful sort "Freddy" Snrlggins w!'l now regret thai,he disposed of the. son of Manlanotn and Blemish, though the prlco was a tempting one.