SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1921, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. March s—Nelson J.C. Annual. March s—Akaroa R.C. Annual. Marcn 5, 7—Te Aroha J.C. Annual. March 9, 11—Marlborough R.C. Autumn. March 11, 12—Napier Park R.C. Autumn. March 17—Opunake R.C. Annual. /. March 22, 23—Rangitikei R.C. Annual. ( NELSON ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson, March 4. The second day’s acceptances for the Nelson meeting are as follow:• TRIAL STAKES.—Maritza 8.7, In the Pink 1 8.7, Rose 8.7, Bonny Dundee 8.7, Bireme 8.7, Alisamond 8.7, Redsome 8.7, Sagacity 8.7, Last Card 8.7, War Baby 8.7, Salutas 8.7. MAITAI TROT.—Myrtle Leaf 7sec, Never Will 9, Alarm Bell 12, Silveretta, Jenny Wood, Handsome Lad, Harold Hue 21. REDWOOD MEMORIAL.—Matatua 9.1, Royal Exchange 8.13, Sir Fanciful 8.6, War Baby 7.12, Ladify 7.10, Cheer Up 7.10, Parlform 7.8, Parorangi 7.5, Missland 6.7. TAHUNA HACK —Lady Lucullus 9.10, Parorangi 9.5, Bestir 9.3, Black Night 9.0, Beloved 9.0, Pitch Dark 8,10, Sagacity 7.7, Rora 7.7, War Baby 7.7. FLYING HANDlCAP.—Barleycorn 10.6, Gold Problem 8.12, Jackaroo 8.5, Bunny 7.10, Sandy 7.5, Fortune Teller 7.4, Lady Gazeley 7.4, Trentham Rose 7.2. WAKATU TROT.— Wild Pedo 3sec, Myrtle Leaf, Little Ben 8, Lord Tlrorpe 11, Sweet Kathleen 16, Harold Hue, Zita, Silveretta, Hay 17. STOKE HACK.—Night 8.6, Sandy McDonald 8 6, Fortune Teller 8.5. Missland 8.0, Jackaroo 8.0, Alisamond 7.6, In the Pink 7.3, War Baby 7.3, Pupil 7.3. WAIMEA WELTER.—Matatua 9.13, Sir Fanciful 9.5, Gold Problem 8.13, Cheer Up 8.9, Pariform 8.6, Parorangi 8.4, Beloved 7.9, TE AROHA ACCEPTANCES. Te Aroha, Last Night. Saturday’s acceptances are:— TRIAL HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Sylvan 9.6, Knighton 9.2, No Bother 8.9, Potona 8.7, Jollie Princess 8.6, Treso, Mavourneen, Navana, Strideaway 7.12, Impudence. Gold Bud, Puketoa, Marquil 7.11- Whetua. King .Pin, Glencairn, Annaroon, Teakatai 7.10. Ihapotoa 7.9, Lady Glissas, Waiwera, Colonel Abbey 7.8, Mahotahi, Abberfield, Wairere Maid, Rainy Day, Delysian, Master Rowan. Miss Beechwood, Connemara, Arizona Maid, St. Waipa, Grab 7.7, Narrow Neck 7.5. WAITOA HANDICAP. Seven furlongs.—Gold Kip 9.4, Rockfield 8.6, Arran 7.12, Bute Sound 7.11, Archie 7.8, Corr£gidor, 7.4, Penona, Khublai Khan, Lightning 7.3, Independence 7.0, Prince Rufus 6.12, Miss Norval, Winsome Arch 6.9. RUAKAKA HURDLES. One mile and a half. —Ditto, Shell Shock 10.9, Battletide 10.7, Lady Lyddite 9.4, Capsal 9.3, Romany 9.2, Daloopin, Gulanform, Astray, Don’t, Hypothesis- 9.0.

TE AROHA CUP. One mile and-a quarter. —Royal Abbey 8.10, Woody Glen 8.9, Tamaroa 7.13, Right and Left, Geoffrey 7.10, Forest Gold 7.7, Prince Charleroi 7.4, Canowindra 7.2, Blue Cross 7.1, Royal Irish 6.7. WAIHOU HANDICAP. Six furlongs—Golden Bubble 9.5, Right and Left 8.2, Tamaroa 8.1, Esthonia 8.0, Infante 7.11, Caballero 7.6, Lightning 7.3, Miss Ellice 7.2, Rainy Day 6.7. PIAKO HACK HANDICAP. Six furlongs.— Stork, Bang 9.4, Sir Huon 9.3, Formalin 9.0, Knighton 8.12, Clonmel 8.10, Brodick 8.4, Araleun, Isingarch 8.3, Jollie Princess 8.2, Passionless 8.1, Potona 8.0, Awareka, Swift Flight 7.12, No Bother 7.11, Wanlgan, Navana. Black Mark 7.10, Strideaway, Neuritis 7.8, Some Fashion, Nighttime, Maid of the Lake, Proposer, Impudence, Whitehall, Lady Lilac, St. Waipa, Lady Glissas, Chess 7.5. JUMPERS’ FLAT HANDICAP. One mile and a half.—Sir Agnes 10.11, Lady Energy 10.10, Harbour Light 10.6, Luperino 10.3, Bettletide 10.2, Multiplane 9.12, Signature, Slowcoach 9.9, Shell Shock 9.6, Manukau 9.5, Hopye 9.3, Silver Lode 9.2, Welshman, Totara Jack 9.0. HOT SPRINGS HANDICAP. One mile.— Rockfield 8.7, Bute Sound 7.10, Mangaunahoe 7.9, Penona, Lord Kenilworth 7.6, Scrap o’ Paper, Tinopai 7.5, Stork, Khublai Khan 7.4, Bezant 7.0, Nunerrant, Ohiti 6.9, Atftrlce, Winsome Arch, War Tank 6.7. AUCKLAND ACCEPTANCES. Auckland, LAst Night, The Auckland Racing Club’s acceptances for the autumn meeting are:— EASTER HANDICAP —Ma ioha 9.0, Rude 8.11, Sliver Link 8.1(1, Eleus 8.7, Gasbag 8.5, Solfanello 5.4, Royal Abbey, Lovematch 8.2, Golden Bubble 8.0, Silver Peak, Gold Kip, Glen Canny 7.12, Landslide 7.10, Early Dawn 7.7, Right and Left 7.6, Queen Abbey 7.3, Chrysostom, Esthonia, Tinohoro 7.2, Tamaroa 7.0 Geoffrey, Forest Gold 6.13, Bang, Buttle Knight, Bute Sound, Infante, Lightning, No Bother Prince Carl, Prince Charleroi, Tresor 6.7. Listowel 6.12. BRIGHTON HURDLES.—Thrace 12.2, Multive 11.6, Slowcoael? 10.13, Luperino, Rathlin 10.10, Tenacious 10.5, Sir Agnes 9.13, Signature. Guerre a Mort, Battletide 9.10, Gatherer 9.7, Daloopin, Guianform, Harbour Light, Maori Tikanga, Polthogue 9.0. AUTUMN STEEPLES.—Slowcoach, First Call 11.10, Tenacious, Luperino 10.9, Capsal, Signature 10.7, Hopye 9.10, Polthogue 9.9, Caroglen. Daloopin, Harbour Light, Lady Sabretache, Lombardy, Totara ‘Jack 9.7. GREAT NORTHERN CHAMPAGNE STAKES. —Thespian, Aureate, Toa Taua, The Hawk, Tamatete, Still Sea. Armorel, Kick Off, Anomaly, Mixture, Leithfield, Loyal Irish. GREAT NORTHERN OAKS.—Sylvan, Isabel, Potona, br f by Elysian—Merania, ch f by Antiphone—-Miss Dix, Earthshine, Pente, Wanigan. GREAT NORTHERN ST. LEGER STAKES —Geoffrey, Sylvan, Landslide, Bule Sound, Listowel, Isabel, Vespucci, Stork, Right and Left, Rekatoa, ch f by .Antipfrone—Miss Dix, Earthshine, Pente, Wanlgan, Gasbag, Duo, SOUTHLAND ACCEPTANCES. Invercargill, Last Night. Acceptances for ti e first day of the Southland meeting are:— ROSLYN HANDICAP.—Red Pal 9.13, Etta 8.10, Sartolite 8.3, Sunlit 8.1, Limtom, Mirza 8.0, Sameum 7.12, Royal Admiral 7.11, Lady Links 7.10, Lady Blissful, Sabor, Ballerana, Killory, Lady Winston, July Spark, Naomi 7.7. WAVERLEY TROT HANDICAP.—Rothstar, General Joffre ser, Country Queen, Hecteroo, Lady Margaret 12yds hhd, The Sheik, Miss O'Neill 24, Nightcaps 36, Satin Boy, Lady Marvin 48, Wallron, Until 60, Ettie Adair, Full Cry, Gladiola, Oaknut 72, Hectdale, Malice 84. FLYING HANDICAP—KiIIowen 9.6, Palamon 9.1, Satisfaction 8.13, Golden King 8.0, Miss Camouflage 7.9, Glensponse 6.9. SOUTHLAND STEEPLECHASE.—PaIIadio 11.9, Zarkoma 11.8, Barrister 10.7, Wicklow 10.5, Glenisla 10.3, Hard Hit 10.0, Achilleus 9.10, SOUTHLAND CUP.—Radial 9.7, Rorke’s Drift 9.0, Mazama 8.6, Kilkee 8.5, Tin Soldier 8.1, Linden 7.12, Thaddeus 7.7, Mettle Drift 6.13, Jock 6.12. INVERCARGILL HARNESS TROTTING HANDICAP.—Ardlussa, Vitalis, Tommy Direct, Polyamtheus scr, Guy Wild, Hylas 12yds bhd, Kewvin Wilkes, Don Wallace 24, Kentucky (Wood, Kola Bell 60, John Wilkes 96, Seaward Spot 144. j

DISPOSAL STAKES.—Orange Bitters / 9.4, Jock 9.0, Barley Rigs 8.13, Mirza 8.11, Pallah, Kokowal. 8.7, Lady Knight. 7.9, Botanist 7.7, Awahou 7.6, Glenhoupi 7.2. TRADESMEN’S HANDICAP. One mile.— Palamon 8.11, Linden 8.6, Thaddeus 8.4, Miss Muriel 8.3, Mandrake, Borodino 7.12, Marching Order, Marianne 7.11, Twinkle 7.9, Marc Antbony 7.0. TROTTING. « W AIM ATE PLAIN’S CLUB. EASTER NOMINATIONS, The following nominations have been received for the Waimate Plains annual trotting meeting on Easter Monday:— JkUROA MAIDEN HANDICAP (Harness). and a. half.—Sidelight, Little Jewel, Gipsy Mac, Azelzion, Indicator, Comic, Messines, Bunga, Lincoln Jersey, To Ataihaea, Stanley Dillon, Liberty Bell, Logan Rothschild, Len Glen, Ranee, Eric Bell, May Dorn, Glenox, Grace Direct, Millerton, Franzie Queen, Rockaway, Miss Squib, Special Tracey, Wairamana. NORMANBY HANDICAP (Saddle). One mile and a quarter.—Beau Ideal, Maude H, Little Jewel, Willie, Mac, Plain Rose, Messlnes, Bunga, General Botha, Illumination, Peter Scott, Te Ataitaea, Flora Dillon, Gold Bud, Wairamana, Amberite, Morning Light, Tim Wilkin, Visible, Ramaroa, Wild Daisy, Sweet Prince, Plain Bob, Hetty King, Bellova. WAIMATE PLAINS CUP (Harness). Two miles.—Mount Albert, Red Star, Blue King, Warlock, Inora, Jimmy Richmond, Delta, Tauhlnu. Profiteer, Ben Lomond, Neta Belle, Jewel Wood, William the First, Overrate, Hiram Galindo, Whisht, Bush Child. TARANAKI DISTRICT HANDICAP (Saddle). One mile and a half.—Gipsy Mac, Cliff, Belltone, Kararata, Night Hawk, Aotea, Peru, Ju Ju, Wildwood King, The Ganger, Ayro Bell. Jimajon, Moonlight, Lyrinka, Meritorious, Capilose. Pearl, Sennie Mac, Kyrat, Pehu, Jet Black, Nellie, Weary Bill, Jean Capitalist, Kaleto, Mat Patch, Maggie Girl, Harold Wilkes, Mere Jersey, Aranui, Black Beauty, Roi Alto, Lady Joubert, Compass. HAWERA HANDICAP (Harness). Two miles.—Tiki, Rio Grande, Meritorious, Amberite, King Capitalist, Millerton, Overrate, King’s Hand, Aranui. STRATFORD HANDICAP (Harness). One mile and a half.—Beau Ideal, Maude H, Red Star, Plain Rose, Taikorea, Peter Scott, Flora Dillon, Gold Bud, Eric Bell, Mindful, Napper, Wild Daisy, Sweet Prince, Edna, Plain i Bob, Hetty King. ELTHAM HANDICAP (Saddle). One mile.— Imperial Fan, Harold Devon, Blue King, Warlock, Inora, Jimmy Richmond, Delta, Dorothy Dimple, Profiteer, Nita Bell, Prinzora, Jewel Wood. William tire First, Hiram Galindo, Bush Child. The following horses remain in the Taranaki Futurity Stakes (Harness), one mile and a half.—b c Logan Pointer—Queen S, d c Nelson Bingen—Lady Zeppelin, Logan Queen, Indicator, f Petereta—Monieo, yh f Great Audubon —Miss Ydungley, b c Great Audubon — Wildwond mare, b f Great Audubon—-Sylvia K, Tobermory. Taraire, Azelzion, Nelson Derby, Logan Rothschild, c Wildwood Junior—Bellbird, g Petereta —Chairming Maid. Handicaps are due next. Friday, and acceptances close on Friday, March 18, with the secretary (Mr. V. B. Stratton, Hawera). TJ.C. DISTRICT COMMITTEE. AN APPEAL DISMISSED. The Taranaki Jockey Club District Committee met last night to consider an appeal by L. M. Manson, jockey’, against his recent disqualification of six months imposed by the Stratford Racing Club. After considering the case the appeal was dismissed. EGMON’T RACING CLUB. The programme for the Egmont winter meeting, as recommended by the programme committee, was presented to a committee meeting on Thursday evening. It provided for stakes amounting to £4490, an increase of £930 on the last winter meeting, and was adopted.

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Concluding day at Nelson. Rangitikei weights are due on Monday. To-day’s Akaroa meeting will be held on the Riccarton course. Gray is making a one horse race of the jockeys’ premiership this season. Flight Commander’s dividend Ln the Dannevirke Cup was in the region of a quarter of a century. Tornea was offered for sale after winning at Danncvirke on Thursday, but failed to reach the reserve. A good number of horses were scratched on the second day at Dannevirke owing to the hardness of the track. The dust nuisance was noticeable also. Festivity’s name was missing from the telegraphed list of acceptors for the final event at Dannevirke, and was not on the “correct card.’’ The public took the tip and backed the son of Hallowmas, who won easily after being badly placed at half-way. Sflulterina, by King Soult, won the Nursery at Dannevirke with a lot in l and, and paid a handsome price. Toa Taua .JfJray) was second, and Is now running into fonm. Gray’s mount, Handy, was a warm affair in the Kaitoke Welter on Thursday, but the outsider. Lady General, ran to the front at the end' of a furlong and was never afterwards troubled. Her dividend came as a surprise. *• Asterlna should have been in and dried in the Glengarry Handicap on Thursday, but struck trouble, and had to content with a dead-heat for first place with Tari. Asterina’s backers just about got their money back—with the price of a "spot’’ thrown in. Signyspan looked like coming home on his own in the first hurdle race at Dannevirke when he fell. His rider, the Maori lad ‘“Johnny” (Vairoa, got the shock of life, and he was painfully nervous when he took the mount on the second day. With a vigorous horseman on top Slgnysian would have made the .winner Tornea, look very cheap. Rouen was backed as if the Hartgill Memorial Handicap at Dannevirke was all over, but Flight Commander (McCormack) again led the field home * Kula, who ran two seconds and a third this week, is as fine as a match, and badly needs a spell. All Rangitikei backed Sir Fanciful at Nelson on Thursday, but his party will require more than one victory to get square on their losses. Sir Fanciful should engage tiie attention of the judge at Nelson or at Blenheim. Lord Usk showed a lot of pace in his races at Awapuni at Christmas, and his double victory at Nelson was anticipated. Hushman and Munition read as well as anything in the Hurdles at Opunake, but if Karen o jumps well one need took no further. The Opunake Cup looks fairly open, though Egmont Park (8.5) is well treated. If a surprise is in store, Explorer may turn the trick. Active is no. champion, but a race at Opunake should not be beyond his abilities. Nemaline is another that should be worth keeping in mind. Old Tirana returned to form at Dannevirke on Wednesday, and if "Hughie” Johnston keeps him right he should get amongst the money at Opunake. j Mr. H. McManaway had a great big bay two-year-old colt, by Gazeley—-Complement, at the show at Marton on Wednesday Though only in the rough, the colt was admired. Insurrection, by KUbroney—Ruthful, was the horse picked out of the stable by Trainer J. W. Lowe when he parted with Messrs. Riddlford's horses. Lowe’s judgment was correct, as the gelding proved by winning tlie Nelson Cup on Thursday. Patrons of the Wanganui Trotting Club have mostly spent the week getting. the dust out of their clothes. “Dirt” tracks may be all very well in some places, but at Wanganui tlie dust was awful. Some years ago a claytrack was laid down at Alexandra Park (Auckland) af considerable expense The latest t*

that tlie track is to be sown, a grass track being reverted to. The one-time crack horseman, "‘Charlie” Jenkins, paid a flying visit to his old home in Bulls 6n Friday, and |iis many friends were pleased to note that he had made a good recovery fr ; om his long illness. Armorel is ad’ game as they make them. After getting a showing up at Wanganui she was -made a good second favorite to Soldier’s Love in the Juvenile at Dannevirke, and, when she raced the favorite to a standstill, struggled gamely and stalled off Dissertation’s late run. Whetoki, who has been threatening to win a race for a long time, duly materialised at Dannevirke on Wednesday, but with Transmission and Slgnysian out of the way through falls there was very little merit in the victory. “Alf.” Shearsby broke the ice at Dannevirke with Sunbath (Sunny Lake—Amarilla), who came along at the right end in the Maiden and won nicely. She appears to be useful. Pente was unlucky to lose the Dannevirke Cup, and her backers lost a small percentage of their investments. However, she is worth doubling up on. The Manawatu Daily Times reports that Mr. Thomas, owner of Marula and others, was fined £2 by the Dannevirke stewards for not confirming by letter nominations that had been telegraphed. This is a rule that is more often honoured “in the breach, etc.” i Verbosity won a double at Diinnevlrße- this week, but his dividends were very small. Verbosity is by Demosthenes from Suratura, and is a beautifully bred three-year-old.

Several champions of the spring were reproduced at Dannevirke, but Duo, Gasbag and Fulsome (to mention three of them) looked very much on the big side, and will require a few races to get them fit for the Easter meetings.

Mr. E. J. Watt continues to win races in ’Stralia. At Rosehill on the 19th ult. be scored with Aites, a three-year-old gelding by Wolawa—Perseis, who started at a fair "price,” and won by a fair margin. It was current gossip at Marton on New Year’s Day that Flight Commander was for sale for one hundred and fifty of the best and brightest (or filthiest and greasiest in these days of paper currency), and the son of Martian would have proved a eheap investment. His latest successes—at Dannevirke—were accompanied by two-figure dividends.

Racehorse nomenclature must be In a tight corner in 'Stralia when they have to fall back on Maoriland names of long ago. At RoseRyi recently there was a winner rejoicing in the name of Battleaxe (of happy memory I) while a Square Deal and Jack Pot also earned place money. At other Aussie meetings about the same time familiar names cropped up, such as Glen Nevis, Matlock, Volo, St. Ursula, Simla, Aerial, Golden Rose, Devotion, The Student, Stetson, Radial, Stevedore, The Digger, Indigo, Blue Cross, Tavistock, Antarctic, The Rover, Canowindra, and the evergreen Faugh-a-Ballagb. Acceptances for the Opunake Racing Cluh's annual meeting close on Thursday, March 10, at 5 p.m.