SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1921, Page 3

SPORTING.

WANGANUI RACES. FIRST DAYS ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. Acceptances for the Wanganui spring meeting are: DURIE HACK HANDICAP, six furlongs. —Awake 9.5, Mort Avis 9.2, Velocifonn 8.9, Celmisia 8.6, Tinahanga, Martian Miss 8.5, Mixture 8.1, Bonnibrook 7.10, Vindictive, Take Take 7.7, Kuia 7,4, Believe 7.3. MAIDEN RACE, six furlongs.—Still Sea, lola, Yolande, Princess Fran, t Scotch Mixture, Rouken Glen, Submerge, Rekapoto, Erie, Believe, Warpath, Cochineal, Sleeping Beauty, Mireusonta. WANGANUI GUINEAS, one mile.— Thespian, The Hawk, Taraatete, Tolerance, Quest.

OKEHU HURDLES, one mile and threequarters.—Hyginas 11.3, Omahu 11.0, Explorer 10.12, Tigritiya 10.4, Ruddy 10.0, Maniahera, Simon 9.8, Mangawai 9.0.

HACK AND HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE, two miles and a half.—Zola 11.13, Tigerland 11.10, Loyal Arch 11.7, Tirau 9.9, Master Oriflamme 9.2, Tatton Park 9.0. SPRING HANDICAP, one mile and 110 yards.—Listowel 9.9, Rouen 9.7, Lovematch 8.12, Mustard Pot 8.10, Tame Fox 8.8, Trespass 8.6, Isabel 8.4, Crucelle 8.0, Flight Commander 7.10, Kareao 7.2, Active 6.7. PUTIKI HACK HANDICAP, one mile and 110 yards.—Ben Bolt 9.0, Velocifonn 8.11, Malingerer 8.7, Halcyon 8.1, Cleasanta 7.13, The Reaver 7.9, Penitent 7.7, Generous, Left 7.3, Legato 7.0. FLI ING HANDICAP, six furlongs.— Amythas 19.3, Solfanello 9.6, Maioha 9.3, Rude 8.11, Simonides 8.7, Blackmail 7.11, Missgold 7.8, Toa Taua 7.4, Amber Tips 7.2, Egmont Park 7.0, Annorel 6.7.

AVONDALE RE-HANDICAPS. Wellington, Last Night. Re-handicaps for Avondale arc: Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase: Grand Canyon 9.10. Flying Handicap: Rational 8.12. Henderson Handicap: Perfect Day 8.3. Swanson Welter: Navana 8.10. RACING IN FRANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 19, 7.30 p.m. Paris, Sept. 19. Ksar, ridden by Bullock, won the Prix Royal Oak.

The most successful sires in England this season up,to July 23 were: Poly- ! melus, 19 winners, 24 races, £24,855; Sunstar, 14 winners, 22 races, £22,281; 'Swyford, 13 winners, 16 races, £21,677; I Spearmint, 13 winners, 16 races, £21,|677. The Tetrarch, in whom Australian ' breeders are more interested than forj marly, was 21st on the list with £3107. [ Shortly before the mail left his chestnut ' son, Polemarch, won the Knowsley Dinner Stakes. 1 mile, at Liverpool. The Special Commissioner includes him [among the best three-year-olds in EngI land.’

An American paper says that once one !of the most famous and best paid joc|keys in the United States, Jerry Chorn, i better known in the sporting world as 'Grover Cleveland Fuller, was taken into custody when he was found in a dingy j tittle room smoking opium. The result of the arrest was that his pipe, which !he values at £2OOO, is in strange hands i for the first time for 25 years. The ! pipe was a present, from Chong Pong, ■once a Mayor of San Francisco’s China- ! town, and it was given when Chorn won 'his first race. After his arrest he said I that had he never met the Chinese he might have been a millionaire to-day The following measurements of that great mare, Desert Gold, were recently given in a New Zealand exchange:— Height, 16 hands OAin; girth, 6ft 3in; polf to wither (along crest), 3ft lin; wither to croup, 2ft Biin; croup to root iof tail, Ift 2%in; wither to elbow, 2ft 4in; elbow to coronet, 2ft Ilin; hip to point of hock, 3ft 4in: forearm circumference, Ift 7 in; below knee, Bsin; second thigh, Ift 6in; wither to point of shoulder. 2ft 4in; root of tail circumference, 10in; below hock, 9Jin; forehead width, lOin; bottom of brisket to ground. 2ft lOjin. As yearlings the following prices were paid for eight of the 21 runners in the Queen Mary Stakes (for two-year-olds) at the recent Ascot meeting:— Gs. Miss Dashwood 6,800 Catepaw 4,600 Flaming Fire 3,200 Sh rin e -...... 2,600 ’Morning Light 2,000 Wild Mint (winner) 940 Lily of the Valley .... 800 Charley's Aunt 570 21,510 Another attempt is to 'be made to reinstate bookmakers on New Zealand racecourses. Sentinel, of the Otago Witness says that in addition to having a battle in store over the Racing Commissions report, Parliament will be asked to consider an amendment to the Gaming Act which provides for legislation of booking on racecourses. It is understood that the proposed amendment to the Gaming Act will provide for an annual licensing fee of £2OO, payable to the Government, Treasury. The bookmakers are to be licensed by the Government, under the supervision of the 'Police Department. A fej will also be paid to the various clubs for the privilege of betting on a racecourse, and it is also proposed that each man licensed by the Government will have to find a guarantee as to his financial position. A good deal of sympathy is beiyg worked up in favor of the scheme, which will, it is claimed, receive more favorable consideration from Parliament than is generally believed.