SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1921, Page 3

SPORTING.

FIXTURES. Nor. 12.—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan. Nov. 16.—Hurowhenua R.C. Annual. Nov. 18, 19.—Winton J.C. Annual. Nov. 23.—Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. Annual. Nov. 25, 26.—'South Canterbury J.C. Spring. Nov. 26, 30.—Takapuna J.C. Spring. TROTTING. THE CHRISTCHURCH MEETING. CONCLUDING DAY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The Metropolitan Trotting Club’s spring meeting concluded to-day in beautiful | weather. The attendance was very large. The totaiisator investments were £87,590 10s, making £225,476 for the meeting, against £259,076 last year. Results:— GOVERNOR’S HANDICAP. Electioneer Child (H. Gaskill) 1, Peter Timmerman 2. Marvolo 3. All started. Won by three lengths, eight lengths between second and third. Time, 3min. 55 2-ssec. ENFIELD HANDICAP.—August Dillon (J. McLennan) 1, Glen Mavis 2, Lord Minto 3. Al’, started. Won by a length, eight lengths between second and third. Time, 2min. 11 CHRISTCHURCH HANDICAP.—Trix Pointer (F. Holmes) 1. Willie Lincoln 2, Silver Nut 3, Albert Cling 4. Scratched: Gleaming, neza Peter. Won by two lengths, one length between second and third. Time, 4min. 31sec. AUSTRALASIAN HANDICAP.—Peter Mae <A. Butterfield) 1, Cammie 2, Nellie Scott 3. Scratched: Bush Boy. Won by three lengths, a head between second and third. Time, ■fanin. 37sec. DOMINION TROTTING HANDICAP.—WiId Lad (R. C. Fisken) 1, Olive L. 2. Whisht 3, Marvin Junior 4. All started. Won by six lengths, a bad third. Time, 4min. 37 3-ssee Homeleigh Dick and Theseus fell. HORNBY Don Wild (W. J. Bryan) 1, Doreen Dillon 2, Thea 3. All started. W’on by. half a length, three lengths between second and third. Time, 2min. 47 4-ssec. LYTTELTON HANDICAP.—Nancy Stair (W. Warren) 1, Nellie Scott 2. Goldstream 3. All started. Won by half a length, four lengths between second and third. Time, 4min. 33 l-ssec. Coil’s sulky collapsed, and he w.v® pulled up.

RECOVERY HANDICAP.—Ena Bell (R. C. Fisken) 1. Chid 2, Trix Pointer 3. Scratch jd: Willie Lincoln, Gleaming, Silver Nut, August Dillon. Won by two lengths, one length between second and third. Time, 2min. 12sec. OTAHUHU ACCEPTANCES. Auckland, Last Night. The following are the Otahuhu Trotting Club acceptances:— INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP. One mile and a half.—-Peter Kae, Sherwood, Surprise, Grattan Wilkes, Audex, Miss Patch, Lord Roberts, Battery Bell. Annie, Emma, Renna, Rita Huon. Allan the Great, Golden Gate, Roseale I Patch, Perthetta, Well Caught, Hoaxetta limit, Cuava 30yds bhd, Fairburn 48, Eisa Note 60, Wild Nut, Timbell, Aranui 84. MANGERE HANDICAP. One mile and a quarter.—Silvery Moon, K.ng of Lydia, Master Grattan. Sidelight, Heather Girl, Miss Heathcote, Willie Mae, Peace Bells. Goldman, The Infant, Inclement, Vimalla, Regret, General Maile limit, Irish Bell, Reliance, Grey Peter. Rua Pere, Albert Logan, Conscript 12 yds bhd. Gold Flake, Reveille 24, Te Ataihaea. Plain Bob 36, Special Tracey 48, Wairemana. Hedgewood 72. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP. One mile and a half.—Peter Scott. Jewel, Brenda, Sal Pofn- ' ter. Te Ataihaea, Napper, Scottish Child limit, March On, Lena Patch, Promenade, Tiny Loeanda, Ben Wallace, Piletta, Rockaway, Petereden. Profiteer 60yds bhd. JELLICOE HANDICAP. Two miles.—Prize Pearl, William the First, Lady Swithin, Onyx, Thixendale limit. First Carbine, Kewpie 24yds bhd. Woodvale 36, Gold Girl, All Bell 48, Lord Rose GO, Oryarangi 72. CAMPBELL HANDICAP. Two miles.—Amberite, Bon Bon, MutU, Aranui limit. Tiki 12yds bhd, Kimklriroa, Sebisea, Rio Grande 24, Marble Ha!?, Lobster 48, Bailin. Malmsbury 72, Succory, Bluewood 96, Hint 12«», Grattan Abbey 132, Speculator 156, Wild Lad 168. ONEHUNGA HANDICAP. One mile and a half.—Sal Pointer, March On limit. Master Councillor, Latona 12yds bhd. Tiny Locanaa, J’iletta, Blue King 24, Treanac, Ruanu', George the Fourth, Profiteer 36, Ambush, Illumination 48, Temple, Red Star 72, Gold Boy, Manuka Park, Miss Rolfe 84. TRAMWAY HANDICAP. One mile and a quarter.—William the First. Onyx, Sanddrift, Mint Boy, Prize Pearl, Rothcliffe, Queen Pirate, Prinzora limit. Wonderland 12yds bhd. Salamander. Kewpie, First Carbine 24, Huon Grattan/36, Steel Bell, Pitaroa, E*na Bell, Nita Bell, Moneymaker 48. ELECTRIC HANDICAP. One mile.—The Infaftt, Goldman, Master Grattan limit. Reveille, Rangiatia Erua. Fisherton, President W’ilson 12yds bhd, Hedgewood, Enid, Ben Wallace, Petereden 24, General Advance, Great Britain, Victor G, Ruanui. Mount Albert, Qu«n Chimes 36, Agnes Chief 48, Dorothy Dimple, Bronze Patch, Temple 60. Derby Dillon, Breadalbane 72, Mintson 108.

HOROWHENUA RACES. THE ACCEPTANCES. Levin, Last Night. Acceptances for the first day’s racing of the Horowhenua Club’s meeting are:— MANAKAU HURDLE HANDICAP. One mile ■ and a half.—Nobleman, Battle Song 10.13, i Gay Boy, War Loan 10.8, Passenger, Royal [Gift 9.9, Naughty, Rangiotu, Trentham Rose, [ Toddy. Huparva 9.0. I WELTER HANDICAP. Seven furlongs.— Admiration 8.8, Hallowroz, Vindictive B.G, Hf*len Rufus 8.5, Kail 8.4, Lady Koterlpo 8.3, Kyoto 8.0, Miss Lowe, Kuia 7.11, Sleeping Beruty, Hallucination, Goolwa, March On, Midland 7.7. LEVIN HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Celmlsia 9.9, Creme de Menthe 8,4. Hallowroz, Kikini 7.13, Gallia 7.12, Lord Usk 7.9, Melting Moments 7.G, Rose of Athens 7.3, country Life 7.2, Sunbath 6.10, Demoness 6.7. HOROWHENUA CUP. One mile and a quarter.—Kilrush 8.6, Matatua 8.0, Tar!, Festivity 7.12, Moutoa Ivanova 7.10. Astinome 7.9, Detroit 7.G, Halifax, Waimatao 7.5, American Beauty 7.4, Beloved 7.3, Red Bob 6.11, Sweet Song, Sling Camp 6.7. JUVENILE HANDICAP. Five furlongs. -- ■ Eravato, Oereo, Ares 8.2, Waetea 7.12, Merry Knight, Pirouette, Wake Up, Enthusiasm. Recherehe, Bourinu 7.11, Stream 7.9.

MCDONALD ."MEMORIAL. Seven furlongs.— , Asterina 9.7, Astinome 9.5, BorealiS 9.1, Rmtara 8.13, Detroit, Nursing Sister 5.12, Waiinatao 8.11, American Beauty 8.10, Halifax 8.8. Prince Ferouz 8.2. Bonny Briar, Mistian, Automoana, Missmuid, Gold Problem, La Paloma, Starengo, War Baby. Admiration, War Loan 8.0. HOKIO HANDICAP. Five furlongs.—Bestir 9.6, Paphian 9.2. Gallia 8.3, Lord Usk 8.9, Hipo, Helen Rufus, Projector, King’s Armour 7.12, Jackaroo 7.11, Minsk 7.9, Country Life 7.8, Triboulet 7.5, Waimahoe, Boset 7.3, Cochineal, Sleeping Beauty, Doucement 7.2, Lady Thurntam, Good Mark, Minomai. Lady lima, D’Aubepines, Lady Faa, Pleasure, Semper Idem 7.9. TURF TOPICS. (By “Moturoc.”) Concluding day at Riccarton. Horowhenua races on Wednesday. Weights for Feildlng are due to-day. Rational looks the goods in the Juvenile Plate at Riccarton. WhUe Crane, the dam of Stork, recently foaled dead twins. Prosperity is unlucky, but the tide turn 1* th® Ptoaee* Handi—y wday.

Epitaph cost 1500 guineas as a yearling, but has proved a great bargain, having won £2466 Ln stakes already. Amythas Simply couldn’t go alow enough •’or the opposition in the Canterbury Cup, ;-nd he will take some beading o4i in the Stead Cup this afternoon. The Waikato sire Quin Abbey has been responsible for a number of winners lately. His progeny won live of eight events at Hamilton, and Tinohoro, Snake and Prince Abbey scored for him at Ellerslie. Affectation is running consistently now, and with 9.3 does not appear to be harshly treated in the Members' Handicap at Riccarton. In the past Kllbroney gelding gave his trainer a lot of trouble, but ha now seems to have come right. The three hurdle races contested so far at die C.J.C. meetlirg have been won by North Island horses, but to-day the southerners will have tilings to themselves. Possibly Achilledes may prove the best of a bad lot. Alan McDonald went to Riccarton to ride Ore Ore the first day, but another jockey had been engaged, so McDonald took (he mount on Maniahera and best Ore Ore by a head. On the second day Maniahera’s engaged jockey caone on the scene, so McDonald accepted the mount on Ore Ore, and this time beat Maniabera by a similar margin! Funny, isn't it? The present financial stringency is reflected in recent totaitsator returns, the aggregate decrease at the Wanganui, Hawke's Bay. Wellington, Auckland and Canterbury meetings being £130,000. Figures like these make one pause and wonder if racing chibs, in framing their program:;.:.s for meetings later in the season, are acting wisely in giving away such big stakes as they have decided -upon. Many forthcoming meetings will be run at a loss;, that seems certain.

The Fendalton Handicap will keep pickers busy to-day, the seventeen carded offering a wide field for speculation. Foo Chow, Pluto, Kil'gour and Almoner appear to have, more than rough chances, and whatever beats KUgour should just about win.

Humboldt, a three-year-old gelding by Sunny Lake—Medley, has been showing fine form at the Canterbury meeting, and ho should have a big following if saddled up for the Creasy Welter this afternoon. Uthers that maj - be well hacked include Bon Spec, Fulsome and Backsheesh, and of the trio Fulsome reads best.

Tamatete's downfajl in the Jockey Club Handicap on Wednesday brought a heap of money into the bags (or pockets) of the layers. The Fordell crack was nicely treated with 8.4, and judging by the talk in Wanganui it was only a case of putting in ana taking out. Tamatete’s decisive defeat once again proves the uncertainty of racing.

Another expensive failure was Inan at Ellerslie, but report says that’ she was knocked all over the course, and never given a chance. Judging by the report of rough riding at Ellerslie and Riccarton recently, things «re not run so strictly at the metropolitan meetings as we are led to believe by the hqfh-brows who throw out their chests at the Racing Conference, and put the blame for all turf irregularities on to the. diminutive shoulders of the little country clubs!

If ever a horse deserved first prize it was Coolante, who annexed the Publican’s Purse at Ardlethan (N.S.W.) after three races. There were only three starters, Coolante being favorite. From a false start all completed the course, Coolante finishing first. Later in the day the race was re-run, anfi a similar happening occurred. At the third attempt the starter got them away satisfactorily, and the result was the same. Altogether Coolante ran two miles and a quarter—the race being a six furlongs one—and for all this took first prize, £B. It was hardly worth the trouble, anyway 1

A prad named Lawnmower, having won ’.he Queensland Cup and Derby (the cables tell us), may be said to have effectively downed the weeds in Brisbane recently. Oh for a firm of bookmakers named Reaper and Binder. Then would all the "heads" be brought to Mother Earth, tied in bundles, and cost aside to be soundly "threshed.”

Reta Peter once again won the richiy-en-dowed New Zealand Trotting Cup, but the result was unsatisfactory, and most scribes' agree that Sherwood should have retained the. thick end of the stake. It was a wretched race, from all accounts, and a poor advertise ment for the style of starting in vogue at Addington. There was a long delay at the peg, ajid from a false start more than half the field traversed four furlongs. When ' rhe word was finally given Man o’ War. who was favorite, was slow in getting into his stride, while Asturio was left. Sherwood, driven py tts owner, F. Holmes, buried everything for si»eed over the last two furlongs, and won with ridiculous ease, but an objection wa» lodged for crossing at the top of the straight, and th© stewards reversed the positions, placing Reta Peter first and Sherwood second. To udd insult to injury they fined Holmes £25. According to one good judge the interference was trifling and quite accidental, and could have bad no effect on the result whatever. Man o’ War had no chance from the word "go,” and toiled painfully in the rear all the way. The time recorded, 4.29, has only been beaten twice, by Author Dillon. who ran 4.26 2-5 in 1918, and by Adelaide Direct, who carved it out in 427 4-5 in the previous year.

THE BEST STORY. INCIDENTS IN TARANAKI. Few worlds hare produced more entertaining anecdotes than the sporting world, and the h.story of racing in Taranaki is full of incidents well remembered and worth repeating, it will be recollected that last, year a fund of entertaining sporting matter, collected by ’ Moturoa”, made the Christmas number of the Daily News a source of widespread interest, and arrangements have been made, to extend this feLture in the coming Christmas number, which will be published about the middle of December. To add still further interest a. special competition has been introduced, and a prize of £1 Is is offered for the most interesting sporting paragraph of an incident in Taranaki. Which one do you remember best? Entries close on Wednesday, November 30, and should be addressed to "The Editor, Christmas Number, Dally News’’,