SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1921, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. Nov. 26—South Canterbury J.C. S,..ng. ■ Nov. 26, 30—Takapuna J.C. Spring. Nov. 30, Dec. I—Feilding J.C. Spring. Dec. 7, B—Woodville J.C. Summer. SOUTH CANTERBURY MEETING. FIRST DAY'S RESULTS. By Telegraph.—Press AssociationTimaru, Last Night. The South Canterbury Jockey Club’s spring meeting opened to-day in dull but fine weather. The course was good and the attendance fair. The totalisator handled £17,539, compared with £22,210 last year. In the Maiden Plate Brave Deed ran off the course and under some trees after the preliminary. H. Young bad his face bruised by branches, and was unable to ride. The mare was withdrawn, but the money could not be withdrawn. Results : OTAIO HURDLES. One mile and a quarter. —Headlong 1, Lyroe 2, Mandrake 3. All started. Won by a length and a half. Time, 2min. 49 3-ssec. SPRING STAKES. Five furlongs.—Dame Straitlace 1, Blazes 2, Bell Lake 3. Scratched; Weird. Won by a short head. Time, Imin. 2 l-ssec. . TESCHEIftAKER HANDICAP. One mile and, a quarter.—Royal Mac and Silent King dead heat 1, Malaga 3. Scratched: Almoner. Time, 2min. 7sec. TYCHO HACK HANDICAP. Six furlongs.— Cattach 1, Tfie Reaver 2, Ostenman 3. Scratched: Kerb. Won by a short bead. Time, Imin. 14 l-ssec. PRESIDENT’S WELTER HANDICAP. one mile.—Sunny Loch 1, Whipping Boy 2, Caverock 3. Scratched: Jock, Bonnie Mac. Won by two lengths. Time, Imin. 40 3-ssec. MAIDEN PLATE. Six furlongs.—Liquer 1, Weird 2, Boadicea 3. Scratched: Baracon, Bell Lake, Blazes, Bjush, Conurus. Won by ! a length. Time, Imin. 15sec. KERRYTOWN HACK HANDICAP. Seven furlongs.—Counterstroke. 1, Red Gown 2, The Reaver 3. Scratched: Osterman. ,Won by a short neck. Time, Imin. 28sec. FLYING HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Songbird 1, Radial 2. Meteorite 3. Also started: Bon Spec, Bonny Mac. Won by two lengths. Ticne. imin. 13 3-ssec. TROTTING. FORBURY PARK ACCEPTANCES. Dunedin, Last Night. The Forbury Park Trotting Club’s acceptances are:— FIRST AMATEUR HANDICAP. One mile and five., furlongs.—Billy Moor, Peter Boy, Freeman, Wharetoa. Halfmoon, Kentucky Child, Runie, Grade D, Helenwood, Laurier, Queen Wilkes. Ora Jay, Macbree, Bondo, Jenny Wallace scr, Kentucky Moor, Bon Sonty 12yds bhd. Peter Swift 24, Marvin Chief 36, Waiatapu, Flower Bell 48. Peter Bell 72.

PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP. One mile and five furlongs.—Bower Bird. Wallace Dillon. Adair. Brooklyn Chimes, Raymius, Pet Child, Drambui, Free Pointer scr. Wee Daphne, Proud Nell, Te Whare Child 12yds bhd. Van Director 48. Wild Madam. Crusader 60, Tobermory, Wallroon 72, Intolerance 96.

SPRING HANDICAP. Two miles.—Stone Ginger, Supreme, Helenw’ood. General Quincy, Pitlour, Kismet. Jenny Wallace scr. Tidewater, Bcm Sonty 12yds bhd, Ngapuna, Master Robbins 36, Flower Bell 60, The Squire, Swiftest, Peter Jackson 84.

PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP. Two miles.— Tatsy Dillon, Royal Step scr. Prince Huo.n 12yds bhd, Peter Mac, Captain Stanley, Nellie Scott, Coll 12, Rangitata Lass 60, Whispering Willie, Trix Pointer 96.

CAVERSHAM HANDICAP. One mile and five furlongs.—Gold Chimes, Aaarr, i effect Pointer, Welcome Knight, Myrtle Wilkes scr, Proud Nell, Liberty Loan 12yds bhd, Bronwood 24, Nightcaps 48, Linden, Seamount, Tobermory, Wallroon 72, Prince Lyons 96.

DO-MINION HANDICAP. Two miles.— Nimblefoot, Wandiligong scr, Bonette 12yds bbd. Real Lady, Darkest 24, Delville Wood, Wallacetown 36, Albertoria 60, Admiral Derby 72, Koraki 84, Gay Wilkes 96.

DASH HANDICAP. One mile and five furlongs.—Masterpiece, Royal Chance, Honest

Need, Ben Ohau, Ben Mac, Dandy Rose, Cross Battery, Littlefield scr, Biddy Tracey, Betrayer, The Sheik 12yds bhd, Gladiola 24, Malice 36, Oaknut 60.

ST. KILDA HANDICAP. One mile.—Norma Dillon, Greystone, John Peel, Hiram Galindo, Lewis McKinney, Blue Chimes, South Star scr. Dandy Chimds 12yds bhd, Cromstali 12, Gladeye, Mako Mako 24, Duke Whips 36, Locanda Dillon', Bell Fashion 48, Silver Shoe 84. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.”) Taka puna to-day. Feilding on Wednesday. Taranaki entries are due next Friday. Nursing Sister should comfort nunters shortly. War Loan won like a really good one at Ashhurst. What price the' two “Uncles,” Ned and . Alex, at Takapuna? The soft going at Ashhurst suited Waiunatao, and he paid the best price of the day. Hyginas has a lot of weight at Takapuna, hut be hasn’t much to beat. Raffle, by Gold Crest—Mauira, was a quiet tip for the hurdles at Ashhurst, but she was done with at the end of a mile. The two “dry” bets on Wednesday were War Loan and Klkini, and both paid wonderfully good ditydends for first favorites. The Ashhurst Cup was only a jog for Tart, who led all the way, but the form of several which finished behind him should not be taken too seriously. Mountain March (Mountain Knight—Signal Marek) is a useful mare, and if .properly placed she will win a lot of sprint races this season. Early acceptances, heavy going, and the close prlximiry of iflfcger stakes caused many owners to dodge AshhUrst. Scratchings just about equalled starters there on Wednesday. Ashley Reed, the leading horseman at present, has been engaged to ride Messrs. Alison's horses at the Taka puna meeting. The Auckland R.C. has granted Hectqr Gray’s license, which was cabled for recently, ■ and Gray will therefore be riding at the , club’s summer meeting about the end of year. I Crucelle appears to have mislaid her form, and hefi» showing in the welter at Ashhurst was very feeble. They put it on Gild Problem in the hurdles on Wednesday, but the saddle slipped, and A. McDonald and the Gold Crest gelding parted company at tre first fence. There, are a lot of rough cattle in the minor hurdle races at Taknpuna, and Stirrup Cup and Approach may be the best of a bad ! crowd. . Stork and Lady Polly reached AUCKianti last Saturday, and report says that they have gone on the right way since their arrival. Up north they are talking of nothing bur Insurrection for tte Alison 'Cup, but Stork and Uncle Ned will be handy when the straight is reached for the last time. Congratulations to Mr. J. R. Corrigan tor landing the thousand pounder, the Jelliwe Stakes, last Saturday with First Carbine, which J. Bryce drove to perfection. But for a bad break in the final stages the same owner’s Aranui would have won the Introductory Handicap instead of finishing second. Aranui paid a fine “price.” Old Rothschild, the veteran trotter, who headed the winning sires’ list for many years, died at the Wellington Zoo recently at the ripe old age of 31. With Pavo, Dovelet, and Golden Bubble engaged, there should be no loitering in the Cheltenham Handicap at Taka puna. This hard-up Dominion cannot afford to curtail any of its revenue-producing institui tions, one of the most profitable of which ’s i racing. The Auckland R.C. spring meeting I alone brought in nearly £BOOO to the couni try’s “light” pocket. | Reports from the south do not appear to I be favorable to Gloaming starting at FaUding-

The champion would require to be at bis best to beat Rational, and nobody knows it better than Dandj’ Dick. Auckland sports fancy Ad Astra for the Cambria Handicap at Takapuna, but the Taranaki horse, Uncle Alex, is likely to keep the best of them busy. Trotting is booming in Auckland and in Christchurch, as the tote returns prove. At Addington the figures were practically the same as last year, while at Alexandra Park they went up ten thousand pounds. Wonderful, isn’t it, in these hard times? Santiago was picked out as a pacy maiden at Levin, and went on and won nicely at Ashhurst, where he beat a hot pot in Solstice, who was coupled with First Born (Thurnham—Alicia). Oriad, who finished up well, just outside a place in the Maiden on Wednesday, is a promising three-year-old filly by Sarto—Orilene. She will see a better day. Automoana likes the .mud, and tried to win the Ratimai Welter froun end to end, but the last bit found her out, and Ngatja dashed up strongly, and won well. Mr. Jas. Bull made no secret of the fact that he thought he , could win, and the dividend was a fairly good one. Starengo has got very dirty at the post, and at Ashkurst threatened annihilation to everything within range. Bowden will have to take the old fellow to the Chatnams if he wants to win a race. 'Hawke’s Bay punters were all in on Zircon, the three-year-old son of Merry Moments and Hope Diamond, in the Manawatu Gorge Handicap on Wednesday, and Mr. H. M. Campbell's gelding came along in the straight and just got homo in front of the useful Royal Gift, with Notawede sticking gamely to the last-named. It was a great finikh. * The rain and the tmud at Ashhurst had a dispiriting effect at Ashhurst, and helped to emphasise the financial stringency. In some races the betting was very poor, and on the day the tote only handled £15,821, a drop of over £lO,OOO on last year’s figures. How racing clubs that have issued programmes with increase*! stakes for forthcoming meetings are going to fare is easily guessed—they will run at a loss; nothing’s surer! OUR COMPETITION. BEST SPORTING YARN. Sports are reminded that the competition for the best sporting yarn dealing with the game in Taranaki closes on the evening of Wednesday next. Nearly every sport has a good yarn to tell, and the desire is to elicit it for the benefit of other sportsman. A special feature of the News’ Christmas supplement this year will be the sporting pages, and though "Moturoa” has a long memory and plenty of resource when it comes to recounting a yarn, help from his readers will make the pages more interesting and assist him in his work. It does not matter a great deal how the yarn is told—the more naturally it is told the better. The chief point is the merit of the yarn as a yarn.