SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

RANGITIKEI MEETING. SECOND DAY’S RESULTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Bulls, Last Night. The weather was fine till the svxth race, when it rained heavily. The attendance and going were both good till then. The totalisator handled £13,340, as against £18,233 last year, tne total -for the meeting being £27,800, as against £40,184 last year. Results: GREATFORD HANDlCAP.—Passionless (Emerson) 1, Bestir 2, Voluble 3. Scratched: Simonides and Kareao. Won by a short head, the third horse half a length further back. Time, Imin. 16

MAIDEN HANDICAP.—Pam (Oliver) 1, Released 2, Whizz. Bang 3. Scratcned: Miss Beaufort and Tussore. Won by half a length, three lengths separating second and third. Time, Imin. 32 2-ssee.

SANSON HURDLES. Springtide (Kaan) 1, Kato 2, Naughty 3. All started. Won by a length and a half, four lengths separating second and third. Time, 2m in. 55 2-ssec.

FRASER MEMORIAL STAKES.—La Paloma (D. Gunn) 1, Detroit 2, Equitable 3. All started. Won by a tengtn and a half, the same distance between second and third. Time, Imin. 58sec. RANGITOTO HACK HANDICAP.— Bonecto (Ryder) 1, Mark Time 2, Velociform 3. Scratched: Some Red. XV on by half a head, a neck between second and thifd. Time, Imin. 17 3-ssec. NGAIO WELTER.—Spare Moments (W. Young) 1, Left 2, Hallowroz 3. Scratched: Velociform and Skylight. Won by a length, half a length between second and third. Time, Imin. 52sec. PUKEMARAMA HANDICAP.—Kareao (W. Ayres) 1, Cold Steel 2, Passin’ Through 3. Scratched: Voluble and Hallowroz. Won by three lengths, two and a half lengths separating second and third. Time,*lmin. 33sec.

FAREWELL HANDICAP Rqgura (McSweeney) 1, Eonmark 2, Believe 3. Scratched: Bonecto. Won by a length, the third horse two lengths away. Time’ Imin. 5 2-ssec. NOTES ON THE RACING. (By Our Special Reporter.) Bulk;, Last Night. The Kangitikei races concluded in dul] Kain set in after the sixth race. Karaeo was the only Taranaki horse to win.

Simonides and Karaeo declined their engagements in the Greatford Handicap. Passionless rung the odds on Lady Kitiripo, who led from Passionless and Ar* morel along the back. Passionless showed the way into the straight, with Lady Kotiripo and Bestir next. Passionless and Bestir fought a great finish, the former just winning by a head. Voluble, who finished fast, was a close* third, Armorel being fourth. Miss Beaufort and Tussore dropped out of the Maiden, Pam and Released beinor the most favored. Pam, on the inner side, wap the first away, followed by Orellana and Released. Orellana headed Pam after two furlongs, and Released .was knocked back. Olli ver pushed Pam through on the rails at the home bend, and stalled off challenges by Whizz Bdng and Released, and just struggled home, Haeremoana being fourth.

All started in the' Hurdles, Springtide going out at a Gloaming price. Lady Doolan began slowly, and Flying Master quickly went to the front. Four furlongs from home, Springtide headed Flying Master, and Naughty and Kato closed up. The order into the straight was the same, but Springtide had. to be kept going to stall off Kato. Naughty was a poor third, and Flying Master fourth.

All started in the Fraser Handicap, Simonides, Egmont Park, Equitable and La Paloma being all fancied. Pantier and Simonides were prominent when passing the stand, but along the back Egmont Park ran up into second place, with La Paloma next. La Paloma kept going long enough to beat Detroit, with Equitable, Egmont Park and Simonides next.

Some Red was the only absentee from the Rangitoto Handicap, for which the locally trained Mark Time was warmly supported. Bonecto broke an even line and led Satin and Mark Time. The latter joined Bonectc) before entering the straight, and, Velociform joining in, a great race ensued. Bonecto just beating Mark Time by half a head, Velociform being a neck away third, and Satin fourth. Mark Time stumbled near the distance post, otherwise he would have won. A small section of the crowd disputed the judge’s decision, wrongly thinking that Mark Time had woft. Velociform and Skylight were scratched in the Hack Welter, Left and Temaire being greatly in demand. Spare Moments began quickest and led out of the straight from Hallowroz and a bunched crowd. Hindi ran to second place at the six furlongs, but dropped back again. Spare Moment led into the straight from Left, Mxvrcli On and Hal- ' lowroz. and won nicely from Left, with Hallowroz a close third and March On fourth.

Voluble and Hallo wioz were withdrawn from the Pukeinarama Welter, and the public picked them well. Warrawee. Cold Steel and Tirana were early prominent. Automoana then led for a couple of furlongs. Karaeo came into the straight well clear of Cold Steel and won easily. Passin’ Through being a fair third and Tirana fourth. Bonecto was the only scratching in the Farewell Handicap. Some Red, Eonmark. Regard and Gallia being warmly supported. Regard was first away, followed by Some Red. Eonmark joined the pair on entering the straight, but Regard came away again and won by a length from Eonmark, Believe being a poor third and Lady Faa fourth.

ENGLISH TURF. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received March 23L 5.5 p.m. London, March 22. The Lincolnshire Handicap resulted: Granely 1, Monarch 2, Roman Bachelor 3. There were thirty-two runners. Donoghue rode the winner, which won by five lengths with half a length between the second and third horses. A SENSATIONAL SCRATCHING. London, March 21. The scratching ha* created a

sensation. He is one of the best-backed horses in the Lincolnshire Handicap. The scratching recsftls his withdrawal on the eve of the Cambridgeshire Stakes, when he was favorite. CHEQUE BETTING DECISION. STEPS FOR NULLIFYING. Received March 23, 7.50 p.m. London, March 22. The Amalgamated Sports Defence Fund and National Sports League are promoting a Bill nullifying the cheque betting decision. Mr. E. Shortt (Home Secretary) has promised that he will not oppose the measure. REVIVING THE BOOKMAKER. A petition is to be presented to the House of Representatives asking that bookmakers should be licensed under proper safeguards, and that a select committee should be set up to take evidence on a proposal to amend the Gaming Act to allow that to be done. The petition has been circulated from Wellington by the Dominion Sports' Association. It sets out that it would be much more satisfactory in the interests of public morality for the State to license bookmakers to carry on their business on racecourses only, under proper control by the New Zealand Racing Conference and the New Zealand Trotting Conference, and with due provisions foi the protection of public revenue. A representative of the Dominion Sportsman’s Association, in explaining the main arguments of the proposed petition to Parliament pointed out that no matter what might be assumed to the contrary, there was just as rnuc.b book-making in the Dominion to-day as there had ever been. Although the law of land declared that all bookmakers were outlaws, there were many reputable men among them who carried out their transactions, with punctiliousness and to the satisfaction of a large number of agents. It was ‘ this reputable class of bookmaker, said the Sportsman’s Association representative, who ( desired Parliament to pass an amendment to the Gaming Act which would legitimise the laying of odds by a duly licensed bookmaker on a racecourse. It was contended that this would materially assist towards eliminating the existing evil of street-corner betting, and the consequent encouragement of large numbers of touts and bookmakers of the undesirable order.