SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. April 22, 24—Avondale J.C. Autumn. April 22—Dunedin Benefit Meeting. April 22—Greyiznouth J.C. Autumn. April 26—Reefton J.C. Autumn. April 26, 27—Hawke's Bay J.C. Autumn. EGMONT RACING CLUB. NOMINATIONS FOR NEXT MONTH. The following nominations have been received for the Egmont Racing Club's winter meeting, which takes place at Hawera on May 10 and 11 FIRST DAY. TONGAHOE HURDLES HANDICAP. One mUe and three-quarters.—Gladful, Omahu, Simonides, Paddington Green, Wamoa, Complex, Galicia, Alteration, Ladoguer, Volo, Blue Cross, Tinokaba, Shell Shock, PaSsln’ Through, Spook, Opiate, Halcyon. HACK AND HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. About two miles. —Toddy, Master Boris, Te Toa, Sir Solo, Marshal Neil, Lady Lyddite, Pipi, Rathiin, Kato, Grand Cany n, Shell Shock, General Raven, Temaire. The Baronet, Vigilo, War Loan, Fibre, Ngakanui. EGMONT STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. About two miles and a half.—Khartoum, Te Toa, Paddington Green, Luperino, Mattock, Sir Solo, Tenacious, Calma, Rathiin, Grand Canyon, Oakleigh, Foeman, General Raven, Ngakanui, First Line.

TONK’S MEMORIAL. Six furlongs.—Weldone. Rational, Awake, Cold Steel, Kareao, Demand, Amber Ti'S, Voluble, Machree, Birkie, Mockery, Sunny Jim, Roman, In ah, Irapuka, Leithfield, Pure Laziness, Kula, Tamaroa, Hlpo. TELEGRAPH HANDICAP. Five furlongs.— Petunia, Orchid, Danger Zone, Royal Fancy, Savory, Ecuador, Tupaia, Busker, Chesforte, Favonian, Winsome Arct, Otapawa, Lady Faa, Utakura, Pouma, Eonmark, Loyal Maid, Big Push, Hori, Connemara, Objector, Lady Glissas, Michaelmas, Regard, Kilkelly, Domage, Mixture, Santiago, Advent, Crossfire, Creme de Menthe, Alice Montrose, St. Waipa, Cochineal, Loved One, Country Life, Roche, Fife and Drum, Ben Nevia, Galicia, Some Red, Price, Parkman, Miss Beaufort. McRAE MEMORIAL. One mile and a quarter. —Bonnetter, Boomerday, Omahu, Erie, Kareao, Tame Fox, Income, Egmont Park, Punka, Festivity, Mangamahoe, Voluble, Skylight, Canowindra, Correspondent, Sunny Jim, Marqueteur, Stork. TAWHITI HACK HANDICAP. Eight and a half furlongs.—Sussex, Ceres, Molleen Oge, Dignity, Equitable, Marble Crag, Banogue, Velocifonm, Watercall, Bitholia, Big Push, Machree, Mort Avis, Haligan, Blissfulness, Skylight, Generous, Lady Nassau, Price, Gold Star. SECOND DAY. NGAMUTU APPRENTICES' HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Petunia, Ecuador, Husker, Favonian, Otapawa. Pouma. Machree, PLpi, Objector, Lady Glissas, Kilkelly, Domage, Generous, Frizzier, Ben Nevis, Some Red, Price, Goldstar, Miss Beaufort, Creme de Menthe.

MANAWAPOU HURDLES HANDICAP. One mile and a half.—Gladful. Omahu, Simonides, Paddington Green, Banogue, Wamba, Naughty, Complex, Galicia, Master Boris, Hallow, Ladoguer, Volo, Blue Cross, Tlnokaha, Shell Shock. Passin’ Through, Spook, Opiate, Halcyon, Mangawai, Active. OPEKE STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. About two miles.—Toddy, Master Boris, Khartoum, Te Toa. Luperino, Mattock, Polthogue, Tenacious, Marshal Nell, Calma, Lady Lyddite, Rathiin, Kato, Grand Canyon, Oakleigh, Shell Shock, Foeman, General Raven, Temaire, War Loan, Fibre, Active, Ngakanui, Sir Solo, First Line. MOKOIA HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Weldone. Miss Gold, Rational, Awake, Orchid, Kareao, Demand, Egmont Park, Amber Tips, Voluble, Birkie, Mockery, Roman, Inah, Irapuka, Leithfield, Pure Laziness, Kuia, Tamaroa, Hipo. THE SHORTS. Five furlongs.—Orchid, Royal Fancy, Carabine, Tupaia, Husker, Favonian, Winsome Arch, Otapawa, Lady Faa, Utakura, Pouma, Eonmark, Loyal Maid, Hori, Connemara, Lady Glissas, Regard, Silverform, Mixture, Santiago, Advent, Crossfire, Alice Montrose, Cochineal, Fife and Drum, Ben Nevis, Some Red, Parkman, Roche, Loved One, Creme de Menthe. DAVIDSON MEMORIAL. One mile and a distance.—Tenterfield, Boomerday, Omahu, Ngata, Erie, Cold Steel, Kareao, Tawne Fox, Equitable. Pwmont Park, Punka, Festivity, Mangamahoe. Voluble, Bitholia, Mort Avis, White Blaze, Sunny Jim, Skylight, Canowindra, Correspondent, Pure Laziness, Marqueteur, Stork, Income. BOROUGH HACK HANDICAP.—Petunia, Danger Zone, Sussex, Savory, Ceres, Molleen Oge, Ecuador, Dignity, Chesforte, Marble Crag, Banogue, Velociform, Watercall, Bitholia, Naughty, Big Push, Machree, Mort Avis, Haligan. Blissfulness, Michaelmas, Regard, Domage, Generous, Santiago, Crossfire, Lady Nassau. Country Life, Price, Gold Star, St. Waipa. OFFERS FOR BEAUFORD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.-—Copyright. Sydney, April 21. A rumor Is circulating that £BOOO was offered for Beauford. Mr. K. Austin, of Chisholm and Company, auctioneers, stated that many tempting offers had been made, but the owner declines to sell. SYDNEY YEARLING SALES. Received April 21, 7.35 p.m. Sydney April 21. There was spirited competition and prices were generally satisfactory at the yearling bloodstock sales. Mr. Greenwood secured a iTressidy—Scotch Queen colt at 325 guineas. TURF TOPICS. (By “Moturoa.") Avondale to-day. Hustings on Wednesday. Glen Canny is worth watching. Trespass has trained right off. Thespian will be very ••hard” at Avondale. No Bother will win a good hurdle race this winter. Luperino should beat more than beat him at Avondale. The much-boomed Egotism scored her first win for the season at Rlccarton this week. Goldscene (Goldflnder—Arosine) is a useful hurdler, and may show up at Hastings. The first time Simonides mores off with his field in a stick event he will have bis number hoisted. After knocking at the door for a long time, Eonmark won at Feiiding, but his backers had to lay a shade of odds-on. Volo’s sister, Otapawa, ran two good races at Feiiding, and West should soon pick up a sprint hack race with her.

Zero Hour (Martian—Nerve) carried a ton of money each day at Tauherenlkau, and when he won te had nothing to beat. Irapuka won the Mangaone Handicap like a champion, but on the second day he appeared to receive considerable attention, and let his party down. Passin’ Through behaved himself at Bulls, but at Feiiding he held up a start, and the stooards decided to recommend that his nomination be "barred" in future. "Last” out on all sides at Feiiding, and two that suffered were M. Conway, who went out for three moons for crossing, and "Snowy” Morris, who was relieved of a fiver for passing pleasantries with the starter. 'Hie King Mark mare Paoanul filled the role of runner-up in the big race each day at Folding, and should not be long in winning. A mile and a quarter appears to be her pet distance. Spring Tide has developed buckjumping proclivities, and the sooner she has that knocked out of her the better. She threw young Dwyer, three times on Saturday, and on the seco Ji day did her best to unseat Wallace Young. Wonder if they will "bar"

Old Detroit was backed and beaten on the fieccmd day at Feiiding. He was a warm favorite, and had A. OHirer In the saddle, but after getting a bad passage could only finish third. The old horse will be given a well-earned spell. Voluble has an unfortunate record on the saucer-track at Feiiding, and two more defeats went down against him there this Eastere. Voluble is only fairly smart, and must be an expensive horse to own. Haligan is a useful sort of mare, and was not quite right at Feiiding, yet she ran Eonmark to a whisker in the Waiata Stakes, and was unlucky to lose. She may turn up trumps during the winter. Gold Star (Carl Rosa—Fidget) came down from Auckland with a quiet reputation for speed, but he is a wretched nag at the barrier, and will have to be educated before he will carry our coin. Skylight, though unplaced, ran a great race in the Feiiding Cup, and right into the straight looked to have a good chance of winning. What happened to him was not explained, but possibly the rough going on the rails stopped him in the final stages. There is a good race concealed about the Campfire gelding. Alex. Browne has stuck to Pantier through thick and thin, and richly deserved the win which fell to the Panmure gelding at Pending. Pantier appears to be able to foot it with any company up to a certain stage —but then he stops. On Monday he forgot to stop until the judge’s box was passed. Perhaps it was the short straight that fooled him. Somewhat of a sensation was caused in Palmerston on Monday by the arrest of “Bob” Davidson, on the charge of conducting an alleged gaming house. Davidson was released on bail, to appear again on Monday next.

Sunny Jim was allowed to pay a false price lon the Makino Welter at Feiiding. Conway | always had him in front, and, escaping the buanping that was going on over the last few furlongs, landed the Sunny Lake gelding an ; easy winner. This made Oney Cox’s third i success at the meeting. When veteran "Jimmy" Buchanan scored a surprise victory on Bonnie Doreen in the Groat Northern Oaks, it was his fifth winning ride in the ladies' blue ribbon. His previous successes were on Helen Portland-. (1907), Bleriot (1913), Verry Roe (.1914), and Tressida (1917). The Auckland meeting was a bad one for of the favorite, the public’s choice only winning two out of the sixteen events. Bretland, by Marble Arch—Gwen lad, returned his supporters a dividend In the region of a quarter of a century, and Pagoda (Penury—- . Gladys Soult) and Income also paid prices I that made the pencillers’ "limit” look as small jas a threepenny-piece with a hole in it. | Without disparaging the good work of the handicapper, it may be said that big fields and heavy going tad <much to do with the I public's rout. The Canterbury J.C. distributed nearly ten thousand pounds at Rlccarton this week, and two owners, Mr. G. D. Greenwood (£1950) and Sir Geo. Clifford (£1550) tore off just over one-third of the Easter offerings. Both sportsmen had big teams in action, and while the former’s score was earned by Gloaming, , Farceur, Egotism and Tressayr, our worthy president had Angelo, Trierman, Dani? Straightlace. Counterstroke, Whipping Boy, Winning Hit, and Red Hind all amongst money. Mr. H. H. Fisher, who was next on the list with £1295. had his colors carried j with distinction by Bonnie Winkie and Matata. Mr. C. F. Vallance won £ll2O, Peneus pulling off a double, and Kilreid and Chimera also getting there first. Riccarton course must have been very last on Tuesday. General Petain (11.9) ran a mile and three-quarters over hurdles in 3min. 14 3-ssec. ; Pcneus (9.9), six furlongs in Imin. llsec. ; Bonnie Winkie (7.10), a note and a half In 2min. 31sec. : Gloaming (9.11). seven furlongs in Imin. 25 2-ssec. ; and Chi- J i mera (9.2), six furlongs in Imin. 9 4-s»ec. ; (equalling the Australasian record for the I distance). Times over sprint <’ourses at Ric- I carton are generally affected by the strong wind blowing up tke straight, and it is significant that horses that cannot better "14" on fflfwt courses, can run "12,” or better, at Riccarton. Insurrection, Royal Box and Boomerday appear to be favorite selections for the big race at Avondale to-day. coupled with Surveyor and Dovelet in the Railway Handicap. Money talks, but it is hard to pass Income and Loyal Iriah on recent form.

\ SCENES AT RICCARTON. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEENs. Christchurch. April 19. There was a mild sensation at the scales at Riccarton yesterday. When G. Young, rider of Gloaming in the Challenge Stakes, returned to weigh in, he was the full l%lb short weight that is allowed under Part XXIII. Par. 4 of the Rules of Racing. It was the nearest of things that the people who had laid substantial odds on the favorite did not lose their money even after the horse was first past the past. There was a demonstration against the judge by a certain section of the public after the final event at Rlccarton yesterday. The finish of the race was a desperately close one between Red Hind and Silver Peak, and over the last fifty yards they were racing stride for stride. It is the old question of angles over again, with only the judge in the position to give the correct verdict, for it is significant that the demonstrators were in the inside enclosure, patrons of the "outer” being satisfied with the judge’s verdict as viewed from their angle. With a great many, too, there is that very human weakness of allowing money to warp the judgment, for Silver Peak was a very strong favorite, starting at odds on.

It is unusual for the two principal handicaps at Riccarton to fall to the lot of Southern horses, but suet has been the case this Autumn Meeting. Bonnie Winkie (winner of the Great Autumn Handicap) runs in the registered joint interests of A. H. Fisher (of Otago), and H. H.. Fisher (of South Canterbury) is trained by S. G. Ware in Otago, and was bred by J. B. Reid, of Oamaru, so that, he is a true Southern representative. The manner he achieved his success yesterday stamps him as a three-year-old of much better class than was generally recognised, and his candidature for the New Zealand Cup is already being discussed, especially in the light of the great staying powers he showed yesterday. AMERICA’S CHAMPION BREEDER. As a breeder of successful thoroughbred racehorses, John E. Madden stands pre-emin-ent in America. During the last five years borses bred at his famous Hamburg Place in Kentucky have won 1585 races over the various tracks of this country, Canada, Cuba and Mexico. It is a wonderful record, unapproaehed by any other breeder. Last year was Mr. Madden’s greatest, horses bred by him winning 424 races. In 1920 they won 313; in 1919, 311; in 1918, 213, and in 1917, 334. Success has not come to Mr. Madden in a haphazard way—nothing was left to chance or luck. A keen knowledge of the best blood lines, and then proper blending is. in great measure, the keynote of his success, says Daily Racing Form. CARDS. Tfe New Plymouth Card Association’s tournament commences next week. Club secretaries arrange their own playing nights, and results are to be sent into the association secretary by the end of the week. Next week’s draw is as fefiiows (home teams mentioned first) :—Avenue Road v. Tarurutangi; Te Henui v. Druids: Fire Brigade v. P. and T.; Kai Iwl v. Bell Block; Fitzroy v. Railways; R.S.A. v. Lepperton. The following teams will represent Railway against Fitzroy at the East End pavilion on Monday, April 24, play starting at 7.30 p.m. sharp: Cribbage: A. Warren. S. Sims, J. Cannon, H. Salt. J. Barnett, K. McMeekan, F. Deans, B. Gardiner. Emergencies: W. Rodgers, W. Mclndoe, P. O’Connor. Euchre: C. Hanley, A. F. Eley, W. Hoskin, F. Burrel, H. Scorrar, C. Donovan, J. Young, J. White. Emergencies: J. Birmingham, E. McFarlane, L. Francis.