SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. May .10, .Tune 1. 3—Dunedin J.C. Winter. June 3. s—Otaki R.C. Winter. June 3,5, 7 - Auckland R.C. Winter. June 16. 17—Napier Park R.C. Winter, June 21, 22—Hawke’s Bay J.C. XX’inter June 24—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. AUCKLAND MEETING. FIRST DAY’S ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Acceptances for the Auckland Racing Club’s winter meeting are:—

NOTES FROM AUCKLAND. Auckland, Last Night. Lochella was out this morning, doing walking exercise only. J KYOTO SCRATCHED. Auckland, May 26. Kyoto was scratched for all engagements at the Auckland meeting at 11.35 a.m.

TURF TOPICS. (By “Moturoa.”) Dunedin races on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The Auckland and Otaki meeingg open today week. Kato should give that £lOOO steeplechase at Dunedin a big “shake.” Punters appear to have donated the Great Northerns to Mr. Jas. Bull's jumpers. Orchid can go like the wind, but he may also be touched in the wind. Master Boris ran two good races at Wanganui, and should be useful at “the smalls.” Equitable can do anything in private,- but With the colors up won't try a yard. If ever a. horse deserved a pension it is Rorke's Drift, but the old fallow is now being put over the' sticks. Khartoum is not badly treated in the Great Northern Steeples, but in Wanganui they dub him a doubtful starter. Martian figures on the list of winning sires this season in 'Stralia with three winners of four races, and stakes £5900. An exchange states that Te Kurt is one of the best hacks on deck at present. So did his owner until Yolande beat him pointless at Wanganui. King Jngoda, who won the South Aussie St. Leger the other day, is by Comedy King out of the New Zealand-bred mare Ingoda (Stepniak—Armigera). Ingocla was bought by Mr. Sol. Green, and afterwards drifted to South One of the most expensive horses this season is Callaghan, who has let his party down -time after time. At the same time it is questionable whether the imported horse has had a fair deal, for he has been carted all over the country, and raced month in and month out. Taranaki will be strongly represented at the Great Northern meeting. Alteration. Simonides, Passin' Through. Voluble, Mangawai, and Te Ton will contest jumping events, and Stork, White Blaze. Irapuka. Hipo, Roman, Danger Zone, Gold Star. Haligan, and others may be seen out in flat races. Mr. E. Morse is relinquishing the position of caretaker of the Rangitikei Racing Club's course at the end of .Tune, a decision which will be regretted by all owners, trainers and ’jockeys who have experienced the hospitality tendered visitors by Mr. and Mrs. Morse. Mr. All’. Symes disposed of Hyginas to a northern sportsman recently. The gelding is now located at Ellerslie. If he keeps sound he will heat most of the “battlers” up north. Mattock's display at Hawera was. very disappointing to his owner-trainer, but the old horse is being kept going, and <may possibly do the Hawke’s Bay circuit. His Egmont form was too bad to be true. Three of the old brigade—Coalition, Lochella and Wainiai— will be on hand at Ellerslie next Saturday, but probably it will he a case of youth being served. The trio mentioned have seen their best days. Giving evidence in a gaming prosecution at Palmerston a. detective frankly admitted that in spite of the danger of fines and imprisonment there were as many bookmakers as ever in the Dominion. Which shows the ut r ter futility of unpopular laws. Why, even the Johns patronise the Bar Vons! The other daj’ we struck an article headed “Sympathetic Verdicts,” having reference to the failure of the Crown to convince juries of bookmaking charges. "Unsympathetic” should have been the word used. No twelve honest men can be got together who will accept the evidence of men who will go any ends to secure a conviction, whatever their opinion may be of laws which say that bettihg in an enclosure is legal, but outside that enclosure illegal A pequliw pqpitlon has arisen la the

case against "Bob” Davidson. who was tharged with keeping a common gaminghouse in Palmerston. Under oath, the detective who took charge of Davidson's 'phone swore that- a man named ‘'Font” ! Hankins rang up a bet, and the witness stated positively that he recognised Hanktn’s voice over the wire. That sounded definite enough, but Hankins blew along and stated that’ he was engaged in a bowling snatch at the time hf was alleged to have rung up, and he could bring a dozen witnesses to prove that he had not left the green. Then another alleged "client,” who was engaged in regulating the motor traffic oh the racecourse at the time, and who could hardly have left his post to make a "toll” ring from the secretary’s office to an alleged bookhe, offered to prove an alibi. Things like these leave one wondering 1 Great Hope, who won the N.Z. Trotting Derby for Mr. J. R. Corrigan, was bred by Mr. K. McMillan nt Halswcll, and is a compact little colt by Great Audubon (imp.), from the Harold Dillon mare, Sadie Dillon. After winning the Great Northern Derby, Great Hope was purchased by Mr. Corrigan for 1000 guineas, and last unonth won the Champion Stakes at Addington. Great Hope has won three times in four starts, and his stake winnings total £1125. Barring accidents, he should be a big winner next season. The Great Northrn Meeting is proving an irresistible magnet for Taranaki sportsmen this year, and everybody who is anybody appears to be going to Auckland during the coining week. One hears vague rumors of what Alteration, is going to do up north ; and I’assin’ Through is going to do big things; and X’olublO and the rest. There is nothing like being ■ enthusiastic about locally-owned hOrses, but races are hard to win at Ellerslie. especially in the winter, and the fields this year promise to be larger and of better quality than usual. There is nothing like buying a return ticket at times. Mr. H. F. Nicol, of Ashburton, is a person that takes a lot of convincing, and in forcing a match on Mr. J. R. Corrigan, and offering to back Latona against Great Hope for £SOO, he appears to be offering the Hawera owner easy money. Latona was third in the Great Northern Derby, won by Great Hope, and the last-named beat her in the Champion Stakes at Addington, and a&ain in the New Zealand Trotting Derby at New Brighton. Great Hope appears to have it on her on any style of track, and it seems only a question of health for him to add another £SOO to his owner’s winnings. Trotting has advanced so rapidly in Canterbury that it threatens to leave galloping in the ' rear. Better horses are being produced each season, and qualification for tho New Zealand Trotting Cup is constantly being made more difficult. This year's cup will be worth 3000 sovs., and the class has been further reduced from 4.32 to 4.31 or Whatever the experience of the Feilding stewards may have been regarding the racehorse I‘assin' Through, the general opininn is—and from personal observation the writer supports it—that the horse is by no ‘means a regularly bad sort at the barrier, though any high-strung quadruped may become fractious on occasion, and when given sufficient reason (by delay or interference). Tha Feilding Club took the trouble to advise the New Zealand Racing Conference of Its intention to refuse the nomination of Passin Through a« future meetings, but considering that the owners hold a certificate "from Starter C. O’Connor (who states that th» horse is perfectly tvactable at the post, and that he is prepared to start him at any time) there is very little likelihood of other clubs following in Feilding's footsteps.

MAIDEN HURDLE RACE HANDICAP. One mile and three-quarters. Vagabond 11 8 Battleplane 9 0 Passin* Dempsey 9 0 Through 11 2 Impudence 9 0 Crowhurst ii ' Tom Moore 9 0 Oakleigh 10 10 Princess Voluble 10 9 Channing 9 ft King Abbey 10 3 Bezant 4 G Sir Agnes 10 3 Mimiwhangata f) 0 Hyttus 10 3 Silver Stride 9 0 Walton 9 fi Royal Prince 0 Hush man 9 •> . "Maori Blue Cross 9 0 Tikanga 9 0 Gletonus 9 U Oranga 9 0 W'hakamuku 9 0 Plowing Bowl 9 0 Ptopio 9 0 MEMBERS’ HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Prince Abbey 10 6 Lord Irapuka 10 3 Kenilworth 8 2 Pavo 10 1 Whitianga 8 o Golden Golden Dream 8 z Bubble 9 12 Kilreid 8 0 Sycorax 9 5 Lady Gold Kip 9 5 Patience 8 0 Royal Present 9 5 Penona 8 0 Miss Gold 9 2 Roman 8 0 Loyal Irish 9 0 Lady Glissas 8 0 Strategy 8 12 Cold Steel S 0 Queen Abbey 8 9 Jolly Princess 8 0 Hipo 8 9 Ohinewairua 8 0 Sir Burnett 8 2 Pagoda 8 0 Bonny Doreen 8 IQ HUNT CLUB HURDLES HANDICAP. Two miles. HokLmai 10 12 Pittsworth 9 5 ■Sister Abbey 10 3 Tatton Park 9 K Irish Knight 9 12 Master Bruce 9 Ginger Mick 9 12 Advise 9 5 Daddy’s Girl 9 9 Big Ben 9 Q Waikaretu 9 7 Salvor 9 Never Despair ■ 9 5 Gamesome 9 3 Myall King 9 5 Gladwin 9 2 MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. About two miles and a half. Shell Shock 10 10 Mary Bruce 9 3 Master Boris 10 10 Foxglove 9 b Strathglass 10 3 Grand Canyon 9 0 John Bunny 10 0 Peer Rosa 9 0 Hyttus 9 12 Eastport 9 0 Mangawai 9 11 Oak Abbey 9 0 Rathlin 9 8 Te Rohae 9 0 JERVOIS HANDICAP. Seven furlongs. Jolly Princess , 9 6 Mangawhiro 8 o Bltholia 9 5 Utakura 8 o Gold Bud 9 5 Election 8 0 Doric 9 4 Pengwen 8 0 Gold Star 9 3 • King Neva 8 0 Glencairn 9 0 Lamour 8 0 Te Kuri 8 13 Economic 8 0 Birkenella 8 13 Sanhaven 8 0 Rippling 8 12 Rosullus 8 0 Marble Crag 8 10 Semper Idem 8 0 Emerald Hill 8 10 Lady Ridicule 8 0 Arizona Maid 8 10 Quintilian 8 0 Polini 8 9 Princess Bell 8 0 Wish Wynne 8 9 Lady Varco 8 0 Lady Polly 8 9 Merry Lines S 0 Golden Glass 8 8 Malatua 8 0 Euphoria 8 8 Spirit Level 0 Blissfulness 8 7 Inn ess 8 0 Tireless 8 f> Valley Queen 8 0 Gold Jacket 8 3 Edieform 8 0 Te Akltai • 83 Lady Cartoon 8 2 Merriwee 8 0 Hallgan 8 2 Uncle Jack 8 0 Salvaless j 8 2