SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. June 17.—Napier Park R.C. Winter. June 21 and 22.—Hawke’s Bay J.C. Winter. June 24.—Hawke's Bay Hunt Club. July 8, 12 and 15.—Wellington R.C. Winter, July 22.—South Canterbury Hunt Club. NAMIER PARK MEETING. I -1 STR ST DAY’S RESULTS. FIRST LINE WINS BIG STEEPLES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier,. Last Night. The Napier Park winter ineeting opened to-day in showery weather. The attendance was fair. The going was he:> The totallsator handled £10,795, - ag.. v £18,090 last year. Results:— MOTEO HACK HURDLES—Matatua (R. Thompson) 1, Ruatara 2, Royal Gift 3. Also started: Battle Song, Earthshine, Polthogue, Naughty. Won by two lengths, eight lengths between second and third. Time, 3min. 25 3-ssec. PETANE HACK STEEPLES.—Red Cent (C. Bracken) 1, Goldscene 2, Maraetotara 3. Also started: General Raven, Oak Rose, Reparoa, Torps, Master Oriflamme, Silver Stride, Dumper. Won easily by twelve lengths, the third horse well back. Time, 4min. 32 4-ssec. STEWARDS’ STAKES.—Queens Up (B. Morris) 1, Haurangi 2, Kareao 3. Also started: Kilrush. Hepta, Lord Muskerry, Bodyguard, Kaii, Suspicion, Antler. Won by a clear length, two lengths between second and third. Time, lunln. 48 3-ssec. NAPIER STEEPLECHASE.—First Line (J. Proctor) 1. Walmai 2, Mattock 3. Also started: Calma. Won easily by eight lengths, twelve lengths between second and third. Calma fell. Time, 6min. 47sed. LADIES’ NECKLACE—Multifual (Mr. S. Howard) 1, Comical 2, Ethiopian 3. Also started: Sunray, Woden, Powder King, Chillies, Apache, Highway. Won by three-quar-ters of a length. Time, 2min. 22 l-ssec. AHURIRI HURDLES.—Spook (E. Copestake) 1, Wamba 2, Kyoto 3, Also started: Crosswords, Tatimi. Won by four lengths, the same distance between second and third. Time, 3min. 25sec. SETTLERS’ HACK HANDICAP.—Pitch (J. Nixon) 1, Cochineal 2, Wrangle 3. Also started: Talpairu, Battle Knight, Auckland, Black Art, Miss Roseland, Sweet Heather, Mountain Peer, Santiago, Mokattam, Tireless, Whariti, Marcus, Morgen, Grandiose. Won by a long neck, three lengths between second and third. Time, lmin. 20 3-ssec.

SECOND DAY’S ACCEPTANCES. Napier, Last Night. The second day’s acceptances for the Napier Park meeting are:—

RACING IN ENGLAND. THE ASCOT GOLD CUP. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 15. The Ascot Gold Cup resulted: Golden Myth 1, Flamboyant 2, Ballyheron 3. In the Gold Cup, Golden Myth was ridden by Elliott, Flamboyant by Lister, Ballyheron by Carslake. Ten ran. The race was won by three-quarters of a length, four lengths between second and third. , Received June 16, 5.5 p.in. London, June 15. Golden Myth also won the Gold Vase on Tuesday. It estalished a record time in the «old Cup of 2unin. 56 3-ssec. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.”) Concluding daj’ at Greenmeadows. Hawke’s Bay weights are due on Monday. Arrowsmith will stand at Wanganui next season. In Palmerston the dogs were barking Santiago yesterday. Desert Gold is in foal to King John, and next season will visit Absurd. First Line is very well at present, and should be worth following. Of all the outsiders racing at Ellerslie only three —Passin’ Through, Scion and Master Boris—won races. Reported that the Great Northern Steeples winner. Sea De’il, was sold at various times for £lO, 24 gns., and 30 gns. Just, the two-year-old daughter of Kilbroney anfi Honesty, was shipped to Sydney last week. Later on she may race in India. "Tommy” Connop, who at one time rode for the Yaldhurst stable, died recently in Pahiatua. A badly shattered leg put him out of the game. Heard in the tram: —Jimmy: "Dad, what is the race problem?” Dad: “Picking winners, my son.” Fingoland and Highland have been added to the list, and will in future figure on the cards as geldings. From the south we hear that F. Voight, the successful apprentice, Is going to England to do Sir Cunliffe-Owen’s lightweight riding. Chrysostom was hurt while hurdling at Williamstown last month, but has come through well, and is again in strong work. Now that the Omahu boom has burst, punters are wondering what Ngata is “set” for. The name of “Bull” cuts some ice in cerain quarters f There are many sports in New Zealand who do not favor the present system of giving allowances to apprentice riders, and the Westralian T.C., after an exhaustive trial, have abolished it entirely. An Auckland scribe states that Mr. W. G. Stead’s team, including Radiant Light, Truthful, and Absurdum, will be shipped to Sydney next month. The grab-all policy of the Massey Government is driving all the best men further afield. Mr. G. D. Greenwood has chosen the singularly appropriate name of "Lascelles” for the two-year-old son of Martian and Mary of Argyle. The soldier husband of Princess Mary has now had the seal placed on his fame I Thrace, who has been leased to a southern sportsman, accompanied Lochella and Co. when they returned home. The first-named appoara

i to have done his dash, but you can. never take | | the risk of writing these hardy veteraus right out. | i Warpath, who is just about a three-quarter ! i brother to Sasanof, has been sold to a Westra- »' lian horse owner, and will shortly be shipped | I to his new home. Most of the New Zealanders that have visited those parts have won races and the son of Martian is sure to do well. Maioha and Toa Taua, who have had long spells, are again in work at Hastings under Luke Wilson’s care. Both are looking well, but it will probably be well into the spring before they will be fit for racing. Maioha ; s the best of the Hallowmas breed, and a topnotcher when caught at his best. The racing that Fisher had on the West Coast and at Ellerslie has evidently done him a whole lot of good, and judging by his meritorious second in the Great Northern Hurdle Race he will be a tough proposition when next saddled up for a small-stick event. The Rangitikei Cup . winner, Hyttus, now broken winded, has had several owners recently. Mr. L. McKenzie, who sized the horse up as a hopeless proposition, presented him to Mr. W. R. Kemball, but the prad came back. Evidently Mr. McKenzie had a "down” on Mr. Irwin, for he presented the horse to the Thames sportsman—and took the first train home I Punters must have been up against it at the Ashburton trots last Saturday. Only two favorites returned dividends, the various winners being sth, 6th, 7th, 10th, 16th, and 18th, in the order of favoritism. The seconds were almost as bad, being represented by the following figures:—4, 6,5, 3,4, 7, and 13. What a day it would have been for the Ikey Noses! Aurarius died at Okawa last week, aged seventeen. She was bred in Victoria in 1905, and was notable chiefly as the dam of pesert Gold, though she was also responsible for such good ones as Croesus, Egypt, d’Oro, Acacia, and Aureate. Another good mare that went West at the same place last week was Gossip, also bred in Victoria, and had she lasted until August 1 her years would have numbered thirty. Her contributions to the Turf in New Zealand included Bobrikoff, Bulletin, War Scare, War Talk, Tete-a-tete, En Parole, Scandalmonger, Pourparler, Blackhead, and False Alarm. The New Zealand Referee gives the following figures for the trotting season recently concluded : Winning owners: J. R. Corrigan £B2ll 10s, T. Roe £4135, G. Paton £2995, J. Dench £2605, H. F. Nicoll £2467 10s, Clarkson and Graham £2205, H. M. Allen £2025, R. K. Fisken £2OlO, and L. G. King £2005. Winning horses: Man o' War £2935, Tatsy Dillon £2605, Nita Bell £2250, First Carbine £2215, Locanda Dillon £2025 10s, and Onyx £2005. * Winning sires: Harold Dillon £12,321, Logan Pointer £10,341, Wildwood Junr. £9823, Petereta £9OOl, and Gold Bell £8450. The Park Steeplechase at Greenmeadows last year was won by Sturdee, who ran in a comfortable winner from an outsider. Gay Boy, and Kohinahlna, close up third. The big fences entirely beat Kohn, John Bunny arid Zeus, and also accounted for the favorite, Khartoum, Gang Awa' and Tetoa finishing outside a place. Sturdee is a good horse when well, but he pulled up in a bad way after racing at Wanganui, and may not stand another preparation.

Scion could have been bought at Easter for 400 gns., but nobody wanted him. Since then the Boniform gelding has won £l3OO in stakes, and has returned several good dividends. W. G. L. Stead has disposed of the much boomed Royal Box, Mr. Eric Riddiford being the new owner. Royal Box has not had an uninterrupted preparation, and at present carries a very ugly knee. It is expected that a mild blister and a short spell will remove the trouble. • A Hawke’s Bay scribe considers that Battle Knight is still a trifle on the big side, but that after a race or two he can be backed with confidence. The Solferino gelding is a cut above the average. Botafogo, one of the most famous racehorses ever seen in the Argentine, died in April. In 1917-18 he won 18 of the 19 races in which he started, and at the terminaion of his racing career was sold for stud purposes for nearly a quarter of a million dollars in gold. Absurd’s fee for next season will be 200gns., but the imported horse will only serve twenty outside mares, in addition to a dozen of Mr. G. M. Currie’s own stud matrons. Details of the running of the Australian J.C. Steeplechase show that the grey horse Monrose led from start to finish, and in spite of the steadier of 12st. 71b, won the race in record time. Monrose is owned and trained by H. Connelly, and was ridden by the owner’s son. Only nine of seventy-seven entrants sported silk in the Australian Hurdle Race, jewel Song was favorite, but the N.Z.-bred All Aboard was nearly as well backed. The favorite made play from Spear Song and All Aboard until half a mile from home, where Spear Song threw them off, and won nicely from Gold Snow, with Ecarte a good third, and AH Aboard seventh. The last-named has only recently been put over hurdles, but is improving all the time, and will be benefited by experience. Hughie Cairns was in winning vein at the V.R.C. Birthday meeting, scoring on King Neptune in the York Hurdles, and on Bright Plume in the Marlborough Hurdles. In the latter event the runner-up, Fiscom, was ridden by another New Zealander in the person of Stan. Reid. R. J. Mason is working Gloaming, Cupidon, Farceur and Tressayr at present, and the quartette are in good fettle. It is quite on the cards that they will visit 'Stralia early next spring. The principal winning jockeys for the 192122 season are:—A. Reed 59, C. Emerson, 47, R. Reed 37, Con. Reed 35, J. Barry 31%, J. O’Shea 31, F. Voight 28, A. G. Dixon 27%, H. Young 25, R. Hunt 24, and G. Young 24. Lower on the list are: H. Goldfinch 21, S. Anderson 19, and A. McCormack 13.

MEANEE HACK HANDICAP. Auckland 9 12 Novoko 9 0 Miss Roseland 9 10 Morgen 9 0 Cochineal 9 6 Grandiose 9 0 Santiago 9 3 Ranui 9 0 Tireless 9 0 WAIOHIKI HACK HURDLES. Matatua 10 IS Polthogue 9 4 Ru'atara 10 9 Naughty 9 0 Battle Song 10 8 Whariti 9 0 Royal Gift 10 3 Highway 9 0 Earthshine 9 7 Hastie 9 0 WINTER OATS. Queens Up 10 7 Hepta 9 3 Kareao 10 4 Battle Haurangi 10 4 Knight 9 0 Civilform 10 1 Suspicion 9 0 Tari 9 8 "Woden 9 0 Sunray 9 6 Tireless 9 0 Eistedfodd 9 4 PARK STEEPLECHASE. First Line 11 1 Oak Rose 9 0 Goldscene 9 9 Chillies 9 0 Calma 9 G Silverstride 9 0 Ethiopian 9 0 HUNT CLUB STEEPLES. Powder King 12 2 Torps 10 11 Nicomar 11 12 Awanui 10 7 Tatimi 11 7 King’s Boy 10 7 PARAITI HURDLES. Explorer 11 6 Passin* Spook 10 7 Through 10 4 Ore Ore 10 6 Wamba 10 2 Whanoko 10 ft Kyoto 9 11 Mill o’ Crosswords 9 11 Cowrie 10 6 NEWSTEAD HACK HANDICAP. Taiparl 10 6 Miss Roseland 9 10 Kail 10 1 Tireless 9 0 Wrangle 9 13 Marcus 9 0