SPORTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10135, 4 November 1910, Page 7

SPORTING.

RAGJNC. TURF NOTES. "(By Zetland.") Hcrmia has been scratched for all engagements at the Canterbury meeting. Awha, one of the horses that fell in the last event at the Masterton meeting oil Saturday. is again at work, and will be competing at the Taratahi-Carterion meeting. Mahutonga is in training at Gisborne, and will be schooled over hurdles. Toanga may not be seen out at the Taratahi-Carterton meeting, as he has been eased in his work. The latest additions to A. Attwood's Feilding team are St. Lumsden aud Maliuta. Several Masterton sportsmen are making the trip to Christchurch to see the New Zealand Cap run on Saturday. Very little change has taken place this week in the favouritism for the Now Zealand Cup, but Los Angelos and Diabolo have shortened in the betting, while Bridge, Ingoda, and Oiyoi are holding their positions. It is expected that there will be fourteen starters in the big event of the year. The ordinary work at Riccarton on Tuesday morning was interesting. Taskmaster, assisted by Sharpshooter, finished strongly over a mile and a half in 2min 43 2-ssec. Martist ran nine furlongs in 2min 2see, and Bliss galloped seevn <■ furlongs in lmin 29J-SCC. Countermine was better than Husbandman over ten furlongs, done in 2min 16 3-ssec, and Merriwa ran away from Kopu over twelve furlongs, run in 2min 38 2-5-sec, greatly pleasing the onlookers. Equitas ran six furlongs brilliantly in lmin 14 4.-ssec. Forinby and Dreadless, together, took lmin 16} sec for the same journey. Cronstadt bj\at Oiyio over ten furlongs in 2min 15sec, Oiyio going disappointingly. Penates appeared to tire at the finish of seven furlongs. Cullman ran the first four of ten furlongs in 50 2-ssoe, and completed the journey in 2niin 14see, but tired badly. Diabolo, Sandstream, and Los Angelos had an interesting gallop over a mile and a half. Loss Angelos, pulling hard, set a merry pace for a mile, when Sandstream moved up, and then Diabolo came with a nice run, and beat Los Angelos to the post bytwo lengths, Sandstream the same distance away. The mile was run in lmin 4.oscc, the full distance in 2min 39 2-ssec. Diabolo and Loss Angelos both performed well. Ingoda was fully extended over ten furlongs, the last nine of which were run in lmin 58 3-ssec. Bridge was given light work.

On Wednesday morning Boanerges did three furlongs in 38sec. Maori King beat Theodore over six furlongs easily in lmin losec. Bridge and Wimmera covered a mile and a quarter in 2min 13see. A number of Cup horses were restricted to form half to medium pacing. After breakfast Sea King did six furlongs in lmin 14 3-ssec—a brilliant gallop. Chief Lochiel did four furlongs in 49 2-ssec, finishing particularly well. Oiyio did two solid circuits.