SPORTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 7 January 1911, Page 7

SPORTING.

TFJRF NOTES. r ; - (By •'Zetland;'') ' • The Taukerenikaii course is known to be fast, therefore it was not surprising to find speedy times recorded ' at the meeting this week. . Sinapis ran half a inilein 48sec, Odessa fivl? furlongs in Iniin. 1, 4-ssec., : Merrie Frank 1 ,six | urlongs in, Imin, 14£ sec., and a distance '2-Ssec...' ; f jMcKay, Avlio .retired ,;f rpm-, ;raceTriding;v]ast: tseasbn'j : hasf;:evi-.: turned to. ho saddle; at- Tauherenikaiv this week. He rode good- races, and, ' scored oil" the; ■ piitsiders Foreshot and Waiwareware. The first-named v/sia very unruly at the post, "and took a deal of . handling, consequently there was merit in McKay'shorsemanship: ~.'.. .» > Embrocation, by Euroclydon—Liniment, who has been racing unsuccessfully for some time, is to be.retired to the paddock, and : will be sent to the stud next;: : season. Longner, a member of H. Fletcher's team at Tauherenjkau, is howpaddock trained and left out night and day. "1 he Officer, gelding is in splendid condition, and shows a lot ofj musc|e. ± ■..■'■'•:■/.-,..';.> „.-'■. ■ , v .„, ,-. u : •;'. ~&, .writer' st&tes.;f'.tliat" r . the TVairarapa stable \ controlled by Jv. Ay res'won three races,' sit the Rangiiuikei meeting. 'As a'matter of fact. j> Ayers : lias ibeen 'training, his ; .cliargeiiv at. : Trenthath "■ for > ther past • two 1 seasons, so. this disti'ict.of slow' trains fame- cannot unfortunately claim this week's treble success at Bulls. ; H. Fletcher has again put the Sir Laddo—Betsy filly into work, and she may "be ready to| race' in the. ■s 11 Provocation is recovering fronr the •effects of what was probably a knock on a tendon and the limb is fining down nicely. Ovation, his two-year-old brother, who was affected with strangles, is now right again, and should bo seen out this season. Sid Reid, who has been riding successfully lately, and scored good wins with Full Rate, has received an offer to go to the Argentine. Effort was not started at Bulls on account of- the hardness of the course . It is probable that during the autumn F. Porter may take over to Australia a jumping including 3> Arai, Paisano and Contintiance: ■