SPORTING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10594, 28 March 1912, Page 6

SPORTING NOTES

(By "Also Started.") | fixtures. March 2S.—Bay of Plenty J.C. AutU " 1U • T> /-I March 28 and 29.—Masterton R.O. Autumn. T1 ~ . , April 6 and B.—Wairarapa B.C. Autumn. April 6 and B.—Auckland RC. Autumn. April 8. —Rite a R.C. Annual. April 8. —Ivmnara 11. C.. Annual. April B.—Waipukurau J.C. Annual. April 8 and 9.— Canterbury J.C. Autuinn. April 8 and 9.—Fielding R.C- Autumn.

Tli? Autumn Meeting of the Masterton Racine Club, which opens to- |i da v. promises to be the most success-;. fnf in the history of the OLnb. In ad ,the events en iiio programme, Rood fields are a<nurcd, and the cla>s ot hr.a-.ses racing is good, and comprises entrants from most of the between New Plymouth and Wcllington. All the ra-ees have .a veryropen appearance, and the public will have their work cut out to .select winners, especially as a number df horses u; most of the events .have recently shown, winning form. The two prmct-■pa-l traces .of the day are tlic Maioa 'Handicap run over a fix furlong course, and the Vvarpipi Cup, van ovei a mile and a quarter. Both races are very open, and practically evcrj Ivor so nuU't bo given a cbai.'.e. rs k especiallv K) in the Oup, m which a number .-f recent winners hgure with handy imposts. S:r bob has been singly' supported and has been dv>iiio- irood work on the local'-tracks but whether iflio Sir Laddo colt will se* out the distance remains be proved. I fullv exnect to see Svr Knox, who has the best credentials, start favourite, hut in any case an excellent iace shbuld ensue, iJ not the best yet seen ■ on the Onaki course. . Mr A. Eathaway, the Club.s secittory, has everything well in hand, and 'patrons of the Club .should ,be a'Ssuiec of an excellent day's outing. Lady, Laddo, who raced so well here at the Christmas meeting, will not be a starter in.the Opaki Welter, her .own-er-trainer havin gdecided not to bring her across from Foxton. A large number of horses worked at Opaki 'yesterday .morning, a good deal of being done on the plough and the outside of the course proiP ev - i , Sir Solo and Afterthought were a.>istociated i.n a seven furlong spm on the ,plough, the Mernwee mare finis himg an front in lanin. .37iscc. The Cup candidate was not extended, and strode out freely. . . 'Simple Sam and »o ltoti ral loped Itour .furlongs on the plough in o-3 ■f;ee.s.. finishing well. The former is ■ m the Scurry, and is reported to be very fast. _ .. , , (Dil villi a and Wrcpurelpa _ galloped 4 lFui'l'-oiiffis .on.the outside in 525e0.>., finlishing tflget-her. _ . Sir Kmox and Good Form jumrped off at the seven furkag _post_ on the (plough, t'he former finishing in front •in 1 tni.n. 32-Jsee.

Royal Marine and St. Felix were associated in a mile gallop on the out- ' &ide, St. Felix again running away I .from his companion, the distance taking Imin. 49 l-sseo. Sin apis ran four furk-ngs on the ipl.oug.h-, in 49 l-sse.es., which was the best- gallop of the morning. Ariatkvtia and Aloha finished together over five furlongs on the out■side in. Imin. 4.Vs-ec. ICai'-oro, .a M<iiden candidate, ran four furlongs in 51 sees., Gaby taking to do . the same distance.

Riangiatua, Dirge and Madeira ran tfour furlongs in company, the two iPorme'i- fiuiahi.ng t/ogetiher in 50 l-sisec. Goldi-by and Papamarama ran four 'furJangs in on the plough. Useful tasks were allotted to Reel Lupin, Mcf.eal, Stratlioon-a, Woolmith, Golden Loo)), The Hover, Master Sylvia, Negative, Piermont, Miss Yearn, and a number of others. I.wd Palmer has been scratched for {ill engagements at the Masterton Racing Chili's autumn meeting.