SPORTING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10633, 11 May 1912, Page 6

SPORTING NOTES

(By "Also Started.") FIXTURES. May '23 an J 24.—Wamgainui J.C. Wintor. :M ! aj 23 and 24.—-.North O-tago .T.O. (Winter. June 1 and 3.—Auckland 11. 0. Winter. _ June 1 and 3.—D.nnedin J.C. Wintor. June 3 and 4.—Oitaki .Maori R.CJ. J,tine If) and 20.—.ria wke's Bay J.O. Win tor.

iNbiirr.-atioiis 'for t-!w SouMi Wairaii'ivpa Tirotitiiig 'ChnbVs meeting close on Mlc.iicav, mirth the secretary, Mr W. Armstrong,, Club Hotel, Greyto w-n.

,TQie above meeting, bo?ng the only tnottiiaig mtV-ving held in thb Waiia'r•a:pa, is a very t>opn-!ar fixture, and is generally well attended by t-ho genera.! public, n'lm> nre always assured of an interesting c!.ay',> .'•port. ■ 'The Afterthought only smarted c-ree at iilie Ji'g-mont nieoting, and ran a creclita'blo raic-e, but as the going was scr.nd the Merriwse mare would probably -net iI:V. e I'liCnvn her .best form, a.s in til.V} j;tet her bcr_.t races hiavc. bot n run when the goin-g was soft.

Sir Solo went- c-i'.igihtly amiss on- the eve of -i-lic Eg men t- meeting, a.nd W. GJJiTett dcoirJcd it advisable not to fjtiart .the colt. He was taken to Wang-anni, together w<sth Afterthought a'.:d GaoMe, nOiere the trio have engagements- at -thb Steepkchase meeting,

Old .PrebaKq, wiho will be remembered a.s having raced in the Wladra•rapa 'a. iiivinher cf -seasons hack, won a double .--.t As'hhurton. This tends to. ohow that- if -a horse lis kept going ior.-g ough 'lie wilil pick up a irac-e scinner or later, but if dan liard-ly be iprcfifa-ble to keep .a lioifre »;oing for a wlliole season on,the c IF-chance of picking if.p a s-«r.-aJI ?,\iake. The Possible horse iw-r.is tried >at the jumping business, bnt fhowecl no -lifc-iug for the game.

The .interest of ratiug men is ivow centred in the jumping events, as the flat .r.aoing season is to all! ('intents and .purposes over. .Wanganui will engage ■the'' .a.t'tcnticiT of cwrJ&rs in more than a .iWeek's time, 'and the ftpst -steeple--chase meeting, of the season promises to .be a very successful one. Go lit inn a nee fe looked upon as onb of the bregtyde to distrngiikili (himself this'. Beacon.. He is reported to he shaping i\e] 1 in his schooling, an'd being a typioa-l jumper and endowed with plenty of stamina, may Ibe regarded as a national winner. , •

The win of CU'en'fern at Egniont was overdue, «vs Mir (Pitt's gelding had quite a number of seconds to his. credit. .

•Dogger Bank'.s defeat at Egmont must have dost backers, clearly, a.s on both days' tl'.-e Auckland liorse was 'heavily backed. 'Sciairr/aiv .is unlucky, ivivd two seconds fell to h:s Jot. He is a solid sort, however, and should m'ako good before long. 18. (Deeiiey rxorcxl a brace oE'wins at Egmont, and is. going wJ! 'towards a record member <:f w-iivs. The crack horseman* has earned, his success, .as during the season lie did not miss many meetings.

T;h ! o .Hig'hdcn pair. Boanerges and Blakcney. were shipped' to Sydney yesterday afternoon, in charge of (J. Price. A. Odliver goes across to rich? tlie pair, but if 'their form is no better Mian' it w«s >n tihe Domiivion during the season, it may be hard to place them., but the Hiighden stables' star is in the asceiulttmt, and it will not be surprisin'g to he.ar of cither earning a winning bracket.