SPORTING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10645, 29 May 1912, Page 6

SPORTING NOTES

(By "Also Started.")FIXTURES. ; June 1 and 3.—Auckland It. C. Win- J ter. # 1 June 1 amd 3.—Dunedln J.O. Win- ' ter. June 3 and 4.—Otaki Maori R.O. June .19 and 20.—H-Mvke's Bay J.C. ' Winter. ; The interest ot sportcirxui in tJie ; Poniijiion'ii;. afc present chiefly centred in the. Ai.uß.C'. meeting, which com-m-oneis mi Saturday, wlun the Great '.Northern Hurdles is the diki event to be decided. Jn this event Mastertan. HiiiJl bs 'represented by -Mr ill. 'Maltby's Gaelic. 'The aged .son of 'Bonnie Scotland, although short of 'work at Wangan.ui, ran prominently j in the Century Hurdles, and if all is \ve!/l wit.li''h:m cu Saturday he may have to he reckoned wi'.fi. Gaelic will be ridden in liis Auckland engagc-m-enhi hy L. Traill, who js spoken of as a premising cross country hor.si.m-an. Sir Solo arrived iu Auckland nome the worse Iror t-h,e long train journey,, and he is reported to be m great fettle, it will .not be at a.lil' .iL'.pr.Vin'g to hear <:f the iS'ir La'ido colt, earning ;i, winning Ibraeket <brur?r? his return. J. G'ravcstock's team ckl aiot 'meat with any success at Wanganui last \Veck. The Ihorees .were evidently short of -week, land diouild make amends ibefore long. It .is noteworthy that Sir Lethe runt; better after some racing. Excellent acecptr.r.ecs have been received (for the Otaki Maori Racing Club's meeting, and as the quality in most of the -races is distinctly good, some;, splendid racing should be witnessed. •' i The Kara.mu horse Napper is now a very .short-priced favourite for the big Auckland double. dXapper is 'practically a 'beginner, and if ilie s.ihould succeed, Ithe iper'formance -wCil 'be { somothing in the nature of a sensation. L. Hill, who last season was connected with Prcsser's stable, when he steered several winners over fences, will have the 'mount on Waipureka in the hurdle events at Otaki. Outward, Bootl'e, and Sir Tristram ■will carry the all cerise colours at the Otaki 'meeting'. There will doubtless bo a rush for the services ;uf B. Deeley at Otaki, now that several of the Parirua candidates -have ! been withdrawin. Undecided 9.7 read® well- in the \Riaukawa Oup. His usual pilot, R. Hatch., will ride tte Menschikofi geli ding. Blue Lake's win in the South makes lier out to 'be one of the -most consistent sprinters cut this: season. The South Wia:,raia,jM Trotting Meeting on Monday next will be the •cfiiiof attraction in the Wairarapa on the holiday, and. as usual a good number may be expected to make the trip from iMaste-rton. Sir Knox is in steady work again at Opaki. The chestnut looks all the better for ihis short ispell. Moloch was tried over the small jumps at Opaki last week, and seems: to have got over his antipathy for the •jumping game. 'With plenty of .schooling, the Wellington iOup winner may win distinction ia.s a hurdler. F. Howard, the Auckland horseman who has 'been lying unconscious at Wanganui owing to a fall from Pleiades last Thursday, is showing slight .signs of improvement. Presently is- looked arpon by A'ucklanders as having .a .strong chance in tlbe Gmeat Northern Hurdles. Of late he haig (hee<n .showing great form in his track work. ■Nat W'ffiiaims tabes Negative and San Port across to Otaki on Saturday. The latter has ibeen sprinting well of late, and is looked upon to win a Ta.ce shortly. W'. H. McKay, who has volinquklhed farming for the pigiskin, is ge/tting a ifair amount of riding, and has bsven oifered a number of -mounts atOtaki. Piermont, in. J. Cotter's stahle, has heen jumped over the small sticks at Opaki, and gives promise of .becoming a: pi-oficienfc jiiimper. Manitau and Thrave, two Hawke's Bay Ihorses,, have fetjtheir party down wry heavily on one or two occasions. Both are albfc to do anything on the Hastings tracks, (but like many other gallopers, they leave their form there. Reports from Hawke's Bay -state that levery thing on If our legs is being jumped, and of the beginners Julian is expected to do something out of the ordinary. Corazon's first run orer country this season will ho at the Hawke's Bay meeting. The orack steeplechaser iis again all right. A meeting of the Stewards' Committee of the Masterton Racing Club will ,l)e held on Saturday afternoon.