SPORTING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 8 January 1913, Page 6

SPORTING NOTES

(BY "Also Started.")

FIXTURES.

•Jan. 21 and 22—Foxton R. 0. .Tan. 21 and 22.—"Wairoa It. C. .Jan. 22, 23 ami 25.—Wellington B.C. Jan. 22 and R.C. Summer. .Jan. 23.—Hay of Plenty Jockey Club. .lan. 2!) and Fob. 1.--Takapuna J. C. Summer Mooting. Fcl). 1.--Canterbury .I.C. Summer. Fob. ;"> and (>. —Fgmont R.C. Summer. Mr Pollock was to hand in good lime with the handicaps for the summer meeting of the Wellington Racing Oluli. The Wellington Cup, of 1000 sovs. of course attracts most attention, and as tlie handicap has heen Framed there seems to he a strong prohahilitv of Bohrikoff further adding to his winning list. The Fin-, land gelding is a ; horse that weight liti'e .affects, as was demonstrated in Wellington a couple of seasons hark when ho carried 10.2 and ran a mile in 1.39. At Auckland he clearly showed that he is hack to his host form, and unless something happens meanwhile we may expect to see him start one. of the hottest favourites that have yet started in this race. Bon Rove 5.3 aNo rends well, hut it, is probable that the Stead stable, will rolv upon Bon Ton to do battle in the Cup for thorn, reserving Bon Revo for weight-for-ago events. The two local horses. Sir Knox and Sir Solo, have recent form to recommend thom>. If suitable horsemen are secured for these two. they mav ho expected to run creditably. Labour Day, Soldier's Chorus and La Reina, together with a number of tlm liglit weight division ought to ensure a most interesting race.

The Telegraph Handicap appears to have been carefully thought out. and with the dominion's best sprinters engaged the event should be full of intercet.

Bad management on fbo nart of a" owner often robs .■{ hn-'p's chances r.f winning rac-s. The e a *■•'.• of the Fen-l-ing owned Tr.v-io,.j- : s ..,., jpstatieo. lie won a maiden at the Mnstorton meeting, and suhsoa"ontlv ran second to Peronilla in t'h« Foildiinr Stakes. The result is that he now figure* ;■,{. (ho top of hack handicaps, giving awav a lot of wdsrlit to horses that have won several races. Tn the Ruapehu Handicap at Wellington Expect heads the list with P.O. giviiur awav weight to such "■-el'ul as Peg, Eocene, Fxcr+irm. War Queen and a. ( number of others, f

Distinction 11.5 has been set a stiff task'in 'the Mangaron Welter. The class does not appear to be very strong.f 'so that Distinction may give u,s another taste of his ability.

Imagination if started in tho Telearanh Handicap at Trent'-am. n,-o-misos to be one of the well backed division.

Waikehua. who ,-aocd in hack company in this Island last year ha* been showing good form on tho West Coast, winning .several races. His latest, success nvn; ;,, the HokitiVa Handicap, in which he carried 10st. 7. to victory, being credited with running the mile in Imin. 435005.

J. Phillips, the Lansdownc trainer has had an addition' to his team in i,be shape of .a fine looking gelding by the Australian horse Cha'tsworth out of a Knight Errant mare. Ho is a goo 1 useful looking Fort, and ought io"pav h.s way later on, as on the score of breeding there k nothing wanting

,S ; r Knox had a. \'<\\v days .spoil afVr racing j,t Taratahi. and is mow -n

active work -nuriiin. He is [ooking brisrbt and well.

T he Connue?-or horse, Cnng,-;-,ica ',r. W. Garrett's stable should be benefited by the racing he had at Tauher'enikmi. and should be equal to winning a "toko if placed.

Kina wbo has shown good form of late will make his next appearance in the Foxton Cup. to bo nm 0 n 21st. inst. Kina ha.s been allotted top weight, x'va. Ost.

in the lists of weights for tho Ru.-v----ne-hu Handicap, six furlongs, to ho decided at. the Wellington Racing Club'is meeting, the name of Powder Fox was omitted. Powder Fox's handicap i, s 7.11. Mallard's weight in the Rnapehu Handicap should have been 8.3, not 8.7, as previously printed.

Messrs Stead Bros, were very unlucky on the concluding day of tho A.R.C. Summer . nieetiiifr. running four seconds' and one third in the five races their horses- contested, says "Whalebone" j n the Auckland Star. Their crack three-year-old Bon Rove was beaten for pace by the two-vear-ohl Soltnno in the Roval 'Stakes,'and, thomrh he won the Great' Northern Dorbv. he is evidently not tho champion hi ssoii'tborn admirers would have us believe. He cap undoubtedly mus-

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tor up a lot 'of pace, and it is pretty safe to say that Ins best performances in open company will ' probably be registered over courses up to « mile. To run .second in three of the biggest handicaps at a meeting must be very aggravating, but this k the, record' put up by Mr R. H, Dude'r with La Reina at the 'recent A.R.C. Summer meeting. Second in the Auckland Cup. second in the Summer Cup, and second in the Racing Gnb Handicap, fell to Mr Dudcr's colours, and even though the placing? brought in 800 sows, it was a heart-breaking record. On the concluding day La Reina was first of nil kicked when •<t the post for tho Grandstand' ft« ' dicap, and was then badly intc with when. Master Wairiki fell. •"• was eventually one of the last to finish. ft was the intention to have'sniped Midnight Sun and Ventura to Sydney on .Monday next, and space had been booked for the pair, hut the arrangements were they will probably be scon out at the Wellington ft.O. Summer meeting. Tho fine of €lO inflicted by the, stewards of the A.R.C/. on the jockey C. Brown for engaging to ride two ) horse's in tho one race should act as a. deterrent on those who indulge, In. the practice. Tt, is very annoying to an owner to find that a jockoy he has engaged is also engaged by someone else, besides which it creates a lot of ill-feeling between tho parties concerned. Hie-practice is ono that cannot be condemned too strongly, and as the stewards are determined to put in the limit in all cases, very little more should be heard of it. Tt ifi a long time since a horse has so complete!v captured the Auckland public as BobrikofT has done. When Mr Lowry's champion won the Auckland Cup he got a great reception, which was repeated when be won the Islington Plate, but it was loft to. tho last day of tho meeting, when' tic" won tho Auckland Plate, for the en-thu-siasm to reach a pitch, hover equalled at Ellerslie. When the son of Finland went out to do bis'preliminary ho was greeted''with aopla um> by the ! patrons of the outside stands, ami Avhen be won: the people ran.' riot. , After weighing in he was surrounded by an admiring crowd, and while being rubbed down 'Mr Lnwrv nulled •some hairs out of his tail and was literally mobbed bv round him. all anxious to secure a memento of the "Black 7 >emon." Hipulreds olan'.. ourprl for ".TiM one heir, Mr Low'ry." but bis nttendnri't took him awav. .~>r j BobrikofT woubl bav<> been without ' * tail, and a black hov would have j had to be o»<ra<7od In keen the flies i off him in the summer time. I