RACING AND TROTTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 3, 9 February 1914, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING.

RACING FIXTURES. ~ Feb. 11 and 12 —Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 11 —Rotorua J.C. Annual. Feb. 12 and 13—Poverty Bay. T.C. Summer. Feb. 18 and 19—Woodville J.C. Autumn. Feb. IS, 19, and 21—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 20 and 21—South Auckland R.C. Autumn. Feb. 21 —Tologa Bay J.C. Annual. TROTTING FIXTURES. Feb. 11 —Nelson T.C. Annual. Feb. 14 —N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. February. Feb. 25- and 28 —Otahuhu T.C. Summer. Feb. 27 and March 2 —Waneanui T.O. Annual TURF TOPICS. Acceptances for the N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club's February meeting , close this evening at 8 o'clock. Continuance, like new wine, evi- - dently improves, with' keeping, for ; he j registered one of his-beat performances ( to "date, by capturing the hurdle race . at Gisborne yesterday, under the ■ steadier of 12st 71b. . : That speedy raeing mare, Miss Flor- I rie C, has been in a rather bad way lately, the result of slipping-her foal. i Mumura's time record of 2min 34 3-5 1 sec for the Midsummer Handicap established in 1912 still holds good. ] Several jockeys were carpeted for • their conduct at theGisborne meeting, M'Flinn, the rider of Continuance, be- ' ing fined £5 for crossing, .while another ; was disqualified, during pleasure, for misbehaviour. ' ] On the conclusion of the "Wellington meeting, at which he ran rather dis- ' appointingly, Emperador could have ' been purchased for 600gs. Since "then jhe has won the Egmont Cup and finI ishcd second in the Atkinson Memorial ' Stakes. ' I Evidently the attack of strangles < that',, Einaldo contracted early this '. season has affected-his throat, for now he makes a noise'when galloping. Re- ] c'ently he was operated on, and a growth - was removed from his throat. Two of T. Fuller's team, in Combination and Obligant, have not been ( worked for the past few weeks. : There, was considerable bumping in the Egmont Cup, so much in fact that i surprise was expressed at the "stewards not holding an enquiry. ; On the last trip of the Victoria fro^sr s " Sydney to Auckland a racinjr-pony by .Foremost from Kir^-^re ee Tved such a knocking it succumbed to • its reaching, port. --"During the contest for the Egmont Cup, Emperador and Los :Angelos collided, and the latter had his prospects severely-prejudiced thereby. The <J oker in P. Power's team has been turned out for a spell, while Firmhold has joined that trainer's stable. At last week's committee meeting of the. Canterbury Jockey Club two well-known horsemen in L. G. King and E. Cotton had.their licenses dealt with for misconduct, the latter's being withdrawn, while King had his suspended for three months. On the opening day of the Egmont meeting Fair Helen occasioned some excitement by getting rid of her rider and then cannoning into the v clerk of the course.- So forceful was the impact 'that bothyhorscs fell, but neither i,u|f* fered any ill effects. ' Ermengarde ran a most disappointing race in the Hawera Stakes at the Egmont meeting, and it is quite on the '

cards that she will be retired to the ! stud after the present season. The enterprise of the Wanganui Trotting Club in providing such a liberal programme for its animal meeting has been rewarded with bumper nominations. Canterbury owners have supported the club really well, amongst their contributions being:—Gee" Whiz, • Myrtle Palm', Tom* Sayers, Clingschild, !f£reet Form, and Rockfeller. TEMP.LAR. •