SPORTING.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17691, 17 February 1923, Page 15

SPORTING.

lor • the Wainiate and l||Pui£s &>» on Monday. There : *bing events at the firstm t« e P ro g rainme - of Cheviot Racing tb-d'ay' at Kiocarton, a.service has been arf§|£ms ?:fasfc /rac©; is timed for ihe inside enclosure will,.be opened j and the should : ,of |tbc day. .well for. a most enjoyable afternoon's of the T-aranald Handicap, the fP^gftfigPlymouth, to-day are good. be av sound classic event, but it to find Valerie even if she doo3 Memorial Hanto bo.; the ;form sl®l|w|K|^ ra6 n "B htr easily ii^'lSmlq&t&rram.,showing, aa comThe --Faßs a good m^mW^&M ;-" "Wake ; dp, ,| interest.; I p^'^ii^f approached ra^tf6w^yiSitfn^erhing : ihe compuljSy b'jfjo^^liqf' Eikull-caps when ffiffevkixxxs. no. decided the' death i gating Bot orl|nvapprehtice'.from a through ■ his pWMui& r r ßnpfiWi ; actas',a spur .'toof skull caps several hurdle pWje ■in Auckland; WeWmoriths; was not as ; (UulfrrrMroertairi tactics; is certainly; ipp^*the, vfew;thab_ in-' theses'fev© occasionIbeditb*in : ; a flagrant man'To those who war;irislc it: is a ;is;> suchi a: g to. the well .ansf«i on the difj-j i noiviai satisfactoryposiateg;:SThe. stipendiary: irfti Sedi4» ©very' support, the actions' lowerthe stan*ss*ss?'?■ :; ' jDoriaagE •ffxiters have' a sftyitfiff'Yespucci's halfiy, hy;linacre from Fafgr Bertine in a it Rwdwick on ;4nniver(five 'ihalfjj in a Bsts;J* stayer.> He was a Mrchase.; at the: yearling: > authority e\" fwirites as follows conit liight: When Mr "W. w'Zealand team, which Absurdum. and V6&&v'-ii£ Sydney, some

months ngo in clrarge of George Jones, tlio gcfteral opinion seemed to be that while Absurdum was smart and Truthful iisefui. the pick of the buncli was Radiant Light. Her appearanoo certainly gave one the impression that she was. a mare that would require time to come to her best, as she is an oldfashioned type, being very lengiiy and roomy. In fact; she. resembles the old prints of horses long ago more than any winner that I can remember of recent times; Her head is big and her shoulders and quarters are very powerfully made. She is hot a- tall mate, in fact is rather low-set, resembling in that respect her sister, Delight, who it will be remembered won a Gimcrac'k Stakes for Mr Stead in 1919. She is now a bargain, as' in prize-money .alone she has won practically 3000 sovs. and although she is bound to get her fair share of weight in future big races, she stays so well and looks up to weight, thiat before she .finally retires to the stud she should win many more races. It> is not uncommon for a horse to surprise by winning a race early in hife career, and then failing to reproduce that form, despite every opportunity, at his subsequent efforts, writes "Sen-'in-tiie "Sydney' Referee." A case in point is ;Immortel (MartianEverlasting), who was successful at the Kensington Pony Meeting recent- j ily, .after' an absence of over 5J years I from the winning list. Immortel was shipped froth New-Zealand to Sydney, accompanied by Biplane and other members of R. J. Mason's team towards ' the close of the 1916-17 racing season.' , At his first / and only start as a twp.-year-old'in Sydney, ho wentj' out unfancied at iong oddsy : and took the Maiden -Juvenile Stakes in good style at Rosehill on June 23rd, 1917. He was then purchased at a good figure by Mr ;H. R. Dehison,' but faileii at his three starts three-year-old. •At one of these -outings he was sent out second favourite for the A.J.O. Olibborn Stakes, and Mr Denisoh had no luck the son of Martian the following' season. The 'bay next ■ found .his -way ,to country . meetings, but, even there, was not equal to getting a place,' and was eventually sold '.to gpi to the ponies, ;'•. He has repeat'edly'failed at'this branch of the game, and it was not to be wondered at his ■ going out at a liberal price, in the minor'division'of a Novice Handicap. He made most of the pace, and won by half a head from Black Persian after a hard battle oyer the last half- > furlong. • . | j ■The Tapanui Racing Club's Jubilee; .Meeting, held on Wednesday, was in every way a success, the-racing being e'specially good, land With'the totalisator' showing a good increase it. is safe to assume that <|he club will be able, to <f tarry on." Although the quality of the horses engaged did not compare with contestants on the course, in the palmy days of the club, both 1 ■racing and trotting events were en-thusiastically-received by the large attendance,'" which included many Visitors. r Janus, the half-brother by Sunny Lake to Insurrection, defeated Border ■Knight and Sunlit in the Jubilee Handicap; after having none of the luck of the Ta.ce... Incursio' (Solferino— Raid) won the Stewards' j-tan.-ii'-an from the start, for, commencing smart-

ly, ho never gave his two opponents a look-in. Border Knight (Sanquhar —Bonnie Brae) defeated three others in the Welter Hack Handicap, and Rose Lady (Rose'Noble —Red Charm) was successful in a field of five in the Plying Hack Handicap. Killory (Kilbroney—Glory) defeated the biggest field of the day in the racing events' in the Trial Stakes, and Bloom (Vice Admiral—Rosebloom) cantered in to win the President's Hack Handicap in a field of four. Aberfeigh, a four-year-old bay filly by Lord Derby from a Harold Rothschild mare, easily accounted for the Dominion Handicap Trot, getting to the end of the twelve furlongs in 3m 495. Don Wallace, who finished second, always occupied that position, and Little Rain, who went off at. a tangle, was a poor -third, eighty yards away. The other light-harness event was ( won by. Silci, a six-year-old black gelding by' Matehlight from a Wallace L.'mare. He spreadeagled the field, and won pulling up in 3m 47s for the mile and a half. Little Rain on this occasion finished second, with Don Wallace third. Both trots were saddle events. ■?,'-; The four-y«ar:old gelding by Great Audubon —D.I.C. in E. Carlyon 's stable is a very promising pacer. . He moves very attractively, and sheuld bo an early winner. ; The common practice of getting one person to collect for several at the pay-out window of the totalisator resulted in an incident in which the services of the police were called in at the Gisborno Racing Club's,' meeting, on Saturday (says the "Poverty Bay Herald''). At first it appeared as though an attempt had been made to pass a wrong ticket through the "payout" window, but the subsequent investigations by the police cleared up the matter satisfactorily. A Mangapapa resident who had backed a Mnnor was going to the "tote" to get his dividend, when three men and a lady with whom he was acquainted gave him tickets requesting him to collect for them, to save time. He accordingly presented five tickets at the window, but one of them was rejected as incorrect, and Sergent Dempsey, ,who happened to be standing in the'vicinity, was called on. to look into the matter. He interrogated the man who presented the tickets, and also interviewed each of those who had handed the tickets over for collection. Each was; certain that he had given the man the correct ticket, but after a •search of his pockets one of the men discovered the correct'ticket, and at once'admitted that he must have given an incorrect one by mistake. The wrong ticket, it ,is explained, was ono which might easily have been mistaken at a; casual glance for the correct one, and the police are satisfied, therefore, .that a genuine mistake was made. The nominations received by the Banks- Peninsula Racing Club for its annual meeting augur well for, a most successful fixture. The entry for tne Peninsula Cup is representative of quite food class, most of the Riccarton stables eing represented by Palestrina, Tressayr, Vespucci, Deucalion, Pilliewinkie, Red Hind, Some Kid, Royal Mac, and Boadieea. The sprint event, the Forsyth Flying Handicap, has also a likely appearance, while the minor events are ■ quite up to par. The two light, harness races have as usual received the customary full measure of support. T.C.'S SUMMER MEETING. (BttCUL TO ''TUB IBE83.") AUCKLAND. February 17. The Otahuhu Trotting Club will open its Summer Meeting to-morrow at Alexandra Park, and as the card contains some excellent material, a' ifirst-class day's racing looks assured. The weather is fine and settled, end as the track is in good order, the times of the placed horses axe likely to be fast. The principal race on the card, the OtaImhu Cup, has drawn a field of eleven, and all, with the exception of Comedy Chief, will see the post. The horses and drivers are as follows: — , Sheik (P. Riddle), scr. William the First, (A. E. Adams), «cr. Taraire (J. Bryce), 12yds bhd. Blue Mountain King (G. A. McKendrick), 36yds bhd. All Bell (G-. Paton), S6yds bhd. Gold Girl (S. J. Roe), 36vda bbd. Grand Voyage (P. B. Glasheen), 48yds bhd. Globe Derby (A. G. Hunter), 60yds bhd. Clontie Daley fW. Loosemore), 60yds bhd Man o" Wet <A. Bryce), 132 yds bhd. - • Sheik promises to start a warm favourite. He will be hard to beat, and is likely to find most opposition: from Grand Voyage.and Clarrie'Daley, aa both these horses are very well at present. In the minor events, those likely to.be s«n to advantage are Golden Gate, Topsy Eothschild, J. Shaw's pair, Bing-an Jean and Nipper, Wyoming Blue-' wood, Buz Buz, Flora Golding, Anselm, Dick Dillon. Lady Dunmore, Cornedv Chief Bingen Wilkes and Conscript. The first race starts at noon, and the last at 5.30 j p.ro.