SPORTING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 20 May 1929, Page 12

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. V aT J3—A»hburton County K.C. Jub. 1. S—OUkt Maori B.C. Jun* 1, 3. 6—Uuurdin J.C. Juu« 1, 8, 6—Auckland H.C Jun« 13—Efmoni Wanjanui Huol. Jan* I*. Ift—N»pl«r Park B.C. June 20. 32—South Canterbury J.C Jan* 31, S3—H»«k*'* B«y JO. Jun* 20—Aghlmrtnn County B.C. June ?'•— W»rer!*y K.O. TROTTING FIXTURES. Jua* 1 8 --* »nt*rbury Pmrk T.C Jm,« 1. B—Hawke'i B»y T.C. June Hi—Anliburt'Ti T f. Jun" B-. 2* -Anrklsnd T.C TURF GOSSIP.

Acceptance.-* for tho Ashburton County Hating Club's Autumn Meeting will close at 5 p.m. to-morrow. In connexion with the Ashburton races on Saturday next, a special passenger train will leave Christchurch for Ashburton at 10 a.m., arriving at the fialevardt siding at 11.40. The return train tvill leave Ashburton at 1.20 p.m. »nd the Hiding at 1."'5, arriving ni

Chriitch'iieh at (5.37 p.m. Conditions worn very favourable for training operations* ut Jliecarton on tiatnrday morning, and so mo interesting work was done. Tho No. I grasa truck aid the plough were in use for galloping, and both provided fast going.

Lord .Ranald and tiuy Jim, with good weight* tip, ran five furlongs on the plough in 1.4 3-i. Paper Boj- and Amourette covered six furlongs on the tamo track in 1.17, tininhinK together. Gay Sonnet showed good form by falloping six furlongs on tins plough m .Id, the last fivo in 1.2 IW>.

Prickles, joined hv Impertinence at the live furlong post, traversed a mile on tb© grass in 1.47 2-5, and Sudden Storm sprinted four funcngs along the back in SO.

Buovant comfortably covered seven furlongs on the plough in 1.34. Evening and Boau Gcst© were together throughout a, »« furlong task on the plough executed in 1.10 l-o.

Malmsey was responsible for a pleasing effort over nine furlongs on the plough. She waa slow over the early part, but completed the journey in 1.57, tho last seven furlongs occupying 1.29 2-a.

Th« Bailiff and Hounslow recorded 1.17 3-5 for six furlongs on tho plough. Turnover, by Thurnham from Sleepy Head, la a. Nurse's stable, easily beat Sweet lUfrain at th« end of five furlongs on the grass covered iu 1.3 2-0. Wrigley and After Ten galloped •oven furlongs on the grass in 1.30 2-6. Arrowmir gave Bulolo a start in a fiy« furlong task on the grass and beat him homo in 1.2.

Sea Raid finished much better than Huntley after gal'opmg six furlongs on the plough in 1.15 1-5. Misb Nightraid and Morian ran half a mile on the grass along the back in 49. Caterpillar showed a, remarkable turn erf speed by striding over five furlongs on the plough in the fast time of 1.0 8-5.

Lanoer (L. Evans), Gold Mint (A. JPeart), and Star Stranger 11. (W. fcteobie} were dispatched together for a round of the hurdles, but they noon separated. Gold Mint endeavoured to run off at tho first fence and, crashing through the winjt dislodged his rider. fcitar Stronger 11. refused at the next, and Lancer was left to complete the ta»k atone, giving a clean display. Gold Mint was remounted and negotiated tour fences satisfactorily, while Star Stranger 11,, u novice at the game, eventually finished the round, after baulking sereral times This mare, by Quin Ahhny, is bred on jumping lines, and with education in likely to do well in hurdle events later.

Battle Colours hj»« not mad© the. d»•ired improvement from hi* enlarged tendon, and wm not galloped on Satur. day. Tho trip to Auckland with him and lUdint« lias now been definitely abandoned.

For the Great Northern Hurdlea, Mia tor Gamp hat bison penalised 71b,

Tho death of E. Warner will b<j rewired in raoinp: circlew throughout Now Zealand with much tegret. He, wan nwognined as one of tho Dominion's most capable hurdle and steopleohaee rulers, and combined his masterly rtandlitiß of a horse with marked gameneia. He had been riding tor many years, and, although not favoured with a (treat number of wins, bo very seldom mimed a mount at any Meeting hj« attended. Warner suffered ■•vera] bad falls during bin career, and **» laid aaidw practically every season I with some injury, but ijemerally made ' a quick recovery and was never long wwfc of the saddle. His moat important victories w«re on Sturdee in the Grand M»4i«|jnl Steeplechase in 1924, and ou TOiri in the Wellingtoi Steeplechase !i«st year, while ha rod* Qakleigh to atMcaa*. in the Hawke's Bay Steepleohase in 1920. T, H. Gillett arrived back at Riccartoa op Saturday with Whamdiffe, who pleased hia connexions by bis performnnoe in the Wanganui Steeplechase.

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