CLOSE OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 76, 26 September 1914, Page 8

CLOSE OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON

The football season has practically ended, and tho number of other games is fast decreasing. In view, of the closing of the season, the Sports Edition has been discontinued, arid will not be' issued to-night.

vance filly ran in the colours of "Mr. G. Penfold." At Trentham on Tuesday morning Undecided did a nice working gallop over seven furlongs with Arlington. The press-room at Wanganui has got too small for the number of scribes that put in an appearance. There were four or five representatives present from Auckland this week. On account of a family bereavement Sir James Carroll did not put in an appearance at the Wanganui meeting. Mr. M. T. M'Grath, who has been on a holiday trip to the Dominion, returns to Australia by the Ulimaroa to-day. By the same boat the Melbourne Cup candidate Sir Solo goes in charge of Walter Garrett. The time allowed after the trip is hardly sufficient to get the horse acclimatised and get him ready for such a difficult race to win. R. J. Mason, who has made more trips across the water than any other from these parts, informed me that a horse required at least a month or six weeks to get over the effects of the trip. If Sir J Solo is given time and left on the other side until the autumn he may be able to win races without taking on races like the Melbourne and Australian Cups. Although Imarose did not continue his engagement on the first day at Otaki, he is doing useful work at Trentham, and ran half a mile pleasingly on Tues- : day morning. Flagfall, who is owned in New Plymouth and trained in the Waikato by Albert Rhodes (who formerly had Golden Eagle at New Plymouth) is getting plenty of travelling. He came down to Marton, went back to race on both days of the Avondale meeting, and was sad- | died up at Wanganui. He is a chestnut, and resemble* his dam (Fleetfoot). He did a light stud season in the Waikato,. and has sired some nice foals. It is easy to be wiee after an event. After foe won the Avondale Cup an j Auckland scribe discovered that King Soult was thrown in with 6.13. Probably that was the reason why the horse put up record time for the race and returned hie supporters a big dividend. If performances are taken as a guide, he was certainly not thrown in. Since his | reappearance his best performance was to run second to Tangawai, a moderate, at Ellerslie last Christmas. Next day he carried 7.5 in the Summer Cup, and was not sighted. With 7.2 in the Grand j Stand Handicap, foe was unplaced. His next start was in tfoe Cornwall Handi- J cap at the Grand National Meeting with 101b above the minimum, unplaced. With 61b above the minimum in the York Handicap, he was also unplaced. Ho started twice at Trentham in the j winter under Handicapper Coyle. In the Parliamentary -Handicap he had 31b above the minimum, and in the Winter Oats was assessed at the lowest weight. In, placing King Soult 61b above tho minimum, the handicapper gave foim all he was justly entitled to at Avondale.' i The news that Mr. George Hunter's Gaming Amendment Bill had passed the third reading in the Lower Hou&e was well received in Wanganui, and several persons there interested in racing, trotting, and fount clubs wired to Mr Hunter, j congratulating him on his earnest endeavour to rectify the injustice that had been done to clubs in 1910. Mr. Hunter is probably connected with more racing clubs than any other member in the ( House, not excepting Mr. Herries, who was the champion of the small clubs in the North. Mr. Hunter is an official of the Hawkee Bay Jockey Club, Woodlands Hunt Club, Waipukarau Jockey Club, Porangahau Racing Club, and was ! also connected with the Waipawa County Racing Club, which was on© of those affected when reduction was car- I ried. I _____ r The Hawera-trained Timothy is engaged in the Hurdles at the Dunedin meeting. 'Tis no use talking — Rataplan did interfere with Cedric "in the straight." 1 saw it with the splendid glasses I got from O'Connor and Tydeman, Jewellers, Palmerston North. — Advt. GERALDINE SPRING MEETING (IT mEORAPH.— MUSS iBSOCUTION.) TIMARU, 25th September. The Eecond day of the Geraldine races was held in a cold wind- and showery weather. The attendance was much less than yesterday. The totalisator in the two days handled ( £13,531 10s, last year's total being j £15,147 10s. Concluding results: — i Domain Trot, of 80 soys,* one mile and a-half. — 11 Ohapi, 23sec, 1; 10 No Shenanaghan, 20sec, 2; 8 Huon Drift, 12sec, 3. Also started — 13 Edith A. scr, 7 Emilius 12sec, 7 Forest Child 17sec, 6 Miss Sylvia 21sec, 15 Rothanie 23sec, 2 Yura Dillon 23sec, 8 Search Field 23sec, 1 Icicle 23sec, 12 Silax 23sec, 5 George M'Kinney 23sec, 3 Flora Tracey 26sec. Before the start Woodpine and Huon Drift bolted, the latter falling at the back of the course. Icicle and Forest Child collided. Won by six lengths. Time, 3min 48 3-ssec. President's Handicap, of 125 soys; one mile. — 3 Gnome, 8.11, 1; 2 Troon, 9.4, 2; 2 Briar Patch, aO, 3. Also started — 4 Steperina 8.5, 5 Birkbeck 7.0. A close finish. Won by a neck, with i two lengths between second and third. Time, lmin 45sec. Wainui Hack Handicap, of 55 soys; six furlongs. — '3 Yes, 8.13, 1; 5 Fire God, 8.10, 2 ; 2 Hornbeam, 8.10, 3. Also started — 1 Glee 9.0, 6 Bonne Bouche 9.0, 4 Petrosus 8.12, 7 Olga Kolmar 8.9, 10 Resemblance 8.7, 8 John Reilly 8.7, 6 Explosive 8.7, 9 Cannie Lass 8.7. Cannie Lass was left at the start. Yes led all the way and won by two lengths. Time, lmin- 17 3-ssec. Electric Trot, of 65 soys; one mile. — 1 Drum Major, 12sec, 1; 3 Bonny M'Kinney. 12sec, 2 ; . 11 Hesitation, 12sec, 3. Also started — 7 Sweet Agnes 7sec, 11 Redfern 7sec, 2 Cupid Whispers lOsec, 11 General Mite lOsec, 4 'Pastime llsec, 9 Cromwell 12sec, 5 Silax 12sec, 8 Master Rothschild 12sec, 10 Sand Drift 12sec, 6 Carrie Rothschild 12sec. Won by two lengths. Tin«e, 2min 25 2-ssec. Farewell ' Handicap, of 80 soys; five furlongs.— l Peg, 9.9, 1; 2 Teviotdale, • 8.9, 2; 3 Miss Finland, 7.4, 3. Also started — 4 Baritone 7.9, 7 Forest Belle 7.0, 6 Master Hamilton 6.7, 5 Chorale 6.7. Won by two lengths. A good third. Time, lmin 3 3-ssec. ,