SPORTING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1917, Page 2

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' WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-MORROW. WANGANUI, This Day. The following acceptances have been received: — Stewards’ Handicap, 200 sovs., C£ figs.

w ,(By “Aeronaut.”) Bunting now heads the list for the , £up with TSHS. more to carry than he won the- Wellington Cup under,’ but he scored 'there in a style which suggests that Jie V/ill, prove equal to staying oiit the extra quarter of a mile all right. Colonel feoult (8.9) won last year with 2lb. less‘on his buck, 1 and he should make a bold bid for victory again-’to-morrow.: He is.a- great stayer and if right at his best would beat the top-weight. Depredation wan the Auckland Cup, but has since been off colour, and may not be seen in a-fa-vourable' light in the present 1 , race. Of those lower down Client many admirers, and he is expected to run a great race. ■'■lt is claimed for the . son of Elevation that he was unlucky, in hoth his races jit Trentham, and that he was galloping better than anything at the finish of the Cup. No doubts''are held as ,to his staying out the mile and three-quarters, and he ■ should be in the first three at the finish. Housewife. has. 'incurred g 71b. penalty, which brings her impost up to 7.3, The Kenilworth—Busy Bee filly has now struck form and'it may take something pretty good to beat her. With so many Cup winners engaged the race, bears a particularly open appearance/ but'the writer pins his faith to either Client or Housewife to supply , the. winner. . , ■ 1 ■ , There are a lot of good ones engaged in the ITyi.ng-Handicap, in which Tete-a-tete still holds pride of place with T 0,2. It is a big, load, which, 1 thiijk, will stop the mare, good though 'she mky ibe.- 1 Chakwana. (8.3) reads anore attractively. • Form'Up, - the brilliant. *tm of )?prmptive. and Bursering; ‘ • 'iijfgy itifront, of, him 'during the ; last few weeks, and is not '/pyerburdened: With. ’8.2. > - Green stfieei ' best i ,i among til e light-weights, : fbi:m::as a guide, the issue Would %pear to rest between Form Up jaSCUakwaiul,

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There are eight left in the Stewards’ Handicap, for which Mascot is nicely piaced with 7.6. The Juvenile Handicap should see solid support forthcoming for Acre, wfi/xle Moutoa Queen land ttiarengo appear tiie pick of the d’etre HackHandicap. In the Wiritoa Handicap, Spain is almost certain to carry heavy investments, while Thames is the most likely one to upset calculations. There are only four in the Westmere Hurdles, for which Glenorchy reads well with 9.11. .j.iouju miner Spain or Thames be reserved for the Tayforth Hack Handicap in preference to lue \vmtoa Handicap. then be with them in tins event, THE FINALS GALLOPS. £piCR X’RESS association.] WANGANUI, This Day. The weather was une ilixs morning for tire final gallops. vjnuKwana ana mascot done a fast six furlongs, tne former being in front when the post was reached. rsystad and Dirkenvaxe cut out halt a mile in 49-teecs. Greenscreet, ioyking in great fettle, easily beat Thames over naif a mile in dy-gsecs. iMouioa Queen sprinted live furlongs in 1.2. Hunting took 1.17 for six furlongs. Indigo and Depredation were companions over a nijle. the former finishing in front in 1.45 & Bjorneborg, Tete-a-tete and Estland finished together over a fast half niile in 49secs. Silver Tongue and Form Up left four furlongs behind in 491. Ararat took 1.18 for six furlongs. IP meter, Client, Sunbird, Colonel Souit, Haupai and a of others got through useful work. Housewife and Bjorneborg are ’the ruling Cup favourites. Greenstreet, on the strength of good track work since arriving, has come in for solid support for the Flying, but Chakwana and Form Up have each hosts of admirers.

Lady Middleton, Mb. pen. Cleu 1 raret Devotion , inc. s u 8 2 8 1 7 10 Parana Mascot Golden (iraiton yiadineau 7 0 7 ti ' 7 4 C 13 I etre Hack • Handicap, 120 sovs. _ 6 figs. Cora Ora Eevocation Moutoa Qn. Starengo Munition 9 10 !K 0 8 10 8 8 3 0 Deeside Eewa Eovva Lady Bd'th The Waif 8 2 w 7 0 Weslmere Heap Hurdles, 200 sovs, 2 miles Harb Light Eccord n 12 10 9 Glonorchy Marlon 9 11 9 9 Tayforth Hack Welter Heap, 123 s, 8i L Sir Wallace Spain Altercation 1( l Ufclg 10 1 9 12 9 9 9 9 Thames Thrace Haup.i Slipsllot 8 8 8 7 8 4 8 0 Wanganui Cup, 1000 sovs, miles.' Bunting ,Col. Souit Depredation Imtigo Sun bird Analogue Client 8 10 8 9 a o 7 13 7 10 7 9 7 9 Bjorneborg- w 8 Blackall 7 8 Maatr Lupin 7 5 Housewife inc. 71b re-hep 7 3 , Kurapai ‘ (I 13 Master ■ , Moutoa C 8 Juvenile Handicap, 150 sovs., 5 furlongs. Agnestcs Acre Birkenvale Cpral Queen 8 128 10 8 9 8 3 Coolpan Silver Tongue Staccato 7 12 7 12 7 12 Wiritoa Hack Handicap, ■ 120 sovs, 8 2 .flgs Analogue Spain Iceberg Thames Pohehe 9 12 9 0 8 10 7 9 7 8 Thrace, inc. 71b pen. Crown Head War Loan 7 7 7 3 7 0 : Flying Handicap, 400 sovs., 6 furlongs. Tete-a-tete Chakwana ’ Form Up, 7lb pn. Nystad Interlude Veto . 10 2 • 8 3 inc. i ’8 2 8 0 '7 9 7 8 Tree - Lucerne Cora Ora Astor , Green street Coropet . Madam Kistori I h 7 5 7 4 7 1 6 12 8 12