SPORTING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1918, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS

RACING NEWS AND.

(By "Aeronaut.")

Gazique, Gold Soult and White Blaze have been scrtched for the Winter Cup Snub will not go to Riccarton -jr t:ie National Meeting. Mr. Kemball intends making the Australian trip in January, and Hymestra will be tiitmainstay of the team. Miss de Val did not start on pi trier day at Trent-ham. She is doing good work at Trentham. and is to fulfil her Winter Cup engagement. She was unlucky in the same race last year, ana in the August Handicap put up a great race, by running second to Disdainful, in receipt of a, stone and a half. Rangi Thompson's services have been secured for Art in the Grand National Hurdles. Although so far nothing has been definitely decided, it is thought in certain usually well informed quarters that Sleight of Hand may run in the Grand National Hurdles, " and Yellow and Black be the elect of the stable in the Grand National Steeplechase. Master Strowan, the "good thing' in this year's Grand National, has never been known to fall either in his schooling work or in a race. Coalition will not go to Riccarton until the end of the month. Saville, who has a. couple of engagements at. South Canterbury, has joined R.. Longley's stable. J. Deercy s;ot u bad shaking when he fell with Collector in the Wellington Steeplechase, and he will probably be unable to ride at the Grand National meeting.

After the. Wellington meeting. Undecided went into IT. Kingan's Trentham stable.

Sardina is being kept going at Trentham. and will go South for tbe Winter Cup. The Provocation gelding has gone through the season without a win, and appears just good enough to tret beaten in whatever company he starts.

The Winter Cup candidate Hiero has arrived at Riccarton. At Napier Park Hiero surprised his connexions by running second in the Stewards' Stakes, ;t mile race, when he was not considered to be quite ready. He finished in front of a good field, including Bagdad, winner of the Parliamentary Handicap. Detroit, who ran second each dav at Trentham. Hyllus. and Hydras, winners at Hastings, and others. Allowing for the improvement be should have made in the meantime, he must be reckoned among the hardest in the Winter Cup. Sir Agnes. - . Sir Solo, and Master Boris were among the latest arrivals at Riccarton this woek. Sir Solo has run second and third the last two years in the Grand National Hurdles, and his owner expects him to go one better pext month. This scribe cannot see how lie is going to finish in front of bor«ps like Sir Fisher Sleight of Hand, Glndful or Art. '