SPORTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 October 1928, Page 6

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES.

Oct. 11, 13 —Dunedin J.C. Oct. 13 —Masterton R.C. Oct. 20, 22 —Wellington R.C. Oct. 20, 22—Gore R.C. Oct. 20, 24 —Waikato R.C. Oct. 22 —Waverley R.C. Oct. 22.—Waikato Hunt Club. Oct. 22 —Waipawa 'County R.C. Oct. 22 —North Canterbury R.C. Oct. 25, 27—Poverty Bay Turf Club Oct. 27—Banks Peninsula R.C. Oct. 31 —Birchwood Hunt Club. TROTTING FIXTURES. Oct,. 13, 17—Auckland T.C. Obt. 22 —Oamaru T.C. det. 20, 22—Greymouth T.C. Nov. 6,8, 9—Metropolitan T.C. Nov. 17, 21—Otahuhu T.C. Nov. 24—Wellington T.C. Nov. 29, Dec. I—Forbury Park T.C. Dee. I—Waikato T.C. Dee. B—Cheviot T.C. Dec. 15, 17 —New Brighton T.C. Dec. 26.—Gore T.C. Dec. 26. —Ashburton T.C. Dec. 26, 27.—South Wairarapa. Dec. 26, 27. —Westport T.C. Dee. 27, 29, 31—Auckland T.C. Dec. 29.—Winton T.C. Dec. 31 —Inangahua T.C. NEWS AND NOTES. »

(By Whalebone.) The value of the Spring Stakes at Randwick Was £lB4O, divided between Winalot and Limerick. The approximate total winnings of the latter is £34,957, which is £8143 short of Gloaming’s record of £43,100. Supremacy, who followed up his Avondale Stakes victory by again disposing of his two-year-old rivals in the Welcome Stakes at Ellerslie on Monday, is described as a powerfullooking juvenile, and northerners are predicting a successful career for him. It is stated that a former southern horseman, T. Metcalf, will ride him in each of his engagements this season. The unfortunate affair which occurred in connection with the start for the Mitchelson Cup recalls a similar occurrence which took place at the New Zealand Cup meeting of 1902. At the start of the Fendalton Handicap only half the barrier rose and several of the field, including Siege Gun, the favourite, did not take part in the race, which Halberdier won from Glenleg. The late Mi' H. Piper declared it “No start,” and only Tortulla, Fleka, Cameo, Fakir, and Punamu lined up for the second attempt. Cameo then won from Fleka. Ten others returned to the saddling paddock. On Saturday, however, Mr O’Connor declared that he had made a start, and that ended the matter so far as the Mitchelson Cup was concerned. At the Dunedin Cup meeting in 1888 in the days of flag starting, the Forbury Handicap was run by part of the field from a false start, and at the second attempt Silvermark beat St. Clair by a nose. Silvermark, by the way, was ridden by D. J. Price, who is now' one of the leading trainers in Victoria. Don Jose had to be eased in his work recently, on account of internal troubles. He has made a good recovcery and he is in regular work again. Probably he will have a race at the Banks Peninsula meeting, at the end of this month. Gaze, although nominated for the hurdle events at Trentham, is no certain runner. The opposition is weak, and he will have to carry big weights on possibly a firm track. This will be nothing in his favour. The placing of Sion outside a hurdle at the start of his races has brought up the matter of unruly horses at the barrier again in Sydney. A Sydney yrfiter remarks: When a hurdle is placed between one horse and the rest of the field, that particular horse is so far away from the second outsider of the party that it shows out like a beacon light in the starter’s line of .vision, and he cannot help but see its every movement at the barrier. Consequently, the unruly one more often than not gets an excellent start, and the fact of Sion having benefited in this respect recently is a sore point with many owners and trainers. Being placed on the extreme outside of a field naturally means that a horse has to cover a lot of additional ground to get across near the rails, but when it is favoured by a flying start the 'jockey is able to steady it; and have much more in reserve for a finishing effort than if the horse had started flat-footed and had to be driven along to take up a good position early. Royal Flyer, winner of the Nursery Handicap at Hastings is an Australianbred gelding by Flying King—Amandine, who was bought at the Rand wick sales last autumn for 100 guineas. Royal Flyer is inbred toi the St. Simon line.

AMONG THE TROTTERS. Kiowa looks none the worse for his win at Methven, which cost him a telling effort to keep clear of Loco at the finish. McKendry deserves credit for the way he turned Kiowa out for the Methven meeting. Only a short time ago the Brent Locanda gelding was considered by track-watch-ers to be little short of an outlaw. Despite a bobble on the mark in the mile saddle at Methven, Bingen Patch was placed well enough when half of the journey had been completed. He' was a strong favourite, but his recent displays suggest that he is not quite as good as his supporters believed. Although he looked well and began all'right, not at any part of the journey in the Methven Cup did Great Triumph flatter his supporters. He is included in R. B. Berry’s team for Auckland, and the outing should not do him any harm for his engagements at Alexandra Park. The disappointing effort of Bramdean at Methven on Saturday, were very expensive. The trotter did not appear to relish racing on a grass track, as all his work—and good work —has been done at Addington. There is no question about his ability to trot fast and to stay. So Saturday’s form will pot need to be accepted as true. Kfeisler ran a surprisingly good race into fourth position in the Methven Cup, and was going on well at the finish. After his good victory in the Westport Trotting Club Handicap last season, Kreisler did not show up again in events over a distance, but Saturday’s form threw, quite a favourable light on his prospects of accounting lor long-distance races in the current season. Donard made a good impression by the well-mannered way he conducted himself at the start of the mile saddle event at Methven. That is something out of the ordinary after the circus tricks he showed in last season’s outings. At his best, Donard can go fast and stay with it, so A. G. Wilson’s chances of winning good races with the Logan Pointer gelding arc very bright. The 19-year-old square-gaiter Craboon, Who defeated a field of 11 pacers in the Laverton (W-A.) Handicap re-

cently in easy fashion, finished fourth . in his other start this season on August 25. Since August 10, 1918, Craboon has won 21 races on the Pei th tiack, and at least one race every season. The Vendetta gelding was registered with the association in August, 1915, as a six-year-old trotter. Britton, the grandson of Allerton, ( 9 Qyx that won this year s German Trotting Derby after a sensational race with the American-bred colt Augias, by Peter Pluto, 2.053, was recently 1 beaten by the latter after another sensatTonal contest in the Great Prize of Ruhleben, at Berlin In winning the race Augias, driven by Charley Mills, broke the German three-year-old record, trotting 11 miles at the rate of 2 142. Haerenga Pai (Phipps) is beginning to bear a brighter appearance. She is being given useful work and should be all right when the country fixtures come along. QUEEN’S CUP. AUCKLAND, October 11. An historic massive silver cup has been purchased in London by Mr Moss Davis, for presentation to the Auckland Racing Club, according to advice given in a letter by Mr H. R. Mackenzie, at present abroad. The cup was once the property of Queen Victoria. It is described by Mr Mackenzie as a very beautiful work. The racing club has not been officially advised of the impending gift.