SPORTS AND PASTIMES. TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3586, 11 March 1914, Page 9

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

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NAPIER PARK ACCEPTANCES.

LPBEBS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM! 3 NAPIER, March 10. The following are the acceptances for the first day of flhe Napier Parle Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting, which takes place at Greenmeadows on Friday and Saturday next: — Omaranui Hack Hurdles, of 140 sovs,' 12 miles.—Marblehead 11.3, Hatana 11.4, Caher Davon 10.1, Composed 9.13, Okahu 9.12, St Fire 9.0, Ruffiana 9.0, Pikiho 9.0. Esk Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs, 3 furlongs.—Berg 8.11, PursefiMcr 8.8, Hima 8.8, Montana 8.8, Formulate 8.7, Sir Alba 8.5, Royal Scout 8.6, N"urua 8.5 Now Guinea 8.5, Rangipoft 8.2, Tlio Nile 8.2, Mystified 8.0, Te Hulrati 8.0. Bodenham 7.13, Anguish 7.13, Silver Dmgle 7.13, Arosino 7.13. Napier Cup Handicap, of 500 sovs, 1£ miles.—Birkline 9.0, Bronze B.b, Sea Pink 8.6, Byron 8.5, Marshal McDonald 8.0, Haskayne 7.13, Moutoa Girl 7.13, Passadena 7.12, Lord Rv nown 7.12, Birkful 7.11, Multiply 7.10, Ladoga 7.7, Kooya 7.7, Fair Rosamond 7.6, Seatondale 7.6, Mystie 7.4, Mysteriareh 7.3, Mangaroa 7.0, Settler 6.10, Tatimi 6.7. Welter Handicap, of 120 sovs, 7 furlongs.—Settler 9.7, Tatimi 9.3, Triezo 9.0, Fair Average 8.13, Pereeler 8.13, Sir Daniel 8.12, Merriwa 8.8. San Pluie 8.8, Kilosteri 8.7, The Summit 8.7, Hima 8.7. Sapling Stakes Handicap, of 150 sovs, 5 furlongs.—Tavistock 8.10, Hijsheen 7.11, Black All 7.10, Tete-a-tete 7.7, Shaki 7.7, La Favorita 7.2, King’s Boy 6.10, Old Dad G. 7. Redclyffe Hack Welter, of 100 sovs, 1 mile.—Hiwitapu 9.2, Banian 8.12, Kimbombi 8.9, French Rose 8.3, St. Elm 8.3, Multikoff 7.13, Tiwari 7.12, Peacemaker 7.12, Fideliglit 7.9. Merry Jack 7.9, Discussion 7.7, Glouria 7.7. Flying Handicap, of 175 sovs, 0 fur-longs.—-Ventura 9.3, Makara 8.5, Labor Day 8.3, Our King 8.3, Blue Lake 8.2, Bertrada 8.2, Adroit 8.0, Zeus 7.12, Heather 7.5, The Hague 7.5, Day Fly 6.9, Alces 6.7. Entries for Trial Hack Stakes, of 100 sovs, weight-for-age, 6 furlongs.— Arlington, Ringform, Fannulate, Rigo Park, King’s Host, Hereford, Ballyhar, Hoy, Martina, Sea Lord, Tete-a-tete, Whakahoki. Maiden Hack Scurry, of 100 sovs, (weight 9st), 5 furlongs (run on second day).—Rigo Park, King’s Host, Hereford, Bally-liar, Anguish. Ranfurly, Amical, Te Huhuti, Ngarua, Kiripuka, Munje.

NOTES. R. Berry has been engaged to ride Passadena in the Napier Cup. » • • : Mr G. P. Donnelly is sending up a number of his yearlings for sale on the 14tli March at Taradale. * * * No horse at Ric-carton is galloping in better style than Autumnus. * * * Rewi Poto has joined Percy Johnston’s team. * Flower of the West (bred in England) won the Peninsula Cup at the Akaroa meeting, one mile and a quarter, Hi rax being second, and Glenfinnan third. Time, 2.9. * * * Makara is generally inclined to bo fractious when at the barrier, and tins appears to have cost him a race at W anganui when he finished second to Pavlova after getting badly away. * * * The three-year-old colt Xightwatch has shown signs of soreness since- lie finished second to Sauc-i in the Middle Park Plate last month. His condition is now much worse, as he pulled up very lame in the near foreleg after a gallop on Tuesday. As a result it will probably be found necessary to spell him. * 7r # Tlie consistent Merriwee mare Weo Olga is a regular attendant on the Ellerslie tracks after a long spell, during which time she has put on a good deal of flesh. » * * The Charlemagne ll—Janet horse Jan is again in work. The yearling half-brother to Kilram has lveen named Golden Rain » * * May Dalrymple, which has been suffering from respiratory troubles, was t-o have boon operated on last Wednesday by Mr J. It. Charlton, M.R.C.V.S. * -K * Peter the Great, the sire of the Canterbury trotting stallion Petereta, stands this season at 400dols.

A movement is on foot in the United States to give free-leg pacers 3seo allowance over hoppled horses. » * • Ogier, Parable, and Aphaea will probably be brought into Dunedin and treated to a spell of exercise and sea wading at the Ocean Beach. » * ■ Sir George Clifford is credited with owning a promising colt in the shape of Wharfinger, a son of Treadmill and the Pilgrim’s Progress —Elusive mare Fairhaven. Wharfinger is well-en-gaged in two-year-old events; but R is understood that he will not be unduly hurried, and that is to be inteipreted in the sense that Edward Cutts deems it advisable to centre his mam hopes with Wharfinger for three-year-old races. • * • Writes “Sentinel” in the “Otago Daily Times”: —Tiie statement that some of the races at the Dunedin Cup meeting were not run according to the real merit of some of the horses naturally attracted not a little attention in sporting circles. It amounted to a straight-out statement that some horses were deliberately pulled, and also gave a very strong hint that a jockeys’ ring is not altogether the myth which some people imagine. It might be assumed that the information conveyed by two jockeys to a Christchurch pressman cam e from a

tainted source. The riders in question who gave certain information may have been smarting under the sting of neglect, which saw them standing down during the meeting whilst the bulk of the riding went to a favored few. Possibly they may have been interfered with during a race, or outgeneralled in some way that raised "their ire, because the way was blocked to a possible win. It is, however, absolutely immaterial what it was that made the jockeys loosen their tongues. It is what they said which calls for consideration, and such point-blank utterances cannot be allowed to go unchallenged by the racing authorities. There is no reason for assuming that the riders in question gave utterance to deliberate lies, and as they can bo easily located, an inquiry should at once ho held in order to prove if they were voicing undeniable facts or moie opinions. It is clearly the duty ot the racing authorities to investigate the matter, and so find out if such statements can be substantiated, or woer merely uttered in a spirit of chagrin horn of an unlucky meeting, or perhaps an unluckiness spread over a season or more operations. Color is given the matter by the fact that some of the riding did not appeal above suspicion, and the fact that no inquiries, if any, were made public did not tend to still tho tongues that were voicing opinions as to this, that, and the. other things which were supposed to have happened at Wingatui.