SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 August 1925, Page 3

SPORTING.

NORTH TARANAKI MEETING. (By Aluecenas.) If favoured, wiiitili a fine day, the North Taranoki. .Hunt Club's meeting be be (held on .the Taranaki Jockey Club’s course to-moa-row, should be a. most enjoyable outing. A meeting like that, of the North Taranaki Hamit Club is a great asset to owners, as the public outing afforded thereby does much for a horse with import-ant spring engagements to fulfil.

A number of useful “hacks’’ are engaged in the Waihi. Handicap tomorrow. Of them, Sunny Vale and Te Alouianui are well seasoned, and if fancied from the right quarter should run well.

Lnist season Fine .Brigade ran several fair races in bis class, and if well forward to-morrow ’.should give his supporters*! a, good nun. in the Hunters’ Flat. King Annans is also engaged in this event, and being well, is certain te run prominently. Minister, Lit cento ra.u consistently well last autumn, -and if able 'to produce bis best in. the llremi.L Hack to-morrow, may reward his owner. Sunny V ale is also engaged in this event, and if a runner should make things interesting. When raced >arb the AVeverley meeting in June, Puawhato created a favonilalble .impression, and as the field for the Opumake Sciimry at the North Taranaki Hunt meeting is not a. strong one. Toaiwhatio shoulld bo made favourite.

Mr. J. Al. Oainifiirom is expected to leave Wellington this week for Australia with Til no .Hawk. While in New Zealand Cameron made an attempt to capture a hurdle race with Molyneaux, but the gelding was not quite good enough for the downs of jumper opposing him. Besiidies Father O’Flyiwi, the veteran trainer, Stuart Waddell, will be represented by Beacon Right in the Wanganui Guineas. The dolt in question iis lai half brother to those great performers Afiedbaitiioiii, Gold Light and Rlazzle Dazzle. Whether Beacon Light has the family pace remains to be proved. Last year. Roaming Avon tfie Lepperton Hunters,’ Hurdles, but to-morfoAV ho Avillll meet in King Atmans a much betteir conditioned performer than any of those he beat bust year, King Armans has run several fair races at fillersilie.

Although Raifa appears as an. acceptor for the Omiata Hurdles, it may be found that the gelding Avi.lL ibe a runner for the Strafford Handicap. All Wind ran an' excellent second to Ciomiiicall. at Wanga-nth and foUonfod this up by wilining at itine Olbaki meeting, Avhildh folio,wed. On thiiis form All Wind should' be- favourite, but Putin a must be reckoned with, as his tonn at the Blangiitikei -and FeUding meetings in the lautumu Avias,, if anything, bettea' than itLiiuf ol AJJL Wdnd’h. Last yeah the Sitralttoird Handiipaip bias a puzzle for bettors in more ways tliiau one, and tomorroiv this event has’ similar dilfieu,lties. If fancied by lniis connections .the avcLL seasoned lyatioiiialL Av-ill take home beating, despite bis load of 11.9. Shut-Eye Avon Ave.ll at the Last meeting held at Wiaverley, and on this circular course should run prominenllity. Old Te Tea, is iso reliable that the betting public* iaml! intake him favourite lor the' : Hui.it Oluib Cup. Roller gave promilse toi devcLoping into a good huiliter, bulb evidently 'went Avrong, as he has noib nalced: for about ten months. If ode could rely oil Roller .pro,dueling his heist form in to-morroiAv’is contest then Te T|oa Avoulld have to register one of his best performlances .to win. Of the lighter Aveiights, Ellah and Objector have pace, and oyer -such -a light course may make things interesting For the top weight®. Judged on present indications, at does not look as if this Dominion AV-ili bo a.s well represented ,in Australian sp,ni no; racing tlhiis year ns in many s&ausoiis past. Just AAihy it is difficult to say. Ptoislsiibly the deiaith of fir&tdliass performers is the principal reason . Secondly, our honses are rarely given any inducement by the Australian handicappers to compete _in their prmcaplall handicaps, they being rated many pounds higher than Avon Id be the case in New Zealand. Certainly there has been isolated cases of New Zealand horses being favourably handicapped across the Tasman, but the daises are few. Seeing that reasonably good _ stakes can be aa’Ou in Near Zetland during the spring isieiason, it has often been commented on that the beet of our horses for many years past have been sent to Austrian ia to race, Possibly _ owners Avho have raced Aviitih isn'cces'S in. Australia have farmed! the opinion that the rich prizes offering there are more easily won than the moderately _ good money offering in our little Dominion. For many years the majority of sportsmen rated the Australian racehorses as superior to outs, bulb in the light, of the success achieved over the .water by New Zealand ■owned horses, it certainly looks ais if our performers are at the very least equal to the Australian, and, in proportion to .numbers, infin'iteil.v better. Last season Ncay ZeiaHaml owned hoirses captured prize money of nearly £3.0,000 in Australia, Messrs. Greenwood, W.. G. Stead, Timms, Knight and Lowry being the principal avi lining owners.. t . Prior to the recent Grand Natrona! meeting most of the importing aw iters gave as their opinion that, no liuntei of the same claisis as Buitlford Avoukl cpnipeite in events confined to that class ait the meeting, , but now that 'Jlaichclor Gay has shown such 'encouraging loann. 'it. certainly looks. possible that’he will take even a higher' place as a hurdler tihtan BidMoed. Although Split,ana, Starslie.il and Diogoiueis figure amongst the \Vanga.nui Jockey Club’s noaninations, according to “Vedette’’ they leave for Australia iimmodiiaiteLv.' Sotitlana is engaged in the principal .spring handicaps m Australia, while Dli'ogentas c.lai.nus an engagement in the Australian. Jockey Otulbls Derby. On his Neav Zealand credontiiails Boittana has every pound he av'u.s entitled to; in fact, Avoukl get off with several pound® less if handicapped laigainslb a similar dlas's in this Dominion. Diogenes won in convincing style at the recent Wellington meeting, but the class lie beat was many removes from a Derby lot, and" as much improvement, can. be AA'orked in Diogenes, a course al racing ‘in minor handicaps might develop iliun liaiter into a good three-year-o.lu.