SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 September 1926, Page 3

SPORTING.

FIXTURE^. Sept. 9, 11—Wanganui J.C. EPSOM FIRST ACCEPTANCES BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEXGHT SYDNEY, Sept. 6. The first acceptors for the Epsom Handicap include The Banker, Amounts, Cawnpore, Horoscope, Mars. For the Metropolitan Handicap the following have accepted: Rapine, The Banker, Count Cavonr, Star Stranger, Runnymede, Raunpion, Kaalhumann, and Naos. WANGANUI ACCEPTANCES. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.' WANGANUI, Sept.. 6. The acceptances for the Wanganui Jockey Club spring, meeting are :

NOTES: AND comments.

(By “Maecenas..' Present indications t point to the Wanganui Jockey Club having a successful meeting on Thursday and Saturday next-. Trainer Sid. Heid wa.s very anxious to give Gran'd- Knight a .run on Thursday last lat the Marion. meeting, but after'inspection, of the heavy trade, Reid decided that it would ,be a risk to' run Grand Ivnight under 10.2. Just -at present, most race tracks m New’Zealand are on. the heavy side, due to the usual spring rains. Visiting trainers to Wanganui are Jond in. their praise of the condition, of the tracks there, the formation being of great value during the rainy .season. When Limerick won the Can-ling ton Mile in Australia recently, he carried 11.1 b above weight for age. This is a, fine performance, for a three-yea,r-old so early in the season. When sent down to his owner’s station, ,at Kai Iwi, after' his last Autumn campaign, R.eremoana, cut his heel, .and, while the injury cannot be classed ias* serious ,it is giving trainer O. Oqx plenty, of trouble, although it may not affect the gelding’® great galloping powers. Labour Morn, which gave a splendid exhibition of jumping at. the Martbn meeting, claims the moderately performed Quarantine as his sire. Labour Morn was put through his “schooling” by a very young boy. That Valioare still retains all her brilliancy, was .shown recently at Victoria Park, when .she was sent out for ai slow .six furlong gallop. In this, Valioare ran, the first furlong in 12 seconds, two in 24 .seconds and three in' 36,5 seconds, and the full six furlongs in 1.14. Trainer Fred Da.vis has -arrived at Wanganui for the meeting, and will give Auratum (Absurd-Desert Gold) a run in- the two-year-old mace on Saturday next. On breeding, this filly 'should be especially good, and those who propose to know, way she is very promising. ( Although our New Zealand owned horses failed to win outright- on Saturday last against the very best Australia could produce to meet them, their showing was .such thiait prospects of paying expenses at the meetings, to come certainly are bright, as in themore- important races to, come, the distances will be more to- the liking of Rapine, Limerick and Star Stranger. The fac-t that Pantheon won the Warwick Spring Handicap last Saturday, will cause that good horse to “harden” for the Metropolitan Handicap, for which event -lie is already equal favourite with Count Cavonr. Star Stranger’s second to Pantheon on Saturday is also plea,»ant reading to tho.se who favour his chance in the Metropolitan, Handicap. As Star Stranger -thrives op pacing, one can rest -assured that -he will strip a fitter gelding from, now on. When, competing against a. moderate class of handicap horses, with a good concession .in. weight, the three-year-old Rascal was expected to show up prominently at the Manawatu -Hunt, Club meeting on Saturday last,, but the son.-of Absurd failed to gain a placo, and, on the face of this his. prospects of beating Lyeander and company in

the Wanganui Guineas on Thursday next does not look at all bright-. Rampion is ia wonderful galloper, and none could expect .Limerick to beat him over the short course of the Hobartville Stakes. But* ini running second in that event to the Australian, crack, Limerick showed himself to be well, land, knowing lxis great staying powers, there ware many good judges who will he tempted to take the longer odds, that Limerick will beat Ramp ion, oyer the .mile and a half course of the rich «.Australian Derby. 'While admitting that the longer course will be in Limerick’s favour, there is no sound season for . thinking that ihalmpion will not stay one and a half miles. Although it is freely reported, that .Count Oav-our has not been, supported for the Metropolitan Handicap by his owner, iamd in hi® first race in Australia, could run, only ninth, he is again equal first favourite with, Patheon for that event. . Another New Zealander, 1 n Star Stranger, i.s next in order of favouritism, but is four points longer, while yet another New Zealand bred one’, in Runnymede, .appear® amongst those quoted in the 'third division, eight points behind Count Cavonr and Pantheon. ■ In. the late winter'and early spring trainers in New Zealand ore given the benefit of public “trials” with their two-yealr-olels, the value of which is of immense value, both for conditioning and educating the youngsters, but older horses are not given public trials during race meetings unless, competing. Evidently matters are different in Australia, as a writer for a, daily paper :in Sydney .recently stated that the crack mare Valioare would be given a gallop between the races at a recent Victoria Hark race meeting. As Valien,re has .some Important weight for -age races to contest in the near future, and as she is a .big favourite with the betting public, her trainer -was anxious, to take advantage of an offer that would be almost, as good as a race. In Australia, the .stipendiary stewards are particular to, see that good horses are not raced into* form. This is a feature that some of even our moist' prominent New Zealand trainers .are, prone to adopt and is rather unfair-to the unsuspecting punter, who does not know of such Jack of condition.

MAIDEN PLATE. Six furlongs. Tekarare 8 0 Bronstel 7 7 Autumn Day 8 0 Limonite . 7 7 Musket Vein 8 0 Gold Fisher 7 7 Airtight 8 0 Atone 7 7 Schorr 8 0 Gourmet 7 7 Lady Estelle 8 0 Raukura 7 7 Alarm 8 0 Resinous 7 7 Humoresque 7 7 High Pitch 7 7 Macroon 7 7 All Blight 7 7 Tea Time 7 7 OKEHU HURDLES. One mile -and three-quarters. Nukumai 11 13 Santiago 10 0 Koauau 10 12 Tame Fox 9 5 Lucullent 10 9 Tawehi 9 3 Comedy Prince JO 5 Temaire 9 2 Ena re 10 3 Revel 9 2 Alnrie 10 5 PUTIKI HANDICAP. Eight, and a halt furlongs. Bonliomme 9 2 Hnthor 7 13 Mali .Tong 9 2 Inoe 7 0 Kilperon 8 S Joyeuse • 7 0 Mint. Leaf 8 7 Take Take 7 n -• SEAFIELD HANDICAP. Seven furlongs. Kilbronsyth 8 11 Vnward 8 3 Tioga 8 11 Santonio 7 7 Archeen 8 5 Kilia 7 7 Oration 8 5 DURIE HACK HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Paddon 10 2 Sovena 7 9 Quillfire 8 10 Silver Tray 7 9 Glen Iranis •8 9 Empire Camp 7 8 Elysianor 8 5 Tekarare 7 7 Note 8 5 Tip Tree 7 6 Flying Juliet 8 3 Royal Mint. 7 5 Royal Elm 8 2 Tannndice 7 3 Monaghan 3 0 Mount. Star 7 0 Pop Off 7 13 Luxurious 7 0 Penman 7 10 Volplane 7 0 MARANGAI HANDICAP. Eight and a half furlongs. Te Monanui 9 7 Opa • 8 0 Mask 8 11 Shining Armour 7 13 Civility 8 5 Star Ranger 7 12 Euphonium 8 5 Rouex / 7 8 Mandane 8 3 Beaumont 7 8 Hipo 8 2 Ring Potoa 7 2 Tanadees 8 1 Beacon Light 7 0 FLYING HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Rcromoaiia. 10 3 Yoma 7 12 Grand. Knight 9 10 Archeen 7 9 ,'Orchid 9 7 Licinius 7 8 Mireusonta 8 10 , Avola 7 4 Inferno 8 10 Modern 7 3' The Lamb 8 4 Bonogne 7 0 Merry Jest 8 2 WANGANUI GUINEAS. Lysander 8 10 David Garrick 8 5 Tea Bell 8 10 Rascal 8 S Resinous 8 10 Seatown 8 5 Kiosk 8 10 Alyson 8 5 Twenty-five have entered for the two-vear-old parade.