SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 2

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

THE TURF. FIXTURES. {November 2, 4 ,6, 9 —New Zealand - 1 Cup Meeting, C.J.C. i November 6. 9—-Auckland R.C. ?• I November 20, 21 —Marlborough R.C. ! Not ember 20, 21—South Canterbury i J.C. i November 27, 30—Takapuna J.C. November 30 and December 2— . i Feilding J.C. December 11, 12 —Rangitikei J.C. December 26, 30, January 1, 2—Auckland Cup Meeting, A.R.C. I December 26, 27 —Thames J.C. ” . WEEKLY SUMMARY OF RACING Yet another New Zealand Cup has ; gone down in the history of the ! turf and the honour of owning this jyear’s winner belongs to the Hawke’s j Bay sportsman, Mr. E. J. Watt. ? | While several well fancied candi- . | dates in Saturday’s race performIcd disappointingly, the contest it- =" i self was a very fine one and when 7 ; Midnight Sun and Masterpiece flash--1 ed past the post only the judge could J {tell which of the pair had won. Mas- - •' terpiece started the actual favourtie and he gave his supporters a great run lor their money. Undecided ran . well for a mile and a half but he { then failed badly and quickly beat a '•retreat to the rear. Allegory never I once looked dangerous and he ran no ! better than his form suggested he ! would. His stableinate Vice-Ad-I miral, made a better showing but . Domino, who contracted a slight j cold, prior to the meeting was never lin the danger zone. Sinapis, who (finished third, and Soldier’s Chorus were each responsible for good races : while Odessa was out making the pace for a mile and a half. ; Midnight Sun, the winner of the ! N.Z. Cup on Saturday is a four- ■ year-old by Multiform—La Notte, : and is therefore a full brother to , Noctuiform, who also won the same , race. At the sale of the late Mr. G. i G. Stead's stock La Notte, stinted j to Multiform, was purchased by Mr. i Watt lor luOOgns., and the foal was I Midnight Suu. As a two-year-old I Midnigiit. Sun only won a single race, ! this being a Maiden Plate at W'ood- ! vide. Last season lie scored twice,. I the Otaio Plate at Riccarton and the ! Summer Cup at Ellerslie being j credited to him. He also ran second ; in the Wellington Cup to Undecided I and third to Dearest in the Wangaj nui Stakes. On the Saturday previi ous to the New Zealand Cup he ran j last in a field of six in the W'ainui ! Handicap at Wellington and it came ■ as no surprise to find him starting at i an outside price in the Cup.

In the decision of the Great Northern Guineas at Ellerslie on Wednesday the Soult —Elf filly. Bleriot, gave another taste of her quality and the manner in. which she silenced the opposition makes it quite apparent that the Southern three-year-olds will not have it all their cwn way at Ellerslie in December and January. Bleriot lost about four lengths at the stait of the Guineas on Wednesday, but she Scon made up her ground and at the lieme turn v.as right on the heels of Our King who had been setting a merry pace throughout. In the ruu home iilfiiot had matters all her own way and won by three lengths which distance could easily have been increased. Bleriot is the best fitly seen in Auckland for soifie sea--0.1-, ami i* will take a good one to beat her. Prince Soult was loafing throughout the journey but he put in some good work up the straight and was an easy second. Monorail, who was not suited by the going, was third, while Our King, after showing great pace for six furlongs, tiled badly. The Defeat of Duke Foote in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday would be a tremendous blow to his large army <;f supporters who certainly, when recent form was taken into ac-

count, had good reasons to expect their idol to "come in by himself.” Particulars of the race show that Duke Foote was never in the fighting line when half the journey had been covered and the hopes of his followers were quickly swept awav. The winner. Piastre, had registered a record gallop over a mile and threequarters a few mornings previously and it is quite probable that he started second favourite. The New Zealander. Shuja, ran a good race and was responsible for the fast pace set, but Lady Medallist broke down in the early part of the contest and was pulled up. The mare was reported amiss the day before the race and it is hard to understand why she was started. The victoiy of Continuance in the Steeplechase at Flemington with 13st. 11b. in the saddle suggests that the cross-country horses on the other side are a very moderate lot. Luke Wilson is having quite a good innings at the New Zealand Cup meeting and is putting up a record in the big handicaps. On the first day he won the Cup on Midnight Sun and on the second day dead-heated on Goldfinder with Bobrikoff on the Metropolitan Handicap, while on the third day he rode Haskayne to victor}' in the Jockey Club Handicap, and also Goldfinder in the Canterbury Cup. FOOTBALL, HAWKE'S BAY RUGBY' UNION. A committee meeting of the H.iv. ke’s Bay Rugby Union was held last evening,. Mr. J. G. Herdman' I presiding. j The New. Zealand Union notified that a special general meeting would be held in Wellington on the 14th instant to consider certain alterations in the constitution of the union and in the rules of the game.--] Messrs. M . Hislop. R. T. Bailey and j F. Laws were appointed delegates I to represent Hawke’s Bay at the j meeting. { Accounts for train fares in eonnee-i tion with the schools match St. Pat-! rick’s v. 'Woodville, played at Taka-j pau last month, were passed for pay-1 rnent.. i A donation of £2 2- was'granted I to the St. John Ambulance Associn-1 tion, and the secretary was instruct-1 ed to write thanking the association for the assistance it gave during the i past season.