SPORTING NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 19 May 1915, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

(By "Sir Single.")' .

_____ i • -1 Trotting entnusiasts are reminded of the meeting to be held this (Wednesday) evening at Mr J. Tutton's office* in connection with re-formnig the Waimate Plains Trotting Club. This club will now have the advantage of a totalisator permit, and a boom in trotting in these parts may be looked for in the near future, as with the ma- ( chine to assure its finance the club will be in a position to offer stakes worth competing for. Among other matters, the meeting to-night will discuss the advisability or otherwise of holding a trotting meeting prior to Ist August nest, when the new racing season begins. A full attendance of all persons interested in trotting is hoped for. ■ '• ' i • i

With a total of £33..244 10s handled by the totalisator the Egmont Racing Club should have no reason to com-plain-of the financial success of its 1915 Winter meeting. In all other respects also the fixture was sucDes-sful, as the racing ou the whole was.very interesting, the weather, albeit "a little on the cold side, was nica and fine, and the attendance was large. A hope expressed in several Quarters during the meeting was that in the not distant future a couple of steeplechases might be included in the Egmont Club's winter programme. It is well known that several members of the committee favor this idea, and on the face* of it there seems reason to suppase that a couple of steeplechases, one on each day, would bring a fair response from owners. With the Wanganui meeting following shortly afterwards, steeplechases at Hawera should provide a good opportunity for owners who have cross-country horses engaged there to ascertain how their animals shape in public. Steeplechases are very popular with the racing public, and it is certain the attendance would not be detrimentally affected by their presence on the Epimont card. Mr J. George with £330 headed the list of winning owners at H&wera, the others being Messrs W. J. Ralph £200, A. Alexander £180, C. Sharwood £180, W. Wallingford £175. F. Selwood £140, J. Barlow £105, J. R. McDonald £100, A. G. Crawford £100, E. Knight £90, Lisle and Leslie £25, F. Easton £20, trustees J. Ryan £15, N. Brown £15, S. Brick £15. D. King £10, M. Gardner £10, M. Franklin £5, A. W. Ogle £5, A. R. Maltby £5, D. J. Goodwin £5. Winning riders were: B. Deeley, C. Scott, L. Wilson, A. J. McFlynn, two each; A. Olliver, J. O'Shea, W. Young, H. Goldfinch, C. Price, and MiMcDonnell, one each. With 9.12 on his back the Aucklander El Gallo found the Tongahoe Hurdles easy money on the first day, nor did a rise or 151bs make the Manawapou Hurdles much more difficult on the second day, when Harbor Light, who lost his pilot on the first day, was his nearest attendant at the box. E. Gallo strikes on© as being considerably above the general class of hurdle horse, and Harbor Light's connections should be satisfied with his performance. Crown Pearl's full brother Confirm gave an inglorious exhibition when saddled up for the Tongahoe Hurdles. He got rid of McFlynn prior to the start and bolted, but was caught and handed over to his rider, who led him slowly back a quarter of a mile to the barrier. However the starter waited, but no sooner did the tapes go up than Confirm and McFlynn parted company again, and that was their share of the race. j

The only way Play-Off could have lost the Tawhiti Handicap was to get left at the post, and that was what happened to him. He made up a lot of ground at the finish, and evidently the handicapper took notice, as Mr Selwood's horse went up 71bs in weight, although not placed. On the second day Crown Pearl was giving Play Off 181bs instead of 161b« as on I the opening day, and was decisively ! settled by the Hawera horse. . | Bold Stroke is getting much better at the post. She caused a- little delay at the start of the Railway Handicap, but showed nothing approaching her scandalous displays at the Hawera and New Plymouth •summer meetings. She ; is now trained at Hawera by T. F. i Goddard. - j Foeman, a full brother to Postillion, ; has considerable resemblance to his ' relative. There was money for him in ! his Hawera engagements, but he was '. not sighted. I Manifest went sore shortly before the meeting, and was struck out of; his engagements. | With 7.8 in the saddle Belle Paul , led the field a. merry dance in the j Waihi Handicap, and stayed in charge j to the box. With 131bs more to cany , among the same crowd over a similai distance on the second day she never looked dangerous, and evidently a bit I of weight soon, stops her. Both Sylvan Dale and Draft were well supported for their" engagements j at Hawera, but neither returned a dividend. It looks as if they must ' have a yellow streak somewhere, for both were said to have been doing anything on the tracks lately, but failed to reproduce it on the day. It is said that Crown Pearl's party did not profit much by the good" dividend he returned in the Tawhiti Handicap. The Manaia Handicap (second day) was the best betting race at the Hawera meeting, £2732 going into the ma- J chine. The next best was the Mcllae Memorial (first day) with £2744 10s. A generally reliable private watch made the time for the Meßae Memorial 2min. 6secs.. as against the 2min-s. 11 sees, recorded by .the official timekeeper.. The holder timed Crawford to run the first six furlongs in lmin. 1G sees., a second faster than the open six furlongs race was run in that day. Crawford certainly appeared to be setting a hot pace, and it may be that the time for the race was better than the oihcial record, as a. fire second error is very easy when tho watch is nastily glanced at. Tyfoll looked an absolute moral for the .Shorts and the race proved as good tor him as it seemed, but his backers had to lay considerable odds and unless tney had a very big parcel on could not make much out of the investment. Uackerc of the second horse, Zipn did not get their own back. The investor or a pound on each would have come out dead square. First favorites had an unbroken run of success in tho first five races on the second day's card, but Maniaroa broVe the spell and both he and the next winner, Tangihou, returned very useful dividends. m Ratana looked dry in the coat and jaded and many who had sorted him out on the weights as a good bet in the Mcßae Memorial would not have him on that account. The result proved that their judgment was correct. Royal Arms looked on the jollv side at Hawera, and his races here will probably improve him considerably. Veto raced consistently, and finished third in her engagement each day. Ty-

son and^iqn, who Were ia-frotrifof her the first-day,' aT« both,.pretty stiff propositions over- a five rurlong course^ and Glenroy and Glacier, who beat ne> ! in-the Ngjtmutu Handicap, are useful I over six ruriongs. Veto's turn should" come in due'COJir&e.

The jumpers Scots Guard and Cheddar weiefj^oped to Sydney from Auckland last TOguk. Jasr. Sflwfcle, the F!emington trainer, baa forty h*6rses in his stable. This is the biggesc team in the Commonwealth. Mr A. B. Williams' pair of Multifids, Chortle and Multiply, have won over £4000 in stake money between tTiemi during the present racing season. 1 The disqualification of two years inflicted by the Judicial Committee of the" Hawke's Bay Jockey Club on the jockey F. Cress, has been endorsed by the District Committee. j While schooling Leapuki on the Feilding racecourse on Saturday, W. D; Young, the Feilding hurdle rider, was badly thrown. He sustained-a fractured skull, and was taken to the Palmerston , Hospital. »

It has now been decided not to bring the hurdler Clontaft over to New Zealand, as was intended some time ago. Warstep's vrnriinss in stakes, to date, omqunt to. £9180. The trophy at- . tachhed to the Trentham Gold Cup was valued nt 100 sovs. , \ Mr H. E. Troutbeck has purchased Tatterle'v from Mr F. J. Watt, but T. F. Ouinlivan wPI still train the son of Birkenhead —Tatters.