SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 March 1922, Page 4

SPORTING.

;s ♦ h c NOTES AND COMMENTS.

g __ / (By Maecenas.) tr In the Press Association report of >c the Eangitikei races MeSweeney was ig given as the rider of the winner (Eei. ! gard) of the Farewell Handicap. The il- j rider was M. Conway, not MeSweeney. id Tamatete is being kept up to his )i~ j work at Fordell, and should the weight in suit he will journey to Ellerslie and compete in the Easter Handicap. L . c Some riders have difficulty in keepO f ing down weight, 'and one may quote • s the case of Maurice MeCarten, who alIS ' ! though "wasting" was unable to ride , t _ ; Left at 8.4 on Thursday last. [le ! Mr K. Wynyard was recently aply poined judge to the Avondale Jockey Club. Eight applications were received for the position, which carries >se a good salary, on Left had every chance on Thursday is , at Bulls, and it certainly appears as ii 1T> she is many classes below her siste] : or Nones and brother Menelaus, both od ia* which were performers of good class. cc* j Simonides was raced twice at Eangi Ild . tikei, but showed no form. In the neai rO~ future he will race over hurdles. Whei jn tried over the battens last week the s son of Demosthenes performed reason ;e J ably well. j ar Volo, Generous, Simonides and Nga ' en kanui are to be sent over the battens his to-day (Saturday). Should Volo anc Simonides ,take to this class of racing j they should pay their way. Each ar< )o- fast, with the necessary size to carrj ro~ weight. 3a- i Cold Steel was solidly supported bj ted his connections each day in what cai ■"- be described aa very moderate class ot fields. He was decisively beaten, anc cl ~ although a promising sort is far fron *^j being the "smasher" some would hav< T: us believe. m Prince Martian looked well whei sent out to contest the Eangitikei Cup h j s and the son of Martian was fancied b] n( j his trainer, but at no part of the con n test was he going well, and he finisko* at- ■ we^ back. ffi_' Looking very robust Yankee Jacl ;on was sent out to contest the Maj^en, a jjp Eangitikei on Wednesday Re son o ' his Frisco went am.ks $urvng the race an. an was verj Jp£ ou ret urning to th nd bir^^age, at | Trainer J. M. Cameron intends mai [\a-. I ing another trip to Australia afi « _~;-- --?or,aeau£ sbft the brilliant Chant 3oy£ ay which may be useful on some of th< t small courses over there. s Eational is somewhat on the "big' \r\ ? ide ' but wiu be a runner in the Norti J". Island Challenge Stakes at Trentham ed I?■ vbnlliant sou of Absurd may shovj iin j at -A-von^dale next month, ri-! A horse can be supported for a loi , ir of money in Australia when competing is- *rt Metropolitan, meetings, and aftei ny being backed to win a small fortune I may still start at a long price. As a I case in point one may quote the case h->i.Qf Specialty in the last Newmarket m ' Handicap. This horse was supported st to win £28,000 by his party, and yet t» did not figure in Jhe favourite lot. r. i Bed S • (All Bed—Gold Cord)' in Showed sciuo pace in his only appearI- aneff at K;;:!gitikei, and will be useful >J. later. Ue ig a three-year-old halfin brother j<y Omahu, and runs in the )5 same interests '7 Eonmark (>Hing Mark—Eon) is a »- ; gelding with a? lot of pace, and is cern i tarn to get on the' winning list short- ', • ly. Eonmark was very unlucky to suf>r | fer defeat at Bulls1' oa Thursday, in s- which event he was much fancied by c his trainer (A. Oliver). d{ Te Maire stripped betted at Bulls' c j than at any other time of hi& racing c career. The son of Yankee Jack- ran' ° two excellent races. Te Maire- will 1 > j journey to Ellerslie at Easter and con-1 » test the hurdle events there, and on1 - present form it looks almost certain! r the little bay fellow will pay his way « up north. J y Trainer W. Dwyer was shown a good * trial by La Paloma recently, and in I » consequence was fancied for the Cup' I at Bulls on Wednesday last, but any ' chance the daughter of Hallowmas may 1 have had was extinguished by her bad - behaviour, which ended in her bolting 3 a mile prior to the race. On the see- .' ond day of the meeting La Paloma * behaved better, and in the Gothard Memorial finished on better than any - other runner. ' The success of Pam at Eangitikei [ was well received, as Trainer G. Price - j has been out of luck for a considerable | 1 time. Writing from memory I fancy . ! Warplane's win in the Taranaki Cup *of 1921 was the last winner Price ! trained. Mr Goring Johnston, who I owns Pam, has done much for racingl in the Dominion, and it is a thousand | pities this fine sportsman is not smiled | on more often by Dame Fortune, as he ' thoroughly deserves success. j Evidently the recommendation or' comment in the report of the Eacing j Commissioners made1 an impression on i the executive of the Avondale Club for ' according to a writer in an Auckland ; ' paper the membership of the Avondale ; Club is now over 100, with a number ' of applications still to be dealt with ' -i At the time the Commissioners sat I \ find there were 29 members only on the books of the Avondale Club, so the work of those who formed the commis- « aion has not been lost altogether. "