SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 October 1922, Page 4

SPORTING.

j \ NOTES AND COMMENTS. !" .. — | (By Maecenas.) I. The Gisborne-owned Nowra is considered a useful sort, and is expected tto perform well at the Pakurangameeting to-morrow. Westminster has at times shown fair ' form, and should run prominently in. \ the Hunter Hurdles to-morrow. If Glencairn is well, he will give the opposition trouble in the Ladies' Bracelet at the Pakuranga gathering. i. As Lucius is on the improve, one •■"hay expect a good showing from the son of Lucullus to-morrow (Saturday). ': Dancing Doll was in the "boom" for '. the Avondale meeting, and ran reason- ' ably well. Will the English-bred one ( do better to-morrow? Punters had a good day at Hast- ' i"°_*B> where five first favourites won, ' and- in two other races their prime- ■ fancy occupied second place. 1 Joy Ride was very unlucky at Hasts ings, and with a more experienced 1. rider must certainly have won. 11 Some horses lose form quickly, and l evidently Chaplin is one. for,, although i he won nicely at Napier Park on Sat— • urday, he finished last of seventeen runners at Hastings a few days later. ,' King's Trumpeter won the Hawke's Bay Guineas in a most convincing ( maner, and having developed into, a ( i nice three-year-old he will play a. , prominent part in the "classics'' this '. season. 1 J. H. Jefferd. has a particularly | strong team ,this season and, in addition to Gasbag, Rapine and King's ' Trumpeter, which trio have already ■ shown good form, he has Grotesque f and Landbird, a pair that will saluto i* the judge shortly. Then there, is that J brilliant youngster Bathos, with Penif soon. i . tent, another one capable of winning s. Mr. G. D. Beatson secured the i jumper, Oak Rose, for a small outlay, i and was lucky enough to get the prize i in the hurdles at Hastings, through tho b j falling of Kail and Black Art. rh All Black was represented at Hast--1 ings by two promising jumpers in Kail r .| and Black Art. The.former is a very b j fast jumper, and has plenty of size, t ■ and, having • a fair amount of pace, 5! should do well over the battens, s j. Although Cold Steel was not favour.j ed with the best of runs at Hastings, . he finished in a very game man--1 ncr, and well-handled by Allen Me- . j Cormack, just got to Bonnie Heather x at the right moment. t Sid Reid is now /settled down at I Hastings with Cold Steel, Danger Zone, Bonny, Sox and the Kilbroney '. —Sunbird youngster. The first-named pair may go to the. Wellington meetj ing, but Reid may give the two-year-k old a spell. j The result of the Craven Plate turned out as anticipated in these columns, '_ as the cabled report informs us that ~ there was little between Beauford and Gloaming in the betting market, which is possibly the truest test of public "■ J and expert opinion on former contests, *"■ for. when one is supporting his opinions. I with cash all trace of conscious bias I is dispelled, although in such contests . unconscious~bias manifests itself with ; many."* The person who summed up [ | without prejudice the previous races, .-between the pair of great gallopers j would certainly support Gloaming, as t under unfortunate circumstances he » put up a great fight with the luck > against hfm. [\ R. J. Mason must indeed be a proud ' man over the success of Gloaming, as i after the performances of Beauford last . autumn we read that.the son of Beau ; Soult was invincible, the writers genl erally lamenting that Glaoming had lost his galloping powers. We even ; read letters from Taranaki correspond- , ents to the Sydney Referee, informing , the readers that Gloaming had shown. , no dash last season, and also" lacked courage, the writers pointing out that the son of The Welkin always"caved in" if confronted with a doughty opponent. After Gloaming's niany great victories against allcomers it is hard to see how one could arrive at such a decision.