SPORTING

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1936, Page 6

SPORTING

• NEWS FROM. MELBOURNE . (Australian Pf iss Association.) ] MELBOURNE,-Nov-Wotan’s trainer, , J. Fryer, is much; j taken with the racing here. He is returning to 'New Zealand after the Con-. station Stakes. He may settle iuj I Australia next year. . V i Next year, following a spell, Santa, Casa is to be prepared for the Great Eastern Steeplechase .on Easter Monday. . . ... j The New Zealander, Chief Flight; had a comfortable win in. the Hurdles .

at Ascot to-day. , ‘ Journey’s End ran third in the-Trial Handicap, in which International, failed to show. up. _ ■ 1 .! H.* H. Skidmore: suffered a broken collarbone in a fall from Lightwind, at Ascot to-day. ' T. Meagher fell from Lady, Roberta and suffered head injuries.

-WHANGAREIRA.GEvSPOSTPONED. WHANGAREI, November 4. ‘ Owing to heavy and continued rain, the first day’s racing of the WhangaVei B a , c i n ß Club has been postponed from Thursday t to: Friday.' ‘ MELBOURNE CUP COMMENT v '''SYDNEY, November 4. The “Sydney Morning Herald,” commenting on the Melbourne Cup, says; -“Not since the days of black beards and crinolines has a Melbourne Clip caused so much surprise as Wotan did -at Flemingtoii . yesterday before. the dumbfounded gaze of a great multitude s • Wotaii joins ; The platoon of mighty horses which have crossed the Tasman during the decades sjnbe Carbine and! Trenton .became the idols of Australian race tracks.. ‘ “\Votan had. a more rajml rise ..to fame than the mighty Phar Nighbmpreh and Sasanof, othbr New Zealand-brbtl winners of the cup. .Ills dam LeTt, had endowed Wotan ms she Tad endowed Gain© Carrington and Peter Jackson with the cup-win-ing attributes of speed and stamiuh. Wotan needed only the. select occasion to • demonstrate his inheritance, but a million Australians' were wishing a!t 3.35 p.m. yesterday that he h v rfd advertised '.h'is' possessiSris^Ke'Viotfsljr.*’ The Melbourne representative of the “Sydney Morning Herald” says: “The cup-was a cldah rhbe and was run at a tearaway rate. All the honours \vere with the \viriiier. alriiost impossible to estimate the great start Wotan had to concede most of his rivals. Me came from last and sticcessfirlly manoeuvred his way tlirough the field in the straight after being wide at the turn. “Silver Standard exasperating luck. After running .second in the Metropolitan aiid Caulfield Clip, he had the Melbourne Cnp taken from ‘ him almost in the last stride. Qdeett of Sofig did exceptionally well. Mala, like. Silver Ring, seemed a little short in his action, as he did m his preliminary, put up a good per‘fdrmahbe. The favourite, Talking, aid not run kiiMly. He was pullihg very hard in the early stages, and m the ‘straight he vdered off the course.’

CvJ.C. WITHDRAWALS. OHRteTCHtIRbH', "November 6. r The following horses Were scratched U 9 a.m. to-day for all engagements at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meet-;nc-—Bay Duke, Cricket, Korefo, Fulojoy, and Deficit, while Hunting Cat d-hs withdrawn from all engagements at TC-30 a.m. ‘ '