SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9450, 24 February 1911, Page 5

SPORTING.

NOTES ON THE WOODVILLE MEETING. "..-', (By Geraint.)

' ■ Te Whetu, Leahora, and Aimwell were double winners at the meeting. San Lass showed a return to form by scoring nicely in the Ballance Welter, but it was just as well for her that. Appin did not get too good a passage. As it was the mare got honie by a bare margin. Her performance.with 9.13 up must bo accounted an excellent one. The principal, event of the day again fell to an outsider- Kauroa who was sixth pick in a field of eight, winning all the way. The Rover had the confidence of his connections, but he failed badly, and after occupying a prominont position in the early stages of the race, died away and'finished fifth, just in front of Kopu. The' Awapuni-trained Melolpgue was given a run in the Kiimeroa Handicap, her first appearance in the interests of hcnlew owner, Mr F.Attfield She was well-backed, but hardly ran up to expectations. However, she did better later on when, with a race between, she went out in the Hack Scurry and scored in a most decisive manner from the well-bred S Tho Woodville Jockey Club provided an assistant starter for Mr O'Connor, C. Yincent acting in that capacity each day. The plan worked well, Vincent arranging and keeping unruly starters in their places, thus enabling Mr O'Connor to get them away at the first available opportunity.. The only delay was in the final event of tho meeting, when Toanga and Waiwarowaro wore each very factious, ■ upsetting the field greatly before tney -were eventually despatched to a S °Visiiore to Woodville races yesterday aro undecided as to whether the fact that the train due out from-Woodville at 715 did not get away till 7.40, isaglanng niece of departmental ineptitude, or a gross disregard for the public convenience.. In either case the constant.delays to the Woodville race trains pro-, tmises to seriously affect the attendance from this side at a popular meeting. There were between 300 and 400 people on the train, which mado a belated appearance in Palmerston at 8.56 p,m., instead/of 8.15.

D..Egan, of Palmerston,- has purchased Heroward from J. Prosser. The gelding has arrived in Pa mereton, and fs quaked at V. O'Neill's, stablesi. 0Neill'has also got a new one m Overhead, by Saracen from Whisper, He .is also at his owner's place and will be jumped '"Frisco', who was kicked at the' Foxton meeting in January, jnet.with another accident at Levin which, has incapacitated-, him for some time past.. He is commencing to mend now, but it will be some timo 'before he is seen out again.. T; Lloyd lias got a good y string-toge-ther '-at M-arton. It includes Brown Trout,- Kauroa, -Sir Moutoa, Marion, Master Laddo, Fionacre. - A gelding by. Worry from Armadillo, consequently a half-brother to Old Gun and Great Scott Sir.Moutoa is a half brother to Lady Zoa and is in the same ownership. He was given a run at Woodville and dis-1 paddock and | will be left there till the rain comes and tho tracks soften a bit. Marton is being jumped and is a .promising" recruit. He will be given a run at Dannevirkc. . ■ , Lloyd's team for Wangamn will be composed of Kauroa, Brown Trout, and S AfifTeminder is'givon that acceptances for the Wanganui meeting and '" me°nt in the Jackson Stakes « duo. with the secretary, Mr W. Hall, at 9.3o>mv to-night. n -,,, V O'Neill has sold Goodform to Mr R 4 McDonald, Levin, owner, of Herm'ia'and Ascalon. The price « stated to be in the vicinity of £2OO. Goodform was' purchased by O'Neill as a youngster from the Manawatu Stud Company.