SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10527, 4 December 1916, Page 7

SPORTING.

I WOOijVILI.K meeting. [By Fi.\neuK.l As usual with the above; popular fixture, the acceptances till round are good, and as the prospects of some splendid contests look bright, no doubt a strong contingent of Palmerston racing folk will put in an apjMittmec on Wednesday and Thursday iietct; Then! aresixteen in the Hack Hurdles, it useful trio engaged (.herein being The fhminlit, Kurapai and Surtax. Square Deal is in most favour for the Woodville Handicap, and taking Feilding form as a guide should be hard to boat. Veto, who won the second day at the hist Woodville meeting and paid a substantial dividend, figures in the Borough Handicap and has the handy impost of 0.9. Menelaus and Mascot will have a. lot of followers in their engagements. Feilding winners have incurred the following penalties at Woodville: Hack Hurdles, Kurapai, 1011>; Grandstand Handicap. Namur, 101b; Flying, Lady Black. 10.b. On both days a special train will leave Palmerston station for Woodville at 10.30 а. m., leaving on the return journey at б. STB A T FORD NO MIN A TIO NS. Nominations for (ho Stratford Racing Club’s meeting (January 1 and 2) close with the secretary (Air A. Coleman) on Wednesday next at 9 p.m. Telegraph oflice closes at 8 p.m. I The nominations in connection with (ho I Manawatu Racing Club’s summer meeting (December 26. 27 and 29), published in Saturday’s isis ll . are very satisfactory. Some of the best horses in commission claim engagements. ' Pnnnmre. under Geo. Price's guidance, jis looking and going well. His turn is not far off. j The ( pen hurdlers at Feilding were a very . ordinary lot. j Vladian developed a splint recently. .Hence his absence from Feilding, where .there were two good stakes waiting him. I Record (Renown—Famous), who lias a I Wanganui reputation as being smart, was made favourite for the Rongotea Hack Hurdles, but ran in the rear till approaehi ing the home turning, where he made up a lot of leeway, and flattered his supporters, but, quickly faded out of the fighting line. I While conksling tin* Eleventh keilding Stakes llbogne, who was ridden by W. Bell. I hed his chance of scoring spoilt by another lioi.se accidentally colliding with him. He. : howe'er, made amends for his defeat by silencing a good one in Bimeter in the Ornua Stales. Bisogne is a sprinter ot more I imn n vrrnmerit. I Se\ era 1 of t!i“ starts at Feilding were I reckoned by many as not being good, but it, wa> not the fault of the starter. To_ get . big fii Ids in line on a narrow course is r difficult metier. I re were 24 starters m the .Maiden scamp | The lligluh n-trained Cea ■■ hire (hield | Battery—Trnci ) pul up surprisingly good lierformai.ee in the Eleventh hj eliding Stains. and Deeley on Biineter had to bo lib best to secure second money. I ('case hire will claim some attention at I ihe Manaw atu meeting. ' M i.elans did not have the l-s-l el luck jat ’'’eiiding. In the Flying, mi (he first day, his pilot lost a stirrup leather, while in 1 the York Stakes lie was badiv placed in the early stages, but did solid work in the !mu home. Mtnelaus looks like making j a name for himself as a sprinter. Parana (King Rugus— The Boyne) is now (rained by Bob Barlow. The Palmcrston-owncd Namur upset ad calculations in the Nikau Hack. He "as not well placed arly in the contest, but I inside the distance finished in convincing I style, and just got up in liue k> S* vt ' j the judge enough to uecide on. .vs is usual when he scores, the dividend was a good i one. Notwithstanding his tidy poundage (9.0) many keen judges reckon that Ghorile will take a deal of settling in the Auckland t 'up. ft b understood ihat Mr Luttrell laid r l • Quinlivan £3OOO to nothing about Sa aiiol winning the Melbourne, ( up. The hurdle rider. A.. J. Mchlynn, lias returned to Auckland from Australia. Tabasco (Vasco— Lady Moarina). _ owned by Mrs Harvey Paterson, lias arrived at Auckland from Sydney. Tabra.co will compote at the Auckland meeting.