SPORTING.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 1372904, 26 October 1917, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING DATES. Poverty Bay Turf Club, October 25,26. Canterbury J.C., November 3, 5, 7, 10. Auckland R.C., November 10. Avondale Jockey Club, November 3, 7. Ashhurst-Pohangina E.C., November 21. Takapuna Jockey Club, November 24. Feildiag Jockey Club, December 1. Woodville District J.C., December 5, 6. Wairarapa Racing Club, December 13. South Canterbury J.C., December 17. Taranaki, Jockey Club, December 26. Thames Jockey Club, December 26. Reef ton Jockey Club, December 26, 27. Dunedin Jockey Club, December 26, 27. Manawatu Racing Club, December 26, 27. Auckland P. C., December 26, 29, Janu"*y iPOVERTY BAY MEETING. [Per Press Association.] The Poverty Bay Turf Club’s Spring Meeting opened in beautiful weather to-day. There was a large attendance. The totalisator handled £.15,915 as com•pared with £14,794 last year. JUNCTION HANDICAP. —3 Marimba 1, 7 Metallum'k&' 4 Blairfinde 3. Also ran: 5 Carlysial® 2 Rcwanga, 1 Malaya, 8 Karcwa, 6 vandirbo, 7 Lady Gazeley, 11 Mysterious Prince, 10 Multipine. Won by two lengths. Time 1.2 2-5.

HURDLES—I Gluetanus 1. 2 Tatimi 2, 4 Conalso 3. Also ran: 5 Zeus, 3 Otara, 6 Rcgio. Won by three lengths. Time 3.16 1-5.

ROSELAND HACK—9 Lord Ainslic 1, 5 Waiaka 2, 11 Carburetter 3. Also ran: 3 Carlatour, 2 Multive. 1 Treasure King, 6 Woodrow, 7 Brunswick, 10 Sir Multifid, 8 Tankin'!!, 4 Nowia. Won by a length. Time 1.16 3-5. SPRING HANDICAP.—4 Perfidy 1. 2 Cynic 2, 1 Hythrcad 3. Also ran: The Summit, 5 Plash Lady. Won by a head. Time 2.10 1-5. WELTER HANDICAP.—! Master Timi 1, 8 Brunswick 2 3 The Golfer 3. Also ran; 4 Rauraanukhiri, 2 Toki, 7 Phosphorus, 5 Platoon, 6 Multiplane, 10 Whanoko, 9 Deadlight. Won by two lengths. Time 1.32. MAIDEN SCURRY.—4 Black Lace 1, 2 Pao 2, 12 Actifid 3. Also ran: 5 Headache, 8 Mania, 3 Juanva, 10 Whist, 1.1 Pavlo, 1 Happy Valley, 6 Kahuwangu, .17 Oceolade, 7 Miss Aiuslie, 9 Sabine, 13 Warspitc, 14 Queen of the North, 15 Orawia, 16 Bombadoss. Won by a head. Time 56 3-5. FLYING ■ HANDICAP—S Carlysian 1, 2 Colonnade 2, 3 Ladogucr 3. Also ran: 6 Downham, 4. Eewanga, .1 Bairnsdale. Time 1.16.

OCTOBER HACK.—I Slip Stitch 2, 5 Hylami 2, 2 Ihipa 3. Also ran: 3 Glucian, 4 Waiawa, 0 Cymor, 7 All Grey. Won by a length. Time 1.44 1-5. NOTES. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events at the Ashhurst Meeting, also entries for the Maiden Stakes, close with the secretary to-morrow night at 9 p.m. Telegraph office closes at 8 p.m. THE CAULFIELD CUP. After an interval of 11 years, a thrcc-ycar-old has succeeded in loading the field home in the Caulfield Cup. The equine who got into the limelight in last Saturday ’s race at Caulfield was Bronzetti, who had the handy impost of fist 131b. In the decision of the A.J.C. Derby at Randwiek, on the 30th ult,, Bronzetti filled the role of runnerup to Biplane, and his effort under Sst 101b was received so favourably that on the strength of the performance ho was well backed for the Caulfield Cup. A defeat which he subsequently suffered in the Clibborn Stake's, in which race he was beaten by Pah King and Broken Glass, caused him to recede in the betting. However, despite his subsequent easy defeat in the Caulfield Guineas, his Cup prospects were considered so bright under fist 131b that he was sent out favourite. Bronzetti was got by Bronzino from the Florizel , 11. marc Daisy Chain, and both his sire and dam are ranked with the cquincs who crossed the ocean from the northern to the southern hemispheres. DESERT GOLD UNDER BILK. At Trentham on Monday last Desert Gold made a successful and pleasing debut under silk at five years old, when she won the Champion Plate for the third successive year. Though the opposition was ou the weak side, and there was no marked reason for the bay marc to hurry with her task, she actually galloped the 10 furlongs in 2miu 7 2-ssec on a course that had but a short time previously been well saturated in a torrential downpour. In, the face of registering such a. brilliant opening to her five-year-old career, the prognostication offered that whatever All Black’s daughter has accomplished in the past she will be equal to repeating during the present term seems to be extremely likely of fulfilment. A BARGAIN HORSE. The man who successfully negotiated the purchase of the Mystification gelding Teka last season for £25 has very good reason to rejoice over his bargain, for at a comparatively short interval ho disposed of a half-share in the animal for £250, Last season Teka won stakes to the value of £1445, and by capturing the Wellington Handicap last Saturday an additional £4OO has to be added to his record. Teka is well engaged at the C.J.C, Spring Meeting, and matters look promising for his owners getting a further return from, the bargain horse.

It rarely happens that two full sisters nrc found ranking as winners of successive races on the same afternoon. Such, however, had to be noted on Saturday last, at Trentham. The three-year-old Impediment led the field homo in. the Rimufaka Handicap, while her two-year-old sister, Karo, silenced the opposition in the decision of the Taita Handicap. The two fillies in question were got by Demosthenes from the Gold Reef mare Kautuku, Karo, it may be remarked, was one of the four yearlings which th(! late Mr G. P. Donnelly set apart to be sold at Alexandra Park last December, on behalf of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and at DOgris the filly fell to tlie bid of Air 4. Hart, whose colours she carried when she won her race at, Trentham. last Saturday.

The Royal Artillery gelding Hendra, \% ]io has boon whispered about for the New Zealand Chip, figured as a starter on each day of the recent Wellington meeting, but the character of his per-

formances at Trentham was not such as to brighten, his prospects of capturing the big race' at Riccarton on the first Monday in November, for he was beaten out of a place in both the races he contested. The fact that Hendra was sent out favourite for the Pearce Handicap would appear to point to his starting for that race with the confidence of the stable, and his crushing defeat under 7st 101b leaves him very much in the character of a moderate.

Estland was not produced at Trentham to contest the Wellington Handicap last Saturday, the Champion Plate on Monday being selected as the event for the bay colt to make his debut at three years old. Possibly there was no great amount of merit in Estland getting up into second place in front of Mcnclaus and Co., but all the same the bay colt’s prospects arc entitled to be viewed in a very favourable light.

The Finland —Pas Scul gelding Nvstad registered a satisfactory performance at Trentham last Saturday, when ho won the Shorts Handicap, under Bst 31b, in the fast time of Imitt I2sec. Nystad figures amongst the acceptances for the C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap, in which, with a 71b penalty added, he will be called upon to carry Sst 71b.

The Australian-bred colt Aero, who made a satisfactory debut at throe years old at the Masterton meeting on December 12 last, when he won the Electric Handicap, gave further evidence of his prowess last Saturday when he carried Sst 101b to victory in the October Handicap, in which race ho was timed to run the five furlongs in Inlin 2-ssec.

The warmer days are coming on fast, and you will require something lighter in the clothing line if you intend going to the next few meetings. Alf Mahon is now showing a fine selection of goods suitable for spring and summer wear. Have a “punt” a f big store next time you are in town.”