SPORTING.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1729, 3 February 1921, Page 6

SPORTING.

■■ RACING FIXTURES. H| SEASON 1920-21. ■ 2 and 3 —Taranaki J.C. Autumn. ■ 3 and s—Gisborne5 —Gisborne R.C. Summer. ■ 9 and 10—Egmont R.C. Summer. ■ 9 and 12 —Dunedin J.C. Autumn. ■ 10 and 12—Poverty Bay Turf ■ Club Summer. ■ 12 —Te Kulti R.C. Annual. ■ 16 and 17 —Hamilton R.C. AnHnual. ■ 16 and 17 —Woodville District M J.C. Summer. BJ. 17 and 18 —North Otago J.C. BB Autumn. ■ 23 —Clifden R.C. Annual. ■J, 24—Opotiki J.C. Annual. BJ. 24 and 26 —Wanganui J.C. Aut- ■ umn. H| NOTES. Mr L. H. Collinson is at present ■king about the streets a nice two-■r-old colt by Nassau —Brocade, ■s colt, who is well grown, bears a ■c relationship to Dutch Courage H Filligree, who ran prominently at ■carton on Saturday, Hvipling failed in his first attempt Br hurdles yesterday, but may do ■tor to-day when the distance is ■rter. MS _____ who won a hurdle race last week, cost 459gn5., Hi has now won £4300 in stakes. Ir. Stevenson, who piloted Auraria in the Melbourne Cup in H 5, was run over by a train recentHat Menfeone (Victoria) and killed. stock are running well ■si season and the victories of StarHid and Dutch Courage should give ■n a further lift up in the Winning ■The Otahuhu Trotting Club is offer- ■ a purse of £IOO for any mare or ■llion breaking the existing record Wt one mile and an additional £l5O Mould it be broken by two seconds. ■Similar purse is also being offered ■ the mare or stallion breaking the ■isting two mile record. ■Maioha's time (2m. 315.) for the ■cent Wellington Cup is a New ZeaKd record only. The Australian re■rd (2m. 30is.) is held by Wedding ■.y who registered her feat in the ■cision of Tattersall's Cup at Rand■ck (N.6.W.) on January 1, 1919. Redding'Day, who ranked as a six-■ar-old at the time of her performHce, carried 7.12. Poitrel compassed ■e mile and a-half attached to the/ ■ring Stakes, run at Randwick, on ■jtober 5, 1918, in 2m. 315., and m ■liich race he defeated Desert Gold ■ a short head. ■ Handicaps for Woodville and Eg■on. should make their appearance ■-marrow. ■ Sasanof, who has now definitely re■red from the turf, won during his Being career £18,465, and has a reBrd of wins which will be hard to ■eat by any Australasian racehorse. ■ The "horses for courses" theory is ■ell borne out in the case of Tena■ous at Takapuna, where the ancient ■elding has a record of four firsts, Bur seconds and two thirds in ten I Multiplane, who won at Takapuna, ■ad not won a race since January, I The holiday meetings are over, tout ■here are still a few to-go to before the Bummer ends. Summer meetings reBuire summer clothes. Alf. Mahon, ■he sporting mercer, has just the thing Bou require if you desire to keep cool. Rail in to-day and see his wonderful Baaortment.*