SPORTING.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2003, 20 December 1921, Page 6

SPORTING.

FIXTURES. Dec. 26, 27—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Westland R.C. Dec. 26, 27—Taranaki J.C. Dec. 26, 27, 29 —Manawatu R.C. Dec. 26. 2S, Jan 2, 3—Auckland R.C. Dec. 30, Jan. 2, 4 —Greymouth R.C. Jan. 2—Wyndham R.C. Jan. 2, 3—Hawke’s Bay J.C. Jan. 2, 3—Marten J.C. Jan. 2, 3 —Wairarapa R.C. Jan. 11—Rotorua R.C. Jan. 17, 19 —Wairoa' County R.C. Jan. 21, 23. 25—Wellington R.C. Jan. 21, 23—Foxton R.C. Jan. 8, 4 —Southland R.C. WYNDHAM ITANDICA PS. (Per Press Association.! GORE, Last Night. NEW YEAR HURDLES.—DyIans 12.9, Mandrake 11.7, Good Start 11.0, Staff Officer 10.0, Rcdliro 9.12, Jock 9.10, Awahou 9.7, Mettle Drift, Red Mac. Strathglass, Blue Gauntlet, Tatton 9.0. TRIAL PLATE.—Blazes, Calibration 9.’0. Solfa 8.13, Weird, Vice Royal. 8.12, Markclla, Janus 8.7, Hard Cash, Bonny Princess, Border Knight, Bruce, Hope, Ballerina, Clothildc, Francaise, Canton, Glenbower, Glenlassie, Herbert, Killory, Lady Lil, Little Sister, Lady Beatrice. Naomi, Sabor, Wild Salerno (not eligible) 8.5. VICTORY TROT. —Sicssa, Moryan Lass. Miss O’Neil, Quo Vadis, Socialist, Sprig o’ Heather limit, Lenomohr, Red Empress 12yds., Tahiti, Greenstripe, Effle Adair 24, Vitalis, Welcome Knight, Lady Chime 48, Kelvin Wilkes; Seamount 60, Dark Rosine, Minimax, Mother Machree, Passing Shadow. Walroon 72, Quickmatch 84, Seaward, Igot 96. WYNDHAM CUP. —Radial, Rorkc’s Drift 9.2, Royal Mac 9.0, Elens 8.9, General Advance 8.6. Mazama 8.2, Silent King, Bonny Maid 7.13, Bengeroop 7.12, Tin Soldier, Miss ' Muriel 7.10, Almoner, Songbird 7.9, Palamon 7.7, Twinkle 7.6, Burrangong, Etta, Mirza 7.5, Primum 7.4, Calauria, Bonny Winkie 7.2, Redstone 6.13, Matata, Lady Blissful 6.7. MIMIHAU HANDICAP. Filigree 9.5, Royal Admiral 9.0, Madam Chiron 8.12, St. Augustus 8.7, Tunic 8.6, Sunlit, Kerb, Orange Bitters 8.5, Vice Grand 8.4, Bell}i Lake, Salerno 8.2, Wild Night, Calibration 8.0. Whiplock, 7.13, Solfa 7.12, Weird 7.11, Red Mac, Sabor, Windermere, Glen Lassie 7.7.

PRESIDENTS’ HANDICAP—EIeus, General Advance 0.2, Miss Muriel 8.13, Songbird, St. Easel 8.12, Bon Spec, Soldiers’ Chorus 8.7, Corn Rigs 8.5, Sweet Memory 8.2, Mantua, Orderdown 8.0, Royal Admiral 7.12, Hlneamaru 7.7, St. Augustus 7.5, Borodino 7.3, Bella Bake, Bothina 7.0. DIGGERS’ TROT. Siesa, Lady Egremount, Miss O'Dell, Red Chequer, Silver Wilkes limit, Lenanohr 12yds., Cliffeton Chimes, Eros, - Eflie Adair, Gold Chimes, Harold’s Treasure, Sweet Child 24, First Toll, Vitalis, Welcome Knight 36, Kelvin Wilkes, Seamount, Wallacetown 48,- Cross Battery, Lucelena, Minimax, Passing Shadow, Until, Wallroon 60, Mooney 108. VISITORS’ HACK. —Glentruin 9.9, Primum 9.0, Filagree 9.0, Bothina, Samum 8.13, Calauria 8.9, Lady Blissful 8.5, Matata 7.12, Wild Night. Blazing Light, Blue Admiral 7.7, Kerry Star, Gunlayer, San Salvador, Vice Royal 7.5, Illume, Liqueur, Windermere, Taltoon, Naomi 7.0.

-GLOAMING'S FEILDING GALLOP. SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT. As published in my notes on Saturday last, Gloaming’s last gallop on the Fellding racecourse previous to being taken to Auckland occupied Irain. 15sec. For the benefit of those tvho have not the leisure to go into figures in order to become interested as to the probable form of this wonderful galloper, it is worth while supplying some further information. Pluto was sent out to make the pace, and went away with a 10-lengths’ lead, Gloaming overhauling his pacemaker at the end of the first furlong! Presuming the trestles were out 45ft. from the rails, Gloaming, in his spin on Friday, would have covered just about 40 yards over the actual six furlongs. He ran out the distance in Imln. 15 sec., equal to Ijfjsec. for each furlong. Seeing that he covered 40 yards over and above the six furlongs—which at simple subtraction works out at a fraction better than 2scc. for the 40 yards—Gloaming actually put up 13isec., which, taking into consideration that the Ellerslie meeting was then 10 days ahead and he was not quite wound up, must be accounted a remarkable “canter.” And, furthermore, the “flying machine” did it easily, finishing on his pat! Is Gloaming a racehorse in the ordinary acceptation of the word, or is he an equine freak? *

NOTES AND COMMENTS. Seeing that Ashley Reed has been engaged to steer Lovematch in the Auckland Cup, it is quite evident that the stable expect the mare tchrun well forward. Sunray has been a quiet tip for the Auckland Cup (so a contemporary states). He has proved himself a long cut above the horses he has been racing against since the season opened, and with tidy imposts up. If he can get over two miles comfortably, carrying the minimum weight he should be with the first division over the last furlong. Royal Abbey recently had a run at Tauranga. If he cannot make a very much improved showing at Ellerslie than he did in the Tauranga Cup, for which event he was sent out a shortpriced favourite, he will stand a good chance of whipping in when it comes to a decision over two miles.

With Malaga in the Cup and Mustard Pot a candidate for Railway Handicap honours, it looks jus if F. D. .Tones has some top form in his stable. It is flying at pretty high game, especially as neither Malaga nor Mustard Pot has previously given ocular demonstration of being quality enough to foot it with Rouen and Royal Star over two miles, nor against a Solfanello over the six-fur-longs’ burst. Still, he has had sufficient time to know his charges, and Jones is a long way up the ladder in the matter of “classing.” J. H. Jcfferd has a nice brace of youngsters in Epitaph and Fulsome, both of which should more than pay their way to Ellerslie and back. The Messrs Alison have a team of 10 horses at Ellerslie, consisting of Archie. Landslide. Refinement, Sylvan. Wharncliffe, Illumination, Sheffield, Electrode. Tireless, and Lord Kenilworth, but. with the exception of Archie, none of them are engaged either in the Auckland Cup or Rc.A'.l Handicap. Hula Boy. Hula Girl, and Big Chief

have reached Ellerslie. They will need to improve quite a lot on recent form to stand any chance of picking up a crumb at the big northern capital meeting. Look at the weights for the first day (January 2) of the Marton meeting! What an array of intending stake-winners there is! If the numbers and quality of the animals entered for the various events is an indication of the intentions of owners, then it may be confidently anticipated that the Marton Jockey Club is in for a “huge” meeting. And the club deserves it. For an outside community, the stakes are enormous, and as for the course itself it can truly be said of it that there are few racing tracks in the Dominion which can outrival Alarton. I trust the club’s anticipations of a successful issue of its New Year meeting will be fully realised. Is it any wonder that Fulsome possesses the speed she has shown? It is only in the natural course of events—but, unfortunately for breeders and buyers, it is not always borne out in the mating—that a sister to such flying equines as Humbug and Epitaph should keep up the reputation of a history-making family. The scratching of Egotism for the Auckland Cup was surely a nasty setback for those who had been taking Die mare in doubles. It is a curious trait in the human being that the greater the chances of failure the greater the fascination to "have a bit on.”

Royal Mac’s victory in the North Otago Cup, carrying 8.12, is another illustration of what a game buyer may do and get out of the investment If he is born with the aptitude of being able to place his horse. To run the seven furlongs on Oamaru track in Imin. 27sec. is very fair going. There was a big shrinkage in investments at the Oamaru meeting. A drop of over £IO,OOO will mean a sure tightening up of the purses before long. Anyway, this meeting appears to have lost caste ever since it/went back to a sprinting fixture. The Hurdle Race was the only event on the programme for the first day that was run _pver any distance further than one mile. The idea of the Cup, the principal event of the day, being run over such a shocking distance as seven furlongs is ridiculous. Talk about encouraging studmasters to study the breeding of horses from the stamina standpoint! Some clubs should frame their programmes so as tp compel owners to race horses. War Roan has not been long in getting to the head of affairs, both in his racing and at the hands of the handicapper. At Marton he stands well ahead of anything with the steadier of 11.13. At a difference of a stone and six pounds. Passenger has an undoubted chance! and, if Royal Gift (10.7) could find his feet after landing, all the Spooks and Gold Problems racing wouldn’t have a chance of silhouetting him in a gate race over any distance.

It is reported that an Auckland sportsman made an offer of £IOOO for the four-year-old gelding’ Corn Riga (by Markhope), but the owner (Mr VV. Gardiner, of Oamaru) refused the same. Last season Corn Rigs won three races out of six starts, and this season he has won three of the eight races exacted from him. It would seem from the above that there are still good prices on offer for horseflesh. I Also, does it not look like a big price to pay for a horse that won only in what may be termed moderate company?

The victory registered by Plymstoek, ridden by F. Bullock, in the Select Stakes at Newmarket when she bowled over a red-hot favourite in Orpheus. ridden by Gray, is referred to as one of the greatest flukes of the season. Bullock’s display on Plymstock is rated very highly, while Gray’s effort was estimated lightly. Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen, the owner of Orpheus, expressed a desire to make a match with Plymstock on the some conditions, but the Plymstock party were quite content to rest on the surprise victory registered by the filly.

When Royal Mac was offered, to a would-be buyer at the N.Z. Cup meeting the price was considered prohibitive and no deal resulted. The horse has since won more in stake-money than the amount asked for Royal Mac whilst he was gamely running into places against Solfanello and Co. And yet people with cash will persist in purchasing "pigs in a poke”—untried youngsters—at enormous ' figures, whereas when something decent in training is staring them in the face these men of means turn a deaf ear. This, after all the newspaper reports that a great ’chaser had earned a pension and was to be relegated to the paddock: "Coalition has been resting since his victory in the N.K. Grand National Steeplechase, but has rejoined T. Quinlivan’s team. It is understood that nothing will be required from him' in a racing way until the winter meetings roll round.” Looks as though "news” has to be manufactured nowadays. With the publication of the handicaps for the Taranaki meetings, the prominence of many of the fair-class racers amongst the lists is surely an indication that a proportion of owners who. at one time during the Christmas meetings made for the bigger centres with their horses, now undertake the country, probably deeming the smaller meetings a mlich easier chance. It may be so, but I have noticed whereever I have found myself, in Australia as in this Dominion, Daddy Wayback is up to all the tricks of the trade nowadays, and he knows a "whole lot of things.” And the man from the who thinks he is going to “put it across” the cow-spankers has to get up pretty mighty early in the morning. Notwithstanding, I .wish them all a meed of success. None of can afford to throw out the crumbs, it’s Christmas —may they all win and be happy! Multive has been scratched for the Tokomaru Hurdles on the first aay of the Manawatu Racing Club's meeting.

You will look your best during the Christmas meetings if attired in a stylish suit and nobby hat purchased from Alf. Mahon, sports mercer, the Square. Call in and select your Christmas gifts from complete stocks of ties, hats, handkerchiefs, shirts, etc. Quality the best—prices right.* N