SPORTING NOTES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 1 April 1915, Page 5

SPORTING NOTES

(By "Spectator.") The Wairarapa Racing Club's Easter ' Meeting takes place on the Tauhereiiikau racecourse on Saturday / and Monday next. The fields ai'e small, and, ols - s is usual at this meetingf;, winners. 'are; aipt hard to find. The Tr&,l Hack is th| first race carded. ; Salado, Oriand©, ana Thoughtful are the best Hap Dha looks the best of a? bad Lot engaged in the Ta Waka Welter", a . n< * punters will have to accept a short jjrico. about him. \ , Kiphi haye -paid up in tho big. event, of v/hich Merrie.Gain ? : Goldstream, . and ' . Want appear the pick. Meirie. Clain'd . Opv.ki forin, entitles her to most respect, 'tin! good reports aw.to hand concerning Want, who has been moving nicely on . the track' at Otaki. The distance may not be to. Goldstream's liking,, and < th« Shorter Handicap the second day anay see him to the fore. ..iA large field is down to contest the Nursery, with a lot of unknown juveniles . engaged. Taringamutu, on Wellington form, looks the pick;, but at ,tho xtidß meeting on. this course vroul'd.-.. £<>& leave the track cither day, when well supported. Carillion,.whowon,at Mas- ... terton, is speedy, an<r tho be;.. ginper v has the best chanco in theso sprints. ' ; Zeus should give a good account 01 • , himself in the Wangaimoana .Handicap,, , He will only do his best on 9, hard track, andr the conditions are .in his favour. , The Makabi Hack will ,tak? some sorting, and the winner seems well concealed. Otter, Haumaka, k and Botanist, a*©, three likely ones,-and the forme? s display at Master ton should find hssr fia most favour. . . . ■ Suratura, a stable mate of _ Zeus, , trained by Jioe Sceats at W has;, been consistent .lately,: also Cfyakwana,: but the winner may come. from something unexpected. W. O'Halloran will be riding.at thct Wairarapa gathering on Saturday. w His mounts include • polljector, tion, Zeus, Haumakaka, and Suratura, t , • King \Ghiara and Sir Alba hay© bqen • well supported fox the Mangaono ; Hand*- >. tap: and Feilding Cup, to u© run <®, •Easter Monday. , A maiden candidate that should do yrell at Feilding is Brook Delaval, from A. Attwood's stable. . _ . Tlio Waipukurau Handicap, foi" wrhjen Sir Alba, -also in at Eeilding, ha* .accepted, but in his absence Jem. appfiays the best. _ ■ Master Moutoa . will only have . to. re-. peat his Bulls form in the, Welter- at Feilding to win, for, which he - has incurred a 101b penally. • - 1 Ladoga, iii charge of J. Ayres, ..left Wellington for Qhristchurch on Tuesday. evening. . Hp is engaged in th© /East©? and Autumn Handicaps, .and. is a certain starter in both. He is most in favouj.'ip the latter eyent. , . Roy. Berry will steov him in his . engagement?. ; ' n D. Webster, the Otaki trainer.,, left for. the . West Coast, taking Kina s fnA Parewanui. The latter is too backward to do himself justice,, even on the, Coast. ■The Easter gathering of the Aucklfi-iiq Racing - Olub opens at ■ EUerslie to-mor-row. Excellent acceptances havej-b^n/ received, and large fiields to se© the post iu jeach event. The Easter Handicap (on© mile)', .the principal handicap of the day, app©ai» open. , Merry.iißiOe (9.0), lias been going, well in her tasks on the track. Her second to Ventura in this -year .must, not be lost ..sight of, * bemg _ only a length away , in'l.39 4-Sth.- Dowk* ; ham is, exected 'to arun w,ell, and. ■at Hastings they won't hear of- his .defeat. Of the others engaged, Bedford, Mulliiv gar .(a stable mate of Jack Delaval), and ;■ Tete-a-Teto appear the best. Sixteen, two-year-olds are carded to - contest tho Onslow [Stakes, run .oyer.a, five-furlong course. King's Courier, \vhc> cost 500. guineas as a .yearling, and has , yet to . repay, lor., liis purcliaso, is _ ©n? gaged. Ho is top nervous; and highly strung to have a chance in such a big field, and seldom leaves the barrior. Tho Hon. J. D. Qrmond, with Hyginas and Helsingfors engaged, may provide th© winner. ■ : ... - ... ■ •.