SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 11

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND SUMMER MEETING THE CANTERBURY CONTINGENT. [BY TIXEGEATE—OWN cokresfondkst.J • CHBISTCHUECH, Saturday. The Riccarton. horses Tinder orders for Ellcrslio are all gome on. ■well m their track work, and it will come a3 a great Surprise N if Sir George Clifford and Mr. G. D. Greenwood do not got a. lair share of the prize- : ' moiney," It, is probable that both teams ■will leave for th» North in about a week. Canterbury stables dfeim * four represent*- . , lives in ' the AucMand Cup—Eilmoon. and Mslee from Yaldhuiat, and Karo and Heathsreote from Riccarton— in the Rail- f way Handicap Riccarton stables are represented by Rossini and Miss Mimic. Karo has been, (strongly supported here for the Auckland Cup during the last few days, "and she is now a warm favourite. Her - stable companion, Rossini, winner of the Now Zealand Derby, has been solidly backed for the Railway Handicap, and as a result Mr. G. D. Greenwood's combination is at a very short price for the double. It is probable that the Groat Northern . Foal Stakes, to be decided at the Auckland A Racing Club's Summer Meeting on Boxing M Day, will excite more than, usual interest JS North Island sportsmen are very strong 9 in the view that Humbug will win, while {£ Southerners are very confident that' Moor- B fowl- will repeat her Trent, and Eiccaa- g ton successes.' Moorfowl is going on well g in hor preparation, and she should be an ® even be tt-eir filly at Ellerelie than, when El last she raced. She was responsible for H an exceptionally brilliant effort over five 1 furlongs this morning, and local track m watchers give her a high place as a galloper. j|j R. J. Mason has recommissioned After- Eg slow, who haa been on the easy list for g| a few weeks, j ■ MANAWATU RACING CLUB. 1 Acceptances for all events to be run oh B the first day of the Manawatu . Racing B Club's Summer Meeting, together with final , ■ iiayraents for the Fourteenth Pfclmereton fl Korth Stakes, close to-morrow at 9 p.m. g BAY OF PLENTY MEETING. i [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] jfg TAUBANGA, Saturday. 1 Killard should be included in the accept- || ances for the following events at the Bay M of Plenty. Jockey Club's meeting:—Tauranea || C"P. 7at 121b, and Borough Handicap, Sat D