SPORTING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5801, 19 January 1906, Page 7

SPORTING.

1 Till: WELLINGTON MEETING. I TBAININO OPERA ITONS AT I THEN'I’II AM. ■tt Trentlmm vi-liT.lav morning nil work mi n ,!-,!i... ‘ eu Mu- (tr.i-s gnllep. : n'iiich i- in n. d oi a s«rt -houer el t.ttn. | A- ti-ual E. I,ntt.-i »m the early Inin. 1, 111 ehu l(. 111 v.-. Nit aiotie.. taking -mm to run nine furiongs ; Stiongholii iKitli -triking out lieeiy. l.ady Wiiy-vani I <1 id ti.-4.ful l-tcinp. Achilles apJKNiri'ii to I hoi.l Uhnorka ca.-ily at the end of a : mile gallop on the grass. Mam. Horn-. I Ail-a. and the tluec-v(ar-o!d penorra.-i i th- task.- allotted them in a satisfactory | manner. The I'arnnaki iiair Glenidun i ami Vohntu* (two-year-old blether to Di-- ' lame) put in nn app-aranee, hut were ; not a.-ked to do much after the long I train juuincv os the previous day. Mr ! Tristram -printed the Unit four furlongj of a round. MftlallLt v;a-» sont aFwut furlongs at Uis In-st pace. 'J'ondor^inv. ■ nnd inovc<l t trccly in thrc<Miuart«*r p.»ut> work. South Star ; went about two iniS*s improving tiio ‘ p;ioo in tho ‘I ho Seer saw luill strong pul! for furlonjrs, nn<l TimiO went i\ milo j>lc;isinf;ly. Inclination 1m out iu n mile gallop almost at top pace. Quiekhrc and U itlo were associated in a half-mile hurst. (V.arovua <lid five furlonprs alone. Mak:iroti galloped a mile well within him^elt. AT THE LOU'KIi HUTT.

Work nt tho old courw commenced ut 3,-l.j a.m. Vladimir, on the wn sprinted from tho six to tin- two furlong post in Wsec, and cantered up tno straight. Petrovna went onco round and sprinted flown the straight. me second round sho picked Inßleneuk up nt the half-mile and ran homo in SUsocs. Inj-denouk. w'ho is a particularly bf-innor. bad slightly tho best .of it all through. Sho, liowcver, had n bitf pull tn tho The racing: i’etrovna had at Dunedin and llororaUv upiK-ars to have sharpened her up, and tho is evidently as well as when hero last year. Defoe, who is engaged at Nelson with A. McConnon in tno saddle, wont twice round, cantering once, and once at threequarter |>aco. 'lo Kainui (with a light boy up) trotted onco round, went on and ran four furlongs in .V-Ncc. Ho appeared to do it enjsny. St. Ludlam was sent onco at half and onco at three-quar-ter pace. Sardonyx and Curonaph hniohed in that order at tho end of seven furlonjr*. tho last live beins done in linin Ssec. Putty (Dooley) and Martian (U. Pine) went together a mile on the course prof>or. tlio full distance inking linin 4ah:eo. nud the Inst seven furlongs in linin JJsoc. Martian Bnishcd about threo lengths ahead. Putty being; ridden inside tho distance to keep his ix>sition. Kudu was sent twice round at half-puce. Kaiuku trotted a round and a half, and spurted homo from uio tialf-milo post in :A>*c c. Ivnnoil (.ioiies» trotted round io tho live furlong jiost and ran homo in Imin ssec, tho last lour taking s,‘Lec. Ho appoarf'd to do it comfortably. Nißlitfall (Carruthers) ;uid Delaware (Neil) started together, tho latter putting off after koinj' half a ratio. By herself Nightfall appeared to gallop sluggishly, and took Imin 4&cc for the full dtbtuncc. Aeolus did two rounds on the tan at half-pace. Black Squall did similar work, sprinting tho last two furlongs in 27«ec. Itukaaka was sent two rounds at half-fiace. Paribitu (Gray) on tho inside of tho course piopor galloped a milo in Imin 'Usee, tho last seven in Imin 30hoc. and appeared to do it oatrily. Thin was tho bo»t gallop. Prior to tho present mooting Paritutu’s performance created a favourable impression. Ho is n good track horse. He had the insido running, whereas Martian waj? on tho outside of Putty, and appeared moro heavily shod than Hie Taranaki horse. Wnimoo. Clanburn and Cyrus jumped oil at the mile and a quarter mark and ran onto round in 2min -lecc. Clanburn finished about eight lengths in front of his stable mates, who wore beaten off. Poiticoat sprinted four furlongs in 33soc. Kaingitahi (T. Pritchard) wont twico round, jumping three hurdles well. Black Reynard trotted to tho hiilf-milo poet and ran homo in 56sec. Kopa ran nearly aas furlongs, tho last five taking Imin Cleoc. Ballarat (rotted to tho half post and ran homo in 59soc. None of Davis' team were asked to do their best. Wind, on tho tan, went hv’ce round, and galloped the I oat eoven furlongs in Imin SSsec. Xavior, who is engaged at Foxton* ran foveu furlongs, the firpt threo in and tho last two in 2Ssoc. Taluno went two rounds nt half pace. Hydrant and Togos each went once round alone, a useful working gallop. B. Uusscll. tho Taranaki hack hurdler, arrived on‘Wednesday night, and has put tip at Mr Jorgenson’s. .Probable starters and riders in tho Cup | are:

st lb Achilles (C. Jenkins) ... 9 0 Nightfall <h. H. Hewitt) ... 9 t Martian (R. King) 8 13 Vladimir (J. McCombo) ... 811 I’aritutn (11, Cray) 8 5 Potty (Dooley) ... 8 3 Solution (B. Derritt) ... 8 0 Armistice (IV. 11, McKay)... 7 6 Melodeon |T. Butler) ... 7 -t Delaware (R. Noil) 7 2 Lyrist (G. Price) G 12 Itiopa (S. Reid) 6 11 Spoil (T. Carroll) C 7 Claubum (A. Oliver) ... G 7 PRESS ASSOCIATION. PALMERSTON. January 18. TheManawntu Racing Club has decided to place on the programme of its next summer meeting a classical race of 500 sova for two and three-year-olds and upwards, with penalties and allowance*}.