SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20870, 9 November 1929, Page 8

SPORTING.

RACING NEWS. FIXTURES. November 9.—Whangaroi R.C. November tf, u, 13, 16.—Canterbury } .V. November 16, 18.—Waikato Meeting. November 20, 21.—Otaki Meeting. November 20, 21.—Winton Meeting. November 23.—Levin Meeting. November 23 t 25.—Te Kuiti Meeting. .November 30, December 2.—Takapum. Meeting. November 30, December 2. —Feildmg Meeting. December 7.—Ashburton Meetifig. December 20, 30, January 1, Auckland Cup Meeting. December 20, 28.—Dunedin Summer Meeting January 1.-—Waikduaiti Meeting, January I.—Wyndham Meeting. January 2, 3.—Southland R.C. Meeting By Sentinel. The C.J.C. spring meeting will he opened to-day, the Cup and the Stewards’ card K tr ° o,lt ® tandiri S features of 'the for" the*-Cup’ anjt ' 1 ‘ Dgl Grown in favour \w e !r la V tCß i t £ eld cvt ‘ r EtaL ' tcd in the G cw Zealand Cup ■ was in 1008, when Downfall heat 20 opponents. There were iG,;t tar v7 rS i ' rbcn basan °ff won in 19IS, uhiJe 17 horses started in 1894 (Imn18?6 Zetland), 10 0 de m hor) T 1021 I (Royal Star), and ion a /Rouen): 10 iu 1885 (Fusiladc). ®T allo l (Star Rose). 100!) laus) ' Admu ’ al) ' aud 1917 (MeneAAA he c record as a winner of the New Zealand Cup is held bv f o OU fh t n+Vfly° u 1 r : 110 carried 8.13. Prior if nfV the bl 8S Gst > 'veighfl under which L lad v b r 8.9-by Tasman in 1896 Id ,ard ‘S - 1884 ’ Lad ? Zetland in 1890, and Sasanoff in 1918. When Count ■7o'° U in the r he niiai g lum weight was leL tbe - tln ; e . of Sasanoff and tho others mentioned it was 0.7. di£n Ka ?f to ?f! cce . a 3 in the Shorts Han(leap at Wellington marked his thir* teenth win in 34 stnrta i ■ f" ,r second ii ♦;»«««* ,; 8, . has been sfons wV i? e i 8 anc J tl . llrd , °n four occaTwo tL take WJ , n , mn ?s exceed £6OOO. Admiral and in tbe Herby on* the cap event in b «L l l Un .T ng m tha.handitems will 1.1 hlch meet on even iSst 1 be ', lTatched witb ; Count Palatine is not an easy horse for a boy to ride, hut K. Voitre got him mount Tn a t ad . if rr he as the mount jn the Apprentices’ Handican at Riccarton to-day the Paladin gelding wfll aye many friends With a strong rider u P,, IIG '™ u l d , So weU in the Derby as he 3 y &S wc ! l as bis *ta£ienfatc! n ie 1° contest the Welcomeat Riccarton on Monday next is the Limond—Eulogy filly f or whom ’Mr fk t G f, eenlvoo , d P ald 1400 guineas at the Trentham sales last January. Honour (closely related to Praise) wm in the same position he won the race lor Mr Greenwood a year ago. Big in conn , t Wi n ‘ vK n °u r ' vas ■ not fancied bv the public’ but he won decisively. Praise might emulate her relative. Glenrowan has started in eight races this season for five wins, one second, and twice unplaced His dam Sweetwater is ,L S ™. y Lake from Aphaea, a mare with whom Mr Crossan won a number of races. ?“ d if | plendld weight-carrier. Aphaea was by Stepniak from Britomart, by Gorton from Lady Gertrude, by Cadogan from No Name, by, Traducer. Nightmarch was the sixteenth foitr-year-old to, win the Melbourne Cun The L e p g l n% ry l Ug i ec . ord for horses of this age_ is 9.3, by Patron m 1894, and the TnV, , pe , mance iu recent years up to ino| da Jif r \ Ce v ' as . Wlndl) ag’s victory in ip.s, when he carried 9.2, and defeated a. champion three-ydar-old and dual Derby jbwfrw ll a nfredj,. Nightmarch equalled feat this year in carrying the s e r& Li be?tjhg the duai

TROTTING. FIXTURES. <j° ber l2 ‘ H 16 - N -2 MetropoliNovember 20, .23.—Otahuhu T.C November 28. 30.- Forbury Park TC December 6, 7.—Nelson T.C December 14.-New Brighton f.C. December 26.—Ashburton T.C, December 30.—Gore JC December 26. 27.-Westport T.C. Decemocr 27.. 28. 31.-Auckland T.C December 28.-Winton T.C. December 30.—Inangahua T.C

By Sentinel. fl Gap h‘‘ e dc °r° sprung a curb a few bfpn fi,.f d i? er Cup Preparation has frA?A„ g r tl^ af l ected as a result. Her the Washln - eton ’ does not regard . matter as serious, however, and he taebed S fA°+k° SGrae of fhe stakes atta™ed to the big event. fki w ro , IS lm proving in his work (says inc tele-,’/ th *° Ug w , be haß don ® noth ‘ mg to lead one to believe that he has even an outside chance in the New Zealand Cup, it would be Advisable to wait for a day or two. to see whether he has best 6 form ® ) omGthin e approaching his nest tom. , Talaro comes quickly to the top of hm form, and Free Holmes know! the pecularities of the celdin* T+ come about that Talaro w ftuse 1 pnse, but up to date his work do« not suggest him as a possible Cup winner Haydock was responsible for a couple harriir mP at^the ’to 6 'be«e d r y, f£m S^d The Dunedin^wn^dCaptain^W^cnfas Prince Pointer may be in great order in T'ot'l^CupTsayath” PreiT hu. vT , at } h % post aad welT for the inTh d / U^ uJ ' w th 4 vsta. ;hL h r'pSSr? se . he^ Ifm. E °M,,c|° r ” 0 S? ktS°lh" t”°cS Vn,<- e * * Ul * cfl "ould depend on the enintr eqLrcha his b -e S e Ta g d credited f ar ° Wah is showing speed bnf . . is too unstcadv B lloo IJL he t!. K Yr Pt ; tor 53 is over hew°il] . th!it , be^re the B season been k? doing except^!, ** baa is ~ as-

THE TROTTING CUP. GREAT BINGEN UNLIKELY TO START. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. November 8. Great Bingen is an unlikely starter in the Trotting Cup. After a pood workout on Thursday lie was found tho following day in a bad way, the trouble being a suspensory jigament. Although he has not yet withdrawal, the owners consider the case quite hopeless. This was to have been the champion’s last race, as it was intended to send him against various records before his definite retirement to the stud-