SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20930, 21 January 1930, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING NEWS. fixtures! January 23. —Wellington .Meeting. January 22.—Ashburst Meeting. January 25.—Wairio Meeting. January 25.—Waipapakauri Meeting. January 28, 30.—Wairoa Meeting. January 29, February l.—TakapunS Meet- ’ tog. January 29, 30.—Pabiatua Meeting. February s.—Tapanui Meeting. February 6/8. —Taranaki Meeting. February 6, B.—Qisborfie Meeting. February B.—Matamata Meeting. February 13, 15,—-Dunedin Cdp Meeting. February 13, 15.—Poverty Bay Meeting. February 13, 15,—Wsnjgamii Meeting. February 15, 17.—Rotorua Meeting. February 26, 27.—Ditinevirke Meeting. February 28. March I.—Marlborough Sleeting. I By Sentinel. The "Wellington meeting will be concluded to-morrow. . The handicaps fot the" Dunedin Cup meeting will be declared on Thursday of next week. In his last seven starts in Sprint races Meadow Lark has been beaten only once. He won the Members’ Handicap of seven fbrlonga at Riccartou in Imin 24 l-ssec, and followed.On by scoring in the Flying Handicap at. Winton and the Federal Handicap at Dunedin. His next start was in the Flying Handicap at Southland, Which, he also won, and the following day it the Same meeting earned • 10.1 to -vie* tOry in the Shorts Handicap. He topped his record off with a Win in the. Telegraph Handicap bn Saturday. ’ • The eix-year-old. bay horse Display is now setond on the- list -of America’s greatest winners. The list is headed by Zev (about 163,000), but it is pointed out that Zev’s position was largely due-to hi,a defeat, of the Derby winner, Papyrus, in the international matches. Display has won f 51,200. He is by Fair Play (sire:of Man o’. War) from Circuta, by NaasOVian.' Fair Play Wag by Hastings (S son of Spendthrift). . Jenny Diver, the Winner .of .the; Fitzherbert Handicap at Wellington on Saturday, is a smart youngster by Lord Qucx ftoin. Polly Peacham, by Fetamorz from! thfe dam of Runnymede and Raisay. She gSye the’impression that she Will stay. . ■ - Awaken, who. ran' second in the, Web jitgton Stakes, is a very, smart, two-ycar-old, and her performance was a. good one, > as she had a 71b penalty to carry. She j is Another p! the ,progeny of Chief Ruler, | who is having a great season. Her dam. Wake Up. is by BenzSfiian from Sbinm- { form, so she has brilliant lines ail through 1 her pedigree.. -' : ' • ■ Equitant showed her customary brilliftney in the Ruapehu Handicaps but, after appearing to have the race in safe . keeping, she failed over tl% last 100 yards. , Full Feather was" responsible for a Very-fine performance when He ran second in. the'Anniversary Handicap.- He was at the tail of the field most of the way and Still a long "way back, at the entrance to the straight.. He put in a brilliant finishing run to get second, and only haa to repeat hie form to win a face before the end of. the meeting. ' Havaepot, tho winner of the Ruapehu | Handicap, carried the colours of the Auck- ; land trainer, Mr J. T. Jamieson. He is ; ‘ an'AnstraliaP bred by the imported horse Tippler. The style "in which he-finished suggested that he may Win in much Stronger.company very soon,, snd he was unlucky to lose yesterday. . By ho means the least interesting of the yearlings to go under the hammer at Trentham to-dfty is the brown Colt bred by Mr James Gieesbn, of Auckland, The edit is by Moabite from Marriage Bell. He comes from a great family, for Moabite is .a beautifully bred horse by .the Polymelus horse Phalhfls. The colt is of most interest to New Zealanders because of his dam. Marriage Bell, who is a half-sister by; Tea Tray to, that extra good liofse Ainythds". Moabite haisMiis first: Crop of iwo-year-olds out this season, and-they arr -showing good form in. Aus- ; irali a. The outstanding thrce-year-old at the recent Perth Cup meeting was the -New Zealand-bred filly Pure Blend, by, Tea , Tray (states an exchange)/ She’ was beaten, half a head in the Derby* -of 2000sovs, run on the ’ first. day, was favourite and, comfortably Won'ihe. All Aged , Stakes (w.f.a,), of SOOsovs, bn the middle day. and then tan second for the O, B. .Cox Stakes, pi 600sovs, one mile and ahalf .. (W.f.a,), on the concluding day of the meetings She beat tho, South. Australian Derby-winner Hot Spring in both the'Derby , and All Aged Stakes, and though beaten by Runabout in the C. B. Cox Stakes, she ■ managed to head off the favourite Coolboro, Which had won -the Perth Cup at .the meeting under review. , an 1.. ■■■■.. l. TROTTING. V .FIXTURES. .January 23.—Wellington T.C, ' January'2s;—Te Aroba T.C. February B.—Metropolitan Meeting, ;,J February - 16.—Wellington Meeting. February 22.—Kaikotira Meeting. February ,22. 24. March 5, 6.—lnvercargill Meeting. March B.—Timaru Meeting. t March 12.—Maniwafil Meeting, " March 15.—New-Brighton Meeting. March 15, 17.—Hawke’s Bay Meeting. March 17. 18.—Nelson Meeting. MarchlO.—Wyndbam'Meeting, . By Sentinel, Author Jinks and Wrackler are the ’ "lulihg favourites; for the Dunedin Cup, while Krina and Erin's Fortune are accorded a "similar honour in what- ’is known*as "tho "second lee.” Morrison, whoiis engaged in the Probationers’ Handicap ,at Wellington,, is a three-year-old goming by Great Audubon —-Norah MTAinney, and is trained at Addington by Wj J. Tomkinson. Benefice, whoiis iiicdy handicapped in the idbw two miles at -Te. Aroha, has been doing a lot of steady jogging. (says “Orion”). This mare is iodking very well;' and, if she can stay she, should be hard to dispose of on Saturday. When Wrackler finished second off 4.27 'la the President’s Handicap on the final day of the Auckland Trotting Club’s summer meeting ho was extremely unlucky to IOSe. His performance demonstrated that he is a high-class pacer, for he unwound ■, a sensational finishing run to come from a 'seemingly impossible position, only to Tail by a neck. Wrackler has been handicapped on 4.26 in the New Zealand Trotting Gold Cup Handicap (4.27 clans), ■to be decided at Hutt Park on Saturday, and he will only have to take his place in the field to have ,an army Of admirers. Only a four-year-dld Wrackler has a splendid record for a horse of his age, ■nd is likely to reach a very high standard when his powers are fully developed. It is usually the lot of a handicapper to hav9 shafts of criticism -fired nt his adjustments, but in this respect Mr T. , Fogg does not appear to be suffering much concerning those he has made for the first day of the Forbury Park meeting. They have -given fairly general satisfaction, which is the most any handicappercan hope for, If Lydia steps up to tho form shd showed when she won at the Forbury Park soring meeting, the Wrank thrre-year-old should finish in a place in her race at Wellington on Saturday. With 2.12 4-5 against her. Krina certainly looks the pick of the Electric Handicap at Forbury Park next week, but others entitled to consideration arc Erin’s Fortune, Nelson M’Ehvyn, and Ilaydock. The last-named has a fine burst of speed, but is not always smart out of the barrier. Atbalonc’e recent performances have been impressive-, and although he has some brilliant speed merchants behind him in the Despatch Handicap at Wellington on Saturday, they will find him a hard horse to beat.