SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 19516, 16 May 1922, Page 3

SPORTING

OTES BY SIR MODRED. Acceptances for the first day of the North Otago J.C. meeting are due this evening. Biplane is being spelled in N.S.W. and will go to the stud during the forthcoming season. The Wanganui J.C. Winter meeting opens on Thursday and extends over Saturday of the current week.

The North Otago J.C. meeting at Oamaru opens on Friday next and will be concluded on Saturday. Handicaps for the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Winter meeting are to appear on Saturday, with the last day at Oamaru undecided. That good horse Maioha is being spelled and will presently be blistered. It is expected 'hat he will be as good as ever when he races again. The four-year old mare Asterina, by Merry Moment—Asteroid, has been retired from the track and will go to the stud next season as a young matron. It is reported that Kick Off is to be spelled with a view to preparing him in the spring for a campaign on Australian racecourses. He must rank as a galloper of more than average merit. The Hawke’s Bay owner, Mr C. E. Twist, has claimed the name of Dreamy for the foal of Absurd—Prosy. The youngster is a half-sister to that game and well-perform-ed two-year-old Morose. Over eighty horses, including a number of juveniles are now being prepared on the Wellington Racing Club’s tracks at Trentham. Chimera, who has hitherto been restricted to sprinting events, has been engaged in the York Welter, (one mile) to be decided at the Auckland Racing Club’s Winter meeting. A considerable amount of interest was taken in Southland in the entries for the Taieri Handicap (one mile and a-quarter) to be decided at the Dunedin J.C.’s Winter meeting, the race being fixed for the third day (June 3). TLe reason of this keen anxiety to learn the intention of owners with regard to a contest scheduled for ten furlongs lies in the fact that a number of ..horses entered have not yet been called upon to race over a course of this length m their own class. The prospective field includes: Janus, Londonderry, Moulin Rouge, Muzzle, Oversea, Samum. Soldier’s Pride, Vice-Royal and Wild Night, any of whom may confound the experts and see out a stayer’*s distance.

The unusual occurrance of four horses being bracketed on the totalisator occurred in the Juvenile Handicap on the concluding day of the Hawke’s Bay J.C.’s recent meeting. Not one of the four got a place at the finish. The ancient cross-country performer, Dardanelles, who has not been seen out in company in public since September last, has been engaged at the D.J.C. Winter fixture. The Battlefield gelding is being asked by his trainer, PT. Hogan, to race in the .select class at the forthcoming meeting at Wingatui. Songbird has been engaged at the Dunedin J.C.’s Winter meeting, when the competitors during the last two days will be asked to carry weights appropriate to the season, with a 7.0 minimum. Had the meeting been held a week later, however, the position would have been much worse from a handicap point of view. The fixture concludes on June 3, and, after June 7, the following rules come into force:— "At any meeting held on any day from the 7 th June to the 31st August inclusive, the lowest weight in any flat race shall not be less than 9.0.” , The winner of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase on March 24, in which 32 horses took part and only five completed the course, is thus described:—“Music Hall, by Cliftonhall —Milly, is a horse of fine blood-like appearance that has the staying quality with rare courage in leaping big fences, and the prediction is offered that he will win still further honours in the event of no leg troubles coming against him.” At the finish Music Hall was full of running and scored by six lengths. The Winton-owned two-year-old pacing gelding Logan Chief made a bold attempt to win the Selma Trot on the opening day of the Ashburton County R.C.’s Autumn meeting. Mr Duffy’s son of Logan Pointer and Regina Bell began smartly and at the end of a mile looked all over a winner, but be was under pressure from N. C. Price in the home stretch and was easily beaten into third place by his elder rivals, Wicklow Boy 4yra (winner) and Emmet 3yra (runner-up) The times were as follows: 334; 3.41 1-5; 3.35. Soorak, who won the Sires’ Produce Stakes at the AJ.C. autumn meeting at Randwick last month, was purchased as a yearling by Mr F. G. Spurway, for 375gns. Mr Spurway had never owned a racehorse before, and as Soorak has won four out of the five races he has contested and has credited his owner with over £6OOO in stakes, the latter must be accounted extremely lucky in his first turf venture. Unfortunately for Mr Spurway, Soorak met with a slight injury to ore of his hocks prior to his victory in the Sires’ Produce Stakes, and though this did not affect him on the day, trouble developed later, with the result that he was unable to fulfil engagements on the second, third and fourth days of the autumn carnival at Randwick it bring deemed advisable to give him • short spell. NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR THURSDAY. (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 15. The following are the acceptances for the opening day of the New Brighton Trotting Cub’s Autumn meeting on Thursday and Saturday next:— AMATEUR HANDICAP (harness), £l4O, unhoppled trotters (one mile and a-half)— Mushroom scr, Sally Dillon 2sec, Helenwood 7, Peter Pointer 7, Merry Peter 7, Maori Princess 7, Early Derby 8, Culverden 8. Sherry 8, Waiwera 10, White Lupin 10, Diameter 12, Housemaid 12, Cousin Jenny 13. Miss Wood 14, Weowner 14, Bungay 15, Peter Mac 15, Peter’s Pet 15, Rouseabout 15, Marine 15, Golden Lock 15, Wild Hebe 15, Freeman 15, Ruby Lincoln 15, Panama 15, Red Oak 15, Gentle Ribbons 15, Peter Morn 15, The Lily 15, Whispering Girl 15, Keim an 15, Wai-iti 15. BELFAST HANDICAP (harness), £2OO, class 3.36 (one mile and a-half)—Cammie •cr, Peter King 2sec, Prince Athol and Progress 4, Lady Wildwood and Cole Drift 5, Albert Wallace, Huia Bird and Gold Crest 6. Ivy Irvington, and Pedro Ponto 7, Final Leave, Fernmoor, Reta’s Greeting, Maryhill, Energetic, Bing Boy, Waipiro, Edith Chimes, Leila Denver and Calmness 8. BURWOOD HANDICAP (harness), class 4.36 (two miles) —Vice-Admiral scr, Onyx and Agathos Isec, Nancy Stair and Goldstream 2, Bellfashion 3, Loganwood 4, Emperor and Indra 4, Thixendale, Hayseed, Hannah M. and Sympathy 5. SEAVIEW HANDICAP (saddle), class 4.48 (two miles)—Koraki scr, Oak Nut 2, Prinzora 3, Dandy Chimes 4, Prince Burlington and Progress 5, Watchman 6, Olive Huon and Blue Chimes 8, Dillon Shine, Wet Day. Outstep, Appleshaw and Placid

I AUTUMN HANDICAP (harness), unhoppled trotters, class 4.58 (two miles) —Rostrevor, The Plumber and Peter McKinney icr, Bon Souty, Mushroom and Nighborn 2sec, Drifting Spec, Bundaberg, Marble Hall and Sally Dillon 3, Marvolo 4, Two Bells 5, Our Lady 6, Welcome Reta 7, Mrfhgoutu, Sir Wildmoor and Lee Norris 8, Proud Ata, Dillon S., Parole Bells, Bon Elect, Wandiligong, Rose Peters, Dragoon Junr., Earl Derby, St. Quentin 9. DASH HANDICAP (harness), class 2.20 (one mile)—Brown’s Nugget, Ballin, Downcast and Latona 3, Peter King, Imperial Fan and Lincoln Huon 4, Homeleigh Dick and Delta 5, Florence la Badie, Bigamist, Colchester, Albert Wallace, Energetic, Malachy, Lady Teddington, and Royal Chance 6.

WAINONI HANDICAP (harness), class 2.50(0ne mile ami a-quarter) —Paul Dufault and Matchlight scr, Locanda Dillon 2, Logan Queen 4, Pitaroa, Master Hal, Star Queen, Pleasant Mount, Glen Mavis, Lord Lytton, Colenut, Rorke’s Drift and Betrayer 5, Peter Mac, William the First, Irvar and Prinzora 6. ELECTRIC HANDICAP (saddle), class 2.20 (one mile)—Glen Mavis scr, Lens, William the First and Soprano Isec, Ballin and Bill Brown 2, Silver 'Locanda, Watchman, Tiranna and Proud Logan 3, Tauhinu, Hickorywood and Royal Chance 4, Florence la Badie, Annie’s Dream, Irish Eyes, Nutwood Jun., Proud Elsie, Prince Burlington and Cole Drift 5. WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR THURSDAY. (Per United Press Association.) WANGANUI, May 15, The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Wanganui J.C.’s Winter meeting:— BOROUGH HANDICAP, (six furlongs)—* Rational 10.4, Kinsem 9.0, Hipo 8.3, Blackmail 7.12, Miss Gold 7.12, Red Bob 7.8, Kilreid 7.8, Birkie 7.6, Demos 7.5, Weldone 6.12 Orchid 6.10, La Paloma 68, Comic 6.7. PURUA HACK HANDICAP, (Im. 10yds) —Crossfire 9.5, Mortavis 9.0, Left 8.8, All Cerise 8.5, Ben Neris 8.3, Marble Craig 8.1, Lady Nassau 8.0, Birkenella 7.13, Martulla 7.13, Tekuri 7.11, Gold Star 7.10, Pantier 7.10, Skylight 7.10, Moleen Oge 7.8, Yankee Dan 7,6, Manchester 7.5, Fiddlestrings 7.3, Merry Queen ?.3, Sweet Spng 7.3, Santiago 7.3, Merry Ann 7.0, Patrqgen 7.0. KAITOKE HACK HURDLES, (one mile and three-quarters).— Wamba 11.8, \ agabond 11.8, Ladogeur 10.13, Simonides 10.11, Ruatara 10.6, Matatua 10.2, Voluble 10.0, Spook 9.10, Ethiopian 9.5, Guianform 9.4, Halcyon 9.2, Whizz Bang 9.0, Circulate 9.0, Noble 9.0.

HACK STEEPLECHASE, (two miles) — General Raven 11.9, Kyoto 11.7, Te Mai re 11.3, Ngakanui 11.3, Master Boris 10.9, War Loan 10.6, Hyttus 10.4, The Baronet 9.2, Oak Rose 9.0, Dumper 9.0, Lady Lyddite 9.0. CONNOLLY HANDICAP, (one mile and a distance) —Marqueteur 9.11, Tame Fox 8.9, Printemps 8.6, Punka 8.4, Bonnetter 8.3, Correspondent 8.0, Nangamahoe 7.9, Scion 7.8, Sunny Corner 7.8, Cleasanta 7.4* Stork 7.2, Eerie 7.0. WANGANUI STEEPLECHASE, (about three miles) —Coalition 12.13, Omahu 10.12, Sturdee 10.6, First Line 10.3, Kohu 10.2, Maniahera 9.12, Khartoum 9.10, General Raven 9.8, Sir Solo 9.5, War Loan 9.0. CENTURY HURDLES, (about two miles and a-quarter)—Explorer 11.7, Gladful 11.7, Gamecock 11.4, Omahu 10.12, Alteration 10.7, Whanoko 10.4, Poanui 10.1, Kyoto 9.12, Simonides 9.12, Spook 9.0, Guinaform 9.0. N.Z. TROTTING ASSOCIATION. , PROPOSALS TO CURTAIL ABUSES. (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 15. At a meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association the president (Mr P. Selig) said in December last the Board had refused to pass the transfer of the horse Mutana, which had been sold to go to Queensland and-since then, as they would have seen by the papers, a man named W. Deller had been disqualified for life by the Kedron Park T.C., for endeavouring to pass off the horse Hutana as Gollywog. The case showed that it was necessary to amend the rules to enable the Association to keep a better check on horses sent out of New Zealand. In connection with the horse Shanghai, the ownership of which had been the subject of considerable enquiry, it was decided to refuse the application of J. Gillespie for re-registration of the horse. The Licensing Committee reported that the New Zealand Metropolitan T.C. reported a case of cruelty which had occurred on its track, in consequence of which it had refused the owner permission to train his horses on the Club’s course. The person concerned had been called before the licensing committee, and, after holding an exhaustive enquiry, the committee had confirmed the Club’s action. » The Committee recommended that a severe caution be administered and should there be a recurrence of the complaint, cancellation of the trainer’s license held by this person should be considered.

HOCKEY. SOUTHLAND ASSOCIATION. The fortnightly meeting of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last evening was attended by the chairman, Mr H. Kilby, Messrs W. Stafford, H. Kidd, Misses J. W. Wood, O. Bell, E. Burtenshaw, N. Glennie The secretary of the New Zealand Ladies’ Hockey Association wrote informing the Southland Association that Miss McClure I had been appointed to represent it as vicepresident on the N.Z.L.H.A. Miss McLure had been unable, so far, to arrange for a new delegate to represent the Association in place of Miss Mclntyre. The question of whether the team should send a team away on tour or to the tournament at the close of the present season, was introduced by the chairman, who stated that if it was intended to do either the question of finance would first have to be considered. Mr Kidd expressed the view that if the interest of the players were maintained the game would have to be kept very much alive and the Association would have something definite in regard to interprovincial fixtures in view. Ladies’ hockey in Southland had reached a very high level and he thought that the time had arrived when a representative team should endeavour to capture the laurels. Many people were very enthusiastic last season over the successes of the Southland team and he felt sure that a large number would willingly support the Association in any effort to raise funds for sending a team away. As to whether the team should go to the tournament or not he would suggest that the opinions of the various clubs be obtained. If the tournament was held in a South Island centre, however, he did not see how the Association could avoid sending a team to compete. The Union Club’s delegates stated that they thought their club members would assist in any effort to strengthen the finances of the Association. It was decided to hold over the question of sending a team on tour or to the tournament in the meantime, but to hold a public meeting to consider ways and means of raising funds for sending a team away. The appointment of selectors was held over pending advice from the sub-associa-tion. The application of a new team to be called “The Royal Hockey Club,” to affiliation to the Association for admission into competitions, was granted. FIXTURES. The following fixtures were arranged for next Saturday:— Collegiate v Rosedale; St. Mary’s v Winton; Union v Royal. AU matches will be played on Queen’s Park commencing at 2.30 p.m.