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RACING AND TROTTING.

RACING FIXTURHS. November 2fl—Takapnnu .T.C. Spring. November :>!) and 30—Feilding .1. C. Spring. December 2—Hororata n.C. Annual. December G and 7—Woodvillc J.C. Summer. December 7—Methven R.G. Annual. December 8 and 9—Lnko County R.C. Annual. ACCEPTANCES. November 25—Hororata J.C. Annual. November 29—Woodville J.C. Summer. December I—Auckland B.C. Summer. December 2 "Methven R.C. Annual. December 7—Lake County R.C. Annual. TROTTING FIXTURES. December 1 and 2—Forbury Park T.C. Spring. December G—Winton T.C. Annual. December It and 16—New Brighton T.C Summer. ACCEPTANCES. November 30—Winton T.C. Annual. December B—-New Brighton T.C. Summer. December 1 i —\Ves-tport T.C. Summer. December I".—Auckland T.C. Summer. TURF TOPICS. Bisogne, who showed greatly improved form at the Auckland Spring meeting, is to contest the Oroua Slakes on the second day of the Feilding meeting. A win in that event will not earn him a penalty for the A.R.C. Railway Handicap, in which he promises to be particularly bard to heat. Owners are given a final reminder thai acceptances for the Hororata Racing Club's meeting fall due this evennig. The Canterbury trainer R. O'Donnell originally engaged four boxes for the A.R.C. Summer Meeting, but has since wired for seven. Evidently he intends to take a strong team north. Locally there is no pronounced favourite for the Auckland Cup, says a northern scribe, but were it known for certain that Kilboy would be a starter, the A.J.C. Derby winner would soon be installed in the position. Though they hardly come up to tho.se of twelve months ago the entries received for the forthcoming meeting of the Methven Racing Club are quite satisfactory. Ten figure in the Methven Cup including such well performed horses as Battle Eve, Ogier, Wai dancer, and Recorder, while the standard of those engaged in the minor handicaps is suggestive of good racing. The two trotting events have drawn huge lists, which include many green performers of more than ordinary merit. Handicaps for the iixturc are due on Monday next. ] The Monoform gelding Monathol, that has been spelling for the past twelve months, has resumed work again at Ellerslie under the supervision of F. Slenning. When Lucille fell on the second! day of the Otahuhu meeting her I driver, A. Fleming, sustained a, badly sprained ankle. The mishap, will keep him out of the sulky for | some time, which is unfortunate just j now; when so many meetings are j on. Mr Brinkman's handicaps for first | day events at the New Brighton Trot-1 ting Club's Summer Meeting will be I issued on Monday. While being indulged with the '■. freedom of a paddock after their | first day exertions at the Otahuhu j Trotting Club's meeting Dorothy Dimple and Bell Gray had a fight. The damage sustained on both sides was of such a serious nature as to I prevent either racing on the second j day of the meeting. A. Fleming arrived back from Auckland yesterday bringing the trotting mare Madam Shaw with him. On the conclusion of the" Otahuhu meeting Fleming disposed of Lucille and El Rosa at satisfactory j prices. Only for being brought j down in the big harness event on the j second day Lucille could hardly j have failed to beat Wayerley as she! was going particularly well at the j time of the mishap. El Rosa is a j very speedy gelding in private, but can seldom be depended on to do his best with the colours up. Being on such a good mark he should not be long in getting back his purchase money. In the raid on betting shops in Sydney recently, over £2OO in lines and forfeited money was gathered in bv the authorities. j "Already the coal strike in Ne\V| South Wales is having an effect on racing, and several meetings have; had to be postponed on account of, coal shortage rendering restriction! of special trains imperative. I In Canada, despite the war, racing j is going on merrily, Toronto recently enjoying one of the best meets that has been held for some time. Something in the nature of a comedy was enacted on the Ellerslie racecourse last Saturday evening, says an Auckland writer. A wellknown local trainer, who might be a Welshman or an Irishman, was sitting on his verandah, which overlooks the racecourse, when he beheld an individual indulging in all sorts of eccentricities. First he pulled off his hat and threw it on the ground, then his coat followed, after which he ran up and down, round j one of the buildings, backed over the j same tracks, as if pursued by a thou-i sand demons. All sorts of visions Hashed through the trainer's mind,! and in fancy he could almost feel thei cold sleel penetrating his flesh, as the crazy one gloated over his victim. I The'local policeman was hastily! summoned, and the custodian of the! law, strongly reinforced by a number of residents, was speedily on the| spot. In the meantime a watch had been kept on the man's movements, and he was eventually captured, the] supposed madman turning out to be; one of the club's employees. Ex-i planations followed, when it transpired that the employee in question was carrying home a box of bees,j when be tripped and fell, and the I bees getting fvev gave their capturerl a pretty lively time of it, stinging!, him pretty badly. The incident;: created a bit of excitement while it j lasted, but if anyone expects honeyed j, words from the trainer concerned, ( he must not mention bees to him.

A correspondent of the London "Sportsman" in September put forward a suggest ion for a match between two of the best horses of the period in the following letter: "Mr J. Buchanan and Mr S. Joel have the power lo give racing such a fillip and its lovers such a treat as falls to the lot of few men. And never was there a lime when these were so sorely needed. They have the chance of showing themselves to be sportsmen of the very highest class, to set an example and provide a theme for all future sportsmen, to keep their own memories green among future generations of racing men. Will they seize the. opportunity? Will they make sure that Pommern and Hurry On meet at weight-for-agc over such

a course as will, accidents barred, prove which is the better horse before either is 'retired"? Such a meeting would be of tremendous interest and a great 'buck up' to the turf." At that *me Hurry On had won four races in the season to the value of £21(58, and Pommcrn had not appeared. There does not seem to be much in the argument that a race between the horses would "buck up" the turf. At that time Clarissimus bad won £SIOO (one race), Canton (.'■l6oo, Filineila £4OOO, and Nassovian £3600. All four are three-year-olds, and so i.s Hurry On. The most successful two-year-old was Grand Fleet, who had won four races to the value of £271(5. TEMPLAR.

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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 15

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RACING AND TROTTING. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 15

RACING AND TROTTING. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 15