SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 28 October 1911, Page 7

SPORTING.

I RACING FIXTURES. Xov. I, 4—Auckland R.G. Spring. Nov. 4, 0, S, 11—Canterbury J. C. Met- | ropolitan. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") N.Z. Cup this day week. | The Auckland spring meeting opens on Wednesday. E(|iiitas should run well in the StewI ards' Handicap. | A total of £11,024 was put through j the tote at Wuverlcy. an increase of .€4324 oil last year's figures. Labor Day's victory in the Waverley Cup was made easy bv the half-hearted attempts of more than one of her opponents. Topic is only a handful, and may not turn out more than a moderate performer. j Rangi Thompson, who piloted Paritutu in the (i.N. Steeplechase, was booked to leave Wellington last night to ride lloanga in Sydney. Old Hydraulic was looking hog-fat at Waverley, and finished a bad last in the hurdle race. Mr. Jervis George shipped two of his team per Rarsuva on Thursday night to take part in the Auckland meeting . Up to September 1 Frank Wootton had ridden 121 winners in 4!>(3 rdees. and was well on the way to top the list of winning jockeys for the season. Crown Pearl wag blocked twice in the straight in the Flying Haijdicap at Waverley. and was very unlucky to miss winning the double. "Tilley's luck" is proverbial. ! Mortite and Midian scored for him at Waverley, and at Trentham, Equitas andjGoodwin Park caught the judge's eye. i The hurdles at Waverley jvere the easiest this scribe ever set jeves on, and Koran simply galloped right ovhr them. j A large number of people got off to go fishing on Monday last. They probably forgot to tell "the boss" J,hat 'they were after Brown Trout at Wiiverier.

Ermingarde created a surprise by winning the Wtlleslcy Stakes, bus Winning Way, who was second, rail the bend, and is sm;e to beat thd Highdc/r fillv at Riecartonl i

"Record your wagers," eait! fji'e, Wa-'. , verlev race card. Then followed i- ;r ger, dividend, horses.! race, witli w/io'm "T r Surely the last mentioned -pljrase is.a.] relic of the days of the Bar. Vpns. : ' J Young Weller, one of Trainer Tilley's apprentices, who scored on jMiscaUat |, Wanganui, rode a fine race wlijen jje tit-".}', tied the rank outsider British Maid ipto], second place in a field of twejit'y-ojie ja j the Sports Handicflp.at Trenchant; Ajftj' prenticps claim o!b. allowance, and art; in much, demand at present. . / Pleiades jumped rather ley, and did not.appear ta lie "knAlfljS' about .when F. Und saw, tHa't. pursuit of 1 Koran was hopeiess, ' The' lijorse i's' in i fine fettle, and ftin,wel}.ip [ the^teeplechase.event. at. Eller/slit? nost .

Royal Simon, who .jiaid a, sensational Vprice at Wayer!ey,.isf sairl'td be owjiei] and trained by a collide 'of roa(?-wb?k£r£. ( There were only Serfn'lickels ;qn'' tiid 1 * horse, and as % Maori said, comi»£ liojne' j in the train, if a man held o'jie of 'theni it would be ''Christmas efefr''(fay 'fbr' the tree week,.you'pet!'' j* ••'*' ••{ ■ ElectrakofT. ran a sterling face in the ! Wellington Handicap,'and from all ac- J counts was very unlucky to TKe i three placed horses ran in f|he lead all the way. BoanergeW leading -jKlectrakoff, and Mendip following. Elrelrakofl" settied Boanerges in the straight, btft+tftilelnot withstand Mendip's strlmg rim' aV the finisli. going-under by a Jieck. 5 Wen--' j'dip runs in patches, while the runrier ; i?pi j is a good game horse, .win} run*-' true cverv time. . ~j ■ : , | - ■ - ' [ There was mwh liou-hooing wheilr the.'; J judge hoisted Xo. lS.i>s ; th| tvinnrfr-'of the \Yi!«nn Stakes at man-in the be blamed, as the foot of >the !) on V'ild Lujlin's' l I saddle-cloth was so curled tint" it'loo.ks'd I more like an S than anything else;.: Iltfw-'-I e.ver. Mr. Ahlwoftli was mot nistlcd, and. i selecting the horse by its co|ors l| lre sefit: the clerk of the course,f,or Wild'LupinV | the winner—and the angry| crowd'>s«t-: tied down to .pick the wiijner'.'of the next heat. . , , . . I «

Any amount of good money'iw'ferft astray on Puketotara at Wnverlßyj- 'llfce Officer gelding was not a taking soft to look at, and ran a poor rpce.;' Koran was very sore, and that fact aecdnnU' for him paying such..a. good■ dividend; \\ hen well, and the fences easy, Koranshould always be a hard ona to beat.

After gelting a. l>a«l passaige 'the first day nnil then finishing up brilliantly it was not surprising lliat tin 1 pioney caine freely for Byron in the Champion Stakes on Monday. Of course, onj count was bound to be most favored, and although the Karanm cold tasted defeat lie {rave his backers n great run for their com. JCipiitas screamed ahead for a mile, and then Deelev shot Byron up like a Hash, losing no ground on the bend. Luke Wilson, on Miscount, rattled up 011 the outside, and. was almost level at the distance. For a moment Miscount looked like winning, but the Canterbury co!t stuck gamely to his task, and finely ridden by Deeley scored a brilliant win by a bare neck. Races like these are worth going miles to sec, and one pities the kill-sport who prefers his "bun-rush" to the rush of thoroughbreds for the winning post. With the Xcw Zealand Cup but a week ahead it is only natural that sportsmen arc all turning their attention to selecting the likely winner of the grcai two miles handicap. Nineteen horses hold their places, and, while some people review form by picking out the most likely ones, this scribe prefers to run out the least likely brigades first and then take his choice of what is left. Starting a' the bottom of the handicap, on Trciithain form, Mini may bo written out with a broad linn pen; Xi'jhtlight. Negative. Projectile and Mulga Hill li-ive to be taken oil trust for a. two miles journey; (ioodwiu Park ran second in .Merrivonia's U'anganui Clip (one mile and three-quarters i. and as his recent form has been most promising wo may leave him in. Constadt. Outiander and Tannliauser have run fair races in spoi>. and of the trio Ouilander stayed well al Dunedin this month. Kilosiere is one that runs on well, but I doubt if the bay colt could quite get the distance. Miscount at w.f.a. must be accounted dangerous, but it is asking him a big' <[uostion so early in the season. Nothing strikes one as particularly brilliant of the 7-t. division, and of the pair bl'b above. Prim has won lip to a mile and a half, and is a really good mare. Before condemning her it is just, as well to consider her victory in last year's Metropolitan, when she carried 7.11 home just in 2.34 11-."). And again this year, when conceding Cheddar •211b. she was just beaten bv.a bare lmlfliead in the Great Autumn Handicap in 2.34 3-o. Merrivonia finished faster than anything else when she won the Wanganui Cup with B.a in the saddle. Mr. Ames' mare has lm<l plenty of spring raring to .-harpou her up. ami her track work recently has been all that could be desired. Los Angelo.s always races best at Biecarton and in firm going, and must, have a chance. On form alone Los Angelos, Merrivonia, Prim, Miscount (if started) and Goodwin Park appear to have fair prospects of getting their

names enrolled amongst the long list of winners of the New Zealand Cup. Winning jockeys at Waverley were: A. MeCullen (2), R. Lambess, E. Copestake, R. Home, H. Copestake, J. Sceats and F. Coleman. Stakes were well distributed at Waverley, no owner winning more than one stake. The following is the list of winning payments:—Messrs. J. Palmer £95, R. J. Matthews £7O, Wire Tokena £OS, M. J. Goodson £OO, J. George £OO, D. Noake £<!o, W. Buckle £OO, A. Jackson £OO, A. J. Lambess £2O; D. •!. Goodwin, J. T. Wade, J. Granville, D. King, G. Clareburt, C. Mumby and W. G. Antis £lO each; A. E. Tucker £5. Brilliancy shaped very badly on Monday, and finished "absolutely" in the Flying Handicap. Glenfern is not ready yet, but rail well for four ftfflongs in the same race. Sir Tnlloeh was reported to be a fine jumper, but his fencing on Monday was as slow as the "comic" man in an amateur vaudeville show.

Whatever chance Royal Arms had in the Maiden, it blew up with the barrier, lie dwelt on the mark like a novice, but was coming fast at the death. lie should pay his way.

Sandy Paul ran a couple of fair races on Monday, and finished well in each. There was no disgrace in his defeat in the Momohaki Stakes, considering that he was presenting Midian—one of his own age—with nearly 2st. It is time the handicappers gave up overrating Sandy Paul. He strikes one as a fair horse, that suffers the penalty of being raced right out more often'than the majority of his opponents.

Otahu looked dead stale at Waverley, and there was little glory in his f- 'ond in the Cup.

Loopline, by Lupin, is reported to be - irt, but he whipped round when the 1 -:rier went up in the Brewer Hand:i e. p. | St. Gate did not get away at all smartly in the Jackston Stakes, and there were so many squibs running all over the course in' the first couple of fliillongs that Billy Price could not get a clear run. He was coming with a great I rattle in the last furlong, but too late! 'Some people wondered why Taft stopped when apparently winning the Wilson Stakes. They wondered still more when the guns rushed the .horse for the Jackson Stakes, run over a .ffirlonger course. What was said when Taft finished the distance out strongly ( ,md won handsomely is not to be exin ordinary black ink!