SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 305, 17 May 1913, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. May 22, 24.—Wanganui Steeplechase. Mav 31, June 3, a. —Auckland Racing Club. May 22, 23,.—North Otago Jockey Club. June 3, 4.—Otaki Maori Racing Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. May 22.—Wanganui Steeplechase. May 22.—Century Hurdle Race. May 31.—Great Northern Hurdle Race. June 3. —Great Northern Steeplechase. June 18.—Hawke's Bay Steeplechase. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") The Egmont Winter Meeting passed off very successfully this week in what j must be an honourable mention as regards weather. Considering the Trojan storm and other moist breath-of-iee berg atmospheric conditions of the past few weeks, our Hawera friends were exceedingly lucky in getting their meeting off under such fairly respectable weather. The attendances were large and North Taranaki and Wanganui did its share to add to the total. Seven races were crowded in between noon and 4 p.m. each day, a circumstance which caused a lot of money to be "shut out" from the totalisators, and the fact that the machine figures showed an increase of £3449 over those of last year is a matter for congratulation. Mr. J. Turton ran the meeting through without a hitch, and the various other officials' efforts were marked by success. Ngatiruanui and Leonta v respectively gathered in the principal event each day rather easily, and a meeting between the pair in the Mcßae Memorial Handicap would have settled a lot of arguments. They should be all the better ] for this week's racing, and when they meet in the Connolly Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday, a battle royal may be expected. Patriotic, Ladv Menschikoff, and Aruake, shaped respectably each day, but Mulga Bill's disp'ay on Wednesday was only what might have been expected when one took into consideration the black's position as ninth favourite in a field of ten. Royal Simon ran one good race, and then two poor ones, and Lady Volga simply couldn't "act" in the heavy going. Muleteer ran a great race in the Manaia Handicap, but the longer distance on Thursday found him out. j The veteran Sir Prize was looking any- / thing but an oil-painting when saddled 1 UD for the Mcßae Memorial, and he j viewed the finish from afar. Kina was strongly supported in the Mcßae Mem-1 orial, but collapsed, six furlongs from j home. Probably a broken blood-vessel j in the head was responsible for the > gelding's display. j Incuru stood out amongst the sprint- J ers very easily each day. It was rather ■' a cp-incidenee that her full-brother, Kan- i j. carried off the two minor sprints. I Ineum was hardly asked to gallop, and she evidently relished the going. With Ngatiruanui's victory added, the Maniapotos came out well on the meeting. Jackpin fenced remarkably well on the .first day, and won quite easily. ' Ngatim'aru was ridden badly by G. Lea, and the gelding's running was not up to form. With "Mag" Young on board the J second day, Ngatimaru was never far away from the leaders, and was in charge at the turn. Sam Pan's running on Wednesday was disappointing, but the official time—2.sl —was not bad considering the going. Timothy ran honestly as usual, but Bismarck had no chance over such a short course. Supreme, by The Officer, an inmate of Alf. Attwood's stable, shaped creditablv on Thursday, and the Feilding trainer had the distinction of supplying first and second in the Mangawapou Hurdles. Oxley came in for fair support in the latter event, but he hadn't sufficient pace keep with them in the first six furlongs". • Hawera "'hurdle-face'"form" did] not do much towards solving the Wan-. jganui problems of next week. |

Yankee Doodle's three starts were productive of a second, a third, and a fourth, and brought little grist to the •mill. Albert Jackson runs his horses straighter than most owners, and a win for the Wanganui-ite would have been •well received. Invader is a decent sort of a horse and one that will stay over a longer distance than a mile when properly tuned up. Little "Glad-Eye" Bell rode the son of Patronus each time he won, and the bay showed real grit over the last furlong. Of course, he was lucky to win on Thursday when Kilrain struck all the trouble that was drifting about, and failed to land what was considered by "the heads" to be a "stone mora!." This scribe has frequently penned complimentary remarks concerning Lord Lup r n, and the game little colt pulled off the Telegraph Handicap after a neck-and-neck struggle with The Dodger. Lord Lupin was only saddled up at the iast moment, and nearly missed the race. Silver Rose was a very hot order in this event, but she failed to get nwav smartly from her berth near the rails, and the outsiders swung right across her and—up went her chance.' Her owners did not fancy the- going on Thursday, and sent the mare home. Bismarck looked well when sent out to contest the Manawopou Hurdles. As usual, he fell behind in the first mile, but made up his lost ground in the concluding stages. He promises to be hard to beat next week. Will Grandee ever win a race? In the Ladies' Purse on Wednesday the big brown fellow was kept too far back, and at tjie turn for home was not near the leader. In the run home he came with a great rattle, and just failed to catch Royal Patron by a head. Double winners at Hawera were: Kaniki, Ineuru, and Invader. Amongst the jockeys, principal interest centred on the leading horsemen, Deeley and Emmerson, but both were out of luck. Emmerson's total for the season is 04, and Deeley has ridden 49 winners. Arthur Ollivef scored on Master Lupin, and his total now reads 47. W. Price, W. Bell, and L. Nodder, each scored two firsts at the meeting. Aviatrix was not taken to Hawera, owing to injuries received while schooling last week. She will be spelled for a couple of months. Had a more fashionable jockey been on Sepoy, the big raking son of The Officer would have been better backed in The Shorts. He covered a lot. of ground at the home turn, but finished well and just beat the hollow-backed, and therefore aptlynamed Ridicule. The latter ran well on the first day and paid a surprisingly good price for second place. Tiora, a stablemate of Ineuru, came up with the reputation of being able to gallop fast, and whs well backed, but she was unlucky and finished, easing up, last. Both on the course and away from it, Hamurana was solidly supported each day, but she ran badly, and was never sighted. Moirette cost her party a fair sum on the first day, and her failure again on Thursday proved that it was the course that was against her. Before leaving Wanganui, she was galloping splendidly. Katua ran a far race on the second day, but hardly looked wound up, Jle : sh»uld improve on that shortly, '

English files to hand bring an account of the race for the Lincolnshire Handicap, which produced such a sensational finish. The Sportsman says:—There was an immense amount of trouble in getting Saucy Vixen to the starting post, and it took the united efforts of her jockey and three attendants to induce her to make a start in that direction. At last one of the Hunt servants, whose whip had been borrowed for persuasive purposes, gave her a lead, and the filly consented to canter. The trouble taken over her was, however, quite thrown away, for, as was the case all last year, she and Beaurepaire would not go near the gate, and any chance which either may have had w.is disposed of as soon as the tapes rose. As was feared would be the case, the heavy ground beat Long Set, who never looked to have a winning chance, and though Uncle Pat showed plenty of speed for half the distance he died away just when his backers were beginning to shout him home, as he has done so often previously. It was a grand finish between Cuthhert and Berrilldon from the distance, the pair coming right away from the field. There was no doubt, however, that the former gradually went from near the centre of the course to the far rails, and few were much surprised at the objection to him, which was immediately lodged, or at its result. The theory of horses for courses worked out wonderfully well in the case of Cuthhert. East year Cuthhert won two races, the first at the Lincoln spring meeting, these being his first and final outings as a three-year-old. Meanwhile he contested half a dozen races without gaining backers, while the son of St.

Aidan again finished first at Lincoln in the big handicap, though he subsequently lost the race on protest.