SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1919, Page 7

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. Sept. .18, 19.—Ashburton R.C. Spr' Sept. 20, 22.—01ak1 R.C. Spring. Sept. 25, 27.—Wanganul .T.C. Spring. Sept. 27, Oct. I.—Avondalo J.C. Spring. AVONDALE WEIGHTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The following weights have been declared for the Avondale spring meeting:— MAIDEN PLATE.—Bitholla 9.2, Khubla Khan 9.0, Romance 8.5, Admiral Advance 84, Demoiselle, Emerald Hill 8.3, Finkop, No Mis* take 8 2, Monocrat, Elate 7.13, Phyllona 7.12, Oak Abbey, Formalin, Mary BTuee 7.11, Senlai, Baby Doll. Loved One, Tinokaha, Big Corn, Isingarch, Clanmel, North Loburn, Lord Masterful, War Shot, Middle Mark, Bridgie, Qlencanny, Hesßlan, Actrice, Koura, Melting, Arab King, Heather Spring, Forward, Lady Darnley. Miss Abbey, Merry Nell, Hypothesis, No Bother, Backfire, Persian King, Salraless, P«nella 7.9.

GREY LYNN HURDLES.—Kauri King 12.9, Ditto 11.11, Signature 10 H, Marconi, Garry Owen 10 4, Tenacious, Te Onga 69, Glen Opal, Benzine 9.8, Sir Agnes, Klnkora 9.5, Notability 0,3, Deviation, Swatlstrn, Lombard)* 9 2.

AVONDALE CUP.— Uncle Ned 9 5, Vagabond, King Lupin 9.0, Some fioy 8.9, Sweet Corn 8.7, Alteration 8.4, Depredation 7 12, Mulllngar, Gold Kip 7.11, Hlneamaru, Housewife 7.8, Ohinewalrua, Klllardo 7.6, All Talk, Waluta 7.5, Glen Opal, Paddingtcn Green 7.3, Fabrlquette 7.2. Canzonet 7.0, Windovr.h 0.12, MelN ehlkoff 6.11, Blue Cross G.l), Tabasco, LUlwsannor. Entente Cordlaie, Gaycium, Lady tinerjo' 0,7.

HACK AND HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE— Ulster, Signnture 11.8, Guiding Way 10.13, Notability 10.6, Kurnalpl, Dunrobin 10,5, Southland. Cymer 10.2, Seville 10.0, Johnny Paul, Swatlska 9.11, Jacaranda 9 9, Grey Star, Titiro, Sir John, Oakleigh, Master Bijou, Pablo, NYaikoura, Nyassa, Mamangn, Konul 9.7. HENDERSON HANDICAP.—HyIIus 9.0, Hlneamaru 8.12, Rekanul 8.10, Depredation 80, Fabrlquette, Hopfleld"B*s, Paddlngton Green, Meltchikoff 8.4, Escaped S 3, Royal Irish 8.2, Stilts, Stammer 7.10, Tabasco 7.8, Ohoreka, Scottish Knight 7.0, Penona 7.5, Orateur 7.2, Mountain Gold, Mistress Biddy 7.0, Jocular 613, Blue and Black 6.11, Archie, Romance, Flowing Bowl, Heather Sprig 6 7.

HACK WELTER.—Pierrot 9.11, Tamaroa 9.!), Ohoreka, Lady Energy, Canowindra o 4, General Stephen 9.1, Orateur 8.12, Multiplane B.l*, Fluteute Cordlale, Maori Tikanga, Forest Cold 8 10, Persian Prince, Marshnl Neil, Step B.!>, Uaimsannor 8.7, Demoiselle, New Zealand 8.6, Luperino 8.5, Greatform, Woody Glen 8 4, Rr.thiln 8.3, Admiral Advance, Marble Tap, Lady Elstow 8 2, St. Carl, Isingarch, Manakau, Bridgie, Pearl d'Mom, Glcncanny, Hessian. Slow Coach, Hi'dley, Backfire, Mary Bruce 8 <i FLYING HANDICAP.—MiII «' Gowrle 0.2, Some Boy, Uncle Ned 8.13, Bedford 8.7, Roknmil 8 5. Crowhurst Llonskln 8 0, Murlhlku 7.13, Madam Ristorl 7 10, Ganzunet 7.7, Bltho* Ma 7.ii, Cnballoro. Ga.volum 7.8, Stilts, Stammer 7,2, Prince Charlorol, Tamnroa ' o, War Tank 6.12, Amn (1.9, No. Misuko, Ban?, Rlyan, KUbegyan 6.7. RECORD PRICES FOR SLEDMERS YEARLINGS. London, Sept. 12. i The Sledmere yearllnga owned by the lato Sir! Mark Sykes were sold at the Doncnater sales 1 and realised £61,300, a record for one stud. > The yearlings included a Swynford—BlueUt, rolt, which whs sold to Lord Chanely for ll,!i00 j guttieas, There was excitement when the bidding passed the record paid for Sceptre. The Tetrarch's colts and Allies continue to realise high prices.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asso, TURF TOPICS. The.Ashburton spring meeting has been postponed. Otnkl will race on Saturday and Mondav next. The Speaker has spoken at last. Odds on Tho absence of railway facilities hit the Dannovlrke nicetlnp a body blow. The Lowry-invned Warlike, by Labor Day, broke his "duck" when he rfohna I home In the Welter at Dannevlrke. * j Old Utility jumpß as cleverly evar but his rider could have not off rflce( j t j ie dav h ° rSe homo ° ver the 'mile on Wednesbick Johnson has, arrived ln Sydney with Rewi Poto and Jtfnry Clay. Both horses are very well at present, and some good jumping events should fall to {hem before ther return. Sweet Com (a ««ld to .be a lady of moods hut thore waa no doubt about the way she unlshed up her races at Mnrton and at Dannevlrko. She failed to gain a place In her nino Inst starts the previous year, but sho has bogun tho new season well. The erstwhile Now Zealand 'chaser, New York, who has been Infirm for some time, was destroyed recently, Imvlng fallen In a race and broken his shoulder, When carrying the colors of Mr. Jus. Bull, junr., In th« Dominion lie won on the flat, over hurdles, and over country. Be was a useful sort up to two and a half miles, and ran second in the Wellington Steeplecha.se tr BransflpJd. Gloaming and Afterglow are moving well ut j nnnjwlck, and Goldon Bubble, Rossini, Taun 1 ftb&j Surveyor, and Delight aU >

useful tasks. The New Zealand division promise to do big things lu Australia this spring. Estland, whoso deoth by accident at Rosehill was reported Inst Thursday, was best known to local sports as the winner of the Taranaki Stakes of .1917. He also won the Wanganul Guineas, Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes, Manawatu Stakes, New Zealand Derby Stakes, Canterbury Cui), Great Northern Derby, and Hawera Stakes. His stake winnings were: 1916-17, £2125; 1917-18, £3815. In the latter season he topped the winning horses' lilt. Kstland was sold in Australia last spring for something In Iho region of 3000 guineas, but did not race with much success 111 tlie Commonwealth.

Another to come Into the market for the New Zealand Cup Is Mr. G. L. Stead's three-year-old gelding Starland (Nassau—Stardancer). Stiu'lanel only started once, being tieatcn In the Lyttclton Plate at the C.J.C. February meeting. Our old friend Styrax raced in the colors or Mr. C. P. Valla rice at Dannerlrke. to whom Mr. T. E. Whelch presented him recently. Sty-rax rewarded his now owner with second money, and a nice dividend as well. A first acceptance of thirty-eight for the new Zealand Cup must be accounted very satisfactory. Menelaus and Rorke's Drift vfere withdrawn last week, and others to drop out are Bed Ribbon, Cynic, Melee, Motulhl, Pretty Bobby, ■ Footlights, Deflection, Orange Bitters, Bebuff, Empyrean, Russet, Woolahra, Tortrlx, and the defunct Red Pepper. With the exception of Red Ribbon .and Cynic the defections w?re not serious, and there is ample element for a mod race still In.

A peculiar thing about the New Zealand Cup entries was that through telegraphic error Woolahra (Woolloomooloo—Mather Goose), was entered on the list as Wolaroa (Wolawa— Mangaroa). Those who backed Wolaroa should be entitled to their money back, as the horse was never entered.

Author Dillon was responsible for a great performance when he won ihe Queen Elizabeth Handicap, miles, at Addington on Saturday In 2.412-5, which equals Our Thorpe's time registered In the 1915 Free-for-All. The track was a trifle slow at the time, but Author Dillon's time works out to a trifle worse than 2.9 to the mile. A Glsborne wrller mentions that the wellknown sire Gazeley has been sold to a Hiwrcra breeder, and will take up stud duties in this province immediately. tWematfli'has grmtir Hit# a unrwe four-year-old, and she is reported to be doing good work on the Hastings tracks. The daughter of Martian—Lovelorn will Ipso nothing by being trained by T; Qulnllvan, who ha 3 led in more than one Netf "Zealand Cup winner.