SPORTING PUBLICATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1930, Page 7

SPORTING PUBLICATIONS.

(By

“Paritutu.”)

No sportsman, whether he or she be horseowner, breeder, trainer or just a simple follower-of the. sport of Kings,; cail-afford to blunder along year, after year in tli'elBa'tne ; .old,.hapkazard fashion when sporting publications which are not only full pf interesting reading but are crammed with facts which can be turned to advantage can be purchased' at ,a moderate cost.' Memory, on which most sportsmen rely, can • play queer pranks at times, and many of the pitfalls of racing may be avoided if recourse had been taken to the standard books published each year on the subject. The New ' Zealand Turf Register and the Trotting Register, which are now in the Press, contain in tabloid form details of races run during the seasonjust concluded and, in addition, give ’’eiiable particulars of the ages,, breeding and-ownership of horses, their individual performances and winnings. Rules of racing, registered racing colours, lists of winners of important events in Australia and .in New Zealand, and many other items concerning winning owners and' horses in the Dominion are also all con -; tained in 'a small compass-and the cost,: thanks to the support given by racitig; clubs, is within the reach of all. . The New Zealand. Stud .Book, Volume XI. of which has just been placed on sale, is-of- the greatest importance to breeders and owners of thoroughbreds,;, giving particulars of the breeding of mares, their progeny and matings. The latest volume is considerably larger than those of previous issues and contains details of imported mares, and horses, extended pedigrees of stallions, etc. By means of the Stud Book students of I breeding can follow the successful lines, and even -those not closely interested with breeding will find much to interest them in its pages. At no time more than at the beginning of a new racing season are such books as the Registers .and the Stud Book of such value to-the student of winning form.

Taranaki Hunt Club.. The Taranaki Hunt Club’s thirteenth totalisator meeting will be held on A U S' list 30, and this body has been granted the use of the Taranaki Jockey Chibs racecourse at New Plymouth. An innovation which should prove a featiue of the programme .is a two-year-old parade through which race-goers may be able to form a line on prospects for early itwo-year-old races. The principal event is the Taranaki Hunt Club Cup Steenlechase, of £l7O, including a cup valued at £3O, about 2i miles, and other hunters’ races are: Lepperton Hunters Hurdles, of £BO, U miles and 10M 5 > Maiden Hunters’ Steeplechase, of £9O, about two miles, and Hunters’ Handicap flat race, of £9O, ,H, miles. The flat races are: Stratford Handicap, of £llO, six furlongs, minimum weight 7st; Opunake Sairry, of £9O, five ‘furlongs, weight Sst; Waihi Hack Handicap. oT £lOO. seven furlongs, minimum weight 7st; Urenui Hack Handicap, of £lOO, six furlongs, minimum weight 7st. Nominations will dose with' the secretary, Mr. E, L. Humphries, New Plyinouui, al 9 p.m. to-night, August 11.