Sporting.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 2 (Supplement)

Sporting.

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[Br The .Tictory .of ■ tßangihaeta in the Kawau Hurdles at' Takapuna is the first recorded! toy the son of Raagipuhi since he won the Hurdle Handicap at the South Auckland ft.C. Meeting last -February. ' The Mlenschikoff gelding, Turbiae, is piutting up a. good record this «tison, and out of nine starts he hos ■been successful on six occasions. .Turbine has incurred a 51'b penalty ?or the Railway Hajidicap, which brings his weight up to 8.3. No less than twelve sires got their names on the winning list at the I Takapuna Meeting, Mensehikoff and Lupin having' three winners, anJ Bluejacket, Hierarch, Cyrenian, Cardigan* iS'oult, Regal, Rangipuhi, Leol.intis, Freedom' and Birkenhead oneeach.

In .the Railway Handicap at +be A.R.C. meeting Salute heads the lUt, and meets Turbine, which numbers of people are found arguing- .cannot lit beaten on 131b» better terms than ■when he beat her in the Parnell Handicap in'the spring, which makes her read attractively if Turbine is to-le' considered. Birkdale has been paid uf' for in the. sprint in preference to the Cup, and he is the sole representative of the powerful EJaramu s^.ih-

les. The acceptances for. the Alucklaad Cap and Railway Handicap are distinctly disappointing, and a 'ong wi»y below expectations'. In the former event only, thirteen have made the payment out of fifty-eight originally handioappea, and in the latt?* sixteen out of sixty-one is a very low average. Diabolp.is at the head ci affairs. Bridge' still holds his groun-1, aud is stated to be doing good work a I Hastings, and as lie is chosen as ili- Watt's representative, he must It treated with respect. NbtwiHistandingj that the connections of Sedition complained of the -weight allotted the 1 son.of Soult, he is still in fiud I has lots of supporters. 'Kopui is the actual favourite. Waimangu is the select" of Geo. Ajbsolom's stable, while Sir Plrize has been supported. John is another given a good chance, but the hopes of Aucklanders are centred in Advocate, which is tlhe most discussed horse in the race.