SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11805, 16 September 1916, Page 6

SPORTING.

INTERPROYINCIAL G3SSIP. (FfeOU Ol'Xl CottBESrONDT-'NT.''.] AUCKLAND. September 0. The Avondale Jockey Club will upon * its Spring Mooting on Wednesday, and it is anticipated that a quartette 0/ *1 N©vv Zealand Cup candidates, Colonel - JSoiilt, Muliingar, Housewife and Beltnno, will bo soeh under silk in the ' Avondale Cup. The Auckland trio all -- look well, and certain movements during this week indicate that the Colonel . ' Soult and Housewife parties aro very 4 hopeful of winning at Avondale. Everything points to tho Ayondale - ' Stakes drawing a good field on Wednesday «■ ' .Scottish Knight (Robert the ' » Uruco—Puhi) is popularly hold to he tho most forward 1 youngster, and ho i promises to render a good account or himself. Another youngster m tho limelight is Ghwent Guarblo ArchGwenuul), who seemed to have all the best of Shower Gold (Marble An.-h--Merry Nit"), when thoy galloped together this verk. . . ' Waiuta (Carl Rosa—\\aiotahi) is trainiitg 011 nicely, and she is booked to ,1' make, a reappearance tinder silk at h Avondale. She figures in the. Flying £ 'Handicap (7st 81b) on the opening dav, } and in tho Avondale Guineas on tho I' -Second day. At two years old Waiuta - ' showed herself up in decent colours in tile decision of the Great. Northern Champagne Stakes when she beat alt 'the field save Bjorneborg, and she sub- . - gequently beat the Finland geldmg in the Victoria Handicap, when meeting K< ' her bay rival at a difference of 71h in her favour. Waiuta is quite rendv for a earlv spring engagements. < % ■ Chortle, Multiplication, Mult nine and i» Vagabond have reached here to fuliil engagements at the Avondale meeting MeXt week. Chortle lias a strong following for the Avondale Cup. ' Royal Rufus, who was brought across " /CjTOtn Sydney .recently, and who is now included in tho team trained by J. >V illiamwn, has made steady progress, and ,ho )V. ticked off to fulfil an engagement in tho Avondale Cup, 111 which ne has ' the liico impost of Ost 121b. lloyal Irish lias come on well, and he '• js'expected to fulfil his engagement in the Avondale Cup. Tne Souit gelding 5 is not over-burdened with Bst, »ut the | , field promises to bo n, strong one. '■» '. Merry Roe is striding along attrac't ' tively in hor work, and the i'net of the mare having been paid up lor m the New Zeal am! Cup point* to tho ! probability or Mr Fred Hail firing the foown mare an opportunity to distm- ' ' guish herself at; Riccarton. in November. No horse training at jCllerslio is soma - better than Colonel Soult. lhe_ son of Soult Seems to be in a good position to reproduce his best form at short notice. El Gallo having been paid up for in the Avondale Cup, it would seem safo to conclude that Mr W. J. Ralph will start: the dual Great Northern double : winner in tho mile and a quarter race, in which ho in weighted at 'fit Sib. The Spalpeen gelding is in capital nick \ and he can be depended upon to beat ■' mot®; than beat fciiu in next Y\ ednea- ; dayferace. 1 Tft Ongn and Tonacious have been galloping Btronply since their return from Canterbury, and they are both en- * 1 gaged in tho Groy Lynn Hurdle Handicap at Avondale 011 Wednesday. There can be no question of Muiliflgar being ready for spring engagements. Tho son of Marble Arch has pleased the onlookers each time he has been sleekened oat, arid bo' certainly looks like adding further to his winning record before lie ia much older. Jen-is George has arrived at Avondale with Gleuroy and Royal Red. The first-named in engaged in the Henderson and Fl ving Handicaps. Royal Red, who is engaged in th« Maiden ' Handicap, is a : eolc of Royal Rufus 1 from St Ada. 1 John Willinmson expects to lenve for Sydney on Monday with the .steeplechaser Okaihau. The Ellerslie trainer appears to be very hopeful of Okai- =; hau paying his way a't Randwiek next • * moil tli.

An interesting little fact hearing on Troublesome; winner of the Adelaide Grand National Steeplechase, is thnt the son of Spalpeen and Laodice was bred by the Hon W. H. fferries. Lnodice after producing Troublesome. When Air Herries disposed of his property at Shaftesbury in 1910 the stock went rp to auction, and an Lnodiee'- yonngster liad been motherless for some time he carried anything but an attractive appearance. Competition for the possession of the bay colt was of the weak order, and Mr E. Alison had only to carry the. bidding to twelve guineas to find himself the purchaser. That Troublesome would bWom into a Grand Nat : oital winner across country was by all accounts about tho last, thing thought when lie .stood in the ring at To Aroha in February. IPI.O, and at that stage it seemed very much more likely that he would find n place amongst the ponies. Truly, the gtimming np of foals and yenrlir.Ks is d great conundrum.

tJAWKE'S BAY. NAPIER. September 8. The Karimm stable!*' representatives ■were: each «*f-]I backed at Marton ant] there was much wailing amongst tho punting fraternity at tho down fall of tho hearers of the cerise. jacket. Tho tlftwfce's Bay Jockey Olnb will devoto tho profits during the coining season to patriotic purposes. C'arlatour. in in work a§aiii under tin care of F. Stowe. Tino. Atuft is galloping in good F-trle ac Hastings and is an almost certain giaftdr for the Wartgr&hvri Guineas, trist season tvaa decidedly better <jYer fivA ft.rlorj.gs than over a longe-f 6&X&&.-- tier staying powers may 'mprorvl rt'ith uge. Sicily M* been returned to tar Oilier, Mr <». Hunter, M.P.. the daughter of Fi>r«ja.iivo-«Mi<w St Oftilto, luvfl b«»n suffering from nwmhr TllOlittWtiW r .WJ it- M'HS fpuntV atoost impossible to ttniii I,or.

Beltauo and Bjorneborg will probably b"> Mr T. If. Lowry's two representatives at Avondale. Both have boon going on tho right way since last season, and the pair should bo all right on tho score of condition when tho day comes. Some backers aro already talking about this stable for the New* Zealand Cup, but I cannot r-too anything amongst the younger horses who appear likely to stay out two miles. Mr H. K. Oaisford, the Dannevirke sportsman, has been on tho sick list for some time, bo.t is now recovering. This province supp'ied a goodly proportion of tho starters at Slarton but only 0110 race came this way. This) wast the Railway Handicap, which fell to the Wondrille-tfaincd Ohiwia, bv Elysian—Wairakau, » cast-off trom F. Davis's stable. Considering that she had won at Datmevirk© shortly before, shy was allowed to pay a good price. Chortle will probably be all tho better for his race at M/.rton. The betting indicated thar. he waa not ready, and it may take another two or three gallops in public to sharpen him up to win a race. Mr VV. I?ichmond\«i colt by Poseidan ■Pleasant Surprise, which was amongst t-lr.j New Zealand Cup entries, has been added to the list. Indigo may not face, the starter until New Zealand Cup day. This may or may not oe prejudicial to his chance. Indigo certainly does not do Well _ on tor. much racing, and it is just possible that he may run just as well without any preliminary run in public.

WELLINGTON. September 7. The Mar ton Jockey Ciub had a sue* cessful meeting yesterday. No fewer than ten Nov," "Zealand Cop candidates took part, ar.d the only one to &et placed was llevalenia. She was easily beaten by Lady Frisco, who the previous week woa a double at the M.anawatu Hunt Club's meeting. She ia good and will not be long getting out of tho hack class. Devotion (All Black—Culmination), who carries Mr Bidwill's colours, made her first appearance this season in the Trial Plate and bent seventeen others. She is in the Wanganui Guineas, as also is her stable mate Elation. He was tho best looking horse at the meeting, tie did not liuu his feet quickly 111 t.ie Electric Hack Handicap, and finished just out of a place. In the Hack liurdlcs Golden March and Portland Lady failed badly. Tho winner turned up in the Bombardo gelding Combustion, formerly owned and trained at Marton. He is now leased, .by Mr 0. Russell, a steward of the Wanganui Jockey Club, and trained by A. Hall. Waimnki (Ma-liaki-t'jiemie) headed Combustion at the last fence, but in the run homo the latter had too much pace for his opponent. Four of the Karamti team were seen out and were Well backed, but none of them managed to get placed. Hyllua was set a solid task in tho big wutfv in being asked to concede both ago and weight io more seasoned performers. Maid o' Gowric, who raced at Trentham and Ricearton. won from end to end. Crawford went after her, but she always was going the better of the pair. Square Deal did the best of the eight New Zealand Cup candidates that contested the race. Several of the runners in the Hack Steeplechase failed to complete the course, and Marton won easily at the Inish. This wfi.R his first success since his return from Australia. Tauira, who has not won a. race for al>out seven years, was going well when he fell. Merry Jack was winniiUi, the Hunt Club Cup by one hundred yards when he fell. This left Weilwood to store his first win for his Cliristehurch owner, Mr W. B. Clcrkson. Sir J. G, Wilson presented the handsome trophy which accoinpiini";! the race to Mr J. Pearson, who was in charge* of the horse. f?e hns two engagements at tho Woodlands meeting next week. The running of Perrier in the Electric Hack Handicap greatly disappointed the connections of the T'ordell stable. An unknown quantity in Gayeium, by Gnscley, scored iron' .Hylatus, who was not ready. Mr M Mnhon had a word with S. Re ; d, rider of Chortle. He wns slow to begin but w»'s living at the finish, end rn r - just boh hid the horses. He may run we'l at Avondale r.ext v <-ck. The Ely.-in mare Ohiwia, r.ho scored at Danm x irke. won from Depredation, who v::k eoir-'idrred unbenloblo. Olnwia hr.s improved ivnec. Inst, season and should ;zo 011 winning. Mr J. Bull intonrod me at Marion that he had purchased .All Red. to tflke the phce of the dei V.net r,ho Pr.tronus. The Rtepniak horse, has arrived at his new home. Mr M'Mahon will leave for A next week, after nitending the Pahiatna meeting, on a business visit. Chortle is to be rllowed to drop out of the New Zealand Cup in favour of Multiply. The stable w'll also be re-pre-ettted at. Avondale bv Midtiplieat.ion, Multiono and Vagabond. Tiie latter is a two-veor-old Martian, awl is to content the Avondale Stakes. Mia o»rp broke down recently and | was not taken to Marton.

OTAGO. IH'NEDIN, fiepternlyer 9. A from racing in Dunodin. r.hich exists from June to October, in now almost spanned, rind during the next- two or thro,' weeks Winjujatuitraincd horses will bo fit ting- more solid work allotted them, am) ivi!l proridrt something worth looking at, instead of tite pottering off-reason business. . Nominations for tha Dunedin Jockey Club's Spring Meeting are fine en Ssptftftibai' 22, and tho Kurow nominations fill due nest week. With tho appearance of the list#. Wi "irill realise that th<? local season has really commenced, aiid that the dead season has been pushed into tho past. The. three Winpatui-trained Cup candidate, -Tutm .i>:irlcy.-.MI ;<. Avdeurhor and Mftidant, ban Ij- i-n raid up nr •;< iuf: ruiv. The trio 1 .•• <!«• fr.i r.'ii: k ori i.h»: i:

Mawa has been paid up in the Ashburton Handicap. She won tho Wairio Cup, one mile and a quarter, last season, and so is not a stranger to the distance she will have to cover.

and Linden, stable mates ot Mnrsa, are booked for Ashburton, and so is Moneymaker, another of the Wingo ttii brigade. , . , JDe Aar (a sister to Gunboat) and FiregOd are .booked to race at Ashburton. The last-named changed owners during the past- season for very little money, but evidently is still considered worthy or bpir.l4 classed as a racehorse. It. was intended to i-'ord Speedometer to Ashburton but ho dne<; not ligure 111 the aecoptanor. 1 ? for tho first »n>, no tho contemplated trip he.-, probably l>een abandoned. »ho r-omewhiit .'indent brood mat'* 1 . Jphol. : considered sale in irsal tho jonng imported ftallion, MarkHope. .)r<net ! v ' twt 11 i} -two yenrs ok', and although l>nrvon 011 sin-oral ocvasiorifi, hiifi product! one foal and '■> '[''v in foal attain sinee Mr <>. H. n ise picked bov up cheaply at tin-. Kloorolio stud sale. Mnrkhope. by (ho w.\v 13 said to bf've filled onfc _ considerably since last- your and is being we'll patronised by breeders. ' Tno veteran horstmnn r.ri.l trainer, .Tamos Cotton, is riding out, a horse owned by a local Mportsmnn. Cotton lifi« been going for 0.-or half a ce:iturv and ft ill look* neat and witty in tho' pigskin. _ . Magdnla is to bo vecommisftio.ned shortly. It is said that J. Olson hfts severed his connection with Siiyefi'a stable and will make Riecarton his headquarters. The principal event at the Queenstown meeting will W the Lake County Cup, of 60 sovs, with a 10 sovs cup, presented by Mr E. M. Paterson. Tho Frankton course is to bo reduced From about n mile and a half to a mile in circumferencft. . There aro about thirty-five horses 111 work at Iliverton and almost twenty training on the Winton tracks. Hir luvereargill course iR also fairly with gallopers and trotters.