LATE SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 10

LATE SPORTING.

WAIMATE TROTTING CLUB. (Special to the “Star.”) W AIM ATE, June IS. The Waimatc Trotting Club held their inaugural meeting in perfect weather. TRIAL HANDICAP, Of 30 sovs. One mile and a half. Princess Ann, scr . . .1 Alaster Bell, scr . . . .2 Pretty Pointer, scr . . .3 Vican, Medallion Bo3’ and King’s Own also started. Won by three lengths. Time—3mip olsec. ROYAL HUNT CUP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Seuter'a Telegrams. (Received June IS, 1 p.m.) LONDON. June 17. The following is the result of the ROYAL HUNT CUP HANDICAP, of £2240; seven furlongs 16(3 yards. Cockpit . . . i Polyphontes . . . .2 Priory Park . .3 Thirty started. Won bv three lengths. RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES. T hursday. Heavy frost delayed training operations till a late hour this morning, but when proceedings commenced the track was not in bad order and some useful work was done. Tho No 7 grass was used for all fast work. Rigel and Winkie’s Rebel were the first out and finished together at the end of six furlongs in lmin 19 l-ssee. Gold town was going better than A oute after covering five furlongs, the four taking lmin 50 l-ssec. Moorland alone ran seven furlongs very well in lmin 30sec. Castellan showed plenty of dash in the early stages of six furlongs, the full distance being- run in lmin 18seo. Solfello and Red Kriss finished together after covering five furlongs in lmin 7 2-ssec. There was nothing much between Kukume and Tenterfield at the end of six furlongs in lmin 21sec. Royal Alac alone was finishing on well at the cud of six furlongs in lmin 18 1-ssec. Solferite took lmin 9sec to cover five furlongs, and Ivilbirnie was given a run over seven furlongs, the last six taking lmin 22sec. Ferino alone was allotted an easy six furlongs, getting through her work in lmin 19 4-osec. En Rout© worked easily over six furlongs. Enure and Sunny Loch finished abreast at the end of seven furlongs, taking lmin 32 2-ssee. Gav Bird, with a liberal concession in tho weights, had an advantage, over Granvale at the end of six furlongs, the last three taking 39sec. Lord Ash lea j?vd North Inch finished together slightly ahead of Cashraan after seven furlongs in lmin 35sec. Flaming Ray sprinted half a mile in 54sec and Lava and The Cheat finish© 1 as named at the end of a pleasing five furlongs in lmin ssec. Jubilant was not doing her best behind Gay Juliet in the final furlong of seven which took lmin 31sec. Chickwhoat had a little the better of Rapier in a run over five furlongs . Charlatan (A. Peart) was sent a round over the steeplechase country and appears to have regained his confidence. He gave a good display. NOTES. The Banks Peninsula Racing Club’s meeting will be held at Riccarton on Saturday, and it looks like proving a great success. The acceptances are more than satisfactory, very few of the horses originally nominated having dropped out of their engagements. As a result there will be good fields to provide some very interesting sport. The Motukarara course being under water, there was no chance of racing there, and the change to Riccarton should assist the club to a record meeting. J. Al'Combe will have three horses racing at Riccarton on Saturday. They have all been going well in t.h,eir work lately, and the f&ct that they are so forward suggests that they will be required for racing soon after their arrival in Sydney, in the event of M’Oombe making his contemplated early trip there. Serotina, who figures among the acceptors for the Ilalswell Handicap on Saturday, is a three-year-old sister to Owlscombe. by Autumnus from Glenowlet. This will be her first race. There are thirty-four acceptors for the Ellesmere Trot Handicap to be run over a mile at Riccarton on Saturday, sixteen of them being on the limit. The big course will be an advantage, as it will give them plenty of It is understood that S. Walls will do the riding on Carawock at the Napier meeting this week. This probably means that. A. E. Wormald hadecided to relinquish riding over fences. He was a s real artist in the saddle, but increasing weight restricted his riding opportunities, and now he has a team of horses in bis stable at Riccarton to fully occupy his attention.