LATE SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17906, 23 July 1926, Page 5

LATE SPORTING.

ACCEPTANCES. WAIMATE TROTTING CLUB. " following: acceptances have been dec. ived for the Waimate Trotting Club’s meeting:— < TRIAL HANDICAP (in harness), of 3 7J so vs. One mile and a half. Kid Logan . scr yds bhd Adelia . . scr Master Bell . 12 Royal George 72 KUROW HANDICAP (in saddle), of 17£ so vs. One mile and a half. G.R. by Xel- Hassen . . scr son Bingen scr Red Chief . scr Almont Lad . scr . yds bhd Yankee Patch scr Hostage . 72 WATMATE TROTTING CLUB Clip (in harness), of 47£ sovs. Class 5.0. Two miles. • scr yds bhd Medallion My Sonny .3 32 Jack s< r Macranda . 192 yds bhd Lazarus .204 Throgmorton 84

LADIES’ BRACELET HANDICAP (in harness), of 12* sovs. Class 4.0. One mile and a half. Self Reliance scr yds bhd Lass wood . scr Jimmy ’ Vds bhd Chimes 3OS I ret tv Pointer 96 Tarzan . 228 Hostage .108

AIORV EX HANDICAP (in harness), of J() s°vs. Class 3.10. One mile and a quarter. Medallion Boy scr yds b]ld Kid Logan . scr Royal George 36 Adelai . . scr Pretty Pointer .48 yds bhd Jimmy Morven Lass 12 Chimes 60

MA JM£ IHF HANDICAP (in harness), of sovs. Class 5.15. Two miles. Hilarity . scr Hassen . scr B.G. by Xel- Yankee Patch scr Dbl°ci i ? sen Pcr yds bhd ?Q« n C nri f * scr La *arus i 360 Satin Dillon scr. W -VJ OA HANDICAP (in saddle), of so\ s. Class 2.30. One mile. Patch Junior scr Morven Lass scr Reliance scr Medallion scr Jack scr Mdveen yds bhd Arn C t«,r Cj n vl do scr Throgmorton 60 Master Bell . scr My Sonny . 84 WANGANUI NOTES. (Special to the “Star.”) WANGANUI, July 23. i lie annual meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club will be held on Wednesday next. Tt is anticipated that the meeting will be one of the most interesting held for some years. The bird-cage on" the Wanganui course is to be enlarged by taking in an extra thirty feet of the saddling paddock. The large fields which are seen out nowadays make the enlargement necessary.

Judging by the way Civility is getting through her preparation for the Winter Cup the daughter of Elysian Civilisation should strip at the top of her form at Riccarton. She has yet to prove her ability to run out a mile, but she has two good seven furlong perfor- i mances to her credit at Riccarton, hav- I ing filled second place two years in j succession in the Great Easter Handi- 1 cap. The way she finished up her races suggests she will run out a mile ; all right, and she has shown she can carry weight. Gold Fisher, a stable mate of Civility, is making steady improvement. He went very pleasingly over half a mile yesterday morning, when he picked up Civility (who was running six furlongs) and finished up with her in 51 l-ssee. Civility’s time for the full distance was Imin 18£sec. She was ridden by J. Barry, and the start was almost a standing one. She went the first half mile in 52 4-ssec and the last five furlongs in Imin 3}sec, finishing on well. She is to leave next week for Riccarton. W. Rayner has his three 3'oungsters looking well and they are coming along nicely. Thaw (by Limond—Melting) looks the most forward of the trio, but Covent Garden (by Absurd—Cherry Mart) should be in capital fettle by the time the Wanganui meeting comes round. Admiris (by Limond—Pennon) is also beginning to hit out freely. It is probable that only one of Mr Currie's youngsters will start in the Debutante Stakes, but the three may be given an outing in the two-vear-old parade. Yesterday morning Thaw and Covent Garden had a spin 'over three fur- I longs with a youngster by Harrow— Liquify in W. Dwyer’s stable. The | half-sister to Deluge had a bit the better of the jump off and led to the straight, but Thaw and Covent Garden headed her and finished a couple of ; lengths in front, in 38 4-ssec. Vaudeville is m steady work and the son of Limond—Farce should be in good fettle for the spring meeting. He ran one or two good races as a two-year-old, and may prove fairly useful. Tf he does no good on the flat he might be tried over the hurdles later on. W. Higgins hrs just put Musket Vein into work again. The daughter of Rangitcro—Mongonui has had a

good spell, and has built up considerably'. She showed the possession of a lair amount of pace wdien previously in work, and might make good during the. coming season. Higgins will have Wembley in commission again shortly, and a five-year-old gelding by Guinaforte is joining his stable. * Bent is looking particularly* well just now, and W. Mitchell might pick up a race with her shortly'. Mask has built up a lot during the winter and gives every promise of doing well as a four-year-old. It has been stated that he is likely to contest the New Zealand Cup, but he will be taken to Ellerslie for the Mitchelson Cup. Lysander continues to please his trainer, and the son of Absurd—Pennon should strip in great buckle for the .. an . ganui Guineas. , r Ki £. sk is a J so . £oing on nicely and the lea J ray colt is likely’ to keep the best of the other three-year-olds verv busyin the early spring events.