SPORTING.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 7

SPORTING.

• ' ■' i mum . i .ij^ Some useful work was accomplished on tae local tracks yesterday morning by horses engaged at the foVthoomin" Marton meeting. Ausin and Moulu were well in front ot AVaioture afc the end of a circuit over the hurdles.

'Marton and Union Jack went once round over the big fences. Union Jack ran eff at the double, otherwi^ the performance was satisfactory Interlude showed to better advantage than Lady Middleton in a spin over live furlongs. :

_ Starengo and Bivouac ran half a mile in s«secs, finishing together. Petruchio, moving freely, compassed nve rurlongs n 1.5.

Zela moved nicely over half a mile in

I ostillion and Taringapita were given haJl-pace work, and a large number of otiiers did useful tasks.

A post-mortem examination .on the remains of El Gallo revealed the fact uhat the Spalpeen gelding died of heart disease. He has been buried on the JLllershe racecourse. From Napier it "is reported that Elocution and Silver Tongue are doing well on the tracks, and are to go to Marton -Both were sired by Demosthenes, and were useful two-year-olds. A good many of last 'season's -two-year-olds will make their initial appearance this term at Marton. Those en-' gaged include Lingerie, Chuckle, Silver Tongue, Acre, Cooing, Crowhm-st, Elocution, Lady Beaufort, and Hxide dominations for the Otaki Club's bpnng Meeting dose on Monday next R. UtfcSeventy, who rode Master btrowan ta victory in the Grand National Steeplechase, will again have the mount on Mr F. Easton'a borse at Marton next week

The Porirua team for the Marton meeting goes north to-day. It will consist of Eloquence (Demosthenes—Formula) , Goldstream, and Aratiatia. J. Conquest wll ride the flat horses, and H. Burt will have the mouni.on Aratiatia.

The Trentham three-year-old fillies Matilda and Cooing, are to race at Marion, and will be accompanied north by Coalition. The latter schooled well at 'irentham on Saturday, but so far he jump.? in a slow, careful style, and requires racing to keep him to stand off at his fences. The Patronus gelding was taught to jump in the hunting field, but such a preparatory course is not always conducive to making a fast jumper, primarily because those who ride hunters are not always capabia horsemen.

Private advices received from Sydney state that the Martian mare Bee is amiss, and is unlikely to race at Rajidwick next monh.