SPORTING.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17212, 13 February 1918, Page 6

SPORTING.

THE EGMOXT MEETING

(By ':Muiti:orm.

: 'Die Autumn Meeting vi ir:e Egmont Bi;cing Club opens at Hauera to-day, :i.nd 'there is every prosji-ci of the gatb<-ring be'ng suocessliii from evert viewpoint. Iho nceepJam •■•; for the liandkiip events are dei/id;-.:!;. aijove zhn average, and the track eventi, as usual, are particularly large field*. A liirg» number of Wanganui racing ouih;:s:'a.sts have gone up during the jpa>r tv.o •:! ;>-.s, and many motor parties are uue t<> leave for Hawera to-day, so that the Wan-

I ganui district will be well represented dtiril;; the IH-xt COU'i'.i: of (Ia.VS. j In the hurdles, most people will _ be j inciir.cd to follow winning form, which ; points to Portland Lady, Arlington, | and Otter. From a handicapping i point of view, however. Mattock has all • the best of the argument. The 9st. : diiis.'on jilko may be Tory dangerous. Turangapito put up jv smart gallop ou the tracks here a few days ago. and

!he will bo well supported in the Fly- | ing. He is in ligiuiv enough with 7.3,

• liiit Bon dOr, Mu.iam^ Rwtorij and \ Xystad will keep hiui very bu^y at the \ ps.l. Ohio moment. : Piano reads well in the Mere Mere I Hack llace. and Stacisito may also run

■ prominently, and the pair may keep i the favourite. Rawakore, fully occupied in the run to the post. Impediment is an unlikely starter m J the Cup. On recent form. Paraoa .s really well in with 7.3. The supporters of Nobleman aver that he cannot be beaten, but he appears, on form, to be very close to Chortle, and a long way I from Paraoa in the Handicap. j Winning Shot, Trench Wheel, and ! Aiiitra read well in the Ladies' Purse; but with such a big field engaged the ; event is very open. j E.-tland is an improbable starter in j the Egmont Stakes, which looks like a i struggle between Demos and Acre.

Of Marqueteur is back to his 2-year-old form he should play a strong Land in the settlement of the Waipapa Kack Race, as the King .Mark —By-By gelding has tho- hall-mark for speed. Arrawfield and Zola, the two bottom weights in the Whareroa Welter, appear to have all the best of the argument from the poundage point of view.