SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15341, 2 October 1917, Page 5

SPORTING.

A.J.C. SPRING .MEETING., .. CAGOU WINS METROPOLITAN, ' BREEDERS’PLATE WON BY ‘ - ALMONER. , (Australian and N.Z. Cabla Services.) SYDNEY, October 1., ) ’ Shorts—Merimee L Wedge 2, Sofia®, Boy 3. Sixteen starters. Won. by two lengths. Time,/1.135. , •./.' Clibborn Stakes—Pah King I,' Brtfken Glass 2, • Bronzetti 3. Seven starts . ers. Won by three-quarters of a length.; Time, 1.545. 'V *, ■} Metropolitan—Cagou 1, Westcoufrt 2, Lingle 3- Twenty-three started. Time, 2 35 ■ ■ •^ Steeplechase—Lord Cecil 1, TaratU Jack 2, 3. Eleven starters 1 .,;- - Won by three-quarters of a length. Time, 5.20. : ~ % Breeders’ Plate—Almoner 1, Wt|o- - 2, Volpi 3. , Eighteen starters. Won by three lengths. Time, 1.2 J. Starters’ Handicap—Bombita 1, Clydeside 2, Kagal 3. Seventeen start- , ed. Won by lengths. ; Time,! 2.9. The weather was perfect. There was " ■ fast going, and the attendance was .'big.

WAVERLEY-WAITOTARA R O. ~ MEETING. " ',lr% Owners and trainers are reminded, r that nominations for the annual meet*. ing of the Waverley-W 7 aitotara Racing -x Club, to be held, on Labour Day, close-. > with Mr W. Masfarlane, the : secre-r tart, at Waverley to-morrow (Wedffes- /j. day), the 3rd inst., at 8 p.m. ' t .

KilTepi, the three-year-old brother to 1 ,* Kilboy, was one of the popular fancies ' for the Spring Handicap at Sydney • • Tatter sail’s meeting. , He flowed up m the early stages but stopped to no- . ,j thing in the straight, finishing a long/ way back. . ' The defeat of Biplane m the Chelmsford Stakes gave rise to much comment from Sydney writers. -“Pilot,” of Referee, had "the following to say ■ “The Toff was disappointing, but 1% plane was the shock of the race. tie -> drew the inside position at the and, though quickly at the head of afe • r fairs, he was headed by Brian before 1 passing the half-mile post. He '\ about fourth at the turn, aha ; fcheP was doing well enough to suggest.,• ( he might have something to dp with{ : " the finish. .However hq shifted' aw»v a good deal when other horses round him in the straight, and -wajß-3 well beaten a furlong from home- Eveh « though he did hang out a lot he would have run a much better race if jDeeley ■,* hod allowed him to run along instead | of holding on to him to such .an bent for the first few 'furlongs, but ™ he could not have won. Ever since he brought Biplane over R. J. Mason'hasTß expressed doubt as to whether he would I stay, but he expected him to run ;* ■ good nine furlongs at leafed Kilflujri- ■ never got in the hunt.” A week later,,;.■ after his easy win in thq Rosehijll Guinea’fe, the same writer discussed tbgjJ New Zealand colt ..as follows : r —“ln this -M race the Biplane of the trarnl -J ing track, and the difference of formTM as compared with Tattersall’s was not appreciated by some of thip TB spectators, who loudly voiced their pleasure. However, they did not have \m matters their own way, the\whr loudly applauded by another seotipnt. ■ That Biplane ran so much better, in ;■ this race than thfe other was no j due to Deeley allowing'him to' striae ~ along With greater freedom at W mencement. Prince Viridis, whn agamj m started wide out, did not get off .“the- I mark as smartly as in the Chelmsford I Stakes, and, to tny way of.. tKinkuig, H did. not gallop with nearly, the same ,* dash at the commencement. when he attempted to move up way to the five furlongs he failed get a run, and, to make matters stumbled badly when the uette suddenly came back on him three and a half furlongs The result was that he was no ■ than- seventh at the turn, and was/givaW Tng Biplane an impossible start/ -.wfl the straight he put in a brilliant' xupjj’M then hung out slightly under prcaatirfej>« and finally struggled on. He was ■making any impression on Biplane at the end, but in the circumstance#?* did well to finish reasonably doßq