SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160796, 2 November 1920, Page 9

SPORTING.

. RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES. (Per United Press Association.) CHRI&TCHUSCH, November 2. The weather was fine but cold for training work at Riccarton. The fast work was done outside the course proper. ■"'■■■ ' Surveyor, brought home by Truthful, ran a mils in 1.44 4-5. Delight, assisted by Tout Bon, covered a mile in l-43f, both' all out. Clean Sweep beat Onslaught over six furlongs in 1.16 4-5. Humbug easily beat Gasbag over seven furlongs in 1.30 2-5. Vespucci beat Adjudge in a nine furlong spin in 2.2. IS ightradder out out a mile ana a quarter on the • plough in. . 2.13 1-5. Winter- Wind beat Royal Stag ovpr a -mile oh the plough in These were the only gallops. On the plough, vagabond and Tigritiya ran seven furlongs in .1.32 2-5, Arrowsmith went revert furlongs alone in 130, going very fast over the first part. Duo and Tenterfield finished together over a mile and a quarter ’in' 2.123-5. Kilrush covered a mile in 1.44 3-5. Amythas ran nine furlongs in 1.55 3-5. Warlove beat Orange Mart in a mile and a spin in 2.17 3-5. Sunart and Rude covered six furlongs in 1.17 3-5, Silver Peak beat Sunny Corner over six furlongs in 1.17 1-5. Maioha sprinted five furlongs in 1,3 1-5. ; _ Oratress' and Kilgour .went a mile and a quarter in 2.13, finishing togethor. Royal. Star covered a mile and ‘a half, the last ten furlongs in 2,|3, imaribon was given a working gallop over a mile and a half. Bengeroop heat Eleus over, seven furlongs in 1.34 3-5, Isobel beat . Demand and Askari in a mile spin in 1.44 d-5. Trespass and Miss Gold beat Hymestra at iba end of a gallop down the straight, over the six furlongs course. Miss Mimio ran. six furlongs in 1.15 3-5, WTd Oakland taking 1.16. A large number of tw6ryear-olds were sprinted down the straight half-mile. Warlike was not ’worked, ; as a ligament is giving trouble, but his trainer hopes to get him out for the New Zealand Cup. Glen Canny, who has not done well since his "arrival, was restricted to trotting and steady paring on the plough. Arrivals from the south -last night were: Michaela, Killovven, Twinkle, Bebehead, Janus andi Jack Symons. ' This morning’s Wellington boat brought Bouni.i Maid, Johnny Walker, Bennie Heather, Chimera, Little River, 80-Peep, Blackmail, Solfanello, Insurrection, Shamrock, Falstaff, Dainty Step and Dunedin. By “ACHILLES.” A Melbourne Press, Association message states that / the weather is fine, cool and cloudy for Cup day. /' Eurythmip was the first horse to win tlie Caulfield Stakes and Caulfield Cup the same year. Others have-, wo* both, events in different years. He is also the first representative of West Australia to win the Caulfield Cup. Blue Spec, when he won the Melbourne Cup, was owned by a West Australian. ’ Few -jockeys have come among" the English horsemen and made such a. distinct score. as Isaac Strydom, the Boer jockey, and many different trainers have sought his sendees. . Strydom is no' youiig man at the business, and his career as rider extends to something like fifteen years. So far nothing of a sensational char- , acter has been performed on the training track at Riccarton' by New Zealand Clip, candidates, and the issue is/m all hands regarded as/ very open. ?;Kilrush came through his racing at Wellington ' without losing condition, -andj despite the fact that he will have to carry top weight, 9.1, he- can b© depended upon to rim a good race. Vagabond is in great fettle, and’ as one of the proved stayers h,e is sure of a strong following. Oratress is greatly favoured -by her connections,, and the daughter of Demosthenes is sure to run a good race. Warlike is striding along nicely, and with only 6.13 the five-year-old son -of Martian should render a good account of himself. The Dannevirkc Racing Club has issued a liberally-endowed programme fof its - summer meeting, to be held on Wednesday, December 15th, no event being of a .less value tliafi 200 sovs, The programme is as follows: Glengarry Hack Hurdles of 200 sovs, mile ; -Maiden Plate of 200 sovs, b furlongs; Tiratu Juvenile Stakes of _3OO sovs, 5 furlongs; Dannevirke Handicap(open) of 600 sovs, 1J mile; Tamaki Hack of 200 sovs, 6 furlongs; Oringi Welter (open) of 300 sovs, 7 furlongs; lluahine Welter Hack of 200 sovs, 1 mile and 110 yards. Nominations will close with the secretary (Mr Walter Dobson) on Thursday, November 25th, at 8 p.m. Gloaming is reported to be looking exceptionally- well, and is hitting out freely on the tracks at Riccarton. If the bleeding which came against him at Randwick does not recur his meeting with Amythas in the Stead Memorial Cup will provide one of the most interesting items at the C.J.C. spring'-, fixture. 1