SPORTING.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15185, 10 March 1923, Page 16 (Supplement)

SPORTING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. March 14, 17.—Ohinemuri Jockey Clnb March 17. —Masterlon Racing Club. March 17. —Opunake Racing Club. March 21, 22,. —Rangitikei R.G. March 21.—Bay of Plenty J.C. (al Avondalc). March 24.—Opotiki J.C. (at Takapuna) March 31, April 2.—Auckland R.C. March 31, April 2.—Feilding J.C. March 31, April 2.—Wairarapa R.C. April 2, 3. —Canterbury Jockey Club. April 7, 9.—Avondale Jockey Club. April 12, 14.—Wellington Racing Club. April 18, 19.—Manawatu Racing Club.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Classic," Karamu. ■wop the G. G. Stead Memorial Gup Race in 1908 and 1909. Desert Gold's victories in the event were jaot in successive years, Reputation U 914) breaking the double. (2) Gloaming was three years old when the Welkin gelding recorded his ""unplaced" run. •The Veteran," Horotiu.— (1) When Cvnisca won the Wellington Cup in the years 1890-9.i-.92 the jockeys . were different on each occasion. Sweeney, Lindsay and Derrett were rip in tli* respective years. (2) A. J. McFlinn has ridden Amythas to victory twice in the Trenth.am •Gold Cup—l92o and '22. (3) Boko was the outsider of the hurdles * field at Te Aroha on Monday. Argument," Hamilton. — (1) Both the horses in Viscountess Jellicoe's team, Gartmore and Ralston, are by Boniform. (2) The winner of the Royal Stakes on the A.R.C. programme received 1000 sovs. (3) The Martian —Warstep gelding you mention is called Goosestep.

RACING AT PAEROA. The closing fixture of the country tflrouit will be held during next week, when the Ohinemuri Jockey Club, with its headquarters at Paeroa, will race on its course on Wednesday and Saturday. This has always been a popular meeting with patrons of the sport, and a very large attendance can be expected to again support the club on the coming oocasions. With the acceptance list of a satisfactory nature and the fields of even standard, the racing on Wednesday gives promise of being of an interesting nature, with the candidates having the form of the earlier meetings to support them. Special train arrangements have been entered into to meet the needs of the large number who will j support the fixture from this part of the province and also from Auckland. In connection with the second day of the meeting owners and trainers are vrill be announced by 9 p.m. on Wedgtven the reminder that the weights nesday, and acceptances are due with the secretary by noon on Thursday. m ■ ~ JOTTINGS. The Ellerslie trainer, P. Eva, who has Golden Bubble and others under his charge, will not be represented at Paeroa next week. By his victories in the Cups at Te Kuiti and Te Aroha, Ruapapa has already earned a marked portion of his recent purchase price of £9OO. J Prince Cox, the winner of the Australian Cup, is trained by F. J. Marsden at Randwick. Spanner has been accepted for at Paeroa. In view of his past history it remains to be seen whether the once brilliant bay gelding by The Nut —Dudu will be a starter. 'Cupidon is in work again and has apparently made a quick recovery from the injuries he received when running hi the Dunedin Cup. Mr Fraser Smith decided to scratch Baceful and Alfort on seeing the weights for Ohinemuri and this was accordingly done. The Southland Racing Club is among the latest to decide to put the names of the riders and the draw for places on the totalisator at its meetings. Proxyform, who is in Tutchen's •tables at Frankton, is shaping fairly ■well as a hurdler, and the Formative gelding may turn out satisfactory at the game. Arch Salute looked well when saddled up at Te Aroha, where the Marble Arcti—Salute gelding had his first race | for some time. The racing indulged j in there should do good in view of the programme for the future. The Wairarapa Racing Club is relieving horse owners of some of the burden of taxation placed on them by | the Government. At the Easter meet- j ing stakes will be paid in full, the club; paying the 10 per cent stake tax. ! Snake had a change of duty from! hurdling to racing on the flat at Te j Aroha. He was one of the selec-j tions for the Hack Cup, but like oth- ; ers had to strike his colours to two outsiders in Marble Glass and Glen-j idle. j G. Clarke, who has been without a! Jockey's license for some time, is now j attached to T. F. Quinlivan's stable at; Trentham, and intends to make application for a license. Eurytbmic, who has run four seconds on end this season, is reported \ to be showing temper at the barrier and fails to put the customary dash j into his finishing run. Awareka showed some pace for a term in the Trial Handicap at Te i Aroha on Saturday, but seven furlongs j was much beyond the Quin Abbey—< Millie mare, who stops very quickly, j Gold Bud keeps running consistently into the money. A second in the j Thames Cup meeting was followed by < a similar placing in the principal event at Te Aroha and first place on Mon- j day, though the class was not so good, j The Merry Moments—Rhodium marc Gold Plane, was started at Thames trie second day and at Te Aroha on Saturday, but she performed each time without flattering her supporters. The Absurd—Black Watch mare, Whitianga. has a great turn of speed as she displayed at Te Aroha, but anything beyond five furlongs pulls her up quicTcly. Whitianga docs not do well when travelling, and she \vas taken by road to Te Aroha instead of by rail. The Australian-bred gelding, Alfort, cost his supporters a lot of money in the closing event of the cart at Te 1 Aroha. He tTld not get out as quirk- l ly as Golden Bubble and Prince Ab- I bev, but was going iVeely across the | top' to the sCrafght when his rider, i Buchanan, broke some gear, it is I said, and banished the chances or j success that remained. The aged San Fran mare, Ohinewai- | rua, who was at a long price, showed j up prominently for seven furlongs in the Tourist Welter at Te Aroha, but. she faded out when the pressure was on. Ohinewairua, who is now well on in years, has won a large number of races in the province for her Thames swner, Mr W. J. Irwin.

Forest Gold, who was arrayed in a 1 bandage on one of his forelegs, did

not display any marked dash in his racing at Te Aroha. B. Keesing is generally to be found riding Gold Kip, but there was a change at Te Aroha when A. J. McFlinn steered the little St. Aman's chestnut to victory in the chief event on Monday. It is stated that the alteration was made on the suggestion of Keesing, for whom Gold Kip cannot always be got to give of his best in races. The veteran, Bedford, who returned the best dividend of the day when he won at Te Aroha on Saturday, showed that he retains a lot of dash. Five years have almost been reached since the Banyan gelding, who was bred and is owned by Mr F. Marshall, of Morrinsville, won the Winter Cup. N It is doubtful whether racing in Germany is in quite such a wretched position as suggested by reports published in papers in other countries. At any rate, the famous course at Hoppegarten is to be re-opened in April with all modern requirements. Tinopono, who ran a couple of seconds at Thames, did not run up to that form at Te Aroha, where a fourth on Monday was the best to the credit of ' the Formative —Uranium gelding from Hannon's stable, whose winning turn should come soon. Smoke Concert, who will be remembered as returning a wide dividend at Ellerslie in the New Year, showed up well in the early stages of the events she contested at Te Aroha, and may pick up a stake again before long. Khublai Khan was a starter at Te Aroha, but the. imported horse never showed prominent form. Last season Khublai Kha~n raced without much success, his solitary victory being in the' Titirangi Welter Handicap at the Avondale Autumn fixture. Loch Abbey, who was on the injured list through getting into a fence prior to the Takapuna meeting, showed that he was much himself again by accounting for the opposition in the Wairakau Hack Handicap at Te Aroha on Monday. In open company on Saturday he was well back, but he got out early when saddled up on Monday and won decisively to return a good

figure. The sturdy little Gold Kip had his chances spoilt in the Hot Springs Handicap at Te Aroha on Saturday through getting chopped back at the barrier. When saddled up for the principal event, the President's Handicap, on Monday, he ran a true race and coming at Infante and Tama-a-roa in the straight beat the pair home nicely. According to some recent cables, something approaching a revolution is about to take place in English racing circles. The British Inland Revenue Department has asked the Cabinet to tax betting on horses by compelling bookmakers to take out licenses and by taxation of their patrons' winnings. Sans Gene has been running into the •place money consistently, but the Marble Arch—Miss Grizzle mare has been a shade unlucky in some of her races. At Thames she was in third place each day, while she advanced on that at Te Aroha with a second to her credit each time out.. Prince Abbey beat the sprinters opposed to him in the Farewell Handicap at Te Aroha in a manner reminiscent of his best form, when he was the outsider in a select field of six runners. Golden Bubble was disputing matters for a long term, but when it cams to the business end the Waikato gelding settled his challengers in I sound fashion. Raceful made his first appearance of the season at the Te Aroha fixture after a spell of several months. The Martian —Rose Red horse was freely bandaged, and appeared to move oil' sore at the finish of the President's Handicap, which he unsuccessfully contested on Monday. Tama-a-roa was reported to be amiss when the Penury gelding was ■ scratched for the Cup at Te Aroha. He was produced on the second day, when he was always with the leading division and was in third place at the judge's box, a little over a length from the winner, Gold Kip. Elsie Aroha went through last season with only a couple of thirds to her credit, which does not make the Elysian mare out as much in class. She ran surprisingly well, however, in the ' Hack Cup at Te Aroha, where she was going fast in third place when the majority were stopping. Sycorax is an autumn performer, and her latest displays indicate that : she is returning to form after a j lengthy list in the "also ran" division. ; In the closing two furlongs of the Te Aroha Cup the King Mark representative came from well back to finish third, but she found the journey of | the mile race too brief on Monday. ! A five-year-old representative of i Potoa in Waipoto, who is trained at I Te Aroha, displayed a good turn of ! speed for a time in the Maiden Plate i on Monday, but did not see out the six j furlongs. Waipoto runs in the colI ours of the well-known sportsman, Mr ; J. McNicol, who raced that successful i son of Glen Albyn, Woody Glen. I Coroglen found the task too great : to give Keystone lilb and a break from i the start in the Hurdles at Te Aroha j on Saturday, when Keystone beat the Coromandel jumper by a length at the close of the mile and a half journey. Coroglen, who was not produced on 1 the second day, should play his part ; well when the term of the principal I cross-country events rolls round. I After a brief respite, Queen Abbey ! appeared at Te Aroha, where the Waii kato mare filled second berth to Bute j Sound on Saturday and was behind [Namutere on Monday. She was interI fcrerl with by Khublai Khan when the . field first moved on Saturday, other- ! wise Bute Sound would have had greater trouble in achieving success in the Waitoa Handicap. Bright Day was badly served by the ! start in the Hot Springs Handicap at ,Te Aroha the first day, when the I Frankton horse and Cold Kip got chop- | ped back as the field moved off. The Day Comet chestnut put in a phenomenal run after that, having to go on the outside of the ric ld. He was within striking distance al the entrance to the straight, but the best he could do was fourth at the post. On Monday he did not gel off as quickly as ! some of the others in the Tourist Welter, when Gold Bud finished in front of him. Frank WOOtton rode his thousandth 1 winner at Birmingham early in JaniiI ary. He won 882 races on the tlal | in" eight years, and since taking to I riding "over the sticks" in 1920 he ; lias made up the remainder. Wootton i commenced riding in England at FolkeI stone, in 1900, and in 191'i turned his j activities to the weightier matters of I the moment, Hence lie has an avej rage of 100 winning mounts for each of his ten years of actual riding. It may he interesting to add (says an English paper) that Fred Archer rode : 2748 winners in if, years, and Danny Maher, Wootton's contemporary and j moi.t formidable opponent on the lat, scored in 1421 races in 13 years. I