SPORTING

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 253, 24 September 1929, Page 10

SPORTING

NAPIER PARK NOMINATIONS. Nominations for the Napier Park Pacing Club’s spring meeting have been received as under: — Prince of Wales Stakes, 4 furlongs. Princess Betty, Sea Scout, Wedded, Skied, Warworn, Ruby Step, Manuiri, Henry of Navarre, Shnba, Jenny Diver, Kahikatoa, Laconic, Alliance. Trial Handicap, . 6 furlongs.—Cook, Birklad, Rigoletto, Havana, I’m Alone, Crusader, Merry Melody, Head Serang, Best Friend, Royal Spark, Grattus, Auda, Pompadour, San.Quex, Whakaue, Good Sheer, Don Quixote, Manifesto. Greenmeadows Hack Hurdles, lj miles.—Rakauponga, Trib, Real Estate, Peshwa, Gold Medal, Alanc, Royal Elm, Princess Elizabeth, Essential, Harrowgate, High Heather, Tanagra, Delude, Jen. Park Stakes Handicap, 1J mile.— Blimp, King's Jest, Break o’ Day, Road Hog, High Court, Kick Off, Shrewd. . „ „ , Ahuriri Hack Handicap, 6 furlongs. —Keen, Last Mark, Crusader, Chopin, Royal Parade, Te- Awlia. , Tahoma, Royal Spark, Potency, Auda, Brown Sugar, Sylvan Dell, Cuticle, ' Good Cheer, Rule Britannia. Taradale High Weight Handicap; 1 mile—Peshwa, Break 0’ Day, Zippor, Rouex, Road Hog, Mountain Heath, Huikai, Essential, Queen’s Choice, Tanagra. Railway Handicap, 6 furlongs.—l m Alone, Merry Damon, Moa Bird, Huikai, Plimmerton, Goshawk, Merry Mint, Toxeuma, Tiega, Slyvan Dell, Royal Lineage. County Hack Handicap, 7 furlongs. —Gipsy Fate, Arrowhead, Malahat, Claredon, Chopin, Te Awaha, Repay, Curtsey, Potency, My Own. The Mug, Pompadour, Irish Court, Sanburr. N.Z. TROTTING CUP. DOMINION’S BIGGEST STAKE. OVER THIRTY HORSES ELIGIBLE. Probably 110 trotting • race in the Dominion creates more interest than the New Zealand Trotting Cup, which iis. run in November each year. This is not to be wondered at, seeing that the stake, £4OOO, is easily the biggest attached to any race, handicap or classic, in either trotting or galloping, given in New Zealand. But this year will see the race decided under conditions which differ considerably from those of previous years, and instead of the race being confined to one effort, it will be run in two divisions and a final, the first four horses in each division contesting the final. Although the stake is £4OOO, the most any horse can get is £I6OO, being £6OO for winning a heat, and £IOOO tor winning the final. It is, bv the way, the only race in the Dominion where more money is distributed among the placed horses than goes to the winner. Again, the handicapping is going to see a departure from the old order. In the past a liandicapper could place a horse on any mark he thought fit, but under the new system of handicapping he cannot do this in the case of more than one horse who will be entered. For instance, Dundas Boy went 4.22 at his last start, but he must be on the limit, 4.23, and the same applies to Pluto, 4.24 4-5. Horses now racing and eligible for the race are as follow: Great Bingen 4.19 2-5. Ahuriri 4.20 3-5. Padlock 4.21 Pr. Pointer 4.22. Waitaki Girl 4.22 Logan Park 4.22'1-5. Jewel Pointer 4.22 1-5. Peter Bingen 4.22 1-5 Dundas Boy 4'.22 3-5. Jack Pots 4.23 4-5. Peterwah 4.23 4-5. Quality 4.24 1-5. Talaro 4.24 2-5. Author Jinks 4.24 2-5. Gold Jacket 4.24 2-5. Pluto 4.24 4-5 Terence Dillon 4.25. Machine Gun 4.25 2-5, Linkman 4.25 2-5. Imprint 4.25 3-5. Money Spider 4.25 1-5. King Pointer 4.25 2-5. Kohara 4.25 4-5. Logan Chief 4.25 4-5. Daphne de Oro 4.25 4-5. Black Admiral 4.26_ 2-5. Loganwood 4.27 2-5. Cardinald Logan 4.27 3-5. Roi l’Or 4.28 Kingcraft 4.28 4-5. Dalnahine 4.28 4-5. Native Chief 4.32 1-5. From the above list it will be seen that several horses are eligible only liecause they have been handicapped to go 4.26 at some time.