THE. Racing World.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 96, 24 April 1901, Page 3

THE. Racing World.

The Hon. Geo. McLean is just now in Brisbane.

The Hon. H. Mosman has returned to New South Wales.

Mr S. H. Gollan has been adding to his fame as a sculler. Read cable news to-day.

Acceptances for the second day's events of the Avondale Jockey Club are due this evening.

Mr John Bollard, M.H.R., President of the Avondale Jockey Club, acted as judge on Saturday at Ellerslie.

Messrs D. McLeod, B. Champion, W. Kyan, and M. Taylor left Auckland on a visit to Wellington on Monday.

Geo. Wright did not go to Wellington, co that J. Gallagher will attend to the racing there of Eosella and Beddington.

Kanaka broke down in the last race he started in at Ellerslie, and it will be a long time before he sees the post again.

Mark Ryan left Onehunga on Sunday for Wellington to ride Nonette in the New Zealand Challenge Stakes on Thursday.

At Randwick ,a. bookmaker wa3 warned by the A.J.C. committee that if found employing a runner liis license would be cancelled.

Materoa, while running in the Avondale Handicap, broke a blood vessel. The same thing happened to her last November at the Wellington B.C. Meeting.

Peerage, the disappointing, good looking son of Australian Peer and Naomi, was yesterday shipped back to Canterbury to his owner, Mr D, O'Brien.

That surely must have been a cockney sportsman who was the other day found with a cock pheasant in his possession and fined by the E.M. at the Thaix.es.

Dr. Connolly, a prominent member of the Wanganui Jockey Club, ■who has been on a visit to Auckland, returned via Onehunga and New Plymouth on Sunday.

Mr J. 0. Evett left Auckland for Wellington on Monday to attend to his official duties as handicapper at the Welington K.C. Meeting, which commences on Thursday.

The death of the South Australian jockey E. Hodgkins, from an accident, is announced. He was riding a horse called Corral, who fell, together with three others, at a meeting on the. 13th inst.

Only moderately good entries have tee a received for the Dunedin Jockey Club's May Meeting. The D.J.C are however again on the way to a better condition of affairs financially, from all accounts.

What a grand brood matron the Musket mare Industry has proved. Her son, Gauleon, the City Tattersall's Handicap winner, was sore when the last mail left Sydney, and was doing swimming1 exercise.

Drum Major was shipped by the Waikare for Sydney on .Monday. Mr McCartney, well-known in sporting circles In New South Wales, is announced as- the new owner of the' son of Cuirassier.

After winning the Auction Stakes on Saturday at the Avondale J.C. Meeting, it cost Mr F. Eoss £10 above the selling1 value he had placed on Telephone, the gelding- son of Billingsgate, to get him back again.

Laetitia's friends think she would have won the Avondale Handicap but for Buchanan getting his foot injured against the rails through' Record Eeign bumping St. Peter, and the latter in turn hampering the daughter of Seaton Delaval.

The New Zealand Government are purchasing 500 more horses for South Africa. Breeders can, I think, count upon a sure market for their surplus horse stock for some time to come, that is, horses suitable for army requirements.

Yesterday morning, while being echooled over hurdles in company with Eegalia 11., Romantic fell and slipped albno- the grass on his side. Parker, who°was riding him, had his leg bruised. It was an ugly looking fall without serious results.

One day last week the Pakuranga hounds were taken out and given a run in the vicinity and over part of the old Sylvia Park Estate. Mr Selby ha? his spotted beauties in fine condition, and hunters are being got ready for the coming season, nowhard upon us.

A telegram was received on Saturday by Nonette's trainer stating that that colt had arrived in Wellington all well after a nice trip. Eosella and Beddington also had a good trip South The Seaton Delavals are not voted the best of travellers, but this trio would appear to be doing all right.

Melbourne "Sportsman" says that Advance was a better favourite at one & stage of the Autumn Stakes betting than La Carabine. That is what a few Auckland punters found out when they got returns for their investments on'the New Zealander, who, according to another authority, opened at 3 to i against, and finished at 7 to 4.

Br " Whalebone."

The additions to the grand stand at Potter's Paddock are being proceeded with, and when completed that structure will not only seat a great many more people, but will be found in many respects more convenient. The contractors' expect it to be read}' for the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting. commencing on May 11th, and for which nominations are due on Friday.

J. H. Prosser should be back from Sydney in time to see the Wellington Racing Club's meeting, commencing to-morrow. Advance was engaged in the North Island Challenge Stakes, but was not paid up for. It is a pity that horse could not have been got back in time to have a brush with Menschikoff and Nonette to-morrow. Those youngsters would let us know whether he still retains his pace, for both are fast gallopers, better at two years old than Advance was himself.

Nominations for the Wanganui Jockey Club's Winter Meeting were received on Monday, and the chief race — the old-established Wanganui Steeplechase Handicap—has drawn the respectable nomination of twenty-two horses, and most of the best horses in commission are engaged. It wouM appear that there is some hope of Rhino standing a preparation this year. Plain Bill's name appears in the list also, while there are a number of likely aspirants for cross country work.

Tresham, who won the First Hack Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday', is a well-gTown three-year-old son of the Musket horse Catesby and the St. Leger mare Alabacula, a daughter of the Traducer mare Glenavy. ■ Tresham was bred in Wanganui, und purchased from Mr Enderby by Mr J. B. Williamson, who trains him. Tresham was not backed by his owner or trainer, in fact was merely given a gallop to see how he would behave in company, and his win was quite unexpected. Had Progee got a clear run Tresham might not have won. Tresham does not stand true on his fore legs, but is nevertheless a good boned one, and some day may make a good horse over fences, if put to that business.

From a private source I learn that no opposition is to be offered by the Wellington Earing. Club to the bookmakers who may be present and wish to do business on their meeting this week. This, of course, does not mean that the bookmakers may enter into competition with the totalisator to the extent of laying the same odds. If they do so it will be at the risk of being prosecuted for illegal betting. Several members of Auckland Tattersail's Club left on Monday for the purpose of being present. If bookmakers would only stick to legitimate business they would disarm the opposition of most* clubs and get a footing on courses where clubs do possess the right of excluding them when they think fit-

The English racing season is now m full swing. Australian Star, owned by the New Zealand sportsman, Mr S. 11. Gollan, was the ruling favourite for the great spring handicap, the City and Suburban, a few days since, and it goes without saying that lovers of sport in the colonies will be interested in the result. The ra-ce is run to-day at Epsom, and it is to be hoped that when the cable comes to. hand announcing the names of the placed horses Australian Star will be at their head. Last year The Cirafter, whom New Zealand claims an interest in, as his dam, Industry, was bred at Sylvia Park, won, carrying 8.10 in a field of nineteen, and another Australian, in Newhaven 11., won the previous year, carrying 90, beating sixteen others, and the same horse was runner up to Bay Ronald the previous year- Is it too much to expect the race to go to a colonial bred horse for the third time in succession?

The other day I was asking a friend what had become of a certain jockey, who was a short time ago a prominent figure in his own particular line. My friend was unable to enlighten me, when a rider who overheard my question, remarked, "Oh, him? He's out. They don't give him any riding about here now." "How's that?" I asked. "Is he too heavy?" "Oh, no," was the reply. "He was sent out to ride a bye, but one of his punters came along and told him the horse was paying1 a good price, and he would back him between them, and he has a go on his own and wins. The bit he got would keep him a while, but he dont get any riding. These blokes that come to light on their own don't do any good for themselves," continued my enlightened informant, who went on to express his,opinions freely on what he considered a serious breach of contract of a more recent date between a rider and trainer. How these stable secrets do leak out to be sure!

The Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting- commences to-mor-row. Great interest centres in a number of the events, none more so than in the meeting of the two-year-olds Menschikoff and Nonette in the North Island Challenge Stakes. Nonette galloped in rare style yesterday, morning in company with Eosella, and this would win . him lots of friends, ancl tends to show that the speedy son of Seaton Delaval is well.. I have reason to believe that Menschikoff, though reported lighter than usual when ' ran last, will strip well to-mnr-and in that case Nonette will be a severe question, for I believe ' .i! meet the best two-year-olfl ••■ mve seen out in New Zeala>"' some years. I don't remr> sything ! more brilliant under :■ :ible racing weight. I she agine that Eosella will take a deal of beating- in the Tho:>r Handicap, but that event has m open appearance. Friends of HI;- ■:»■' expect her to redeem hoi 'Miration. She was in-iudicioii-1 reed to the front in the Aucklnm ',*ter Handicap.