THE Racing World.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1902, Page 3

THE Racing World.

BAtl^tj >'IXTURES.

, l6 _Ashburton County Racing May l 3' m° 24-Dunedin Jockey Club May May & ij" J.C. MW * og-Takapuna J.C. May fVllAuckiand Racing Club June 3J, ' * Auchiand Racing Clubs m r 3[ h JieW Zealand Grand National jleetlnß

t.nces are due on Friday for the Acceptances *»<= g willtei . M eetTa lcapuna jocnej

n 12 7 figured as top weight Volcan W steei-neenusers engaged at ffSonSaturoayJast.

„ t iss was ridden in the Grand SbaTwhnour spurs, and has never gTsdSed With either whip or spur.

m. dates of the Wanganui Jockey T k6 Winter Meeting have been altered Club's J >"tel d 23rd May , instead ol tne ytfSfc as_previously fixed.

.!« n started in the Sydney Turf Eeglio at Randwick on tne 3rd ClU. b SSSStod at an early stage and inst- ova dangerous. The winner, Hoi,U 3 bK racing lor lour seasons Swat success.

unwiro was .nominated for the Flying HoK,n to be run at Tattersall's Club Sydney on Saturuay. Tne iatcS, /allotted tne son oi 'i'asman was rftSSihe xop welght' a% no iy &£Snor£es were ens *

!*&%« ™ wemf r kei ; rfo JL The Coo, who was taken to £s*l « Sunday, may compete in I J Valrarapa before he returns.

.^ntances are due on Friday for the Acceptance, ai j a and Norm ff Sand Grand National Hurdle S Sine same day general entries Sue for ah other events at the AuckgffiX Clubs Winter Meeting.

when Mr B. Allen gave 1000 guineas Jcaieuonia, it was tnougnt mat he &«U a vk price for tnat uorse but Sat the boutn Australian Jockey ffi Meeting he won. the Elder bta^ & , Si Jot bacii a big slice ox las cost.

m AUStraUan- = J= once s eacihe. r iuen nr«*ad did no, complete vi, cc-urse.

Sam Loates, the well known Engl Sh uZ who some time since met with ac idlnt ac Northampton, has been !S before he is thoroughly restored to health.

According to "Ajax," the Victorian correspondent of the Sydney "Referee a IL called Maori, said to hail from KW Zealand, and owned by Sir * rede, iek Sargood, has gone into G. P. Brevv ers hands, to be tried over fences. U \i stated that Maori has done duty as a carriage horse.

D. Brazil, who was warned off in connection with the steeplechase frauds at New Orleans (America), has (.says an exchange) been reinstated. He has proved that he was invited to join the jockeys' ring, but declined. They, therefore, made a dead set for him, and saw to it that he should not win, no matter how gcod his mount might be.

The death is announced of the veteran journalist, Mr W. H. Langley, who for many years contributed interesting racing articles in the columns of the "Morning Post" over the widely-known signature "Pavo." Mr Langley, who was born on November 23, 1522, and was, therefore, in his eightieth year, was, many years ago, editor of "Bell's Life," from which he retired in 1862, in order to fill the 'editorial chair of the "Sporting Gazette."

The rainfall on Monday morning, as experienced on the Bllerslie racecourse was the heaviest known there for years. Fortunately it did not last long. Trainers have been getting a deal of broken weather at Ellerslie, but, nevertheless, work hs been progressing there, and with the jumpers and juveniles much in evidence the number of horses in commission on the tracks shows no diminution on previous winter seasons, and it may now be said that winter is fairly entered upon.

It would be a smart performance on the part of the owner of Sceptre to win the Blue Riband with his filly after having sold her stable companion Duke oi Westminster to Mr G. Faber, M.P., for 21.000 guineas. The "Yorkshire Gazette" says there is no secret that Mr Faber taught Duke of Westminster with a view to carrying off the Derby in the Coronation year, and the disappointment at Kingsclere would be bitter if Mr Siever were to secure, the prize.

A local penciller. out of the fullness of n'< heart towards his numerous patrons, Jjai been letting all his regular customers nave a chance of picking the double. Bleat Northern Steeplechase and New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race. » the liberal odds of ten pounds to notnmer. Another is doing business on a "Wei system. He lays the odds, paying on the winners or on a Ist and 2nd, or a Ist ana 3rd in the proportions of SO per c "nt. on lsts. 15 per cent, on lsts and 2nds.' amloppr cent, on lsts and 3rd* combinations Most of the pencillers are complaining that there is not a great deal doing. J,'! °ne wjth a £500 double has already taw in. and has not operated to any exte" against Southern horses.

Mi• j Stevpns. M H.R., has been successful in getting together five hundred ncrses for the Imperial Government, and ir ti have been secured in the AuCKiand province, and aro described a? * sood all-round, even lot. There can D no question about the sunny North « norse-producing districts. It is really for surprise to many where all IrL ? oUnts have come r™m. Jt nla>' frrm SOme of m >' readers te learn that mmt l com Pilation made by the Governhnr.L * wsre no £h"'wer than 270 sire th? m/ the service of breeders within land provincial boundaries of Auckwpr„°7er &. year a^o' when the statistics fe- fw*JP I,ed- M? readers will not ini,*„ t at tJ lt'y were all thoroughbreds. It 8««ri t hoE ed that thp postnV„„iy the Government will he turned \L eZ°l Mconnt It would be interestk«o Know what'proportion of this forcla«L a 1 nny?y of entiro horses are first-dei-'U,? . w many belong to the garallv Wy or comm°n herd. We ttsufer'nr .*of the Rood ones' but the intte back w*, re to° often on]y found 1n art KoSi ocks' just where good horses -.^^ywanted to improve the breed.

Bx " W&alebcsie."

A peculiar betting dispute—in which a well-known Tasmanian sportsman and a prominent Melbourne commission agent ar2 concerned—has, says the 'Age," lately engaged the attention of the Victorian Club Committee. It appears that the fortunate drawer of Wakeful in Tattersall's consultation on the Sydney Cup, after generously laying portion of his anticipated winnings to the stable, telegraphed to tho commission agent, whom he believed to be at Randwick, authorising him to lay £500 against Wakeful. The agent, however, was in Melbourne at the time, but the telegram was opened by a relative of his, who promptly replied that he had "taken £500 to £45 Wakeful." He signed this telegram with his own name, and not that of the agent to whom the original message had been addressed- The agent, and not the relative, made the claim after Wakeful had won the Cup, but the holder of the winning ticket refused to acknowledge the demand for the £500, his contention apparently being that his telegram was a private message to the agent in question, and he had no business with any third party. As the agent was not at Randwick, the instructions, he contends, were null and void. He further justifies his position on the ground that had Wakeful not won the lucky drawer of the mare in the sweep fails to see how he could, in the circumstances, have successfully established a . claim against the agent for the £45. Eventually the dispute was referred to the Victorian Club Committee for settlement. The sweep winner applied for. permission to be represented at the inquiry by counsel, and as this was refused he declined to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the committee. The dispute, however, was investigated, and it was decided that the commission agent was entitled to the £500. The winner of the sweep has since left for his home in Tasmania without heeding the finding of the committee, and the commission agent now talks of taking legal proceedings to recover the amount involved. Further developments will be awaited with interest.