THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 199, 20 August 1904, Page 6

THE RACING WORLD.

BY WHA;.U!;ON_-

J. Lowe is to zo te Australia in e_irce of Canteen. A lot of money was lost locally over the Grand National Meeting. A number of N Z. bred horses are In Messrs Chisholni's (.Sydney) private sale list. I The annual meeting of tbe Otahuhu Trotting Club takes place next Thursday, „>th August. Haydn was a strong eleventh hour tip In Auckland 3'or the Grand National steeplechase. Silkworm, who was undoubtedly the best Two year old out last season is for sale with all engagements. Joe Chamberlain, the vTairarapa-trained •New Zealand Cap candidate, is reported to be doing useful work. The ancient Nugget, who must vow be 17 years old, Is nominated for tho Avondale Steeplechase. Gladstone, Kins Paul, and AUnrana are the only three-year-olds engaged in the Avondale Cup. Peter Simple, who is nominated for the Avondale Steeplechase, has beeu doing a lot of hunting during the season. A Thames syndicate drew the second fcorSH !n Tattcrsall's sweep on the Caullie).' National, und beneiittud to the extent or £1000. At Wellington Park. Armlllu. by Castor —-Necklace, hm foal,-J n fl..y to Menscbikoff, and Edith l'n eton, by Castor— PraHty, lilly to HoicliUUs. Clarence O'Nell. who returned from South Africa iv a delicate state of health, is reported to be showing an improvement since arriving in New Zealand. Those connected with Cordon Rouge are evidently of the opinion that the son of Soult will stand a preparation, as he has been accorded a nomination in the Flying Handicap at Avondale. "Vulpine, who was shipped to Sydney about six weeks ago. has been sold to an Indian buyer, and will be shipped to India Immediately. The price received foi the mare Is stated to be £100 J. Delaney, who went South to ride Slow Tom in his engagements, wi.s refused a jockey's license by tbe Canterbury Jockey Club. The brothers Tahae nnd Aka AUa have been knocked out by thiir Southern trip, and neither are Ikcly to raeu again for some mouths. Strathavon Is dolus; iroodwork nt Otahuhu, and his popu.ar owner is conlidunt that hiold champion wl:l reproduce his best form during the coming sc.l -.-'i. Ttibbonwood's new owner is Mr A.D. Playfair, a vice presid'-nt of the New Soutli Wales Tr-.rtT.iug club, it ls Mr l'layfair's intention to put Kibl ouwood to the stud. Ills fee being fixed at 12 guineas. I have only heard of one man laying th" winning double, Slow Turn aud Medall'us. in Auckland. This was one of the small bookle3, who lo.it £100. which amount he bookrd against the hoise3 named to a halfBove reign. According to the "Pink 'T'n," the late Mr Spurt "iju was once asked whethei a member of a brais bind could possibly be a Christian? The great divine pondered. and then said: "Yes, I tlnulc so, but the Hian who lives next door to him certainly S»ot." Princess of Thu'e's v-itlulrf wal from her C.J.C. National engagement:; iv;n due to her stepping on a stone, iii the centre of tbe eours ■. with the result that she sligb:lv strained herself at tbe fetlock joint. It Is bud luck to take ri horse such a long journey and then be unable to start. Private advices received in Auckland state that J. Quiuton. w bo was badly hurt through Moccasin falling with Mm in tho C.J.C. CrauJ .Visional Steeplechase, is In (1 jirecarion.3 condition, aud that it woulu take him ill his time to pull through.. This lv bad news. There are a number of horses in work on the old Otahuhu racecourse, among the number being Patterson's pair, Belfast 1111.1 a pony by Eton —Kitty Klynu, Sunshine, who ls now being prepared by her owue: (T. Weston), and Mr J. Montgomery's team, which consists of Strathavon and a coupk of maidens. The weather during tho past weeek has been against training operations at Llllei'slle, consequently there has been little doing of auy note on the tracks there. A- few I horses are being worked with a view to coming Hunt Club sports meetings, and are getting through tasks chiefly about the centre of the grounds. The nominations received for the Avondale Jockey Club's Spring Meeting are satisfactory In point of number aud are of average quality so far as tin; flat races are concerned, but the steeplechasers are mostly of the ancient order. There are 2V in the Avondale Cup and Flying, 23 in the Plumpton Haudlcap, and 13 iv the Handicap Steeplechase. A Home paper says: Among brood mares to be oir»T-U at lhe for.li-nuiing Cobhnm t.ale, ou the lb: L 1 ins:.. i< S-.'p'ih-, by Marden out of S.diain 1 ■ ■:- id.11:1 of nine winners.!, by S.ih.itnr. !;•■■■ dam. Tanaerlne, by lecturer, out of T'Hiiatn iwlnu«r of the One Thousand ilnlu-.as. c-.ci. Sopiiie is one of ihe seh- ; t !'.' ;■ s I'>"i:■ • mares lh.it were mated with Aid l'afl'k ii his (irsl sea.-'on. She ls believed to be i-.TUiii in foal— ili<leed, she has had a foal <_i< h s ason since l&'M, inclusive. Sue 1- a winner heir.ell and the dam of four winners, and is exactly the same use as v.as Lady Villikins when tbe Duke of Ii ■v.us'.iii I .' bought he: at Cobbaiu, ivkft Ln !y A'. f -.;.i a: foot ; >ud eanyiug I'ul Cry. She i* said to be the only one lv England in foal to Ard Patrick. A coup of cons',liTable magnitude wns landed when Mr Willi • Low's Elly by Velasquez— Meta HI. beat some phorterprlce bur not better fanii-d animals in the T.Y.1.1. Selling Hale lv England recently. She hud performed respectably behind the Claque liliy i.i the prevlo'is meeting, and having com.' ou nicely siiuv was backed with toiiihieiice at most iemuuerative rates. Who irnn all the money It is rathe:' difficult to say, but there was a rare lot of it. All manner of fine pices were obtai.i-d about the youngster, from luu to .-'. and occasionally •more down to 7 lo ], whll- tho rate must hare contracted stiil mere bin for the substantial outlays on another. There has been Utile else talked of during the week than the New Zealand Grand National Meeting and football matches, and we snail have little change iv the bill of fare for another week or two. A few punters were successful in backing winners straight out, but tbe majority lv Auckland have had a bad time, and all th? big books here missed laying the double cventers Slow Tom and Medallius. though they offered a tempting euough price all the way through about that combination, two hundred to one being the shortest quotation. I have only heard of one punter who was lucky enough to put half a sow on at the price. The subject of the New Zealand Grand National

of 1904 will be a sore one for a long time. There appeared to be an unusually large number of Interested people about on Tuesday and Thursday, cad aukoy had hacked Slow Tom f»r their first lea. and »ad supposed good eaea going fer theta. and. judging by the report ef the race, most of them had a jrood rnn for th_r money. The pencillers generally must be en eooi terms with thrm*elre« «Ii ateng the Tine.

The New Zealand Grand Nationa' Hurdle Race must have proved a very interesting contest, and the result came as a surprise to most people, and n_ doubt the condition of the ground contributed to the success of Medallius, who Is a very bad legged gelding—la fact, trained with difficulty on that account. Ou the score of breading, size, shapa and quality _/"islMus has lots to recommend him, and had he bt-en a sound-legged oue he would have run mauy better races than he has; still, tliH f«rm displayed at Ricoarton is only a repetition of his running at Ellerslie ln June and a month latar at lsborae. l\ will be remembered by my roadoi-s that I refowed to the fact after the Gisborne meeting that Medallius had been worluid In harness, and. ludeed. had bean drawing milk from a farm to a factory iv Gisborne for a time. His owner considered that road work had done the gelding's legs good, aud he is no doubt right. Medalllticj is uiue years old, by Medallion from Rosebud, who won lots of races about Canterbury— indeed, was a good perfor_er. A few New Zealand racing clubs nave spout a good deal of money in litigation and prosecutions against men whom they have tried to keep oh' the course, and tha mon in turn have likewise spent a let of money lv their defence and in fines. "Why will you persist In visiting this club's course?" said the magistrate lv addressing a follower of the game who had been before him on previous occasious. "I can't help it, your Worship; I'm Infatuated with the cbaffi-cutter," came the reply. "The what?" asked the Bench. "Oh, I beg your pacdon. your Worship; I always call the tote the" chaff-cutter—it's chopped mc up so often." Pined £2 and costs. This reminds mc of another incident. An alleged trespasser had beou brought to Court to answer as to what his reasons were for persisting in remaining on a Southern club's property when ordered off. He had relaiued a solicitor who was not conducting the case to his (the defendant's) satisfaction, whereupon he called out to his counsel, "Stop, stop; that's enough; I'll defend myself, aud give you the two quid all the same." AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. The following nominations have been received ln connection with the above meetU Avondale Ctip.—Geordie, Avalanche, Gladstone, Woodneid. Sir Gilead, Dolores, Newtown, Lady llune. Swngsman, Marshal Soult, Strathavon, Bonomiana, Lavadel. lUug Paul, Soultlisu, Annoyed, Akarana. Scottv Putty, Durable, Maro. Bedfellow, Miss 'Lottie, Cavalry, Tukapa, Inglewood. idasa, Calle Iris. Romeo. Plumptou Handicap.—Geordie, Avalanche, Woodfleld. Dolores, Newtown. Lady Huue. Elspcth. Marshal Soult, St. Olga, Soultnsh, \nnoyed Scottv, Dunmore. Durable, Maro, Bedfellow, Miss Lottie, Cavalry, Tukapa, Idasa, Calle Iris, Putty, Romeo. Plying Handicap.—Geordie, Avalanche, Alba' Rose, Muthema. Lady Hune, Romola. Gwenaid. Matuku, Marshal Soult, Siliac, Merry Soult, Bother, St. Olga. Sergius. Cordon Rouge, Desdemoua, Austerlitz, Sonoma, Lovelink. Akarana. Numa, Lnallu, Haratutu. Noteoriul, Rambler, Miss Lottie. Seabird. Tukapa. Lady Annie. Handicap Steeplechase.—Loch Lomond. Malanta, Kanaka. Peter Simple, Pilot/Turn Nugget. Princess of Thule, Pullack, Straybird, Saturn, Crespin.