THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 201, 23 August 1905, Page 6

THE RACING WORLD.

BY WHALEBONS.

HACINa FIXTURES. limberley Steeplechase Clul>—August 31. Morton Jockey Out) —September ti, 7 County l_a___c; Clut>—September 14. 15. Avondale Jockey Club—September 16, 20. 23 i-a-iEitikei Racing Club—September 20. 21. G_r__dlue Racing Club—Septernuer __>, _S. Wang a not Jucttv Cluf> — September lis, __>. Hawke's Bay Jockey Clvb —October 4 o. 3larlborongh Raciuaf Clvb —October 4, 5. ivurow Jockey Club—October 5.

Uhoka aud Eyreton Jockey Club— October 5. Napier .Park Racing CluiA-October 10. 11. 0-ui_i-Maori Racing Civb —October 11, -Junediu jockey Club—Octooer 13- 14.

Gladstone was withdrawn from the >Jew Z-i-land Cup at 4.-.U p.m. yesterday.

Gileadit is In work again at Eliersiie. She is now an inmate ot" Geor.-e Wright's stable.

C. Weal is expected back from Christchnrch with Inniskiilen and Newtown tomorrow.

The Avondale Jockey Club invite tonders for the booths :;_,_ refresimß-ut stai.s at their meetings duiiag the coming seaeon.

Kiatere was very sorv after his exertions ir tbe C.J.C. National Steeplechase. and he was not started again at the meeting. He is to remaiu in A. Hall's charge lor a tliße.

Daring the progress of the C..T.C. Xational Meeting, the geldinir Shrapnel, by The Workmau—__!. ment. was purchased liy the well known trainer A. Hall. The price paid aid not tianspire.

A- Hall has decided not to return to Auckland, and It is understood that he •will make Foiidinjj his headquarters. Iv the meantime, however, his charges are being worked at iiastings.

Mr A. Walker, of Fiildicg. has leased

the stallion Explosion from his owners, the Messrs Nathan, and the horse is to do stnd dcty in and around the Feilding district Mr Walker took the horse South by the Jiaraw to-day.

The maD.v friends of Mr A. Hughes, the well known horse owner. t\ ill be pleased to hear that he is doing famously at rarabridge. and fully anticipatus being about as well as ever in tb_ course of a few months.

Mr C. Hill, the caretaker of the Eliersiie racecourse, and bis staff have the work of levelling the race track well in hand, and a fortnight or tare? weeks ought to see the completion or" it. Unless we have an exceptionally dry spring, the going vril! be very heavy In November.

-_. Geordie is now boiug worked at Ellers*iie. and is an inroatt' of r. Couway's stable, This trainer has ai--. bad o,nt,er addition to his strinsr in the shape of tbe gliding Lord Reynard, by Reynard— Foul-hot mare, which recently arrived from the West Coast.

Returned visitors from Ch-istehurch say that but for the unfortunate accident to Romeo, the Lcolantis gelding would Live made no race of the National Hurdles. When he fell he was striding along easily in front under a sirens pull, and looked lite going on for ever.

L Hewitt, the well known New Zealand horseman, had a winning ride at the recent Warwick Farm (Sydney) 11 had the mount on Giouliro-k ia the Pao Welter, which started favourite, and getting to the front early, lasted long enough to win by half a lc-ngih.

The declaration of weights for tho New Zealand Cup has uot ?e<l ro a great :in_o_n'. cf business. Tbf following prices art quoted about the various tandidati-s: 12 to 1 Scotty and ,l_hu'.on?a. Ii to 1 Achilles. IR to i Patitutn. QuaiTvui-ii, Maniapo.'i. and Melodeor.. _n to 1 Nigh-tall and Apo 10-ue. and _-"> to i to 1'A 1 to 1 oa effci el jut the otters. Tae fjUowiug nominations been reCi ived by &>• sc<-iet:iry o_ tV Ohine-icr Club for the four v::ca?:cies on th commlrtpe: Mffsr? J. C'arkin. TV. J. rl". i=*. C Trez_se_L, Feiider. W. M Watters, 11. R. Bush. J. P-renan. W. G. Ni<hnlls. and _v _do->r_-o_,pry. The ele-'tion takes pia - — ilondav, and -n view of tho civil action against the club is looked forward to with interest.

A meeting- of the sba-oboid°rs of th' "We'.linston Park Stvd Cor-pany is call ■■•<• for Wednesday. September '.'th. vrh»a th« following' rp=oi''t ! or>. will be considered:— "That the be and are herpby authorised ar-d cr-rowcred to spII and dl* pose of the whole of the prop.Tt''. undertakine and assets of tho compnnv. .<- --a - part thereof, to such iwr.ou or person-C"-3pany or body corporal*', r-vr] .it f::■ v pric* or priefs. ml en si., h ?■—r--,. -~.; conditio-?, as th" director* shall think f.r " THE XEW ZEAI.AXD CCP WEIGHTS. Punctually to Mr H n-rs is«nef> tis _dju_tm«nts for the Xew Zealand Cnn -i*> Henrys has p<?opte<l a much licht-r scale thf-n last y»--r. yliF-n he awarded Achilles 10.0. ft.S. only 21b more trrar. his weight for age. Achilles has giver a great chance. Mahutonga, 9.1, Is alr-ady favourite, and such a great performer mnst be entitled to a lot of respect. Ni<rht fall, 5.12. is, to my idea, harshly treated. and it seems a bit flattering to Mr Stead's mare to make her a pound better than Achilles at weight for age. Vladimir and Nonette, 5.9, have nothing to complain of ia the matter of weight, but are probable non starters. Quarryman, 5.7, is a horse of which we have probably not seen the be__, but on his Wangonui Cup form should be held safe by Paratutu. In the Wanganui Cup, Quarry-asm carried 7.11 and Paratutn 8.5, a difference of Sib in Quarryman's favonr; now Quarryman has gone* up to Js.7, and Paratutu drops down to 7.12, _t diOference of 171b the other way. lioth horses in the same form, it is hard to see what chance Quarryman has of beating Parituta. Maniapoto, ~4. has got off a bit lighter than most people expected, but. before assessing his chance, .t will be as well to await his performances in Australia. Gladstone, 8.4, is a colt for which I have a great fancy, but until the intentions of his, party are made known, it might be advisable to leave him out of my calculation-. Scotty, 3.1, is nicely placed, and is sure to see a short price. Pari tutu, 7.12, is one of the picks of the handicap, and flt and welt en the day will prove a hard nut for the best of them to crack. Gold Crown. 7-1 L is one which good judges incline to the belief we have not seen the best of. Last season Gold Crown started 17 times, winning _in~ of his engagements; he should be hard to best. Melodeon. ran third in the last >.".__ Cup under lib more than he is now asked to carry Since then the son of Medallion has shown very poor form, but as he has be v 'riven a good spell, he may run prominently Convoy, 7.9, St. Michael. 7.9, Buhrwayb. 7.9. Boseal, 7.5, and Ghoorka. 7.5, I have no present fancy for. but Golden Knight. 7.5. has not beeu crushed. Ills form at the rerent C.J.C. National Meeting was not of a very encourazing order, bur probabry hp was not forward enough to do himself justice. Mr Henrys classes Xoctuiform ns tii" best of last season's two year _ld, and has weighted him within a pound of weight for age. He will need to he a pretty pood colt to win. __"!wood. 7.3. has been ou the shelf for some time, but if he gets to the post Fotmd may run prominently. The thrr-e year olds Sunsot. 7.0. Boomerv.na. 6.18. Sir Tristram, 6.13. Probable, G.lO. Apologue. 6.10. and Multifid. 6.10. arc all nicely placed nnd the b'-st of them should run forward, bnt nothing lower down the list looks to stand out as bavins: more than au outside chance. To snni the matter up. I expect to see the winner come from: Achilles. Marr_tom*a. Maniapoto, Scotty. Parituru. Gold Crown. M-lwood. and the best of th" three year olds.