THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 163, 10 July 1907, Page 7

THE RACING WORLD.

(BY WHALEBONE.) August 13, 15, and 17—C.J.C Grand National. ■ The double totalisator is to be tried iv Queensland.

The meeting of the Auckland Racing Cmb is fixed for August 5.

Thus an exchange: "Which will be the first English racecourse executive to introduce the totalisator?

As a rule, it is not the "system" in racing that is at fault, but the temperament of the man that"s working it.

An exchange says that it is a long time since matters have been so quiet in racing circles at Cape Town.

Tom Cannon, who won "The Guineas" (England) on Pilgrimage in IS7B, is one ot the keenest of cricket enthusiasts.

The Crown Prince Frederick William, of Germany, takes a great interest, in racing, and is an amateur rider of some repute.

The New Zealand-bred colt Meteor (Birkenhead — Total Eclipse) Is said to be the biggest yearling ever seen in training in Brisbane.

Opportunities are seldom appreciated until! they have been missed! Tod Sloan would give anything to get his license back again.

John Osborne, the English trainer, known to the racing world as "Honest John" or "Tho Pusher," won the Two Thousand on six occasion-

The V.B-C. have decided to reopen the case of the bookmaker, E. Kelly, who was warned off in conection -with the attempt to bribe a handicapper a little while back.

In a preliminary notice of the Melbourne Cup weights, the Australian -writer "Ooodwood" selects the following dozen against the field: Dividend, Master Delaval, Proceed, Noreen, Melodrama. The Owl, Mazarin. Rhubarb, Seddon, Scobie, Jack Smith. Saraband.

The V.AT.C. Committee have declined to appoint a delegate to the conference to be held in Melbourne shortly at the instance of the Western District Racing Association to consider the question of establishing a Board of Control, which would •practk—ny supersede the V.S.C. in racing matters.

After winning the htrrdle race on the second day of the Gisborne B.C. Winter meeting, the Soult mare Bonomiana was disposed of to Mr Murphy, of Gisborne. for 70gs. It — understood that Bonomiana will be retired from the race track and put ,o the stnd.

Mr A Selby. chairman of the committee of the Otahuhu Trotting Club, has been appointed delegate to represent the club at the annual meeting of the N.Z. Trotting Conference, which opens tn Wellington cm the 25th inst. »

D. Morag—an leaves for the South on Sunday next, by the Ngapuhi. with Cuiragno and Silica, both of which are engaged at the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting. After that gathering, the pair will (all being well) be taken ou to compete at the C.J.C National Meeting.

R. McMTken will probably be the first of the local trainers to leave for the South, and lie intends leaving with tne. I.eolantis gelding —c 'Beau by the Ngapnhi to-mor-row. —eMiken will break the journey at New Plymouth, and put in a coupel of days there, and then go on to Wellington.

There Is a rumour afloat (says an Australian writer) that after the Victorian Grand Nationals are disposed of Bellis is to be sent to England, with the view of annexing the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. Much, however, is likely to depend upon how 3ellis shapes in his Victorian engagement. -.. .

Petit—~s for the abort—on of tbe totaUsator axe still in circu—.tion In —nckland, the sheets being in charge of the members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It would be interestinz to know the length of the petitions which axe being presented to the House of Representatives both for and against the machine. They will certainly take some reading.

A number of horseowners and others are (says the Gisborne "Herald") presenting a petition to the Poverty Bay Turf Club asking that a race for two-year-olds be inserted in their programmes. It is. says the writer, some 12 years since a two-year-old race was run at Gisborne, and it is contended that with the large quantity of good stock now iv the district there wonld be no difficulty in getting, say, 15 nomtnations for such an event

"Ton call t_is a mineral spring?" said the Yankee v—itor deprecatlngly. "Yes. sir," said the Te Aroha hotel proprietor"it Is a mineral spring; it's got any quantity of iron in it." "Wen," returned the Yankee, "you want to see the minerspring at the place where I live a-way out In Dakota. Why, sir, we never need to shoe our horses out there. We just make them put their feet iv the water for half an hour, and the shoes grow on their feet right away—the water is so full of iron."

Those who witnessed the contest for tie Gisborne Park Steeplechase say thnf Silica was unlucky to have been beaten in the event From what I can gather it appears that a dog was lying asleep under the last fence (which was a brush hurdle), and when the horses were close to it It jumped up right under Silica's nose, causing him to make a faulty jump, and lose three or four• lengths, and although he came again tn the run home, he could not quite get up, and suffered defeat hy a short half length.

At a banquet of the Dumb Friends' League in England recently Archdeacon Wilberforce told an amusing sporting experience of his yonth. He narrated hovi he and some young friends saw the famous Blink Bonny entered for the Derby They did not know the horse, but they saw it was "by So-and-So, etc," and thought that was good enough, so each sent up £5 and Blink Bonny won at 20 to 1. (Laughter.) CBlink Bonny won the Derby °Ln

Nominations for seats on the committee of the Anckand Racing Club, as well as those for the office of president and vicepresident, close with the secretary. Mr J F. Hartl—ad, on Saturday next, the 13th Inst. Competition for seats on the committee promises to be very keen, and quite a number of new aspirants are in the field, amongst the number being Mr G. Duunett (owner of Dunborve), who has been connected with racing in Auckland for a large number of years. °

The monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Committee was held last evening, the Hon. E. Mitchelson pre—ding. The programme of the Walkato Hunt Club for September 4th was approved of. Subsequently a meeting of the A.RC. Committee was held, when the proposed notices of motion at the forthcoming Racing Conference was discussed. Mr N. A. Nathan was elected in place of the late Mr W. McLaughlin. Accounts amounting to £600 were passed for payment

The following horses have been left in the Great Northern Guineas, which is run at the A.R.C. spring meeting In November next:—Leira, Tunewha, Cadence, Wharekura, Glenculloch. Monarda, Master Simon, Pohutu. Downfall. Finery, Clochette, Maranui, Koran, Siguor, Perfect, Maheno, Happy Maid, Haldane, Port Light, Lamsdorf, All Bed, Leviathan, Hoopiron, Queen's Prize, Comedian, Dawn, Brilliancy, First Gun, Necktie, Don Cossack, Duuborve. Jolly Tar, Chrysoprase, Carmania, Lady Ferris, Waiotahi, and br f by Hotchkiss—Sister Frances.

The contest for the Trial Steeplechase at the recent Gisborne meeting is reported to have been the best race of its kind ever seen on the course. Three yards from the post (says a local writer) the three placed horses were all abreast, the winner, Bullworth, just getting his nose in front in the last bit, the judge being unable to separate the other pair. Morehau and Morpeth, a dead heat for second place was declared. Bullworth, the winner, was got by the Nordeafeldt horse Bu_dog, which raced in Aockabout 12 or 1A years ago, and is ow_e_

and tr_iiled by A. Caulton, who _vi a few horses in work in Auckland sone years ago.

Particulars of the Aspendale P_k Meeting, at which New Zealand horses tornpeteu successfully, are to hand. Oliver, the New Zealand horseman, rode _ionheart and Contender. Dionheart started at 6 to X d won from end to end in 2.15}. Contender started first favourite at 2 to 1 lie took charge in the straight, and won by a length in 1.16 J. W. Young rode The Swimmer in. the Steeplechase, two miles. He carried top weight (IX4), but was easily beaten by Maine' (9.9) in the gool tiloe of 4.2}. The Swimmer started first favourite at sto 4 against. Subterranean Ridden by D. J. Price) was among the also started division in the race won by Contender. Torere ran third in the Aspendale Handicap, one mile and a-quarter.

Although nothing definite ras been decided upon, from what 1 can gather there is a strong probability of the Seaton Delaval gelding Master Delaval being taken to Australia to fulfil his engagement in tne Melbourne Cup. Master Deiaval b looking big and well, and is getting throigh some solid work at headquarters, and w'.th 8-4 in the saddle should put up a good fight lv the big Fleniington two-mile eveit. The race under notice is a notoriously liard one to win, and if the son of Seaton Delaval gets anything like a reasonable weight in the N.Z. Cup, probably his connections wiU prefer stripping him for that in preference to taking on the higher game. In the event of Master Delaval being taken to Australia, he will in all likelihood be accompanied by the hurdle hor6e Cuiragno.

F. Howard, the local cross-country horseman, had a nasty fall while schooling the gelding Vizier a couple of days previous to the Gisborne Winter Meeting, aud was unable to appear in the saddle at the gathering.

C. Coleman has decided to journey South with Landlock and Ben Jonson, and the pair will be shipped South to fulfil their engagements at the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting by the Ngapuhi on Saturday next.

J. McGregor, the well-known horseman, had his collarbone broken when Local Option fell with him, while contesting the Gisborne Park Steeplechase. Tbe mishap will probably keep McGregor out of the saddle over the Wellington Meeting.

Nothing definite has yet been decided as to whether the Sou-wester gelding Haydn will fulfil his engagement in the Welilngton Steeplechase. Haydn Is badly treated in the matter of weight, compared with some of those which defeated him at Ellerslie, and there is not much encouragement to his owner to induce him to make the trip.

As far as can be gathered, the following Is a list of the rising two-year-olds at present at Ellerslie with their trainers:—

F. MacManemln: Gelding by Eton— Peace, gelding by Cuirassier out of a mare from Lottie, filly by Soult —Lottie, filly by Hotchklss—Crecy. G. Absolom: Colt by Soult —Marjory, colt by Soult —ROX—la, colt by Soult —-Vieux Rose C. Coleman: colt by Seaton Delaval — Harpist K. Heaton: Filly by Menschikoff—Balbirnie. T. A. Williams: Colt by Me—scMkoff— Lady Wellington. P. Conway: Colt by Soult—Lena. C. Weal: Filly by Eton—Tcmrnime-t.

In a somewhat adverse criticismi upon bookmakers, a leading" London sporting journalist concludes: "I have no objection to the bookmakers legitimately winning money. They generally do. The rules of the game are in their favour. They commonly bring nothing to the Turf, and, after living lives of luxury, usually die in comfortable beds. I have no objection to that. Bui what is objected to Is that they s—onld take money off the public without the public having a run for the same. The reply may be that the public know the risks they run. I retort the public know nothing of the kind. They do not know that the horses constantly represented as being backed are not intended to run. When hte public—by aid of repeated lessons and comments from my pen and other pens— do have that fact forced into their heads the bookmakers will be left to bet with themselves till the numbers are hoisted. No one objects to them doing that, any more than anyone objected Co the Hlstorir South Sea Islanders living on each other •by taking In each other's washing."

Some of the English writers still maintain a hostile attitude to the New Zealand horseman Hewitt if there was one horse in the world that Hewitt should understand it is Noctuiform, and the following account of his performance in the Manchester Cup (when he was ridden by Hewitt), which Is from the "Sporting Chronicle," shows what prejudice some of them show against him. The report says: "Noctuiform stripped in gayer fettle than at any time since his arrival on these shores. For a horse of his 6Cope he stands very "short," but be has a tremendous stride when in action, aJ•though it struck us when he was cantering that he and his jockey were rather out of sympathy with each other, and the chestnut was an awkward sort again at the post. For over a mile, however, Noctniform had a good place tn the race, and an __orttmate entanglement had the effect of getting him boxed tn on the rails, about a furlong after turning into the straight, for Rockbo—-ne bumped into Killeagh, who in turn banged Into the New Zealander, and both the last-named were In imminent risk of keeling over. Prom scraps of infom—tion which could be gathered from the jockeys, however, Noctuiform was beaten at the time, and Buckmlnster easily deprived him of the berth he had held " A few days oftcr the Manchester Cup was decided Hewitt rode Raven Tresses to victory in a Juvenile Selling Plate, at Salisbury, his mount starting at 100 to 7, and only getting the verdict by a head. The same writer as penned the account of the Manchester Cup, tn writing of the event says: "There was a sensational finish for the Juvenile Selling Plate at Salisbury yesterday, when Raven Tresses caught Bon Sante In the last stride and won by a head. Knight of Malta filly was beaten a neck for second place, and Lierre finished only a head behind the third." He does not even mention Hewitt as riding the winner ont probably if he had got beaten he would have had a long paragraph about it Fortunately all the writers do not take the same view, but the foregoing only shows how hard it Is for a stranger to get on in Conservative England.

CANTERBURX JOCKEY CLUB'S GRAND NATIONAL ME-TLtMJ.

WEIGHTS FOR THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. For the C.J.C. Grand. .National Meeting, the following handicaps have been declared:— WINTER CUP of 50OSOVS. One mile. St. lb. s_ _ b . Man—rpoto 11 6 Ivanoff 9 6 Marguerite 11 3 De Witte ... 9 _ Harvest 10 10 Moloch .... 95 —eolus 10 S fiwendollina * 9 5 Bucclench .. 10 7 Jupiter 9 4 Cross Battery 10 7 Maniess .... 94 Crichton ... 30 6 St. Bill 9 3 Red Gauntlet 10 6 Te Aroha ..." 93 Lady Annie 10 6 Idealist ". 9 3 Helen Portl'd 10 o Martyrinm .. 93 Knfcu 10 5 Fandango ... 9 3 Mortisro 10 0 Don Orsino 9 2 Narcotic 9 12 Mataari 9 •> Intelligence 911 Wathuku ... 9 0 Lyrist 911 Maharanui .. 9 0 El'erton 911 Czar Kolokol 9 0 Pas Seul ... 911 Rnapehn .... 9 0 AVhakawehi 9 9 Si'k web 9 o Probable ... 9 s White C'kade 9 0 Clanchattan 9 8 Retard 9 0 Lapland .... 9 8 Rosegrove .. 9 0 Jolly Friar .. 9 S Iceland 9 0 Chatterer ... 9 8 Royal Star .. 9 0 Seaman 9 8 La Torpedo 9 0 Certainty ... 97 Kanmoana .. 90 GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE of lOOOsovs. Three miles and a-ha_.

St. lb. st lb. Klatere 13 3 Pawa 10 1 Phaetonitis n 9 Romany King 10 0 Haydn 11 3 Hutana 9 7 Slow Tom .. 11 0 Rangitoto .. 97 Waitarere .. 10 12 Needlework 9 7 Irish 10 10 St Kooringa 9 7 Nadador .... 10 9 Comfort .... 9 7 Inniskillen .. 10 7 Hikairoa ... 9 7 Romany Lad 10 5 Silica 9 7 Evenlode 10 4 TToTini—l 9 7 Loch Fyna — 10 3 Corona , , ■ , 3 7 —-air .. .....< 10 2 No Shoi a %

GRAND NATIONAL HTJBDL_ RACE of lOOOsovs. Two _lies.

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VA-UAB-E PURCHASE OF RACEHORSES.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) (Received 5.30 a.m_)

LONDON, July 9. „* A f< c New market sales, Mr Sol Green colt P Trased - V Q°een, 'with colt foal by Pers—amon, and in foal to T?rlT' *& 17< 3° as wel as „iver Trent, with colt foal by Ism-lass and in A?____ra ° f for orf^ nd ' f ?^7o*gu?ne_? d and ~\ 52 ° S- nea s- Mr Green B y ™S- I th6 T^ 3 S P ezla - *»Q> fi»y flflv a * d ? eUe Ashore, with filly All are to be shipped for Melbourne on Ausust _ *■*"=- i— ~ei