THE RAGING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 149, 24 June 1911, Page 10

THE RAGING WORLD.

FIXTURES. June 28 nnd 29—Napier Park R.C. Winter. July 6 and 7—Gisborue R-C. Winter. There is every probability of the Explosion mare Fuss being tried" over;- hurdles in the spring. .-" — " X Chaafe. jnn., -left for. Dartraville this morning with Master Sly, -which is to be turned out for a rest. The pony Malka was offered for sale by auction at Messrs. A. Buckland and Sons' yards yesterday, but was passed in when bidding ceased at 28gns. The Auckland horseman McFlynn was riding at the HawUe's Bay Sleeting, having the mount on Aorangi when he fell in the big steeplechase. The two wins scored by H. Gray at the Eawkf's Pay Meeting give him a lead of one over the Auckland Dorsßman A." wnl ttaker in the contest for the jockey premiership. The cross-country horseman J. Pinker leaves for Glsborne next week to fulfil Tiding arrangements there, afterwards jour- I neylng on to Wellington to ride Don Ques in his Wellington engagements. The ox-hunter Wlnlatn was In front jjoing along the back the last time In the , £?=—.U - -«,—c Steeplechase, and looked all over a n-lnner, but a faulty jump at the double brought him to grief. The appearance of Electrakoff's name in the list for the C.J.C. National hurdle race. CTmes as a bit of a surprise. The son of Menschikoff has also been nominated for theWinter Cup.

The. Soult gelding . Master Tack was offered •for sale at auction at the yards of the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Company, but "was passed in when bidding stopped at 60gns.

The Bluejacket gelding Blnemount was schooled at Ellerslle on Thursday morning, jumping a hurdle and the double. Bluemount seems a safe conveyance over the big country.

All the riders on the second day of the Hawke's Bay Winter Cup Meeting wore red white -and blue ribbons on their arms In ihonour of Coronation Day.'

Auckland owners are fairly well represented at the Wellington Meeting, the horses nominated from this end of the Island being Dogger Bank. Wauchope Fuss Hoanga, Electrakoff, Dou Quex, Miss Explosion, and Antarctic .

The Leolantis gelding Le Bean was given strong work on the hills on Thursday morning, and evidently came out of the ordeal satisfactorily,, for be has been nomihl CXC - National Steeple-

A private cablegram received by Mr J •Molloy states that the Soult gelding Wild West won the Queen Mary Stakes of sis furlongs at the Hosehlll Meeting on Tiu-s-

Although the telegraphed reports made bo mention of the fact,, it transpires that £jhen Lionheart fell In the Woodlands Stee«lto 1 S \ and or!Ul ß i 'n the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase, ■ the- Injuries-received by both were so serious at .to. necessitate destruc^

; The Auckland horse Hoanga" -was senf

trainer does not fancy him over "the El PrObably *"

Steeplechase, and Winter Cup are du^on

•- concluding day of the A.R.C. Winter Meet^

It t 5' 2 nd lt wi 'l probably be found Act will not allow a three-day meeting «Slt 0 SS««

expected to take place to-day. At fiFsf HnrfiS" T ?v, Ory of Nap Per lD the Whakatu °w P o c vd S against Julian, but full reports of the- run gn|ldTaUSn b |he M^^f||-

■tiou of sui.ta.ble-stand |ii4aU'other oSwwtee appointmellts > sanitary ana ©hlnemuri J.C. (Waihi J.C.).—We allot one license and two days to Ohinemuri, •with -which - Waal ' should coalesce, to race at Paeroa We re • commend Improvement in sanitary ana other arrangements. Botorua I.C-We recommend ralline the inside of the racing track, SfctSu of grandstand and other necessary appliances. -Presenr state of abpointments α-disgmee to a tourist resort South Auckland ii.C.-Tenure of course ttom a and P. Association Bnould be permanently fixed and appoin..ments and eanitary orrangemenis improved. Strongly recommend amalgamation, lor racing purposes, South . Auckland R.C., Waikato H.C., and neighbouring non-totaiisator clubs 10 sprini Takapuna J.C—'it Iβ promised- that the course will be extended shortly to not less than one mile in clrcumferJte Kuitl R.C.—We recommend obtainlnfreehold of course or permanent rin-Jir io race at Used rental, and also rlilins the inside of racing track, erection of suitable stand and other necessary appointments, sanitary and otherwise. •Thames J.C—We recommend'extension of track to at least seven furlongs and proper railing Inside of raclu" track. . " ft7!ian S arel E.C.—We recommend erection of proper appointments, including railing the inside of racing track and securing freehold tenure ov n«. majieut__right -to race - at a to c( i - rental, .......' ".1...:, :_-;- - "-"- 1 * Aneklnnd reduciii"its autumn meeting by ane day, raifing the insifle of trotting track and carrying out necessai-y improvements including all requisite equipments lor the eport, and proper sanitary orronseanents, Z.'.~Z . Zl r ©tahuhu qrecffmmend yeduclns ing the inside & txcrtting feacjl nnd parrying out lm™>^ineStV

Master Theory tvas given another turn over the pony hurdlea at EUerslie on Thursday morning. He again showed disinclination to face his task, but his rider (J. Pinker) straightened him up, and he jumped three of the four fences In good style, striking the fourth, but kept his feet. - ■ Last year the Thames Jockey Club convened a meeting of delegates from country racing cltfbs with the object of endeavouring to obtain more equitable representation (on the Racing Conference, and the formaI tion of provincial committees instead of a ! metropolitan committee, which met with 'unanimous approval. However, In view of Hie- fart that the Gaming Act was then claiming attention, it wns decided to allow tlip matter to stand over. This year the club are npaln moving In the matter, and bar" addressed n circular letter to all the country, clubs,, snbniltting-.the following proposals for ronsideratlow:—(l) That a conferem'p of ripintrarps from all country clubs ho liclfl In Wellington the dny prior to the annual tncpflng of the Racing Conference, and tnke whatever action they may deem advisable In serurine the better representation of country clubs on the Racing Con- ; ference, and the formation of provincial ; committees in place of a metropolitan commlttpp: and that the delegates wait on the Rncing Conference in a body, and present tbPlr decision, coupWl v/lth a request thnt Hip same be given effect to; and that If the wishes of the clubs are not granted the delegates meet again, and decide on what course of action they recommend j the clubs to take. There are two other proposals, which practically cover the same ,-rrounti. The proposal Is a deuntte one, and signs are not wanting that the New Kenlnud Racing Conference is not going to be allowed to hold their autocratic powers much longer without protest. The granting of totaJisafnr permits has been taken out of their hands, and with the motion for the formation of a jockey club and the proposal outlined above, It would occasion little surprise if there was shortly a big change to come over the management of 1 racing in it he Dominion.

The anxiously-awaited report of the Eyeing Commissioners has at last made its appearance, and It must be confessed that w at this end of the island did not Imagine, we would suffer., so badly. The Tnkapuna Club have been hit the hardest and It will he interesting to see" how the management will face the position. The Auckland Rncing Club has two dnys lopned off nnd Avondnle one. This is as regards the Auckland cltv itself, and leaves us with nineteen days' racing a year for a population of over a hundred thousand within a radius of ten miles of the Post Office. Probably some People will be found arguing rhaf nineteen days a year is plenty, ..but that is not the question. Auckland has long been looked upon ns the leadin" or nt any rate, one of the- two leading centres pf raoing In the Dominion, and it s hard to understand how the Commissioners arrived at their decision. The argument about the geographical portion is a weak one. especially as applied to Hanvke's TS-.v, lor there is C o race meeting in the North Island from Auckland to Wellington that cannot Be renched in n day, while there are no less than seven club's from Napier to Pa mersron North, a run of between five and six hours, and on the courses of v/hlch very few. if any. horses ntp trained. The Wellington Racing Clnb and district has not been trented kindly, but on the other hand. .Christch.ir.ch nnd-Oroeo nre both favoured, Otaeo especially sn. Th» r.-nfc-lmry ToWcev Club is allowed to retain their eleven days. ?i lt T, nt ,OSR would Hlere liav e been tind tne Commissioners wiped out their two days' Summer U'etlnff. it Is of poetically no Interest, except to some half a dozen owners, nnd would not have been missed. DuTiedin has never ban -looked upon «s a lacing community, but the Mefronollfin Hub have retained their dates, while the thousand and one little leather-flapping meetings have received very little liter«dnn*r' e h i™ "cognises that the Commissioners had a bard row to hoe, and were bound -to tread on somebody's corns - tmt It must be admitted IhnT Lme distric s have been more fnvourably considered than others, and p.-obablv ooinions on thla nS ■S'd efr \"- the atatrtrt^WSJi! sideraHon. lm t0 * " lOttefl t0 mOre COal

cent °™ PP up over the re " m n ,t ' m Wluter Meeting which promises as ever h* a ?, tM *l e,, a skeia to unravei as ever has beeu attempted bjr the rtfchnr authorities. The question ha/been rtta°3 ■Dy a protest lodged by the owner of ArtT iwiiicu ran third in the Tamaki Steeple- | chase agnmst the winner (Pleiades) on the to ride. It is alleged ihiu when Lind T-ode" Pleiades on the flrsr and second days of « meetinff his., licenw :w ns no t i^ -order," Sp- t m 1S claimed w °'"d Prevent Pleiwnf "?,? 0D the tMra da r w heD he won. It will be remembei-ed Hint Pleiades %*%to£T.S? Mc? attes-on -the concluding day. • if the contention of Arty's'.'owner' is upheld, and' nl ,1 S , ad - iud S ei, " s t elilible, then Okaiiau has to receive the third money which was credited to Pleiades on the first day, -which would make the amount- «-• .te.lT.ed...by him over tte..amount stipulated in the-conditions of the Tatnnki Steeplechase, aM'"consequently ~debnr''bira from starting. Therefore Okaihau tvouUl lose the £3o fox second money in the Tamn';i .Steeplechase,. . and Arty would get first, second and third rrimiey in that event. If,' on the other hand, Pleiades is only ruled "J™*,, 0 ".' ""ikeyfirst then- the owner of Okaih.iu is theTbne "to suffer, for he loses the second money in tie Tamnki Steeplechase and gains third money in the Maiden Steeplechase, losing £25 by the transaction through absolutely no fault of his own. The question is a most complicated one. and there should be decided once and fnr all an owner's position in this respect If the rider of Pleiades' license was not in order, it :was known to-the.authorities, or should h.ive bepn lnio-wn. when lie was rirlin? Nt Wanganui. lint at neither Wanganui nor Auckland was -auy objection raised when he weighed out. It is statpl that matters were put in order on the Tuesday, nnd, if so. I mnlntni-n it was clPnrly the fluty of the authorities to havp the matter decided and the owners protected. Racing is hedged round with all sorts of arbitrary laws that would puzzle a Philadelphia lawypr to nndpistnud, and owners are held liable and subject to penalties for breaches which occur through no fault of their own. the present being a striking instance. Were the official calendar to be issued by the Conference, there would he a much bettor-opportunity- of preventing a repetition of the present case, but in any case the- secretary of the Racing Conference should be Instructed to at once notify nil club secretaries by wire Immediately any disqualification or any other question of like Importance-is reported, for it is easy for a eliib secretary in the rush of n big meeting to overlook notifications In the Calendar. The publicity given in the matter, whichever way it is decided, should bring about some alteration in the present system -which is very badly needed and which should prevent similar happenings in the future. That an owner should be financially penalised for another's mistake as the owner of Oknihau promises to lie (nnd I cannot sea how he can be but penalised) is absolutely wrong, and those responsible should see thnt the amount is made up, even if they have to pay twice, | which I have no doubt they will rather than see an innocent owner suffer. j

WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL NOTES.

(From Our Special Correspondent.) Tho" Martinborough trainer J.. Russell has Sunray in good fettle, and expects him to ' run prominentia In his winter engagements. . Mr, P: Scalljvof Maharahara, has a very •promising colt by Achilles, from Blue.wa.tor, full-brother to Peircne, which is to be put into the hands of J. Sullivan, of Ashurst, to train. The Carterton horse Overhead (Saracen — i Whisper) has not been the success on the course his pedigree led many critics to think he would be, and -he has been turned out at his owner's" piaffe" at'Carterton. Mr. C. \V. Merrylees is having a very likely looking mare by Waipawa—Chatelaine put into training, and she will go into J. Griffiths' charge. Tho mare, --which is called Chaton, Is a half-sister to Jewel Gun and Swimming Belt. Vibration will not be seen oa the' racine track again till the spring, Mr, D, Buiek's C-olt has run fairly well during the season, i end should show improved form n n xt year ' St, Lumsden is to bB put to the jumping game, and- tho St. Paul gelding should give i H goefi account of himself at this class ' of racing,- — .— -Piiumi*', "on ' his running at Otakl, is in I much favour for the Winter Cup, Stewart | SWk rt'eSS&tSSl, 6 *" , *" 11 eeldius la i The es-\Vairarapa horso Aberration, no-.v owned hy a Ulenheimite, shaped so well in lija vri-il race over hurGlos »t fnp Otakl Meeting that he' is Id. bo kept at-the llkgitlmate game, and will probably develop Wto a good steeplechaser Wellington traiuers ai<o well represented in. the New Zealand. Cup. J, H, Prosssr Ms in the Wg event, J, Ajrea Merrl-

The operation performed on Mr. W. B. BidwlU's Aviation has turned out successful. Together with Intelligence and Elevation, he-will be put Into wort again In the spring. The Lethe—JWalhenga gelding Te tltuatu, which has been spelled during the past twelve months, has been put into H. Mo Phee's hands to train. The Masterton horse will sport silk at the Wairarapa Hunt Club meeting. Embrocation Is doing good work on the Opaki tracks, and will probably be a starter at Wellington. ■Miss Ambrose is being given plenty of hill work by trainer MePhee, and will not be put Into active commission for some time to come. Mr. M. T. McGrath left Wellington this week for Sydney with Gunboat, Tumult, and Zealand. The Wairarapa horses will be taken from Sydney to Melbourne t>y train, and will race at various meetings in Victoria. Australian handicappers are usually pretty severe on New Zealand horses, and It will be interesting to watch how McGrath's horses are treated. The weight will probably be clapped on to Gunboat, as he has.won five races since Easter, though it must be admitted the company has only been moderate. A Wairarapa sportsman, who was present at the Grand National Meeting In Auckland, informs mc that at level weights he considers Antarctic the best steeplechaser in the Dominion—and this sportsman is one of the keenest of judges. ■Mr. W. T>. Watson's colt First Consul has been handed over to the Clareville trainer Nat Williams for future preparation.

C.J.C. GRAND NATIONAL. MEETING.

NOMINATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL EVENTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHIUSTCHURCH, Friday. The following nominations .have been received for the C.J.C. Grand National Meeting:— The Grand National Steeplechase of lOOOsovs, about three miles and a-half.— True Blue, The Gunner. Corona, Red McGregor, Hibstone Pippin, Sunray, Sir Lethe, Antarctic, The Plough, Liberty, Te Axai, Yasniak, Corazon, St. Amelia, Tyrannic, Moliiiigton, Lovell, Dorando, Eurus, Milo, Paritutu, Pleiades, Xavier, Honest Tom, Prospector, Mount Cook, Captain Jingle, Luil, Hydrant, Hoanga, Muhara, Winiata, Monty, Le Beau, Rosegrove, Swarthnioor, Dnil, Reservoir, El Dorado, Castle Canter.

Winter Cup of 6COsovs, one mile.—Sea Queen, Fasnakyle, Provocation, Flitaway, Countermine, Mumura, Full Rate, Negative, Kopek, Dearest, 'Somersault, Merrie Zealand, Coroniform, Martine, Bonny Glen, Iney. Smllax, Sublime, Ariom, Dreadless, Peary, Faunua, Kffort, Wimmera, Red Rain, BTackeu, Penzn,, Etectrakolt, Undecided, My Lawyer, Sonite, Genius, Turna, Odessa, Boanerges. Nyland. Grand Slam, NorthEast, Czar Kolohol. Eclogue. Sir Frisco. Fort William. Flambeau, Armstrong, Seaweed, Gold Thread, Gold Circle, Edna May 11.. Silkweb, Stepmeter, Pohutu, Cork, The Rover.

The Gramd National Hurdle Race of lOOOsovs, about two miles.—Boyne Water. The KeckoTiing, Miss Explosion, The Native, Daisy Paul. Appin, Full Rate, Torbelle, Continuance, Lethean, Esp.irtero, ■Napper. Bolltm, "TOiata-welra, Wimmern, Kildonap-. Phisano, lito, St. Aidan. Te Whetu. T.-> Rii. Waipntere, Golden Clasp, Parltutu. Xavier, John. Kedniond, Wlndaep, North-East, St. Bill, King Try, Kremlin, Merry Lawn, Swnrtumoor. Game, Dogger Bank, Amnto, The Rover. Don Qnex, Cullinan, White Cockade, Master Paul, Koran, Compass, Pntrobus, Electrakoff, Oxton.