THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 176, 26 July 1911, Page 7

THE RACING WORLD.

(By WHAt/EBONp.) FIXTURES. Angnst 8, 10, 12—C.J.C. National Meeting September 20, 23—Avondale J.C. Spring November 1, 4—A.B.C. Spring. December 2— 'i'akapuua J.C. Soring. December 26, 29, Jan. 1, 2—A.U.C. Summer. January 26, 31—a'akapuna Summer. April o', B—A.K.C. Autumn. May 24 or Winter. June 1, ,3, S—A.K.C Winter.

The sliding 'Regain has resumed work again after a spell of a co.uple of months. He is stiil in C. charge.

The gelding Ohura was schooled over five iiiurdlejj s!t Ellei'slie yesterday morning, fencing in good style.

•The pony Peggy Pryde is again in active worts; af KUerslle, and Iβ back in her old quarters at T\ A.' Williams'.

'P. Howard arrived back in Auckland yesterday, after fulfilling riding engagements at the Wellington Kncing Club's Winter Meeting.

The Hotehkill horse Afonoforin has not yet found a purchaser In Australia. An offer of SPQgns. was recently made lor him, but did not lead to business.

H. McMiken left on Saturday morning by train with Le Beau, en route for Christchurch. Tlie horse and his owner are both b.id travellers by -water, and tlie overland route was clioseii on that account.

Tbc successful Auckland horseman A. \VOiittalser loaves for Sydney on Monday ne:ft, under engagement to ride the Messrs Stead Bros.' horses Jn their Australian engagement*.

In the opinfcm of Frank McManemin, it takes «. pretty good pony ito -win at (Sydney, and at 'the 'best of times 'the events are nethinig tout n gamble, and fli<l not appeal to *he Aiicklander.

The Auckland owner Mr "W. Montgomery headed the list of whining owners at the recent Wellington Meeting, his cheque amounting to £503. Another owner from these parts in Mr R. E. Price was third on the list <with £a7O.

The Improved form shown by North East ot the Wellington Meeting Is stated to be due largely to the change of riders, V. iriynn, who rode him on the last day, suiting the gelding bettor.

The lightweight horseman,- E. W. Brown, who left with His parents a short time ago on route to Rngjind, ouly got as far as Sydney, and returned to Auckland by thi Wimmera on Sunday laet. .He has rejoined V. iicManemin's stable.

The form shown by Dogger Bauk in his Wellington engagements was not sufijeientiy encouraging to induce his owner to send him to Cbristchureh, and he is expected 'back by the Monowai to-morrow.

The Auckland'horses Miss Explosion; Don Quex, and Kremlin ore not to fulfil their engagements at the C.J.G. Winter Meeting, and left Wellington £or Auckland by rail on Monday niorninjj.

A. Oliver, who is to Tide Nykind in the C.J.C. -Winter Cup, Jjas won the event .three years in succession. Oliver is stated to have renewed his engagement to Tide for the Highden stable during the ensuing season.

There were four double "winners at the recent Wellington meeting—"Hoauga, Electrako£, Waterworks, and Undecided each accounting far a couple of races. Both Hoanga and Undecided won .two races and ran pecqu4 once, only iieing beaten 'by the I narro-wHjt- of margins.

The Salvadan mare Lady 'Patricia, was not indulged in a very lengthy spell, and Jms reeupied work ng&tn at EHerslle. l«ady I'atrlcla lms a lieijcjjant for jumping fences, lind It is next door to impossible to keen her iii a paddock, so, under the circumstances, it ■was deemed advisable to put her in work again,

Returned Aucklanders Jiave a good word to say for Undecided, "which, ran twp firsts pnd q seepqd at tho recent Wellington Winter Meeting. Undecided is by Mcnschlkoff, f'rpm'St! Amy, a mare which the late George- Wright had in work at EUerslte tor s6nj« time.

A private .wire received from Cliristch-ureli states that Antarctic arrived all right and was doing gs weU as could toe nvished. The son of Salvadan was to ihave been schooled over the Rtecarton country yesterday, but the .weather conditions would, probaibly put a stop to all work on the tracks.

A large? section of owners and .trainers in iPerth have presented a flat ito the West Australian Turf Ciub urging .them 'to do away ' with the system of stipendiary stewards, and threatening that, unless .their wishes are complied 'with, they will refuse to race their .horses .wfoece these officials hold sway.

A rumour has been current for some timo that the Auckland owned goUHug Muxwell had been heavily supported by Ills connections for the Melbourne Cup. In conversation with F. HcManemin I mentioned tho nini'purtp him, and he assured'me that, as far as the stable was concerned, there was absolutely no truth in the statement. Ha ihad advised flgninst the son of Soult being sent to Australia, and he thought his name would be missing from the llet after tho first forfeits on August 1.

Although a number of writers are agreed that all arrangements have been made to ship Bpfcrikoff to Sydney, and that Cuiy. nan and the 'two-year*ol<l Beldame tvJU accompany him., J have the best authority for stating that so far nothing has been de. elded upon, or at least as far as F. Davis knows. Mr Lowry is at present nway from the Dominion on a Tisit to Japan, and lias not yet notified Ws private trainer of Ms In-tetttipns, but definite information is ex/peeted shortly.

Several Auckland visitors who attended the recent conference at Wellington voice the op'nlon that racing generally was never in a more ( critical position than at present, and predict' a big change shortly. The recent legislation which so vitally affected the country «lub» has increased the number of opponepts to the totalisatpr, and if the question is rajscd Iα the House during tjie next session it ie anticipated that the machine "will.have a very close call. For the present, however, we will have to i>e content and airait developments.

C. Coiema-n arrived back from Wellington yesterday nipr-Hinij, but leaves agaiu next week for Cbristchurch to superintend Hoanga's preparation for the C.J.C. Grand National. Hoanga has been taken on to Christqhuroh to fulfil his engagements there, and it is quite oi> the cards that h.e will be takpri across to Sydney for the A-J.C. Spring Meeting, but nothing on this point has as yet been decided on. The display of jumping given by Hoanga at Wellington is stated t;> hnve been a porfect ope, aur]. In convprsation with ills trainer, he Informed met that although thp sou of Regel started in a steeplechase on each day of the gathering his legs were -without # mark.

With the close of Saturday's racing at Trentham, the season lias ended, so far as the Wellington Racing Club Is con■cerned, and a glance at the totalisator figures shows that the total amount invested during the year was £164,008 10/, says the "Dominion, ,, This is an Increase of -nearly £30,000 on the previous year's figures, 'but, in making the convpariscm. it ■has" to be remembered that bookmakers were competing against the machine at a>l four meetings in 1909-10, whereas they only operated at the first two meetings of the season just closed. On the other hand, It has to be noted that the-flrst meeting from which the bookmakers were absent, the club experienced exceptionally bad weather, and the totalisator returns suffered eonriderably. The following table will show the figures tor the various meetings during the nafst *WP years:— W 1909-10 1010-11 Spring , £20,701 £24,121 i Simper 51,062 52,00* Autumi ..... 28,573 29,p30 Winter 34,202J 55.013

The contest for "the jockey championship m ended in iavour of H. Gray, who defeated I the Auckland horseman A. Whittaker by two rides, his total being 79', as against 77 by Whittaker. Gray alap headed the list last year, when his total was <J0 wtok. i A good judge of pace, and a determindi flnisher, Gray is a finished horseman, anil. | as he works hard and is generally in goe<X form, his services are in great request. r AVhittaker, yrJio did not have the opportunities that Gi-ay had eßrlier in the- season, scored most of his victories in and around Auckland, and it is only during the past four or five months that he has visited the southern ilxtnres. W, Toung easily heads the list <>r horsemen over country, with 27 winumg rules, while he has also 32 Trins to his credll on the flat.

15. Deeley. who "went to Australia to ride Wild West and Co. in their Australian engagements, returned to Auckland by the Wiuiiuera on Sunday. Wild West wou two out of his three engagements in hands, and his connections are said to have thrown lv for a good etake. The fllly Invitation, which is also owned by Mr P. Leslie, is one of the most boomed horse* in Australia at the present time, but in Deeley's opinion she is greatly overrated' and. unless the company ; is somewhat week, she is not likely to win very much, Dnrlug his short stay In Sydney the Aticklander had to make an appearance before th.a' stewards to answer « complaint lodged by an apprentice rider for interference in X race. A very short hearing satisfied the stewards that there were no grounds lor the charge, and it was quickly dismissed. There is n probability of Deeley making another trip to Sydney at tfte conclusion 4L. .the Avondale Meeting. . - -,