RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 106, 5 May 1915, Page 9

RACING WORLD.

(By WHALBBONK.) RACING OTXTTJKES. May 5 and 6— Marlborough B.C. Aotnmn. May G and 7—Ashburton County B.C. Autumn. May 12 and 13—Egmont R.C. Autumn. May 2(1 and 22—Wangannl J.C. Winter. May 20 and 21 —North Otago J.C. "Winter. Jl'iie t. ~. niid v A.'t.C Winter. June 3 and r.—Dunodln J.C. Winter. Jnne 3 and +--Otakl Maori R.C. Winter. June 18 and 19—Hawke's Buy J.C. Winter. Jnne 25 aud 26—Napier Park Winter. July 1 and 3—Gisborne R.C. Winter. July 14 and 17—Wellington R.C. Winter. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WAGER.—The amount won by Desert Gold In the Manawatu Sire*' Produce Stakes was -tOOsovs. Tlie sire of the winning horse was entitled tn TSsovs, but this goes to Mr. E. .1. Watt, who owns All Black. The Soult mare Lady Elglva has "been sold to a Levin Bportsman, and was sent south hy train yesterday. The victory of Downhom In the Farewell Handicap at Hastings on Saturday Is *tje first, scored by the son of Downahire since he won the A.R.C Railway Handicap. The Hawke's Bay sportsman, Mr. T. H. Lowry, accompanied by .Mrs. Lowry, leaves on a trip to America by the Niagara on the 18th Inst. Sonltlkoff. which made a very poor showing when first tried over* hurdles, gave a much-Improved display at Ellerslle yesterday morning, when he was Riven a tarn over tbe mnall obstacles. The light-weight A. Reed, who was so ■badly Injured on the second day of the Hawke's Bay Meeting, was at latest ad vices making good progress towards recovery. Fl Gallo and Black Northern were schooled In company :it Ellerslle yesterday morning. The latter did net like starting h\& .task, but wns eventually Induced to make a move, the pair JumplDg well. One time the layers of ~dds were known us bookmakers, then they changed to woolbrokers, but. Judging by certain Indications, the more appropriate designation now would be "purveyors of dynamite " But for her vagaries at the post pinner Gong was sure to have credited her owner with a stake nt Hawkc'e Bay. She began I very badly hi both her engagements, but finished with great dash, tv hen. however. It KM 100 InlC. Mr. G. Morse's adjustments for the prlnelpal events at the Wangannl J.C. Winter Meeting are due on Saturday, the Sth Inst. Probably Mr. Morse will see fit lo leouc the Great Northern weights at the same time, although they are n.-t due till two days later. The Seaton Delaval gelding Cloudy Dawn gave a good display over the big fences at Ellerslle yesterday morning, where he was schooled In company with a couple of I others. In consequence of his dteplay I Clondy Dawn Is being coupled for the Great ' Northern Steeplechase with eorue of the ! fancied ones In the Great Northern Hurdles. i | The good pacer Dr. Chutney was brought from the south during tbe week, and has gone Into W. McMastrrs' charge at. Helens ! vllle. The horse hod a very trying trip up. being on the train from Thursday morning until 9.30 p.m. on Saturday. The trotter Cllre Is also hark In W MoMastens" charge, having been purchased by Mr. E. H. Cueksey. Allan Donne seems to have a penchant for hanging out. and in the last furlong of the Burke Memorial Stakes he came right across the cnurw and met SaucL .the inter fercnec being very bad. Sand fortunately won and thus a lot of unpleasantness was avoided. On the opening day in the Autumn Handicap Allan Doone finished right under . the Judge's box. and It will be remembered j the sod of Rlrkenhead lost a race In tUe j spring through Interference. Tbe performances ot Three at the recent Hawke's Bay Meeting brought the son of Birkenhead very raueb into the limelight, land considerable discussion took place as ; to the merits of the Australian-bred colt jand Desert Gobi, -he former not suffering I anything hy the comparison. Three showed a great burst of pare in his races, and is i undoubtedly a colt eonolderably atwve the average. Well grown and furnished, the son of The Welkin promises to furnieh Into a blßh-e;ass three year-old. The time 2.32 .1-r> wired through by the Tress Association as Chortle's time for the Hawke's Bay Cup makce tie comment of writers who referred to the muddling pace set in the early part look somewhat silly. The official lime, however, iru 2.35, the first seven furlongs Inking 1.32 2-3, and ihe last five furlongs 1.2 2-6. The track was very fast, and the concluding stages "f Ihe Journey being run at a very solid pace, made the average time fair, tbe brilliancy of Chortle securing a popular victory for his owner. F. Davis has been very lucky with his 'heap purchases of bloodstock, and It will be inicresting to see how he gets on with the one time good performer Maku, which he seeurea for 7gns last Saturday. Maku l» jnst in his prime for a steeplechaser, and his legs are s nnnd enongh. bin some twelve months ago was Injured across the loins by falling at Itangltlkel. the question now being as lo whether he ba.s recovered from that mishap. It may be mentioned that F. Davie, acting at the time for Mr. W. .1. Douglas, bought Maku as a yearling for 130gn«. The showing of .Sensitive tn the Manga tarau Hurdles on the second day of the Hawke's liny mewing was a big argument In favour of F. Cress, who was dteqnaJifled for two years for his handling of the son of .Sensation on the opening day. In the event with the long name Sensitive performed in exactly similar manner to that on the opening day, and ran right across ihe course, 'badly interfering with Fllngot. but suffered urnst by the mishap, eventually coming to grief. VI also behaved as erratically, and ran from the rails to tho outside of the fence, over which she fell. Probably Crese will get a rehearing. The hurdles used at the recent Hawke's Bay Meeting were the invention of a rest dent of -that district, but it Is .airly sure lo bet that Ihey will nnl come Into univerp.ll use. To most people ihey look simply man traps, and H occasioned no surprise when n deputation of cross country horsemen riding al tbe meeting waited on the stewardf and expressed their dissatisfaction with the obstacles. The stewards, however, deckled to continue their use. and it. is worthy of note that of the 25 horses that started over hurdles at the meeting no leso than 9 came to grief, while two others also met with, miihap, VI running i off and Beniitlva aimou dislodging hit rldw,

The ex-New Zealand horse Sir Artegal was recently sold at auction in Sydney for 14gns. Before being brought hack to the Dominion the steeplechase house Bercola wns offered for sole by auction In Sydney, being passed in at lTogns. All going well tn the meantlne the Porlrua trainer, ,1. 11. Pr.isscr. expects to come north for the A.-R.C. Winter Meeting with the Field Battery horse George, which Is engaged In the flat events at the gathering. James Scobie. the Flemington trainer, has the biggest, string of horses In work In the Commonwealth. There are forty or them, Radnor being one of the number. There are fifteen yearlings in the batch, seven being by The Welkin. The Hawke's Ray Jockey Club's Antumn .Meeting proved a record gathering, both from a racing point of vi»w and also the financial point. On both days the totallsatnr investments showed an Increase, although through a mistake In the figures supplied to the Press It looked as if there was a decrease on the opening day. and In nil the return was £4021 ahead of last year. R. O'Donnell has broken In the colt by Elyslan— Kowerewere, purchased for lOOgns ■by Mr. G. L. Stead at the last Auckland yearling sales, and Is very pleased with the way he shapes. When he came into the ring he gave the Impression that he would be a hardy sort of a customer, and it will be Interesting to see how he turns out. O'Donnell will only have three two-year olds this season. Sayg a Wellington writer:—lt Is pleasing to learn that Ihe mishap sustained hy Ladoga while competing In the Trenthain Gold Cup Is nm so serious as ul first | thought. The Sir Laddo gelding, who has j been unlucky a' different parts of his career, has been engaged at the Auckland Winter Meet ing. Ladoga's record during I the presenl term takes some heating. He j tween February 20 and April 17 he raced s.iv j limes, being only ...it of v place oa tw.i j occasions. His winnings amount to £1320. Last season he also got on the four-figure i list, when he placed £1000 lo his owner-! credit. J. O'Shea seema to be very unlucky In j the matter of lines, and the latest one In | fllcted o n him Is likely to be Ihe subject ! of some discussion. It appears .that when he went out on Desert Cold to contest the j Hawke's Ray .Stakes, F. Davis, ihe trainer j ■of the Ally, instructed him only to do a short preliminary, and after carrying out these Instructions was fined £1 for nm doing his warming-up gallop from the point the clerk of tbe course directed. From what ran be gathered, the stewards of the Jockey Club. In order to give the outside public an opportunity to see the hornet., put them under the clerk of the course to take down and start their preliminaries from where he though fit. It. may be remarked that In one race the horses had all dine their gallops before the clerk of the course I put In an appearance, and the boys Jumped off from where they liked. There is nothing to the rules of racing tn compel an owner ] to give his horse a preliminary, and it will be Interesting to see if a club <-«n give a clerk of the course power to fine a boy for not doing a preliminary he directs, whether it Is against the owner's or trainer's instructions or not. CLASHING OF MEETING*! During the Hawke's Kay meeting a nnm per of well known authorities oq racing were discussing tbe dates for next season s racing which are now tn the hands of tbe secretary of the Conference, and the opinion was freely expressed that It was a great I pity and Canterbury Spring | Meetings clashed. It was pointed ou: that jboth clubs had valuahl» classical eveuts on their programmes, and owners had to miss one fixture or the other. Against this n was argued that the Auckland fixture was more of a local one. and gave local owners I a better chance of picking up a stake, but this was looked upon as purely parochial. ■ and the majority seemed to think that It ' would benefit everyone If there was no j clashing. THE GREAT NORTHERNS. The nominations received for the Great I Northerns greatly exceed expectations, boib I from a numerical and quality point of view. I In tbe Hurdles there is an Increase of thirteen over last year, while the Steeple j chase shows an Increase of three. The hurdlers are an exceptionally fair lot. an.l .Include a previous winner In Te Onga. « C.J.C. National winner in Royal Arms, and Ihe Wellington Winter Hurdles winner. Immensity. In addition, there are a large number of well-tried horses and a number of new aspirants for Jumping honours, so [that tbe field promises to be well above jthe average. Tbe steeplechase has I attracted the best available in the Dominion at present, and should also provide a fine race DESERT GOLD'S EARNINGS. Tn winning the nnwke's Bay Stakss, with the extreme penalty of 181b. Desert Gold put the finishing touches on her fame, and now goes Into winter retirement as the largest two-year-old stake winner the Dominion has yet produced. the exact 1 amount of her winnings being £3063. The J daughter of All Black— Aurarius was bred j , by her owner, Mr. T. H. Lowry, and made .1 her first appearance under silk at the Wcl- ' lingtoc Spring 'MeeXtng. when 6he gave her j connections a big surprise by running third |< to Asterias and Battle Eve in the Wellesley Stakes, next day securing second bouours to j Rangitero In ihe Juvenile Handicap. Taken < south to tie C.J.C. Spring Meeting, she j» ran second to Battle Eve in the C.J.C. Wei- " cr.me Stakes, and after finishing second In v the Irwell Handicap scored her firw victory 1 In the Pioneer Handicap at the same J fixture. t Coming to Auckland, she gave a taste or t her quality by defeating good fields In ihe r Great Northern Foal Stakes and A.R.C. v Reyal Stakes, after which she was given a r short spell. Her next appearance was In • the Great Northern Champasue Stakes. In 0 which she was defeated by ihe Auckland 1 colt Arrac. Taken to Wellington she caused a surprise by defeating a higji-elass field , 1u the North Island Challenge Stakes. A|a week after at Manawatu she easily ac t counted for the Sires' Produce Stakes, bnt * then tied to be content with second honours to Kmperador In the Manawatu Slakes. I winding up the season with a vle'ory on . Saturday in the Hawke's Ray Stake*, her t record reading six firsts, five seconds, and 1 one third in twelve starts. ' Although most people nre prepared to I . class Desert Gobi as ihe best two-year-old ■ r ot tbe season, ii is a matter for regret tha- i - n meeting between her and the Auckland i* Oily Loyal Arch did not take place, while ' r the claims of Three as .the superior of the ' ' Hawke's Bay crack have also been ad- : [ vanced. However, comparison? between tbe , trio arc only matters of conjecture, for t there is no possibility of their ever meeting ' this season, and under the circumstances ' Dewrt Gold baa fully earned the right to be ! c eluata v the belt of htr fSMi. *

TOE "TOTE" COMMISSION. The report of Messrs. Hunter and Davey, the commissioners appointed to go Into the question of allotting the extra totalisntor permits, has at last made Its appearance, and although there Is sure to be some dissatisfaction, still, on the whole, tbe recommendations appear to have beeu well thought out. As fcr as the Auckland district is concerned, Kawaknwa, Northern Wairoa and Opotlki are all deserving of a license, for the districts Ihey will serve are very large and well removed from the large racing centres. Ashurst. Pahiatua and Horowhenua have all been restored, but Waipawa is situated In the centre of a large racing district, that it is somewhat surprising that their claims have been favourably considered. Taumarunul is one of Ihe new clubs that will come Into existence, and will also supply a large district, while Waipa will 811 the gap between Hamilton and Te Kulti. The trotting permits have been well distributed, and the four allotted to the North Island are to clubs which have hitherto carded on under difficulties. The hunt clubs' claims appear to have given most trouble, and the commissioners appear to have bit on a very sensible way of getting over the difficulty by recommending alternate licenses. The commissioners arc to be congratulated on their work. TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH. CANTERBURY. fßy Telegraph.—Special to "Star'l CHRISTCHFRCH. Tuesday. The veteran Iralner Mr P. Roberts, who has bad charge of Mr H. A. Knight's horses for a number of years, relinquished his position a few weeks ago. When bis fellow trainers at Rieearton heard of his decision to retire Into private life, they felt they could not allow the occasion to pass without some evidence of their friendly feeling towards him. and last night he was the j guest of ihe Ric.-arton Trainers' Association at a smoke concert. The health of Mr Roberts was proposed hy ihe Chairman iMr A. Freeman., who mentioned that more than a quarter of a century had elapsed ! since they firs! became acquainted, and [ during that long period their guest had ,'alwav, borne Ihe highest reputation among jail who knew him. Though he was retiring from active part icipat ion 111 the sport, bis ! fr'euds hoped lhal Ihey would have many I opportunities of eujoyin;- his companionship in tbe future As a slight mark of the esteem In wliich Mr Roberts was held Mr Freeman presented to him a travelling rug aud v safety razor. Tho toast was cnlhu«lastlcallv honoured. In replying Mr Roberts thanked his friends for their kindly feelings, as we'l as for their gifts. Ue also counselled ihe trainers to pull together and to loyally support the committee of the 'Trainers' Association, which had done a I bit of good work iv the past. Among other I toasts honoured was Mr Roberts' su-ressor. !Mr F D. Jones. In responding to this toast Mr Jones expressed the hope that if ever he left Rieearton he would leave behind as many slueerc friends as Mr Roberts had made. The trial grass gallop was open ut Rieearton this morning. In addition to the sand and plough, so thai the trainers had a wide choice of tracks* They all provided good going, though the plough was slow. The work was interesting, in view of the near approach of the Ashburton meeting. First Glance covered a mile on the grass in 1.4-1 4-5. Moddlie assisting her over the last six furlongs. First Glance hit out freely, bin there was nothing to specially I eulbuse ov.r In the gallop. I Fabrikoff had no difficulty in leaving five furlongs behind in 1.(1 4-0. He moved nicely all the way . Daytime ran six furlongs comfortably In I 1.23. Corrle and Skirl taking 1.2o: while Encore's Insk was five furlongs in 1.10. Cnher Davon sprinted five furlongs Iv I.S 2-.V He looks well, aud is a hold galloper, but there are doubts about his wind Snapdragon and Merry Trick ran a mile In 1 ">4 1 .->; while Chrysotis. without hcing ridden out. accomplished a similar task In 1.53 1 5 White Cockade struck out freely this morning He continues to stand up to his work, and with the prospect of softer tracks may be got to tbe post for a race or two yet. Pctrosus sprinted half a mile in 53 2-5. ' Outshine well. S>> far. though showing a good turn of speed, she shows little Inclination for a journey. Medley and Marsa ran Aye furlongs in 1 •"> 3-5 Medley was going easily at the finish, and her effort gained her many admirers lilenowl and Sir Hamilton covered seven furlongs In 1.31 1-5. both horses going well. Holiday beat Ardeuvbor over five furlongs In 11 I-.-, Ardenvhor has been a great disappointment, aud so far has failed Ito justify the high opinions formed of him jas a yearling. R. J Masou did not keep Emperador idle ! long. The son of Charlemagne 11. was on I the track again ibis morning, and strode j out freely in a useful task wHb Banksla. The only other member of his team. Bimeter. dashed over six furlongs attrae- | tlvely. These three horses arc engaged at • the Wanganui Winter Meeting, to he held at the end of this month. Mr J Pottle, the Auckland owner, who was a visitor at tbe recent meeting of the New Brighton Trotting Club, brought his two marcs, Auckland Girl and Lady Zeppelin, with him. The former, which raced unsuccessfully at New Brighton, has gone Into N. 1. Price? stable to be trained for future engagements. It was M. Edward's intention to send tho Australian-bred mare Adelaide Direct, now In his stable, against the mile record at ihe Forbury Park Club's meeting next week. The mare, however, has gone slightly amiss, and will not be taken south. She has heen scratched for al her engagements at the meeting