RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 7

RACING NEWS.

(By IWHALEBONE.} | ■ FIXTURES. •~firt*h*T s—lvunxw Jockey Club. . £gg£ Bay Jockey Clnb.. Stoker 12 13—Masieton Racing; CIUO. - Ortober 13, 14— Dnnedjn Jockey Ctab. October 14 18—A.T.O. Spring. October 21, 23—Wellfington Racing Clnb. 'October 23— WavetAey-Waitotara Racing October 23—Walpatea County BaeitteClnb. October 2S-NorUi. Canterbury and Oxford jockey Club. "October S3, 24—Qore Racins CH*October 26 Bay Turf Club. Octo«er 28—Poverty Bay Hunt Club. November 2 — iTarataM-Carterton Badng Cldb November 4, «, 8, 11—Canterbury Jocker November 4, B—Ancfchwd Racing Club. November 15, Iβ—Winton Jockey Club. ANSWiSRS TO COftRuiISPOfNDJjKTS. jrSjrriQTjAHED. —■Estlani as a two-yeai-oid "obit'by Fialomd —War Scare, and is .there■jjg t c full brother .-to BJorroebors. FAIKPIiAY- —Veto ■was not a starter in the Owen Handicap at Waxtganui, but ran in the Klytofi Handicap the first day. The Gluten gelding ißevelastlon has joined, 'Europe's team at headquarters. "Sea ■•De'ilf which has not raced since the ; AiB.C. .Winter Meeting, is working agaia at -Ellerslie under the supervision of W. Sharp. 'If. Mr T. H. lowry sends a team north tor the A.R.C. Spring iteetine, they will -ie lieeen in their engagements by W. Prlcer 'One~«r two of the races ai -Napier Park on .Setnrdoy .may have ihaid a different 'result bat for inexperienced l»isemansl»ip. :It Is uoidCTStood .that A. diver ha.s been •*eß«ed ito ride Multiply in the New. 'Zealand Cus. The gelding Halberd, which is at present somewhat in. the rough, is working at -EBerslie under T. Cotton, jun. ' ;i A ,f two-year-old by Sarto is being given •Wsv early education at Ellerslie by I. 'Conway. At the Glenora Park stud Mr Waliers , : inre Petite lac foaled a filly *o General iMtoor, sod Mr J. Sill's Marie Resina a "eok to a» gome sire. ,:i fhe veteran geidins 'St. Bill is again a. on the tracks at Ellerslie, working with W. Mobberiey"s active The colt by Stepniak—Annoyed, owned 'by ■ Sγ." J- Jackson, nas nad tne name ol Atue. Biri claimed for him. He is now an inmate ofvC. Coleman's stable. Daacastor and Caber Feagh were schooled, over half a dozen hurdles at JSllerelie yesterdky "morning, the -pair fencing well Tor beginners. For impertinence to Mr. R. H. Skipwith, who officiated as starter at the recent Geraldihe Meeting, the ■Southern trainer J. ■J. jjßWis..was cautioned by tie stewartls. Delemar, Brookfield. and Ulster were compraions" over a round of the hufaies at Ellerslie yesterday morning, the trk> getting through-thelr allotted-=ta"sfc in gooa style. ■■Mfi IT.e J. Ralph-s .imire.rGnidwire ' nas . foaled a filly to Wulawa. This- is the fifth ■ ; tlly' ioaled by ■although in one season she threw -twins, a filly and a colt, both'of which died. Tragedy King I? to be given a chance to earn' distinction as a steeplecnaser, ana. showed promise when schooled over the big country at EHerslie yesterday morning in company with. Dewy Morn. .1. O'Shea, who 'had to -fwriro his riding engagements at the Napier Park meeting owing to the death of his brother, leaves for the south to-morrow evening to attem-1 the Hawke's Bay fixture. It was confidently exiiected that H. uray 'would be granted a jfickey's license at the 'last "A.J.-C. Committee Meeting, but his Tname'does not appear in tne list of those 'granted. A. J. JlcFiinn nas received nis ticket.'; tmgerie by Finland—Finery, which ran "*way,with-the Juvenile Handicap at Xapler Park on. Satnrday, was sold as a yearling to ler present owner, 51r. D. CTMeara, for Wftns. 4 . The new hurdle track at Ellerslie is now ,opett A ,to-trainers, and was in use both on tiatoruay and yesterday morning. The track provides real good going, and 19 banked at the turns 1 in 25, so that altnongh itis only about six furlongs ronnd, It is very «aay for horses to negotiate it. It is not often ttlmt a sire and one of his tfogeny axe seen out at .the same meeting, >ot,.7Vboabon«ooloo. wiich was a starter in the Tatadale Hurdles at itbe Napier Tark meetang on Batuniay, was Tepresentee. in. .% Javeaiile 'Handicap .by Quiebode, a flUy from PeacefuL . Siflce the Winganni Meeting Mr. A. Gordon, the stipendiary steward who officiated at the gathering, has been busy lnj.jniring into the alleged doping of one of the horses that started at the fixture. From what can be gathered, sufficient evidence . bai been secured, and the matter will come before the Wanganui committee at their nort meetinc. . ..J. Bnchareui 3iad a roarvelDaus escape .when Hymenaeus fell with baa in tbc £Q, Haok Handicap at iVaprier Park last and but for the skull cup be was wearing ihis injuries would .probabiy have I j?™ serious. When conveyed to the i «eebalty room the medical opinion was that .two of bis rile were broken, but '.Pirate advices siitce (received state they ytte only bruised, and lie may be riding ■ again on SaiUirday. ■ -Lait Thursday morning at Oreenmeadows the champion filly Desert Gold was credited with rmining six furlongs alone, -witn a 'Jl«lit>weishfin the saddle, in I.H I'-o. The (baghter of All Black was in tne saddling weflock in company with her full-brotner **JJ>t at the 'Napier Park Meeting on Satur- , , the pair coming in for a lot of inspection by the crowd. Desert Gold looks much, more forward than she did this time last . Tear. ■ite state of the ground may cer.tataly ;.. *aye been a big .factor in the results at -pandwick yesterday, but *he fact that Silbpy was equal to wioniaig the Derby, Mid Sasanof and Bee .to run first and **oad in the Spring Sitakes, would go ; ttiat New Zealand form is not '.•?,*ar beWad Australian as some people *«aa rare ns believe. Sasanof is showing J*>4,,-tarm, and, taimg 3>is -runnlnc laet ?"*«'.witii Desect CSoM as a guide. « a^**jr ,tne daoghter lot AU X ; won W Ue Just as eucoessful Inins-

lingerie, wWdi iSnmxneeOows is

«r^T.®^ taE: Kianßareka was schooled over ffie W ff country at Ellerdle yesterday nwrniug, - fencing tn gbod : style '■■

T^L^Ti meetfns * of the Ctab will fe held in tne * 6 offlce « PrtfcV. the ea nut., at •£*gu iP.m.

3*e withdiriwalof Saw?, Graaa from the Railway Handicap at Napier Park oa g^. i£J? S ■ dUe - , *° c - having'staucb herself a darto ftr» .before the meettog. Whe da-ttgMer of -Alt Black promised to Stan favourite for ~the event

: Auckland owners'are fairly well represeated iv ithe'nomhiatians for the Wellington Spirtog Meeting, 4he horses appearing in the list being Saiacre, Houeewtte M-ullin-gar, Bleriot, Colonel Sonit, Homeric, Automn Eoee, Merry .Roe aTid Kitty Bellairs.

Tire geWlrng TXoir, by All Black from the tockfand-Btied nuare Wajnakeu, .was very raervous when, he came into the Wndcage prior to going out to contest .the Juvenile Handicap at Napier Park. Wlnit W. Price, who irofle him in. .the. event, went up to β-et on him the youngster shook like a leaf, arid, it <was "some time Wore he became sufficiently accustomed to his eurrounxlinss to 'Jet Prioe rfamber into Che saddle. Once his iridep was on his back Hoir sfnowed iio signs of fraictiouenese, _walk»ng out to do life • preliminary quite sedately.

The Juvenile 'Handicap run at Greenmeadows om Saturday brought out the good field of thipteon, and .there were some TeaUy nice youngsters among- them. AstropiheJ amd [Esrtland are two. .nice colts, and a icouple of geldings;.that look promising ore Xoir »nd Vagabond. '.Among «he filliee Lingerie (the winner), ißlocution and Silver and Black' stood out, the last-named, which is by All Black—-Coniordia. 11., im particular .pleasing. The event was robbed of a lot of interest by a somewhat straggling start, and -tihongh the issae may <have been tthe same in any case, .the Jiest appearance ol the youngsters under .silk is being awaited with interest. \ ACCKIiAX'D TROTTING CLUB. Acoeptaocos f6r" all events to be decided on the opening day of the .AucbiaQCi Trotting Club's SlpTing Meeting, vnhich takes place on. the 14th amd ISth irast-, close with the secretary, Mr C. F. .-Mark, on Friday, the 6th inst., at .9-p.in. WiBLLINGTOX Wifct/LESbEY STAKES. The following hersee remain in the ■Wβ!Stakes of. 11)16, to be ninal the Wellington Spring iMeetins,' after .the second forfeits:—'Aestociaitton, Astr»phe>l, Trea<*anj VRosc . U>veeick, ' Immortelle, Gamecock. Sisyphus. FnH Speed, Waaa&ion. Matilda. BJrkeavale, eh c i>y Rokeby—.H«j«i\r Valley, Eetland, Oalinara, Miss Leslie, Hyroeneetni. Mount Joy, La Tease and Ample.' KIIiBOT'e VICTORY. .Messrs Steed "and "LuHtaell deserved to win ith* (A.J.C. Derby with Rilboy, for If the .price stated' (6,000g5) is ooirect, It was a hwige Olittay for a. bolt *hat had done nothins out of the ordinary- as .0 itwo-year-cid, porformances last eeason no one with auny knowlortgc of ithe flame would'; class him ;w:a- top-notcter. lHis firat appeaxa-Dcc -under silk was in the Egm'ant Stakes Jest Febrnary, wAen. with 6.11 he finished out of a place, a flke performance berhg registered the Jroflowing week In the Second' "Daranaki StaJws with 6.0. -His next outing was at .the Wellington Autumn Meeting, ■wSjem with*6.lo be go« •third in .the riunket Nersery to Winterbotipne 7.4 and Eoeslan 8.8, belas two .lengths away. Taken inome fl«ain, ihe was jnst beaUm In the CJ.C. Champftpne Stakes toy Good Hope, and .the :foHb<w-hi« day easily won ithe 24th CiaMenge Stakes. In whWn, however, ie ihad the alio-wapcea. Thte his best ferm, so that taken, as a. whole, ie was anything b»t a .nrilUamt two-yeax old. AVlth an ambition to win the A.XC. Derby, nis them owTier, 3ix J. B. IteM, .however, shipped .Mm to ithe otiher side, but in the Oheimeford Stakes; .which woa wou.T>y Sasanof, he ttnished out of c. place. wlsJeh did not augur .well for bis Derby proapeots. Of lete reports comcernine Wβ .track work were of a WeWy opttmJette tQiaraoter, arid ifchat be had. evUeatly Improved cohsidenably 'was plainly appaient in. ithe fact ithaft nU the kauitng witters tipped him to win. itr J. ' -B. Held will probably now regTet leittoe the colit .go, even at 6,oOQgs, hot ao one will begrndpe iMessns Stiead amd JUittrell -their success, if ondy for their pluck In. paying ench a Jblgh price tor the son. of Kilbroncy.

TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB. α-nsxjal. report. The annual meeting of the Takapunn Jocker wlu T> e hel<i on Frlday ' at 2.30 p.m. The annual report for tie year ending 31st July, 1016, to be presented, says:— the committee have pleasure In submitting the annual report and balancesheet for the year ending 31st July, 1916During the year two meetings were neld, spring and summer, the stakes paid for the season amounting to £7830, t>elng fBU> In excess ot the added money paid for the previous year. The profit and loss account shows that, alter allowing for depreciation on buildings and plant, there. Is « sorplus of m 16/5, which amount has been transferred to the capital account. The committee are pleased to report that in addition to the area of land acquired )ast rear from the Auckland Harbour Board for the purpose of enlarging the club's racecourse, negotiations lor -mutual .beneficial exchanges of lands between the club and the Devooport Borough Council have been completed, and that the work of making the new race track has been undertaken and energetically proceeded with. Four members of committee retire, viz., Messrs A. Alison, E. Alison, G. S. Lintott, and Major Coyle, who, being eligible, offer themselves lor re-election. The balance-sheet snavre:— mm smms 6/6 ; and rates and taxes, O3- ,t»L\ "'gti.pendlary ssssrsfc Sts^ss , *^.