TURF NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 17

TURF NOTES.

i3t WHALEBONE.) I: j A w-iaaer i". a r^.-m trotting meeting in West Australia pa:d £61 10/ fori 1 Bw" K--".!-'.ai.' n :n the province of r Quebec ■. •-:..-.-. i :.-rs not actually de-' bar ""- wikT.'-i'v-r. L".:t ver.- few will regard .'. a* ■ ._.r ■:..!* sroing on with !. tie N'.'t ha* the book-I nuke: : pay a tax ■; i2ij a day. bat | he :i- to :.r.: a r-nr.iiir an-.ount for "nisi cierK. Ihe r i≤ in u.-e at Quebec j' mefT;.-_>. -.i : :..-: q wted are a; jtra.r.".: _ct::ratiop. to the bookmakers | that ::.~y 3r» not -.-anted- The Collector! of f,f'"2-t :sfue= licenses. ; Rac:az rcer. will i> -orrv :o team that j' Pstrv'-ao ha«i zone .in.i.-s anxi will not i>; !, a surter at the A.J.C. Autumn Mesl 'i ci I'air.-bjui would have been quite ' one "i t-ce chief Mtr&ctK>ns. It is jj to kao». a aever. tha; Patmbas is not i' a ba.:-. r.u~:-r. Id t-- opinion of Mr. J. • ..1. >t- ■• .... \ ~.. 1 ji.'>.xi~ wiii jet over i his pr«wnt trouble ruificiently to nsni ; another s-evere ;. repu.rat.un. am: tatre- | fore h- nay idd to -v.- present total .-■: i ' stake iMr-.iTii.v. \vh .i. £ l.VOii. I! Patr?-.i- v* 1 rernair. ,it Rand wick under i,' Tetermrv ---.■-"■?-t until <. . Whe»ler I return.- :■_■ Melbourne. : Says .i Melbourne —One of ihe • meet ;n:.-re?;.n4: !j - e additions tn the i a: F!em:ncton :- the bay riliy 34isty Moon, the irs: produce of the Zealand mare X.jhtfali. a noted ' performer in her day. On the sire's side ( the --!y is doubxfuiiy There wa? a double service, and she is therefore re- , , tHiUγ 1 '! Ac Dy \*n7-i CT-j 7i <3t- The i Mi-ty M.;.jn is only a pony in heigiit. [ bu: « rjeatiy eonatraoted. and shows aj' fair amoun: o: quality and strength.] Niatiiiall. after her racing career in Au§-! . trails, carrir'i colours in Eng-laad. She., ■sras pjiced at tne stud there, but with- : ■ out resuit. Sine*- returning to Australia' she has fc-een credited with Misty Moon i aa.i a foal, no™ a yearLng. to the"CVUene; horse Pique;. Zealand owner? and trainers -svhij ;. occ2£ii.T.£uly take hor-es to Merbourne to j be :* -. ■■■■.;'. - to learn that I t.i" i r^ , . ...tc- deoi-ir-'i upt>n the follow- j :nz r°u!j-:-t:nn in stakes for thie y^ar: —I •.KAND NATIONAL MEETING. i Hurdle Raoe. ft«. w*. co lL ' ••r-jZ''. N:: >--er>\— ia?e. ■from 150" to j M.Ti->-r. H"nlle Ra- from. . ■^ %n to -** ">";-"-r Haudii-ap. fro:;: 3fii to J>«* lie::--- Ku-.;>-Ka -. f-.-m SO » M K«i;.-..-.D >:-=>r.>-tia-e. from »«i to JXM [ Haii'i: tip. irnnj :?»' to 'J>J ' FnnTs>-ray fix>in. . S«i to 'JOO i J :;- Hi=:.--r. :r.im 9X' to •-»<.> j BIP.THI'AT MEETING. Rova". Haud!. :;;. from 400 to 3C«i : !{np--.-.t:a ST. from.. :<!»"■ to Ll>J r..rawi:: Kan-ii'-a?. .... 3i«"' to 3jy ■ I'r-L'f •; »'s.« St-ei.lr. :rohj 3>;ej to 25" I rtl!::r Hiii-M'-a;-. .... &.«.' to 4u>j srujN'i m-:etinu. Ni" :tik- :■ . from TOOO to S(X»-'; An American turf authority has ar- , rivei .-.t t:.e <•••". 1 sion that the thorouh:.r»-: of the present day i~ much' •.i-:-r tnan h<- pr- i- ■•■s.-or of fiftr years , ' aj.j. a-..1 -'.a - ;:*•. a- well, if nor better. T ■ ■ Dsrfis upon which he has worked i≤ X.ie l.B< t?=t. an: in an article summing up hi= deductions he states that allow- j aiK-ft; have been made for the improvement in rat-e tracks. He does not take : into consideration, however, the fart that in days gone by horse* is-ere ailo-.ved to -2o at a slow pace in all races for a ! certain part of the journey, sometimes | cantering, and pac-e 'R'as put on only in the ?a-t part. The change brought about j by Tod Sloan in race-riding, whereby | evertf »ere run right out from flagfall. \ may je responsible for faster times than j uci.-r th- old cistom. This writer ad- , here.- Tn .-a".-, ator's 1.354 a= the fststest ; American tirr*- for a mile, although other i ha\e been Thi= time was; not re£rfctered in a rare, but was accom- j piis*"!* , I aja;nst the watch on a straighx ! co.-.t-*-. had two pacetnaker.-.; ThL- :>-...rd a.hievei in ISflO. just: a -t»i- he ha.l = et up i-5 for a mile and j a-")u.'-""t in a race. T'aii= hae been; beaten several time~. first by Banquet, wlio registered i3|. and later by Whi*k Broom, ■γ-to ran the journey in --0. Banquet iar taken to Engiand some time after n.akins his record and exploited in 1 eeilin-j races. After winning one. fori which the stable had backed him for a ; email fortune, he wa= bought in at 1510 guineas. At hi* next run he was ba.-ihr beaten, and he was claimed at 1100 guineas by a new o-wner. "who straishx- i away won a thousand pound stake with For some little time past ibe question of eonvertin<r the Sloonee Valley ra-'erourse proprietary into a duly constitute<i club has been under consideration, and it i= now announced that this st;>7> has been decided upon. Though iiitiierxo conducted on proprietary lines. Moonee 'V'aifev !ia-~ attained a position in the racing world of whica any legitimate ra.ir.jr club might be proud. It j ha- stood by itseH in Australia as ai proprietary concern. Xot only have stipes been high, but money has been frt-ely spent on improving the track and th? general appointments. Under the alp management of Mr. A. V. Hiskens :!-e fortunes of Moonee Valley have rar. : dJy advanced. It :.= well known to r?. t.c men that the profits, despite the t-fli-y expenditure in stakes, have been Bubstantial. and some surprise will doubtless be fr-lt at the decision to change the stasis of the concern. The somewhat unsettled outlook in regard to ra-cins is probably the principal cause. Vs hatever the reason, it is certain thstt IMronee Valley wi-11 be a welccvaie addition to the list of registered racing clubs in Metbewrne. The new cliib will be formed as closely as practicable on the lines of the Ensiish Jockey Club and the Calcutta Turf Club. The course will be leased by the proprietary to the ehib. Vhieh if to be formed on terms which bring in to the present owners a reduced inco-me compared wfth the past few years. The c'uib will, according to the vheme propounded, consist of a limited number of administrative members i probably between 30 and 40). such members havinpr the power to appoint tie first committee. Half the cammrfctee -will retire at the end of the first year, wien there will be an election for the vacancies created, and at the end of the second year the remaining members o-f the orisrnal committee will retire. and the vacancies be filled by election. Thereafter the elected members of the committee will serve for a term of two years. The civs is to be formed under conditions of by the VjLC committee, and the first administrative members will comprise some of the leading racicg men. of Victoria.

It is no nee bhnkins the fact (eava a -Tdney writer) -.hat the •tote"' not •■making headway -with backers at the' meetmgs wh*re re is in use. At Menajurle i-ark, wiia an almost record attendance aoa starters which averaged jngt on >0 lor eaea race, the total invested on the rnacnine during the day was onJ- £3>7 HV. This is over -200 lees than was '_nv€6ted at Gceiord. where the amount i ieil snort of the investments at KembU ! I '-range on th< day when the mwnine : ■wae installed. The largest amount in- I [vested o n the "tote" on mr race wa= j , £"S, distributed on the starters in the Hying- Handicap. The Two-year-oki Handicap was respond.bie for the invest|=ient of only £SSt. \ According to a Sydney writer, the i-nghsh horse Redfern strongly resents tram travelling. On one occasion he was injured while beine pat on the train for a journey, and a=~ a result he did not I ace for nearly twelve months. ; >ir Wiiliam Cooper paii £.SSOO for Reifern when he purcnase-: him in Snsrlani. and naturally the precaution is taken niliv to insure such a va-iuabie animal. He is now covered by a policy for £4*\>o. which made provision a;rsir.*t ac ::e::t during hs recent visit to Victoria. It wa= intended to s*ni him from F!err.in-j- ! ton to Caulneld for a ran , one oav. but he resolutely re*:sted a)l et?...rt- to p:a*.e him in the horse-box. and had to walk to the course. Asam. on the return to Sydney, after ih* were over, he rehsse-i to i.illow his rtiUc mate VVoorak into the train, and was left behind to catch the next steajner. An additional poh<-v for was thus , ne#<ied to cover the :nar:ne risk. Another ' with an aversion to mc rafhrav box is Oarlita. She has probably done a- -much train travelling roost "O*>i horses* - ! the older she gets the more -:.- 1 dislikes it. She is insured for t." : . t'ae policy coveri.ig rail travelling. Mr. M. Oocuidas is an owner who had a very profitable time during the recent season in India. Hie horse* won severs.! big rac-e* in Ca..-<-ntta_ ars<i a: Bombay the English isjport-ation. Salandra (Boqoe-j i iaure—Be!l Piower-. whoir. he in ; partnership tr:t;i Mr. tiardaa. puiled oS\ I the Grand Western Handicap, worth' j £1333 and ,i cup to the winner. The! I time for the mile was 1.39, and Salandra's | j dividend in a rie ; d of fifteen was! slightly than 2 to 1. The same after-. I noon Mr. Goculdac had an experience I 'similar to one at The Calcutta big meet-! ing. the three place-getters in the Flying| I ria-e being- owned by him. There were j i nine runners. Salandru was ridden in i 1 h-i j race by \V. Huxler. w-ho was on | nearly all Mr. '"Joruidar" big winners' I during the recent season. Another good j I race won by Salandra at Bombay wad! tne Jialabar Plate of £066. Oa the day! ; the Malabar Plate was run th» owner.; i who races in India as Mr. ""RJLi.," had ." : a good hH horses winning four' of the seven race? on the pr'>tTarnme. I Tnese included the Bombay Derby, a race! for Arabs, in which the winner. Majbur, I with 3jS. took 2.i52« for the mile and a! I half. The »ame day a horse named i Cvanite won a nri!e and a qirarser racf in I 2.9, which give= snme idea of the extent; 'to which the best Arabs suffer by com-i ! parason with the ordinary Ensjush or , Australian thoroughbred ir. the matter' ,oi paoe. Very many years ago it «it| demonstratt-n that the poetic '•fieet.ne-s; of the Aran" was son;.-;hing of a myth . when applied to racing. i The N.5.W. Associated Racing Qirbs have framed a code of totalizator rules' Ito apply to the pony meetings at \";c- ' toria Park. Keneinpton. Ascot, and Bosi- ,- --er;.". Xhey are copied alrrost wholly ' from thoee governing the machine in ' i other States, and there is iittle that is j new about them, except rejrardin-2 the! number of starters necessary for the ! payment of two dividends. First and I second dividends will be paid only when : there are nine or more starters. No matter how many runners there are. where a dead-heat occurs for arst. there i will be no second dividend. The ru.'e j ; relating to the return of naonoy when a I winner or second is unbacked i≤ a.~ fol- ■ lows: "In the evest of the (in- | clndins the final winner on a dead-heat I run-offi not being backed. 2-i per cent. iof the total amount invested, com- ; mission and fractions, will be available for dividend amongst the investors on the second horse, and 75 per cent, of the total amount invested, less ccniimssion and fractions, will be returned to all the 1 investors." In the event of the second : horse not beine backed, the whole of the money invested, leas com T riiesion and fractions, will be available for dividend aaionset holders of tickets on the wincer. It- is stipulated that no investor i "will hay« a claim "orhere a winner has ' been disqualified, whether the irround j arise for the d»quali-ncation before. 'after, or during the race. The stewards have been eiven the power to decide all matters relating to totalisat-or betting which are not provided for in the rules. When Blue Bolt's nomination for the Sires' Produce Stakes and other events at the recent VJLC. Autumn Meetina was rejected, the colt's najne remained in the list for the Oakleigh Plate for several days subsequently, and there was j some speculation at the time as to whether the V.A.T.C. would allow him to start on the occasion in view of the action taken by the Sontrolling body. The V.A.T.C. was not, however, called upon to adjudicate in the matter, as the colt was voluntarily retired from the event a few days prior to the date of running. On the 6th of last nxjnth the following comments appeared in the '"Age" , sporting i-nlirmw ■ "Blue Boß's name figures in the list for V.A.T.C. Oakleigh Plate, and as his nomination for the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting was rejected br the committee of the latter club, it would intereetins to knosr ■whether he is antonomically debarred from taking part in the Canlfiel-i event, in which he has been weighted at 7.13. Many of the rules of the V.B.C. are capable of a double-barrelled construction, and whether the ban was placed on Blue Bolt under rule 36 !a) or rule 63 is not quite certain. "All doubts as to caeca of a similar kind in the future have now been set aside by the adoption of the following rule-.•'30(01 If the committee of the Victoria Earing Crab shall order the rejection of the entries of aJI horses belonging to any owner, or in which he may be interested, or shall reject the entry of an 7 particular horse, then such horses or horse as the case may be shall not be aßorwed without the permission of the said, committee to run in any race at any meeting held in Victoria.* 38<c) If any bowse shall run in aay race contrary to the provisions of rules 36(a) or 360b), or either of them, sneh horse"shall ipso facto be disqualified • tor and incapable of winning the racp or a place therein, and in addition such boiee may be disqnaliSed. and the owner : and (or) trainer thereof may be punished by fine, or disqualification-''