RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 208, 31 August 1918, Page 9

RACING WORLD.

(By WHALEBOSE.) FIXTURES. Sept. 4—Marton Jockey Club. Sept. 11 —Dannevirkc Kacing Club. Sept. la —Kgniont Racing Club. Sept. .1:1, -o—AitibunoLi Cuirnty Baclng Club. Sept. at—Ot&ti Maori Itaclng Club. Sept. ai-Grruldmc Kacing (Jlub. Oct. 3—Kurow Jockey Club. Oct. 11, Xl— UuueJiu Jockey Club. Oct. 17, IS—Mastertou Racing Club. Oct. 19—Auckland Trotting Club. Oct. 21, 3j—Poverty Bay Turf Club. Oct. as, -M— Wellington iUclng Club. Oct. Si, -JS —Gore Kiicing Cluu. Oci, 2'i— Otaiiuhu Trotting Club. Occ. ■Jα— Nortu Canterbury aud Oxford Jockey Club. Oct. US— Waverley-Waitoiara Racing Club. Jiov. 2, 6—Avoudale joctev Club. Nov. i, 6, 9—Canterbury Jookey Club. Nov. 0, 7, B—Metropolitan Trotting Club. .Nov. 9—Auckland Kacittg Club. Nov. 20— AshursWoluingtna ttacing Club. Nuv. ;!I—south L'auteriiury Jockey Club. Xuv. 30 —Takupuun Jockey Club. J>ov. au—Fcllding Jockey Club. AKSWEKS TO CORttBSPONDBNTS. ■H.M. (AvondaleV —The flrst appearance of Walniai under silk, aifortlliij; to the Turf Register, -was in the Maiden Plate at To Arona in I!US. when, carrying 7/H, and ridden by 11. Stocklcy, ho rau unplaced. The ex-Auckland owned Fisher has boon engaged lv chn Junipers' Flat Uacc at the Danncvirkc Meeting. From a reliable source I loam that (ho.re is very little likelihood of I'olouM Soult being taken lo Sydney, as reported. Master Strownn has been turned out for a spell, and is not likely 10 carry silk lor some time. Guiding ;ind I'ukeatua were schooled over six hurdles at Kllerslle during the week, the pair giving a satisfactory display. K. Henderson will have ttip mount on 'Arlington in the lUiugltiUei Steeplechase, run at Marton next week. An insurance of £3000 t»"8S lakcn out tn rover Mr. G. L. Stead's <-olt Almoner while on the voyage to Sydney. The nnnoiin<-eme.nT rhat Collector was ia be senc to Australia is incorrect, says a Christrtiurch writer. The gelding Is now Ht Mr. Stead's place at Amberley. Mr. Armstronc lias decided +0 give Yellow and Blni* a spell, wnich accounts for his defection from the Rangitikci Steeplechase at the Marlon Meeting. The Waimate riains Trotting Club has decided 'to ndhcre to tlic time system, of starting, -while tine Forbury lark Trotting Club retain the yards system. Evidently the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club have decided to replace Mr. Uarley as starter at their meetings, for they are advertising for applications for the position. The Auckland horses Royal Prince, Danrastor. Falstone, Hessian, Persian Prince, and Dncheas Eudonie figure among the nominations for the Dannevirke Spring Meeting. Lightning, whicii has been off the scene since the Avondale J.C. Spring Meeting, has resumed -work agnln at Ellerslle under the supervision of her owner-trainer, J. Larubese. B. Doeley received a cable from R. .T. Mason during the week to come to Australia us quickly as possible. The Auckland horseman will endeavour th get away immediately he gets a clearance from the Auckland Dratrk-t Committee. The name of Hessian was omitted from the list of acceptances for the Trial Hack Piate at the Marton Meeting. The daughter of Elysian was taJsen South by A. Aaprey yesterday, in company wiLli Duchess Eudorus. According lo a Southern writer, a prominent New Zealand ."sportsman -who ha« just returned from Sydney states tbat he was talking to R. J. 'Mason at ©andwick, and the latter expressed the opinion -ttiat Biplane would meet Desert Gold during the approaching spring carnival. Time will toll. Tn answer to a query at the annual meeting of the Otahuhu Trotting Club yesterday, the chairman (Mr Mackenzie) said that the ground ror tne proposed course at Mount Albert had been found to be unsuitable, and the project had therefore "been dropped. The many friends of Mr F. D. Yonge, secretary of the Otahuhu Trotting Club, will regret to near that he is at present confined to his home through illness. . At the annual meeting of the club, held yesterday, the chairman moved a vote of sympathy with Mr Yonge, and expressed the hope that he would soon be well enough to resume hie to be improving in health. hi the N.Z. Trotting Cup. J. Bryce being represented by Cathedral Chimes, Sherwood, and Matchlight; B. Jarden, Author Dillon and John Dillon, and R. McDonnell, Evelyn and Emilius. A. Fleming had Hardy Wilkes and Erin's King engaged, bot an he announced his intention of driving Hardy Wilkes, the owner of the latter has handed the horse over to A. HendrikEen to prepare for the event. The members of the Auckland Trotting Club paid a graceful compliment to their president, Mr. John Rowe. at their annual meeting on Wednesday, when they carried a resolution that one event on the programme be called after that gentleman. Mr. Rowe has devoted considerable time to the sport, and his standing in the trotting ,d ? Ter E hi s h one - President of the N.Z. Trotting Conference for the past 11 years, and president of the Auckland TrotJing Club for considerably longer, is an honour which comes to very few". In all racing clubs the two men most responsible for the smooth working of affairs are primarily the secretary, and secondly the caretaker. In this respect *he Auckland Trotting Club is exceptionally T \x fOr T ln J? r - C - F - WLX^si (secretary) and 'Mr. J. Mitchell (caretaker) the club has two officials -whose one thouirht Is for the clnJ> with iwtaicn they are connected At tihe annual meeting members expressed themselves in terms of high appreciation of the work performed by these gentlemen and a. vote in this direction was carried' which was well deserved. ' The death of Oold Fran is real bad luck for his owner-trainer, E. Pope, for the son of San Fran was a useful performer on the flat, while he gave promise of developing Into a hurdler a bit above the ordinary. When taken to the Hawke's Bay meeting last June Gold Fran failed to run vp to expectations, and his ownnr made no secret of the fact that he had been got at. He was in a bad way at Hastings, and it was some time after his return to Auckland before he really showed tbat he had shaken off the effects of the dope. On the Tuesday he was schooled over a couple of hurdles, and on Wednesday did clow work. After exercise., however, he was taken bad with a sort of paralysis, and gradually got worse, dyinc daring the afternoon. His owner bad a post mortem made, which gave the cause or death as peritonitis, but portions of the stomach were taken for analysis by the veterinary surgeons, and, if anything is found confirming the opinion as regards the doping, the matter will be put before the police authorities, In the hope that an luTestigation will be made. AUCKLAND TROTTING CL.CB. The Auckland Trotting Club's annual meeting, which took place on Wednesday, was tfhe most successful yet held, the large attendance showing the interest taken by members. Nochtoe of a. controversial nature cropped up, the proceedings throughout being of a harmonious character. For the first time for some years an election for committee took place, with the result that Mr. E. B. Davis replaces (Mr. Hill. The hitter trentlemau Tine t>een connected with the dub for a long, long time, and has worked "hard in the intereste of the sport, and .while onn aliwaye feds a certain amount of regret when the old (bands are turned down, "still it is the way of the world, and Wie old must make -way for the youne. Mr. Davis, the newly-elected memt>er. is a keen business man, who ia likely tn I>ut nlenty of energy Into his work, ana KhouM prove an actniisition both to the management and the eport gene-rally.

THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. r.i'^. 1C K l:u ' m ' mlt ' ;ee ■"' the Canterbury Jockey Utfb hae approved the conditions of the -New Zealand Onp. The stake is f2OOO, tie same as last year, but the penalty conditions have been modified. Last year the « of any race, after declaration of weights, of the value of ISOsovs had to cam- Jib extru j of any nice or faces of the 3i! c I °™ s ? OOi X£ s 51 ' b : :to ° "O™. 71b ; and 500 soys 101b. This year, however, the Unit penalty i≤ 51b for the winner of 41 race or raws of the collective value of 250.50v5, -while winners of .'KOsots inour 71b, and of GOOsovs 101b extra. The alteration is one which will meet with general approval, as it will enable orwners to race their Cup rrorscs more liberally without endangering their n Kieearton .prospects, -while it will lteneQt owners in another direction by removing tihe chief obstacle in the way of increased stakes at many of the early spring