RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 244, 12 October 1918, Page 10

RACING WORLD.

(By WHALEBOITEJ C. "Emerson -will probably bo offered tie Hide on Herke's Drift Jn the N.Z. Cup. Rectarge, one of tlie best eteeplechasern produced in Srtntbland for some time, died Enddcnly recently after being physicked. Hopye cave n. ndhibition of jumping over raio big feitces at Bllcrslie on Thursday morning. Mr. Co.vli>'s hajrflnffips for the first day's ■rarinc of' the A yon dale Jockey Clirb Rprlnß ?I«nJnK are due on Wednesday next, the With mst. The Wellinplon Rarinp Club have plared an order for an electrk- totnlisator. similar to fhat now in use at EHcralle, and it will he erected as soon as it comes to hand. Reparation and Wartime were schooled lover hurdlfs nr hradquarters on Thursday morninß. Repnration jumped a -bit slovenly, but the pair got round without mishap. Tenacious and Notability were schooled uver hurdles at Rllerslir on Thursday morninsr, the pair fencing in a satisfactory manner. A. Mitchell, who has been located at Kllereslie with his team for the past three w??ks. has taken his horses back to Avondale again. British Arch wa.s cabled to Auckland as likely to win nt Uamlwick on Thursday, lint ■the 'best he could do was to run third to <ira?hone and Bitter Ale. Althouch •Mγ. Lowryl'aswlthdra.wn Kilhape ami KJllowen from the 'Melbourne C'dti. he still has Desert Gold. Kstlaud and Finmark in the race.

Amons the visitors at ißanilwick to witness the final srallops before the \.3.C. Kprinfc Mpetlnjr were the (Jovornor nf New South W:i!<»s fSir Walter Davidson) and Lady Davidson.

The X.Z. lightweight. G. W. Clarke, has been granted a license by the Australian Jockey Clufc, but under rather stringent conditions.

The withdrawal of Messrs. Creenwood'st, Tavrrj's anc' Stead's horses from Ilieir encacomeiits at tlie Onuliinhl Cup meeting will take a lot of interest out of that fixture as tar as New Z**uJanUers are concerned.

The victory of Cetieno in the Craven Plate put that horse's -winnings ahead of Desert flold. there Iwlng very little between Hie respective amounts won by Ihe pair irp till Wednesday.

Mr. Henrys lias evidently formed n very high opinion of Gloaming, fur in fmminc Ills handicap for the C.J.C. Steward-.- Handicap, lie awarded the son of The Welkin 8.13, which Is 141b. above weight for age. Pre-eminent came to grief at Ellersiie on Thnredny morning while being schooled over hurdles in company with Danenstor and Ernie. The latter had to he ridden hard at hjs fences, and jumped a bit slowly, but gor round in safety. Tn the Melbourne betting on the Can'fleld Cup the imported horse King Offa, which is reported to have done a wonderful private trial at Moonee Valley, and which is to he ridden by F. Bullock, is a, very short-priced favourite. Owing to the Poverty Bay Turf Club's Spring Meeting clashing with the Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting. Mr. H. Cojie will be unable to attend the former dithering, nnd Mr. R. B. Lnsk will frame the. weights for the second day's racing. Mrs M. A. Terry has purchased the colt Fiat, by All Black—La Notte, from her trainer. T. F. Qninlivan. The price at ■which the colt changed hands has not transpired, but it is understood the figure was a fairly high one. Ilautere was given a torn over the bic fences at Kllerslie on Thursday morning, jumpiDg the obstacles a couple of times. He <ame to grief at the sod wall the second time, but was remounted and finished up his task in safety. Marnlrake is reported likely to turn out B useful three-year-old. !>irt his one winning performance has not greatly impressed Messrs. Henrys and Coyle, for at both Wellington and RU«irlnn he is in the big sprint event at 6.7. the minimum. The throe placed horses in the A.J.C. Derby. Gloaming. Kmmark and Kilmoon. appear in the <ireat Northern Derby, and with Almoner also In the race, without taking 3nto aeoonnt the others, a good contest Rooms assured. Gloaming, of course, will ne a gooil favourite, but It Is a certainty ■will not have matters all his own way. Oluterrlno, Capt. Jack and Peneton were Dumped over the big country at Ellersiie on Thursday morning, neither of the trio milking any mistakes. (Jluterrino ran down his fences a lot, and Peneton was inclined to jump a bit big, but It was a. fairly good exhibition of jumping. Tfio two-year-old truils lield at Randwlek Rbout a week before the A.J.C. Spring MeetIng opened gave a good line for the Breed<ts' Plate and Gimrnwk Stakes, for Buudella, iwhlch won the former, and Sue the winner of the latter, both finished first In .their heats.. The pair claim Treasady as Itheir sire. The acceptances received for the Auckland Trotting Club's spring meeting, which takes place on Saturday next, the 10th inst., are well up to expectations, owners having made a good response to Mr Edwards' adjustments. The track at headquarters is in Urst-elass order, and since the last meeting at Kpsom the appointments have been improved considerably, which should be approdated by the club .s patrons. The nominations received for the Avontroy ahead of expectations, and apart from the numerical view of the question, the class represented is much above the average. A Jarge number of horses which claim engagementei In the N. 7,. Cup and C.J.C. StewardsHandicap have been entered, and altogether the prospects for a record gathering are of the very brightest. According io the Christehnrch writer "Templar' , Mr. J. R. Reid has decided. ewinß to continued ill-health, to dispose of his Mderslle stud early next year. This news -will be received with regret throughout t*e Dominion, for Mr. Reid had got together an exceptionally fine selection of brood mares, and tjie disposal of tie stnd will be a distinct Iras to the breeding industry In Nfew Zealand. The fact that Cathedral Chimes was defeated at Addington on Saturday last has evidently not been taken into serious consideration by the supporters of the horsn, for the son of Fonr Chimes remains at an absurdly short price for the N.Z. Trotting Cup, and bids fair to hold his position up to the start. Author Dillon is second favourite, other fancied candidates being Admiral Wood, Adelaide Direct, Emilins and Moneymaker. It seems rather strange to most people that the Public Works Department is able to rim a special train to a race meeting while the Hallway Department not only refuses to supply race specials, but does not allow the regular trains to stop at the usual stations on the days a race meeting is talking place anywhere near these stations. Of coarse it is only a coincidence that the Public Works train is being run to a meeting in the electorate of the Hon. W. H Herries, Minister of Railways, but is not the Public Works Department trying to help "win the war" equally as well as the RailWaj Department? If not, why not? DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUXEDIX, Friday. At the Dunedin Jockey Club's Spring Meeting the totalisator handled .Elfi,4M 10/, against £10.77(> last year. In the Spring Hurdles the first horse, Graftella was disqualified and Nocturnal was declared the ■winner, other results were as follow:— Mosgiel Handicap, 1J miles.—KiUjdy, 5.7 1: Sedd-el-Bahr, 7.8, :.>; Hose Pink, 8.7, .'!.' Won by half a length. Time, 2.10 8-5. imnedln Guineas. 1 mile.—long Range, b a S °- "'' Sr ; ornful - S- 5 . :! - Won Electric handicap, >."furlongs.— Miuhaela, Won L Kil, ; roßan - 7 A '-: r'aytiine, S.!>, 3 Won by a short neck. Time, 1.16.