TURF NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 104, 1 May 1920, Page 18

TURF NOTES.

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Writing to a Melbourne friend, Frank Bullock states that lacing in Kn.giand is going ahead rapidly. Bulinck, who resides at Wantage, is attached to Baeil Jarvis'a stable at Newmarket. Hi* son, Frank \BuMock,'jiin., has 'been riding work on the trjtcks at Newmarket, ;.nd two or three leading trainers were- co impressed with the bov'a style that, they offered to apprentice him. Younff SuMock rode eeveral times on the Oaaineld tracks before leaving Australia, and showed a lot of promiseIn commenting on the large fees paid to jockeys in the Old Country, an Kn;;lish -writer says:—l believe ttui Donoghue is now receiving £0000 a \ear as a retainer from Mr. James White alone, and that this contract is for two years. It only binds him, too, to the Foxhill horses, for otherwise lip rules % free lance, con pick and choosa his own terms—and name his own fee. I am not suggesting for a moment that he not worth it, for it is an age of supply and demand, and even his Rochdale milI lionaire patron probably makes hie money more easily. It is gratifying to learn that this season the King's horses will be entered for races which suit their particular class. This was necessary for the older horses such as Viceroy to have any chance of winning races. Some of the two-year-olds at Egerton House have teen highly tried and are expected to make history. It is- a long while since the Royal colours were carried by a really first-class racer. Friar Marcus, when a two-year-old in 1914, gave every promise of achieving classic distinction, but he was foupd to lack stamina in his second season, and finished up only a fair class sprint handi-ca-pper. In a leading article, the "Time-"' etates there, is reason to believe that, despite the alterations made last venr. the discomfort suffered by racing patrons at Newmarket remains. . The entrances to the enclosure ard the paddock are stated to be in a hopeless condition, <v-hfle the dheaper parts of the course do not possess notice boards. Occupants of the cheaper places are described as being 6candalously treated, and the article asserts that. a s far as they are concerned, the English Jockey Olub will presently oe taking money under false pretences. When the current seUeon in England opened, Tetratema and Prince Cjaiahad ■were supposed to have between them a mortgage on the English' Derby, the former being a warm favourite, and Prince Galahad next in the quotation?. But both coite were unexpectedly beaten at their first essays at three years old, and now the Derby wears quite an o-pen appearance, though Tetratema" is still favourite. Tetratema went through last season without being beaten,- though starting in five races. Prince Galahad was also unbeaten, but he only made two appearances, one in the Ascot Ohesh'am Stakes, which .he won in a canter from ten opponents, and the other in the Newmarket Dewhuret Plate, which he also took easily in a field , of seven. Prince Galahad i= by Prince Palatine from Decag-one. Commenting on the recent yearling sales in Sydney, a Sydney writer says:— Monday was too wet to lure a big attendance to the ringside, but buyers .veru there in good numbers, and the 50 lots disposed of realised' 13,225gn5.. or an average of 2G4lgns. This is the best average of the series, but it vva« ohiefiy through the competition caused for Mr. T. H. Lowry's four > T .Z. colts, who fetched the highly satisfactory figure of 4,Ssogns. The brown colt by I>mosthenes from. was knocked down to the Randwiek trainer T, F. Scully (acting for sir Samuel. Hordrrn) for 1,700gn5., the highest price paid for any yearling this Easter. Mr. C. L. Ma:donald (Vie), of Wakeful fame, -rave l,3oogns. for Bobrikoff's 'brother (Finland—Gossip). These two arc fine colts, with plenty of substance, the Denio:;ihenes colt especially being endowed with rare muscular development. But the gentleman of this quartet, in my opinion, was the bay Finland colt from the Hotchkiss mare All's Well, who was purchased by the Randwiek trainer, H. J. Robinson, for 950gns (who. it is stated, was acting for Sir Rupert Clarkeh This colt is nicely modelled, but not quite sn ■big as the others, though well grown and all quality. The plainest of the quartet is the chestnut from The Hague, but he has splendid forearms and quarters, ami should make a stayer. Mr. F. Musgrave, of Victoria, got him. Says a Sydney writer:—The yearling sales were remarkably successful, when the general unrest and high cost of living are considered. It was the most striking result, all things taken into account, in the history of such distributions in Australia. Of the lots catalogued 569 -were gold for a total of 102,059 guineas. Of this huge collection Messrs. W. Inglis and Son found buyers for 409 for a total of 70.599gn5., or an average slightly under 172Jgns, while , Messrs. ,H- Chisholm and Co.'s figures were 160 lots for a total of 31,460gn5., representing an average of 196-ggns. That there ehould 'be buyers able to expend so much money in yearlings, many of which may not prove to be worth 03 many shillings as they realised guineas. and some of which will never be heard of again, speaks volumes for the financial strength of those who are interested in racing, and proves that, despite dromrht-s and other drawbacks, some breeders find that raising blood stock is not the most unprofitable of industries. Tlia. success. of last year's sales was interfered with by their being no accompanying rarW. and, in consequence, many men who would have bought were not nresent o"wing to the influenza scare. The following table shows the annual results since 1910. Perhaps the grnatest of all yearling sales was that which was hc'l at Newmar , '-' : TJoncaster (Ensrhmd) last year, .„« 633 lots yielded +31 500 gns., giving an averaee of 09?i!rns. There were 318 colts sold for 2.34.23<) cuinon .. and 2fin fillies for 177.019 guineas, while six geldings averaged 55 guineas.

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Tear. ir.io 1011 11*12 1013 1!)14 1015 1016 1917 1918 imn 1920 Lots . 3&1 . r >2O :W5 . 510 . SiO . 4.T; . •r,ii . 4<iT» . .. Total in pninpns. .. S4.r*s re ■;■_"-' i