ROUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8482, 13 May 1893, Page 9

ROUND THE WORLD.

The English jockey " Charlie " Wood haß hopes of having his disqualification lifted before this year is out. Ie is reported in Brisbane that the local Tattersall's Club is, like the Banks, about to suspend operations. Mr Jos. Kean has been appointed clerk of the course for the Queen's Birthday Meeting ot the Sydney Turf Club. Wolf's Crag is engaged in the Kempton Park Great •Jubilee* Stakes, to b« run for on Saturday next, a penalty of 141b making his weight Bst 51b. An Australian merchant, who not long ago paid his creditors a percentage in the £, drew first prize in a recent big sweep. He gave the owner of the winning horse £500 and the jockey £100. One of the victims of the late Queensland floods was Southerly Buster. Mr W. Kelso's old slave was found with two lees broken after the water had receded In the neighbourhood of Maltland. The committee of the Sydney Turf Club decided, In view of the depressed condition of things generally, to abandon the Amateur Race Meeting which it was proponed to hold at Randwiek on June 7th. At the Fitzroy Pony Meeting on April 25th one event, owing to the auspicious circumstances sttrroundiug the race, was declared "no race" ty the stewards, which decision was received with great cheering by the spectators. South Australian Talters-H's Clubis one of the most prosperoua of its kind in Australia. Last year's transactions (ending March 31) returned a profit of .£213 5s lOd, and the club has a credit balance at its bankers of £12618s sd. The Goodwood Handicap of 400sovs, run for on the first day of the South Australian J.C. Meeting, was won by Britisher in a field of twenty. He was but little fancied and paid a dividend of £23 18s. Vakeel won the St. Leger, with Broken Hill second. ._ „ _ Descendants of the Melbounre Cup wiuner, The Assyrian, won three raoea in succession at tbe Tasmanian Turf Club Meeting last week. BischoJt. 9st, out of May Queen, won tbe Autumn Handicap; Leo 10it 71b, out of Lao, the Steeplechase; and Rapid Fire, 9st 51b, oat of Volley, the All-aged Handicap. Mr T. Loud, who has been on a trip to the northern districts, has (say* a Sydney writer) returned and brought back with him a couple of two-year-olds by Sir Modred's brother July. Due is a brown by July from Rosemary. This youngster follows the Traducer stock a lot. The other is a dark chestnut by July from Nandoo, by Darebin from Narina. At the Liverpool Spring Meeting in March Sir J. B. Maple was successful for the third time in succession In th* Molvneox Stakes, 638sovs. five furlongs. He was represented by Simon's Bay (5 to 4), by St. Simon, from Masurka, by See Saw, which won as she pleased from four opponent*. Sir J. B. Maple gave 2000gs for Simon's Bay as a foal, and 330gs for her dam.

Two or three of the Melbourne bookmakers were reproduced rather skilfully in tbe sporting scenes of Darrell's " Double Event." The most convincing make-ap (says tbe Sydney BuGervn) was that of Harry Daniels, who seemed to have merged himself into the general Hebrew identity, Mossy Isaacs. Fancy an actor achieviug a success with hia aplandid interpretation of old Mos*y Isaacs! The artist capable of realising Joe Thompson on the stage could command __0 a week no doubt.

The suspension of the A. J.S. Bank (says a Sydney exchange) has been a source of inconvenience to many sporting men. Many owners, trainers, and others have considerable sums involved, and a number of prominent sportsmen are shareholders, some of them to a very considerable extent The failure or stoppage of their banking company w as about the last thing many of them were likely to think of, aud it is to be hoped the outcome will not involve any ultimate loss.

A London writer says:—" Orme has been getting into trouble again, if report speaks truly, as I understand be has smashed three front teeth ou his manger. This may not, after all, be a dental trouble; possibly he has been * foully and deliberately poisoned,' although this has not been certified by an eminent vet., nor has Mr George Lewis been instructed to proceed against a person or persons unknown."

The Victorian jockey, George Wheeler, has been having more than his share of successful rides lately. At TArrawingee quite recently he caught the judge's eye flret in every race on the programme except the Trot, but he got the worst of a protest entered against him in one of the events. Then journeying to Beechwood Wheeler rode three winners during one day, and at Chiltern on Friday last he got first to the judge ou four occasions.

The friends of Mr H. Oxenham engaged a special steamer, the Pheasant, to follow the Australian to the Sydney Heads so as to give the popular bookmaker a proper send off on bis trip to the Old Country, While going down the harbour there was a collision, and the little Pheasant received much damage, and many of Mr Oxenham's friends (of whom there were 200 on board) jumped on to the Australien.

Rudolph, by Martini - Henri— Rusk, carried 12st 71b and won the Amateur Turf Club Plate, one mile, at Warrnambool races on April 26th, beating four others, including an odds on favourite in Beau, 10st 101b. Mr W. R. Wilson gave 820gs for Rudolph at the late Hon. James White's sale, aud after meeting with several disappointments sold him for 65gs to Mr E. C. Naylor, who had no better luck with him, and the once speedy gelding changed hands again.

Failing five short of last year's total, tho field of twenty that went to the post for the first important handicap of the season, the Lincolnshire Handicap, hardly sustained the average in connection witn the race (says an English exchange), but that all the customary interest was aroused on the day was shown by the enormous company present to see it decided. One of the most striking features of the contest wan tbe collapse of the Middleham ** certainty,' Mlna, who failed utterly to reflect in the race the prominent position she held in the market. That there was good reason for the support accorded Gangway was shown by the result, for although Sir J. B. Maple's colt failed to follow iv the footstep-* of his stable companion Clarence, who was successful a twelvemonth ago, the son of Saraband and Gang Warily made a bold bid for victory, and only succumbed to a colt that had shown good and consistent form as a youngster. The victory of Wolfs Crag may be put down as meritorius, and, in upholding the credit of the the three year olds, ne won a second "Lincolnshire" for Mr J. W. Smith, whose previous success had been achieved with Tonans in 1884. Mansion made a creditable attempt to break the record so far as three year olds are concerned, but the displays of Pensioner, Acrobat, Friar John, and Simonian were very disappointing to their respective partisans.

Referring to the death of Mr "Abington " Baird, the London Sportsman, in the course of a lengthy article, says :—" Perhaps the greatest sympathy is due to Joe Cannon, who is deprived of his chance of training a Derby winner in Meddler, and possibly a Two Thousand winner in Milford—apart from the fact that all his arrangements that have been made for the conduct of tbe stable will now have to be cancelled, unless, indeed, someone takes over the lot. Again there crops up the old grievance against the rule by which nominations are rendered void by the death of the nominator. No one has ever advanced any logical reason for the existence of this rule, and the gross impropriety of it is more clearly shown by the appearance of dead men's name's from time to time in the forfeit list. If the nomination is void, by what semblance of right ia the forfeit claimed? All that is needed is that nominations as other personal obligations should devolve with the restof a man's estate, and to prevent any unfairness by which only the forfeits of the best horses might be paid, leaving the bad ones to take their chance, It might be enacted that no horse nominated by a dead man should be eligible to run until all the forfeits in respect of every horse nominated by that man should have been paid. Thus, in tbe present case, if Mr Baird's executors would not pay his forfeits it would be quite good enough for the buyers of such as Meddler, Lady Rosebery, &c, to settle the lot."

Mr Prank Dakin, who brought The Marquis out to Australia, tells "Terlinga" that Mr John Corlett has fallen into an error in stating that the Two Thousand Guineas and Leger winner was the first horse to be insured in England, and that, moreover, Mathew Dawson, never had anything to do with The Maiquis, who was trained for all his engagements by the late John Scott. When he bought the horse for Australia Mr Dakin made enquiries as to insurance, but the charges then were so high that he at once abandoned the idea. Chatting about The Marquis Mr Dakin told mc that he was absolutely the most savage and dangerous horse he ever made the acquaintance of. When he bought The Marquis from Mr S. Ha wke that gentleman begzed him to let the groom who was used to his ways come out with tbe horse, but Mr Dakin determined to save this expense, and on the way they had several scenes with the high bred savage, who was especially pugnacious whenirritvted by warm weather. While at Maribyrnong he tried to make a meal of his attendant, who, as a result of the encounter w*s laid aside for repairs, and Mr W. E. Dakin undertook to fill the breach and take a spell at looking af ier the horse. He had an unpleasant experience of The Marquis' little ways, which might have been seriousbut for the horse being muzzled. When being dressed the horse fell on W.E., and having administered a knock down, he proceeded to kneel on his cheat. Fortunately the muzzle prevented the noble savage from carrying out hia full programme, but on getting out of trouble Mr Dakin was over valiant,and went, in for retaliation. The result was chat The Marquis downed bi.-n again, and When he came out of the box that morning Mr Dakin was a good deal the worse for wear.

I An American exchange gives the following account ,of the famous jockey ** Snapper " Garrison. The writer says :— E. H. Garrison, the famous jockey, .to a | frequenter of the up-town hotels and cafes where turfmen meet to com pare notes and discuss the racing outlook of the year. Garrison looks exceedingly prosperous. He is always surrounded by a number of his friends. Garrison is 26 years old, says the New York Tribune. He was born in New Haven. Conn., where he remained until he was 10 years old, when he was sent to a school nearßinghamptou, in this state. There he remained three years. In that time he acquired what education he possesses. His next appearance was in W. C. Daly's school for jockeys, where he became familiar with the martingale system of education, receiving many lessons from W. C. Daly, who got even with the boys if any of his horses were beaten in a race through a boy's stupidity. Daly's method was to take all his boys out to the track and explain to them where and how the mistake was made, and then give each boy a liberal application of the martingale, so that he would not forget the lesson. Under this system of tuition Garrison thrived. He ww a small, puny-looking lad, but in his case appearances were deceptive, as he was a wiry little chap with sinews of steel and the courage of a fox- terrier. He Was as quick as a Has h besides. W. C. Daly nicknames his boys, and as Garrison was sucU an active little fellow he waa called "Jack Snapper." Oue day at the Brighton Beach track Daly's Ligan was posted as-a starter, but his jockey did not appear at the scales. There was not time to eecure another jockey, so Daly said, " Let Jack Snapper ride hi-*.** The foreman of Daly's stable did not know Garrison's right name, hut said to tbe clerk of the scales that" John Snapper was to ride Ligan. Garrison explained matters, but the name " Snapper " is likely to stick to him for the remainder of his life. Ligan won the race. Garrison riding a finish that astonished the Brighton Beach racegoers. From that day his career as a successful jockey began. He won many races far Daly and became a favourite of the Brighton Beach contingent. Garrison rides for Marcus Daly this year. He says that he will only ride selected mounts this season, and does not intend to ride below 1151b. He weighed 1401b la_t month with his ordinary clothes on, so that he has only 251b to reduce to gee to his weight. Oarrisou was married 1-16861, and has two daughters.