Weekly Prett and Referee.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8665, 14 December 1893, Page 3

Weekly Prett and Referee.

. The death ia reported from India of W. I Southall, the ex-Victorian trainer and . Jockey. \ Caruago l« already being supported to j win the Champion Stakes, and as little as three lo one is being accepted about him. The third prize of 300*ov« in the Caul- ' field Cup has been paid over to Mr I. T. » Carslake, the owner of Sainfoin. T. Corrlgun had several rib. broken recently by a fall from Toprail at Sundown i Pi-rk. 300Oto30haHbren laid asralnat the two ; Dreamlands for tho V.R.C. Derby and Mcli bourne Cap of 1804. Dreamland and . Carnage were also backed for the same ' events to win £2000. ; Pierre Lorillard, the well-known American, la opposed to bookmaking on the ground that it offer, inducements to stop favourite-*. He thinks tho mutual system Im the fair method of betting. That system likewise sometime- stops favourites. Mr Oxenham was interviewed by aa Australian Star man on hta return front England, and this was part of the conversation :— *• With respect to your operai tion. in the ring, were you successful against the British Lion . You remember at the banquet you said that you were going to havo a fair tusalo with him, and If ho got the Australian gold you would not complaint "He got the gold all right;, but I have nothing to complain about. A man should look for nothing else than fair play, and that was given to mc. I think time was the only thing against mc, for just as I was coming away T was beginning to get the hang of thin,*., When Igo back, however, and I moan to do so, 1 hope to do better. All the boys were very kind to mc, and I know when tbey expressed their sorrow at mo losing they meant what they said." An American correspondent, writing to a Sydney paper, says :—The arrival of Crlchton, Cascade, Empire, and the Nordenfeldt Ally by the last mall, all safe and sound, has caused considerable excitement among racing men. Two other Australians—Marcella, by Marvellous, and a three-year-old colt, B road mead o, by St. Leger—have also arrived from British Columbia to do battle; and these, with Strotnboli (if the latter stand . a preparation), will make quite a big show for Australia. I anticipate a considerable In flux of Australian horßes to this coast In the future. While there in a great rivalry between the eastern and western sports, men of America, the western men ao no|( care to buy eastern blood, and would itpreference go to Australia or England. Sir Modred's stock have had remarkable success, and he Is sure to come out fl_ ono of tho highest rungs of tho ladder this season. His son, Dr. Has brock, is tho champion mller of America. Speaking to a trainer from the east yesterday he remarked that the horse *' could win when* over he waa wauted, though lb was a wonder his neck had never been broken." Says a London writer under date October 7th:—Those who are not really interested in racing as a sport, and are not fond of the horse as an animal—l put It thus because to many racing Is a business, and lhe horse a machine for gambling—• cannot imagine the satisfaction with which a new volume ot the '* Stud Book Is received. Messrs Weather by have jus I issued No. 17, and it is most welcome. A tribute to the value ot the English thoroughbred horse I. furnished by the manner in which he is still sent to practically all parts of the world. Thus Edward the Confessor, Fortissimo, Foxhall, Laureate, Ben Strome, Ossian, Pursebearer, Candlemas, Wenlock, Whistle Jacket, and Devil to Pay have, since the last I .sue of a volume, been sent to the United States ; Beau Brummel. Chiulehurst. Master Klldare, Lancastrian. Morgan, Theodore, and Pnnzerschlff, havo gone to Austria, and Exning, Ornatus, Reveller, Bullion, and Master of the Horse to Belgium. Franco has not secured so many as usual, for the reason that she has had so many before still Humewood, Pepper and Salt, Raff-ell o Silver and Trayles are there, and Retreat went, though I believe he has coino back again. South America has a septet Including some of doubtful value—Orvjllo, Certosa, Neapoli*, St. Honorat, Orinoco, Davenport, and Simpleton. Denmark has Childerlc; Germany, Charlbert, Mephlsto, and Fulmen; British North America, Morebattle; Sweden, Conaglen; Roumania, Substantia*; Russia, Agathos; Italy, Tbe Collarer and Orbend. The obituary list is rather a nad one, for several promiainp sires have died at a comparatively early age since the last volamo was published, Barcaldine, Goldaeeker, Paradox, Tertlus, Trapplst, Tyndale, and Wisdom to wife. The names of Herml6, Sterling, and Rosicrucisn also appear. It is Btrange that so many stallions break their legs. This was tho fate ot King Otto (by KlugLud), St Jerome (by Hermit), Ollerton (by Cremorne), and the Arab Maiden ; while Clairvaux and Highborn broke their backs. Another point that strikes one is the very large number of animals here chronicled whose names are never known except to readers of the "Stud Book." The first prize money—amounting in all to £13,4991-s—i n Tat .email's £100,000 consultation (which closed with 50,000 subscribers) was paid over on Tuesday, 14th Inst, says the Sydney Referee, Tha ticket was held in the name of Lawrence Fitzgerald, but seven others were interested in 11. These men were shearers, and cot out at Clariton Station, In the Charlevlllo district, on the Saturday previous to the Cup day. They at once sec out to walk to Cnnnamulla, a distance of sixty miles. About 0 o'clock on the evening of the Cup day they met a man at Cunnamulla who bad received Information as to the result of the race, and on looking at the result of the drawing Fitzgerald made the happy discovery that he held the winning number. He at once wired to "Tatter, sail's" to know beyond doubt if he had drawn Tarcoola. and received an assuring telegram in reply, the news having been delayed In reaching them owing to their having left the station where they wero working. The men Interested in the ticket lost no time in coming on to Brisbane, and on Tuesday morning tbey presented themselves at '" Tattersall's " office, Telegraph Building)*, Brisbane, and received cheques to the following amounts, the difference in the sumi. arising from the fact that they had laid off to each other :— Fitzgerald, £6030 J9-; Michael Fallon, £0249 19a ; A. Currie, £.500; Sid. Eddie, £25.; E. Jordan, £250; E. Wallace, £100; J. Roach, £oot C. Kternan, £40. Cheques for the different amounts wero banded over to the lucky winners, and they at once proceeded In company with Tatter, all's manager to the Bank of New South Wales. Each man drew sufficient for hia immediate needs—some of the men appeared to be In special need—and gave instructions for the balance to be transmitted to his respective home. Neither Fitzgerald nor Fallon had ever taken tickets la a consultation before. The men held four tickets list ween them, each having subscribed 10-t. As they are all working men, the windfall will, no doubt, prove highly acceptable. It is apparent from the actions of the members of the syndicate that they do not in fond to waste that which they have so luckily secured. " Rapier," in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, writing about the American turf, says:—Colonel North Is selling I the horses he sent to America, and I do not suppose there is much prospect lof other English animals being despatched to run in the States. But the journey no w takes less than six days, when the boats have good passages, and If the 1 American turf were in a more satisfactory condition, the Atlantic would not present a very serious bar. What is wanted in America is perfectly obvious—a body like the English Jockey Club which enjoyed the respect' of the better class of sportsmen, was a terror to the rogues, and could—and would—control all turf affairs. Nothing can be more preposterous and contemptible than what one often reads: of the proceedings of tbe Executive Committees of American racing clubs. In the last received number of the Spirit of the Time*, tor instance, I find comments and criticism on the starting of races. The starter—Mr Rowe Is the official on whose proceedings the article is based—has power to fine and suspend jockeys who are Insolent and disobedient. But some, at least, of the Club Committees Insult their own official and hold him np to the contempt of the miserable little jockey boys, white and black, Mr Rowo fines these Imps and the Committees remit the fines. What naturally happens? Tbo jockey "goes to the post feeling that he is endorsed and the starter rebuked. His contempt for tho starter is increased and be proceeds to defy that official In the belief that he Is secure from punishment. At the recent Coney Island meeting Mr Rowe fined eight of the jockeys f 500 each. This was reduced by the committee to #75, and some of it was not collected when the Omnium Handicap was run. Tho result was the jockeys played ducks and drakes with Mr Rowe and delayed tho start an hour and a quarter. At the beginning ot tbe Brooklyn meeting Lamloy waa suspended for the meeting. He wan reinstated the very next day." That gontlemen can take part In sport controlled hy auch personages as the Coney Island committee Is, of course, out of the question, and to the turf ia degraded,