SPORTING NOTES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 70, 10 March 1914, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

By Vladimir, A noted patron of the turf land in a letter to a. XydnJ 1 sava that English ItookmatL 1 wageral on all the big came along had the time 0 f a* last year. Practically every 1*? portnnco was won by an even bookmakers in a outn "®J small way won amounts tn> t( j*2 while big men in the riiie"*^.. the extent of six figures? The? racing man referred to iv UI ,J letter that, "of eour.se, ilic'u not get all their winning m JJJ era 'taking the knock," "tc'itim^

all events, but no one of j,„J7 posted, and the absentees m a ' v JJ appearance some <lay ai;d portion of their losses." dian racingmen left large a 'mJ! settled, but according to thojr question "no one ever thinks d' ing over a bad settling," awjfied to wait until the cloiula rt | American horsemen arc stjju "When will the lamit of bo reached?" When UildJ covered a mile in 2min ljj tho trotting world was ;im , h when 10 years la tor Jay K vc > versed the same distance iu 'oJ it was thought the limit hud*,!! J.v been reached. Ten years ever, Alix reduced tile mili> s 32«0c, «nd it was then iI IO J the two-minute murk, if jj reached, would without, a (Inula high-water limit. In !!K);S Loa with the aid of an artificial sis trotted a mile in 1 idm the same year the gelding mar legitimate.lv broke ute.s by trotting a mile \vitiio ß \. of an artificial windshield in 1, mt. Two years ago I'lilaii rd® m-onl to Jjnin ."Bsee. I.n.st ed to a sulky with a <'.allop,' n to an outrigger to take t | w .« the sulky, Uhlan did the ."isee. Hut marvellous as tl s formjinceis aro they were total

cd l»fit November by a lvt0 ;, trotting tillv named Virginia j bv tin* fasliiotiahU- .sir,. Zephyr, a maid witU ;i % record. Improbable n.s ,i m ;lr " Australasia, whej-e 2min 11 [ the fastest mile ever tiotu<d horse, thin trotting u<m(Kr. 1 years old, covered half a OJkco. There are dr< aniers in who ato asking, "Will tlipj s|*'e<l ever roach or excel tit' ii■ K "f'' We may woir, Imt ;)o T( the prospect of a trotter two minutes was regard,':! & remote a possibility ami that It beaten by .six second*. To allow the extent that. (Ji e , trotting lias reached in Canta well-known sdudmaster numi knowledge last week Unit ) u .y 200 mares to his stud this although his farm is a jrofxkj lie had to pay £7O for extra i ii:g accommodation. It i,s estimated that b-ioknyt nig bu.sine.s.s within the man area of Sydney <-«»ntriliutc £!, nually in fcea to the various A view of this it would ho intern know what Sydney* annual turnover amounts to. It was .stated recently that! wank contemplated an early is New Zealand, probably »« Easter, with a strong tralian horses. It is now rq.oiii -Melbourne that Eduanls lias» tion of leaving Victoria, niiwl ha.s a big team of hows under!

with a prospect of plenty when ])o can find room )<>r tcei^H '1 lie Melbourne Trotting js divided into pacing mid visions, will be decided mi TiH and interest in the ewiii, New Zealand is concerned, i, by the fart that the trotting division will include former bred in tho I)oniini<.n. by Wild wood, from the Auntie. Olive l>., who is n t to Mr W. Morland's l,<inl ( l i^H I was bred by M. l'.<hv,inl>, clearing sale,, before he left land for Australia, slie was |4H ( by Mr H. Nathan lor 1 !(i ing it yearling at. that time. <\l oiH'e as a two-year-old of a place, but siie. on a lot, giving promise of into something more than ter. Some time ago her her under the care of M is now training her in was started in a trotting rang last week, and though sition would probably he success leads to the belief prove hard to beat in tkejH ■ Derby in Melbourne on Thuw^H