THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 3, 28 September 1907, Page 10

THE TURF.

• ■'.■' NEWS. AND NOTES. J_ . ; [By "Abbitkatob."] ,7".L' Bcptombor 28—Avohdale J.C. Spring:';!'^ l October - 2 " arid 3—ilawkc's Kay J-C-;: . .'*■ :Bpring. .■■'';-■ :•' ' '45 October 3—Kurow J.C. Spring. - ' October . 3— Ohoka: and/, Alyreton J.C. Annual. :.•' ,/■' ■■""""~" ,^.x'?' October II and .10—Napioi-Park E.C. /• ■ Spring.'. . , >■ October ' 1) and. 10—Otaki Maori E.C., > Spring. ■■■-. ■-..'!■'';• . IV ..■;.■ ?■. October/9 and 12—Dun'odin J.C. Spring, ■ October 17' and '18-North' Otagb.-"J'.O;-.Spring.: ;v' ■•-.■,.. mm,'.-- -.m; .October .17, and 19-Wellington B.C. , -Spring./:.■/ ::"""'-" "■■ " ; l""/" :•■■'; October .21 . and 25—Masterton B.C. 'Spring. ■■■;;- '■"■ "■'„,'-,■ ..■■. October 24. and 25—Poverty Bay I.C. .■'.' ...' Spring. '■:■:'. '■.'./'■_■'. October 30 and 91-Goro K.C. Spring, i Nov. 2, 4, C,' and- 9—Canterbury Jockey :' Club's Metropolitan. ■'.' Nov. ; IT-WayerleyjWaitotnra E.C. An- ■-.' - ■ nual.''' /■■. v '.: ■'. . ' . Nov; .•■,■9, and 11—Taratahi-.Carterton, . ltf.C.'sSpring.;. ■'. w : . ' ' . ..'•Nov. ' 9, ■' 13, and lG—Auckland. E.C. s ■'• Spring. " ; V. •.■:'.-■"' ■''. v'/,'—' ■'•'_'■'" .'■' Nov. 20 and 21—South Canterbury J.C. s v -'.'■'■..November. - i ' ■' _, ',-. ..Nov. 21 'and' ,22-r:Marlbc4-ough' R.C. s ' '-'Nov - ..29'and 30—Feilding JO Spring. ■' 'Dec: 20,' 28, and, Jail. 1 rind':;—Auckland' K.C.'s Slimmer. .'• ; .. Dec. 31. and Jam' I—Greymouth J.C. V' .Summer.;//:'.- '':':. •'■■' '..'■.' . .'. /Feb. 27.—Tauranga. : i \V : ''-':';. ! ;'HBW;'. : ZEALANDV.CpP; i '.'.''- ; .. ... ;."".:'. WEIGHTS; REVIEWED. . In a-kittle, over five; weeks another /. New' Zealand -Cuii' will have been' won' '.:'■'.'• and: i'llosfc.v andl'm .', I have, not / previously had Van opportunity of'review- ,' ing / the ; weights, ther'prescnt-is aa-op- '■ oortune/ moment of which I/ will take ■-:'-. 'advantage.'.'' ; At tot sight"it would ap- :'' pear; that Mr.' Henrys has excelled; "bini- ',"// self ,in his 7 adjustments, ' althbugKynb- .• doubt. there ard brie or two horses' in ,' who seem';to. 'be favourably treated. -In-being compelled to start the handi- ;•' cap, at' : 9st., 'and with' Achilles out; it was • necessary-' that - Maniapoto should ' be .somewhat: overburdened, and..fur'.';'":ther, it was necessary that'tho chances . ;.■ of some of.;tho .lower division., ; should --. be -squeezed a ; . little. This, however, is ;.', only r equitable,'as ,to:me it'has'nlways ■''"/ seemed grossly unfair that .a/good - horse /should be 'crushed-.out .of a- handicap ...with a heavy,'iinpost-in"order : to : try ■/;■ and'give, some of/ the bad, horses, who, ~. are .without . pretensions to '.'■■■'' good';'/ company, .a. winning '^chance:' .''Moreover, -it has another,. good result ••■ .in'that tho.'middlo division'of thb'hhn- . . dicap/ are - given, a chance: 'thatrcaniiot; '•" be,'overlooked,-, as ■ they have nice racing weights, 'whereas had , the ad-' justment ,been started on_,a higher -scale .this .division.would have ;iiad weights '■:• beyond .their,; capacity,';Mt':"whicH, : ; : iri"-' .•':.. fairness to tho'top:division, -must. have, ./•/been'allotted to them. .'/',•■ ''"' /v. There .could; never-be any; doubt that ./Maniapoto must be top weight, and ) .with flst. the son of Soult would, if he ■■ reproduced'; his Australian Metropoli- ', /tan form, have : a. great; chance. In . -addition,- this'; horse- has,..been,,/well ,: backed in -the';'right quarter;'-lie 'of •-', course''labours under the disadvantage.,; "of"riot having raced since Ocjqber,'looG )/ .'.and, I 'believe ,1 am right ,'iii".' saying; . that- in, the interval' he has served, ,a, few mares. However, this may ; not pre-' judico his chance,' and.if he,'stanus a'. preparation, as' he is ' reported to. .be ' ■-; doiug./h'o will,be hard to.beat '!;' ; '■'! • ■ Master ''Delaval, Bst. 91b., comes ,} , next, and on'; form must • be ■ held safe' -.by/Paritutu, ; Bst. 31b. " .In. April, last .',.: Master Delaval: won the Aucklandf ;. Autumn Handicap -from' Uhlari'deffand ;..; Pari tutu, the judge's '.verdict'''being~'h'alt''' j-':'a';length arid a head., On this occasion "Master.Delaval received ,71b. from tho,; ;. CasfoiVgeldiiig; ;hej'-is v.ri'o'w 'lasted, tiii ','•' meet, him ,on 131b." worse /terms, which' '■:/■ seems 'more, than; enough for a,.three- ; parts of: a';!length, beating. Since; the /''■'.'. raco referred to /Master • Delaval. has V, not' run, whiln,' Paritutu lins/.THii four v,' 1 ' times, ori the flat without/being placed, './ but•,' three '.of these races ivero: under ./'/ welter /weights, 'and so may ■ be discounted: In addition he ran second to /'.Shrapnel' in '"the Gi;and National i'v Hurdles, a ; , raco' v.'hich was ; run //in record time: and. which,' but,for ;■■ : faulty jumpiiiK, l , iirit}il,u.must; nearly' • ' have won. Master Delaval'and Pari-' .■.,, tutu -are the. proved ;stayers of,,,thc. •,',-; party,' and to me it /seems ilifyi.; the latter must hold,,last>.year's Aucklaiut' '■■ Cup'.winiier safe., •:;-.. •'• . ■ ' . ; //•: THE:JOCKEY'S SEAT., ; : . ' '-,'. ~ . V . , ' , . ' *•■' :'',,. There, can be no doubt -that what is. '■/■' commonly known/as the, "Tod Sloan / Deat".is not popular among many of our ' old time trainers, but',those who advocate, the stylo of hor'scifianship which is , convenient for man ratliCr' than for .the .'. horse, .and even'go so'far as to believe : that jockeys should still'rido in tho old way, must bo .reminded that none of tho -/-old-tinic-jockeys,'.-thirty;or forty, years ' ago,' did,, in 'tact, i'ido that way, 'with' perhaps ; tlio single./ of Tom :Challoucr, who used/certainly to sit very - .square and /upright. '.George Fordhaiii .'■', and Jack- Osborne, as exaiiiples, were /.really in touch with the/modern school, .'■". and had/nothing in .common with..the ■ poker-backed. brigade which followed them, and which fell such a simple arid r easy prey to Tod Sloan. • ; _;■, The one-tiling wanting, and obviously . 'wanting,- after some of ; the exhibitions j > of riding recently wihiess?d- at Iticear-- ', ton, Bulls, and' Ilorowhenua, is'that jockeys; who.ride a race should possess 'the same/kind of knowledge as a pedes- , trian who runs a raco. To-day wo have reached / a point in racing where -the ■horse-race, has to. bo a/race, but' few';: '.', jockeys seem to understand what, that .means, over a distance /of, ground. At any rate, they repeatedly.fail'lamonf- '■' ably. To/run a nice-from; eiid;fb end does not mean' that jbekcys should ride their mounts to a standstill in the early ■■■. stages./but that, having;' regard to the distance, they'should, maintain, a :fixe'd: rate of speed over,-. eacli:f;irlong, L ihat ■ ". this rate should bo one which will;a'd.z ' init of a horse staying to the finish, and that at the same time the speed main- , taincd should be the fastest possible, subject, of course,.to my proviso. Footl'unners'understand this question well ' enough, and -know that; in, let mo say,* a mile race the first quarter is almost as important as the last; but this in •'..'no way means that a man should run ,-■ the first quarter ns : though ho were starting for a race of that distance only'/ .; ' A REMINISCENCE,-' ■• ''■';" At the recent National"irieeting/atT ■ Riccartoii I noticed ' that after ■ the' Spreydon Hack Hurdle Race .Royal; .Shell'was bleeding slightly at the nose. I one or two people remark that he had broken a blood-vessel; This, however, was not the case, as the horse landed badly over a hurdle on the far side of the course, and, stumbling to his nose, caused it to bleed..slightly., A similar occurrence happened in'Eiig-' land in 1900. /It was in February,.and Ascetic's Silver, who'- aftenvar.ds, won the Grand National, was running in a ' steeplechase at Kempton Park. He fell, however, and on being walked back to the paddock, bled so profusely at the nose that the papers,, without exception, the next day, gave/' the information' that he. hud broken fl/'lilbod-vcssel' raid could thus have'no chance in.a severe race like the. Grand National.: ...Conse- ■'' (jiiently, lie immediately went out ia bio betting from ]00 to' 7 loJOOfo. 2. Later on in tho.sanlc day I chanced to meet John Coleman, the eminent vclcri«iur» surgeon, who told me the truo

facts of tho case, and said tho horse, had merely bumped himself badly. How easily'he afterwards won the National is now a matter of -history! and his owner,. Prince Hatzfeldt, and trainer, the Hon. Aubrey Hastings,' landed a big stake. Ono thing recalls another, and this brings to my mind the old i'.'.wipo trick "-which: 01 '. t° ll ' ■ybiirs ago was practised- with'' rmrch success by a 'spbrtsiiiah" who is ■■'st'ill His ,practice was to carry .a .blobd-stained and soaked handkerchief 'iriihfs'-pocket, and after having.,won a sol(ih'g',race he'would gd.'out'to lcad : his ifi'orsb ihsZ-During this process :ho' would frcfiuently" apply the .handkerchief to the horse's nostrils, making r -it appear that the horse was bleeding. 'Then when the, yas put up at the subsequent aucton' buyers would bo by no means /anxious/ito" get a horsor'that.ihadiappaj;eatly/ broken a blood-vessel,.. and his owner was ablo to,buy him in for a m'ero.-.Roiig. .This trick, is,'indeed, many other ingenious dodges, ,aro now pretty well played-out,- and to-day he has ■to ,bo an exceedingly clever man who can hoodwink a certain section of the public ..'.'"'. . THE ENGUSH' : bERBY'/:/ : r' '■'•' By_ : English' mail cariie/'thc nominations for the' English Derby and Oaks.of 190l).i'.iltiis, interesting,;to 'note that among tho nominations for both races W, CyMeho from' Sceptre.'"When it!'is'remembered that . Mr.. Bass owns both Cyllene and Sceptre, having paid 30,00(1 guineas, for ~tha, -.forjner ...and,:; 25,000 guineas for the latter, or a total' amotfnl of i57,750-;and ; at the.end of:their, racing /'careers—brie eariribt'- help wondering what the result of this costly mating will'be. Should the filly turn out only half as good ns either her sire or- dam j, Mr: IBasS' will' have-"reason- to congratulate himself on his purchases. Cyllene; it will be remembered, was the sir'o of Cicero, who won the Derby of 1905-tforrLord 'Eosebory.,,. nis.Majesty tho I King !: 'has'' i 'o'rily.:'o.no':!ri'ohiiria'fib'n l :'iii tho Derby, and that a half-brother by Diamond (Jubilee to,. St. Apilirbse, who is owned by Messrs. I. G. Duncan and, J.'.-B. Reid, and is at present standing: at the Waikanae 'Stud. I can • imagine that these-two-gentlemen-would-heartily welcome His Mnjestj'-'s -success-in the premier classic of-1909. TiiE' ; CANTERBURY : 'JOCISx;'CLUB A Christchufch c'onteinporary"recently stated that -the abpvo.club had the reputation of:being the "closest corporation" in the-world; and,judging by .its latest action, it .would seem that the club is determined not to belie its reputation.but rather to live.up to it both' in''thel'spirit 'arid 'the 'letter.'"' It is' general knowledge that ,thp.finst,accop>- : 'aiico' for,''the'New: Zealand''Cup 'Wns'due 6jdast...; (.tho,.,previous'morning'a'Duiiecli'n owner was surprised ,to ■; get ;a. collect, .telegram, ..for which "he had to weigh' out 0k1.,' but still more i was-he : surprised, when-ioii opening the message he found that i! was":only;rau--inthnntion• from* tho • secretary of .the ■ Canterbury Jockey Club to>thtf effect that'the first acceptance'for the New Zealand Cup was due the■ following:'.day.'. ,Surely' this is'-'/carrying things a little too far. If the club deem it-necessary"' that "owners -should<~b'o,.'so advised, then, unless they are prepared to telegraph at .their'own' expoiiso/<<thc proper medium is a postcard and a .half-penny-.-stamp.' .The' owner/-; of'racch'oi'scs lias a sufficiency of petty expenses withbut':'tiie C.J.C. adding to' tHb' : 'li«i'den by, foisting another • upon him . iri such a 'maririer'-'that he :lia's' nb, option" but to submit. .'-,-'"* ... '.'■• ".'■'/...' - ■■— - ■' I'' . DIFFERENCES 'OF OPINION. .' as' showing the divergencp'between of ' sporting//' writers, I reproduce "■' the , follcwing r two criticisms of Hewitt's riding .'of'.'Lucy Ashtjpn at Lingfield Park on ~Junejll. The first of these criticisms is' by, ''•'Vigilant",iri tho "Londbn Sportsman" of/ Juno 12, and-the, second is by tV Special Commissioner in the same.pann, arid on the same day: The former ssys •" —''Lucy/Ashtbn was ridden by Hev.-i,'. who, jumped ~off..wjth,.the( 'lead,..oud,fo, aVwo'ndor did/riotT.mnkb usrj_ bf-Ztlie/Uail, but sat down and held tho filly in, cutting so fine that' ho only ,wpa'in a" canter by£a*shqrt Jiead.,. Tli'ese near things "are bad' enough when'Hhe equality of horses brings them about, but it is hardly:necessary to cut,things so fine as Hewitt did when it was patent that his mount was full of running." The special commissioner remarks :— "Lucy Ashton started favourite,for..the second race. Hewitt rode a remarkably good race,on her, and, as'l have said from the first, this jockey is good enough to hold his ; owji in any compaiV, and a great deal too good for most., -JJc isi: extraordinarily..powerful, and wo'olri have made; a champion bantam pugilist had,he been inclined that way.' - ; >:, > WAN&ANUI JOCKEY CLUB'S _;'•.',' SPRING MEETINftv-| . ! .• (Press ■AsspciaUqn»}''i : .y;-'-'«-:-'. ■:;•::'; <." Wahganul; pßpfemter>'27.- ';. ; The' iVangaiuii. Jocl;eys. : Ciub'sJ/Spfing Meeting.-was continued to-dny.":: dn'o"; oi the particular features 'i'.b.r,:t'hc/',ga'thering ' was thti.'absence of th/cj"scratching peri, for up to the last racel.t'lt'ereTwnrr .'only tivo- libn-starters.'.The • racing'/gene,rally was of an interesting/chai'actbr. The totalisator' figures, indicdte/''a'ii..iii;crease, tor (the sum of v£17,751/'was/pu( -for'> the inecting,/ias . ago'insi mE17,2G0 at the corrcspondiilg! meeting last year. Iho following'' ai'O'.the results:— ■ '■ i ' i' OWEN HANDICAP of 100 sovs. Five i • .furlongs. 323-Mr. J. R. M'Donald's o.c. Gold Crest, 3yrs., by Gold Reef ■ Nvmph, Sst. 51b. (C. Jenkins).:. 1 170-Mr.. Hiknkas b.g. St Clainler, Cyrs., by -St Clements—Fnlterer, ; ■ ,Bst. ,121b. (Si iJiead)..,,.:....: 2 Smith's.eg: G,iwain,. • a?ed, by. Sir Lancelot—Delft, ' " 7st. 71b. nY."H.' Maclca'y)"....'.... T. Also started:' 37 Helen Portland,-Bsf-filb.: R" St Bill, "st. 121b.; 317 Flirn.fiirtJP.'i .7st7 ;slb',.;;lCß'rFinery l . 7st.-;.01b.;' 2f Tarina, Gat. '101b.' 'U r on -easily bp-ftillj half a length.. Time, lmin. 4 2-ssecs.; dividends, £'i\ 35.; and .61 10s. .', '..' : MQUTOAJ;HAPK; : HANDICAP.;of 80 sovs.; -throc-r/uar.tors of a mile." 523-Mr. J'r'Buclvloy's b.c. All Rod.-" I 3yrs., br Stopnink—Madder, Sst. - 71b. (C,-Jenkins) 1 ,Gs—Miv G..F.. Mporo.'s.,br.c./SifTrior, , .-': -Syrs., /b'y Rns-'. J"' setti,' '7st. 2lb:.;(G; Price) '' : ..'„V.;',': ; ' 2 145-iVir R. JolrhstonVc.h.- Sylvnri Park, aged, ,by Sylvia Pari;— ,',',; .Tottie,' 7st 81b.,;. '„.'..';..:.':.'....'.:v.. .': 'Also stnrtoiH 12fi White Star, 7r.1. 101b.: 59 Wairiirapa, 7st. 71b.;-TS-Fisher-maid, :7st.'- 71b.;• Catapult,Z7st., lib,; 70 Adventure. 7st. • AVon by about half n length. Time. lmin. IS 2-. r >sec. Dividends,. .Sl'Gs. and,:i'3.9s.. .:,, ..,' BRUNSWICK ''HANDICAP' HURDLE RACE of 100 sovs. About one and a , half miles. • , ~ , , / . 415—Mr. A. Stewart's b;g. AEsnyer, aged, by Gold Reef-Thyrn'. lOst. lib. (I). Young) 1 ffil-r-Miv A..'.ußa'r6lay's,".':b:g. Sa'rdonyx, aged, by Sarncon—Leo- . "lyne,i'lostr"lllb'.'(A.: M'Connon: 2 209—Mr. R.. M'Mickins .b.g. Lo Beau, aged, by Lcdlantis—Bcllo, 9st ■ : 121b. (11. Telford) ~.,... 3 Also started: 300 Aqua Regia, Mat. 51b.; 121 General Kuroki, lOst. 41b.; 3S t'erida,' 9st. Time.- *nin. 55sec. Dividends,- M 2s. And/Xl 55.'.,,-,.-;-,-., ARAMOHO HACK' HURDLE'RACE HANDICAP of 75 sovs. About one and .a half miles. j . ■•..". 258-Mr. G/eo. Delamie's'-b.g.ToKai- '■ nui; Gyrs., by Tasman—Capucinc, Dsl. (T. Pril'chiird) 1 370-Mr. W. Holmes's b.g. llnri- • moann. aged, by TWpedo—Coii|■i~'iio,'llst: 2i|). (Morris)-1.L..;,,'.;. 2 210-Mr. A. C.'M'Donald's b.g. Oryx, ■•i','«l,bv Apit'Diount—Fawn, list. 131b'.' (I"). 'Young) ...v.:.....'.:;.;...'..... 3 Also started: 102 Dulcinea, list.; 167 Mauri. !)st. 111b.;' 03 Sedgenioo'r, 9st. Time, Cmiu. 54sec. .Dividends, ,C 3 Is. and '14s. -;....:.: '-■:

WANGANUI HANDICAP of 250 sovs Ono and a quarter miles. 251-Mrs. P. Scalley's e.g. Irish : . ..Rifle, syrs., by Mnslcotry—Bio- ' mont, 7st. Sib. (S. Read) 1 102—Mr. S. Messena's b.g. Waitapu. syrs.,' by Gipsy King—Waipuna, 7st. 41b. (D. H. M ? Kay) 2 SGS-Mr. F. Tilloy's b.h. Tho Lark. syrs., by Nestor—Nightingale, "Sst. (D. Prico) 3 Also started: 104 Aeolus, Sst. 8lb.; 311 St Joe, Sst. lib.; 58 Ellerton, Sst.; 149 Bourasque, 7st. 121b.; 155 Downfall, 7st 111b.; 15G Rcndrock, 7st. 101b. Time, 2min. Usee. Dividends, .£4 lis. and .E3 12s. • RAILWAY HACK HANDICAP of 70 sovs. Five furlongs. 413-Mr T. H. Lowi-y's Bek of Bobrikolf, 3yrs., by Pinlund—Gossip, 7st. 91b. (S. Price) 1 279-Mr. Li. F. Mooro's b.c. Koran, 3yrs., by Pilgrim's Progress— Mnntlepjecc, Sst. (W. Prico) 2 IGl—Mr. Wereroa King's c.f. Fly- - ing Wind, 4yrs„ by .Musketry— Potaoniwha, .7st. (U. Pierce) 2 Also started: 137 Tarina, 7st.'slb.;-2G Eustmcre, 7st.; 35 Ella, 7st.; 2G Alpiegnje, "st. Time, lmin. 4 2-ssec Dividends,' £l 15s. and'l7s. MARANGAI HANDICAP of 100 sovs. One mile. 348-Mr. F. Preston's b.o. Frisco, •lyrs., by Earwig—Lady Placid, ■ Bst. (A. Oliver) 1 ?/-7--Mr.' H. Gaisford's b.c. Swimming Belt, 4yrs., r by Captain • AVebb-Chatelaine, 7st. 101b. (G-. I'nce) ...: '....'. .' £ 97-Mr. J. Coylo's b.g. The Stnko, Gyrs., by The Ollicer—Martyrdom, 7st. 3lb. (C. Jenkins) 3 Also started: 115 Maniapoto, ftet. 81bs.; 514 Armistice, Sst. 121b.; 75 Starina, 7st. 41b.; 22 King's Birthday, Gst. 101b.; 78 Bolario, Gst. ,101b • 11 Waione, Gst. 71b. Won by two lengths.. Time, lmin. 47sec. Dividends, £t 3; and XI Is.' NOTES ON THE RACING. ' '(From Our' Own Correspondent.) Th'o club was favoured with fine weather for the concluding day's races. The- course was in splendid order, and the high wind which was blowing had dried up tho tracks. /' Tho first race was started ten minutes late, and as a matter of fact two of tho starters did not leave the paddock till . a couple of minutes before the advertised timo of starting. The Club would be studying • its own and its patrons, interests if it insisted on the races being run to time and refused to wait for laggards. Flimsnap'appeared to be;a bit sore : before, the start/of the Owen Handicap, but it did not affect him when-gallop-' ing.- ■ ' . ' '.•_:"" ■'".' ■ All Rod made amends to-day for hit stumblo yesterday,, and after,being first out of tho barrier he/ led-: all, the way.; lie should be a hard horse/to bent/in tho Hawko's Bay Guineas, and,' all" going well, Pressor's best may win, but I doubt if the Porirua Mentor is quite iiire which is the best. To-day Gold Crest's victory was achieved under very trying circumstances,. but All Red was. not extended. It will be a knotty probjotii for the public to decide on Wednesday next, as both colts aro sure starters. ' ;_ ■'. Sylvan Park is improving every gallop; aud will win shortly,. Ho got out badly to-day, but at the finish .lie ; was going as well as anything; h'o has furuished a deal, and much,resembles his myo. Catapult was running second, to All Red to-day when he stumbled, but Mr Moore's other representative; ,Sig nor, filled., tho vacancy. Signor is a nico looking brown' colt, and ■ as game no possible. Ho was well tested to-day .but never offered to fluiclt. /,. ' ■ '.;.,. . Fishermaid burst a blood vessel during tho running of the Moutour. Handicap,'and was pulled up. With the improved state of the going, Assayer gave a much better display in tho Brunswick Hurdles; ho was in front ,the>who!p way, and won by a length from Sar donyx and Le Beau. A lot-of people predicted his win, and ,he was made first'-favourite on, the machine. Aqua Regia was , given a run in tho big hurdles, but could only get fourth. Le Beau contested • tho Open Hurdles, bul jumped very badly, and was beaten by a head for second place. Many good judges pinned thoir faith to'M'Miken's 'gelding, arguing • that he would ■ jump better with, a lighter impost. Their su'r •miscs wore wrong, and it seems as if tho horse had not got over the frighl he received when he fell at,,the recent Trentham Meeting! He ; will be a ; very hard horse,to boat when he learns to lump with more confidence. To Kainui looked much better, and nust have benefited considerably' by the ,'allop. Ho finished within a head of. ,che second horse yesterday, and his connections were quite prepared for his .victory to-day., 'This is his first win. since Dclnnoy has owned him,' so ho must still be-on'the'wrong side of tho ledgor. The extra weight stopped. Hurimoana to-day, and he had to bo cut about a lotto savo some of his party's money. Irish Rifle is a better horse than most people had believed. Ho is by MusKctry out of Element, who left a pretty ?obd one 1 behind in Shrapnel. 'Ho is a locally-trained horse, and his win was very popular., The owner of St Joe backed his horse for a good .sum, with Gold Crest for the, double. • ' , : Downfall ran a creditable race to-day,' and if he goes on improving ho may havo a chance in the New Zealand Cup". Waitapu can gallop when the going is good, but I doubt his ability to do two miles at New Zealand Cup pace. He is still a mean looking, washy sort of horse, and does/riot build .up at; all. On Irish Rifles's run to-day it looks as if All Red would have had his work cut out to win yesterday. Bobrikoff was not riieoting his first lay's conqueror to-day, and ho beat the opposition rather easily. Ho was woll uandled by Geo. Price, who rushed him out of the 'barrier, and, in, company with Koran, he carried on tho running to the bend. He stalled' oft' successive ,'hallenges by Flying Wind and Koran, and won by a couplo of lengths. He is a good colt, of. whom tho best has not been seen. Frisco won the concluding event, and .without doubt his forte is staying.- Today his ownei tried to back him for movo money to .win the. New Zealand Cup, but the bookmakers would not accommodate him at his, price. Swimming Belt .looked tiio best conditioned horse in tho Maraugai Handicap, and he was in tho load for over seven furlongs. Maniapoto was given a run in the concluding event. He had ' many admirers in the paddock, and the other candidates'were neglected., no was neglected on the machine, but, despite this, ho ran a fair,, race, but appeared to bo eare, and I am strongly of the opinion that lie has been bustled too mush. ■■'..'■,.;.. On tho strength of some good track work, Armistice was installed'favourite, but she is still dirty at the post, and was,last to leave tho mark; she never got to her field, and finished well behind the placed horses'.. The Stake put up 12lbs. overweight to secure tho services, of Jenkins.. 'Ho'ran well, and is a better horse tnan most people' think. Tt is rumoured that the value of the Auckland Cup will shortly be raised to 2000 -sovs. All Red won readily enough at Wnn•gauui yesterday, and was only allowed to pay £\ Gs.,' bo that, tho money lost on the. previous day was hardly retrieved.. _ :. ■'. The White Knight (Desmond—Pella), who is probably the best horse.in the world .it the present moment, carried list. 101b. when [ he . accounted for the Goodwood Cup, 2t miles, Inst month; He cantered homo at. his leisure eight lengths ahead of the second horse. When the last mail left England he was being specially'prepared for the Doricaster Cup. Should he succeed in winning this race he will have equalled the performance of Isonomy, who won the Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup, and Doncaster Cup in 1879. A Fortnight before Dinneford won the Liverpool Cup ho was offered to the Indian sportsman, Mr. Galstaun, for 000 guineas, delivery to be taken after tho race named. No deal resulted! As Dinnofoi'd carried Bst. 101b. when ho won the Liverpool Cup he would havo been an awkward customer for the Australian-bred horses to settle in the Viceroy's Cup. A trainer's and jockey's badge has been printed by ' the /rnsmanian R.C. and Tasmanian T.C.' for distribution amongst those professionals licensed. The possession of this badge gives the holder the right of entry to any registered course in Tasmania. Tims the application on the part of trainers and jockeys for_ privileges at country race meetings will'be dispensed with. This seems an idea that might with advantage bo tried in New Zealand. (