A TROTTING PROTEST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 7

A TROTTING PROTEST.

INVESTIGATION BY N.Z. ASSOCIATION. ; ' IBy Teleßraph.— Press Association.! ■'.■.'... Christchurch, February 1.. At the meeting to-day of the £ew Zealand Trotting Association, the hrst business taken was the investigation ot a complaint made by Mr. R...D.- Petne against the New Brighton Trotting Club ?! connection with the Mace Memorial Handicap, run at its October last. Mr. Petne alleged that the winner, Terra Nova, hud started betore his time, and that this fact, had been reported to the judge, who was also the president of the club, .bet that the latter had replied that no i>o.ice was to be taken of it as the uorso wpuld ,probably bs favourite. At the previous meeting a letter had'been received iifin the president of the New BnKu'cn Club deiiyine having made the stat-.-ment attributed to him-by: Mr. P«icie. He. also torwarded a-letter/.from tne star tor, who stated that Terra -Nova bad como up a little too fast, and had bH-n slightly m. front of the starting clock, but as the starting, clock had bn«n -placed about a length in front of the post ho had not been'sure that he had stalled actually before his time. Ho' had consulted, the judge, who had said if the horse had been in front the instance had been so trifling as not , to be worth ■ tvou! img about, and the sorter had cnicutred in that opinion. Evidence wns eiveri: t<i-day by , Mr. Petrie. .'Jr. S. Eeyiv. ids -(starter), and Mr. 'A. Sefton.

li'was decided, ou the motion of Mr. Pollock, seconded , by I!r. Hayward,-that the complaint; made against.-the New Brighton Trotting Club was not borne out Tjy tho evidence nnd falls to the ground. .It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr. Mark, seconded, by Mr; Garrard: "That this- board desires.to express, the opinion that .Mr. Petrio' was-not,, warranted, on the hearsay'. evidence he', had before-him in referring to the. judge and president of the New Brighton. Club in the, terms employed in his letter of complaint to the .association,',', v ■/ . ■ ' •■ ■ ' .xmH ■■■;» i c -tW ':■ 'the figure system. , -The'following tablo;. compiled for the London "Sportsman," shows tho record of -the Bruce-Lowo families in all flat races for the eleven years, 1900-1910:— Bruce-Lowe No. of Stakes value. No. ' Family. races won. A s. I. ... (1) 1889 (24d-h) , 600,651 0 .2. ... (2) 227G(25d-h) 569,493' 0 3. ... (i) 1723 (15 d-h) 505,679 0 4. ... .3 1599 (17 d-h) 422,539' 0 5. ... (5) 1158 (13 d-h) '345,965 fl 6. ... 8 1271 (16 d-h) ■ ■'' 344,739 0 7.'... 16 825 ( Gd-h) '292,743 0 8. ... i> BH'f 8 d-h) • 253,161 0 9. ... 14 692 ( 5 d-h) 252,419 0 10. ... 10 668 ( od-h) ': 231,213 0 11. ... f . 718 ( 5 d-h) '. 214,232 ,0 , 12 ... 12 -876 (12 d-h) 209,722 0 13. ... 1!) 661 ( 7 d-h) 182,933 0 W■ . 11 650 ( 9'd-h) ' 173,925 'fl 15. ... 13 ' GO9 ( Gd-h) • 155,290 0 ' 'No. (1) family has done-wonders and gone well ahead into- its proper,. place (says the special- commissioner). Moreover, the . five running families arc;the" five leaders, whereas in the table as given last year No. 8 was in front of No. (5). It will be seen, too, that Nos. (1), (2), and (5) are now in their Brucp-Lowo order, and 3 and (4) are simply transposed. This surely will, convince anyone as to the valuo of. the Figure Guide. No. 6. may be taken as a dying family,.and No. 15 is but poorly represented in England, so\neither appears in the first fifteen, Nos. 16 and ID being there instead. Nos. 10 and 12 have changed places; since last , year, and arc now, curiously enough, in their ■ exact Bruce-Lowe order. No. 9 has moved up into eighth place, and 14 has made way for. it. . The others are as they were last year.;- ' ,■

In connection with the autumn meeting of the Woodvillo Jockey Club, nominations close on Saturday, February 4, al 8 p.m. • . .

• Mr. F. Darley, the Kunioon stud masV tor, writing to a friend, announces the .death of Little Beriiie, who dropped dead, presumably from heart failure (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph").. He looked, it possible, better this season than he »ver did, sa that his death was quite unexpected. Hβ now lies buried under a shad} - tree in the house paddock. Thougn not boomed like some stallions, Mr. Darley could mention, he thanks Little Eernio must, judging by results, bo looked upon as the most successful sire" Queensland has ever had. With limited PDportunities, h« Fired tho dinners of all the classic races—the Derby four times. St. Leger three, and the Guineas five times, as well as all tho cups and big handicaps. For the Inst -six or seven years, owing to ill-healtli, Mr. Darley has been going slow, soiling tho mares as opportunity offered, until they have pretty well reached the vanishing point—four—-which accounts for Bernie's stock not being so much in' cvidenco of ]ate. Little Bernio had representatives in all the States, India, South Africa, and England. He was bred in this State by the late Mr. R. Rouse, jiin., and got by Cheviot from Myrtle, and was, therefore, half-brother 1 of Ceriso and Blue, Littlo Bernie won Metropolitan and other races at Baudwick. .

RACING FIXTURES. Feb. 4.~Takapuna J.C. Summer. Feb. 2.—Pahiatua E.C. Annual. Feb. 3.—Gisborne R.C. Summer. Feb. 4.—Canterbury J.C. Summer. Feb. 0 nnd 10.—Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb. 8 and 9—Egmont E.C. Summer; Feb. 15 and IC—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 22 and 23-Woodvillo District J.C. Autumn. . ■ Feb. 22, 23, and2s.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. March 8 and 9—Dannevirlce E.C. Autumn. March 2 and i— Wangnnui J.C. Autumu.