THE TURF.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 114, 10 November 1900, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE TURF.

, [By Ckackshot.J \ , RACING FIXTURES. Auckland B.C. Spring, 9th, 10th, and 14th November. Wellington R.C. Spring, 22nd and 24th November. FoiLdmg J.C. Spring, 29th and 30tb November. NOTES FROM RICCARTONThe Canterbmy Jockey Club had: perfect weather for the three days' racing. There was a record attendance^ which included an extraordinary large number of visitor's. The Wellington district was especially well represented. Cavolierio had a comfortable victory at the end of the Spring Hurdle Race, and later on in the clay romped horne N in* the Ladies' Purse with 13st 121b, He came out agaiu the third daft, in the Hurdle Race, carrying 13st 81b, and after running in the rear for most of the journey came on \inder pressure and beat Zither by afair margin. It was a 1 fine performance, Cavalierio having to mako up at least 50" yards in the last half mile. He ranks as one of our best hurdlers. Torpina won the Hurdle Race very easily on Monday, but on Wednesday ho fenced indili'erently, and was beaten on turning for home. Zither is a good sort' of jumper, and should be worth following next winter. Screw Gun's sister Field Rose settled Fashion at the business end of the Maiden. Both displayed gameness, and should be heard of> again. There was a fine finish between .^L'saritsa and Cora Lynn in the Rice'avton. -Welter, the West juoast mai«e just foiling at the finish. Sentry ran a good race to the distance. The Cup was a Very pretty race. Fuimen went to the front six furlongs from home, and led into the straight, whera came up, and gradually closed on the Dunedin representative. The only other that-had a chance at the home turn was Miss Dalaval, who had come from the rear. She- made a nice run coming to the straight, but them got wedged in and had 1 to be pulled round on the outside. By this time Fulmen and Ideal were pushing ahead, but pan M'Leod's mare stuck to her task "gallantly, and was reducing- the gap right to the post. Ideal passed Fulmen tv few yards 1 from the post, but Fulmen came again and reached the mare, the judge- being unable to separate them. Mataroa ran a fair race) but lacked condition to see it out. Strathmurn was running well at a mile- and a \a\i, where he got caged in, and when he got clear he was done with. Malatua, Tortulla, and Dundas ran most disappointingly. Indian Queen had a comfortable victory in the Welcome Stakes from Menscb'ikatf, a nice • colt by Stepniak — Pibroch. He should make «■ good colt with time. Mr. Stead has a fine filly in Cruciform, by St. Leger — Forme, and Sir George Clifford has a couple of promising youngsters in Godenmere and Windwhistle. Goldspur took the competitors off their feet m the Stewards' Handicap, the old 'horse soon making a big break on the field. St. Denis, Blazer, and Pampero were running next to Goldspur for the early part of the journey, and Pampero was the first to collar him at the distance, where Goldspur cried a go. Pampero, being kept at it, won decisively from. Formosan, yho came fast in the straight. Pampero was bred by his owner (the Hon. G, M'Lean) who wad warmly congratulated on the victory, the Dunedin sportsman having been out of .luck of late years*. On Monday Glenogle got clear away from his field in the Criterion Handicap, i and won all the way from ' Cora Lynn and the Shannon. The latter woxild have been <4oser at the end had she run kindly in . the straight.. She is coming on and ought to win. a race at the meeting. The gallop in the Welcome Stakes made improvement in Menschikoff, who hopped off well in the Juvenile Plate and won comfortably from his stable mate Formosan. Indian Queen finished next, failing to see out the last furlong. The Derby Stakes was tin exeroise canter for Renown, who has thickened out into a handsome colt. Military acted as runnerup, and displayed genuineness. Pampero knocked himself out previous ,to the start, through fractiousness. iStrathnairn, ridden a la Sloan, made all his own running in the Metropolitan, and easily stayed there to the winning post. With him, out of it the- judge would have had a difficult task, for a dozen .yards from, tho post the other half-dozen were in a, line, and it was only in. the last two strides that Skobeloft' forged ahead,' some of the others not being ridden out to the bitter end. It was a fine sight to see them all lunning up the straight abreast. Klondyke looked to^be winning the Auction Handicap easily, 1 but Warrington went over on to him just before reaching the posty and knocked him back. Warrmgtoh passed the 1 p"o^t first. A protest entered against him for boring was not upheld. Cameo paid a fine dividend in 'the Epsom High-weight, Handicap £49" Is sd) the gelding sneaking up on' the inside %nd reaching Peerage on, the post. Peerage was a slightly, better favourite than the winner, and had hi,s rider noticed Cameo coming up on the inside the latfLer might not have won. Whitney finished in good style under punishment, and almost got up. Field Battery, by Hotchkiss — Lady Evelyn, a fine sturdy ' colt, was farourite for the Irwell Handicap. AH the competitor's except Windwhistle, who was out by> herself, got a bad run through some of the starters boring in, the straight. This gave Sir George Clifford's an advantage, and she won fairly easily. Calibre gaVe good promise by the determined manner in which he finished in second place, and a Lochiel colt (Re 4 Gauntlet) showed toad-, vantage when he got clear. One of the proudest men on the Riccarton racecourse on Saturday last was Mr. J. E. Henrys, whose handicapping for the New Zealand Cup produced the finest finish eveij «eeff N m tho history of the race, and erfded in the most unusual verdict for an important, race — a dead Another reason for pride was that >ho dead-heaters were two absolute out'iders, 100 to 4 being on offer againab them by the bookmakers at flag-fall. Mr. Henrys xuiturally received many warm congratulations on the result of his adjustment, to which I add my quota. Tho poor display of Malatua in the Cup was a big shock to his connections, the Malua horso having done so well in his 4 "w^ing the week previous to the race. All sorts of rumours were in the air, and Mr. D. O'Brien, decided to put up another rider on the hor3e in the Metropolitan in place of W. Brown. Tho services of M'Combo were secured, and he rode tho Cup lavourite a good race. Malatua, however, failed to come on at the business end, and finished just in front of Fulmen, who was last. His form, perhaps,* was an improvement on his Cup performance, but the distance was half i>. mile shorter, which was in his favour. His running took all blame from Brown, which is satisfactory. "Tommy" Wilson, who used to be in the Porirua stable, was fortunate in getting the mount on Ideal in the Cup. J. Gallagher was talten ill at Wellington when on his way down, to ride the mare, and had to forego the /engagement at the last moment. • Then Wilson was secured, and he gave satisfaction by has handling of the little mare. He nursed her in nice style* and drove her along vigorously at the end with his hands end heels, being -afraid to Mb her with the .ivlrip. / I was greatly disappointed afc Tortullft's ••«*» in/ the Cup. fine sjsjenwd to be in

trouble along the back, but when the mare ran into second place at the home turn I fully expected her to come on under pressure. This, however, sho failed to do, and melted right out of it, finishing third tp lost. Torpina'a daughter again appeared to possess a winning chahce at the turn in the Metropolitan, but could nob see it out, although she might have been second! in a punishing finish. As soon as Slratnairn had won the Metropolitan his Cup running was looked into, and it was held that had his owner not given the rider instructions to ride a waiting race, but allowed the horse to go to the front at once, as he did in the Metropolitan Handicap, his chance of winning the Cup would have been improved. Those who were riding in the Cup s&y that nothing was going so well as Sfcrathnairn at a mile and a half, but ho then got blocked, and afterwards was clean done. It was found at the last moment that T. Taylor could not ride Miss • Delaval in the pup at 7st 121b, and young King, of Dunedin, was put up. He kept rather too far in the rear, and had to make up too much ground in the straight. This mare, however, was forging her way to the front when she got blocked, and had to be pulled out. When she got clear again fought gallantly to get on terms with , the dead-heaters, and was \going strongly j/t the end, but just failed to catch them. With a clear run in the straight I think she would have just ■about won. Sho should be watched for the Auckland Cup.