SPORT AMD PASTIME. The Turf.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 41, 18 February 1911, Page 14

SPORT AMD PASTIME. The Turf.

FIXTURES. February 22 and 25 — Woodville District J.C. Autumn. February 22, 23, and 25— Dunedin J.C. Autumn. (March 8 and 9^-Dannevirke E.C. Autumn. March 2 and 4— Wanganui J.C. Autumn. It may not be generally known that a mistake was made when North Atlantic was operated on. His name was put on a list of a number of youngsters id be operated on at- Karamu, but his owner found he had made a mistake, and set out post haste the next morning, only to find that the well-known perXormer was first on the list. Racegoers will' remember what a great performer the Nordenfeldt horse turned out to be. He has been pensioned off al ong time. He was running out at the Hon. J. D. Oxmond's station at Woodville when the writer visited it about eight years ;>s;o, nnd was hale and hearty yesterday. There are 'at present eight two-year-olds . unning on the station — fillies from Agony, Ideal, Miro, Dryad and- Snooze, and geldings from Banzai,' Spruce, and Arethusa. The othei- tho^'Jugnbred stock on tne place are brown mare by Daunt — Miss Evelyn, Byby (Birkenhead — Taiboa) a four-year-old ; three-year-old full orother to the Queensland chamFiOii Mischief; Dreamer (Dreadnorght- - Lullaby), Ormskirk, Moe (Dreadnought — Luliaby), br'nmare (Birkenhead — Maiitri) 5 years. 4-year-old gelding (Birkenhead — Arethusa).--Oxton and Elfish were • :ji]°d through to Woodville on Thursday, together with half a dozen yearlings by Birkenhead. The present has been the driest season ever known m the WDoriville district. However, the thoroughbred stock running out at the station are in splendid condition. Mr. John Harris, manager of the estate, eaves, Wellington on 4th Junr by. the lluahine, accompanied by Mrs. Harris, oa a visit to England. The last Australasian to hand devotes a, leading article to the "Tasmanian Fortnight." The New Zealand representative Crucinella gets the appended notice, therein: — "There seems to have ■been a little unpleasantness over the scratching of Crucinella for the Hobart Cup. The mare was sent over ostensibly ■to run for the Hobart Cup, but at the last minute she- was scratched. Of course the owner was within his rights. iXfp to within half an hour of startingtime a horse belongs to its owner. He r.s.n run or not just as he pleases. Why Crncinella vrz- scratched we have not henrd. Sweep money may have had something to do with it. It seems that ther.e- Was some betting before the day on £be Hobart Cup, and both in Melibourmft and Hobart Crucinella was •backed at a short price. In Queensland they have the power to enquire into a late scratching. Recently the owner of Baralkn was fined £35 after an enquiry into the withdrawal of his hdxse from a .handicap for which he would have been favourite in the totalisator. After Off Coldrar and Malua were scratched for the Metropolitan of 1884 Mr. J. A. Scarr .tried to pass some drastic legislation with regard to eleventh-hour scratchinga, but he failed to convince a majority of ths A.J.C. committee. Not long ago, .however, the committee refused the •entry of a horse which they considered had been, scratched under questionable circumstances for an important handicap. ■Not only did they Tefuse the entry then, .but they kept o^ refusing it. We remember a_ scratching that • created some soreness in Melbourne about twenty ■years ago. 'A horse called Wiimbrel ,wa-s sent across to Adelaide for a Birtnday Cup, and scratched on the day of the race, because his trainer thought •the ground (at the end of May) too .hard. " It was said that Whimbrel was pretty heavily backed in Melbourne. Tlie wagers were at a fixed price, and .so the backers lost. It is a rare thing for a horse sent a long distance to race to be scratched on the course as Crncinella and Whimbrel were, but such things can happen, and as long as no rule of racing is transgressed backers must pay, and try tP look pleasant. In Crufiin-ella's case they could not have suffered if they had obeyed the law of ithe land and waited for the totalisator. When the gelding Luperin ran so ■badly at Whangarei, his owner, Mr. C. Edgar, told the boy to take the saddle find bridle off 'him and let him go, instructing him not to tell anyone' who owned him (records an Auckland flcribe). An Auckland trainer, hearing the instructions, naid. "Hold on, I can sell him for you." and eventually did for £25. At the first xime of asking Luperin •won three races for his new owner, who cleared over four times tho purchasemoney of the horse, and lias since disposed of him at a satisfactory figure. Such is tho luck of racing. The New Zealand contingent in Melbourne boomed Crucinella before she got tftere, and she has been under the limelight ever since she ran at Flemington. Until recently she was a stable mate of • Truganini and Co., but from the a-p'-pended par taken from the Leader, it will be seen that rhe has changed quarters : — "Crucinella, accompanied by her owner, Mr. W. M'Beth, arrived from Tasmania by the Loongana. She is not much the worse for the trip, although she had not the smoothest passage in tha Charles Youll Handicap at Launceston. Having transferred his mare from S. P. Casey's stables, the owner has engaged a box at J. Redfern's stables at Glen Huntl.v, where Crucinella is now quartered under the charge oi V. T. Pilkington, who formerly was next in command at Casey's stables, and under whose charge she made the Tasmanian trip." Waverley-trainer S. Brereton has ~engaged two of his team in the Maiden and Scurry at Woodville. They are Ohine (Sylvia Park — Kohina), aud Draft (Mauiapoto — Miss Paulina). They were iimong the- unsuccessful competitors at Taranaki. Bailarr.t-trairie'r Jas. Scobio lias the following team at Flemington for the Victorian autumn carnival, which opens at Caulfield this afternoon : — Bolan (Bobadii — Precedence) and Spry foot (Sir Foote— Spray), Oli vaster (PalmerOlive), Eye Glass (Isinglass — River Trent), Mother Goose's sister Mabrouka (Wallare— Morisca), Teppo (Ladas— Dum Dum)j Lord Kilcheran (KiJcheran), the two-year-olds Piastre (Positano — Chand-Bee-Bee), Ipidi (United States— }>a Carabine), Orvieto (Wallace— Ophir), Seville (Wallace— Andalusite), Sir Gilbert (Menschikoff— Chance Shot), San Sebastian (San Francisco — Coal Queen), Posio (Positano— Diffidence), and Gyve ( Challenger — Bangle) . Makara (Ml-brother to St. Toney), a plrce-!*etter at the Rangitikei, Foxton, and Taranaki'meetings, is engaged in the Maiden and Scurry at Woodville. Crucinella has been engaged in the I weiqht-'for-age events at the V.R.O. tnee'ting. Con the Shaughraun. who has won the Jr«t three out of four races he started in, is a three-year-old gelding by Coronet— Clemain, by St. Clements. At the end. of January Malster (£15,170) and Grafton i£Ho L^l were &

the head of successful sires in Australia for the season. Flavus (£7097) and Persimmon, sirs of Comedy King (£7022) come next. St. Alwynne (£d375) and San Francisco (£3371) are well up on the list. Walter Best, w ho used to race Frost and other horses, has a more than useful representative in Meroze (St. Clements — Ora), the full-sister to Clemora. On the three occasions she has scored recently she has been well fancied by her connections. On the first day atTaranaki she galloped over Silva, who won the big money on the 'second day. Meroze was unsighted in a race won by Silva. Meroze's owner got a great price on the first day at Foxt-on, when she made a hack of Tho Rover, who won in open company the second day. in her second attempt Meroze finished down the course in a race won by Captain Bell. She was given a run on the first day at Taranaki, but failed to get in the danger zone. On the second day she won in fasfer time than Smilax. Cheddar, owned by Mr? E. J. 'Watt,, and Floater (leased 'by A. J. Shearsby from Mr. E. J. Watt), are engaged in the Whariti Handicap at Woodyille, and will be bracketed on the machine, St. Margaret (Soult— St. Edith), halfsister to King Post, was among the winners at Aspendale Park (Victoria) on the Bth instant. After the withdrawal of Jolly Maiden, Ladis and Kohupatiki (winner of tho Scurry at Wairoa) from 'the Maiden at Woodville. twenty-sis horses are engaged in the race. Motoa and Tynedale (full brother of Pink' J Un) are among the regular workers at Caulfield. After the poor showing she made in the Taranaki Cup, Vi was withdrawn from all engagements at the Woodville meeting. WAN6ANUI JOCKEY CLUB'S WEIGHTS. £BY TELEGRAPH — PHESS ASSOCIATION. j WANGANUI, 17th February. The following weights have been declared for the minor open and hack events at the autumn meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club: — Stewards' Handicap ; one mile. — Mendip 9.0, Sandstream 8.8, Irish Rifle 8.7, Parable 8.4, Dazzling 8.4, North East 8.1, Golden Loop 7.13, Woodhey 7.12, Rill 7.12, Koran, 7.10, Lady Menschikoff 7.9, Uranium 7.4, Lethean 7.3, Mulga Bill 7.3, Tamainupo 6.13, Shannon Las.66.13, Humming Bird 6.13, St. Felix 6.13, San Lass 6.12, The Rover 6.12, Marton 6.11, Mataari 6.10, First Battery 6.10, Shuja 6.9, Te Puia 6.9, Te Roti 6.8, Winning Post 6.7. Petre Hack ; cix furlongs. — St. Toney 10.6, Red Lupin 9.8, Seaweed 9.7, Lord Possible 9.6, Contralto 9.3, Kanewara 8.11, Bow Bells 8.7, Montiform 8.5, Con the Shaughran 8.5, Jackpin 8.0, Nithsdale 7.13, Starboard 7.13, Master Sylvia. 7.13, Deploy 7.8, Ngakau 7.7, Voca 7.7, Idolatress 7.6, Lady Loo 7.5, Lady Kilcheran 7.5, Esmeh 7.2. Allurement 7.2, Bonnie Lacs 7.0, Quick March 7.0,. Moutoa Girl 7.0, Matapouri 7.0, Kokako 7.0, Piriwai 7.0, Sin Fein 7.0, Blend 7.0, St. Scrap 7.0, Glentulloch 7.0, Gaby 7.0, Taft 7.0, Old Maid 7.0, Cogment 7.0. Wiritoa Hack, one mile. — Smilax 9.1, Meroze 9.0, Patrobus 9.0, San Lass 9.0, Leolanter 9.0, Kilosteri 8.13, Attention 8.9, Kauroa 8.4, Con the Shraughran 8.4, Julian 8.2, Brown Trout 8.2, Laius 7.13, Manawakaha 7.13, Tarn Glen 7.12, Starboard 7.12, Vite 7.7, Ladrone 7.7, Idolatress 7.4, Lady Heroine 7.2, Esmeh 7.1, Silver Spur 7.0, Quick March 7.0, Rouge Dragoon 7.0, W^itoto 7.0, Minura 7.0. W-estmere Hurdles, two miles.' — Continuance 11.10, Reumac 11.10, Maggie Paul 11.2, ■ Playmate 11.2, Xavier 10.3, Whakaweira 10.1, Gold Bird 10.1, Maidi 10.0, Hydrant 9.8, Rosegrove 9.8, Waikaraka 9.4, Waterworks 9.0, Showman 9.0. - Tayforth Hurdles, one mile and three-quarters. — Paul 11.11, Waterworks 11.3, Mahuta, 10.9, Waitapu 10.9, Te Whetu 10.0, Canadian 9.11, Seldom 9.8, Starlike 9.6, Chase Mab 9.5, Finisseur 9.5, Astraea 9.5, Ribstone Pippin 9.4, Aimv/ell 9.1, Torbelle 9.1, Cast Out 9.1, Maori Rifle 9.1, Euroa 9.1, 'Adopted 9.1. Juvenile Handicap, five furlongs. — Bronze 9.0, Bootle 8.11, Patriotic 8.10, Montiform 8.8, Winning Post 8.3, Avaunce 7.12, Rangiatua 7.11, Esmeh 7.10, Lady Van 7.9, Praefectus 7.6, St. Petersburg 7.6, Peter Pan 7.5, Grander 7.5, Sir Moutoa 7.5, Aloha 7:3, Labour Day, 7.3.