FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1912, Page 2

FIXTURES.

Jan. 20 and 22— Foxton R.C. Annual. Jan. 20, 22, and 24— W«lliugfcon K.O. Summer. NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By Sir Betfivei I *.) Tho Melbourne Cup winner, Clean Sweep, i* 1 now doing stud duty in England at ft very moderate tW It was originally intended 'to rafio hirmott his I arrival iti tit© Old Country, but he bocamo injured en route in & rather ex> traflrdhiary manner, with the result that h« did nofc survive a preparation. Vijterkftry authorities slated thai tbegHe&ths of his tendons had be«x damaged through tha baa dagos ha had been Vreaving having shrunk ami so tightened. o«». ing to th© action of the ecawat«r. Bis attendant, it sterns, became, seasick, atid thug omitted to 'remove t!i» baiw'agtis «s usual. The sensational earning off of ih* , Austrian traiaor, 0. Plwtt^r, ott th© ground that borsas uude* Ins ehatge hsd beon doped, is about to undergo u'furtlwir development; 1 Wh&u. the c&so first attracted atlenfcioti the Hungaiiwi paper Aa Sporfe 'attacked Plaunov vigorou&lv, and openly charged him with having made uee of tho dope. Planner is now , instituting proceedings agiui;& the paj)»if i named, and tlw* whoio mntter i& to "be thrashed out in tho law 'couiis, TJn» Hungarian Jojckey Olub and the Ax, Sport, with all their ahalysU. will be on one side, and Plsmnor, with his <»« pert witnesses and experienced eiabte" men, on the other. Much irileresting evidence is likely to be forthcoming, and as a consequence the racing public should gain more enlightenment ii» Respect to tho uhe and abuse of dvug» In connection with . racehorses tha-n has ever previously been afforded. , Following upon the shipment of Mr. Harry Payne Whitney's horses to England, other Americaii racing men havo recently sent their thoroughbreds across the Atlantic. Mr. James R. Scene's latest exportation^ include Ballot and four likely'looking yearlings; Mr. August Behnont in sending over' his crack three-year-old Watervakj u,nd Mr. Sam Hildreth loft the States in November in the hope of being -able to fiecure a satisfactory training ground in England in which to prepare Mr. Kohler'e horses. If Mr. Efildreth k successful in this,' America's best jockey, Carroll Schilling, will go over to ao the riding. Thoeo sportsmen still remaining in the States are yet clinging to the hope that the obnoxious clause in the Agnew»Pcrkins Bill, dealing with betting, will be repealed, and, in- evidence of this, it may bo mentioned that 2200 foals were vegi«t«red with the American Jockey Club this yeav. At the conclusion of the flat racing season in England, tlje Hon, G. Lambton headed the list of winning trainers, horses" under hie charge having appropriated stakes to the value o£ £49,548. C. Morton was second ' with £35,179, and the next in order were J. Butters £20,708, S. Darlmg £19,260, A. Taylor £15,546, W. Waugh £14,219, and R. Wootton £14,015. • Wootton turned out the greatest number of win.nere—viz., 48. Horaes trained by the Hon. G. Lambton scored in 47 events. "Before leaving Ireland Mayfowl, who recently carried Sir Apear A. Apear'e colours successfully for the second time in the Viceroy's Cup, \vas raced over hardies'. He has Ulso scored over tho battens in India. Mtiyfcwl probably started favourite, and is the third horse that has won the race for Sir Apear A. Apear in two successive years, the others being Gveat Scot, who scored in 1903 aiid 1904, and Fitz-Gr*fton, who was first home in 1906 and 1907. Since leaving /New Zealand, Messrs. I. and J. Whitworth have not -been favoured with tho best of luck, more than one of the horses they took to Australia having proved a comparative failure. On 30th December, however, their three-year-old gelding Elfbolt, by, Birkenhead-- Elflock, pulled off the Ohelmflford Stakes, of 200 eovs, at Rand wick, for which ho was" sixth favourite in a field of ten. He was ridden by W. Ryan, who used to be attached to J. Lowe's stable, and won by a neck. During tho same afternoon' the New Zealand-bred colt Rathlea, by. Royal Fusilier — Liesadurn, won the Juvenile Stakes, in which he carried top weight. Those Who' know Mr. H. W. Hoagland, the American veterinary dentist, who attended to many horses in New Zealand some years ago, including Multi* form, will regret to hear that be died suddenly in Melbourne on Christmas Day. The South Australia correspondent of the Reftf«e states that the lnmMealiarossiti has been purchattod for 200 gujueas by Mr. H. Mooro, a recent arrival from. New Zealand. Mr. F. Gro6sley\ M.IkC.Y.S., 'returned from Hunterville yesterday after operating on Mr. S. Gibbons'* xoutt, Serenity for respiratory troubles. Presumably Serenity, who used to be trained by F. Tilloy at FordoU, ie to be giVea another trial, and it will be intftre*ting (to note whether the operation ranxU* as successfully in> her caae as it has done in those of Undecided and Ejcpatmon,. Owners aj-e rcmtnded that acceptance* for the handicaps to bo decided on tin opening day of the Wellington Meeting, and entries for several minor evente, aiw dv» with Mr. A. E. Whyle oft Friday; next. ' »