NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 151, 26 June 1912, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Siv Bedivere.l W. IT. M'Kay is now at Ellerslie, having become connected with J. IS. Thorpe'* "stable. ihe Auckland luu-dkr Lloyde is to be schooled over fences, and will probably contest tho Grand National Steeplechase. The Alastorton Club claims to be tho okk&t racing institution between Wellington and Nupier, having conducted race meetings for over'fifty years. Tho Hon. J. D. Ormond informed me last week, however, that tile- Wuipukurau Club came into existence in the fifties, and held a. meeting, so far as he could recollect, in 1856. Blue Mountain, who rail second for ths Great Northern Sleeplochaee, and won tlie Winter Steeplechase, has been awarded 10.0 in the Grand National to be decided at Iflomittgton. He will probably compete. Quite a stir has been created in English racing circles by a report to the effect that many welt performed horace have been successfully doped. It h said that their owners have been quite ignorant as to what has been going oil. There may, of course, have Jx'en instances of such a thing, but it is pretty safe U> assert that they have been few and far between. Mo many incorrect versions of the early history of Jerry M. have Keen publislK^d, that we are glad to have an amplified statement which corroborates that which appeared in our itcue on tho day after the Grand National (says the English Sporting Chronicle.] Miss Kate Hartigan writes us from Clorana House, Croom, Comity Limerick, to say that she bred Jerry M. (who, by the way, \va6 iso j named out of compliment to the late^ ! Ml\ Jerry Mulchair, of RathketiW), and sold him, as also Melamar, to the late Mr. J. Wilger. Jerry M.'c dam, the mare by Luminary— Quinine, ib still in Miss Hartigan's possession, and it i« interesting to know that on the- let of May she threw a chestnut filly by Walmsgate, aud consequently own sister to this year's Grand National winner. If the average mun were asked what he thought of the possibility of a honse with a broken leg being trained and raced he would probably ridicule the suggestion. That snob, n thing is not in all instances impracticable, however, was plainly demonstrated during the post-mortem examination of OrthoK, who met hiiS death at Mentone, Victoria, recently. It was ascertained, says a Melbourne writer, "that the leg which gave way and caused all the tvoubl© had, at Mime previous time, been fractured, and had not knit properly, the bone at the seat of injury having turned black in the process of decay. The only explanation to be offered is thai Orthos sustained the original injury some years ago when lie came down in the smash at Bos&hill in which. T. Clayton wus\ killed. Several horses fell, and Orthos was one of thorn, lte wne in a bad way for a long while afterwards, though subsequently stood training.*' This reminds me that those who trust "you may never die until a dead horao kicks you" are not aware that dead horses sometimes kick very hard. Mr. Selby, huntsmun to the Pakurunga. . liouiulb. was made painfully aware, of this some years ago, when a fjol'fie lie was tsklitning_ let out with one of it* hind legs and injured him severely upon tho knees. Tho horse in question wat> dead enough, hut there was still some spark of file in the nerves affecting the muscles of Us hindquarters, and tt sudden twitching of these caused the accident referred to. A Sydney exchange says ; "By many people 'amateur' and 'gentleman' are regarded a» synonymous terms as applied to individual* riding at picnic meetings. Such, however, is far from being the case, and, according to all accounts, there have been a few happenings at picnic fixtures this year which would have been too warm for even the 'hot(.est 1 of professional riders to contemplate. From what can be gleaned, it has been a case of 'me to-day and you to-morrow* In some quarters, and tho scandal is such that it is to receive tho attention of the A.J.C. Neither have owners been quite guiltless." In the past all bookmakers who havfe been registered by the Victoria Racing Club have, in consideration of the fees paid for the privilege of betting, been admitted to the paddock at Flemington upon payment of the nominal sum of one billing. The V.E.C. has now decided, however, that in future both JJiey and their clerks shall be charged the full admission fee, i The racehorse General Lee 11. met his death recently in England through being run down by a motor-car. His owner brought an action against tho owner of the car, and was awarded daniagee to the extent of £1100. ApeMon, who won the Chompagno Stakes at Etlersli© in 1910, has again joined the active- brigade, under F. Macmanemm'tt guidance. It was reported in Auckland on Saturday that Outlander, who wm recently cold, had died. . y The Grand Prix d<3 Paris, of 12,000 soys, will be decided at Paris on Sunday next. Among tho English threu-yeaf-olde entered wore Oylgae, (Jingling Geordie, Lamond, and Hall Cross. Neither Tagalie nor Prince Palatine, who won the Gold Cup at Aacot last week, is engaged. The New Zealand-bred gelding Gunboat (Calibre— Ripple) ie now on Ms way to India, where, >i all goes well with him, he should more than pay Ins way. r l'he distance of the Viceroy's Cup (one nile and three-quarters) should suit him to a nicety, and he is well up to ilw weight lie will have to cair>. With b\"S he won the Place Handicap (one mih> and &-hali) us ho liked by haJf a do/cii lengths at Randwiek lust' April, and on .'eturning .to Melbourne w a« undoubtedly unJiKiky to Joso the Glonlnmtly Cup (nine furlonga) at CaulhVld. In the laet-men-iionod race he carried 9.5, but though ho finished I'asi. wan ju»t too late to .reach Avvnger (?.l), who beat him half a neck. Fillip, wlic- boat- Blak^'kv by a. nock fin- the Miirt 'at 'Rooehill, fi by Sli 1 Laddo (recently w>lil to jm Aiwtrnlittn buyer) from the Goldsbrough .ntire Orchestra. H« is a half-bmthor 'to •fin- Covtwt, \\\\y, has nyoii a fov/ :;;cvj tft i!w> South Island this mhisoii. AUSTRALIAN~HANDICAPS By Telegi'iipu.— l'iesb Astoctatlon.- CoiiiriuUi. .MVUNKY". 201 h June. ; For Iho tip'-.oii) Umidici)>, ol 2000 to\i. ouc luilt (ruu Oth Odutter), Mult K.iia

i.= top weiuli! with 10.1. Lady Medallist has 'J. 12, Broadsword 'J. 3, Bronze 8.12, Mastorpiece 8.. 5, Peircmi 5.4, Kivkania, 8.2, Allegory 8.0, Vtvlulo 8.0, Midnight Sim 8.0, Theodoro 7.12. Polymorphous 7.10, Rrmcnparde 7.4, Sunburnt ?.4, Ctuet Lochiel 7.2, Shuja 7.0, Wakency In the Metropolitan, of 4000 soy*; one in ilo and a-hulf, Malt King is top with list 0.5, Vice- Admiral 5.13, 'KvcvW 8.12. Btowkworf 8.11, B'roiil? Tl, Masterpiece 8.1, Midnight Sun 7.13, Vu. udo, f.ll, Alleawy 7.11. Theodore 7.7, bhujß 0.11, Hlukeney 6.7, Knh»wai 6,7 MELBOURNE CUP. MELBOURNE. 25th June. Trafalgar heads the Melbourne Cud weight* with 9 12. Los Angela 8.1? Lady Medallist 8.11, Vice- Admiral 8.11 byeglass 8.8, Broadsword 8.4. BrMtre 8.1. Midnight Sun 7.8, Allegory t%, Ktthawm 6.11, Mary Seatoa 6.10, Shuja . In the Caulfiold Cup Malt Rinc fill m top weight, L<* Angelos 9.7, Lttdy Medallist 0.3, Vice- Admiral B.nf, in. gluts 8.11, Broadsword 8.5, A leXr 113,1 13, Bridge 7.13, Midnight Sun fll Uoyal Scotch 7.0, Chief Lochiel .7.1, Lord Kfllvm 6.11, Kahawai 0.9, -Martyr* 6.7, Alary heatou 6.7.