SPORT AND PASTIME.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 14

SPORT AND PASTIME.

The 'JCuvt. FIXTURES. March 12th and ' 13th.— Nelson J.C. Annual. , March 12th and 13th.— Napier Park R.C. Autumn. March 22nd and 24th. — Wairarapa R.C Autumn. / March 24th and 25th.— Feilding J.C Autumn. March 24th and 25th.— Auckland R.C Autumn. March 24th and 25th.— Canterbury J.C Autumn. April 2nd and sth.— Wellington R.C Autumn. . . April 9th and 10th.— Mana;watu R.C. Autumn. April 16th and 17th.-Hawkes Bay J.C. Autumn. > NOTES AND COMMENTS 1 (By Sir Bedivere.) Through his success at Dannevirke Multiply* has earned a 101 b penalty in connection with the Napier, Cup. Bliss is training on satisfactorily' under Gooseman's care at' Hastings, and there is good reason to hope she may survive a thorough preparation. Mr. J. Coghlan, late caretaker of the Hawkes Bay Jockey Club's course, left this week on a visit to England and the Ould Sod. He expects to be away for about two years. There were buyers for Settler at Dannevirke, but his owner, Mr. Paul Hunter, is not anxious to part with him. Misty, who was seen out at Dannevirke this week, is a small • but thickset gelding by Renown from Mystification's dam Mystic. He was first trained byGoOsemanat Hastings for Mr. George •Hunter, M.P., but went amiss. , Later on he passed into the hands of his present owner, Mr. Marshall, ' who determined to see what cold water treatment would do for him, and the ' little work that the gelding has done recently -has been accomplished on a beach on the east coast away back from Poranga"hau. > He was not nearly ready this week, and if he continues to train on he should prove useful in minor events. Probably he will make his next appearance at Waipukurau. Satisfactory entries were l'eceived for the Waipukurau Meeting, the best horses engaged being Bliss, San Pluie, Ariom, Lord Possible, Mysteriarch, and Merton. The hurdler Whakaweira is entered for the Ladies' Bracelet. Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting are due next Friday. Merry Roe, Salzburg, and The Hague are the best of the juveniles that may meet Soltano in the Great .Northern Champagne Stakes. Brown Owl's . improved - display ,at Wingatui will bring her into increased favour for the .Great "Northern , Oaks. If, as is anticipated in certain circles, Bleriot should not be Been' at her best, the Southern filly will have a second to none chance of success. After declaration of second forfeit, no fewer than forty horses remain in the Manawatu Stakes, among them being Bon Reve, Autumnus, Nightwatch, Culprit, Haskayne, Gladiole, Salzberg, Peronilla, . Tatterley, Jason, and Peg. The best performed of the two-year-olds remaining in the ' Sires' Produce Stakes are ' Peronilla, Nightwateh, Tatterley, Jason, and Salzberg. t Midnight Sun is to be offered at auction in Melbourne on Monday. • The Otago owner-trainer G. M. Evans, who won the'Diinedin Cup with Oiyoi in 1910, left the Dominion this week, and after seeing soms' racing in England he intends to take dp his residence permanently in Ireland. Sir Knox is again in work at Opaki, and will probably be a competitor at the Wairarapa Autumn Meeting. Mr. Henrys is evidently not in. agreement with those who contended recently that Sombrero was almost the equal -of Soldiers' Chorus, for in the Southland Cup he has' awarded the latter 10.9 and Sombrero only 8.12. As, says "Pilot," Lady Medallist has been an absentee from the trainingtracks at Randwick for over a week, I should sa£ there was now little likelihood of her being a competitor at the A.J.C. Autumn Meeting, ' and possibly the Turf has 'seen 'the- lasK of her. At any rate, oven if she should resume training, there is no chance of her being at" 'her best by the middla of next month, and that fact alone may deter her , owner from running her. • RoyalScotcb, another good performer, has been thrown out of work, but possibly we shall see him "racing next spring. It is to be hoped so, as he is a fine stamp of horse, and a good one, too, up to a mile and three furlongs. For many seasons past the Australian Jockey Club has been progressive in the matter of prize-monev^ therefore, the announcement that an increase of £8000 for 1910-14,' as compared with 'the current season, has been decided on, created little surprise. The added money for next season totals £70,750, and the principal increases are in connection with the w.f.a. races — the Spring Stakes, Randwick Plate, Autumn Stakes, and A.J.C. Plate each being advanced by £600. The handicaps principally affected are the Summer Cup and Anniversary Handicap, the> prize-money for the former being raised from £1250 to £1500, and (for the latter frpm £600 to £1000. At this particular time of the year, says Pilot, it will please breeders to read that the value of the December Stakes has been increased to £1250, and that a two-year.-old race the Phillip Stakes, of £500, has been' substituted for th*e hurdle race hitherto run at the S..J.C. Anniversary Meeting. The Sires' Produce Stakes of 1915 has £3000 attached to it, and with such rich prizes to be won there was never more justification than at present for buyers to bid freely' at the yearling sales. The hurdles and steeplechasers have been liberally dealt with. There are six hurdle Taces and a similar number of steeplechases, and in each case the added money is £500. We can al-> ways muster a fair number of hurdlers, as Randwick is the only course in the metropolitan area — in fact, practically the .whole of the State— at which steeplechasers are catered for, we cati scarcely expect marked improvement in that direction as a result 'of tie extra £900 offered- by the club. If requires something more than, good prize-money at > Randwick to give steeplechasiflg a fillip. Thew ft nothing much in any of our owners keeping steeplechasers for Randwick alone, for without opportunities of racing over the big jumps, and pronounced limitations in the matter of schooling horses trained here cannot he otherwise than at a disadvantage when opposed to visitors from Victoria and New Zealand. •In view of the much-discussed subject of 'penalties the following paragraph taken from tjie Sydney Referee should be read with interest. — "In the past the conditions of the Epsom and Doncaster Handicaps .and Metropolitan and Sydney,

Cup always provided that the winners of handicaps of certain value should carry penalties in each of those four races. Different conditions will prevail next season, the A.J.C. having decided that the winning of a handicap, no matter how great its value, shall not entail a penalty for the Epsom Handicap, and that the only handicap winner penalised for the Metropolitan will be the horse successful in the Epsom. The position will be the &ame in regard to the JJoncaster Handicap and' Sydney Cup. This will probably lead to much larger prizes being given by several clubs prior to the .Spring and Autumn meetings. In the past those clubs inclining to liberality were really forced to refrain from going beyond a* certain sum in handicaps, as to have exceeded it would have meant - the absence of horses credited with possessing the Slightest , chance of winning one of the big events' at Randwick. On the other hand, some owners did not think the amount sufficient to warrant them taking the risk of running their horses at a suburban meeting. The alteration will be pleasing to clubs as well as owners, and I fancy Tattersall's Club will show its appreciation of the change by making all the handicaps at its Spring fixture well worth winning. Hitherto that club has had to content itself with a valuable weight-for-age race, but in future it can be relied on to launch out in connection with the other events on its programme. A little while back I was informed the club contemplated giving £1000 more at its next Spring meeting than it did last year, and with the removal of obstacles in the way of penalties for the Epsom and Metropolitan, no doubt that intention will be adhered to." The V.E.C. has been successful in obtaining permission to charge the cum of one shilling for entrance to the flat at Flemington, and ' the new order of things will come iifto vogue at the Grand National Meeting in July. It is expected that as a result of this new source of revenue the Melbourne Cup will.6oon bo worth. 10,000 eovs again — the sum with which it was endowed in Garbine'e year. / , Mr. August BelmomVeiairman of the New York -Jockey Club, says that if racing is revived there the pari-mutuel will probably be the medium of speculation. There is no desire on the part of the Jockey Club to revive bookmaking. There must be few but who regret to learn . authoritatively that certain long-cheriehed historic incidents of the Turf are mere fables, but it ie perhaps best that the truth will out.' The latesf story to be contradicted is that so often related in connection with. Parson King and his famous mare Apology. John Osborne told the true facts of Apology's St. Leger at a dinner given last January in lionour of his 86th birthday, and they were as fol* low :— The mare pulled up so lame after cantering on the morning of the race that Osborne got off her, and, in the belief that no one had. seen the Apology's plight, was walking her quietly back to her stable, when, who should come along but Mat/Dawson with" a pair of field glasses in his hand, who exclaimed, "Why, Jack, your mare pulled" up lame! I am truly sorry!" So was "Jack," you can depend. However, he got " her ' to the Salutation stables, and, having first applied hot bandages and .then cold, left the mare to herself. Though Apology cantered rather short, she warmed up in the race, and, as we all know, won in a canter. The story that' Parson King (who was not present at Doncaster) wired tha<| Apology was to start, even on three legs, as all Yorkshire and Lancashire were on, Mr. "John" informed his hearers was a fable, the truth' being that he wired to her reverend owner that the mare had pulled up short, but was fit -to run, and that Mr. King wired back tht», win or lose the Leger, Apology was to start for the Doncaster Cup. Later on, however, he changed hia mind, and scratched the mare for the last-named race. AUCKLAND ACCEPTANCES (BY TELEGBAFH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, 7th March. In connection with the Auckland Racing Club's Autumn Meeting, acceptances have been received for the principal events as follow : — Easter Handicap, of 1000 sovsj one mile — Bobrikoff 10.1, La Eeina 8.11, Bleriot 8.6, Kakama 8.3, Haskayne 8.2, Crown Pearl 8.0, Kaween 7.12, Potoa 7.12, Jack Delaval 7.11, Tact 7.11, Prince Soult 7.10, Imagination' 7.10, Dearest 7.8, Goldsize 7.6, Montiform 7.3, Gloy 7.3, Scorch 7.2, Advocate 7.1, Master Wairiki 7.0, Wee Olga 6.10, First Wairiki 6.10, Tangiwai 6.8, Devastation 6.7.. Brighton Hurdles, of 275 sovsj two miles.— Lloyds 11.6, Sandy Paul 11.5, iProphet .11.0, Hoanga 10.9, Te Waharoa 10.7, Sphinx 9.11, Surplus 9.8, Miss Explosion 9.5, Hyperion 9.4, Whimper 9.1. Autumn Steeplechase, of 300 soys; about three miles.— 'Hoanga 10.13, Kelp 10.9, Delegate, 1Q.9, Zante 10.2, Te Waharoa. 9. l3, Tie- Beau 9.13, The Chief ,9.8, Bonnia Jean 9.7, Whimper 9.7, Kapakapa 9.7, Golden Glow 9.7, Eglin,ton 9.7, Tiri 9.7. GREAT EASTER AND AUTUMN , ACCEPTANCES CHRISTCHURCH, 7th March. , For the principal handicap events at the Canterbury Jockey Club's Autumn iMeeting, acceptances have been received as follow : — * ( Great Easter Handicap, of 1000 soys ; 'seven furlongs. — Bon Ton 8.7, Culprit '8.5, Emperador 8.5, .Bronze 8.4, Ventura '8.3, Cororiiform 8.2, Sir Solo 8.2, Peg 8.1, Heatherbrae 8.0, Query 7.10, Obsono 7.10, Sanguinary 7.9, Cheddar 7.6, Pilgrim's Way 7.5, Sea King 7.5, Brown Owl 7.5, Thistledown 6.13, Gapon 6.8, Specialform 6.7, Sister Radius 6~7, Mosgiel 6.7, Waitoto 6.7. Great Autumn Handicap, of 1300 soys ; on© mile and a-half. — Los Angelos 9.8, Vice-Admiral 8.13, Masterpiece 8.9, Sir Solo 8.9, Bronze 8.8, Labour Day 8.8, Coroniform 8.8, Bon Ton 8.4 4 Mira 8.3, Cheddar 7.9, Sanguinary 7.6, Rrown Owl 7.5, Parable 7.4, Canute 6.7, Waitoto 6.7.' FIRST FORFEITS. After first forfeits, the following remain in the Champagne Stakes, of 750 soys ; six furlongs. — Somniform, Cherubini, Jason, Ruse de Guerre, The Hague, Nightwatch, Cotton Reel, Warstep, b c by Sarto — Chinook, Snowraker, Salzburg, Bertrada, Ogi6r, Soldier, br c by Soult— Momi, br f by Soult — Lady Regel, Mowbray, Merry Roe. Twenty-first Challenge Stakes, of 750 sovb ; seven furlongs. — Bon Reve, Obligam), Athenic, b f Hierarch— Crecy, 3yrs. Autumnus, Heatherbrae, br c by Soult — Caller Ou, 3yrs, General Drouet, Alecto, Andraea, Emperador, Byron, Somniform, Oherubini, Ruse de Guerre, The Hague, Nigln/watch, Cotton Reel, Snowraker, Salzburg, Ogier, Soldier, br c by Soult — Momi, 2yrs, br c by Field, Battery— Soult Girl, br f bySoult— Lady Regel, Mowbray, Merry Roe. NAPIER PARK ACCEPTANCES NAPIER, 7th March. The following acceptances and entries have been received for the Napier Park Racing Club's Autumn Meeting on Wednetday and Thursday next : — 'ACCEPTANCES. Omaianui Hack Handicap Hurdles;

one mile and three-quarters. — Eiya 10.3, Bandalero 9.13, Gay Lawless 9.9, Player 9.9, Ascalon 9.6, Prince Eddie 9.6, Te Awahau 9.0, Divinia 9.0, Cally Bridge 9.0, Marmoe 9.0. Esk Hack Handicap ; five furlongs. — Caher Devon 9.5 (inc. slb penalty), Passadena 8.0, Marimba 8.5, Teviotdale 8.0, The Great Mogul (inc. 101 b penalty) 7.12, Perceler 7.11, Axis 7.9, Miss Augusta 7.8, Fair Rosamond 7.7, No Idee 7.7 Emma 7.4, . Portraiture 7.3, Manuhiri 6.12, Bonny Hamilton 6.7, Discueeion 6.7, Adriatic 6.7. Napier Cup Handicap ; one mile and a-quarter. — Labour Day 8.13, Haskayne 8.6, Multiply (inc. 10lb penalty) 8.4, Birkline 8.3, Obligant 8.0, Ariom 7.8, Cheddar 7.7, San Pluie 7.2, Rangiatua 7.2, Mangaroa 7.2, Vi 6.9, Peacemaker 6.7, Composed 6.7. Welter Handicap j seven furlongs. — Thrave 10.2, Loch Mabin 9.2, Brown Trout 9.2,* Julian 9.0, Peary 8.11, Cork 8.11, Aloha 8.7, Tatimi 8.7, Tyne Lass 8.7. Sapling Stakes Handicap ; five furlongs.—Soltano 9.13, Tatterley 8.9, Bertrada (inc. 101 b penalty), 7.10, Birkful 8.7, Sailor King 7.0, Whakahoki 7.0, Bodenham 7.0, Anguish 7.0, Oppiden 6.10, Ravlova 6.10, Lady Teazle 6.7. Redclyffe Hack Welter Handicap ; one mile.— Lockwood 8.11, Hautu 8.10, Daybreak 8.9, Settler (inc. 101 b penalty), 8.9, Merry Valet 8.6, Sir Daniel 8.6, Chief Marshal 8.6, Kuropotangi 8.4, Repeal 8.4, Redloh 8.2, Tatimi 8.0, Koonya 7.10, Rongamau 7.9, Braeburn 7.9, Prestwich 7.9, Parky 7.9, Otama 7.7, Waitoke 7.7. Flying Handicap ; six furlongs. — Bobrikoff 10.6, Blue Lake 9.0, Bootle 8.9, Our Queen 8.5, Lord Possible 7.13, Vibration 7.10, Eocene 7.4, Boronia 7.2, Merton 7.1, Formality 6.13, Waiouru6.9, Moree 6.7. ENTRIES. Trial Hack Stakes; six furlongs. — Crocus, Master Achilles, Landrail, Manuwhiri, Te Huhuti, Fighting Maid, Microbe, Adriatic, Clover, Grassmere, Glouria, Perhaps, New Guinea, Day Fly, The Summit. Maiden Hack Scurry ; five furlongs (run on t second day ;) .-^Master Achilles, Te Huhuti, Fighting Maid, Microbe, Adriatic, Bonny Hamilton, Glouria, Perhaps, Rangipoa, Red Book, Prestwich, Right Oh, Discussion. A.J.C. SCRATCHINGS Bj Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. SYDNEY, 7th»March. Ventura, -Tenterhook, and Kakama have been scratched for the' Doncaster Handicap. Midnight Sun has been withdrawn from the Sydney Cup. ROSEHILL CUP SYDNEY, 7th March. Lady Medallist has been scratched for the Rosehill Clip.