SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 12162, 5 April 1904, Page 8

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

CANTERBURY AUTUMN MEETXNa

First Day.—Monday.

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The Canterbury Jockey Club opened their autumn meeting under the pleasantest conditions. A heavy shower of rain fell before breakfast, but during lie morning the weather cleared, and before the racing was well under way the sun shone brilliantly. There was just enough wind to temper the almost summer-like sun without'inconveniencing the large crowd who gathered at Iliccartoa. Tna attendance included the Governor aad the officers of the Antarctic eacpoditioa. 11m course was in capital order, aad the enclosures could hardly -have looked better. The Jockey Club and thenpatrons axe now reaping the full benefit of the improvements which w-ere undertaken last winter. Very rarely has a more kitertsting day's rasing been witnessed at R-ie-Cuxton. In most of the events the field* were largo, and in a majority o£ them the finishes were close and exciting. _Zeaious, who was made favorite for the Kildare Hurdle Race, blundered and -.inseated her rider at the first fence. Levant came to grief later on, and the outsider, Pnaetontis, won easily from Roller. Catherine Gordon showed a bold front for a mile and a-half, but Scottish Minstrel was early in difficulties, and pulled up very lame. Silkworm was withdrawn from the Champagne Stakes owing to his having met with an accident, but the presence in the field of his stable companion. Golden Lily, served ti paralyse betting. The daughter of Multiform looked fairly well, although a grazed fetlock Indicated that she had been in the habit of striking herself in her work, and it was whispered that her connections feared that she would scarcely run the race right out; This fear was justified, for after Stronghold had showed the way to the- distance he easily withstood the favorite's challenge, and beat her with something to spare in fast time. Tessera, who showed great pace in the middle four furlongs, was not far away third. She is, however, a peacocky filly, and not likely to develop into an animal of Golden Lily's class. The winner, who is still on the leg, is a fine colt, although perhaps not a typical Derby.horse. He was turned out in fine condition.

Happy Home won the Autumn Maiden Plate with something to spare, so much, indeed, that she persisted in continuing h<=r journey for a quarter of a mile after passing the judge's box, and was only stopped after she had got rid of her rider. Martian, the much-discussed Easter Handicap favorite, proved to be a low-set, nuggety colt of typical English style, reminding one of Benzoin. He was in first-rate condition. Perhaps the best-conditioned fiorsa in the race was Petrovna, but no fault could be found with the state in which Red Gauntlet, Vladimir, Canteen, Ful! Cry, Cannie Chiel, Kremlin, and Lolah rr-aohed the post. Quarryman, howevt-r, looked dull in the coat, and evidently he is in speedy need of a rest. Bulawayo would perhaps have been better for a sharpenine i;p; and for this reason his performance in finishing close behind the placed horses w^. 1 - a most creditable one. Tha favorite never threatened danger. He was slow in mcving, and although he made up some ground he nevar once flattered the hopes of hi.v backers. One hundred yards from home ir looked as if Kremlin might catch Vladimir, but the latter responded most generously to Derrett's final call, and held his advantage to finish. Considering that she w«v backward, Lady Lillian gave a fine exhibition, and had the rice been a fortnight later she would certainly have fim'sh-d second, and perhaps first. Her stable corapaxikm, Welbeck, did no better than was expected, but Red Gauntlet ran creditably nrder his heaw burden.

Bteclratone made some amends for Rod Gauntlit's defeat by winning the Epsoin Welter Handicap. The atmosphere was a'l in favor of a thick-winded horse, and the big son of Grafton ran his race ont most £am?]y when he was tackled in the last BOyis by Ragabrash. Ropu outstayed Cannomfe in the Gimcrack race, and beat him comfortably ; but Rubia only just managed to fcramble home h- front of Signdman in the Russley Plato. Both the winner and the pceond horso are full of promise, and by the -war thfvy battled out the final struggle imiMfc be very game. Lady Lyohors, who also represented Yaldhurst, takes after her darn, who was not a beauty to look at. Hewitt w?s let off riding Bagpipes in the Sockburn Handicap to take the mount on Stepdancsr. He conld not persuade MenschikofFs unworthy fu'l-sister to put her best foot foremost, and the winner turned up in a rank outsider in Speculate. The chief feature of the afternoon's racing was undoubtedly the failure of the horses trained at Yaldhurst, Mr Stead started five horses during the afternoon, and won only one race.

Stronghold's victory in the Champagne Stakes was a very popular one. As booh as it was seen tha.t he had the race in his keeping cheering broke out, both in and outside the enclosure, and the applanse was renewed when the colt returned to the saddling paddock, and was repeated when weight was declared. Vladimir's victory was also well received, but in this instance the popularity of Derrett had no doubt romethiruT to do with the demonstration. Mr Haz'.ett had the Winter Cup winner looking well, and evidently the son of Stepnkik has recovered his best form. Several Southern backers profited by the victory, and Home of them hold the Easter winner in doubles. The concluding events on the programme resulted as follow:

RUSSLEY PLATE, of 150 sovs. Five furlongs.

Mr G. G. Stead's b c Rubia, by Stepfiiak—Madder, 8.10 (P. O'Brien) 1 Sir G. Clifford's ch c Signalman, 7.10

„ „ (M'Luskev) 2 Mr H. A. Knighfs ch g Somaroff, 6*7

(Carruthers) 3

Also started: Malafcoff (8.13), Lady Lyonors (8.8, Tapuwai (8.8), Quickfire (6.7), Blythmaid (6.7).

Malakoff was the first away, but Signalman and Rubia had taken charge below the distance. There was a great°race home, Mr Stead's representative just lasting long enough to win by a length: Somaroff three lengths away. Time, lmin Isec. Dividends, £1 15s and 18s; 5s machine, 9s 6d. SOCKBURN HANDICAP, of 110 sovs. One mile and a-quarter. Mr T. Busch's br g Speculate, by >t t^ C ' 5 ? ears ' 6 ' 7 - (Matkie) 1 -.lt J. 1. Buchanans b g Secret Society tt VJ.T '", -, (Holme-;) 2 Hon &. MTean's ch c Sychem, 3 yrs, '-' - „ _ 3 Also parted: Bagpipes (8.13), De la Rey T ll] > T™?™ < B -« 3 )» Clanburn (7.7), Stepdancer (7.7). Speculate was first into the straight, and easily holding his own stalled off a cbalength and a-half; Sychem, a length a Jay, &S , 2mn c 10? Se - dividends, £8 os 6d and £2 3s; 5 3 machine, £2 6s 6d. TAIERI RACES would have been on a wholly fine lay By noon the ram cleared off, and the weathS hereafter, was by no means 1 ne public greatly appreciated the grand stand and the other new conveniences of this pretty course. Mr C. Roberts worked tno totausators, and put through £2 106 A during the day. Of this sum £565' was taken at the 5s totalisator. Mr J. Flem-

mg was judge, Mr W. A. Turnbull starter,' Mr H. J. Gourley handicapper, Mr R. Green timekeeper, and Mr A. .Grant clerk of scales, and to these officials, with Mr A. F. Qnelch (secretary) great credit is due for carrying out their duties energetically. The full report of the results is as follows: TRIAL HANDICAP, 30 sovs, second 5 sovs.—6f. 7S£—Mr H. Jackson's Ben More, bv Casket—Ulva, 3 yrs, 7.0 ,„. „ (J. M'ftuire) 1 30f—Mr A- Miller's Eopatai, 8.5 „„ „ T (Wingfield) 2 21 —Mr J. Mason's Grand Fanna, 8.1 (inc. 71b over, J. Harding) 3 Also ran: 61JJ Red Ronald (9.5, J. Rae). 62 King of Tramps (7.12. A. Godfrey), and 10 Skagway {7.10, inc. 81b over, J. Horn). Skagway drew back, and was left si's lengths._ Red Ronald at once rushed past KoTrotai and Grand Fanna. and led for a" furlong and a-half, when Ben More raced to the front At the three-furlong mark Koputai passed Ronald, and pursued Ben More, but the latter ran home the easiest of winners by six lengths, Grand Fanna seven lengths further away, barelv clear of Red Ronald. Time, lmin 18|sec. On the ordinary machine, 18s. . On the 5s machine, £701; dividend 17s 6d. PRESIDENTS HANDICAP, of 55 sovs, second 5 sovs.—lm. 112^ —Mr Ruthven's Casque, bv Casket —Sweetbriar, 7.4 (J. Ruthven) 1 107-i—Mr M'DonakFs Flower o* Clutha, 8.13 (Grav) 2 425 —Mr Henderson's Donna Rosa, 7.i2 (Rae) 3 40J—Mr Tristram's Trentbridge, 7.0 (M'Guire) 0 Casque was slowest to move, but joined Donna Rosa in going out of the straight, and headed her after a quarter of a mile had been covered, Flower o" Clutha and Trentbridge two lengths away. Casque was well clear along the back stretch. With two furlongs to go Flower o' Clutha caught Donna Rosa, but never troubled Casque, who, ridden out. won by six lengths, Donna. Rosa four lenpths behind Flower o' Clutha. Time, lmin 46ssec. On the ordinary machine, £235; dividend.' £2 Bs. On the 5s machine, £6B|; dividend, 12s 6d. TWO-MILE TROT, of 35 sovs, second 5 sovs. 1014 —Mr Draper's Ganyowen, 28seo (Latimer) 1 454 —Mr Paget's Tap, 30sec (Owner) 2 32g—Mr TurnbuH's Norseman, scratch (Flockton) 3 Also started: 6£ General H. (25sec, Wallace), 33| Messenger (32sec, T. Hore), 9£ Good Enough (38sec, Smith), 7£ Punch (38sec, M'Dowell). Maid of Honor (40sec, W. Allan), 673 Khaki (40sec, Laing). 313 Combine (42sec. Murray, and Lena B. (42sec, Carson), thslast two being bracketed. After going half a mile Garryowen had a strong lead. Tap was second at a mile, and coming fast, but a break settled his chance, and Norseman also broke, the end being that Garryowen won by half a dozen lengths, Norseman a bad third. Messenger ;ind Maid of Honor next. Time, smin 29); sec. On the ordinary machine, £276J; dividends, £2 4s on Garryowen and £1 14s on Tap. On the 5s machine, £983! dividends, 17s 6d on Garryowen and 12s onTap. FLYING HANDICAP, 40 sovs, second 5 sovs.—6f. 80| —Hon. G. McLean's Crown Imperial, by Lord Rosslyn—Tiara, 7.9 (M'Guire) 1 15{ —Mr Henderson's Donna Rosa, 8.1 (J. Rae) 2 51-J—Mr Godfrey's Goldspnr, 9.0 (Godfrey) 3 Crown Imperial darted out quickest and led all the way. Goldspnr challenged at tho home turn and was easily stalled off, but Donna Rosa then made a good run, and wis beaten only a length. Time, lmin 19sec. On the ordinary machine, £112; dividend, £1 10s. On the 5s machine, £354; dividend, 10s. TROT, 25 sovs, second 5 sovs.—l4m. 29^ —Mr A. Johnson's Arbitrator, 31sec (Munro) 1 34J—Mr W. Allan's Maid of Honor, 29sec (Owner) 2 86^ —Mr Paget's Tap, 22sec ... (Owner) 3 Also started : 58-J Stewardess (20sec, Wallace), 32 Garryowen (20sec, Latimer), 32| Messenger (24sec, T. Hore), 14 Fairwind (28sec, Mfllier), 11-i Punch (283 ec, M'Dowell), \ Lena B. (3bec, Carson), and Mifanwy (31sec, M'Leod), the latter bracketed with Garryowen.

Arbitrator took a commanding lead early and won by ten lengths, Maid of Honor four lengths in front of Tap. Punch, G-arry-owen, and Messenger were the next lot. Time, 4min On the ordinary totalisator, £194; dividends, £6 10s on Arbitrator and £1 16s on Maid of Honor. On the 5s machine, £losj; dividends, £1 16s and lis.

EASTER HANDICAP, 45 sovs, second 5

sovs.—7f. 175—Mr M*Donald'sFloweTo'Clutha, by Trump Card —Stockflower, 8.15 v (Gray) 1 37-i—Mr Tristram's Trentbridge. 7.2 (M'Guire) 2 90 —Mr Ruthven'a Transport, 7.11 (Godfrey) 3 Transport had a trifle the best of it for about a furlong, but then stumbled, and the other pair ran away from him, Flower o' Clutha leading. Trentbridge made a good try for it, but never got up, and the mare won by nearly two lengths. Time, lmin olsec Dividends, £1 8s and 9s. HACK HANDICAP, 30 sovs, second 5 sovs.—sf. 103^—Mr G. Ruthven's Casque, 10.3 (J. Ruthven) 1 155|—Mr W. T. Hazlett's Rawmore, 9.1 (J. Rae) 2 46-^ —Mr James's Navarre, 7.5 (M'Guire) 3 Also started: Cairn (bracketed with Casque, 7.3, D. Ruthven), 48£ Koputai (8.1, Wingfield), King of Trumps (7.10, Horn), 104 Grand Fanna (7.7, Harding). Won very easily by a couple of lengths. Time, lmin ssec Dividends, £3 10s and 19s 6d. FEILDING RACES. The weather was fine and there was a record attendance at Feilding yesterday. The club have speat over £I,OOO on a stewards' stand and alterations to the totalisator house, and increased the stakes to £SOO. The principal events resulted as follows:—Ranfurly Handicap, ±salkrat (£2 lis); Feilding Cup, Cyrus (£25) and Heroism (£1 17s); Halcombe Welter, Dexterity (£3 Is) and Glory (£2 17s). The totalisator turnover was £16,427, as against £11,948 for the first day of last year. On the Cup race alone £2,817 was handled. AUCKLAND AUTUMN MEETING. Secosd Day. —Monday.

The sum of £10,900 was passed through the totaJisators for eight events, a decrease of £946 as compared with the second day last year. Sonoma (£4 12s) won the Pony Handicap, with Manoeuvre (£3 0s 6d) second; and Hohoro (£4 Is) the Electric Handicap. In the St. George's Handicap, of 500 sovs, one mile and a-quarter, Romeo (8.2) and Miss Lottie (8.0) passed the stand together, followed by Regulation (8.11), Putty (7.5), and Scotty (7.0), and the leading positions were unchanged until they reached the six-furlong post. Here Jewellery raced through almost alongside Romeo and Miss Lottie going through the cutting. Tha daughter of St. Leger had, however, had enough just before tie home turn was reached, and when they got to the head of the straight Romeo was just clear of Miss Lottie, Scotty, and Ghoorka (8.4), with Regulation well up among the others. An exciting struggle to the post between Regulation, Romeo, and Ghoorka resulted in a dead heat being declared between the two first-named, with Ghoorka third only half a leDgth away. Scotty finished fourth, Putty fifth, and Float sixth. Time, 2min Usee Onthetotalisators, £2,055. Dividends: Regulation, £llßs 6d; Romeo, £5 3s. A.J.C. MEETING. Second Day.—Monday. The attendance at Randwick yesterday was very large. The weather was 'fine until the last race, which was run in a shower. Galtee More won the Steeplephase, in which only four finwhH,, bs Sb&x

lengths; and The Shaws beat ten others 1 in the Nursery Handicap. The following are details of the two principal events on the programme: CHAMPAGNE STAKES.—A sweepstake of 20 sovs each, with 750 sovs addwl. Six furlongs. Mr E. Frazer's br c Lord Firzroy, by Grafton (imp.)— Disgrace, 8.10 ... ..". 1 Mr A. Wynne's b c Koopan, 8.10 2 Mr C. Carlisle's b c Warroo, 8.10 ... .- 3 Ten started. Betting: 2 to 1 against Jim Dorset, sto 2 Koopan, 10 to 1 Fit&oy. A good race. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 16£ sec. SYDNEY CUP.—A handicap sweepstake of 20 sovs each, with 2,000 sovs added; the owner of the second horse to receive 300 sovs, and the owner of the third 150 sovs from the stakes. Two miles. Mr J. Mayo's br c Lord Cardigan, by Posrtano (imp.)—Ladv Trenton, 3 vrs, 8.7 ; ' ... 1 Mr J. Chambers's ch m Saida, 4 yrs, 6.11 _ ... 2 Sir Rupert Clarke's br f Sweet Nell, 3 yrs, 8.7 3 Regio was the only non-starter. Betting: 5 to 2 against Emir, 7 to 2 Lord Cardigan, 10 to 1 Belah and Sweet Nell. From a good start Marvel Loch got best away, but Sweet Nell quickly took command, and led the field into the straight. Passing the stand the order was Sweet N ell, Alias, Osian, and Marvel Loch, the rest of the field bunched, well up. There was little change along the back excepting that Marvel Loch improved her position and Lord Cardigan moved up into fourth place. Sweet Nell led Marvel Loch into the straight, a packed field lying handy. Then Lord Cardigan shot out on the inside opposite the St. I egeT stand, and, going great guns, won by three lengths. The favorite was never dangerous. Lord Cardigan's win was very popular. Time, 3min 31|sec. THE ONKAPARINGA STEEPLECHASE. ONE HORSE DROPS DEAD. TWO JOCKEYS INJURED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ADELAIDE, April 5. (Received April 5, at 9 a.m.) The Great Eastern Steeplechase resulted as follows : —Syringa 1, Isis2, The Drummer 3. Eleven started. Wirriwa dropped dead at the start. Won by fifteen lengths. Time, 6min 45sec. Dividend, £5 4s. Two jockeys were injured during the day. One had his jaw broken s-nd the other his skull fractured. STEEPLECHASING IN ENGLAND. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 4. (Received April 5, at 10.5 a.in.) The following is the result of the Lancashire Handicap Steeplechase:—Lord James 1, John M.P. 2, Fairland 3. Leamington was fourth. Moifaa also ran. In the race for the Onkaparinga (S.A.) Cup Chassopot was first, with Brijht Pilirrim second and Magda third. Thirteen started. Won bv three-quarters of a length. Time, 2min 22;|sec. Dividend, £3 7s. Meetings were also held yesterday at Patea, Tauheriaikau (Wairarapa), Riverton, Waipuknrau, and Kumara, At Riverton Tusela (£1 18s) won the principal handicap and Avenue (£1 16s) the Flying. The sum of £6,115 was put Through the totalisators at Waipuknrau, this being a record for the club.

At the Wanganui Collegiate School athletic sports yesterday the Senior Championship was won bv H. G. Hanmer, with 16 points—a record. In the Quarter-mile Senior Championship Hanmer (54£ sec) broke the school record. He also won the 100 Yards in and the Long Jnmp. Our Christchnrch correspondent wires: "Mr C. O'Connor, the starter for the Auckland Racing Club, contemplates taking v.p his residence in Auckland.—lt is not improbable that if a sufficiently tempting offer is made Mr J. B. Reid will sell Gladsome in Australia." The bicycle sports at Teimika yesterday were attended by 4,000 per^one —a record The sum of £SO was divided in prizes. The two-mile event was won bv Randrup (40yds) in 4mi Q 20|sec, with Spillane (200 yds)' pecond, and J. Connell third. Four motor bicycles competed for the £lO prize. Porter (on Clarke's motor) rode daringly, and won the first five-mile heat from scratch in lOmin losec. In the final he failed to make up his handicap of 90sec, but rode faster, his best lap occupying ZLfsec.