THE TURF.

Evening Star, Issue 12626, 4 October 1905, Page 3

THE TURF.

Know - October 5. Dhoka and Eyreton— - October 5. Dunedin. ....October 11 and 14. [Gossip By Oij> Idknutv.] If Hnku is well enough to come dowrf to the DJ.C. meeting on the 11th he must have a show in the Hurdle Race at lib below Wonderful, but to pick one now Noxious Weed would perhaps be a better investment. Black Pool at 9.0 may be worth watching. There are a few highpedigreed voungsters in the Barewood Welter, but niavbe Bed and Black may b» found more seasoned. I give Beau Scatou a chance in the Mosgiel Handicap If he starts, and Crichton is dangerous. Vladimir would perhaps beat them ail if at Ins best, but he m on the big side. The tw'.-vear-olds are put into tbeir handicap on even terms, with an allowance for sex. »> - t the best should win. Appollodony or Flower o' Clutha may win the Elect n«\ As to the Taioma Hack candidates, a dan m the dark brings up Grand Opera ami Kubre.to as a pair of possibles. Assummi; | that Notus is not ready, my hrsf vote to. | Uie Welter goes to Casque. The races will probably take some trouble to picK on the day • ■ Mr A. F. Quelch sends the Tajcu pr.~ gnune for the 9th November. "*>*'"}; eight events, the dikf one the lawn Cup of 55 sovs; total stake--. ££*>■ St. DeDis is tired and tamed out. Harry Kllis m training Beds tart and U-d Mont ~.., „, ■. Redgauntlet is doing a little easy wop. just to keep -liim well, not necessarily l«>r ra Thf' Tabuna Trotting Club's Committee met last week and arranged a programme ~„- the 25th and 29th November. It shows ~; , increase of £l2O in stake moiiev and in addition the club offer a parse of i<W to liie owner and a £5 gold medal to tne f.ler or driver of the horse doing the fastcs* i.me under 2.25 for a mile, either in a race j ~,• a trial (luring the meeting—owners to ,„.tifv the club when they are trying for the purse in « race, bo that their horses can i .. propcrlv timed. This is a very Über.il ..'lor, seeing that it costs nothing to have a •. -v 1 congratulate the club on their go-•ii;,-ad policy. Anotfher tiling—we are to |. ,i-e a band this time, the Citizens' Band. This is a good idea. Fifteen new members u-riv elected at the meeting, and Mr J. A. Mi-o was appointed to the Committee m 'i.::iee of Mr H. M'Kechnie, resigned. Vithough Maniapoto won the MetropoliM ,i in such brilliant will prob:i'n'v put him out of court so far as tho c'. i ul tie Id Cup is concerned, writes "Pilot." lie will be-conceding Marvel Loch a stone m that race, and as she finished ahead of him in the Craven Plate at a difference of s niv slb in her favor, it is hard to sou how he is going to beat her, for one, at k'uulfield. In the ftelboume Cup Maniaro:o's penalty only brings his weight up to 8.10, so, as he is so much better off there than in the Caulfield Cup, it might he advisable for backers not to bother iboot him for the shorter race until some.h;ng definite transpires as to whether he ■vill be a starter or not. In winning the Imberhorne Handicap at Lingfield Park (Kng.) in August. Bonanza rui seven furlongs on a straight track in Imin 22|sec, which equals the world's record for that distance, put up by Child's :J nide at Epsom in May. 1903. In referring to high jumps m the bunting field, an English paper says that per'laps Trunk Harriett, huntsman to Lord Fitzwifliam, has the- credit of making one .-.f tine biggest jumps that have been measured. It was on the Derbyshire side of the country, at Nastine, near Chesterfield, and be was riding Whimbrel, a thoroughbred mare standing 15 hands 1 inch- Lord FitzwuTiam's hunters were all trained in Ireland, so when a big Irish bank with a stiff laid hedge on the top of it presented itself, Bartlett went at it without hesitation.'though it was out of plough. But the mare, instead of jumping on to the bank, flew the lot, and thongh she pecked badly on landing, she did not fall. Tho height of the fence was 7ft 4in, and the farmer realised a nice little sum in charging a small fee to people who went to Fee it. The A.J.C Derby rurming stents to hare wttled the position of Noctuiform as the best colt seen in Australia this season, says '• Umpire." Before the meetine started it was just a question, as to whether any other could be produced to beat Charles Stuart, and there was no question, of the convincing r tinner in which the young Multiform iccomplished the task. Last seasou Charles Stuart was distinctly leading, and finished up by badly beating Gladsome over a mile it weight for at«e in record time. He has not grown much, but appeared as though ne had done well through the winter. Being required to go through the Victorian campaign, be had not been severely worked to be strung up for Rand wick, and at Ballarat there had been so much rain that Scobie's horses were scarcely as finished vs thev would have been otherwise. The .•onditions were entirely different when I hey came here, where drought had been prevailing, and there was a hint in Sylvan King's failure to act m the Trial Stakes that caution was advisable in taking Charles .Stuart's fitness for granted. With no special information about the real merit of the New Zealand colts, it was considered ihat Charles Stuart might jhill through, but the terrific pace settled his prospects. He did well enough whilst be lasted, which was as far as the bonie turn, but lie was done with then, and Lady Wallace came from behind and beat him home. Had the New Zealanders not been in the race Charles Stuart would probably have pulled through, and would have remained on his pedestal. He still looks like winning the Victoria Derbv with Mr Stead's champions out of the way. But Noctuiform displayed such dash and brilliance that he stands out clear as the best three-year-old seen this season. The presence ai F.J.A. among the starters for the Randwick Plate, says the same writer, was accounted for by something being wanted to make a race for Emir. F.J.A. .essayed the task in a half-hearted way. but before he had got halfway Nightfall" joined him. Then she began to go out in front, and lewis moved Kmir up in pursuit. He wa« seen to be shaking him up in the next furlong, and it was patent thit F.mir was declining to improve his place. On the contrary, he. was falling back. Five furlong"! from home Emir's backers would have liked to sell out, for he would do no better, whilst Nightfall was sailing away, and increasing a long gap. She had about Icn lengfhs' advantage entering the straight from Emir and Marvel Loch, in company. Kmir repeatedly rolled on to the mare coming down the straight, but eventually she got clear of him, and left him behind. Meanwhile Nightfall ran home strong and well a winner by i|uite fifteen lengths, and possibly it was more, Marvel Loch being five ahead of Kmir, and F.J.A. a long way off. Nightfall got a great reception, but Kmir very much disgusted his upporters, who will not be in a hurry to lay any long odds on Turn in the future. He is evidently Toguish. but apart from that he struck me as'pulling up very tired. Nightfall made excellent'time. 3min 57£ sec for the two miles and a-quarter, which is but a quartersecond worse than the Australian record made by Lord Ullim's Daughter in the last Australian Cup. A writer in the London 'Sporting Times' says that he knows of only one bookmaker in' England who left as much as £IOO,OOO behind him, and that man combined bookmaking with money-lending. Betting is now so close that if the bookmaker w not a very shrewd man the backer will beat him. In oar young days such a thing at a man making a good Irving by backing horses was never dreamt of. The first professional backer we ever knew was Mr *• Charley " Rayner, who was at one time lightweight jockey to the Duke of Bedford. For vears be had the game to himself. £I,OOO won oo Lord Stamford's Walloon when that horse carried off the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster being his start. At one time he was worth from twenty to thirty thousand pounds. All at once he seemed to go out, and no one knew in what way tne v ?i>uey went. Probably it was through reversing the process and laying against something that he did not fancy, or (thought was '' safe." It was doing this over Muscovite that knocked " Lifeboat " >Sb«Ucy out Ibe professional backers are joow reported to hj» uchea- than the book-

maker*. We do not see bookmakers nowadays winning Derbies and St. Legers, but it was common enough in the old time. Nonetto made his reappearance in the Rangitikei Spring Handicap, but "Advance" says he bore a jolly appearance, was ridden by hj» trainer (C, Stratford),- tailed off from the start, and finished a bad last. Late o*- Gowrie made the running, shaping better than at Marton. She was beaten after a good race by. Hydrant, whose record proves him to be;more useful on toe flat than over hurdles, at which business be was recently tried. He was one of the least-fancied candidates, and paid the good price of £9 9». Ngatarua was a good favorite, but was slow to begin, and did not <-ct a clear run in tlie straight. Ho was only beaten by the narrowest of margins bv Laes o' Gowrie for second place. 'On the first day of the Wanganui meeting, reports the ' Herald,' racing commenced with the Spring Handicap, for which St. Joe was sent out a good favorite, but lie lost several lengths at the start, and though be put in a fine run could not get, nearer than fourth. The winner turned up in Gold Crown, one of the Porirua contingent, who got home rather easily. In the Maiden Hack Race, Petticoat, a three-year-old daughter ai Multiform —Bloomer, cleared out from the re's* of the field, and should be heard of again. The Wangauui Guineas came next, and tlie public sorted out, Marguerite as the most likely winner, probably because Jenkins had the mount. King Billy got hong up in the tape* at I lie .start, and lost three or four lengths, but galloping in fine style gradually overhauled the leaders. Putting m a capital run at the entrance to the straight, the game Utile son of Indian Queen shot to the front, and won by a length from his stable companion. The time recorded was Imin 47£ sec, the slowest on record for the race sin<e Tigress won the first Guineas event in 1898. St. Lyra was made favorite for the hurdleK, and the daughter of St. I«eger would have won all right had she not stumbled and lost her rider at the second last jump, as she had the lead and was going away from her field. The winner turned up in the outsider of the race —Valima. The Flying Handicap resulted in Mr Dan O'Brien's colors being carried to the front by Multifid. who galloped like a real clinker. Glenowlet got badly left in this event, but put in a phenomenal run down the hack stretch, which looked like carrying her to the front, but she was unable to sustain the effort.