SPORTS OF ALL KINDS.

Evening Star, Issue 15138, 20 March 1913, Page 5

SPORTS OF ALL KINDS.

THE TURF. by Old Identity.] For the Hurdle Race that opens the ,C.J.C. fixture St. Kevin heads the list of acceptors with 11.13, exactly the weight he had on the third day at Wingatui, so jtlio company at Riccarton is presumably about the same quality as it was here. Tt is a little disappointing to find three of the first day’s races with small lists of acceptors, but the events all seem to be ; pre.tty open. There is a splendid array of horses of rank in the principal races. Seventeen have paid up for the Great Easter, every one well tried. They say that Query has 'been doing good gallops, and Sir Solo will .carry the confidence of his party, whilst Culprit and Emperador are sure to be .'fancied, but' these candidates will have to gallop to stall off' Peg (one of the finest in area in New Zealand), Bon Ton, and Brown Owl, each of which can put up good .time for seven furlongs. If Bronze were at her best she might be made favorite for ‘the Great Autumn. There is.i however, a doubt about her, and the public may prefer Los Angelos or Sir Solo. Masterpiece has the reputation of being a rogue, but if in the humor he is bound to be dangerous. Goroniform is also not to be forgotten, nor Bon Ton. I have a liking for this last- , mentioned customer. In the Champagne there may be a good fight between Nightwatch and Mowbray, and probably Bon Reve will be the pot for the Challenge Stakes 6

Horses that are spoken of as likely to rim well in the flat races at Riverton are Soldiers’ Chorus, Kostroma, Gold Ring, and Champagne. There was tome heavy laying of the odds on Piastre for the Champion Stakes, says “ Terlinga,” but the ring fielded sti ongly for Cadqnia. There was a good solid pace all through, and when Offa retired at the abattoirs Piastre went on himself. Cadonia chased him for the rest of the distance, but could make no impression. Piastre won very easily in Snu'n 26sec, which was a really good three-mile gallop, as the course was not fast.

J bis_tim« is t)ic same as that made by First King in 1878. The same writer continues : At weight-for-age Piastre is quite the cock of the walk over a distance, but Eudorus, with the going tempered to hir, poor feet, is decidedly good up to a mile and a-half. 1 was asking John Brewer whether he thought Eudorus had improved since coming to Australia. He says he stays better than he did, but thinks the was just as fast in England. Most of his bad races were run when the ground was too hard for him. The Parisian is a Jong time catching his form again. Perhaps he is never going to pick it up. C. Wheeler says that, now that he has become troubled with the slows, ihe Parisian seems as sound as a bell. Probably they will go on racing him in the hope of his “ coming back ’ some day. Almissa is owned by Messrs E. L. and C. Baillieu. Mr Glivc Bail lieu is a member of the Y.A.T.C. committee, and rode in an amateur race when 14 years old. Neither he nor his brother is what is known as a big bettor, otherwise Almissa would not have gone out at such a long price for the Australian Cup. Mr E. l! Baillieu, when in England, bought Almissa from the Duke of Portland, and the horse was a cheap one, the price being something like 250gs. The Duke made no secret of his opinion that Almissa’s wind was affected, otherwise he would not have parted with him at any price. He thought in a dry climate like Australia that the horse's wind might not trouble him. There was an. idea, when he arrived in Melbourne, of putting a time in Almissa's throat, as was done with Munus. another horse in F. Mnsgravo’s stable, but after he had him in charge for a few weeks Musgrave found that Almissa was quite sound in his wind, nor has ho ever given the slightest indication of weakness in that direction.

Owing to Jerry M.'s defection, the weights for the Liverpool Grand National go up 141b all round, tho next horse in the handicap and highest weight accepting being Bloodstone 11.7, second last year to Jerry M. Bloodstone’s weight now becomes 12.7, and Rathnally stands second with 12.5. Ho was the runner-up two years ago to Glenside, and should run well provided he goes on all right. Axle Pin (11.4) was favorite when the mail left. The English flat-racing season will commence on tho 24th inst, When R. TVootton returns home he will find that he has 41 horses in training, including the unbeaten Waiontha, as well as Shogun, Eastern Rose, Thistleton, Flippant, “anti Lomond, with which he hopes to beat his last season’s total of £19,928 in stakes. It may be worth remembering that tho Hon. J. D. Ormond’s colt Day Flv was tent out a very warm favorite for the Trial Hack Stakes on the opening day of the Napier Park Meeting, and was decidedly unlucky to bo beaten. He lost a lot of ground at tho post. Tannhauser is reported to be amiss, suffering from some inward complaint. It is as well, therefore, that he was not entered for the C..T.C. events.

P.. S. Sievhr has refused an offer from Germany of £15,000 for TVarlingham. winjiC.r of tho last Ceearewitrh, over which Eicvier won £35,000. TVarlingham is a grandson of Carbine. Rongahere is to have a run in the Trial Blokes at Riverton. Piastre has non during his career on turf five races, has hear, second once, and third four times. His winnings amount to £10,487. B. Deeley is to ride for Mr Greenwood 'at the C.J.C. Meeting. Ladv Medallist has resumed work at Randwicfc. The trouble was in her off fore leg, and though wearing a bandage she was recently out doing useful work on the tan track at Randwick, and showed yen' little signs of lameness. “ Phaeton ” reports that Prince Soult is coming on very nicely, and has quite re:mdated_ himself. When in training in tho spring the brother to Master Soult showed a tendency to shirk, which led to a fear being expressed that ho had soured, hut hs is now credited with rolling into 3iis tasks in a manner every way befitting a descendant of the game Soult family. In referring to the V.R.C- Newmarket winner Relievo, “ Pilot,” of the .Sydney ‘ Referee.’ i says : “As a yearling Relievo was sold for 65 guineas, and as a two-year-old won twice for Messrs Corrie and Simon, who, it is understood, disposed of him only a few days before the Newmarket to Mr E. E. A. Oat-ley. In bets over the Newmarket Mr Oatley is understood to have landed a very large sum. The money secured about Relievo on behalf of the owner and his friends, it is computed, ■totalled £20.000. Sir Edgar Vincent, chairman of the Empire Trade Commission, is the man who purchased Multiform from the late Mr G. G. Stead, and subsequently exchanged that horse for Screw Gun. They say that Foam Flake may not be able to run at Riccarton next week. Bobrikoff is eight years of age, and has won (£8,894. “ Phaeton ” makes up the black horse’s record as 24 wins (including a deadj heat), 6 seconds, and 10 thirds. Tije American millionaire, Mr TV”. K. Vanderbilt, who is racing in France, has what can be termed a' tremendous team at his .Command. In a list recently published he had no less than 50 horses in training under the charge of tho Englishman William Duke, 24 of which are two-year-olds. , It iis understood that Mr Vanderbilt has \ c .very keen desire to win the English ; Derby. Pygmalion, by Apremont—Galatea, bred In Canterbury, and raced as a youngster by Mr <T. Harris, died the other day in South ■ Australia. He was born in 1887, and was amongst the best of his period, as was shown by his wine in the Auckland Foal Stakes and the C.J C. Welcome Stakes. In Australia he did the fastest mile and a-half gallop ever recorded at St. Albans, and then ran badly in the Caulfield Cup. Sister Radiums withdrawal from the Great Easter Handicap is purely owing to her owner’not being able to get a suitable rider. If Winning Way is to have any chance in the Auckland Oaks she will need to run better than she did ?,t Wingatui. But .that nmring was admittedly not her form. ha« a bad.habit of swerving out.