THE TURF

Evening Star, Issue 17325, 13 April 1920, Page 2

THE TURF

[Gossip by Old Identity,] maS^Vr 3 “I Wd , for Mr W - Khin’s ™ Alarßa when she was offered by WmL at T , C5 ’ r j? tch «rch last week, 7 Waiter Buddieom has sold United SerHandicTT o tho Mummer Handicap, to J. Cooper, of Milton. weight". are ,, Benefit thumping veights on the West Coast—lo.6 at a mile hSee ¥ esa “ plo ’ ' Goo < i Kttle feat 3 +r k - ls ’ h ®. cant perform such a t u ,• ln under those conditions. wkh^T e :Vn at Mr Acton Adams really the Tlio^m ena w t0 I? a PP ear ln public at the ihompsem Handicap meeting in Wel--0n O, \u-r, ! 101l T !d he satisfied with the TfnrHl/ w d u d Lochella in the First K ?m K b°. h j: 191b ’ “ d 1 be - Was asked t0 give.Miehaela and IbiK 16 - Thompson Handicap, one mile, f klnn 2 un, the Railw3 >- Handicap, six furlongs. The mare is preferred for the longer race. My first fancies {„ the Vagabond, - Tmaribbon, BatUe bong, Punka, and Bo Peep. the wonderful little Martian gelding SasanSf has a record of four wins out of nve starts this season. When he broke down m the Randwick Plate early in the season it was announced that his turf fw e «- laC phisc-d. . “Sir Launcelot” says lat b-asanof s winnings this season amourit hjg 85 * 0 ™- hnrming his total up to 19,08550v5. This places him above Poseidon, and fifth on the list of big stakewinners in Australasia. hj There is n rumor afloat now that Sasanof hja s again gone wrong. We shall soon nncl out wnether it is tnie. After racing at Riccarton. Flight Commander was sold to a Wellington. lawyer Ihe Martian gelding is to go into "the stable presided over by H. A. Telford at ircntham. Biplane’s two-year-old brother Winged \ ictory and the same horse’s yearling sister are to be sent from Melbourne to Sydney to be trained by W. Booth. Both are owned by Mr N. Falkiner. ‘‘Carbine'’ says that a leading lightweight jockey who was offered a handy sum of money (running into three figures) to win one of the principal Easter events •c.id not, accept the ride, and a much less known jockey is now the richer for the fact, as the mount duly won. It is not generally known, says “ Whalebone,” that Mr Kemball sent an offer to Australia for Millieme, who scored the sensational victory over Artilleryman in the St. Leger at Randwick. In the Rosehill (N.S.W.) Handicap last month the New Zealand-bred Bunting started at a yen' long outside price, and went within inches of bringing off a tremendous surprise. He was in charge inside the distance, but Poitrel beat him in the last stride. Bunting carried 8.1 and Poitrel 9.12.

Whalebone ' writes 1 . It was only by chance that A. J. MTTlinn seemed thq winning rido on Geoffrey in the Onslow Stakes at Ellerslie. B. Deeley had been engaged to ride the Australian-bred youngster, but Mr Earl expressed a wish for him to rido Ddvelet. Mr Alison agreed, providing he could secure another efficient horseman. As M’Flinn’s services were available, he accepted the mount and scored the win. Geoffrey in this race carried the colors of the lion. E. W. Alison, father of the owner. Mr E. W. Alison, jun. As Illumination also carried the colors of the Hon. E. W. Alison, there were some who claimed that they ought to have been bracketed, despite 'the met that they appeared in the race card in the different ownerships; and it seems wonderful how many people can be found who stoutly maintain that it was a put-up job. As a matter of fact, the cross-country horseman S. Henderson was to blame fo*r the change of colors, for after riding in the Brighton Hurdles he locked Mr Alison’s jacket in his box, and could not he found when Geoffrey had to be weighed out for tho race in question. 'The English bookmakers must have had a great day when Poethlvn failed to win the Liverpool Grand National. The great steeplechaser was looked bn as a certainty, but he fell at the first fence. The death is announced from Masterton of Mr A. W. Cave, a well-known sportsman, at the .age of 80 years. . He bred, owned, and raced, among other horses, Sea Serpent, Seal, On Hit, Rose Fisher, and First King. Mr E. E. A. Oatley, a well-known New South Wales sportsman, recently deceased, came near to bringing off a jjreat coup in the Melbourne Cup with the Grandmaster gelding Highborn, who was backed for the Flemington race to win £41,000. Highborn. who was five years old, figured in the Cup with an impost of only lib above the minimum. Carbine npset the presumed good thing. Kilmooix, purchased at Mr G. L. Stead’s sale last week by Mr 2s. Rutherford, is now being trained by. F. Christmas. Swanea River has not yet recovered from the cold that prevented her competing at the Easter meetings; hence her absence from Trentham. She will probably run at the Manawatu Meeting. ‘ The Wairarapa double-winner Insurrection cost Messrs Riddiford Bros. 300gs at tho Eldcvrslie clearing sale. His dam, Ruthful, is a New South Wales bred Inare by Ruenalf—Clementine, by Lennox —Henrietta, by Martini-Henry.