RACING NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 9 May 1912, Page 1

RACING NOTES.

: . The stake money won by Autumnus this season lim'ounts to £3070, which beats Muluform' s record of £2761. One of .he early fancies lor ihe , Vyanganui' Steoprechase is Compass, wh'o ■"h.as * been ""(ipang ' some capital schooling- work over the "big country. 'lie is/at all/ wents 'a bold' fencer and a .good stayer". . 1 it. is" pro^ablo the Auckland trainer T. A. 'Williams will' lc'ave for Sydney shortly, taking with, hinv Sir Artegal and Manurere; ' ' )■ The annual meeting I '% of. tho New Zealand Trotting 'Confei'enCe will jbe held. i n \yellmg"ton in July. Notices ol motion must reach the' •sc'cre.ary not later ithaif' .'the 'sth rirox. Prince Soult's running^ at 'Awtipuni and Hastings suggests that- the .colt has bVen overrated- or Slse ho. does not do well away from fhome/ His recent showing proves nim a smart gralloper up to five-f urlongs, but another furlong finds him 'badljj; wanting. H. 13. Einmerson, who:.spme years brick used to Hde for tli| late Mr. G. G. Stead, " intends re-enteirjng the riding profession, and is shiorVly making an^application to the CJiO. foi; a riding lidonsc. lie can S'9 to scale at about 7st 9.1 b. \ ' i^rom France tomes word of the death "of the- well-known sporvsman, Monsieur W'ysoeki. Jle was very successful with' his horses, owiung among- o.her good ones that • great mare Plaisanterie, winner of the Cambridgeshire and -C.esarewitch -in 1885. B. Deeley is credited with a fine bit of horscmanshii) ;wlien riding- Bally Shannon in the Seymour Welter at Blenheim. His mount was a long way back a hundred' yards from home, but ihe Aiicklander took up his whip and rode a desperate finish, just lifting' his horse home in the last stride by a short head. ■ Deely was. deserved .ly cheered for the fine effort. When Bon Ton carried the ye] low jacket and black cap to victory in the Hawke's Bay Stakes, it was by no means the first time". the colours had been successful in the race. The late Mr. G. G. Stead won the Stakes on six occasions with Bloodshot Multiform, Screw Gun, Cruciform, Royal Artillery, and .. Porcelain. 'lEvadne, who fompep home in the Nursery _ Handicap at| Hastings on Thursday, Is a brown"? gelding- byKing's Guest from lteavenly Twin, by Castor from. that famous • stud mare Vivandlere, a grey daughter ot Musket. Evadne, who has plenty, of pace, is a "half-broi.her to Theodore. s ■ . ' The result of the One Thousand Guineas, the first of the English class ics for fillies, should come to hand today. Lady Americus (Americus— Falotta) will probably have started favourite, as she was a brilliant two-year-ol'd. His Majesty had Flame Flower in the ra£e 3 while Lord Rosebery will, probably have been represented by the.. Cicero filly Charmian : Mr. E. Hutton was to have been re- j presented by Queen Carbine, a daugh ter of Carbine and that great mart Sceptre. He gave 4800 guineas for the filly last year, and on breeding she -ouffht to be able to gallop. The death is reported in England at the age of 73 of Mr. H ,H. Crawshaw, who in "his day was perhaps ihe finest steeplechase rider in the Old Country. He was frequently in the saddle in the Liverpool Grand National, and won races over iivnum-erab-le courses. A. Atwood, the well-known Fielding trainer, accompanied by the cross-: country rider Harry Futcher, left for Sydney last night. With them" went the hurlders Reumac and Captain Bell, which if well placed may- win races in Australia.' Prior to leaving •Fielding Atwood and Futcher were the recipients of presentations at the hands of friends,, and ■•they, were accorded'a very hearty •send-off. -