RACING NOTES. .

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1914, Page 3

RACING NOTES. .

\ The Epsom Derby will be decided on Wednesday, and the .races for the Oaks >will take place -on Friday. .Their Majesties attend the Derby. Special precautions will be taken at Tatten■ham corner in view of ■; the 19 13 outrage,when a suffragette ran on the track and Was killed. A large force of police and triple Tails will exclude the public, the police doing sentry go outside the rings. ,'"••■' . There will , be ; racing at Ellerslie Otaki, and D.unedin next week; Mop* of the lending- jockeys will do the first two days at Otaki. and catch the north express- for Auckland on. the evenins of the second day: This will enable, them to do two lays at, Fllerr slie-.- A'Ton^st the riders likelyi % to follow this plan are: A. Oliver, B. Deeley, W. . Bell, C.' Emerson, and J. O'Shea. : . ' . V A New Zcaiaind sportsman, now- resident in Sydney, writes intere^cmgV in reference to the probable attack on the A.J.C.- Derby by Doniimori candidates. "I can' assure you,'' he sjfys, "that they will have to be pretty good to win. asi the comiri«r' three-year-olds over there are hig-h-class r Rayello, Imshi, .and Don Solve {out of ?ojylion) all look like being high-class three-year-olds. They" are ; at; present equal favourites for the A.T.G. Derby, wlii le R avello is .fa vourite c or the V.R.C. Derby, and is also well backed for the Melbourne Cup" Don Solvo. he adds, is going to prove a champion. .''. , The writer referred to in the above T>ara"rraphs holds a very high opinion of Benu Soult (lihe haJf-brother to Bronze), who was most -jnf or . uri ite in being" beaten in the 'Donraster Handi-cap-and the A:11 Aged Stakes, arid who is likely to witi a good race in the soring. Another New Zealand-bred horse that :s said to be making great improvement is Mr. E. J. Watt's Mcmbria. who has been sent up to Brisbane to compete at the fo.rth coming winter meeting. (Jlynelish, a horse with a great Teputation as a sprinter, Avas heavily backed in Wellington, Christchurch. and Wanganui for the Members' Handicap at Oamaru, and considerable surprise was expressed when he did not start. Equal support from other quarters will probably be forthcoming for him next time that he starts. Bullawarra, who left Melbourne .for England on March 2\, has been landed in good condition- .IVlr. Nunnan Falkinei, who owns Bullawarra, sent him to England with the hope ot" winning the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase next year. Other horses from tup colonies that have gone on the same quest were Dutchman (who did not run. not bei- ng- eligible). Sailor (who did not start) Daimio (who died on his way back), and Moif aa. The latter. New Zealand's representative, is the only Australasian to wjn the Liverpool race. Lady Louisa (7si 61b.) seems to be a likely candidate for favouritb-n hoi> ouis m the R;wttawa Cup., at the Otaki meeting next week. Several times lately she has been in a place in open sprint racctSj and, at Hastings early this month, she acted as niTDPi.u .1 to Valhalla in the Porangahau Handicap. She was finishing o nweJl nt the end of the race, ,and gave the impression that she would get a" middle distance well- he same thing was noticeable in the concluding event at Awau-uin, where several of those present tlj ought that she had got up in the concluding event, which was won by Svea u i borg. A rather good story is reported from Western Australia, wherein the bookmakers are repm^d to have been the : victims of a little- <f sharp -practice " The trainer of a nrominent candidate fur an important race had duplicate lead-bags, andj on the day <»f the day of the T.ace. .he saw to it that they were both filled with the same quantity of lead. Afer his W"key had weighed out lead-bag: No- 1 was Paced en the horse and practically concealed by a "rubber." while lead-bag No. 2 ~was left -without any show in the stall, which had been occupied by the horse. A clever person discovered this second lead-bag. He thought that it was lead-ba^f N>o. 1. He sh.ou.ld have told Jhe trainer. Instead of doing so, be quietly whispered something to the bookmaker^. The horse drifted in the betting. .Still -support was forthcoming for him. and he duly won. 'Even then thr- bookmakers smiled -confidently, but their joy-wa*-. shortlived, for, much to their astonishment, the winticr weighed in corrrctly, and his party had the pleasure of a round sum. .