SPORTING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16508, 25 March 1914, Page 11

SPORTING.

CONTINUANCE INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, March* 24. Continuance, the New Zealand steeplechaser, fell while schooling at Kandwick. and it is feared that ho will not rise again, as he has cither concussion o£ the brain or ii fractured spine. Gross, the rider, is in the hospital. (Received March 95, VlAo turn.) The racehorse Continuance is dead. AUSTHALTAN NOTES. (Reoeivcd Mbjcli 2t, 8.50 p.m.) , SYDNEY*, March 24. Sinapis, Bon Teas, Bon Revo and. Black All arrived by the "Willochra. ,-» The Ihroc-year-old filly Edith, A., whose performances, entitle her to rank as one o, the best pacers of her age ever seen in Now Zealand, is reported to be in good hoalth at present. She is working along well in South Canterbury, and is spoken of as a certain startor for the New Brighton Trotting Club's Derby. • Nominations for the Easter meeting of tho New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club will close to-night, at eight o'clock. The light-weight jockey, C. Emerson, who has been' riding in Australia for some time past, will leave Sydney on his return to New Zealand to-day. Ho is due in Auckland «n Sunday, and will probably come on to Christchurch, to ride at the autumn meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club. The first batch of Sir George Clifford 3 latest lot of vearlings arrived at Riccarton from tho Stouvhurst Stud on Monday night and will be taken in hand shortly by E. Cutts, with a view to their two-year-old engagements. They comprise b c Battle Eve. by Martian—To-morrow; b c Adjutant, by Martian— Discopline; ch 0 Flying Star, by San Francisco—Floetfoot; and br c San. Sebastian, by San Francisco—Bravo Heart. They are four very useful-looking colts, and thev appear a particularly sound-legged lot. Thero was some useful track work, at Riccarton yesterday morning. Most of it was done on tho plough, which was very dusty until rain set in about seven o'clock, when it received a much-needed soaking. Masterpiece, and Autunmus galloped a mile in imin 45?,sec yesterday morning, both horses hitting out in good style. Flora Mn.cdona.ld (F. Woods), assisted over the' first part by Martial and over the 'ast p*rt by Miss Ko'lmar, covered a mile in lmin 46sec yesterday morning. She moved attractivelv and prilled up well. Einaldo (Anderson) and Peg (Thompson) were associated in a gallop over seven furlongs vesterday morning, the time being lmin 32 S-oscc. There was not much between them at tho finish. Reuoontro moved well over six- furlongs yesterday morning, defeating Historiette and Fastradi in lmin 18 2-sscc. Tho two-year-old filly Marsa. who has frequently been responsible for smart gallops a.!, Riccarton. dashed over live furlongs in lmin ,'S 3-osce yesterday morning. G. Murray-Aynsley provided the best yailop at Riccarton yesterday morning, when he sent his two Great Easter and Great Autumn candidates for a spin over si>: furlongs, 'Warstep beating her sister, Stardancor, in good stylo in lmin 17'sec. Ah Ihev 'wont off practically from a stand, it was' a verv attractive performance. Silver Shield moved nicely yesterday morning in beating Twelfth Night over six furlongs. .. , First Glance and Moddito were- ga.jCjed six furlongs on the course proper yes'crday morning, First Glance showing-to most advantage. _, ~ Bai'dcira, bv Royal Artillery—Curfew M!, has been purchased by Mr E. J. Watt, who will send him to his Queensland stah-m, where King Billy, by Merriwce - Indian Queen, is already located. , North East carried 12st slb and was beaten bv half a head in the Junipers' Flat Handicap at Kcmbla Grange. New South Wa.es (his mouth. Colbino, the winner, 11 ad Jst The thrao-vear-old colt Derby Chimes, by Abhcv flrlls-Norico. who finished tlivrd in the pacing section of the Melbourne trot ling Derby, has since been Tespons bio for an "exceptional performance if the tuna credited to him is accurate-. At the .vagga Wagga meeting he won a mile race in Limn 14S0C and it is thought probable that before long he will lower Denver Huon s record of "aim lCsec What makes the performance rjiic'n to doubt is the fact that Lady Faith-, ful who was only beaten by half a length, was conceding 7sec to the winner, which would have mode- her time for the milo just over •"rain 7 see. Coining on top of Ins effort in the Melbourne Derby, however there seems no room to question the right of Derby Chimes to be considered a very) smart, coli. , Hal Zolodi and Papa.mll, the two .nc\\ Zealand candidates for the Sydney Thousand, tho ?.ig trotting event to bo decided _at Easter, are now in Sydney, and ate- working regularlv on the tracks. M. Edwards will , be represented in the race by the mare Ado- I laide'Direct, whom he has leased for a ycn.r. The New Zcaland-bml gelding Sowltlino, lifter a sensational career in Australia, was for some time the. champion sprinter of India, but he is now very much on the down grade. lie rs. however, still heard of occasionally ea a winner. Last month he was successful in tho Great Western liandiCH.p, of nine furlongs, at Bombay, but. he only carried 7sl 2lb, second place, being filled bv May fowl, four times winner of tho Viceroy's Cup (including a. dead heat), whoso weight was Dst. 10!b.

The English horse Martagon died recently, at the nee of twenty-seven years. Tie wan a brother in blood to Ormonde, being by Bond Or—Tigw Lily. Though a good horso and winner of the N«wtnnr.kel Triennial Stakes,

Ascot Gold Vase and Goodwood Cup, he wai not a great-one, and frequently managed to meet something a littlo better. At the stud, however, Martagon was more successful, and produced winners of the Oaks, St Loger, and many other big races. Miißa, 'Woolwinder, Champs do Mars., Jacqueruart, Mintage)}, Lilyveil and Wuffy were all by Martagon, who was at the stnd; in England for eighteen seasons. During that time he produced 138 winners of 317 races, valued 'nit £101,032 17s. Martagon's best year Was 3907, when nine of his descendants picked up twenty-six races of the value, of £l-1,687. Martagon is best known in New Zealand as th* siro of Martian, a high-class performer, and now a very successful Bare. , ;