SPORTING

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1188, 10 December 1924, Page 10

SPORTING

NOTES, (By Flaneur.) Mr 11. A.g McKenzie has a sister to Clarinda (Kilbroney—Blackuda) ready to go into work at AVoodville. S. Woodhill, of Wangaelm, Las sold the gelding by Guinforte—Voca to S. Cloaver, the owner of Passin’ Through.

It is said that Hector Gray will have the mount on Muraahi in the Auckland Cup and Dan Quin in the Railway Handicap.

Rohurite’s failure at Feilding was very disappointing to her party, but the race should improve her greatly, and her turn will come soon.

The AA’oodville-trained Sunnrt is said to have freshened up a lot since his spell. His next public appearance will be at the Manawatu meeting.

Sir George Clifford has made another sale from his training stables. He has disposed of the three-year filly, Rag Fair, by Bezoniau from Gallantry, to Dr. Guy Haskins.

Air J. B. Gaisford’s nominations for the Manawatu meeting arrived too late, so Equitable and Koauau may race elsewhere. Euphonium, who is trained in Hawera, was nominated by Air 0. Cox.

M. AfcDonnkl, who has not followed his calling for some time, was in the saddle again at the recent Feilding meeting. AJcDonald is attached to T. Lloyd’s stable, and will do most of his riding in the future.

An old English racing trophy, in the form of a handsome silver cup, is on view in a jeweller’s window in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. The cup was won by Lord Marcus Berosford’s Caramel (ridden by H. Crawshaw) in the Hampton AA'elter Cup in 1374.

It is stated that the Fordell trainer, Fred Tilley, will take seven horses to the Auckland meeting. The string will probably be made up of Enthusiasm, Tukia, Inferno, Glenross, Para, Shining Armour and the Panmure— Cherry Mart filly Mundane.

The Alarton Jockey Club’s New Year meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday, January 1 and 2. The races are richly endowed in prize money and owners are well catered for in all events. Nominations close on Friday, 12th December, at 9 p.m.

A Southern exchange, is responsible for tho statement that Loughrea is to come north to S. AVaddell, who will complete his preparation for the Auckland Cup. If this is correct AVaddell will have in Loughrea and Gold Light a couple of powerful candidates to work on.

Somebody knew all about Ring the Bell, for report says that tho Englishbred gelding was fancied all over the Dominion for the race lie won at Takapuna. Ring the Bell is a three-year-old gelding by Hapsburg—lndenture, and lie races in the colours of .Messrs Gleeson Bros. Both Ring the Bell and Drawbridge were imported by Dr. Ring, and they are useful customers.

The erstwhile New Zealand trainer, George Price, won another good race with the two-year-old High Chief at Randwick on November 22. High Chief was generally expected to win, but owing to drawing the extreme outer in a field of twenty-three, he started at a good price. However, he was always near the loaders, and, cutting them down inside the distance, he won easily. In the same race Exeeller (Kilbroney—Glen Helen) finished third, and returned a sensational “price” on the place-better machine.

The well-known trotter Albert Cling died at Oamaru on Monday.

A Christchurch paper states that Tarleton is hooked to race at Auckland on Boxing Day.

Since passing into the hands of Air J. Paterson in the autumn of 1922 at the bargain price of llOgns, Surveyor has won stakes to the value of £4605 for the Auckland sportsman.

Dame Straitlace has finished her racing career and Mr J . S. Barrett has sent the daughter of Kilbroney and Discipline to North Otago to be mated with Solferino.

Tiie pacer, Daphne AVildwood, who has been in A. G. AA’il,son’s stable at New Brighton for some time, has been shipped north, and she will in future bo trained in the Alanawatu district, where her owner resides.

The Victorian jockey, F. Dempsey, is .going to England to ride for Sir Charles Hyde next season. He is to have a retainer of £IOOO and a winning percentage of 10 per cent, on stakes.

Air J. Richardson, owner of Roseday, has lodged an appeal with the New Zealand Racing Conference against the decision of the Dunedin District Committee in dismissing his appeal against the disqualification of himself and his horse for twelve months by the Gore Racing Club.

Royal Divorce is going on the right way at Trent ham, and has many friends for the Auckland Cup. Judging by the staunch manner in which he battled out the finish of tho Fendalton Handicap at Riccnrton last month, the English-bred horse should be capable of cutting out a solid two miles under his Auckland impost of 7.7.

A jockey named P. Robinson had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken above the knee at the Napier Park racecourse the other morning. Ho is employed by G. Jones at Greenmeadows and was riding Orozino on the ploughed track when the horse fell and Robinson was unable to clear himself, the weight of the horse breaking bis leg. The sufferer was taken to the Napier hospital for treatment.

The Chief Secretary (Air C. AS r . Oakes), speaking at the opening of City Tattersall’s new club rooms in Sydney recently, remarked that there were 485 licensed racecourses in New South Avalos. The Government, for registration fees, received £1261. The betting taxes received amounted to £65,000 in 12 months, while bookmakers’ taxes brought in £40,000, and admission to racecourses £143,013. The totalisator revenue was £266,000.

Grand Knight, who appears among those engaged in the A.ti.G. Railway Handicap, is an English-bred youngster bv Grand Parade-—Jeunesse, and

was imported to this country a few weeks ago by Air E. L. Riddiford. Grand Parade, which is now trained by T. Quinlivan at Trentham, won the Newmarket Two-year-old Stakes last season, was second to Straitlace in the Great Surrey Foal Stakes at Epsom, and was fourth to Diaphon in tho July T.Y.O. Stakes at Newmarket.

JONES-AIcCARTEN CASE. Under the caption of “Justice Wanted,” yesterday’s New Zealand Times contained rim following: —The decision of the New Zealand Racing Conference to do nothing in the Jones-McCartcu case means that Jones and McCartcn are denied the opportunity ot getting justice in their own country. One ot tile purposes for which Ute conference is supposed to exist is to protect members of the racing community, but Jones and McCurten, disqualified by a foreign body, are told tnat even though that foreign body has wronged them tne New Zealand authorities will not help them. Tho conference may plead that under a certain reciprocal agreement it must act thus. But the conference should be able to see that Jones and McCarten are entitled to a just decision following on an impartial hearing of their case and that that entails n decision on the merits of the case. The merits of the case huvo not been investigated by the New Zealand racing authorities, who, nevertheless, are preventing both men from earning a living at their regular callings. When the conference was called on to deal with the case it should have realised at once that a mistake had been made in entering into a reciprocal agreement of the nature existing between itself and the Australian Jockey Club, and should have found some means of dealing with the case. If tho conference is determined to let these men go without a fair trial in their own conncry, perhaps, for tho sake of others, the conference will have its precious agreement chunged for another so framed that, while it will assist in keeping the turf as clean as is practicable, it will not preclude Iho possibility of justice. Both Jones and McCartcn have been very liurd hit by their disqualification. In the case of McCarten tho severity of the blow is the more obvious. In Australia he lost riding worth a very large sum of money to him and in New Zealand tho sumo applies. In addition, a prolonged absence from the saddle may make it difficult for him to keep down to riding weight. However, both men may go their wa assured that. whatever the authorities have done, or failed to do, the publio believe them innocent.

MR KNIGHT’S PLANS. CONFIDENCE IN TRAINER AND JOCKEY. Soya tho Christchuroh Press: —“As the outcome of the dismissal of F. D. Jones’s and M. McCarten’s appeal by the Appeal Judges of tho New Zealand Racing Confenence, Mr 11. A. Knight, the owner of Royal Despatch, has decided not to race any of his horses until his trainer and jockey are reinstated. Mr Knight udheres to his original view regarding the Royal Despatch case, that Jones and McC'arten did nothing to warrant the penalty of twelve months’ disqualification imposed on them. As evidence that his confidence in his trainer and his jockey is unshaken, he states that on the expiry of tho terms for which they have been disqualified, ,F. D. Jonos will resume his old position us trainer of his horses, with M. McCarten as their jockey when the time comes for them to race.

“Most of Mr Knight's team at the present time are young horses, und some or them, including -the promising two-year-olds Currency and Windshield, will be turned out, while others are to be 9old. Among those that will be put in the sale list are Alfonso and the two three-year-old fillies by Grevspear, one from Chantress (dam of Andante) and tho other from the Martian mare Marsinah. Zuragosa is at present under offer to an Australian buyer, and if tho sale takes pluce will most likely do her future racing in Queensland. “J. Pine, who lias been associated with F. D. Jones for somo years, and who has been training Air Knight’s horses in New Zealand since Jones was disqualified, will not be left idle, and will have Malaga und Royal Despatch to hack about until their regular trainer resumes his calling. “The Day Comet—Week-end filly, the only horse at present being trained by J. Pine for Mr 6. B. Starky, another of Jones’s patrons, is to be sent home to North Canterbury within the next day or so, and will not be tcken up again until August or September nest.”

WESTLAND HANDICAPS, Per Press Association. REEFTON, Dec. 9. Tho AVcstland -Racing Club’s handicaps have been adjusted as follow: Provincial Handicap, 6 furlongs.— AA’ill Oakland 9.10, Pillage 8.13, Prince Charleroi 8.9, Bonnie Mac 8.6, Deep Drive 8.5, Purple Iris 8.4, Jackaroo, Goosestep 8.2, Emerald Gem 7.10, Fairy Herald 7.9, Marble Bar 7.8, Elmorz, Cush Box, Alasonic Abbey, Espadu, Seddon Shield, Bonny Clan, Gaslight 7.5. Tunnel Handicap, 7 furlongs.—Probate 9.6, Zero Hour 9.2, Kuia 8.13, Viewpoint 8.7, Stream 8.3, Lord Ash> lea 8.1, Cairn, North Inch 7.10, Alanehester 7.9, Bonito 7.7, Rapid Rose 7.0.

Hurdles, 1J miles.—Agnola 10.10, Caveroek 10.9, Empyrean 10.3, Bestir 10.3, Cushmun 9.7, AMtist 9.7, A T ice Regal, Rimutaka 9.5, Wench 9.0. AVestland Cup, 1 mile.—-Bitters 9.6, Prince Ferouz 9.5, Printemps 9.2, Prosperity 8.10, Askari 8.9, Kuia 8-7, Castellan 8.6, Brown Lady, Empyrean 8.4, Quality, Ivikini 8.3, Solferite, AUewpoint 8.2, Picanninny, Stream, Sanuin 7.12. Lvtup 7.5, Elmorz, His Majesty, Kilbirnie 7.0.

Christmas Handicap, 5} furlongs.— AVill Oakland 9.8, The Reaver 9.6, Pnphian 9.5, Finora 9.0, Bonideev 8.10, Samarang 8.9, Prince Charleroi 8.4, Bonny Mae 8.1, Deep Drive 80, Purple Iris 7.13, Tempo 7.11, Sandy AlacDonald 7.10, Emerald Gent 7.5, Fairy Herald 7.4, Culiburn, South Carillon 7.0.

High-AA’eight Handicap, 7 furlongs. —Pillage 9.8, Quality 9.3, Caveroek 8.13, Sanum 8.12, Jackaroo, Edy AVaimangu 8.11, Fresco 8.9, Goosestep 8.3, Sartolito, Hiero 8.4, Kilbirnie 8,3, Rapid Rose, Miss Martial, His Majesty 8.0.

Electric Handicap, furlongs.— Probate 9.6, AVill Oakland 9.5, Prosperity 9.3, Ivikini 8.10, Lord Ashlea 8.1, Alountain Ore 7.13, Elmorz,Espada. Bonny Clan 7.0. Goldfields Handicap, 6J furlongs.—‘ Solferite, Finora 9.0. Lord Ashlea, Bonny Mae 8.1, Lvtup 7.12, Cashmun 7.10, Sandy AlacDonald 7.7, Tantalus 7.5, Marble Bar 7.3.

NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING. CLUB’S ACCEPTANCES. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 9. The following are the New Brighton Trotting Club’s acceptances:— Trial Handicap, 14 miles.—Peter’s Pet, Gold Digger, Alount Royal, Lady Fan, Napland, . Zclica, Tekepa, AViidbine, Audo Bill, Huia Son, Wakefield, Happy Rosa, Brent Boy scr, Bon Elect

12yu, Welcome AYhispers, Cabin Girl 24, Silurian, Dragoon Jim. 36, Queen Ida, Bmgenette 48, Wild Hebe 84. Improvers’ Handicap, 1-j miles.— AVainoni, Ocean Spray, Yen, Binscurth, Harley Dillon, Lady Trafalgar, Alegala, Jingal, Ruby Huou scr, Kibiringi, Nibbidard, Lady Rockaway, Dalmeny, Nellie Audubon, Logan Holme, George Grafton 12yb, Gracie Thorpe, Auto, Black Admiral, Hustler, The Toff 24, Guy Fawkefc, Albert Logan, Plywood 36, Henry Tracey 48. Alace Memorial Handicap, 2 miles.— Olive Huon, Talcro, Pinevale, Event scr, Brownwood, Dalmahine, Brutus 12yb, A*era Logan 24, AYiild Thyme, Partner, AVait-aki Girl 36, Escort' 48, Ouimet, AVliispering AA’illie, Logan Wood 60, Pronto, Pearlie Chimes 72. Bowhill Handicap (saddle), 2 miles. —Annie’s Dream, Axtel, Oriole, Miss Dabs, Billy Dillon, Squatter, Bright Bell, Mahene scr, Crusader 12yb, King Abdallah, Gracie Thorpe, Stunt Artist, Transport, Renown 24, Reappear, King Dillon 36, Prince Burlington, Avenue, Bon Sonty 48, Rosie Nut, Thixendale 60, The Rock 72. Sea View Handicap, 2 miles.—Car-

binea scr, Marvin Drift, Duke Bingen 12yb, Pieter Timmerman, Wonder AVhy, Master Audo, Tiny Aloon, Proud Ata, Red Oak 36, Ingle Bingen, Audominion 48, Nelson Bell 60, Johnnie Bells 72, Alangoutu, Kean John 84,

First Fashion 132. Dash Handicap, 1 mile.—Hard Bell, Mountain Chimes, Harold Burwood, Peter King, Lee Todd, Glenelg scr, Golden Sun 12yb, Ben Dillon 60. AVainoni Handicap, li miles.—AVar Bond, Pakoti scr, Audacious, Olive Huon 12yb, Lightnin', Elite, Emperor 24yb, Adair, Fancy Boy, Gleaming, Jack Potts 36, Onyx 96. Electric Handicap (saddle), 1 mile.— Hard Bell, Peter King, Reappear, Quiver, Silent Sign, Rare Bell, Direct Harewood scr, Gold Bud, Coronet, King Karri, Weaver, Rex Coronado ]2yb, War Bond, Glen Alavis 24, Phil Smith 36, Trooper Dillon, Tobermory, Goldstream 48.

GOLDEN ZEV. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. Zev, the greatest money-winner in history, lias been retired to tho stud. Though lie performed disappointingly as a four-year-old, he earned more than £OO,OOO.

ROASTED TO DEATH. RACING PONIES IN TRUCK. MELBOURNE, Nov. 29. A railway truck containing two racing ponies, valued at £l4O, the property of Mr Trevistock, of Jlmity, caught fire near Barnawartha yostorday. Both horses wore rousted to death.