Turf Topics.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 93, 12 April 1902, Page 21

Turf Topics.

By Krect-Card.

The on-tnes .erened ioi the autumn moot-ing of tl.o Wellington Racing Club .no yen sAtistactoM. and show an m-oi-ease ot oigl^-six foi the thnteen events, compared with last Neai. Iho

Weights -no due to-da-y ( Satin da-O. * * * The time (lrnin 42sec) toi the Eastei Handicap, won by Nonette, at the Auckland Racing Club's recent meotin g. was the -arne as that lecorde dm the pre\ious two veais. In 1900, Advance won with 9st bib, and last Rosclla was leturned the lunnci carl.ving 7st 131b. Nonettc earned 9st lllb, A\hich is the heaviest impost ever home to \ietorv since the distance of the race ■uas i educed to a mile. Rex, bv St. Leger Jessie holds the time lecoid tor this particular race. He carved out the distance in 1898 in Imm 41\sec. Nanette earned off the honours at the lecent Auckland meeting, foi besides winning the Ea&ter Handicap he pi so captured the rich Centuiy Stakes. He has, proved a regular bonanza to his young owner, i\ho purchased him at one of the Syh ia Paik sales for 10) guineas. Since then he has won £V2lB in stakes alone. His record now leads Twenty-two starts, fourteen wins, fi\e seconds, two thirds, and once unplaced Truly, 'he deserves to be the idol of Northern sportsmen, as he is, for he has always given them a good run for their money. Rosella cleaily demonstrated her partiality for a '-even-furlong race in the Eden Handicap. The game little daughter of Seaton Delaval carried 9st lllb, and covered the distance in Imm 31 i sec Ostiak's iaihue in the Easter Handicap was a soie blow to local backers of the cherr\ and white hoops. He earned a nice racing weight, but, after leading for five hn longs, was not in the hunt at the finish The son ot Stcpnlak has never legaaned his wmtei form, and perhaps he requires a '■pell from the racing aiena His stablemate, Ponrua made some amends b\, winning the Champagne Stakes but Ins \ictorv is geneially considered to hate been a fluke by eve-witnesses, as his strongest opponent. — Idas — w as left at the po«t by several lengths, and -\et managed to secure second monc-s . ♦ * ♦ Seaton Dela\al's progem ha\e v op. the Northern Champagne Stakes, foi the last four years, his lepresentatn es being Miss Delaval, Beddington, Nonette, and Ponrua. The nominations lecened b\ the Mailborough Racing Club constitute a re cord, being moie than double the number as compared vith the entries at the last autumn meeting. New- Zealand punters, who ha\ c been sending then pound notes to Tattersall s have disgustedly acsertajneel that thp Commonwealth authorities ha\e full power to impound airs Maonland letters addressed to Tattersall. The disappointing Goldsb rough — Ta Ta gelding Hentas, who has been moie or less unsound during his racing caieer, recently opened his winning account at Westport, where he won a hack lace after running second earlier in the day. Cure, by St Leger— Ladv Cureton, who raced under the colours of Mr. K. J. Watt, of Hastings, has been pmchased by a Wairarapa sportsman, and will he trained by Donald Wilkinson, at Tauherenikau, for future engagements. Two cast-offs of the Hon. J. D. Ormond's stable were successful in hurdle events at the Easter meetings. Roller, by defunct Dreadnought, won tJie hurdles on the opening day of the C J C. , and Sabreur, by Cuirassier — Martyrdom, easily accounted for the opposition over the sticks on the second day of the Feilding meeting.

( aloeolaiia's non-success was unac countable to backer of the Recluse--Daisy Chppei maie She looked well to the eye, but she was cwdently not stumg up to conceit pitch. Perhaps, she will lepay her admncrs at the jSelson meeting. King Edwaul, bj Blangow ne— Lady Kmmehne, is piowng a good stakceamor foi his doctoi-ownei. At the recent Feildmg meeting, he had two fn«ts and a second, and, but foi bad nding, would piobablv lia\e had thiee wins to Ins credit The doctor's luck is e\ identJv in, foi anothei of his hoises won the Final Hack Scuirv fiom a field of ten, and paid a dividend of th 1-J^ f)d Coronet, who was patched up for the ,iece.nt Auckland meeting pulled up \erv lame after one of his races, and will probabh be relegated to stud duties m the neai futuie. He has been a. good, honest horse, and has landed some, substantial stakes foi his ownei. Hi-s early retirement from the racing airna will cause him to be more sought after now that his siie Castor is defunct. Lancaster, the high-priced son of Hotohkiss and Fia,ilt\. bought by I. Kainshaw, at the Wellington Park sales in 1898, but who proved a soie disappointment on the tuif, took first pnze in the blood stallion cla.ss at the Molong (New South Wales) show the other clay. It is matter for regret that so valuable a stallion as Tientpn should ever ha\e been allowed to ]ea^e the colonies His success at the stud was assured as liis descendants have amnlv proved, and it is a pity that the son of Musket was not kept at the Antipodes tor the service of breeders. Kahuwai easily settled the opposition in tlw Kastei Handicap, on the second cLn of the Fealding Jockej Club's meeting, and proved that o\e<r a mile and a (jtiarter, she is a haul nut to crack. Tiainer Munn was \er\ sweet on the marc's chance, and had hei in the best of condition. She ha& made some amends foi her long list of failures- and now that she has regained her foun she should not be long earning her wmtei oats Hea previous best c-sav was at tlie CJ C spring meeting when she raced Battleaxe to a head m the Jockey Club Handicap Kahuwai's dam Biooklet was, in lici da-\ about the ho s » mare racing, and it is about time hei daughter began to emulate some of 'ic\ deeds. Wakeiul has pro\ ed bj her lecent peifoimaiices that she is about the best maie that has evei laced in Austiaha over any distance. On the first da-\ of the Australian Jocke-\ Club's autumn meeting, she won the Autumn Stakes, 11 miles, in 2mm 38 1 sec, and on the second succeeded m annexing the S\ dnev Cup two miles, eairvmg 9st 71b, m 3mm 28s.ee which is a lecord for the distance. The daughter of Trenton and Insomnia was to the fore again on the concluding day, for she accounted for the A J C. Plate, three mile. in very hollow fashion In the latter race she carried 9s-t 31b and got o^ ci the distance m onun Shjsec. Tiuh she has proved a regular gold mine for Mr. C. L Macdonald, who pm chased her on the breaking up of the St Albans stud. Sceptre, who escorted St. Maclon pas>t the post in the Lincolnshne Handicap, the first of the big handicaps of the English racing season, holds the recoid for high-priced jearlimgs. She was bought bv Mr. Bob Sievers at the Now market blood stock sales in JuK, 1900 for 10 000 guineas Sceptre is engaged in all the classic e\ wits of the cunent season, and her othei engagements include the Prince of Wales Stakes, Coronation Stakefc, and St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot, andthe Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. When her racing da\s are ended she should be invaluable at the stud, as she is yen Ntoutlv bred being by His Majesty's Dei by winner Persimmon from Ornament bv Bend 'Or from Lily Agnes b\ Macaroni from Polly Agnes bv The Ohio from Mi^s Agnes, b\ Birdcatchei Lih Agnes the granddam of Sceptre was the dam of the famous Ormonde who was sold for 30 000 guineas Sabreur, after a long absence hon the turf, won the big hiuidles on the •second day of the Foildmg Jockey Club's meeting, in a \on, hollow fashion He earned lOst lllb and got over the mile and tin co-quarters in 3min 23 2-lsec The race was a peculiar one. Dr. Bill, on the pievious da-\ had gone to the front at the fall of the flag and made the pace a cracker, and similar tactics weroi pursued on the second day, but the rider of Tirea, another contestant had evidently received instructions not to let Dr. Bill get too much of a lead, for before a mile had been traversed they were both racing all they knew at the head of affajis. When tackled by Sabreur, who had been h'ing third, in the home stretch, neither Dr. Bill nor Tirea could respond, and the son of Cuirassier and Martyrdom romped home. But for the course pursued by the riders of Dr. Bill and Tirea a different finish might hare resulted.

It is lepoited that the yearling brother to Achilles has been purchased at the S^dney sales by Mr. A Morgan, of Melbourne, on behalf of a patron of J. Prosser's stable and the youngster is expected to put in an appearance \ cry shortly. They tells me as 'o\v Eden George has> run in ninety odd races without ( rcr snann' a sohtaiy!' chimed one flaite to the other, a. thej r leant across the C'aulfiekl lailmgs recently (says "The Idlei"). Time he was a-chuckin' of it." WaJl, bh-me, I dunno." piped has pet crony he can't understand the business. Theie's Jimmy Deadstrong been a-runnin' of 'em this five year, and I never knotted him get a drum, but 'c's a.lla'ts- made good money with his 'osm^s lias Jimmy."

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