SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11520, 3 November 1900, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES* NBT7 ZBAiAND./ 1,1 «.««.iMr 3 7—Auckland Trotting Club. , S«Sbe? 3.5. 7. W-C-»terhnry Jockey Ottb. Somber 9. ID. 14-Anckland Racing Club. &Sb£ a. 22-Coromandel Racing Club. SffSlw 22 24-Wellington Racing Club. K««Sber 22, 30-Dunedin Jockey Club, |S 28. December 1-Takapuna Jockey (Timber 8, U-Otahuhn Trotting Club SScXber 26-Bay of Plenty Jockey Club. f£sSߣ< aIT 27-Northern Wairoa Racing liSember 26. 27-Gisborne Racing Clnb. Member 26 27-TaranaW Jockey Club, necember 26. Thames Jockey Club. . ©ecernber 26. 27-Northern Wairoa Racing Member 26. 28. ; January 1. 2-Auckland 'Tatev Bay Jockey Club January 29, 30. February 1-Takapuna Jockey Club. . . m . February 13, 14-Taranaki Jockey Club. February 13-Rotorua Jockey Club. . , February 16. 18-Canterbury Jockey Club, February 20 21-Egmont Racing Club. February 21 22-Poverty Bay Turf Club. February 27. March 1, 2-Dunedm Jockey , Club. (March Thames Jockey Club. <March 7. 8-Wanganui Jockey Club. AUSTRALIA. November 3, 6, 8, 10-Victoria Racing Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. (November 3-New Zealand Cup. November 3-V.R.C. Derby. November 5-C.J.O. Derby. (November 6-Melboume Cup. .November 7—Canterbury Cup. November 9-Great Northern Guineas. January 1-Great Northern Derby. January 2—Auckland Steeplechase. Member 26-Great Northern Foal Stakes. December 26—Auckland Cup. (Member 28-A.R.C. Summer Cup. : j ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. i Wager—We cannot state the exact kmVuXwon respectively by Liberator and Nor'-west, but the firstnamed should be well —Nelson won the Auckland Cup on Stannary 1. 1888, and Lochiel scored in the Same race rah in the following December. T^oAuckland Caps were therefore run for in that year. , imninm New Plvmouth.—l. voyou, wno Bm*ed Second to Merriwee in the Melbourne Cud of 1899 is out of Barley Water by Barcaldine. Maltster is out of a mare named Barley also by Barcaldine, which fact no doubt 'accounts for the confusion that has Sri 2. Nelson was got by King Cole from VvTdea bv Yattendon. 3. Carnage (by Nor-dVnfeldt-Mersey) was bred at Sylvia Park and «old when a foal, with his. dam. at the auction of the New Zealand Stud Company s gtock in 1891. ' W.S.. Picton-street—Titan won the following races when two years old:—Sydney T.C. Challenge Stakes. V.A.T.C. Oaksleigh Handicap C.R.C. Ascot Vale Stakes. Sires' Produce Stakes and Special Juvenile Stakes. A.J.C. Sires* Produce Stakes, Champagne Stakes, and Foal Ste-Aes. He ran once unplaced at the age namvnl. ___ NOTES BY PHAETON.

A few weeks back, when the question of nominations for the Auckland Trotting Club's Spring Meeting came to bo considered, a oit of a ferment was-csused in local circles owing to an impression gaining ground that persons nominating there would render themselves •iiabie to disqualification for meetings held ander the jurisdiction of the A.R.C. The ruling that was given by Sir George. Clifford St the Racing' Conference' by which officials and even totalisator proprietors had to make their choice between the two classes of sport, certainly favoured such an impression. How ever, it is satisfactory to be able to state that the ruling is not to be interpreted in so drastic a spirit as was feared. Mr. George •Duncan, who races at both Potter's Paddock and Ellerslie, to make sure of his position, recently addressed a, letter to the chairman of ithe Racing Conference, asking for the position to be clearly defined, and through the secretary he has received a reply to the effect tthat, subject to being duly licensed by both racing and trotting authorities, no rule de:l>ars one person from training both classes) of horses. This is satisfactory, for to have insisted upon ruling a maa out of "racing" on the grounds that he was also "trotting"' corses, would, I have little doubt, sooner or later have tended to stir up a friction that could have had but one result, and that is to create a revolutionary movement, which everyone with the true interests of sport at heart would lament.

The disqualification meted out by the stewards of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club to Mr. R. W. Patterson and his horses is likely to form something in the shape of a cause celebre. It will be remembered that on the second day of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting, held at the beginning of last month, Dr. Bill, owned by Mr. Fatterson, won the Hurdle Race. In the course of an inquiry before the stewards Mr. Patterson admitted to having backed his horse away from, the machine at totalisator odds, and for this he was disqualified fo» twelve months. Nothing was said at that time as to the disqualification of either Dr. Bill or Ringlet (who had won a race before her ' stable mate's running came up for review at the hands of the stewards). Some days 'after the Hawke's Bay stetards reopened the matter with the result that the following "That B. W. Patterson's horses were, as a natural sequence, disqualified at the time the offence (accepting odds to be determined by the dividend to be paid by the totalisator) was committed, and, therefore, all the stakes won by Dr. Bill and Ringlet be awarded to the horses placed next to them by the judge." .This is held to be an undue straining of the 'rule bearing on disqualification. Rule 137 lays it down that " when a person is warned off. . . any horse of which he is, or was at the time his offence was committed, wholly or partly the owner. . . shall be disqualified." It is contended that Mr. Patterson's horses have been wrongly disqualified, and ~- that they can only be disqualified from the time the owner was warned off. If Mr. Patterson has given notice of appeal, the question will, no doubt, shortly come before acourt to be set up by the chairman, and a ruling given on the point at issue.

. A couple of days after Seahorse had run unplaced in the Caulfield Stakes, word came ■ through by cable from Melbourne that the Bon of Nelson had registered a great gallop over a mile and three furlongs at Flemington. The Australasian's course correspondent, who can be relied upon to be in a position to speak accurately in referring to a gallop, .says:—"lt was raining more or less heavily throughout the morning, but the sand track must have been excellent going, for we had the sensational gallop of the season done by the New Zealand crack, Seahorse, who, .with Burn up, and carrying in all Bst, ran once around in the splendid time of 2m. 27is. Ho started off with Holster, who was in trouble at the ead of two furlongs, and at the mile ,post Laborer joined in, and the first halfanile was run in 515., six furlongs in Im. 18s., and seven furlongs in lm. 325., while the last ihali-milo occupied 55is. Seahorse finished nrety strongly, and had Laborer in great trouble, while Holster was tailed right off. .This is absolutely the fastest gallop seen - bene for a, very long time, and on looking jup my records I find the time is equal.to (that made by Boz in 1889, while it is better {than that of such great track cracks as Paris, (Marvel, Portsea, and Parthenopasus, who all ran round inside 2m. 28£s. Malua, then trailed Bagot, is said to have done the journey in 2m. 27«., but that was before my time ifhore." When one reads of such a clipping .performance as that noted above, it is made (fully apparent that had Seahorse been destined to tackle the Melbourne Cup next Week, he would, with ordinary luck, Lave gran a great race for first honours. Thames Jockey Club are in the field with a capital bill of fare for their summer meeting, which is fixed for December 26 and 27. The 'total sum allotted in prize-money is £845, which has been distributed as follows .. First <lay:—Maiden Handicap of 40sovs, 7 furSongs ; Hurdle Race of 60sovs, about 2 miles; Goldfields Cup of lOOsovs, li mile; Pony Handicap of 35sovs., 6 furlongs; Steeplechase of 70sovs., about 2i miles; Stewards • of 45sovs, 7 furlongs; Hack Race ;of 30sovs, 6 furlongs; Hauraki Handicap of %osovb, 5 furlongs. Second day: Midsummer •Handicap of 40sovs, 7 furlongs; Hurdle Race ■oi oOsovb, about 2 miles; Parawai Stakes of VVSsovs, 6 furlongs; Thames Plate of 90sovs, 1 mile; Pony Handicap of 35sovs, 5 furlongs; County Handicap of 40sovs, 6 furlongs. Thames Steeplechase of 75sovs, about 3 miles Final Handicap of 40sovs, 5 furlongs. Nominations close on Friday, November 23, at eight p.m. / m The magnificent collection of yearlings jwhrch Mr. T. Morrin this year boasts the possession or, and which are to go" up for auction an January next, will be found fully described in an attractive i advertisement appearing in «nothor column of this issue. - -

} - BREVITIES. ■ r Lord Rosebery has retired from the turf. : Huku is stated to . be . a much improved ■ horse. : -'--'v.-. \ - v ■> Old Knight of Athol is looking in capital trim. i*' ..-:.;. ■'■■ _ ' Twenty-nine ; horses remain in the Melbourne Cup. ' . . Coronet is looking-and going well in his work at Ellerslie. . . . The St. Albans estate is to be submitted to auction on Wednesday next, at Melbourne. Among the St. Albans two-year-olds to be sold next week is a fall brother to Kinglike. ; : " ' "'.■ ■■.■■:■'■ Paphos, of whom much was expected at three years old, is stated to have turned a complete rogue. . Lancaster will have the services of the crack light-weight, C. Lewis, to assist him in the Melbourne Cup. . Though Military is training on well, he is not apparently to prove the clipper that some people predicted he would. Hermosa, the little daughter of St. Leger and Lady Evelyn, was purchased recently by Mr. J. B. Reid for £200. * The Auckland Racing Club will make a commencement with the bringing off of sheir spring meeting on November 9. In commenting on the C.J.C. Derby " Th» Probable" says that Formosan may run much better than is generally anticipated. Nominations for the various events to be run at the Takapuna Jockey Club's Spring Meeting close on Wednesday next, at nine < p.m. The St. Leger filly Balbirnie is shaping nicely in her work at Ellerslie, and she i should break her maidenhood at an early date. ■ It is stated that Mora, who finished second to Ingliston for the Caulfield Cup, was backed by her party for that event to win over £30,000. Formula is looking well, but her action when walking is still marred by stringhalt. When galloping, however, the impediment is not noticeable. La Gloria is looking big and well, and in the ! event of her going on satisfactorily, she may be expected to distinguish herself at the A.R.C. meeting. -■••-, ,-, It transpires that the reason of Hautboy s withdrawal from all spring engagements is due to one of his tendons having shown symptoms of weakness. The Pakuranga Hunt Cup, which is set down for decision on the third day of the A.R.C. Spring Meeting, is expected to attract a field of a dozen. "Reginald," of the Melbourne Sportsman, selects Severity and La Carabine as the likely pair to fight out the finish for first honours in the Melbourne Cup. Strathnairn has performed his work at Riccarton in so convincing a manner as to cause not a few to think that he possesses a good chance of annexing the New Zealand Cup. Though the Ingliston party backed their horse spiritedly for the Caulfield Cup, they did not strike the ring for a very large stako, their winnings being assessed at £6000. Kinglike is (says "Terhnga") like his sire, Wallace, in most ways, but he does not want punching at the end of the race. In this respect he takes after Carbine, his grandfather. Blazer, who can aptly be termed one of New Zealand's champion sprinters, is reported to be in capital nick, and may be booked to distinguish himself at the C.J.C. Spring Meeting. Paul Seaton does not appear to be carrying so much condition as could be wished, and I fancy John Chaufe is experiencing some little trouble in keeping him in decent racing trim. The Australian penciller, Mr. H. Oxenham, is stated to have sold Sailor Boy and Syerla for £2000 in the Old Country. Such prices could never have been obtained for the two geldings in the colonies. Hengist, having gone amiss, he was last week struck out of all his engagements at the A.R.C. Spring Meeting. lam afraid that the high-priced son of St. Leger is going to prove a costly purchase to Mr. Mosman. It is stated that had the St. Albans syndicate been prepared to make a deal, they could readily have sold Kinglike for 2000 guineas after the gelding dressed down Seahorse and Co. in the Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield. A friend of mine, who witnessed the running of the Caulfield Cup, paints La Carabine to me in most glowing colours, and he predicts that the daughter of Carbine will be found " knocking at the door" (if she does not actually win) in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday next. Ingliston won the Caulfied Cup under 7st 41b. The first time the son of Malua went before the V.R.C. handicapper to be handicapped after his Caulfield success, he was dealt out Bst 101b, a rise of 241b in one bound. The distance of the Stewards' Handicap, to be run at the U.J.C. Meeting on Saturday is six furlongs, not seven furlongs, as was stated in the heading of the telegraphed list of acceptances for that race which appeared ■ last week. Charente, dam of the Auckland Guineas winner La Gloria and the Avondale Stakes winner Nonette, made an addition to the Sylvia Park Stud this week by throwing a filly to Seaton Delaval, who is a full sister to Nonette. In an extract from a Melbourne paper, giving an account of the running in the Eclipse Stakes, it was made to appear that Kinglike carried a 101b penalty. This was an error. The weight carried by the son of Wallace was 7st 61b. * "The Special Commissioner" of the Melbourne Sportsman has always had a good word for Lancaster, and he»is found favouring his chance for the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne scribe considers that La Carabine will prove his most dangerous opponent. The appearance of Record Reignls name amongst the acceptors for the Hurdle Race at the C.J.C. Spring Meeting was, it appears, a mistake. Mr. Dan. McLeod wires me from Christchurch that the horse was scratched for all engagements prior to the acceptances. It is not often that we hear of a horse carrying list 81b to victory over country. Such an event, however, is reported from New South Wales. Taipo, a horse owned by Mr. H. R. Mackellar, won the Sydney Hunt Cup under that impost, and, what is more, nearly distanced his field. St. Peter, the four-year-old brother to St. Paul, is looking in better trim now ihan at any period of his career, and he can now be said to bo on the upgrade. Old John Ohaafe has accepted with the son of St. Leger in the Prince of Wales' Handicap, and I have Jieard a whisper that he is preferred to his stable mate, St. Ursula, for that event. A Cambridge correspondent writes me ?s follows:—Owing to a disagreement between the owners of the well-known hurdler, "Bellman, Mr. R. Hannan has purchased Mr. Norman Banks' share, the price, I believe, being 100 guineas. The horse will now fulfil his \ engagements at the Auckland spring meeting next week. ] It is mentioned as a positive fact by " Ter- ! linga," of the Australasian, that Mr. Leslie j Macdonald backed Maltster for the Caulfield in preference to his own horse, Kinglike, who was allowed to simply run for the stake. With Kingliko first and Maltster third, it will be recognised that even those who should be able to gauge matters pretty accurately get astray when summing up the noble thoroughbred. The Victorian trainer, W. Hickenbotham, is to be sympathised with in that influenza should have made its appearance at his stable at the most important juncture of the racing season. Seahorse was the first to contract the disease, and then Finland was attacked. The visitation of the disease is Tendered all the more annoying by the fact that it was the two aracks of the stable, with whom Hickenbotham was estimated to have a capital chance of landing the V.R.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup.

STUD NEWS. Some few months back I mentioned the fact that a mare in the One-tree Hill Stud had been operated upon last season with a " Certes" impregnator, and that appearances were such as to lead to the conclusion that the mare was in foal. Mr. J. B. Williamson, the manager, yesterday had the interesting litth iten> to relate that the mare 'Orinaj had produced a colt. The service was Eton's. Mr. Williamson informs me that every- care .was taken to prevent any doubt as to the experiment being thoroughly reiiaWe, for the mara throughout has been kept isolated. At a sale of blood stock held in the Old Country several months back, one of the principal lots offered was got by artificial means. I have seen no mention of the experiment ever having been tried before in this colony, and I think the One-tree Hill Stud can safely claim the record as the first to score a success here. The present foaling season is now drawing to a dose at Wellington Park. I learn from Mr. Morrin that the total foalings to date at the Park number 28. The result shows the colts to be in good preponderance, the figures being 18 colts, 10 fillies. The following foalings are announced this week— Mr. T. Morrin's Lady Evelyn, by Perkin Warbeclt— colt to Hotchkies. Mr. T. Morrin's Bubina, by Kingsborough —Etiquette, colt to Hotchkiss. Mr. T. Morrin's Bay Bess, by St. Leger— Cantiniere, colt to Seaton Delaval. Mr. W. H. Henries' Sapphira, by Leolinus —Lyre, colt to Sonlt. Mr. Leonard Marshall's Orina, by Captivator— colt to Eton (artificially impregnated). Mr. D. McKinnon's Kaitiri, by Flintlock— Taiponri, filly to Loch Ness. Mr. D. McKinnon's Magnesia, by Anteros— Pair Agnes, filly to Loch Ness. Mr. D. McKinnon's Pikau. by Anteros— hia, filly to Flintlock. Messrs. L. D. and N. A. Nathan's Charente, by Nordenfeldt—La Daupbine, filly to Seaton Delaval. , : * ;