SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 5

SPORTING.

M RACING FIXTURES. jigs it 2S— Nipier Para Racing Club. fail* & 4_Gi»borne R»cing Club. »36* a ' IB— Wellington Earing Club. I PATES OF COMING EVENTS. iMrj&i New Zbalakd, . t-'rrft"-ls— Wellington Steeplechase. '2*> , iesTiuLu. :,.]ji-VRC Grand Nations! Hurdle Race. \Lt iJ-V BC Grand National Steeplechase. iSSMii i—Austfaliao Hurdle Race. isicant 6—Australian Steeplechase. Answers TO CORRESPONDENTS. ll^saißßB .-The account of the race for !«£* Great Northern St«*plechast of 1906 jib" that ,he whole field (15 "■ uumber) r«t •till contesting when the hill waa i rgatled in '-''* thir. round, and that eleven liases completed the course. \ r £X, E' -.-sue — 1 New Zealand-bred ! j. oraSi h&vt bete defeated each time they ■ vjjs »n-etted il»' V R C. Grand Nationals. c C&»P l* 1 " eDC ' Firelock are two descend--9 0 fsrhina performing stud duty in I u»» Zealfcci. j jCjnc-iTuK Rotorua— following \kgfH haw bod the double. V.RC Derby fjii lieioournt tups:—Brisois (1876), Chester Ijjfl). Grand Flaneur, (1880), Martini-Henry 10BS3L Sewhs'-on '18961, Morriwee (1899). Po-g-aaD (I**) »nd I'rintKj Foot© (1909). Bri- | „y i- th* can t.i!y that ha* won the double. I itrsx* " : *-' a Melbourne Cup in the same J«jr as «ht *'* defeated in the Derby. i * StTS-Tusta. tt'bangarei.— Levanter was I &f<*'*d at Ellerslw in a maiden stoepletbase run »'> the same meeting as that i,i uracil he *oo the Great Northern I gjteplechas* Levanter was subsequently | tjios to Eflt ; »nd ''■ Moifaa (by Natator— j Ifecbishi u th« o °t>' coknial-bred horse ; {til bis son lie Liverpool Grand national ptegileti»Be

Qcrsi, Rotorua —The record sum paid in £-.iSirsli» for » gelding ia 4600gn5., at which r*,» Ti lßll i by Chester—Tamp*) was sold , auction "bee two years old. The re- ,. i price pan fcr a yearling in New Zealrti is is dc ' as there havo boon many print* purchase/ When Aborigine (by JJtrritree- Indian Queen) was sold privately ft* sum staled to have changed hands tu 12Q0;ns. The sum paid by Mr. S. g. Goliso for Moifaa was not made public. ?s Srm-1. Formo was got by Sterling;S3T&' ft>y Sterling) from Pulchra (by Roai<jstiiu!. Sterling-worth was a chrstmit, jjaiJPalcirs a bay. Formo, who was a "cli|Uret, produced Forme (a brown) to Ssfdeofeldt (brown) Forme threv> cruciJcia tcbesteut) to St. Leger (chestnut). i Possibly jou have confounded Screw Gun siJi Boctuif-nn. The firatnamed, it warutd'eMJood, was riven in exchange for Haltitoro 'when the latter horse wen trasj in England Noctuiform waa soli fer something like 5000gos * NOTES BY PHAETON. A NECESSARY RULE. Jj is gentrallv believed that stewards irtsld have to hold many inquiries if only i portion of tho cases of interference sere reported. Many reasons play a art in the reticence displayed at times jaithe part of those who have suffered, flfis the case of young riders, fear of jfflßSjls may b« cited as the chief one. If Dancdin Jockey Club is to tho fore (eta a Botion to be submitted at the jg«icamg conference, which, if carried, jgsyb? expected to bring about an alterThe trotion which takes tho form lip amendment to rule two, Part XXVI, «rf for which the D.J.C. is responsible, jads as follows:—"Whenever is a race !tnj horse shall be kicked, bumped, jostled, llMedj crossed, or interfered 'with in [H way which affects its running in the |&o/;H shall be the duty of the rider Iff mi horse, (-"mediately on returning [£> Kales to report such interference to [jbaeeJelary of the club, who shall there- | bob cause the substance of such report [j be posted on the notice board. If ..sef such interference shall come to the ['femledge of tho owner or twiner of rach |r» it shall be the duty of such owner trainer to immediately report such in- ! s%tience in . a similar manner."

|tf RACING IN FRANCE. lift is & belief (and certainly experiences II Australasia go some way to support IjjA) that where the totalisator rules the ' finances come down; in other words, V&ilA racing is more favoured than diajfjtta racing, because larger fields are 5- arsicoming under the first-named, and |3Mi consequent* the totalisator bells pi! kept ringing at & greater rate. Slice, which country may be regarded limits home of the totalisator, evidently ~&ptt. it advisable to pay small atten-J&S-to sprint events. At a recent meetLlg/I'eld at quite an ordinary place in -Samce tL.re were six races on the proIgBSSJft The first was a selling race of H| each, £120 added, for three-year-olds | ;|j|j3ejnrards, ran at weight-for-age over [iferea and a-half furlongs. The second j Isilliras a five and a-half furlong event, llf /three-year-olds and upwards, at l*BgleMor-age, the stake being £3 and the I'ii&i ■ money £160. A special weight I Be* for three-year-olds came next, , $«• subscription being £3, the |||ptf»n.ey £160, and the distance one ||pjj||d a furlong. The most valuable | ifiafof/ the day was a mile event for iJlplfe&r-olds, 9st each, with penalties -tliea-ances, £600 being added to the of £12 each. The fifth race "«j; Jsr thiti year-old fillies, run over |j||PJ|ags and a-half, the weight being ;M'sts, with penalties for winners. The lias vu again £3 and the added money £163. Similar money conditions applied te tie list race, a handicap for threc-JW-0I& aad upwards, run over one mile j *wl a quarter. The big figures associated *Jth tJiahsatur investments in New Zea- ; lisd ere no doubt very interesting; but ...it would bring a great deal more lustre M our race meetings if thoso engaged : as promoting sport would pay a little $&'>* attention to the cultivation of ; 2Uy£ra instead of looking for big totalptter rotirns.

WAfPUNA DEFCNOT.

Jot Soolt—Folly aiding Waipuna was . lw«nt!y numbered amongst the defunct J ? &-*' Australia. While contesting the | curdle Race on the opening day of the I Wrlaidt Racine club's meeting on the I fci intt., he broke down so badly that J * **? deemed merciful to requisition the I : triccdiy bai.et Prior to being sold to hP to Atturaji*. Waipuna did good ser•'"w in the colours of his breeder, Mr. Spies Moir, f..r whom he won the Easter f |B«iidicap and Summer Cup at Ellcrslie. : $ D tie strength of the latter perform P?». tie lat« Mr. W. Lyons was ento lid 470gn8 'for Waipuna lip* the Sotilt gelding-was. offered by | }&?&* at Ellershc Ijjf/'thY summer of 'os} but he bad no luck with the brown i;#aiag, and in the following November W. .let bin? go at auction for 300gns, Dr. |*£$- Bennett, of South Australia, being I m purehi.aer. Id the succeeding autumn ;. ; -«f. Btnnsit bad the pleasing satisfaction ■ : - ,^ fl § the -Auckland gelding record a [:•-*» 6% weight-for-age, and the fact that y.h Hltiieed the doughty Trafalgar on that l?v^? D gave to the performance a good j-wgt of the sensational. Waipnna sub|S«atiy won a hurdle raco in South I Alalia, but outside hie victory over Nwfclgar, Dr. Bennett had no great cause rejoice over bis purchase. Waipuna MM foafed in 1900, so tlliit-tie.WM KSUJg * , v &»8 at tie 'time, of bis. faty,

LEAVES FROM ...MY NOTEBOOK. An incident-in the turf career of the latoMr.J; 0. inglis, who'met his death wider, sensational circumstances in Victoria a. few days back, that I overlooked -when making a reference to 'the deceased sportsman, was that he once owned a New Zealand jumper {Titokowaru) for whom he paid £800. Titokowaru, it may be remarked, was taken across to Australia in the autumn of 15.90 by J. Rao with a view to the V.R.O. Grand National | Steeplechase, for which he was strongly 1 backed by the Aueklanders. . Titokowaru, who was called upon to carry list 91b, negotiated the country at Flcminetuu satetf ; but he had to strike his colours to * "B ftt -«gbted candidate in the shape of 1-earless 11., to whom he was concoding 141b. Keen judge* estimated Titokowaru's performance highly, and the late Mr. Inglis was tempted to buy the Auckland geidiug at £boo. Titokowaru was never in a position to reproduce his best form, and he proved a bad speculation to the Victorian.

Mr. A. Cox, who furnished the winner of me much-coveted Ascot Hold t_up last week with Aleppo (racing undei tho name of " Mr. Fairie ) was well known in Melbourne at tne end of tho eighties, when Broken Hill hud just como to the front, as tie settled down temporarily at the Melbourne Club, ft was lucky enough to be engaged on the Mount Uipps station, of which the late Mr. George McCulloch was then manager, and it was from Mr. McCulloch that Mr. Cox obtained his interest. The popular story goes that Mr. McCulloch ottered to reduce his price for the interest to be parted with if Mr. Cox should prove the victor, best out of throe games, at euchre. Mr. Cox won, and by the time he left Melbourne it was estimated that his share risen to the value of £350,000, as he w l .r parted with any of his interest, even « -n the price of Broken Hill Proprietary shares roso to a phenomenal height, just before the declaration of the first dV dend. Mr. Cos has lived quietly in L don since f hen. Al- iys having a liking for horseflesh, he co-leered a small stud, and has had marked success on the turf.

There has been a good deal pf talk lately (remarks The Possible) concerning a Hawlce's Bay horse named Silver King, by Sylvia Park— dam of Dorando, and according to reports more than one good offer, exceeding £500, was refused for' him. It is now stated that a deal has been effected, Mr. E. Luttrell, cf Christchurch, having secured the horse or a half share in him, Northern reports being at variance on the subject. It is understood that the horse will shortly bo sent to Sydney, whe're he will be placed under the care of R. J. Mason. So far Silver King has not been tried in public, but he has dono a lot of schooling, aud has a big reputation as a jumper. His dam, Ruby, was ' a Hawkes Bay Steeplechase winner, 86 was Ruby's dam, Denbigh. Coming as he docs from such a noted jumping family, it would be no surprise to find Silver King developing into a first-class performer over country.

In the opinion of the Taranaki district clubs (the Stratford Racing Club sponsor) disqualified jockeys should have the right of legal assistance in appeals, and notice of motion is given as follows for the embodiment of a new rule:—"That in all cases where a jockey or apprentice is suspended or disqualified for having committed a breach of any of these rules the jockey or apprentice so suspended or disqualified shall be entitled to employ legal assistance to appear on his behalf, and to represent him upon the hearing of any subsequent appeal or appeals therefrom." /

Acting on a request made by the appeal judges, the president will propose the following motion at the forthcoming Racing Conference : —" Any owner who has never received any payment for training or riding a horse may train his own' horse without a license, provided he personally superintends tho feeding and exercise of such horse. (The trainers and riders of bona-fide hunters, polo ponies, or horse? belonging to members of the territorial forces, when starting in races confined to horses owned and ridden by members of tho respective clubs or army corps, shall not do required to bo licensed.)"

"Arturian," of the Melbourne Leader, says : —" Carbine had one habit that is of worth immeasurable— of lying down, and I never knew a horse that indulged in it so continuously and so regularly. This splendid sign of constitutional contentment never left him throughout his long racing career. Go to his dox when you I would, it was odds on finding him quietly snoozing in his straw. He was a fine 1 doer,' and a veritable murderer of other horses that had to assist him in his work. When he did that marvellous performance in the Cup it was at the cost of well-nigh all the horses in Hickenbotham's stable, his final gallop effectually finishing that colt of abundant promise. Prince Consort, whose head was more ofton level with his knees than his feed box for days after."

So far the Victorian sportsman who races under the name of "Mr. S. Rawdon," has no reason to rejoice 'over his purchase of the Sotilt—Lady Hester colt Grand Marshal, for whom he paid 800gng as a yearling. Although he bad the minimum (6st 71b), Grand Marshal was unequal to getting a place in a mile handicap won by Sylvanmore (Bst lib), at a country meeting held in Victoria recently. In the spring a returned Aucklander ventured the opinion that Grand Marshal would never prove the equal of his wellperformed brother Master SouU~; and apparently he could have gone a long way further with safety in summing up tho brown colt.

An English visitor, in the course of a letter to a Southern journal, penned some very candid remark.", as follows: —" It is surprising to me that there are to be found on your racecourses so many flimsy, weedy thoroughbreds fit to carry an average man's boots. On looking for ,1 reason "for this, I am inclined to think that it is to some extent due to Lie way your country clubs cater for, and encourage people to train, speedy squibs, quite uncoual to covering a distance of ground with a fair weight up, by providing innumerable sprinting races of four, five, and six furlongs. Though it is plain that tho totalisator brings with it many benefits to racing, I fear it is to be numbered amongst its disadvantages that it induces the managers of racing clubs to lose sight of the importance of providing interesting racing, and to con-, centrate themselves on securing thcbi'.rgc?t totalisitor turnover possible." Who will say that our English visitor is not justified'in his conclusions?

One of the be*t-known sporting journal in Great Britain, Mr. C. H. Ashley, died at the end of April, in his eighty-first vear. At various times ..Mr. Ashley was on the staff of the Sporting Life and Sportsman, and eventually became part owner of the latter.

Woorak, the two-year-old crack of last season in Australians again working at Randwirk, nrd, according to report.*, looks big and bright after his'few weeks' spell. Tlie general opinion, however, is against him as a Derby possibility. "A great sprinter, but unlikely to slay," is now a rather frequent comment by frequenters of the Randwick training tracks.

Dr. A. H. Bennett, the South Australian sportsman, has sent to. New Zealand to procure a kauri flag pole to erect over the grave of the New Zealand-bred gelding. Waiminn. who was recently destroyed at 'Adelaide. Evidently the genial doctor retains an affection for the defunct Auckland racer.

The Melbourne Museum will be rich in the matter of skeletons of famous racers. The remains of Trenton (by Musket) and Redleaf (by Dante) are already «et up there, and in the space of a few months those of Carbine will also be on view. , . , A ' motion is to be submitted at the 1 forthcoming conference, " That the name 'The New Zealand Racing Conference' be altered to 'The New Zealand Jockey Club.'

It is assessed that Carbine sired 114 winners during hi« career; and that his (progeny captured 457 races.

..Count Lehndorff, the noted .German authority on breeding, died last month in. his 80th year. Early in his career' ne

started owning horses on a biggish scale, and raced in Germany, France, and Russia. In the 60's King William of Prussia made him director of the Granditz Stud, i and latei ho was placed in charge of all the Government studs, a position he held until 1911. On retiring, he was succeeded by his elder' son, Count' Siegfried von Lehndorf. Among the stallions bought in '. England by Count' Lchndofi on behalf of the German Government were Ard Patrick (20,000gns) and the Australian-brod Carnage (760Ogns). The latter we* not a success in Germany. >At different times the count also bought many first-class brood mares at Newmarket, and both in Englund and on the Continent he was a great authority on all matters concerning the breeding of the' thoroughbred. His handbook is one of the beat existing works on the subject.

Manv great horses develop peculiarities, and the'most ordinary occurrence* cause them, as the saying goes, to play-up. It is stated of the celebrated Carbine th.it though ho would stand without shirking a riddling with the spurs on his sides, he could not bear a raindrop on his nose. When Carbine was in tho hands of Walter Hickenbotham at Flemington, and the iroatlier was at all threatening, a square of oilskin attached to a noseband was always in evidence with the great racer. The reason was'a most pronounced aversion tho horse had to rain drops on hie muzzle. He would shake his head so violently, and frantically endeavour to wipo the moisture off between his knees, that the habit became positively dangerous, and his devoted trainer had to resort to the protection inontioned.

Duke Foote, who is popularly held to be the most brilliant horse that figured on the Australian turf during ©the past two years, and who it will be remembered, went amiss alter registering four successive victories last spang, is not to be further raced. It is a great pity that Duke Foote should have proved untrainable, for he had demonstrated his ability to stay two miles, and that being bo matters were in a favourable state for him to wipe out that sensational defeat which he suffered in the decision of the Melbourne Cup of 1912, when starting a hot favourite under Bst 31b he failed to gain a situation. During his racing career Duke Foote won £14,030 in stakes, which places him sixth amongst noted winners of the Australian turf.

South Australia, which Stale holds tho record as tho scene of tho payment of the greatest totalisator dividend, when D.O.D. brought off a sensational win in the Goodwood Handicap in 1881, was rccontly again brought into the limelight by reason of a big dividend. The surprise victory which brought this about was recorded by a two-year-old rejoicing in the name of' Perfect' Friar, who won the Gang Forward Stakes at the Adelaide Racing Club's Meeting on the 6th inst.

The estate of tho late William Houry Smith, the well-known jockey, who died from injuries received while riding in a raco at Rosehill last March, has been valued at £14,976 15s- Testator left his furniture and effects and his motor-car to his widow, and an annuity of 30s a week to his mother during her' life. The residue of the estate he bequeathed to his trustees upon trust to pay the income to his widow until his son, William Henry,' attained the age of 21 years, the income then to be divided equally between his widow and his son. On the death of the widow tho estate passes to tho son.

When the Spearmint horse Th.e Curragh won the Kemptoh Park Great Jubileo Handicap, one mile and n-quartcr, of £2650 last month, he was ridden by the Melbourne lad, J. Prout.

Grely King, who won the hack hurdles so convincingly the second day of the Hawke's Bay meeting, followed- up his Hastings success by, accounting for the open hurdle race at Napier Park last Thursday in an easy manner. Evidently the Strowan gelding is going to justify the good opinions that were formed of him after his first victory, and he may bo expected to put up a good fight at Gisborne, where his- weight will be 10.8, or 101b more than he carried successfully last Thursday, but the field will be weaker.

R. O'Donnell'6 ■ residence at Yaldhurst, which was formerly occupied by R. J. Mason when the latter trained for the late Mr. G. G. Stead, was destroyed by fire last Wednesday. It is said that Mr O'Donnell will be a heavy loser, as all his furniture and a number of trophies were destroyed. Luckily the stables, which sheltered a number of Mr. G. L. Stead's thoroughbreds, escaped the conflagration, and the horses were removed without injury.

The New Zealand hurdler Con the Shaughran recently ran unplaced in a hurdle race at Moonee Valley, which was won by a hoyso called John McCormack, against whose chance odds of three figures to one were laid. Presumably the New Zealander ie not showing much promise across the water, for he ha:» been al'CWed to drop out of the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Pace.

F. Flynn, the Hawko's Bay cross-coun-try rider, who rode three winners at the recent Napier Park meeting, is now at the top of the list of winning riders over fences with L. Trail, each liaviug ridden 15 winners, but as the latter is incapacitated with a broken collar-bone, Flynn may gain the honour, for the next on tho list is F. McCabe, with eight winners.

J. O'Connell, the Smithorn cross-country horseman, who is at present incapacitated, having slightly injured his spine, is going to give himself every chance to get well, and will not be seen in the saddle before Treulham.

Fabrikoff is kept going nt Riccarton, and is said to be very forward for this time of the year, which would point to tho fact that perhaps Mr. Harvey Patterson is seriously considering sending the son of Monchikoff and Fabia to Sydney to contost the A.J.C. Derby, which is nin early in October.

C. Cochrane was accorded an enthusiastic reception when he returned to weigh in after winning on Sam Pa:, at Napier Park. Cochrane lias been out of the saddle far close on two years, owing to a (all he received off Windage at Riccarton, hence the popularity of the victory. Aft* .As winning •-•fforl, under 11.6 at Napier-Park last. Sir Lethe should not want, for friends in the Oisborne Steeplechase, in which he has be-on awarded 10 13. However, the other half mile may apain find him out, as it din at Napier the first day.

C. Carmont, the New Zealand lightweight, who some weeks apo went to Sydney, has joined I'. Paylen's stable at Rnndwick. Payt*n has a team of 29 horse? in work at present, no'less than. 16 of whom are yearlings.

Ni.'!t!irnanui and Admiral Soult were associated in a round of the sand at E'lerslie on Thursday morning. A good pace was act, and Iho latter, who was on the outside, finished a couple of lengths in front of bis companion.

E. Kelly, the local cross-country horseman, who 'was unlucky enough to break his coUa'r-bono in Ins first ride at. the last Ellc'rsliu meeting, is now all right again, and was riding work at headijuartors this week. Kellv will journey to both the Gisborne and Wellington meetings.

Chris and Captain Jack encompassed a round of the sand on Thursday morning, Lady Sabretache joining in over the last live furlongs. The trio finished together, but- the jaet named was going the ea&iest.

Inge.ikendw, who has been nominated for the Hack and Hunters' Steeplechases at Trentham, is getting through useful work at Elleralie,

The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club made a profit of over £11,000 during the past season.

From Melbourne comes word that Walter Hickenbotham is retiring as a trainer, and next year will take a, trip to England,