SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 5

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES.

August 12 16. 18— N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. August 15, 17. 19—Canterbury Jockey Club. August 23— Dannevirke Racing Club. August 24—North Taranaki Hunt Club. f" gus ' 26—Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 30—Manawatu Hunt Club. September 6—Marton Jockey Club. September 13—Pahiatua Racing Club. September 13, 16—Avondale Jockey Club. September 14—Woodlands Hunt Club. October 14. 18—Auckland Trotting Club. November. 4. B—Auckland Racing Club. November 18. Otahuhu Trotting Club. November 25, 29—Takapuna Jockey Club. December B—Bay of Plenty Jockey Club. December 16— Waipa Racing Club. December 26. 27—Thames Jockey Club. December 27. 28, 30—Auckland Trotting Club. January 13— Waikato Trotting Ciub. February 24. 28—Otahuhu Trotting Club. April 21. 25—Auckland Trotting Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. August 15—Now Zealand Grand National steeplechase. August Winter Cup. August 17—New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race. August 26—Pakurangi Hunt Cup. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wager. Ellerslie.—The sale of the Welline- ,™- * ark y,;ua to °l i Place on December 30. lyuo. W.W.R^— Lupin was got by Peter Flower (son of Petrarch) from Lunettes, by Kilwarlin (son of Arbitrator). Wager. Kotorua.— the year 1889 horses carrying the colours of the Duke of Portland won hi stages £73.858 10s. This stood as a world s record until a few years back, when ■»« horses owned by the American sportsman. Mr. J. E. Keene. won the sum of £76.000. Query.—The following are the respective winnings in stakes by the horses in question: —England. Isinglass (by Isonomy), £ 57.455; Donovan (by Galopin). £55.153; Flying Fox (by Orme). £40.096. Australia: Carbine (by Musket I, £29,626; Trafalgar (by Wallace), £22,105; Poßeidon (by PosiUno). £19.946. New Zealand: Desert Gold (by All Black). 1,865; Warstep (by Martian), £10.180: Achilles (by Medallion). £9130.

Marathon. Rotorua.—l. Liberator is the best all-round horse that has figured on the New Zealand turf. He won the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race. Dunedin Cup, and Wanganui Cup in the same season (1903-4). In the succeeding season he won the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race, Great Northern Hurdle Race, and Great Northern Steeplechase. 2. Spalpeen's sire Gossoon iby Galopin), was an Englishbred horse imported to Australia.

NOTES BY PHAETON.

THE GRAND NATIONALS.

So far as can bo gauged at this end of the Dominion, matters in connection with the Grand Nationals remain pretty much in tho same stala a3 that ruling at the early part of the week. The Auckland-owned Waimai, who whs entrained to Wellington on Tuesday, en route to Riccarton, has no doubt, ere this, come beforo the ketn observers at the Southern racecourse, but we will have to await nest week's training notes for an expression of opinion as to the Spalpeen gelding though it is quite recognised by Aucklanders that Waimai has his full deserts in the big race with list 81b. the composition oi the held taken in connection with his sterling credentials as a jumper, affords amp.c room lor his party to adopt the ffi B iV i Vuh re{fard t0 Th <> Grand National Hurdle Race, selectors continue to tako a wide range, and it is quite a matter f'SW a * ,0 Whi< ; horM will 3 art tat on rite between some half-dozen of the probable contestants. Te Onga Master Kegel. Leonl »f Marconi. Crown Pear if and Sir Solo are the popular fancies.

OPENING THE RACING SEASON. For many years past the Avondale Jockey racm,, L 3 fl if dthe , dl ?V nc^ lO P ot opening the racing season in Auckland, but this year the Pakuranga Hunt Club will lead off and! judging from the character of the nominations received last night by Mr F. D Tom. fixed "MM 11 } fe Hunt Club' gathering! hxed to bo held at Ellerslie on the 26th inst ™J e , ls . er y reason to anticipate a most satisfactory inauguration. All round the entries are first-class, and it should only require tine weather to attract a largo attend ance to tho raceside.

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. Ai£k?»n a R- mti ?- of members of the »t fi.l -> Rac L* 8 C L U V B convened to be held " °* h'.J?, mber of Commerce on Monday the"til H P ; m ' « Wlth seTC " candidates in the held tor the five vacant seats on the committee a- contest will eventuates, and considerab.e interest attaches to the result i-Ue retiring members who stand for reelection are:—Messrs. S. Bradley. F. Earl. O. Nicholson, and H. O. Nolan, while the new candidates are Sir Robert Lockhart and Messrs. J D. Jones. M. M. McCallum. and G. A. Wynyard.

AUSTRALIAN HURDLE RACE. The Australian Hurdle Race comes up for decision at Caulfield to-day. The race in question is run over the long course of three miles and a-half (less 22yds), the following horses composing the field at the date of the final acceptances:— Grey, list 101b; Jack Rice, list slb: Obi. list 2lb; Rathfarnham. JOst 101b : Van Homreigh, lOst 101b: Merrimai. 9st 81b; Wisconsin. 9st 71bLochiel, 9st 41b: Blacksiei*. 9st2lb: Sir Prim. 9st ..b: Nickajnck. 9st: bill Brandon. 9st; Olenkirk, 9st; Rivemook. 9st.

KILBOY AND THE A.J.C. DERBY. The safe arrival of the New Zealand colt Kilboy in Sydney has brought the son of Kilbroney prominently into the limelight for the A.J.C. Derby—that is. viewed • in a betting sense. An effort to back Kilboy in Sydney recently was. it is stated, met with, such _an absurdly short quotation that the question went no further than an inquiry. At one time solid wagering on the A.J.C. and V-HI Derbies set in practically at the close of the Randwick autumn meeting, but, backers have grown wiser, and as a result the pcncillcrs do, for the most part, hold off straight-out books until near the day.

LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK. . According to a. Canterbury writer, Kilboy is more likely to return to New Zealand after contesting the A.J.C. Derby than to make the trip to Victoria with a view to contesting the. V.R.C. Derby and Melbourne (-up at Flemington, which is run in the same month as the New Zealand Cup and Derby come up for decision at Riccarton. Mr. J. JB . Keid will certainly have to choose between tlemmgton or Riccarton for Kilboy when the colt's November engagements come to be decided upon.

Referring to the ex-New Zealand horseman. L. H. Hewitt a Sydney writer says: — " ■M lcro nrc Jockeys whose everyday riding work, entitles them to employment, and ono of the number is L. H. Hewitt. He does not live at Randwick, but he is at the service of trainers at the track named every morning A jockey, as well as a horse, must get through a fair share of work in order to strip fit, but some of the former occasionally lose sight of that fact, more especially after a run of luck."

Word comes from Napier that Estland (by Finland War Scare), a lull brother to tnc Northern Champagne Stakes winner ujorncborg. is developing good form, and he is selected as one likely to carry Mr. T. U. Lowry's colours with distinction during the coining season.

Di Gama is back again at Caulfield under M- Delaney who scored many successes with the son of V asco when racing in the ownership of the ei-Aucklander, F. C Davis

The Golfer, by W»it-a-Bit, who is at present a member of D. J. Price's team at t lemington is expected to join a Trentham stablo shortly.

Morrimax. who is engaged in the Australian Hurdle Race, to be decided at Caulfield this afternoon, ran unplaced at Mooneo \ alley recently On that occasion the Auculander carried lOst 71b. The two-year-old by Finland—Finery in charge of J. Farmer at Awapuni. has been responsible for acme smart sprinting of late Finery was particularly smart for a few furlongs, but failed to stay. Braeburn was recently schooled over hurdles at Hastings in company with Multi cipal and St. Elm. and made such a creditabie display as to cause southern critics to predict that when he arrives at Kiccarton the son of Sir I.addo will probably depose Waimai as favourite for the Grand National Steeplechase. For the 1915-16 season the prize-money distributed in Victoria totalled about £200,000. The .added stake-money reached £189.634. a reduction of £12.777 as crjnpared with 'the. previous season The number of racing days showed a reduction of 24 compared wit j the 1911-15 season. Multifual. who will bo ridden by B. Deeley in the Winter Cup, is regarded in a very promising light by those who should know. Multifual won the Parliamentary Handicap at Trenlham without apparent effort. J. Child?, who won the English Derby and Oaks on Fifinella. and F. Rickuby. second arid sixth respectively on the English jockeys' list, were due to join too colours late last month. Aiiija!. who recently won the North Queensland Derby, is by Plateau, who claims the New Zealand Seaton Delaval as his sire. Plateau's dam wai Keega. by Wallace Fishwife (dam of Finland). The New Zealander. Come, puiied up lame after winning the Hurdle Race at Rosehill. Sydney. However, the trouble was not serious. Reports from Wanganui state that New York has been responsible for excellent schooling work of late. R. Thompson is reported to have been, engaged to ride Queen's Post in her Riccarton engagements.

NOTES FROM ELLERSLTJE. Glenmore is reported to have hurt his shoulder recently, though his mentor. X. Lloyd, reports tnat the light bay will probably recover in tune to tan© bis place in the i Grand National Steeplecnase field. He will be ridden by A. Ward in the big crosscountry event ii fit enough to taKe ms place in the held, it is more than likely that lilenmore will be retired from the turt at the conclusion ol the Grand .National fixture.

The chestnut colt by Sands of the Orient—Golden Dawn, one of the ■ lot brought (.cross from Australia by Mr. E. \V. Alison._ jun.. and purchased by " Mr. J. Coins, ' was spunted a. couple of furlongs on .Tuesday afternoon in company witn another of Macmanemin's team. On his display it 13 quite prooablo " Mr. I oiTis ' will have no cause to regret tne purchase of the chestnut.

The Birkenhead two-year-old belonging *•> Dr. Beveridge and the Marble Arch n.'.v n rlanagana charge were sprinted at beadquarters last Tuesday alternoon. The former is a bit ~n the small side, but threatens to develop sufficient pace to warrant attention

Should Kooya win the Trial Hurdle Race at Riccarton the victory would entail an oiO penalty for the Grand National Hurdle Race, which is to be decided on the second day of the Riccarton carnival. Kooya has already arrived at headquarters.

Despite the heavy downpour of rain on Wednesday, the sand track at Ellerslie was in good condition on Thursday and enabled trainers to carry on work without interruption.

_ Tragedy King was again amongst those indulging in useful pacing last Thursday. He is looking bright after the easv time he has been having since visiting Trentham.

Loyal Arch, who has been back on the tracks for some time, is receiving sufficient work to influence track-watchers in the belief that she wi'l be ready to do her best early in the season.

Manukau. who won a hack event at Ellerslie last November, is looking particularly bright just at present. J. McHugh has been very patient with the dark brown representative.

Blue and Black is a recular visitor to Ellerslie under B. Oliver. No fault can be found with his condition. Last, season he showed a lot of pace for a few furlongs, but failed to stay.

P. -Tones _-s having an extra six boxes added to his stables. This trainer has a large strir-g of horses to attend to at present.

The Bardolph—Carmine filly was again worked in company with Lady Mabel on Thursday morning, but wa3 not asked to make time.

Idra. who disappointed her party at the June meeting, was worked at a very strong pace on Thursday morning, and is evidently intended for early-spring racing.

Kauri Kinc was indulged in fast work last Thursday. Doubts are expressed as to thi3 ccldiue's quality, though he has proved very profitable on country courses.

Jocular and Harlestone were associated in a circuit of tho sand last Thursday. They were apparently doing their best, but the time registered was only fair.

Merry Roe is being kept up to strong work, and was one of the large number working on the sand on Thursday morning.

Porphory was one of the afternoon track workers last Tuesday, and shaped well in company with another of Jones's team.

Homeric and Dewy Morn were a pair who indulged in useful pacing last Thursday, both moving with freedom.

Pateonga continues to please the trackwatchers at Ellerslie by his freedom whiie exercising.

Silver Lupin was indulged in solid pacing for about a mile last Thursday, hitting out boldly.

Self indulged in very useful work the other morning, and is carrying herself well at present.

Hopye continues to be indulged in fast work, and in company was sprinted smartly last Thursday.

N. Cunningham is paying a lot of attention to the Marble Arch—Merry Nif representative in his charge.

Cadrona snrinted nicely on the sand last Thursday. This chestnut is wintering particularly well.

Blueform worked on the sand last Thursday at a solid pace.

The jumpers Westerly and Dancastor were both worked on the flat last Thursday.

J. Chisholm's Demosthenes youngster continues to carry plenty of condition.

STUD NOTES.

Mr. H. R. McKenzie. owner of the Ascot Stud, announce» that Elysian (by Soult Dreamland) and Penury (by Gallinule Dowerless) will again this season be at th© services of breeders at the Mangere estate. Elysian stands out as one of the most groniising of the young sires in the ominion. and his progeny are cast on such solid lines as to bring them into much prominence. Penury's stock are well known and the record of the imported horse will stand looking into. Th© Ascot Stud this season claimed a brace J of early foals. On the Ist inst Kowerewere i (by Kopiri—Puwerewere) produced a filly to j Elysian. and on the following day Lady ' Hester (by St. Leger—Musket Maid) en- ' riched the stud with a filly b# the same , sire. Both mares are to be mated with Penury this season. j

PAKURANGA HUNT CLUB.

NOMINATIONS FOR AUGUST MEETING. The following is a list of the nominations received in connection with the Pakuranga Hunt Club's Meeting, which takes place at Ellerslie on the 26th inst.:— "

MAIDEN HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. -—Compromise. Carlist. Yankee. Heather Boy, Tetigi. Tangihaexe, Giraffe. Scottish Lass, Jackaranda. Transfer, DuUullow, Kiangareka.

HUNTERS' HURDLES—Westerley. Union Jack, Tiniroto, Tamatoa. Tetigi. Glendalough, Tarahau, Duhallow, Royal Loop. Kaiwhakahaere

MAIDEN HURDLE RACE—GoId Mount, The Celt. Ranza Mist. Dancaster. Guiding Way, Dewy Morn, Worcester, Nildah, Takanini, Kinkora, Royal Regel, Charge, Spontane. The Channel. Brookfield. Ulster, First Call. Sir Rosa.

SYLVIA PARK HANDlCAP.— Patetonga, Cardrona, Jocular. Tamahere. Vanaka, Cultriform. Autumn Rose. Idra. Luperino. British Arch. Penniless. Hemisphere. Sir Multifid. Kidderminster, Some Star, Bluemine. All Talk. Kohatu. Akuhata. Rockfield, Sea De'il. St. Francis. Mallard, Rebel. We© Chris. Queen Soul' Silver Lunin. Porphyry. Homeric. Silver Knight. Maisie Pop, Silver Pine. Brown Loch, ch g by Bunyan.

I LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.— Ranza Mist. Ambassador. Captain Lock. Hopye. Okaihau, Bonny Jean, Ngatoa, Fireaway, Stockade, The Channel, Spalperion. PAKURANGA HUNT STEEPLES.— Westerley. Union Jack. Ambassador. Tetigi, Koranga. Tarahau. Mollyhawk, Duhallow. Giraffe. Scottish Lass, Jackaranda. Transfer, Ma-wson.

LADIES' BRACELET.—Spalspirc. Union Jack. Regio. Tiniroto. Carli.-t. Glendalough. Koranga, Tarahau. Royal Loop. Ngatiwerewere. Lady Whitford. Kaiwhakahaere.

AUCKLAND WELTER HANDICAP.— Patetonga. Cardrona, Jocular. Colonel Soult. Idra, Dancastor, Tattersley, Fisher, Bluestone. Fionnuala, Lady Penury. Pendoon. Royal Irish, Genevieve. Worcester, Housewife. General Joffre. Soultane, St. Francis. Maui Nina, Smilai. Glen Opal. Coleraine, Te J apapa, Maisie Pop, Mouojack.

C.J.C. NATIONAL MEETING. HANDICAPS FOR MINOR EVENTS [BT TELEGRAPH.— rRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. I Mr. J. E. Henrys has declared the folj lowing handicaps for the minor events a: the •Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National j .Meeting: — I TRIAL HURDLES, one mile and threequarters— hooya US, Banian 10..',. Sir i Solo 10 5. Bon Here 10 5. Rongahere 10.:. , Golden March 10.2. St. Elmn 10.1, Czaronus j 10.0. Multifual 10.0. Slight of Hand 'J 4 ! Worcester 9.3. Trireme, 92. Victoria 0" : Amber and White 9.0. i JUMPERS' FLAT HANDICAP, one mile and a-half. —Pursefiller 11.9. Harbour Li-lit I 11.9 Awfthott 10.9. Styrai 10.7. (rib 10 8 Moddite 10.5 Te On ¥ a 10.5. Mar.or.i 10 '•>' Master Regal 10.0, Kilmeny 10.0. St Elrnri I 10 0. Rougahero 9.9. Art 9.9. Tenacious 9 9 . araiu Jack 9.7, Sam Pan 90. Sir Donald .9.0. Golden March 90. Rerehou 9.0. HUNTERS- HURDLES, once round and , a distance.—Kaupokonui 11.1. Union Jack ! 10 13. Compulsion 10.13. Master Stead 10 1' , .Uar.son 10.11. Muleteer 10 9. Miss Moron's i 10.0. Bill Terry 10.8. Prenez Garde 10 i I lararua 10 5. Sabrenni 10.5. Zain 10 5. Kail { whakahaere 10.5, ["raditor 10.3. Crown Park 110.3. Dear Annie 10.0, Dardanelles 10 0

ENFIELD STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, anon' two miles— Idealism 10 13 Ivirkl.y 10.12. N:ta 10 12 Kinesv.av 101>" I k >wai 10.12. Weil wood 10.12. G'ueno: 10 9' Kauwairoa 10.3. Otupai 10 0. Sarins loo' Fairy Fin 9.13. Critic 9.7. Waiparapara 9 :' Orutonu 97 Ca«e Shot 9.7. Fond Memory fl.i. licnekihu 9.7. Precious MetaJ 9 7 Moodier 97. Rollins Tide 9.7. Tairiki 97 ' ' q AVONHEAD HANDICAP, six furlongs.Serby 1013I 013 Maid ° Cowrie 10.12. Otara 10.10.. Yes 10 9 Sir Malt 10.5. Anz - ac 10 5. £" ,i°S-.¥? lford 10.0. Aurore 10.0. War Tax 9.13. Winkie 9.12, Fiery Cross 9.11. Sister Regis 9 11. Antwerp 10, Bon 95. Grand Idea 9.4. Sainiel 9.4. Moneymaker 9.4. Tread ~. c Canrobur 9.3. King Star 9.2 Glorify 9.0. Ballvhar 9.0. Achillea 9.0. 'Jalvolio 9.0. Golden Prince 9.0. Compulsion 9.0, Speclual 9.0. Varnish 90. Bomb 9 0 High Water 90. Tornea 9.0. All War 9.0 Riga 9~0. Sport 9.0. Quicksight 9.0. Treveca 9.0. Jean Laddo was scratched for th* Winter Cup at 4.60 yeaterdaj.