SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16372, 28 October 1916, Page 4

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. November 4. B—Auckland Racing Club. j November 4. 6, 8, 11—Canterbury Jockey Club. November 7. 9.- 10-New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. November 18. Otahnbu Trotting Club. November 25, 29—Takapuna Jockey Club. 9 December 9-Bay of Plenty Jockey Club. December 16-Waipa Racing Club i December 26-Waipapakauri Racing Club. December 26, 30. January 1, Auckland i Racing Club. December 26. 27-Thames Jockey Club, r December 27, 28. 30- Auckland Trotting Club. t January 6- Northern Wairoa Racing Club. January IS—Waikato Trotting Club. January 27. 5.9-Takapiraa Jockey Club. February 9—Opotiki Jockey Club. ; . February 24. 28—Otshuhu Trotting Club. April 21. 25—Auckland Trotting Club. 0 Australia. November i, 7. 9. 11-Victoria Racing Club. Z DATES OF COMING EVENTS. New Zealand. j November 4—Great Northern Guineas. ), November New Zealand Cup. (I November 6—New Zealand Derby. November 7—New Zealand Trotting Cup. i- November New Zealand Oaks. ) November 11— G. G. Stead Memorial Plate. 3 November 4—A R.C. Welcome Stakes. ' Novemboi.B— Edward Memorial Handicap. i '■ ~ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 3 J.D.G.. Dargaville.—We cannot find any mention of the result of the drawing for the colt in Quettion. , Ohutu.—Gaycium was got by Gazeloy (a son of Grey Leg). Gazeley was imported to 3 New Zealand in 1906 by Mr. B. J. Watt. Quirt.— breeding of Fiery Cross reads as follows:— Glenapp, by Enthusiast '• (son of Sterling) frira Finnary, by Ayrshire (son of Hampton). 6am: Red Cross, by Son-of-a-Gun (son of Anteros) from Caritas, by Apremont (son of Mortemer). Inquisitive.— paymonts necessary to i' Qualify a horse to start for the two races in auestion are as follows:— Zealand Cup. £20; Auckland Cup, £25. The value of the New Zealand Cup is £2000, and that of the Auckland Cup £2650 (£2600 in specie > and cup value £150). The Now Zealand Cup does not carry a trophy. 1 NOTEST|r PHAETON. i ; NEW ZEALAND CUP. Matters in connection with the New Zealand Cup remain in a quiescent state, and it docs not seem as though the big event of the spring season will call up a wido noteworthy interest this year. A final payment which falls duo on Wednesday will probably have the effect of reducing tho list, but a pricking of the card points to the probability of a field of at least 15 going into the starter's hands next Saturday, and with the issue voted decidedly open backers will have plenty of material to engage their thoughts. Balboa (9st 31b) still holds his place, and though no horse has yet won the Southern race under a greater weight , than Bst 9lb, it would be no great surprise should the. chestnut son of Benzonian give us a fresh rocord. Mr. F. Hall has been encouraged to pay up for Merry Roe, and we may be sure that such is not regarded as an act of flattery. Merry Roe is called upon to oarry Bat 9lb, bo that she is weighted up to her deserts. Indigo (Bat 8lb). who is reputed to bo in capital nick, will not be overlooked, for his performance when threo years old in running a dead-heat with the brilliant Warstep showed him up in the light of a stayer. A horse that has been well canvassed since Mr. Henrys declared the Cup weights in August is Marb Antony, the four-year-old son of Varco and Volodia, who figures in the Riccarton race with Bst 21b. The particular effort that has served to keep Maro Antony in the limelight Is the victory he achieved at Riccarton in April last, when he won tho Great Autumn Handicap in 2m 34 2-ss. With a stone under weight-for-ago Marc Antony was advantageously placed to distinguish himself in the mile and a-half race at Riccarton, and he gave a fine illustration of gameness, and won his race at the right end If Rorke's Drift can compass two miles properly he should certainly bo equal to taking a hand i in tho settlement of tho question, for with 7st 131b ho has been very daintily handled. Snub's winning performance at Dunedin this month has to some extent brightened his prospects, and, though he has earned a Bib ponalty, which brings his weight to 7st 12lb, he cannot be left out of calculations, for he showed staying capacity at three years old. Mullingar (7st 1 lib) can bo voted to a plnco among tho nicely treated division, but the little fact to be borne in mind is that he failed to come on at the business end of this Auckland Cup when carrying 7st 41b. It can bo said for Mullingar that ho has trained on well in tho interval, and that ho carries a more robust nppcaranco than was tho case last year The bay son of Marble Arch may, therefore, i come off as a stayer in his Gvc-ycar-old I career. Amongst the light-weights a recent | winnor looms up in (he shape of tho four- J year-old Fiery Cross, who has won three races since he made a re-entry or the scene ■ last month. With a 101b penalty counted in j Fiery Cross has tho handy impost of 7st 3lb. | a? that ho will not require to bo above tho j ordinary to deal with the opposition. Rose Pink, who figures at the tail of tho I handicap, is a throe-year-old half-sister (bv | I Kilbroney) to tho dual Auckland Cup winner j All Red, has won several races, and sho is , bolievod to possess tho quality of staying, i AUCKLAND SPRING MEETING. Saturday uoit will mark the inauguration . of another spring meeting at Ellcrslio by ; the Auckland Racing Club, and matters ; | shape well for a highly successful gathering, j i There will bo a fair number of visiting | ! horses, and that, of course, will servo to I I invest the racing with additional interest. ' ; After the final payments last night U ! 1 horses figure in tho Great Northern Guineas. I so that there is every promise of a good j i field lining up at llio post for the three- | I year-old classic event. Sixteen youngsters ! I havo been paid up for in the Welcome i i Stakes, and the situation in connection with j i the juvenile race, it will be recognised, is , I hisrhly satisfactory. Goullsize. Royal Irish. I I Torotoro. and Royal Rufua. having tTrnpppd : j out of the City Handicap, the field for the' 1 I mile and a-quarter race nan been reduced ; to nine, with Colonol Soult still heading tue I ! list. The acceptance of 41 for tho Hobwm I ; Handicap will surround the six furlong race ' with a deal of interest, for that event looks likn drawing a record field so far as an Ellerslie meeting is concerned. j KILBOY AND THE V.R.C. DERBY, j The information to hand' from Melbourne ' bearing on Kilboy's training work points to I the Eon of Kilbroney going on the right way, i and, providing nothiug unlorsoen occurs, ' there seems every .prospect of the Now Zen- i land colt being in a position to reproduce his j best form when the Derby comes to be j decided at Flemington aeit Saturday. I Though Kilboy had to strike his colours to I | •iho Hnglish-bred horse Lavendo in the i Caulfield Stakes, he is given credit for run- I ning a sterling race, and thero is no desire • to belittle his prospect of taking rank with the solect lot that rank as dual-Derby winners Eastcourt. who followed'Kilboy homo in the A.J.C. Derby, and who subsequently won the _ Grantham Stakes under a 61b penalty, is popularly looked upon as Kilboy's most dangerous opponent in the Flemington blue riband. The CaulSeld Guineas heroine, Ettefied, is given credit for a good performance, and she will probably figure in the field next Saturday. THE MELBOURNE CUP. Australian advices to hand show that Kilboy holds his position as favourite for the Melbourne Cup, and the other horses prominent in the betting are Bursar, Shepherd King, Sasanof, Lingle, Green Cap, and Lavendo. The interesting little fact which the Cup quotations supply is that four of the sevon horses that head the list are English-bred, while the wholo seven wora I sired by horses bred in the northern hemisphere. Bursar's victory over Carlita I and company in the Randwick Plato was, by all accounts, achieved in racehorse style, and the English horse is held to have completely ustablished himself as a true stayer. With Bst 81b Bursar will, it is thought, be found well capable of taking care of himself. Shepherd King's victory in the Caulfield Cup carried • the stamp or credit, for he won his .race at the right end in 2ra 35}s. For his I Caulfield victory Shepherd King is cast in a 101b penalty, for the Melbourne Cup, which brings his impost in the Flemington race | to_Bst 81b. In the evont of Shepherd King ; being found equal to running two milos I properly he can be counted a long way in the race. Kilboy having won Derby honours the New Zealand colt is now required to carry an impost (7«t 6lb) In conformity with the weight-for-age standard. No doubts apI pear to be entertained as to Kilboy's staying capacity, and in the event of his capturing the Derby at Flemington next Saturday his Cup prospects will probably be further [ brightened.