SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 1 November 1916, Page 5

SPORTING.

-a» RACING FIXTURES. Noretrber 4. Auckland Racing Club. Kovcmfcer 4. 6. 8. Canterbury Jockey Club. November 7. 9, New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. November 18. 22—Otahubu Trotting Club. November 25. Takapuna Jockey Club. December 9-Bay of Plenty Jockey Club. December 16— Waipa Racine Club | December 26—Waipapakauri Racing Club. \ December 26. 30. January 1. 3—Auckland Kacing Club. ! rWmHer "R. 7 -Thames Jccbp7 Club. December 27. 28. 30-Auckland Trotting Club. ' January 6-Northern Wairoa Racing Club. January 13—Waikato Trotting Club. I January 27. 29—Takapuna Jockey Club. February 9—Opotiki Jockey Club. \ February 24. 28—Otahubu Trotting Club. April 21. Auckland Trotting Club. j Australia. November 4. 7. 9. 11—Victoria Racing Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. New Zealand. November 4—Great Northern Guineas. November 4—New Zealand Cup. November 6—New Zealand Derby. November 7—New Zealand Trotting Cup. November B—New Zealand Oaks. November 11— G. G. Stead Memorial Plat©. November 4—A R.C. Welcome Stakes. Novembei BKing Edward Memorial Handicap. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, j C.8., Dargaville.—Certainly you are ea» ' titled to receive £210 aif you put up the £1 in cash. Quert.— sire of Rorke's Drift, was got by Light Artillery. No doubt you have confounded the latter with Royal Artillery. Light Artillery woe got by Trenton, and : Royal Artillery by Hotchkias. Waoeb.According -to the official rec .-da ; Mullin<rar carried 7st 6Jlb when he ran un- i ■ placed in the Wanganui Cup. Colonel Soult : (Bst 71b) won the race in Question by h&lf-a- | length from Welcome Nugget lßst 81b). * I Subscriber. Whangarei.— Roe is six years old. At three years ola she won ' the Trentham Gold Cup. weight-for-age two I miles, beating Cherubini. Bir Solo, and | Bronze. The time recorded was 8m 44 S-ss. ! M.T., Hastings.—l. Varco (by Marco) and Vasco (by Velasquez) were both imported . from England. They were sold at the dis- ' ! persal of the Elderslie stud in 1912. Varco ' I realised 900 guineas, and Vasco 860 guineas. ! j 2. Balboa has won in stakes to date £7759. ' ! Balboa carried Bst 61b when he beat Blackall j (7»t 71b) by a. head in the Auckland Cup. In the decision of the Auckland Plate. Eligible | (7at 111b) beat Balboa i9st) by three-quarters I of a length in 2m 88 2-ss. NOTES BY PHAETON. j THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. There has been no development of a I sensational order in connection with the | New Zealand Cup. but the very pleasing in- : formation comes from Riocarton that the i two top-weights. Balboa and Merry Roe. I have reached the scene in capital order. ! The season was not very old when a pre- j I diction was offered In well-versed quarters that Balboa would probably prove himself ; hotter at five years old than at any previ- ! ous period of his career. The son of Varco i showed himself a stayer at three and four j years old; and that quality will certainly count for much next Saturday when he comes to undertake the New Zealand Cup journey. In being called upon to carry 9st 2lb, Balboa has undoubtedly a stiff task, for no I horse has yet succeeded in winning the New Zealand Cup under a greater weight than Sst 91b. Merry Roe's winning performance in the Wainui Handicap at Trentham has been so very warmly extolled that the Auckland mare is now as good a favourite as anything engaged. That Merry Roe is carrying her six years remarkably well is a fact that cannot bo gainsaid, and there is some reason to anticipate that she wfll take a hand in the settlement of the question. Mullingar (7st 111b) is stated to have come through the ordeal at Trentham without ill effects, and something of the attractive order is expected from the son of Marble Arch at Riccarton Whether such will eventuate in the Cup or some shorter distance race is the little problem that those who are in search of | winners will have to unravel. SHEPHERD KING'S VICTORY IN THE CAULFIELD CUP. Details bearing on the running in the Caulfie'd Cud. now to hand from Melbourne. show that the victory of the English-bred horse Shepherd King in the mile and a-haif race carried a good dash of the sensational. On the strength of his second to Cyklon in the Eclipse Stakes, which event was run throe days prior to the Cup coming up for decision. Bbepherd King was made the I medium of such solid support that he figured in the position of second favourite when he went to the post; so that the sensational phase which his victory took was 1 due to other than betting circumstances. In commenting on the Caulfleld Cup conI test, "Terlinga." of the Australasian, says: "At the start Shepherd King was on the inside, and, as the next horse kept well -way from him, he gave no trouble. Polycrates was off smartly, and, coming across, without interfering with anything, he was beautifully placed just behind Sunbury as the field swept out of the straight. Thanks to the pace—they ran the first half-mile in 60 secondsthe lot made the turn without anything being swung out, as has hap--1 pened so often. One of the last out of the i straight was Shepherd King, and it was soon seen that he would not be able to moke up ground on the inside, as slow beginners have often done in this race. Going > up the hill his backers saw, to their disi may, that Shepherd King was absolutely last. After that he became the observed ' of all the observers, the doings of most ol ' the others being unnoticed while spectators watched the meteoric dash the English horse was making on the outside of the field. To the surprise of everyone, Shepherd King was one of the leaders three • furlongs from home. 'He can never last i out,' remarked one of his backers sitting alongside me. Rounding the turn, Aides was alongside Polyerates in the lead, with • Amata, Sasanof, and Bee well up. In the straight. Aides looked very dangerous, but , Shepherd King, still hard ridden, pa Men him. Then we wondered if he would out in as in the Eclipse Stakes, but Lewis kept at ■ him, and the horse kept straight. Amata > made a very dangerous-looking charge [ about a furlong from home, but could not ' sustain the effort, and, although Sasanof was running on with little or no assistance from his small rider, there was no chance of his making up his ground, and Shepherd King, hard ridden to the end, got home by a length and three-quarters. It t was a sensational victory,, and a moßt popular one." Shepherd King figures in the Melbourne Cup with Bst 81b. and as he is • credited with carrying all the appearance t of being a stayer, there is some reason to find another remarkable record being entered up when the great race at Fleming- > ton is through next Tuesday. ' KILBOY AND SASANOF. The tenor of a cablegram from Melbourne ■ bearing on the training work performed by ; Kilboy and Sasanof. will serve to further t greatly hearten Now Zealanders in the hope that the two equines referred to, hailing from this Dominion, will acquit themselves with • distinction at the forthcoming V.R.C meet- , ins, which is fixed to open next Saturday. Kilboy's opening engagement at Flemington ' is in connection with the V.R.C. Derby, foi 8 which event the son of Kilbroney stands out ; as a pronounced favourite The Melbourne I Cup. run on the succeeding Tuesday, finds • Kilboy and Sasanof amongst the acceptors, so that there will be a great deal to rival 0 the attention of New Zealanders in the re- - suit of the contest for the greatest handicap of the Australian. LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK. h Bjomeborg has reached Ellerslie in capita condition with a view to contesting the Grea ) Northern Guineas, and the meeting of tk< 1 ' Finland gelding with the Auckland fill} J Waiuta la invested with much intereut. Whei J the pair met at Ellerslie last April in ih< Great Northern Champagne Slakes Bjorne bore defeated his chestnut rival by a lengtl and a-quarter, and in the decision of th< Victoria Handicap (run over a furlong shortei course), with 71b the best of the weights Waiuta won by a neck. At Avondale thii spring Waiuta decisively defeated Beltane (i stable mate to Bjomeborg). Bjorneborg sub 1 sequently won the Wanganui Guineas. Ii ,a the interval Bjomeborg has registered i y ' brace of unplaced performances, so that then y is no desire in any quarters to greatly exto ' his success in the Wanganui Guineas. U "Terlinga" writes: English-bred horse ~ racing in Australia keep winning; but some • of the stallions are dirty-tempered, kickini a brutes that Australia could well have don< i, without. When the horses were at the gate k waiting to get into the weighing-yard, afte: fj the Stakes Shepherd King lashed out ant damaged Marculfus badly, and the latte n may not be fit to run again for some Jjirpf 3- Cyklon is a .illy-mannered BSVlisl t stallion, and geldings such as Gre/r, Cat it "d'Quinologist are all right; bC* High 11 field, Polycrates,. and other, axe ifauli^o oa e> noaooune. T ,1 I

With the great field of 41 engaged in the Hobson Handicap, which event comes up far decision at EUeralie on Saturday, it is qui certain that bracketing will have to be introduced in dealing with the totalizator business. It will, therefore, be necessary lor those investing to tali© full note of the procedure decided upon. *l It is rarely we find five horses hailing f,' from the same stable figuring in an important u cup contest. Such a record is. however, P associated with this year's Caulfield Cup. The ei Victorian triiner, C. Wheeler, furnished a 0 ] quintette to the field for the race in question j oi with Shepherd Kins (winner/. Green Cap. j OJ Aides. Sunbury. and Lucky Escape. ni j Tragedy Kins has acquitted himself well on ! y each occasi- :i that he has been schooled i a over the steeplechase fences at Ellerslie, and j h Dennis Morraghan is evidently intent on ! c[ I giving the son of Soult an opportunity to ! I distinguish himself over country, as (fee paid ; 2? '°! £" e bo 1" *11 gelding in the Onehunga : Steeplechase, which event comes up for de- i I cision on the opening day of the A.R.C. ; Spring Meeting. \ 1 ! w : Hexton. who had the record of winning ' u 1 three races at the Poverty Bay Turf Club's °' I meeting last week, is a three-year-old Bon of ! ,- i Gazeley and the Sabretache mare La Sabine. ' , i On the opening day Hexton led the field ' | home in the Rose.and Hack Handicap, and : w on the second day he scored in the Juvenile ! | Stakes and Farewell Handicap. . D ! - p ' ! _ When Sweet Tipperary'B name was found ! j included in the list of horses left in trip ' ~ | Great Northern Guineas such pointed to the i Bi ■ brown filly figuring at Ellerslie on Saturdav .. A Christchurch telegram states that Sweet i " Tipperary arrived at Riccarton on Monday. : °' so that she can apparently be writ'en out I *" of the Auckland race. I IV Jack Delaval, who had to be sent into ; li retirement last summer owing to an injury . he suffered while contesting the Grandstand ! M Handicap at Ellerslie. and who has not raced , in the interval, figures amongst the accept- , tl ances for the Flying Handicap, to be ran l a at Ellerslie on Saturday ! r< The dual Great Northern double winner, i ? 1 El Gallo, figures amongst the acceptances I for the City Handicap, which event is set ' * down for decision on Saturday next at " Ellerslie. The son of Spalpeen is in capital J. condition, and he can be depended upon to 2' renutfr a good account of hunseil. i ''' i When Guiding Way finished second -o „ , Tenacious in the decision of the Kingsland " ; Hurdle Race at Avondale in September last ihe gave the impression of one likely to see _ a better day The son of Fontenoy figures z. I in the Maiden Hurdle Race at Ellerslie on , ? ; Saturday. ; ° • With 20 horses figuring in the Maiden !°! I Hurdle Race set down for decision at i Ellerslie on Saturday a very interesting con- I i, ' test should result, for there is some promis- ; '' ■ ing material engaed. j ' Rose Pink, who won the Tararua Handicap I u !at Trentham la«t week, and -ho is engaged I ' in the New Zealand Cup. is a three-year-old i a half-brother (by lbroney) to the dual Auck- ■ , land Cup winner, All Red. , f , The New Zealand jumper. New York, cna I p j tinues to pay his way in Australia. Th<» ' . latest success credited to the Frirco welding {, | was gained in a steeplechase run at Moonee b, \ Valley on Saturday last. j ; t The open seven furlong event on Saturday i' promises to prove a most interesting race a frorn_ a speculative standpoint. The claims fi ! of Bisoene. Tnrotoro. Tinopai. and others are j all being largely discussed, and the winner P lof the event in question certainly appears it I well concealed by the handicapper. j i a Colonol finult is nt present the rulinc first I • favourite for the City Handirfin. thnuch the ' n I arrival of King Lupin at headquarter'! may .. j cause a strong move to be made in his V favour. I t ' B ! B TWley, wbo returned to Auckland after 8 ! the Gi«V>nme m<v>tinff. left asrsin on Monday ] ( for Riccarton to complete engagements at a ! the racing fixture in that quarter. I In all rrobabriitv J Buchanan will he ' ! found ni'Totinsr Merry Roe in 'he New 7s>n- i | lond Cnn. Tt will depend upon the advice g, I of his medico. i ! Munition, wTio eot on th» winning list la»t j ; -wfveV. is a five-ve.r. o irl f„i1.„:„,„,. to Avon s Park, being by Sylvia Park—Tottie. ! p ! A f nal nnv-nent 'ti ronnectinn with the ! b New Zealand Cup falls due to-night — . ' ;i STUD NOTES. !' Ny PHAETON. ! V I t j Cyre. the dam of the Australia Jockey C j Club's Derby winner, Kilboy. it is interesting t ! to note, has to be included amongst the mares ' \ that never carried a racing saddle; indeed, \ } information bearing on the career of the bay ; < , ; daughter of Cyreni&n and Miss Delaval, is j • to the efiect last the was never broken in. j ] Cyre formed one of the collection of year j ; lings sent up for rale at Wellington Pork ' i > In the January ol 1904. and at 40 guineas she i . {ell to the bid of Mr. i. B Reid, owner of , ; ; the Elderslie stud. When Mr. Reid decided , on dispersing his stud in 1912, Cyre formed , 1 ■ ,' one of the lots, and at 100 guineas she was '■ : knocked down to Mr. I. G. Duncan, owner ] j• of the Waikanae stud. When Bold in 1912 i ! Cyre was in foal to Down=hire. and the re- ' • ; suit of the mating was Down, a winner of i 1 • the Invercargill Cup and other races. Cyre i : subsequently returned to Elderslie. and since • i ! 1913 has been bred to Kilbroney. Mr. J B. , I I Reid has good reason to remember Cyre, j I for Kilboy's earnings in stakes last season, J i when carrying the colours of his breeder, I I ran out to £920, and he subsequently dis- , 1 ! posed of the bay colt for £6000. i Another English-bred grandson of Carbine i ] has been purchased by an Australian breeder. I The equine in question is Chipiliy. a son of * Spearmint and the r allinule mare Pretty I Polly. The dam of Ch Dilly. it is interesting j 1 'to relate, is identical with tVfl celebrated , I i Pretty Polly, who carried the c mrs of the ! ; late Major Eustace Loder to vi-tory in the | ' i One Thousand Guineas and St. Leger in , 1904. and who, altogether, won in stakes ' £37.297. So far. Pretty Polly has failed to ! I give the turf a noteworthy performer, but ' I that should not tell against Chipiliy. and ' the fact that he claims a Derby winner as i ' sire and an Oaks and St. Leger victress as . ' dam will serve to invest his stud career with ' a very keen interest. | I 1 \] FORTHCOMING MEETINGS. ' TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB. The programme in connection with the Takapuna Jockey Club's Spring Meeting will require attention from horseowners on or i before Friday next, on which day, at 9 p.m., nominations closo for all events. AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB. ' Trotting owners and trainers are notified i 1 in another column that entries for the Great I 1 Northern Derby, of 250sovs, to be decided i at the Auckland Trotting Club's Summer Meeti;„, are due to close on Friday next at 9 p.m. I ! OTAHUHU TROTTING CLUB. J Horseowners will require to bear in mind , that nominations for all events to be run at the Otahuhu Trotting Club's Spring Meet- | ing olose on Friday next, at 9 p.m. » AUSTRALIAN RACING > ——— ' THE V.R.C. MEETING. i k i I MELBOURNE CUP ACCEPTANCES. ( A and N.Z. Cable. MELBOURNE. Oct. 8L > ' The following acceptances were posted to- i i- day in connection, with the V.R.C. Bpring \ ' I Meeting: — • | THE MELBOURNE CUP, a handicap of - I 80sovs each, with 7000sovs added, and a ' 3 trophy value lfiOsovs; second. 1400sovs; third, I » j 700sov8 out of the stake. Two miles.—Carlita 3,9 5. Lavendo 9. 'i. St Spasa 9.1, Amata 90. I I i Cyklon 9 0. Cetione 8.13. Marculfus 8 9, Wish- I - ing Cap 88. Bursar 8.8. Prince Bardolph 88, ' Quinologist (inc. 101b penalty) 8.8, Wallace I Isinglass 8.7. Wallalo 8.6. Green Cap 86. I Aides 8.5, Bee 8.3. Shepherd King (inc. 101b penalty) 3, Lingle 7.12. Christian Brother ■ 78, Sunbury 7.6, Wolaroi 7.6, Kilboy (inc. I e ; 71b penalty) 7.6, Torbane 7.4, Honorious 7 1 ' y Ettefred 6 13, Ptami 6.18. Juan Fernandez I 6 11. Stageland 6 11. Sasanof 6.10. Mafioso i 6 10. Lucky Escape 6 10, Lady Blacksand 6 10 ! a Eastcourt 6.10. Mudros 69, Agathon 6 7 {J Orilla 6.7. Rathfarnham 6.7. Bridges 6.7. ' ' i. ~ 'a PARTNERS IN SASANOF. |j A. and N.Z. Cable. MELBOURNE, Oct. 8L e Mr. S. Luttrell has acquired a. third share 9 in Sasanof. St »- MOONEE VALLEY CUP. p Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE. Oct. 81. . The results of the Cup race at the Moonee I w Valley meeting were wrongly cabled. The ! it placed horse- were:Andelosia. 1- Lucky i id Escape, 2; Eae. 8. 7 — ° TEN-SHILLING TOTALISATOR. »- Sir.— am in -wrf,ct accord with your " correspondent of this morning relative to "> the above, it seeming a case of grab all and : - r no consideration for tho ten-shilling investor ' ?» For the life of me I cannot con- ' ceive why the club could its ! £ neighbours—allow a pass to the outside stand ' where the backers could invest a modest ' a half-sovereign. If the club cannot #u«t i re its gatekeepers, as honest men surely they ' D l can get others more reliable to take their ' place. Even supposing their present or past servants gave to a friend a pass in cheque, i 3 S the club would not bo at any loss if, st the' ' 1B most, say 20 got in free, and I am ' lg sure not even half that number ever I ,<, availed themselves of the gatekeepers' bene- i e. volence. It is on the totalisator the club ir depends for its revenue, and the Committee id of Management should consider their ' sr patrons in this matter. It is really too bad ! ».i-(h_a,t should a patron to the grandstand, have ' ih ' orea'ion tn leave iits<"-*'.t to a business call ,p ,he is obliged to again pay ICte on his a- i return. The grab-all principle should be ; a 1 issented by all true lovers of the sport. c A. R. Assaxwß.