SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17450, 21 April 1920, Page 9

SPORTING.

I ~ RACING FIXTURES. K ' April 21—Auckland Trotting Club. \ '; April 91. '22—Manawatu Racing Club. April 23—Manawatu Trotting Club. If ;; a April 26-Royal Meeting Racing Club. i 'il:';:'". April 23—Manawatu Trotting Club. 1 ..;;.,: April 26-Royal Meeting at Ellerslie (Auck- i -V .-if " ■■{.. : land Racing Club). 'May fe—Ta Aroha Trotting Club. ' & %-■■■■', May 15—Royal Meeting at Riccarton (Can[p • terbury Jockey Club). |;..vr. -May 27—Waiuku Hunt Racing Club. jp-'- June 3. 5. 7—Auckland Racing Club. I ' ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R.D.. Nnrthrote—" Esfand and Finmark If;:, we boVh the produce of War Scare. The |*f ;'. latter won got by Martian from Gossip, who ;.-*" is » daughter of Wallace. if : "H.M.. Manga.tapu._The value of tho tfew .;, ."Zealand Trotting Cup of 1913 -was £2500 and «. cup value £50. The Auckland Trotting Cup of the Sims year was of the total value of £1500. ; - Frenchman. ' Hamilton.-The totelisator are botsh the produce of Wir Scare. The latter won got by Martian from Gossip, who is s. daugnter of Wallace. H.M . Mangatapu.—The value of the tfew Zealand Trottms Cup cf 1919 -was £2500 and « cup value £50. The Auckland Trotting Cup of the same year was of the total value of £1500. . - Frenchman. ' Hamilton—The totelisator I figures are not given in the record of French I races published in England. It is, however. I mentioned that over £30.000 has at times 1 been invested on the Grand Prix de Paris It I* would be safe to compute that over £ 200 000 1 has been passed through the totalisator' on m one day at Lvngchauapa, 1 - Wager." Ellera'ie.-On the opening day | 0J the Auckland Racing Club's Autumn Meeting of IMo J. Buchanan stored the | .winner in five of the eight events which | formed the programme. Buchanan's winning g mounts on the day in question were:—Royal H' lush (Tradesmen's Handicap). Arran (Champagne Stakes!, Merry Roe (Easter Handicap) I Hyginas (Onslow Stakes), and Hoy (Eden Handicapl- - BY PHAETON. THE ROYAL MEETING. The acceptances received yesterday in § connection with the Royal Meeting to be held I at. ElWslw in honour of the visit of the H Prince of Wales are in. every case most satisH factory, and in the event of fin© weather fe prevailing the racing should be in keeping H with the best traditions of the sport in this § district. Tho particular race in. which most g interest will be oajitred is, of course, the ffi Prince of ties Cup; and with 12 horses §1 engaged, and the English-bred Arrowsmith m 19.12) at the head of the list, there is f| material to furnish a most interesting con--5 test. Uncle Ned (8.13), the hero of many hot m contests, has had his engagement continued, II and he may bo .safely counted upon to carry H silk nest Monday, for he has shown himself gg to bo Quite master of 5.13. I AMYTHAS' RECORD. 1 At the Wellington meeting last week if Amythaa extended his winning record in a || fitting manner, and, though the tasks exU acted from him at Trenthanj were rendered a easy in the New Ze:iiand St. l<eger Stakes p end Trentham Gold Cup, he conld do no I more than win those events, which he »c----ft lomplished with consummate ease. Since || he developed winning form in DecemI ber last at Wingatui Amythaa has oona ivated 11 >aces ind he has won 10 of his II encasements, and the more that is seen of 1 th? Demosthenes gelding the more is the i fact demonstrated that the respective Derby I winners, Rossini and Royal Stag, are to be i regarded as extremely fortonate in not en- | cor.nterig Mr. F. Easton's gelding. The I following is the list of performances for 1 which Amythaa has been responsible daring I the present season: — 1 Unplaced Juvenile Plate (Ricc_ton), five | furlongs. i Unplaced Cress? 'Welter Handicap (RiccarI ton*, six furlongs. 1 Wen Otaso Handicap (Winsatui), one mils I and a-quarter. 7st 7lb; time, 2m 12 3-ss. I Wen St. Andrew's Handicap iWingatai}, one p mile. Sst: time, Ira 425. 3 Won Invercargill Cup, one mil© and 1 a-quarter Sst slb; time, 2m 8 S-os. I Unplaced Wellington Can (Trenthamj, one I mile and a-half, 7st Tib- | Won Wellington Racing Club Handicap I (Trentham). on© mile three furlongs. I Tst Sib: tiro©, to 21s. I Won Summer Handicap (Trentham), one I mile. ftei 71b; time, lm 44 1-os. 1 Wen Dunedin Cup (Wingatui), one mile and I a-half 9st lib; time. 2m 32 2-ss. I Won. Hazlett Memorial Plate CWingatni). one I mile, 9st 51b: time, lm 40 l-ss. Won Challenge Stakes (Eiccarton), seven furlongs, 9st 41b: time, lm 26 2-ss, ; Won N.Z. St. Leger Stakes (Trentham). one ) mile and thrae-ouarters, Sst 101b; time, 3m ss. Won Trentham Gold Cop, two miles, Bst 2lb; I time, 3m 27 l-ss. 1 Up to ..date Amyth»3 has won stakes to I the value of £6355. THE MANAWATU MEETING. Following closely on.the Wellington meeting comes the gathering? promoted by the Manawatu Racing Club, which opens tc-day 1 and concludes to-morrow. The prospect of a meeting between Amythaa and Arrowsmith ; invests the mile and a-quarter weighor-age i race with a deal of interest. The Manawatu ires' Produce Stakes, which is limited to the two-year-old division, will probably find |j the well-performed Humbug under silk, and, I| though he is called upon to ctrry a 14lb I Penalty, he can. be depended upon to make a I bold bid for victory. The Purines of Wales I Handicap, run over a, nine-furlong coarse, I has a good field engaged, with Oratress ©3t I Slb.l at the head of the list. I JOCKEYS AND TRAINERS. ffl Eitravagant remnneration of jockeys afteT i| they have won important races nas long 1 been one of the customs of the racing world.. 1 Whether it is a wise custom has long been I debated. The disparity of the jockeys paid they have won important races nas long been one of the customs of the racing world. Whether it is a wise custom has long been debated. The disparity of the rewards paid i * to jockeys and those given to trainers haa S always been a eore point with the latter. U It 15 pointed out that the jockey does comj rarative.y little for his money. His responsibility ie shouldered for but a few M nncute.s. whiie the trainer is saddled with 1 the task of getting the horse fit to race, and g that is a task of many weeks' duration. ■;! Trainers are Dot provided for in the rules It in the same way as jockeys. They have to @ light their own battles. In the autobiography h of John Porter, published recently, the disB panty nf ;ne presents given by owners to B trainers and jockeys is touched upon. "I @ have always maintained," writes Porter, a " tiia-t it ia gros.y unfair of owners to treat !nf .lohn Porter, published recently, the do 2 parity of :He presents given by owners to i tra'ners and jockeys is touched upon. " I i have always maintained," writes Porter, j " that :t ia grosiy unfair of owners to treat jockeys more liberally than they do H their trainers. For months before a big race m i",? trainer is in a perpetual state of anxiety, I sad. if he is able to present the horse at § t'no poM thoroughly fit. the credit for the I fjreess which follows belongs mainly to him. a The jockey can, and often does, undo in J a minute the work of many weeks. It would, 1 in mv opinion, be far better for everybody % concerned if there were a recognised and '• ri',-1 i scale of rewards both for jockey 3 and I raspers- Some owners, I believe, make a If practice of giving the trainer 10 per cent. i of the winning?. That is a liberal allowI ance. I think that if both the trainer and ;| -~. kev received 5 per cent, of the stakes 1 won they would be fairly rewarded, and no a present beyond that would be necessary. I | tan only wish I had been working under .'! Tula arrangement during the time I was I trmn'nc The value of stakes won by the I trained exceeded £700.000. and 5 per f.erit. of that sum would have provided me v- th a e.-.ns'derable fortune. If I had been |h<-r«es I trained exceeded £700.000, the money ■ Tit. of that sum would have provided me v. ii, a cone-derabie fortune. If I had been after "»ny retirement cm the money I mode training horses I should have found r-'yelf a comparatively poor man. When he. distributes largesse an owner's first thought phr-'ild he for his trainer, whereas it ia j a.most invariably for the jockey." ' THE MINIMUM WEIGHT. The question of raising the minimum weight from fist 71b to 7at in handicap events ha.- on several occasions been brought before t-,.. New Zealand Racing Conference, but each t:r.e a motion proposed on such lines b»= V.r. pointedly defeated, the vote cast at ia.t year's meeting of the conference; being 2fi I- <. In the face of such a defeat matters <--. not seem bright for an alteration, but, ve may be a lot closer to a new era than seemed probable 1/2 months ; bi- V There ran be no question that a very crest, deal can be advanced m support of **\i:r.r. 7st the minimum weight, and wny f< m-ich hostility has been displayed ui the in.akiCß 7st alteration (especially m and why f. m-irh hostility has been displayed ui the past t«. an alteration especially in the face It a dearth of light-weight boys) is most ft.fhmU to understand. When the. next conferer.re com*,, to be held IB July it may be t..i,er; as pretty certain that a motion tot the raising of the minimum weight to J 3 ' \ *■ 1 figure on the order paper, and, I 'n ' venture the opinion, with much, bngntei prospects of V-*ing affirmed than on any preview!! occasion. A PAGE FROM THE PAST. in rrcarr! U> this minimum-weight questior ■> i(.av"ie remarked that at one period m A-.«trii".iaT. racing such was fixed at ns. /in i »n;t reuii'mcd so for quite a long stretch ol i J'»s.;v An interesting incident bound, up it 1 th- i.-'ftt-ry oi the Melbourne Cup .is thai >'.!•: v.-.'th a 31b Penalty counted ml onls •»rr.ed 5-t 101b when he brought off hi* h.,;.,.; '.t.al surprise in the great HemiyStor .a - of It was in IBM that the \ , ictori. l;«-m: Club raised the minimum to 6.st iID i an.! -he \ii<kland bred cot Martmi-Henn ; «a„ i'„ fir'et threr-vear-okl to carry a weight (■.r-age'imlUt i7st Mb) to victory in th, ! Mfi1J.,,,,1, c--n 'In New Zealand the mini .-,"-,,. „hi -'t'ooH at 6-t f'-r several year*. ! 1 'ii -i •■",« really not until the formatior '•: the New Zealand Racing Conference tha i upaniinii.-.- was observed on the point. 6st 'It bvirjy uecided upf-n. j LKAVKS FROM MV NOTEBOOK. The uniairne.s with which fixed penaltie or*rate ,t limes is exemplified in the ca* "i Kia.rha who i« c.T*t in 101b addltiona. to the l'r.„.e of Wale*.' Handicap at Awapun '■* .i -'--it o ( a head victory in the Auturm Hi'vS..- • , at. Trentham. and which raises hi m,|....( < r - im Sft lib to 9st- In the Trenthan "•' e y fl 'oha carried Bst, being in receip I >< Uib from K.lmoon and 91 from Ima I ril.b, n who were cniy separated by heads 1 K:'rno.-u is not engaged in the Awapuni race \ hut lmartbbon figures in the list, and sb .; , will he meeting "the Hallowmas gelding "i * ' U'b better term? than when she was near 1; § »ip with him on Saturday last at Trentham. ill?--..

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making!for the **• F o *** «>«* beworth» «L? ermanenca and progress of be co^mitL A*. * meeting of eld recentlT ?♦ In Whangatei Racing Club, soraShCon n^l Waa -4^ B<aded - *° broach the • oauivafenttS^SS* a *> lic « *o OToSri ' TrJ£ •% cost -S f £* *> ark to-*© SSSft T J «-S* nßla ? tott .. Pati - where' the S ra^ Ulße » situated, it may be reJoroucV. rE£ ■, rec^ ntl X. «Q«iwd oy the 5 successful in their tot^«2£? IJ°*S2"S*S Kensington Park, the o£i"hlp POrt at UI,(>11 to "fleet °* rowntp? * Progressive northern ieTd°wh,f 1^ 01^11 *««' geldins Bookwcti™ l«S? J** 1 "sponsible for some ati 2£ ♦?"?? *£<> Past few months. Ist w£S d '? thelimebcht in another form "ite ? he l- Mr - E - Manuel, of MorrinsUi£,„ r 1 £rom tto Hon. E. \v olidL&, 1300 P»- Bockfield is a very Sra 801 '',^. 011 appearances he h« , f.Sj . ** one to shine as a jumper when he tune arrives for him to take a place in ■l,Src- d P « artmen i , J ,- >dorton is to have i a in E »t „ of Rock field. and the Morrinsville IS j'.!* depended upon to work hard the direction of causing the chestnut geldn? m ** nd out M * sood speculation to us new owner. . .Advices to hand from Canterbury state nat K. J Mason has again taken up Gleaning, who has been on the retired Ust for a >enod of three months. The Welkin gelding ai said to be in the best of heart, and strong LOpe«» are entertained that he will be seen to urther advantage at five years old. Already here is some talk of R. J. Mason making .nother trip to. Australia, with Gloaming as he bright particular star of the team which ie will got together for a. fresh assault on iandwick. According to '" Sentinel," of the Otago Nitiess. an. offer of £4000. was made for i.rrc-vsmith prior to the English-bred horse ecoiding his victory in the Great Easter iandicap on April 5. but Mr. H. W. Browu. he owner, stood firmly out for SOQgns above he. sum named, and this proved a bar to msincsa. Arrowsrnith having won £1750 mc » he was under offer at 4500gns and a ■right future in front of him, the sum asked iy Mr. Brown was probably justified. Nystad iby Seal), who won he Great Easter Handicap in two successive •ears at Riccarton, and who is now racing a Australia, figures in the Goodwood Handiap (six furlongs), to be run in Adelaide next oonth. with Set 111b. With an increase of £45.221 in tho amount f totalisator receipts at the recent autumn aeetmg held at Trentham. the Wellington lacing Club is to be ranged up with the lodies promoting racing that are in tl«e lappy position of compiling big figures in connection with tho great revenue-producer. Kaceful, who brought off a surprise at ?r*ntham by defeating the Groat Northern 'hampagne Stakes winner Humbug, is a son, if Martian and tho Stepniak mare .Rose Red, nd he ranks as a half-brother to Sir Ralph ndl Risingham. When offered as a yearling l&ceful was bought by Mr. W. R. Kemball or 325gns. The new totalisator installed by the WelBtrton Racing Club, and which was used or the first time at the recent autumn meet0$ held at Trentham, is stated to have fulilfed all that was expected of it. The aichin© is of comparatively simple conatrucion. and. with the improvement's embodied eosntly, ia considered both fool-proof and ogue-procf. NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE. The weather was against very fast work at :eadquarters yesterday, though some occauonal sprinting was indulged in. Among the lack class Glen Canny pleased track watchers )y his freedom of action. Old Golden Glow is at present located at he Harp of Erin until after the Royal Meeting. If the weather proves favourable the outside of the course proper may be thrown >pen to-morrow and Saturday for the wind-ing-up gallops in connection with Monday's mseiing. The aged St- Paul gelding in G. Henderson's charge is to be tried as a hunter. Bockfield is to be ridden by H. Goldfinch n his engagement at the Royal meeting. Jolio Princess is reported to be suffering rom some injury to her hip. Tirau is to be ridden by J. Roach in the steeplechase next Monday. Wafanai is showing slight signs of the fall :xperienced on Saturday, but he should soon hrow off all ill effects. The Australian-bred mare Hinearnaru, purchased recently in Auckland by Mr. A. Chisiolm, of Otautan, Southland, has left EUersi« for her new home. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. XOYAL MEETING AT ELLERSLIE. The following acceptances have been revived for events to be run at the Royal Meeting to be held at Ellerslie on Monday Mxt in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales: — KAIREES STEEPLES, about three miles. -No Surrender 11.0, Tenacious 11.0, Battleide 10.9, Polthogue 10.6. Penetop 10.2, Kharomn 10.1, Guanaco 9.7. Garryowen 9.7, Nornanby 9.7, Golden Glow 9.7, John Bunny 1.7, Tirau 9.7. HAEREMAI HURDLES, two miles — I*hrace 12.5. Kauri King 11.7, Cynic 11.2, jluetanus 10.10, Monopole 10.10. Marconi LO.S, Luperino 10A Waimai 10.2. Mill o' Sowrie 10.2, Khartoum 10.1, Pendoon 9.5, Forward Lady 9.0. MASSEY HANDICAP, one mile.-Tino haha 10.2, War Tank 9.9. Salvaless 9.7, For malin 9.5. Demoiselle 8.13. Oak Abbey 8.11 Explode 8.11, Tinohoro 8.10, Mountain Gold 3.9, General Stephen 8.8. Monocrat 8.5. In dependence 8.5, Winsome Arch 8.4, Tuipa 3.4, Glen Canny 8.3, Bang 8.2, Penona 8.2 Tom Moore 7.12, North Loburn 7.12, MarbU Slab 7.12. Brodrick 7.12, Golden Petal 7.11 Don't 7.11, Sanacre 7.11, Hessian 7.11, Roya ibbey 7.10. No Bother 7.9. Prince Rufus 7.8 3-uianaform 7.8. Ma Copper 7.0, Aircraft i.O, Homeric 7.0, Merry In ell 7.0, Actrice 7.0 Hypothesis 7.0, Lady Bedford 7.0, Octoplet* ".0. Mentmore 7.0. Pentagram 7.0. Mahgo oiTe 7.0, Amaas Lass 7.0, Lady Bruce 7.0 PRINCE OF WALES' CUP of £1300. One mile and a-quarter. fit. lb. St. lb Vrrowsmith .. 912 General Advance 6 ' Jncle Ned .. 8 13 Blue Cross ..61 Taiamai .. 8 6 Ruatara ..61 ilaioha . . ..78 Woody Glen ..61 iockfield ..77 Royal Irish ..61 iiangamahoe ..74 Tabasco . . . . 6 ' NAUMAI HANDICAP, five furlongs.— Landslide 9.7, Miss Muriel 7.15. Dunedii 7.10, Pure Laziness 7.6, Dovelet 7.5, lllumin ation 7.2, Lovelight 6.9, Passionless 6.9 Black Ami 6.9. Lady Form 6.7. Tresor 6.7 Herchies 6.7, Rekatoa 6.7. RENOWN HANDICAP, six furlongs.Eiockfield 8.8, Crowburst 8.0, King Abbej '.9, Gold Kip 7.4. Matatane 6.13, Archie 6.11 Kerehone 6.7, Bitholia 6.7. Kilbeggan 6.7 War Tank 6.7, No Mistake 6.7, Monocrat 6.7 AUSTRALIAN-BRED YEARLINGS. AUCKLAND PURCHASES. Eight thoroughbred yearling* were bough an account of Auckland sportsmen at th recent Sydney sales; and they are expecW to arrive to-day by the steamer Riverina The following were the Auckland buyers am the particulars of the lots secured: — Mr. E. Alison : Black filly, by Eerman from Bow Bells, b' The White Knight. Bay colt, by Beragoon from Golden Fly by Your Majesty. Bay colt, by Beragoon from Royal Pet, b; Your Majesty. Mr. H. B. Thiicox: Bay colt, by Varoo from Dirge, by Birken head. Bay filly, by Bernard from Royal Pet, b: " Your Majesty. Bay fiily. by Eudorus from Wasa, by Santoi Mr. G. T. Niccol: Bay colt, by Chipilly from Lady Loval. Mr. V. Casey: Bay colt, by Beragoon from Peri!!*, by Polj menus. STUD NOTES. BT PHAETON. The steamer Suevic. which arrived, at, Mel bourne recently from England, brought i valuable consignment of thoroughbred horses They were shipped from England by Mr B T Wootton to the Caulfield trainer N. D' Godby, who will train them for Mr Wootton. The consignment, included Zu landa. a mare, five years old. by Turbine fir Home; Nigger, three-year-old colt, by fair; King iron of Desmond), from hickle Neck by Carbine; unnamed three-year-old filly, b; Stornoway (son of Desmond). fron Sigrid Arnoldson, ,by l»ger; bke. daddle., a three-year-old filly, by Htornowas her dam being Silver Wand, by Lonawana and Peroneila, a brown filly, by ionawanc from Preluka, by Polymelus. Anothe equine aristocrat transported from th Northern to the Southern Hemisphere by th Suevic is a colt by Radium from Lad Thersa. _____________