SPORTING.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4302, 11 March 1901, Page 3

SPORTING.

V.R.C. AUTUMN MEETING. FOURTH DAY. ADVANCE AGAIN SECOND. I'EESS ASSOCIATION. (Received March !), 7.4 p.m.) M ERROUUNE, March 0. IGir Die concluding (Jay of the Vieloi’io, Racing Ciiib’s autumn meeting Lin.’ H’Ciither was very hot. The attend.inco was largely curtailed. The programme provided was very good. Following are details of the racing; AM-Agod Slakes; a sweepstakes of 20 sovs each. with. 500 sovs added; secend horse L(> receive 100 sovs, and tie third AO so vs from the stakes; weight-for-age. One mile. Air R. Orv’s hr c Alaister, by Rill of i’ortiarid-- liai-lev, Ayr-;, B,st 01!) ('ll. Lewis; 1 Messrs Dm.can and Abbott’s- blk li •Advance, by Vanguard—Laurel, •i.yrs, Oit (C. Jenkins) ... ... 2 Air ,J. 'fvuiTihnll’s hr e. Finland, by Still of Portland—Fishwife, 3yrs, 8s t 01b (Rurn) ... ... ... 3 Also started—Cadena.s, 2yrs, list 71b; "Elderslio, 2yrs, 6st 71b. Rounding the turn Advance began to come up, and Alaister took the lead catering the .straight. Advance being close dp. The two fought out the run home. Advance, however, was be den before (be distance by indifferent riding, whilst Alaister respor- led to tbe boy and won a good rac< by a, length, Finland four lengths further off. Time, Imin 4.4 aw.

netting-—A to t on Advance, 3to 1 Alaister, ij to I. Finland, 12 to 1 the 1. 1 hers.

Unplaced Twn-ycars-old . Stakes; a, •nvccpslako-i of ■> >ovs each, will; 200 ; *>vs added ; second horso to receive ■lO so vs, and the third horso 20 sovs from. I,lie slako. Five furlongs. -Mr .1. Vv'iKon’s, jun., hr f Cretonne, hy Bill of Portland—Chintz, 7st 71b (Dunford) ... ... ... 1 Mr 11. I Lank ins’s b e Bonnie Chief.

hy Wallace—Bonnie Hosctto, 7st 101 b (Barton) Mr J. Grice’s, ch f Tho Austrian, by Tha Admiral—Mario Louise, 7st 71b (Kuhn) ...

Also started—Saint 7s t 101 b, Vesta! 7s. I 71b, ITotogco Tat 71h, and Feud 7st 7lh.

Betting—6 to 1 Bonnie Chid, 5 to 2 Cretonne, 7 to 2 Fond, 10 to 1 tho others. The Austrian led Cretonne to the halfmile [lost, where the latter went to tho trout ami won hy six lengths. Time, Imin. tl'.bc c.

I’laco Handicap, a. sweepstakes of 10 sovs ouch; with 400 sovs added; second horse to receive 30 sovs, and the third ■® horso 40, sovs out of tho stake. One mile and a half. Mr ,1. Crozicr's hr g Cicoro, hy ’N'eckcrsgat—Hortenso, Oyrs (F. Bullock) . ... ... ... ... 1 Air 11. Woof ton’s hr « Vocalist, by Gozo—Carmen, oyrs, ::Afc 12lb, (K. Courtney) ... ... ... 2 Mr ,1. See.bio’s b m Tho Bride, by Escutcheon—Excelsior, syrs (11. Lewis) ... ... ... ... 3 Also started—Flintlock, Mario Corelli, Lowland Chief. Betting—3 to 1 The Bride, 4 to 1 Vocalist, 7 to 1 Marie Corelli, 8 to 1 Cicero, 10 to 1 Lowland Chief. At tho start Lowland Chief and Cicero were in the load, then Mario Corolli, Vocalist, Flintlock and j... 0 Bride. AI tho quarter mile Cicero had twenty lengths load from Flintlock, Lowland Chief, Marie Corelli, Vocalist, The Bride. Cicero was never caught, and won by one and a, half lengths, Vocalist, ■six lengths in front of The Bride. TherC came Flintlock, Mario Corelli and Lowland Chief. Time, 2in in 39sec.

Tlio Autumn Steeplechase; a handicap wcopstakos of 5 sovs eacli, with 400 sovs added; second liorso to receive SO sovs, and the third horse 40 sovs out of the stakes. About three miles. Mr S. Miller’s br g Hayseed, by Boolka—Caniba, aged, list 91b (Mooney) 1 Mr W. Hill’s b ni Spieler, aged, Osb 121 b (W. Douglas) 2 Mr K. Kelly’s hr h Scaling Wax, by Postmaster—Brandon mare, aged 9st (P. Fount) ■>

Also started—Enro alid Sunlight, Betting—s to 4 Hayseed, .4 bo 1 Euro, G to 1 Spieler, 7 to 1 Sunlight. Hayseed led from Sunlight and Euro, Over the first fence the order was Sunlight, Snider, Hayseed, Euro, Sealing Wax. j-Cl the stone wall Sunlight cam 3 down. ' At the sheds Spieler and Hayseed were together, Euro three lengths away. At tho first fence in the straight Sealing Wax was third. The treble was negotiated in the same order. Sealing Wax was last along by the river, where Hayseed and Spieler were together. From the stone wall Hayseed improved his position. Euro fell at the abattoirs. Spieler end Hayseed got over the last wall together; The latter won by four lengths, nine lengths between second and third. Time, Gmih 51;]sec.

Lock Plato; a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 500 sovs added; second liorso to receive 100 sovs, and third 50 sovs out of tho stake. One' mile and three quarters. Mr F. T. Forrest’s blk c Clean Sweep by Zalinski—Benzine, 3yrs, Bst 7ib (including 51b penalty) (Richardson) ... ... ... 1 Sir .Rupert Chirk’s oh m La Carabine by Carbine—Oratava, 9st lOlb (including 10U> penalty') (R. Lewis) ... _ ... 2 Mr S. G. Cook’s b c Tho Mariner, by The Admiral —'Discard, 3yrs, 7st 911> (Kuhn) ... ... ... 3

Also started—Tarquin 9st 31b, George Frederick 9st 31b, Mario Corelli 9st, Vocalist Bst 121 b,. Australian Bst 121 b, Roval Artillery Bst 21b. San Fran 7st 911)'.

Betting—7 to 4on La Carabine, 7to 4 against Clean Sweep, 2 to 1 tho others.

Mariner led from Glean Sweep, who noon reversed positions, La Carabine and Mario Ccrelh following in the same order. Leaving tbo straight at the i-iver side Glenn Sweep led from La Carabine, and Mario Coroliß with Mariner last. At tho back Clean Sweep had a length and a. half from La Carabine, the others some distance away. Approaching the straight Clean Sweep and La Carabine a cre” close together, and came homo. sU-idc and stride, amidst cheers. Clean' Sweep won by a short half head, seven lengths between second and third. Time. 3mm G:(scc.

Farewell Handicap; a sweepstakes of 5 so v< each, with 300 sovs added, second horse to receive GO sovs, and Hie third 30 sova out of tho stake. One

Mr'H- Brewer's ch g So-Long, by Splendour—Tata, oyrs, 7st 61b (R. Lewis) ... 5 Tii- J Heffeman’s eb g Tcrhnga, by * Clnn Stuart —Sunlight mare, aged, 7st d.b (Barton') ... - Mr 0. Burgef-s’s br g Tasman, by Tho Rake—Princess I by ravaged, 7st I2lb (Soott) ... •••' 3 Seventeen started. Betting— 5 to 1 Keyless, 7 to 1 teaß+y 8 to 1 So-Long. Spindrift ' led at tho start, but soon „ a ve place to Roscommon. Boreas kept a Eood position till ho entered the straight, second to, Roscommon and in

I front of Spindrift. So-Long came on I* with Torlinga and Tasman. Won by i length and a half, two lengths botwee second and third. Time, Imin 43|.sec NOTES BY ■■ ADVANCE.” The Australian Cup meeting, which conciv.ded on Saturday, will ho remon. hered by .sportsmen in this colony fo a. long time. The majority of the uum erous J follcv. ers of the Porirua stable who back their tancy, have probably !os. as much, if not more, over tho fon blurts of tho "black demon” at Fleming- : ton as they had won over him during ' bis numerous successes) in this colony ‘ To get third in tho Newmarket Hand. cap, when hacked for more money, prol : ably, than any horse that ever left thi 1 colony, was unlucky. Excuses arc gen - orally made for boaton horses, especial ' ly when they carry a weight of gold—but hi tbe case of Advance, the best ap parent excuse is that ho was beaten b. hotter horses than himself. He wa ■ certainly not too long at Victorian head quarters, hut he had a good trip acrosand appeared on the track as if he hru not m' ~ed a day’s exercise. Tho ga: I ops ho did prior to the meeting com pared fan curably with tho track record of any of tho other horses engaged, air went to prove that ho had not got inti a gross condition. Were the horses that boat him top Hoteliers? Wakeful (tho Newmarkewinner), is much better bred, and in Hu best of bands. Three weeks previous!.' she had •.von tho Oakleigh Plato, five am a half furlongs, in which she carried Gs; 91b, and put up a time record of linii 3sec. She travelled slightly faster that day than she did in tho Newmarket. Mi Macdonald—who, when he secured Wakeful, got tho pick of the St. Albans sprinters—risked a lOih penalty, bui made no mistake. To bo beaten by such a performer at 2st 81b worse than weight-for-ago was no disgrace. Fnlmin ate, ‘-’ho split the pair, must be a veritable Hying machine. Tho same age and sex as Wakeful, .Fulminate wameeting her victor on 3211) worse than woight-for-age. She had incurred Vi. penalty for winning the Sydney Tun Club’s Challenge Stakes, six furlongs, ou February 13lh last. In that- race she carried list oil), and inn six furlongs u tho record time of Imin R’soc. Her previous performance was in the Carring- ’ ton Stakes last December, when she carried 7st Sib, am! ran the six furlongs in Imin 1,-suo. Her performance was doubtedly tho best put up in the New. market Handicap, as she was meeting I Advance -on 21b worse than weight-for-age. Tho latter’s friends were pretty surd to see better time than Imin lojscc recorded. That time has been beaten eight times at Flomington, the record for the race being put up by Amiable (imin 14soc), throe years back. If Advance was capable of doing better time, ho failed under favourable conditions to prove it. Ho was certainly never in such good company as he met in tin Australian sprint race. His second appearance • was in the Australian Cup, two- miles and a quarter, in which lie carried top weight, and was only caught by the- winner at the distance. Dreamland had two stable I companions in the race,, but they appear to have boon of no use to him, as ho held a prominent position throughout, and won iu record time for tho race (3mm 58i|sec). Tho previous host was Idolater’s, 3min 591-sec. In tho Champion Stakes, three miles, with such a smasher an Paul Pry to make pace, it might reasonably have boon expected that fast time would have boon put up, but such was not the case. Tito journey occupied lOsecs longer than PartCia-n took last year. It was, however, well within tho time limit, of smiu 45sec, which the club provided, and -f exceeded the stake Tis reduced by 500 sovs. If Advance did tire in the last bit of the Australian Cup journey, it was, judging by tho cabled report to baud, more noticeable in tho Champion Stakes For a horse trained for a six furlong Journey, as Advance has recently been, there is go-od reason for him to tire when sent ou a journey four times that distance.

The good impression made by tho Now Zealand champion in his previous essays had tho effect of sending him out an odds on favourite for the All Aged Stakes, one mile, over which distance ho has performed so well this season. To be beaten by a length in Imin 44sec. by a three-year-old, at a difference of only 8!b, was no great performance. The Vanguard horscs’s friends may now admit that ho is a good performer, but no Carbine. One thing that will be looked for when the newspapers come io hand is thei impression made by Ad vnnee’s rider upon tho best known sporting scribes—“Terlinga” and the "Special Commissioner.” Admittedly, a good man in this colony, Jenkins may Have been outclassed with such past masters as "Bobby” Lewis, on equally good cattle. R. Derrett and the late P. White and H. Cnsdin came in for severe handling ever what appeared to ho some of their weaker efforts. The only men from this side that the Australians would have as one of the best was the late Walter Clifford, than whom, perhaps, a better horseman never sat a saddle. The advice, if it be given in a friendly spirit, will do Jenkins good, ,;ust as it does our swimmers, cricketers and athletes who visit the other side and finish their education, so to speak, there. Boreas has-not only been defeated, but also disgraced. He became so used lately to Harry Piper humoring him at fcllo post when it pleased him to turn in an opposite direction to which tho field ran, that he very likely assumed the same thing would continue. The Victorian Club’s starter was evidently nob aware Boreas was such a bad starter, and even had lie known so, his duties may not permit him to assist one horse to the probable disadvantage of the rest of the field. Judging by the hotting market, tho son of Sou’-wester received the support of his connections, and tho large number New Zealanders present, on each occasion that ho went to the post. . That good performer and great sire Trenton - (Musket —Frailty), who was bred at Sylvia Park, sired' the winners of tho Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup. This season in England eight of hia yearlings averaged 1800 guineas. The Musket blood was rtrongly in evidence throughout the meeting. Besides the two winners above named Fulminate is from Percussion (MusketSister Agnes). United States is from Happy Land (Musket —Atlantis). La Carabide is by Carbine; Clean Sweep by Zalinska: Barbarassa by Medallion: Black Watch by Light Artillery; Juggler by Strathmore; The Bride by Escutcheon. Lcchiel’s only winning representative was Loch Fad, who accounted for a hurdle race. . James Scobie trained the winners of tlio Sires' Produce Stakes (United States), Loch Plate (Clean Sweep), Ascot Vale Stakes (HautvilltAs), Australian Cup (Dreamland), Esscndon Stakes and Champion Stakes (La Carakme), Reid Handicap (Tho Bride), and All Aged Stakes (Malstcr), Paul Pry was tho only representative he had at the meeting who was unsuccessful.

■ WESTPORT RACES. PRESS ASSOCIATION. WESTPORT, March 9. There was a fair attendance at the second clay of tho Westport Jockey Club s meeting. The results are— Westport Coal Company’s Handicap, of

30 sovs; six furlongs.—Pctrolinc, 1; Sea Breeze, 2. Two others started. Dividend, £2 4s. _ Charleston Handicap, of 2o sovs; one mile.—Mill-stream, 1; Skirmisher, 2. Two others started. Dividend, £2 lbs. Duller Handicap, of 55 sovs; one mile and a quarter.—Petroline, 1; Haria, 2. One other started. Dividend, £1 los. Fiying Handicap, of 30 sovs; sevenfurlongs.—Speculator, 1; Country Maid, i. The only starters. No money was put through the machine. Alokihinui Handicap, of 40 sovs; one mile.—Petroline,!; Skirmisher, 2. The only starters. Dividend, £1 10s. Countv Plata, of 30 sovs; seven furlongs. Haria, 1; Speculator, 2. The only starters. Specultor ran a wide course, and tho stewards decided to held an inquiry. Dividend, £1 IBs. Forced Handicap, of 30 sovs; six furlongs.— Sanfoin, 1; Token, 2. The only starters. Dividend, £1 4s. March 10. The stewards, at a meeting last night, decided to disqualify Rainbow, the rider of Speculator, for three months, and Stratford, the trainer, fc-r six months, for the inconsistent running of the horse. STRATFORD ACCEPTANCES. Tho following are the acceptances and general entries for the Stratford MeetmHurdles.— Sultana, Puanga lOst 91b, Dniprah lOst 21b, Avante Garde 9st 81»>, Morphina, Exception, Buckshot 9st. St. Patrick’s Handicap. Dartmoor lOst 31b, Wild Vixen Bst 81b, biaridra 3st 71b, Bowman Bst 41b, Brown Bill, Haydn Bst, St. Ada 7st 881 b, Otaio, St. Vincent 7st 71b, Sydney 7st 31b. Flying Handicap.—Lady Beil Jst 31b, Marianthus, Wai iti ost 12lfa, Discount d=t 31b, Bugler Bst 21b, Kohina 7st 131 b Mare 7st 111 b, Sophia 7st 41b, Kidbrook fat 21b, Puketapu, Pikimai, Crawler /st, Koneke, Misjudged (late Florin) 6st luib. Welter.—Lady Bell PHt 91b, Wai-iti lOst 81b, Marianthus lOst 31b, St. Ada Jst 111 b, Heart Whist Ost 101 b, KohinaJst 71b, Omprah Ost 31b, Woo Guard Ost, Sydney Bst 131 b, Fakir Crown, Purutia, Hirangi, Kaipal, BuckJiot Bst 71b. Cup.—Taplow, Dartmoor 9st 131 b, Waiiti Bst 121 b, Lady Bell, Bowsprit Bst 91b, Siandra Bst sib, Haydn, Brown Bill /st 81b, Maro 7st 71b, Thesbe, 6st 71b. Borough Stakes. -—■ Sandoiv, Royal Flush, Midas, Puketapu Koneke, Sophia. Weta, Positive, Ruru, Kidbrook, Taranaki. Heirangi, Purutia, Fakir, Flying Shell, Allick (or Red v mo), Life Guard, .Misjudged, Woodwork, Crawler, Dick Turpin, Exception, Onutac. Farmers’ Plate. —Sandow, Dolly, Silver 8011, Watchguard, Ngamiland, laranaki, Errand Lass, Paku, Sam Slick, Glencoe, King Edward, Day Guard, Black Guard, Clarion.

MARLBOROUGH NOMINATIONS. BLEiN-tuiilAl, March 9. The following entries have be°n received by tho Marlborough Racing Club : ’ Hurdles. —Pukana, Art Jewel, Gorse, Bandsman, Rhoderick Dhu. Maiden.—Rosewater, Bulrush, Lord Raglan, The Pearler, Greensward, Kaloo. Racing Club Handicap.—Volley, Ruamahanga, Dewdrop, Hillstone, Right AleWelter Hack Handicap.—Pukana, Bulrush, Art Jewel, Forest Oak, Osborne, Gorse, The Pearler, Greensward, Wakelyn, Horton, Omega, Kaloo. Flying Handicap.— Ruamahanga, Prologue, Osborne, Dewdrop, Sentry, Plainstone, Right Metal. Electric Handicap.—Rosewater, Bulrush, Osborne, Te Paid, Stage Whisper, Skylark, Rosette, Lady Undy, Wakelyn, Omega, Breezy. , Welter Hack Handicap—Pukana, Bulrush, Art Jewel, Forest Oak, Gorse, The Pearler, Greensward, Horton, Omega, Kaloo. „ .

Telegraph Handicap.—Volley, Ruamahanga Prologue, Osborne, Dewdrop, W aterford, Sentry, Hillstone, Plainstone, Right Metal. Final Handicap.—Rosewater, Bulrush, Lord Raglan, Osborne, Te Paki, The Pearler, Stage Whisper,. Greensward, Skylark, Rosette, Wakelyn, Horton, Omega, Solar, Breezy, Kaloo. SECOND DAY.

Hurdles.—Pukana, Art Jewel, Gorse, Bandsman, Rhoderick Dhu,. Dash Hack Race.—Rosewater, Lord Raglan, Forest Oak, Osborne, To Paki, The Pearler, Stage Whisper, Skylark, Rosette, Lady Undy, Wakelyn, Solar, Breezy. Trotting Handicap.—Waihme, Piratoss, Sweet Marie, Violet, Simion R., Vanderbilt, Minx, Dewdrop, Greyhound, Sailor, Brookleigh, Star of Honor, Miss Leos, Starboro, Liability, Brookfield, J. E. Rottcive.

By their victories at Wanganui, Waterford and Gipsy Queen have in. curred penalties’of 101 b and 71b respectively at the Mastertoh Racing Chib’s Meeting.