TURF GOSSIP

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4384, 15 June 1901, Page 7 (Supplement)

TURF GOSSIP

(By “Advance.”; The followin'? rising two-year-olds belonging to Mr G. G. Stead have been down to Riccarlon recently with the Yaldhurst team; —lin iterator (by Gipsy Grand—Coronal), Orloff (by Stepniak— Sortie), Stepdaughter (by Stepniak— Marion), the Gipsy Grand—ieh Dien filly, and a full-sister to Altair (CastorCissy). At the stile of Kuniocm (Mr E. Parley’s) yearlines at. Brisbane last montli a colt bv kittle liernio—Trent Rose, full-brother to Master iiernic, was passed in with a reserve of GOG guineas, lie has siiico boon purchased privately by the Hon. 1.1. Mossnuui, and has joined W. Hlaeklock’s team. Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club’s Winter meeting close tonight at It) o’clock. The victory of Coour do Lion in the Great Northern Hurdles at Ellcrslio would he well received throughout the colony, as Captain .Russell is one of our straightcst sports, and, like Ids owner, thu Dreadnought gelding is reliable and consistent. Coour do Lion was unlucky in meeting such a recordbreaker as .Record Reign at Ricearton last August. In the Maiden Hardies th 0 -son of Castor conceded him 2st 11b in weight and heat him. In the National Hurdles, when Winnie’s wonderful son put up a world’s record, he was meeting the Dreadnought gelding at a difference of 2s t 121 b. Sinc o then he followed Advance and Crusoe home in the Wanganui Stakes, and won the Hawkcs Ray and Napier Park Spring Handicaps. He also won the Mamlwatu Cup, the four races named totalling .TIOOd. Ap Wanganui last month ho was very sore, and ihe chance of success at Auckland appeared hopeless. After his gallops at Eliorslio ho used to walk away from the course pretty clotty. Captain Russell bred Dreadnought’s son, who is well named, and won some good races with his dam (Leonora). Harry Moore, who rode Coeur do Lion, is one of our best-known horsemen. Ho served Ids time with Mr D. O’Brien, for whom ho rode Gipsy King, Sextant, Vanda’, and others. Later on ho rode The Spy and other horses for Mr P. E. Tancrcd in this island. Ho afterwards journeyed to Australia, and was associated with the victories of Mr S. H. Gollan’s Kimberley at Flomington. Since returning h e has boon associated with the jumping horses of several Napier stables.

One of the handsomest horses seen out at Epsom this week (writes our London, correspondent on April 26) was Sir Edward Vincent's importation Seringapatam (into Screw Gun). This compact golden brown son of Hotchkiss was a competitor in the North Park Plate, a race of £137, over tho mile of the Derby course, on Tuesday last. The Now Zealander had to carry 10st 71b, and under that burden ran very well indeed, finishing a good fourth, after a fast-run race, to tho three-year-old Royal George, who carried Bst 21b, and was a most appropriate winner, seeing that it was St. George’s Hay. The Masterton, Taratahi, Carterton, and Horowheuua Racing Clubs omitted to furnish the metropolitan club with dates for meetings proposed 'to bef held next season. The Carterton .Club will apply for November Bth and "9th, and Horowhenua. March 17th. The Masterton Club has not yet agreed upon its dates, but they will b c forthcoming in time to submit to the conference.

An Auckland paper circulates' the report that tho Patterson Brothers, of Wellington, hay© decided to dissolve partnership. In future Charles Patterson will trad© as Patterson Brothers, and Robert Patterson and his brother will bo known as Patterson and Co. Th© receipt charge of conspiracy against Mouatt and Wiastanley is said to be tho cause of the rupture, Jack Cameron, th© well-known Rangitikoi horseman, who journeyed to Australia some seasons back with Mr Frank Bell, with Fair Ellen and Rossiter, after winning tho Wellington Steeplechase on tho Igst named, returned to Auckland last week. Since Prank Cochrane announced his intention of taking a spell Mr T. Scott had evidently been in communication with Cameron. The Melbourne “Sportsman” of May 28th stated that ‘‘Jack Cameron, lat© of Caulfield, leaves Sydney to-morrow for Now Zealand to ride Plain Bill in tho Great Northern .Steeplechase at Auckland.” Cameron won a steeplechase at Randwick on the New Zealand-bred Volcano a few days before leaving. It is commonly reported down South (according to a Northern exchange) that the bookmakers are not going to open books on the New Zealand Cup this year, as they are so disgusted with tho treatment which has lately been meted out to them.

The Count, who figures amongst the entrants for the Bracelet and Necklet at tho approaching fixture of th© H.B. Jockey Club, is a son of Wonderland and Countess. Ho is trained by Arthur Goodwin, at Okawa. Countess, his dam, is by Patriarch - Ravenswing, by Ravonsdown out of Althea. Ravensdown was an imported English nr© by Balrowni—Nell Gwynno, so ifc will be seen that The Count can boast pf a good pedigree, both on the dam’s and the sire’s side. Wonderland is by Musket— Happy Band (dam of Hova). Mr J. E. Honrp, th© well-known hnndicapper, made nis first appearance at Ellersli© this week. Of the Ellerslie rising two-year-olds “Whalebone” writes : —Spalpeen, the Gossoon colt in Williamson’s team, is developing into a big one. Save that ho is a bit low-shouldered, there is little fault to find with him. Ho is a decidedly useful sort, and is commenoiug to take to his work nicely. Bcddington’s full brother, La Yaletta, in Wright’s team of Seaton Bolavals, is tho most forward of those in work, however, and can move himself. Powerful, full-brother to Seahorse and Zealous, is not such a regular attendant at Elierslio as he was. He is a brown in colour, and does not take after his sire in the least in the matter of conformation. H© has size, and looks likely to develop into a useful horse.

The Auckland bookmakers have done no business so far over the New Zealand Cup, and refused to quote a price against San Remo, the St. Lei'or—Cissy colt, during the week. The would-be backer offered to take hundreds to six, but there was no response. San Remo is the untried brother to Sant Rario, and Mr Ct. G. Stead’s only nomination. In ono of the races at the A.R.O. Autumn Meeting, the starter. Mr Cutts, inflicted a fine of £lO on S. Lindsay for breaking away repeatedly. The rider appealed to the committee, and the starter was asked for a report of the ease. This made a strong case against Lindsay, and the committee decided to sustain the starter’s action.

At the Baronldine (Queensland) meeting last month the Maiden Plate was

won by Olivette, a live-year-old by Medjidio (St. Lcgcr—Rosette). Owing to a throat complaint, Mr A. Moss, the well-known Dunedin, turl mefalJician, has decided to pay a visit to the other side, with a view to getting the best advice obtainable in -Melbourne and Sydney. After the Grand National Meeting at Auckland there will be a spell of racing, and Mr -Moss is taking advantage of this ‘'ori” season. His present intention is to leave Dunedin on June 17th, and to be absent six weeks.

The sire of the Derby winner, Flori--7,e1, was not represented on the list of English winning .stallions until last season, when Derides,- Floriforrn, Mackintosh, Theatre Royal, and \ olodyoyski credited him with £9882, placing him eighth on the list to St. Simon (t0d,460), Isinglass (C1?,,747). Galopin T£13,C92), Gallinulo (£13,562), Melton (£13,340). Common (£12,458), and Ormo (£9542). According to the cabled list of entiles, Seahorse, Record Reign, and Advance are the only Maonland horses engaged in the Australian spring handicaps. Mr T. Gumming, whoso tragic death occurred at iviolbourno last week, was well known in racing circles, and at one time owned Corvthus. who ran second to Rcdlcap in the V.H.C. Grand National Hurdle Race 1889. 11. Telford, who was connected with a Hutt stable earlier in the season, rode My Lord to victory in a hurdle race on the second clay of the North Otago meeting. Royalty, who won the last Launceston Cup, has gone to Melbourne to be trained. Faith and Grandee accompanied him. la reporting the purchase of the two yearlings at the Raudwick autumn sales for Mr W. T. Jones (Bravo), the ‘■Sportsman” says the youngsters will remain in Australia until the close of their thrco-ycar-old racing career. The French Jockey Club has been asked to apply rule 9G of the English Rules of Racing to the French turf, in order to prevent amateurs of uncertain horsemanship from riding and interfering with professionals. The Hawkes Bav-bred VoVlcano (Torpedo—Maid of the Mountain) won the Steeplechase, of loOsovs, about two and a half miles, at the Sydney Turf Club’s mooting on May 25th. He was ridden by the Rangitikei horseman, “Jack” Cameron.

Imported Grafton (Galopin——Maid Marian), who has a representative in the New Zealand Cup, is making a name for himself as a successful sire ill Australia. At the Adelaide Racing Club’s meeting last month Clifton (Grafton —Loch Ena) won tho Maiden Plate, six furlongs, and later in tho afternoon ran third in the Adelaide Stakes, seven furlongs, for two-year-olds. The champion mare La Carabine has boon kept going. At tho Adelaide Racing Club’s meeting on May 25th she won tho Parkside Stakes, a mile and a quarter, carrying Ost 101 b in a canter in 2min 17,(sec. Dirk Hammerhand (Ost 101 b) and Tasman (Bst 101 b) were placed. Tho only other starter was Tho Bride. Tho dividend was £1 3s. Included in T. Paytcn’s Brisbane team was -Th e Maine (Lochiol —Dona), a two-year-old sister to the Caulfield Cup winner Dewey, one won the Claret Stakes, of lOOsovs, six furlongs, carrying Bst 61b, in a field of eighteen. She also ran second to Ohio in the Royal Stakes, of 200sovs, nine furlongs, run in Imin 571 sec. Mr G. Dison-Holland, who has been for some years connected with the hanking business in Newcastle, has been appointed secretary to the Queensland Turf Club, vice Mr Abel Hyde, resigned. There wore 89 applicants for tho position. Mr Dison-Holland is said to have some racing experience. The date fixed for the annual meeting of the Racing Conference is Thursday, July 18th. Fighting Mac, who won three races at the North Otaao meeting is a nine-year-old gelding hv Vanguard—Highland Mary. The hurdle racer Highlander (by Le Loup) is a half-brother.

The sir e Stoneyhurst was recently destroyed on Sir George Clifford s Flaxbourne Station, in the Marlborough district. He won the O.J.C. Welcome kes, Canterbury Derby and Cup, nut was a failure at the stud. His sire (King of Clubs) succeeded Traducer at Middle Park, where ho was located one or two seasons, but was not a success. He, however, had useful representatives in Liverpool and Spade Guinea. Billy, who walked over for the steeplechase at the Kumeroa Winter Oats race meeting on Monday last, has been in commission a long time. He won some races in the Nap ior district for Mr “Bat” Dennehy during the season 18923. He was then six years old so would now be rising fifteen. He is by Perkin Warheck—Brenda, therefore half-brother to Queen Bee (dam of Bealey). Billy is the oldest horse at present racing in the colonv. _ ~ , At the Wairarapa Racing Club s meeting on Easter Mop day an objection was lodged against Lottie Colima Conner of the Hurdle Race) on the ground that her jockey (J. McLaughlin), was in the unpaid forfeit list. The objection was dismissed, but McLaughlin was fined £- and ordered to stand down for the rest of the meeting. He has not paid the £2, and at th e monthly meeting ot . the Metropolitan Club a request was received from the country club asking that McLaughlin should he placed m the list until the fine was paid. It is an uncommon case, and the local stewards appointed a committee to consider whether they had the power to do as requested. , Frank Higgott has no less than seven horses in training at present, including two recent additions, in Ocean (Endspord—Oceana), and Horton (King Cole —Amy). Tho former has just been taken up after a spell, and is in the rough. The latter will be put to bur. die racing this winter. Ho will be schooled by Jason Davis, who is in li|ggott’s stable, and did some hurdle riding for T. Stewart at Riccarton. The Eketahuna Hack Racing Club submitted Boxing Day as the date ot their annual meeting for the approval of - th 0 Conference. The Metropolitan body recommended the club to submit some other date, as Boxing Day clashed with Lower Valley, and it was unlikely the Conference would approve ot it. Eketahuna is on© of th© clubs that intend applying for a totnlisator permit. Mr W. T. Whittaker, the local trotting enthusiast, has been granted a gentleman, rider’s license by the Wellington Racing Club. ' George Laing, who was injured while riding Roer in a hurdle race at the Egmont meeting, has been granted by the Taranaki Jockey Club £9 and doctor’s fee, £2 2s, from the Jockeys’ Provident Fund.

■H. Garment, a younger brother to F. and C. Garment, well-known horsemen la the Otaki district, has joined F. Higgott’s stable as an apprentice. In future th 0 Wellington Racing Club will probably follow tb e course adopted by the Canterbury Jockey Club jnd only issue trainers’ and jockeys’ tickets to persons engaged at the meetings. This will help to stop the crowd of persons who at present travel from meeting to meeting on the strength of their license.

The Lower Valley Jockey Club submitted to tb e Metropolitan Club December 26th and 27th as the dates of

its annual meeting. The stewards cansidered ono day’s racing sufficient for the Martinborough Club, and will recommend the Conference to that effect.

For the Steeplechase meeting, which the Wairarapa Racing Club proposes to hold next winter, the dales, July 7th and Bth, have been applied for. The Metropolitan Club has granted its sanction, provided the fixture docs net clash with the Hutt meeting, which it is unlikely to do. The Manawatu Racing Club also propo>so to add a steeplechase meeting to their programme. '.these two gatherings will help to liven up the back end considerably, and will no doubt he appreciated by owners of jumping horses. Horses not up to National form will bo able to earn their winter oat.s without putting their -owners to the expense of travelling to Auckland or Christchurch.

The South Wairarapa Charitable Trotting Club desire to come under the wing of the Racing Conference, and notified the Metropolitan Club that it intended to apply to the Turf Parliament for registration, as the Greytown Trotting and Racing Club. The idea evidently is to turn the club into a racing club with £l5O in stakes, and also give some money for trotting events. Such applications are usually made to and recommended by the Metropolitan Club of the district. Under tho circumstances the Wellington Racing Club stewards decided not to recommend the application. Tho club has a permit, but desires to be registered as a racing club. At present it has to confine itself strictly to trotting events under the rules. Racing Clubs in the Taranaki district have applied for the following dates for mootings next season to b 0 approved by the Racing Conference: —Egmont, February 19 and 20, and May 3 and 4; Opunako, January 1; Waitara, November 21;Patea, Easter Monday ; Taranaki Metropolitan Club, December 2G and 27, and February 12 and 13.

A Southern paper states that a full sister to Jemima is in training at Oamaru. Tho Stud gives (1893) Tufto by Clair as the only return of Glorvina, besides Jemima and Stopina. No other produce lived and Glorvina died in 1899. The time for receiving entries for the New Zealand Cup was extended twentyfour hours, probably on account of the poor number of entries. This is a very unusual thing to do, and tho Canterbury Jockey Club has set smaller clubs a very baa example. The Wellington Racing Club extended tho nominations last season on account of a gale and telegraph communication all round being cut off. Some years ago at Island Bay tho nominations were put back for some reason or other and an owner who had made four entries and paid £4, before the advertised time of closing, withdrew his entries on the reasonable ground that he objected to any “funny business.” The Wellington Racing Club had to pay out twice on two occasions for taking nominations after the hour of closing. The rule (41) bearing on th e subject states that “tho list of entries (and acceptances) shall be closed at the advertised time, and no entry (or acceptance) shall in any case or on any terms, be permitted to be made after that time.” How many informal entries wore received for the New Zealand Cup ?

The whole of Mr John Crozier’s horses have been placed in the hands of Messrs Yuill and Co., Melbourne, for private sale. They include Gunga Din, Dirk Hammerhand, Cicero, and the yearling brothers to Amiable and Security. Messrs Barnett and Grant report the following as the ruling prices for the New Zealand Cup:—■ 12 to 1 Advance 14 to 1 Pampero, Glenaladalo, Palaver, Nonette and San Remo 16 to 1 Ringlet, Seahorse, Ideal, Formula, Battleaxe, Canteen, Cameo and Materoa 20 to 1 Fulmen, Renown, Benzoin, Tortulla and Calibre 25 to 1 Oannie duel, St. Mark, Sirius, Will-o’-the-Wisp, Kahuwai, Mellwood, Fashion, Djin-Djin and Okonire 33 to 1 Billet-Doux, Shellback, Reliance. Heriot, Tigrona, la, Comfort and Intrepid 50 to 1 Volley, Military, Pearl Diver, Tetiapuka. Tigress and St. Ilario. The Irish horses, Cecil Wiukfield and Kiugfield, as well as a couple of others, have been purchased by a Mr Homan, with a view to winning races in South Africa as soon as affairs there are sufficiently settled. J. E. Brewer’s team of horses at Caulfield is to be increased by the West Australian-owned Snapshot,' who has done some racing in South Australia. The Moreton Handicap, of 250sovs, one mile and a quarter, at the Queensland Turf Club’s meeting, was won by Little Tartar, by Tartar, who was one of J. Chaafe’s Brisbane team. Tartar is by Musket—Stopno, therefore halfbrother to Russloy, Stepmak, etc. Little Tartar was bred by Mr H. Barnes, on the Clarence River. Nandu, tho dam of Little Tartar, is by Darebin from Narina, by Yattendon, and was the dam of that remarkably smart galloway mare Nardoo. The Kirkham-brcd Achray, by Mar-tini-Henry from Acme, was a starter in th Q Newport Plate at Epsom (England) a few weeks ago, and finished last in a field of six. Victor Sadlier, a Queensland lightweight, licensed by the Wellington Racing Club, who was riding at the Hutt during the summer and autumn meetings, also for R. Connop at Hastings, recently returned to Brisbane. At the Queensland Turf Club’s meeting on May 24th he rode Richmond, who finished third in the Moreton Handicap, and Kinbombio, who ran third in the Novice Handicap. The veteran Whakawatea was among the starters for tho May Stakes at the Sydney Turf Club meeting on May 26th. H e carried top weight (9st 41b), and finished a good fourth. At the West Australian Goldfields Racing Carnival, to be held in August, £75,995 will be given in stakes. The amount is made up and distributed by the following clubs:—7th and 10th, Coolgardie Racing Club, £1700; 14th and 17th. Kalgoorlie Racing Club, £2720; 21st and 24th, Boulder Racing Club; £1850; 28th, Boulder Licensed Victuallers’ Racing Club, £725; '3lst, Boulder Hunt Club, £6O. _ The distance from Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie is twenty-four miles, and from Kalgoorlie to Boulder two miles. During the Queensland Turf Club meeting last month some of the local studs submitted a number of yearlings to auction. For a colt, full brother to Master Bernie, by Little Bernio—Trent Rose, the bidding reached 285 gs, but the reserve was 300. The following sales were effected:—Brown colt, by Musketoon Casket, Mr A Barrington, 80gs; brown filly, by Archie— Sweetwater, Mr Barrington, 21f?i - chestnut filly, by Archie —Ozone, Mr R. Gough, 2lgs- two-year-old chestnut filly, bv Musketoon—Tiara, Mr T. Pavten, Sydney, 85gs; two-year-old bay gelding, by Archie—First Flight Mr Simpson 27gs: bay colt, full brother to Boreas 11. and Araxes, Mr C. W. Booker, 225g5. A few days previous to the race Fr>athnlt. the winner of the A.R.O. Citv Handicap, was purchased for 500 guineas by Mr J. Rowen, the owner of the colt's brother, Fleet Admiral.