RACING NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6052, 9 November 1906, Page 4

RACING NOTES

(By “Advance.”)

FIXTURES. Nov. 3,9, and 10—Auckland K.C. Spring Meeting Nov. 3. 5. 7, and 10—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan Meeting Kov. 9—Waipawa County E.C. Mooting Nov. 9, and ' 10—Winton J.C. Annual Mooting Nov. 9 and 10 —Taratahi-Cartertou K.C Annual Mooting Nov. 9—Wuvcrley and IVaitotara Annual Meeting Nov. 21 and 22—South Canterbury J.C. Spring Meeting Nov. 29 and 80— Feilding J.C. Spring Meeting Dec. 6—Waitara E.C Hack Meeting Doc. 15 and 17—Christchurch E.C. Summer Meeting Dec. 26 and 29, Jan. 1 and 2 —Auckland E.C. Summer Meeting Deo. 31 and Jan. I—Groyinouth J.C. Mid-summer Meeting Jan. 1 and 2—Vincent J.C. Annual Meeting CHATTER. A Taranaki scribe reports that Star Rosa's New' Zealand Cup success meann a lot of money for Waitara, tho estimate ranging from £12,000 to £lO,000. One well known sport is reported to have scooped in £3OOO and another to luivo struck the £2060 double. Probably rumour has been playing somewhat indiscriminately with figures, but there is no doubt that Waitara sports are happy, and that a deal of foreign capital will flow into their pouches. Inglewoodiaiis ‘‘in the know” have also cause to wear smiles. Poseidon, the crack Australian tbreo-year-old, is named after a powerful Greek God. This mythological, personage was called Ncptunus by the Homans, and was tho God of tho Mediterranean Sea. His palace was in the depth of tho sea near Aegao in Euboea, where he kept his horses with brazen hoofs and golden manes. With these horses ho' rides in a chariot oyer the waves, which become 'smooth at his approach, and the monsters of the deep recognise him and play around his charpot. AH other marine divinities are subject to him. Ho was regarded as the creator of tho horse, and is credited with doing a few things that -would bring to a present day horfo fakir groat applause from tho ■ “guns.” Among other little jokes played was metamorphosing himself into a horse for tho purpose of deceiving Demcter (tho Goddess of the earth). He taught men the art of managing horses hy the bridle, and. was the originator , and protector of horse races.

THE MELBOURNE CDP / _ WINNER, Poseidon, by Positana—Jacinth, thd winner of the Melbourne Cup of 1900, is the property of a gentleman who races under the name of XI. E. Robertson, and who raced on a fairly large scale, in Adelaide some years ago. On removing to Sydney, he consulted with Earnshaw, the well-known trainer, and decided on trying two colts, Poseidon and Mundoie. Poseidon cost £SOO as a yearling, and Mundoie £2OO. and each won a race as a two-year-old. ' Before their throe-year-old career began, the ojyner went , on a long trip to England and the Continent, leaving the management of the two colts with a gentleman associated with him in business. Mundoie was given a long spell, and was not raced as a three-year-old, but Poseidon, after a short spell, was brought in and began his three-year-old career, which, up to tho present, is one of the most sensational in modern turf, records. Ho has won as a three-year-old five races out of six starts, and in the sixth race he filled second place. His owner is much to he congratulated on Inis luck, or his judgment, in .getting hold of such a horse in a string consisting of two horses only. Most owners would be trying and training stables full of horses for a lifetime without asperieneing the luck to own such a smasher. Ho is very quiet at the harrier, arid ■a child could ride him in a race; in fact, Clayton, who has ridden him 'through his throo-ycar-old career, days ho has to keep riding him from start to finish of a race. By this quiet method of running,, he conserves his energy for the finishing run, which stood ! him in such good stead in tho A.,1.0. Derby and tho Caulfield Cup. Collarit’s breakdown has prevented a trial of strength between Poseidon and Collarit; ! but the latter wad not treated with the; same consideration as 'was shown to Poseidon, and bad rather too much raced out of him as an early threo-yoai--eld; while Eofnsbaw gave Poseidon two races before tlie Randwick meeting, two at Rand■wick, and two at Caulfield, and, thus was-able .to give the colt experience and condition without galloping tho heart out of him, as he had plenty of time to recover _ after his races before being raced again. His want of size, and more particularly his want of reach, make.him compare somewhat unfavourably 1 with the champions of the . past: but he is a very symmetrical horse, full of quality, and when out on" tho track looks 'about twioo as big as be does in his box, and when stretched out ir% a race be covers a.' great deal of ground in a stride. His form up to the present is sufficient to show that he is quite a first-llighter in any company. , ' ■