NOTES-AXE COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7865, 29 July 1911, Page 16

NOTES-AXE COMMENTS

(By "The Judge,”) Owing to the had weather at Eiccarton the horses hare had three days o{ idleness, hut now the tracks are improving trainers will bo sending their charges along with a view to having them ready for the national meeting. Visiting horses are ar. rivin" daily, and there is now a big muster at the southern convincing ground. Gaelic, Tyrannic, Passive, Cora/.on, Incv, Compass, A-riom. D’Nil, and Dogger-hank ren-chorl Eiccarton safely, and have been out working. The wcU-known rider Boland I Latch was on Thursday married to Miss Ehoda lliggott. a nistor of the Lower Hutt trainer of that name. Klfbolt was shipped to Rjrincy by the Manuka yesterday afternoon. , Tile Australian jockey IV. 11. JCcLachlan was called before tlio stewards at Manchester after winning the Summer Breeders Foal Plato on Juno 10th. and severely repriinandcd for not keeping a. straight lino on tho St. Ives filly. It appears that tho fillv was more than two lengths in front when she crossed over to the rails, willed ia allowable under the rules observed m Australia. It looks as though the stewards of the Hobart Turf Chit) have disooverod something in the nature of a jockeys’ ring m Tasmania. As the result of a recent inquiry into a horse’s running;, McCtvmbe, Fish, and Payne—all well-known jockeys—were disqualified for two years, and Janies Gordon, another jockey. #or twelve months. Had the stewards been able to obtain sufficient evidence to convict, it is eaid the disqualification list would have been, bigger still. It is TCfportod that the Auckland horse•ma.ii, P. Hradv ■will have the mount on Mr St. J. Buckley’s horses St. Aidan and Dorando at tho C.J.C. meeting}* When looking after his sheep during tho •flood (ssl-vs the ‘‘Lyttelton. Times”) Mr T. S. Hanna, of Scfton. had tho misfortune to lose his trotting horse Doctor G,. which he wag driving in a gig. The horse stepped Into a washout, and there being a strong current rauning, it lost its footing and was carried down stream an-d drowned. The gig was smashed, and Mr Hanna had a narrow escape from being drowned. That good sprinter Obsouo (Obligadolima) is now' at FRemington, where ho is being trained by his new owner, Mr Has sett. If he can be produced in his best form, the New Zealander should get among the winners at the spring meetings. The race for tho Coronation Cup at F.p fto.m (England) was truly a battle of giants (says tbc “Sportsman”). The field included Lemberg, the winner of last year’s Derby and Swynford. tho hero of the St. Loger*. also Bachelor's Double, the winner of last year’s City and Suburban and Royal Hunt Cup, and ithc recently decided. Kempt-on Park Jubilee Handicap; while Greenback who was beaten, a neck by Lemberg at Epsom a twelvemonth ago. was another starter. For the first lialf-miie the pace was very fast, though lord Derby’s oolt was more than equal to the task. He eventually took tho lead, and was in command when rounding Tottenham Corner. ; Halfway up the straight, however, he was challenged by Mr Fairie’s colt, and hard’y without an effort. Lemberg won in a canter by three-parts of a length. Bachelor’s Double was overhauling Swynford very' I rapidly at the finish, only being beaten by a head for second place. Greenback, was the last to pass the judge. Lemberg's time was not quite so good as when he won the Derby, the race being decided over tho earn© course. _ It is reported that no horses at Randyrick arc looking or going better than, JPrince Foote and Duke Foote R. O'Donnell, the Riccarton trainer, nei 'companied by his wife and child, left by th© Manuka for Sydney yesterday. W : th, ‘him went Los Angelos, Genius, and Bonita, who claim engagements at the spring meetings on the other side. Los Angelas has 'been set a severe task with top weight in somo of the big handicaps, and sportsmen ■on this side of the water will be much in.terested to learn how ho fares. Mr-O. B. Pharazyn, tho well-known AVal•rarapa sportsman, has taken up his resi-i ‘dcnce at Rose Bay, Sydney, where h© in- • tends to reside permanently. Mr Phardzya Is on a brief visit to ■Wellington, but returns to the New South Wales -capital by next week’s steamer. The Acting-Prim© Minister of the Commonwealth (Mr Hughes) has received through the Colonial Office the following despatch from the British Charge d'AffairoS at Bangkok, Slam:—“The Government of* Siam want to experiment with Austra-l ban ponies for cavalry. They require 100„ averaging 13 hands and five years old. to' arrive at Bangkok not later than October. If tho price is reasonable they will want more afterwards. The Government of Bunn is anxious to know the actual and reasonable price at which the gnjmal 9 can be landed at Bangkok, or, at any rate, to bo * introduced to reliable agents. X should like to assist the Government of Siam in making the experiment successful, and would be grateful if th© Government of the Commonwealth could assist directly or indirectly.” This might also prove a likely market for New Zealand horses. 1 There is a groat difference between rac-i ing in England and Prance. In the former country owners' subscriptions and forfeits go towards making up the advertised value of such races as the Derby, St. Leger, and Oaks, whereas in France, ag iu Australia, added money is attached to all “classics,” the forfeits and sweepstake© swelling the total value of the prize. The added money for the French Derby recently won by Alcantara 11. was £4200, but sweepstakes, etc., brought the total value up to £8525. The only liability - contracted- by tuo Epsom management in connection with the English Derby is that of making up any deficiency betweeil the advertised value and th© amount subscribed bv owners in the way of sweepstakes and forfeits. In Sunstar’s Derby the shortage was £ls, which was certainly not much to pay for a race of such world-wide importance. The Now Zealand horses at K and wick are starting to move along, over short distances (says a Sydney writer). " I saw the yearlings Bon Soix (Boniform —Curfew Bell), and Canute (Charlemagne ll.—Lady Helen) shape rather takingly over a couple of furlongs. Chin Chin (Boniform —Drought) also acquitted herself fairly, but there was no dash, in the effort of the big* Achilles—Strathspey colt, TeviotUale. However, the next couple of months may do a lot for him, though, in any ease, he looks one of tho sort likely to do much better in the autumn than the spring. Bandeira, who will probably carry tho Messrs Stead's colours in the A.J.C. Derby, in a free-going castjomer, and Culprit has nice action. The latter is a neat, thick-set little filly, but, for tho rop-notchor she has shown herself, her appearance falls short of expectations