FIXTURES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 9

FIXTURES

Austist 13. 15. 17.—Canterbury J.Q

NOTES AND COMMENTS

CBy “Tho Judge.”)

Now that the Vv.R.C. meeting is a tiling of the past the next big fixture will be the Grand national at Riccarton next month. The big northern contingent will soon be on their way snail, the first division to receive marching orders being La Jleina, 'lui Ctikobuu, Salute, Uranium, and Taketumu. Tho Aucklanders are booked to leave by the Mararoa this evening. By the same boat will Continuance, Paisano, Compass, Daroy Paul, Sandy Paul, and Eante. Later on in tlio week Taiaha, Master Theory, Bandolero, Biack Northern, Armagh, and Hautno will be sent down to Riccarton. Mr Gore, president of the Forbury Park Trotting Club, left for the south, by the Maori last night. He had intended making a North Island tour,' but, becoming unwell, decided to return homo.

Mr J. M. Johnston, secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, has gone for a trip to Sydney on business and plea; sure bent.

The southern contingent who competed at Trentham, viz., White Cockade, Master Paul, Countermine, and Alexis, were shipped south by the Maori last night. The Karan;u team at Trentham were railed hack to Hastings yesterday. Peary was the only ono of the five to score a win.

Kilrain, who won a double at Trentham, and Goodwin Park were taken back to Forded yesterday by F. Tilley. By the same train went Antarctic, who was being railed back to Wanganui by F. Peachey. Mr James, who runs the totalisator for some tweuty-eight meetings in Otago, has been on a visit to Wellington during the week. During a chat ho mentioned the fact that the money passed through his machines during the season amounted to over £400,0(0.

Tho race between Mount Victoria and Grown Pearl in the Onslow Handicap was as exciting a one as one eou. wish to see. Tho former got off a little better than tho New .Plymouth gelding, but at tho bend tho latter was in front, and looked like scoring. Mr Whitney’s galloper fairly worried him down, just having the call by a head as the post was vouched. Crown Pearl did not seem to apt too well in the heavy going, and maybe if the track had been harder ho might have

versed the position. Mount Victoria has done loyal service for Mr Whitney this season, the form shown by th j three-year-old son of Signalman and Primula having been of the consistent order.

Mr Whitney intends removing all his horses from C. Pritchard’s stables, and in future they will be looked after at W'aikanae by a private trainer. When under Pritchard’s care tho team has scored quite a number of notable successes, but by the nerv arrangement the Wellington owner considers he will be able to give tho horses more personal supervision than has been the case,, in the past. At the Melbourne Trotting Club’s meeting last week the Sydney two-year-old filly, Nan trotted a mile heat in SJmin 25sec,. and thereby established a new record for Australasia by clipping IJsec off the. time registered by tha Victorian pacer, Delaven Chimes. Tho race was tho Sires Produce Stakes for two-year-old pacers in harness.

The rare occurrence of a' dead-heat in a trotting handicap happened at Richmond (Victoria) last week, when Cathedral Chimes and Otahuhu came homo together. The owners of tho pair agreed to divide, and it was the first success achieved by either horse. The Victoria Racing Club is going in for a big scheme of improvement.! at Flemington. A sewerage scheme to cost £12,000 is to be put in hand, while £25,000 will be devoted to the new grandstand, altering tho track, extending tho stand on the hill, etc. To meet the expenditure, instead of cutting down stakes, there will be an in creased charge for and n embers’ subscriptions will be raised, Mr J. Collingwood, th© well-known handicapper, slipped on the concrete floor of tho alattoirs at Feilding yesterday and wrenched a knee so badly that he will bo incapacitated for some little time.

The result of tho Derby placed Cyllene an easy first in the winning sires’ list in England so far this season. Prior to that race his total was £10,214, and by now ho is well on the way to tho £20,000 mark. *lt is improbable though that he will reach his respective records of £35,550 in 1909 and £38,001 in 1910. When tho mail left, the American stallion Broomstick was second on the list of winners, five of his progeny having each credited him with a race, and his total in stakes was £7917.,

The principal handicap at the Johan, nesburg winter meeting was worth 1200 sovs, and run over a nine-furlong course. This went to a five-year-old gelding named Who’s My Father, by Dread Knife or Love Wisely from Brielle. An excuse for this nomenclature! atrocity is evidently his doubtful pedigree.