NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9096, 15 July 1915, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

The "Australasian’s" English correspondent states that" racing in England is practically at a the Salisbury Cup Haro Hill,' who «u--ried 8.13, showed what a real .good thing the Chester Cup was for him, an even, he won with the greatest of case, with 7.10 on his back. The brace of wins will bring his sire Pam more to the . front. Pam' is by Isinglass from Pamela by Hampton. It is slated that the English Government have'not interfered 1 with racing in Ireland. The _reason for this’is attributed by an ■ English scribe to the fact that the Government would get into trouble with the leaders of the well-or-ganised Irish National members of Parliament. Many English owners have expressed their intention of taking their horses over to Ireland to race. Sj,ort in that country is under the rule of the Irish. Turf -Club, and the instructions issued by the Jockey Club only apply to Great Britain.. ' An Australian judge is not taken with the,way the New Zealand cross-country horseman,’A. J. McFrviin, sits the saddle. The judge iii question takes exception to horsemen who persist in having their knees purchased over their horse's withers in a hteepkehase. It was predicted be.ore ch© steeiaechpso that Mcl’iynn was likely to "leave the farm”.'if Tim Doolan toon a liberty with a fence in the race, and his - rider failed to -lengthen his stirrup leathers. ■ 1 . The: popular fancy for the big steeplechase- ac Fiemmgion on Saturday rast was Tim Duoian and El with Guncap and Booligal in strong demand. The -winner was hardly spoken of, anti his success came as a great surpr.se. The time put up by Rathfarnham when’ho.won the Grand National Hindis Race ait’the V.R.C. 'recent .meeting' con-stitutes-a record for the face. ' Ratnfarnhain covered the three miles in smin to; geo. The largest' field that ; has started for the event is twenty-six and the smallest eight. Rathfarnham comes from a. good stock, hie pedigree on his sire’s side going back to Flying Dutchman, and on liis dam’s to Fisherman. A matter .that is to come before the New Zealand Racing Conference is the alleged disgraceful state of the horse boxes on the railway.. The boxes were stated to be in a very unsanitary condition at a meeting of the committee of the South Canterbury Jockey Cluo, ano that many valuable horses were reported to have suffered severely in consequence. It was also decided at the meeting to ask the Railway Department to fumigate all horse boxes in future after a meeting. Owing to irregularities in connection with the New Brighton Tiottiug Club s annual meeting it has been decided to take fresh nominations for the wr»«j offices and to hold a general meeting ot the members within the next week or two to, tsansact the business of the annual meeting. . The aged Euroclydon gelding Beason. who won the Sydenham Hurdles at the Grand National meeting at Riccarton. last season, was made a firm favouiite for the Warwick Farm Hurdle Race ran at the beginning of the month. Beacon had only arrived in Austialia a short while before the meeting, but he gave a good account of himself aid finished in second place after conceding the winner upwards of two stone in weight. An exchange says that when the season's statistic are made up it will probably be found that Mr T. H. Lowry is at the head of the winning owners. This, at any rate, is the conclusion arrived at by the Wellington writer "Sir Lancelot,’’ who has kept records, and who makes the total of the Hawke's Bay sportsman .£9340. Desert Gold was the chief contributor, while JBalboa, Beldame, Marshal McDouald. Tett?a-Tete, Campeador, Marco Bello and Carlysian also assisted. Mr, Lowry’s best previous totai was .£5970, two years ago', and bis latest record is all the more creditable in view of the small team which ho had to represent him. Sir George Clifford is second on the list wijbh .£9037, five of his two-year-olds contributing ,£4860 between them. Altogether Sir George Clifford’s total was assisted by fifteen horses. Flying Start, Adjutant, Battle Eve. Holiday, Harlequin (two-year-olds), Autumnus, Court Martial, Bold Stroke, Don Francisco, First Flight. Merry Trick, Quarantine, Snapdragon, Wisebird. and. Wharfinger. In the past eight seasons Sir George Clifford has won £57,664 in stakes, his best season in that period being 191112 (£12,030) and his worst last season £3796).