RACING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10430, 7 November 1919, Page 8

RACING.

ißy “Carbine,")

•FIXTURES. Nor. 8, 12—Auckland R.C. Nov-! ft, 10. 12. 15—CantorbJ.O, Nov, 12. 13—Winton J.C. . Nov. i9—Anhhurst-i’ohangina E.O.

MOTES AND COMMENTS

'■‘Beacon,” ift the Melbourne “Leader,”’ says that on the day Caulfield Cup wa’s min Bradfield remarked: “A bit of luck will make all the difference. Whichever ono of my three secures the beat run will win, and they may finish first, second* and third-. For good judgment that is hard to heat, Tho scribe I quote also states that the stable commission for Lucknow averaged about 100 to 6, and that Messrs Eobinson and Clark’s winnings were just under £lO,000. The Caulfield Cun has been a groat race for those owners, they had the winning ticket in Tattersall’s swoop on it when Bronzotti won in 1917-, and liavo landed the race for the .past two years with their own horses. Ono of tho races for which tho two-year-old Dunedin was specially brought from Sydney to Now Zealand is • the Auckland 11. C. Welcome Stakes of £IOOO. H, Gray has been engaged to ride Dunedin, Tho weather was Cold for thb final fast gallops at Hiccarton, The work was done on tho outsido of tho course proper, which was heavy, tho effect of tho rain overnight. Michael a heat Motuihl over six furlongs in Imin 22 3-oseo. Eoyal Exchange beat Ermine over six furlongs in Imin 20seo. Miss Mimic did nine furlongs in 2mm o 2-sseo-Onslaught "ran five furlongs in Imin <tsee—a brilliant effort. Afterglow beat Eossinl over six furlongs in Imin 2-ssco, CKoalhing galloped a mile in Imin 47seo. «55- ■ „ Elens heat Bingham over te* furlongs in 2min 20 2-sseo. ■ Kilmoon -ran ten -furlongs in 2min 19 3-osec. , . Vagabond did six furlongs !h Imin 22 2- see. Eoyal Stag and Nightralder wore well matched in a mile go, which took Imin 49s0<j. Battle-Song and Astinome did seven furlongs in Imin 36 2-sseo. going better than Affectation, with Heathercoto threo lengths away, did -ten furlongs in 2min 13 1-Ssco. Mascot heat Lucid, with Hurry tip a -bad third, over a mile, run in ,Imm 50sso. ... Seasprite covered seven furlongs in Imin So 8-SseO. finishing well. Gay Lad, assisted by Tortrix over the last mile, ran ten furlongs in Smin 15seo. He finished strongly. His gaTluop was tho hest of the morning-. Torfrcda .just- heat Kilbroganover five furlongs in Imin 6 1-oseo. .. Moorfowl beat Winter Wind in a half-mile run down the straight. Demos, Croesus, and Silver Link wore in that order at the end of five furlongs, run in Imin 5 4-ssee. Bon Spec did five furlonf* in Imin 6seo, going comfortably at tho finish, Koso Wreath did «cveh furlongs -in Imin 34 4-ssob. Mmoha beat Dribble -over t-iX fut- ; longs in Imin 21 3-oseo. * AVardanoer and ATar Lovo ran. a milt in Imin 49 S-oseh. . Kilrush did ten furlongs ih Siruh 13 3- He was brought homo by -Loyal Arch over the last mile. , Sans Sbnci and Scrroa -Ki3 did -feus furlongs in 52seO. Cerberus covered six furlongs in Amin 19 S-sseb, 'wil’h -Inah over the .last -font furlongs. . Hylans and Sonnino Jumped font hurdles well, in company, with Akishin, San Sebastian doing similar work separately. Wednesday Wight’s -southern Arrivals include John Barleycorn and Barley Eigs, while American Beauty, Sweet Tipperary, Eed Signal, and Russet Arrived from tho north .yesterday. In the old days in England, when telegraphic communication wits not what it is -now, and results’in one city wore stot' in reaching another, a man who' Togo from the position of a railway mechanic to be ono of the most famous scheraera and wire-pullers evei known in connection "with the English turf, brought off a safe coup at tho expense of Manchester speculators. Tho race in connection with which this was .effected was the Northumberland Plate (the Pitmen’s DerbV) at Newcastle. Vigilant, in tho London Sportsman, gives an account of how it was managed. Having arranged wdth his agents to meot him on arrival at Manchester, so that ho did not personally appear in the nefarious business, the plotter proceeded to square tho driver of tho connecting train between Newcastle and Manchester to await the arrival of his train, and on no account to miss tho connection.- If the incoming train was late, as it was, ho was to disappear under his engine and hammer away at some imaginary trouble until ho came. This was dono accordingly. The schemer arrived, took his scot, and as if by magic tho engine was all right, steamed away immediately, reached Manchester safely- whore tho agents were in waiting to receive

the information as to the winner,-and tho Schemer disappeared. Tho clubs wore sucked dry, and vims was successfully achieved ono oi the greatest robberies ever perpetrated in connection with racing results and it was ninny years afterwards before tho secret of tho fraud was exposed. Tho chief actor was a genius in roguery; hut became a very important personage on tho turf, and died the possessor of a huge fortune. Just when tho war broke out tho added money for tho Melbourne Cup was again well on tho way to tho £IO,OOO given in tho resjiective years of Carbine, Malvolio, Glenloth, and Tarcoola. From £7OOO in 1912 it had advanced to £BOOO in 1913-14-13, but a reduction to £6OOO in 1917,13 was the natural outcome of tho fact that tho club devoted its profits to patriotic purposes during tho war-. Tho club subscribed £84,614, and the Eepatriation meeting it organised increased the total to a little over £102,000-. This year tho Cup carried £7OOO added money, but tho sweepstake for starters is £SO each, against £3O last season, This year’s field did not approach tho record number of starters, 39, in Carbine’s year-. That horse has also tho distinction ol having won with tho most weight—• 10.5. The timo record for the race is 3min 25Jscn, put up by Night AA’atch last year.