SPORTING AND SPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12649, 29 April 1903, Page 3

SPORTING AND SPORTS.

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, RACING CALENDA.U, ipiil 29—Avondale J.C. Autumn. April 23 aid, 30—Manawatu B.C. Autumn. !May G aild V—Egmont R.C. "Winter. May 9— Christchurch Racing Club Autumn. May li and -15—Ashburton County R.C. ' Autumn. May 16 and 20—Takapuna J.C. Winter. May 21 and 22—Wanganui J.C. Winter. May 30, June 3 and 6—North Now Zealand Grand National.. May 30 and June' 4—Tahuna Park Trots. June 3 and 4—Otaki Maori R.C. Winter. June 3 and &—Dunedia J.C. Winter.. Juno 10 and 11—North OtagoJ.C Winter. i June 2-i and 25—Hawke's Bay J.C. WinteT. August 11, 13, and 15—Nfiw Zealand Grand National. November 7—C.J.C. Metropolitan (New Zealand Cap).' Ownerß are reminded tliat on (Friday next, Ist May, nominations close for the principal events at tho forthcoming winter meeting of the- Dunedin Jockey Club, which is set down to take place on Wednesday, June 3, and Saturday, June 6. Tho principal event on* the programme is the Birthday Handicap,.which' is run on the ■first day of tho meeting, and the raco is endowed with 20030V5, minus 15aovs, which is deducted for' the second hb'tse. The race is to bo run over-12 furlongs, and the winner of any raco or races collectively of the value of 75sovs after declaration of weights lias to take up a penalty of 31b; of lOOsovs, Sib; t 150sovs,' 71b; 200sovs 'or over, lO'.b. The Tradesmen's Handicap has lOOsovs attached to it, and is to be run over six furlongs. A mile and three-quarter' hurdle event has 70sovs attached to it; and there is a sevenfurlong welter of 70sova also on the first day's card, which is completed with tho inelusion of a Maiden Plate, of SOsovs, one mile, a Hack Handicap, and a w.f.a. Selling Race, each of the two last-mentioned being AOsovs stakes. On the second day the Provincial Handicap forms the principal item on tli© card, and it has a stako of ISOsovs and is to ba run over a 10-furlong course. There aro three 60sovs stakes, in the shape of a 12-furlong Hurdlo Bace, a six-furlong ■welter, arid a six-furlong handicap. The Farewell Handicap and a Novel Handicap tire worth SOsovs each, and a Hack Highwoight Handicap has a prise of 40sovs tacked on to it. Owners can see their homes handicapped for each race on the programme for tho, sum of £1, and their nominations must bo declared on Friday, May 1. Handicaps are duo to appear on Ifjiy 16. It has been decided by tho judges appointed'by the Racing Conference'that the stakes of the Visitors' Plate, run at Auckland. shall be pjid to the owner of Marshal Soult. Tho judges held that the stewards had no power to permit Rose Shield to carry less than 7.9. Thoy also ordered the deposits of Marshal Soult's owner to be returned to • him. _ Tho conditions of the Visitors' Plate, which was a lOOsovs stake, minus lOsovs for the second howe, were that it. was a race for two and three-year-olds that had never won a raco of the valuo of 75sovs, or races of the collective value of 150sovs, at time of nomination. Two-year-olds were to carry 7.9, three-year-olds 9.0, and there was no mention of a sexual allowance being granted, but the owners of four fillies—Rose Shield (who won), Cygnet, Lady Eose, and Bonheur—sent their horses out with 7.4 on their backs. Marshal Soult carried 9.0, and ran second to Rose Shield, and after the race tho colt's owner protested against Rose Shield receiving the stake; and on a decision being given against him ho appea'.ikl to the .Racing Conference, which lias now decided in hi* favour. ■ , The Tahuna Park Trotting Club are out with their programme for the club's annual winter meeting, which is set down this year to tako "place on Saturday, May 30, and the following Thursday. Juno 4. The

principal 'event on tho first dav is the President's Handicap (saddle), 50sovs, second horse* lOsovs, one- milo and a-half, and is . open to horses able to do wnin or better. Tho Innovation Handicap, two miles (in harness), is worth 40sovs, and is open to horses that can do 5.40 or under. The Beach Handicap (saddle), two miles, is worth 40sova, and is open "to horses that can do 5.25 or under. The St. Clair Handicap (saddle) is worth 35sovs, and is open to 5.40 horses; and the balance of the first day's card is made up with a mile Dash Handiv cap (in saddle), and is worth 35sovs: a PonyHandicap, of 20sovs; and a Trial Handicap., of 30sovs, open to horses that have notwon in 5.10 or better. .On the second day's card tho principal event is the BirthdayHandicap (harness), and is endowed to the extent of 50sovs, and run over two miles. The second horse is to receive lOsovs, and the race is open to horses who can do 5.15 or under. From a-, monetary point of view tho Otago and Progressive Handicaps rank next to the Birthday* Handicap in importance, and' each has a prize of Wsovs attached. The Otago Handicap is open to horses that can do 4.0 or better, and the • Progressive Handicap is open to horses that have not won in 5.25 or better. The balance of .the events on the programme go to make »ip a fairly attra6tive. card, and a liberal response may be looked for from owners. Nominations are due on Saturday, May 10, and tho handicaps (which are to bn compiled by Mr H. Brinkman) are due to appear on Mar 16. —Mr J. A. Buckland has left for Sydney with Fritz and Valour. ' ' — The trotting stallion Belnian has been . greatly admired sines his arrival in Invercarsill. —A. Ward left Ehaetonitis at Timaru to ■qualify for hunters' races during the jumping season. — A Sydney cable reports that Rose Petal has been sold for South Africa, but the price is not' » stated. — Glasgow, the winner of the Maiden Plato at Avondale on Saturday, is a full brother to Kolburn — Owners an reminded lhat nominations for the D.J.C. winter meeting close on Friday next at 10 p.m. — A leading horseman in Westralia, R. Trewaitha, at a meeting, recently secured 13 wins out of 17 starts. — Lady Bobs, tho winner of the Juvenile Handicap at Avondale, is a full sister to tho crack pony, Lady Avon, — St. Monica walked very doltily after racing in the Stewards' Welter at Timaru, and was not Blartcd on the second day. Ward's team will be shifted from Gore to Dunedin as soon as suitable accommodation can bo obtained for tho horses. — Almont, the winner of tho trotting match tt Epsom on Saturday, is full brother in blood to the New South .Wales trotter Fritz. — Lady Lilian simply bolted with the Timaru Cup, and never gave her opponents the ghost bf a chance at the business end of the journey, —It is reported that £1500 was recently offered and refused for, Lady Lillian, and if aho could get under 15 hands the figure was to bo £2000. v — Mr Gordon P. Wood, the popular and energetic' secretary of the South Canterbury Jockey Club, is severing his connection with that body. — Black Tracker, who captured a small douWe at S.C.J.C. meeting is a three-year.-old full brother to Hye, the son of Phaethon and Thrown-away.

— The Norjh Island-bred mare Himalaya, by Lebel—Bombshell, pulled up lame after racing in the Selling Race on the first day of the Tirtiaru meeting. —_ The promisingly-bred two-year-old Aurate, by.Bill of Portland-Auraria, won the Trial Gtiike3 at the Onkaparinga, (S.A.) meeting, held on Easter Monday. '

' — The Australian-bred trotting stallion Good . Wind, by lied Wind-Honesty ware, is advertised in this issue for private sale by Mr T, Godfrey, of Pine Hill. — Whon Almont defeated LightfooUver two miles at Epsom (Visions) recently th» exNew Zcalander won by 100.yards and wont out favourite at 10 to 9 on. —Mr Buchanan,'the owner of, Secret Society, has an interost.in Covenant Maid, and consequently the latte-.' was coupled with Hie winner of the Levels Handicap at Tirriaru. . — The Lochicl gelding Oban won a two-mile steeplechase at Kempton Park on March 14. The ex-Australian went out favourite at G to 4 against in a field of sue and won by a head. —Mr J. Tennant's Stcpniak—Enchantress filly Fate, and tho Stepniak-Cobweb yearling, ' who cost 130gs at tho last Elderslio yearling sale, have joined J. Rnttledge's.teani at Wingatui. — Otto Madden, who was refused a license by the stewards of the English Jockey Club last year, has been granted the necessary [ official permit to ride during tho flat-race season of 1303, i ! — Cannio Chiel, by annexing tho Autumn i Handicap at Wellington, broke a long series of disappointments. Ho has- been knocking at I tho door several times and managed to get [ • insido at last. I _ Firebrand, the shapely son of Stepmak and ; Firccross, who jcored at Timaru in the County ; Plate, made 410gs at the Elderslio yearling sale of 1900, but up to dato has failed to produco j. 410-guinea form under silk. — The various times put up at Timaru read I fairly rapid, but were taken from post to post, ! and from flying starts. - More than one watch- |, holder made Lady Lillian's time in the Cup : faster than tho official 2.10. 1 —Nominations for the Tahuna Park Trot- ; ting Club's winter meeting fall due on Satur- '[ day, May 0, and the handicaps for the first day 1 aro duo to appear on the lGth Mny. Mr H. Brinkinan will act as.handicappor. i — A yearling full sister to Achilles (by MedalI lion-Nereid) was offered at auctiou at the New . ; South Wales sales of ycarlins-s at a reserve ot ] 500gs. but the bidding for her possession ceased ■ at 400gs, so tho filly was passed in. ; —A meeting between Achilles and Treadmill , in tho North Island Challenge Stakes was . looked forward to with a great deal ol interest, , and it is a matter of regret that tho bout ', between th.) pair of flyers did not take place. I —Mr John Barrett, the father of the well- ' known English horsemen, Geo. and F. Barrett, recently committed suicide by shooting ' himself. The deceased was- G7 at' the time of ' his death and had been suffering from a serious ' illness. : — The doubtfully-sired gelding Secret Society ' won the S.C.J.C. Handicap in good style last 1 week, and later on enmc out and -won tho ' Levels Handicap with 10.4 ■in the saddle. In I the latter race ho just squeezed home from • Narcissus. ! —The Grand Military Gold Cup, which was i abandoned during tho seasons of 1890-1-2 owing to the war in South Africa, was run this season on March G. and was won by Major E. Loder's gelding Marpossi. Ambush II finished a bad third. I — Frank Slavin. ex-Australian, ox-fighter, and ' miner, was recently appointed commissioner ot oaths for the Bear Creek section ot the Klondike by the Canadian Government, and Mrs Slavin has been niado postmistress for the same district. : — W. Pine, a one-time well-known knight of the pigskin, rode Secret Society when that gelding won the Levels Handicap last week, but Pine's manner of handling his mount was not so artistic n's tlio stylo ho used to display a : iew years back. — A Sydney cable states that Mr J. F. Roid, of New Zealand, purchased a filly by Haut Brion—Nineveh for 150gs, and a. sister to Carmonita, by Lochiel—Mclema, for 125gs. Mr Phillips, owner of Abundance, bought Street Arab for GlOgs. — Tho veteran horseman R Derrett was in great form at Timaru last week, and rede three winners during the meeting. He was beaten a nose on Kaolin in the Maiden Plate, but it was only excellent horsemanship that got her so j closo to the winner. I — Arizona 11, a four-year-old son of Sir | Modred, who has been racing well over hurdles this year in England, has won three races off the'reel. An English critic states that tho colt has the most unsightly hocks of any horse in training in England. . — The Perkin Warbock II gelding Nut-

winning the Selling Race on the fiijst day at Timaru for £2G, and after being made "(lie medium of a mild and successful plunge on the second day was let go at i 25. i — It is reported that a law case'is going to ! take place over Ribbon n-ood A couple of ' weeks back it was stated in those columns thnt the horse was sold for £1-100, and at the time I understood that a cheque had changed hands : for that amount, but—but that's another story, j — The present Duke of Westminster is cvi- I dently as ardent a sportsman as his late father, '' and has lately taken to riding his own horses , in public. At the Sandown grand military ! meeting the young Duke rode his liorao Drnmree to victory in the National Hunt Flat Race. — Very few of Enroclydon's stock , have sported silk, but the form displayed by Betsy may be instrumental in getting the son of Gorton a few chances next season in the shape of somo well-bred' mares. Betsy is out of Santa Katerina, the daughter of St. Leger and ; tho Nordenfeldt mare Puwerewor-. ' — Tho five-year-old chestnut gelding Almanac, who won tho Maiden Plate at Timatu last week, is by Stepniak out of Rainbow, tho -daughter of Cadogan and the Traducer mare . Iris. Tho laat-named is host known as the [ dam of Retina, Searchlight, and Bloodshot, in | addition to many other useful animals. j — The trotting mare Al F., by Charleston— j Drexel, who has been going to accomplish great things, but up to date failed to do so, was ' auctioned on Saturday at Christohurch and purchased by Mr W. Peacock for 200gs. At tho same timo the Vanclove gelding Orphan , was purchased by Jfr. 6. Bowcs sit 605gs. | — Firebrand, the three-year-old son of Step- ' niak and the Australian-bred mare Firecross, lost his maiden statU3 by annexing tho County Plate at Timaru. Firecross, tho colt's dam, is one of the Elderslie stud matrons, and is by Patrol (son of Grand- Flaneur) out of Crossfire, a (nil sister to the Melbourne Cup winner : Arsenal. j — Thunderbolt was a strong order for the trot ' 1 on the second day at Timaru, and several wires wero received on the course from tho S.P. merchants to tho effect that she was in receipt of solid support off the course. Tho good thing duly arrived, but only gained tho verdict after running the gauntlet of a protest for insonsistont running. — Crime has made marvellous advances in its organisation and its comfort of late years. It avails itself of all the latest luxuries of , civilisation. I have already heard of an asso-; ciation which has been formed with large capital, and which intends to operate on the turf by the Marconi system at the earliest pos- [ sible moment.—"Dagonet." j •'— Mr D. Hyland's Australian-bred gelding Mishap, by Mistake—Salisbury, displayed a- fair amount of pace in the Flying Handicap at the S.C.J.C. meeting last week, but was, like his "tent-companion," Hostage, not in racing condition. Mishap lias a most pronounced stringhalt, but it apparently docs not greatly inter- j fere with his galloping powers. | — The Australian-bred gelding Hostage, by • 'Wcllcslcy, out of Lono Heart, was raced in tho nomination of Miss A. Hyland at Timaru, and the handsome grey was much admired by tho critics present at'the meeting. Hostage was sore, and short of work, and unable to display his true form. Miss Hyland is an ardent sportswoman, and takes a keen interest in rac- : ing- — Mr A. Moss leaves at the end of the present week on a trip to America and expects to be absent about threj months. Mr Moss informs me that during that period Mr, "Manny" Lyons (who is well and favourably | known in sporting circles) will manage his

business. Canteen is to bo indulged in a ' lengthy spall and will not sport Hilt until Mr . Moss's return. — At the commencement of the Townsvillc j Trotting Club meeting on Easter Monday nino j licensed jockeys petitioned the stewards to prevent a blackboy Mined Albert from riding, and hinted that otherwise they would refuse (o ride. The-stewards promptly disqualified •the petitioning jockeys from riding through the day. Their places were successfully filled by I amateur riders. — Telemeter, tbo son of Artillery and Uje ' Perkin Warbeck II mare Adventuress, and a one-time flyer of the turf, was amongst the' starters in the Flying Handicap on the first day of the Timaru meeting, and was sent out third favourite, but he finished second Inst and l>ullod up very sore. Telemeter carries too much condition below the knees to race well on a hard (rack. | — The following is the list of winning owners at iho S.C.J.C. meeting last week.—Messrs J. F. Buchanan £120, E. Gates £105, A. Evans £45, T. Sheenan £40, Harris and Buchanan . £35, E. Kirdy £31, W. J. Binney £30, C. , Christie £25, G. Mnrray-Aynsley £25, J. Lough- ' lin £25, J. Angland {25, D. Rutherford £10, P. ', Holmes £5, G. Ein.dngton £5, P. Stewart £5, i T. O'Shea £2, K. Hoare £2, , — The 'Wallace yearling colt purchased by ', Mr J. P. Roid at the recent Randwick sales is ' closely related to Sir Geo. Clifford's filly To- J morrow, as he is out of Eleusis, the dam of Delusive, who is responsible for the maternity of the last C.J.C. Welcome Stakes winner.. By the '• way, the C.J.C. race cards gave Elusive as tho name of To-morrow's dam, and the Australian i Stud Book returns the mare as Delusive. — There is being prepared at St. Louis (America) an-invitation to King Edward VII to send racehorses to the World's Fair Handicap, to be run during the Exhibition next year for n purse o! 50,000d01. The invitation is to bo printed on white kid and bound in a handsome volume, which will also contain a narrativo of tho King's visit to St. Louis when he was Prince of Wales, nnd visited, the local races. — The Southland writer "Sir Modrcd " states that at the conc.usioa of a race at tho Hivcrton fixture an individual entered tho weighing enclosure and grossly insulted one of the officials, which caused his. removal from-, tho scene. Although not riding at'the gathering, the party referred to holds a jocksy'o license; a fact which . the executive was probabV unaware of at tho I time, or more would have been heard of tho : matter. — Close on £50,000 will bo distributed in prize money in tho Grand -Circuit' of 1903, I which commences in July noit at Detroit. Tho

[ dates of the meetings and the amount of prize . money given by each ot tho clubs composing , the circuit are as follows:—Detroit, July 20-25, 50,000dol; Cleveland, July 27-31, 40,000dol; i Buffalo, August 3-8, 30,000dol; New York (Em- . pire City), August 10-15, 40,000dol; Brooklyn ; (Brighton Beach), August 17-22, SO.OOOdol; Boston (Readville), August 21-29, 55,000dol; Providence, August 31-Septembor 5,45,000d01; Hart- [ ford, September 7-12,50,000dol; Syracuse, Sep- . tcmber 14-19, 40,000dol; Columbus, Sepiombn 21-26, ;40,000dol; Cincinnati, September 2S-Oc-i tober 3, 40,000d0i. — There aro but 18 stallions that have ■trotted in 2.8 or better, jo follows:—Cresccus, 2.2}, by Robert M'Gregor, 2.17 i; Directum, i 2.5}, by Director, 2.17; John A. M'Kerron, 2.5}, by Nutwood Wilkes, 2.IGJ; Bingcn, 2.6}, by May King, 2.21}; Tommy Britton, 2.GJ, by Liberty Bell, 2.24; Ralph Wilkes, 2GJ, by Red Wilkes; .Charley Heir, 2.7, by , Alfred G., 2-102; Caid, 2.7} by Highwood, , 2.211; Peter tho Great, 2.7}, by Pilot Medium; William Penn, 2.7}. by Santa Clau3, 2.17-1; Jupe, 2.7 A, bv Allie Wilkes. 2.15; Stamboul, 2.7J, by Siillain, 2.24; Kremlin, ,\73, by Lord Russell; Arion, 2.72. "7- Electioneer; Fred '■ Kohl, 2.7J, by Guy Wilkes, 2.15}; Grattan Boy. 2.8, by Grattan, 2.13; Rhythmic, 2.8, by : Oakland Barron, 2.9}, and Onward Silver, 2.8, by Onward, 2.25}. _ —Though there was not much enthusiasm in connection with the trotting match between Almont and Lightfoot nt Epsom (Victoria), a fine exhibition of trotting (or pacing) was given by Almont, the winner, who put up the splendid timo record of 4min 30 2-asec for the two miles. This (says ar. exchange) is the record for Australia, but it was beaten a few' weeks back m New Zealand by the champion Ribbonwood. Ribbonwood, in a. : raco in which five competed, covered the two miles in 4min 35 4-ssec. After his performance at Epsom a challenge was sent, on behalf of the owner of Almont. to match the horse against the winner of the RibbonwoodFritz match. Almont only arrived in Melbourne in December last. He was purchased at a high figere, on behalf of tho owners, by Messrs A. Tye and T. Barber, who went to New Zealand for tho purpose of selecting several I trotters. Puella, the dam of Abnont (who came over at the -same time), is Tclatcd to tho dam of Fritz. Almont, who has been at tho stud, is seven years old, and is a fine specimen of the trotter, with plenty of power, and showing a deal of quality. —Mr Georgo H. Ketcham, the owner and ' trainer of tho champion trotter Cresceus, 2.2}, has a striking personality, and this is the way he condenses history for the Turf, Field, and i Farm:—"l am a Quaker by birth, a civil engineer by profession, am engaged in the theatrical and brokerage business, have 700 men on my pay-roll, am a farmer by occupation, and . a horseman from choise and for fun. Ido not j go to church, but know every preacher and a few of the sisters in the county because they I all call upon mo for a donoation. Have handled and driven trotters for 20 years with pleasure and profit, and in all this time have managed to pay my debts, and, with the aid of my wife, occupy a fairly respectable position |in the community. I have trained and driven I to their records and raced successfully Miss Lida 2.10 J. Luriiuo M'Gregor 2.11 J, Angelina 2.11}, Rhoda Farrcn 2.11», Nyanza 2.12J, and about 20 more with slower records, including Charley Priel, Pierroi, Katie Earl. Lucy 8., : Annie Trevilian, Mr Middlemay, and Spinaway. To this list must be added Crcscens, the champion trotter of the world, who practically holds all the trotting records. Incidental;}-, I may say that I am the only trainer who has ever , been fool enough to start a horse year after j year on January 1 and race him until December 31, and while doing so kept tho horse sound ' and in winning order, and to escape with ilio I goods."