SPORTING AND SPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15384, 22 February 1912, Page 10

SPORTING AND SPORTS.

THE TURF. I}l fit.fTlND. — It is undendood that further shipntesta of American thoroughbreds aro duo to roach Australia shortly. — Los Angclos and Culprit havo been scratched for all engagements at tho Wanganui Cup meeting. — Owing to ft development of lamcnesa it ja oaid Cisco will net fulfil his cnga|jcmant.i at tlio VXT.C. or V.IIC. tnootings. — Tbo pacer Vinccnt has been sold to llr M. O'Brkoi, of Mirtatira, and will Ijo trained by K. J. Dwycr for future ongogements. — Hones racing over huriflos and fcncos at tho Kiverton meeting are allotted .wOsovo on tho Ri vol ton Racing Club's annual progmznmo. — Tho Tnapeka County .lockoy Ohib is giving 300?ovs in slakes at its annual meeting. which lakes place on Ivister Saturday, April 6. — Tho Southland Racing Club, it is nndorstood, will give MOOmivs in stakes at its mtumn meeting. The principal event will to worth 160s<jvj. — ilr 0. P. Donnelly hits had omther change if trainers, and in future A. EHingham, who Irrought out Moifna, will havrf" chirgo of his tearn. — it is said that Xvland is an unlikely Markr in '.he Flying Handicap, rim on tho first day of the Wanganui meeting. Tho stable may elect to rely on lioanerges. — Somo of tho ntablo boys at Flemington rccr.tly tbimlenerl to strike for hiehcr wacji, but iho nctltCT had not r«iche<] a, climar when tho loot mai! to hand left Melbourne. — Otir King, ft two-year-old colt by Mulfifid from Indian Queen, is said lo ho n liiulily promisinß colt. He i» tho pro|>erty of Mr C. .T Parkor, who bred tho half-brother to King Billy, Aborigine, and Maori King. — Aloha, who won tho Omata Hack Handicap at the 'Paranaki meeting, is a three-yonr-olrl filly by Kilcheran—lnhtar. oil Aus-Irolian-brod mare by Hiuit Crion—Kinevah. Aloha bred ut Hldnrslin by Mr J. H. Itcid. and wu* purchased as a yearling by Mr I. f>. Duncan for 2Kigs. — Li England from .lenuary 1 to December 01 of last year W. Payne won 71 of the U. 7 jnmping rares in which he rode. During tho fame period Mr Tvrwhitt-Droke, nil amateur, won 57 of tho 193 races in which he jode, ami V. Maran's fignrea wt-ro jG wins for 101 rides, which works out at ulifihlly better llran ono win for each thrcu mounlfl—a decidedly good averugo over jumps. — Tlkto mcma in l>o a prospect of a nenMtionsl aftermath in I rjo reoent Forbury Park mooting. Up fo tho present V. llolni«i npears to liavo dhtincily received tho worst of Iho dial. There is a limit to human forbearance, and und<T cul-nomc provocation ono can be pardoned for casting asido not only tho rules of racing or trotting, but aloo tin* law of the land. — .1. M'Comb is'handling a shapely filly by lioniform from Kdclwoiw, who was a well-known perlomicr on our raceomirsen. Tho filly Poems to liecir a slight r«scmblanco to Prim, about whom tln-re onco a vaguo nimour which naid tho Diinedin Cup winner o{ Iflffl waa really a daughter of Kidelweira, but unfortimnlely got " mixeil in tho cradle." Bvidcntly r.o woiglit waa attaclie<l to Iho ntory. — Pisticuff giveji promiso nl developing mlo a mart liunHer. Alllvouqli vet a novice ait tho game, ho stands off theol«(acles and, taking tliem in liis Ktrido, iway without any dwelling in cither take off or landing. On Oie flat it is well known that up to iho prooent ho has not been 100 fond of a journey, but in his work at Wingatui he appeflrn to havo gathered a rtt-r.ying nbilHy not formerly demonstrated in bin nicee. — Tho stew arils of the Willinnwtown Homing Olub. MellKiumc, held an inquirv into Ilia rilnniiig of Clcndook in flic llunlle Handicap on February 10. The official decision was that the flkwards wero not satisflwl with I lie etplanalioii of (he rider, J. iN. ll'Oregor, or tho owner, Mr 11, A. Connolly, but there was not sufficient evidence to lako action, and tbo parties concerned were given the benefit of the dmibl, -- St. Petersburg W been a romeivli.it ,lißappointing coll up lo date, and his success of Inst week waa alxnil due. The merit of tho win dooft not call for onthiifntumi, 113 tjio clans Jn-liind him doect not-read high. Still, ft win is ncnrly always suggestive of Iwtter things' <o follow and the half-brother to DantiU, vflm rent 57.") guineas as a y«irJing. inay now accomplinh something to confirm Iho po«l itnproaiion ho made as a, yearling. — Tho Itiverliiri Racitii' f.'luli is one of tho most progrcniyo bodies oalering for uport in tlie South Island. As usual, a geod sporting programme lias boon drawn up for llieir anntial meeting fairing place on Banter Monday and the following, day. The 6um of toflttaoTs will b? given in ftakos, and ei tlin total axtsow goes to the Riverton Cup, and OOOwvs lo the Cn>at Western Two other events carry stakes of Mftwvs each. Nominations are dtto on March 3). — In referring lo wenllhv nien retirini; from the turf when a run of dcfontn'folW their borsen, "Torlinga " of the Australaoinn <viya;—"The lute Mr Walter Hall onee told ni« ho was going lo givo tip racing boexmso of lua bad luck. 1 ooiild not help smiling It reminded me of the storv told of tb c "ccentric Lord Olnsgow, who owne ( | fienera' Peel. Someone c<>ndolcd wilh liitn on his bad luck, and tho old lord replied: VB.vl luck be d d! Sir, how ran a man wilh IM.MC a Jtw have bed lurk. 1 Hut th<re ato not liiiiiiv 1/onl fHasgows." -An cxcbanp> reports that Ifufinv, «ho won tlio Grand National in IRK and isnr, and ran second to Levanter in the snmo event in IS)7, is ntiil running out in n paddock at Messrs Douglas's estate nl Te Jl ihanga. He i« now in his 27th vcar. and »?'! !|<s tho oldest IhoroiiuhbriMl gehliiig nlivo in Ihc Dominion. In his young days he made ono of a team of four m » coach, and it w.w not until be was eight yours old thai he was trained. Atnonir his present paddock mates is Iho black gelding Chris, who has seen 02 summets — Word conies from fiermnny of || 1P dmll, cf the vwll-kitonii stallion Carnage by Xordcnfaldt—Mersey. Carnns,-.. lv ill l m , P . member,<d as the winner of y |j q Derby in 1K),1 After going | 0 KukLuhl ho w.ifl flohl to Iho licrtarboch Stud for fomothing like lft.MO guinea;, but though lio got several fnir iwrformers, ho was never in tbo liemlight as o otallion. Carnagy> was tho ksl foal produoo<l by Mersey in Xcw Momey, with at foot. \rj fl purch.VKtl tt Ihc dispwwl sa!o of Iho New Ztviland Stud Co. by tho late Mr W. R « 110 paid SlflOsovs for tho dam and her fool! — Mr B. Jlti!ton, owner of Iho Kng'mh Perby favourite Lomond, in the course of a speech at a dinner after the York meetingi' remarked tjiat tlie gambling instinct could not Iw eliminated bv Act of Parliamenl. ll# Mwtigly depwated '•grandmothcry. legislation." "Deliver us," bo said, "from fo much protection, so'much spcoufmi Wo may not box too vigorously nowadnys, lest we should do one another hurt; we aro protected from strong drink sliicldwl from every temptation, liko chicks under a ftifsy old hen. and what sort of men aro wo going lo get as o result?" -The disbandiuetit of the committee of Imndicappero in England has given satistaction in many quaiter-;. ii rciwnisnl that (hough you may have throe lion acting in i>on)imction the work is. in a eriut measure. that of tho stiongoat too o{ <| u . p lt ( v At licst it cannot ho otherwise than a matter of give and lake, for where there is n marked diffcrcnee of opinion regardim: the merits of ono home, a compromise geiierallv is edeeted, and a hor<c cets a weight that ooco not really n-fiect tho opinion of any one o( the trio who weighted it, of course, with thrro men to review the weights i>eforo they u'e issu»d, the jwssiliililv of any glaring mistake is minimised, ami timt. iu my opinion, is about the lv«t that can be mid 'or the committee system. — The New Zealand-bred Landlwk. who is reported to havo jumped over a height oi Tfl 2Jin at llroui and Sole's Circiis, at Wonthaggi (Vic.), was at one time a fairly R<*id steeplechaser. Ho is an aged gelding, bv Flintlock from Dreamland, und. besides tw'nu a fine jumper, ptwtwes a fyio furn of «i|xvd. If the lioich* -is reported is ,orrivl, Landlook has edablisluxl o new Australian record. AI the last Koyal Agrieultur.il Show held ill Melbourne a special prise of 110 wtis offered for any horse thai could K-st the so'ietv'n existing record of lift lillin, but nimo of Ihe competitors was equal to llu> task. Mohonga was one of the best high jumpers Australia has seen, He cleiired the 7ft on several occasions. Mahonga's iMt »P(>eafaiice hmj at n show at tir.ifton, X.bA\., in April. 1010. He jumped Oft 7in beautifully, but after cantering around llw track drop|wd down and expired. Tho high "ItTpcr" vvaj 0(1 years old, and. like Landlock. was no stranger to the circus ring. — I recently had a look over o gelding that for his age is probably the biegmt thoroughbred ever reited in New Zealand, I refer to Prince Kddic, who is due to contest tho Maidcui Piate at Woodville next week. Though only three years old. Prince -C.ddio, who is by Royal Fusilier from la. now standi 17.3, and is furnished like a five-year-old. Ho is c. grandly set-up voting liorsc, and, dwpite his enormous bulk, there is nothing awkward alvut him. nor docs lw carry any useless lumber. A plain but honest-looking enough luxid rather detracts from his appearance, but in all other respects ho 15 the fmtvt type of a 'cluscr thai has boon bred for nrany a day. J. M'l.aucblm has him in hand, and. although lie will havo to wait for him, ull the patience he may expend r&ould be amply rewarded. Prince Kdilie's elder bMther, Fusilei, who Ls also tinder M'Laieldin'n culdvice. in another big horse, but > ccmT«ri#.>n wilh bis younper relative he is plain and awkwardly built. — The Sydney writer "Karly liird." in referring to the ban beinc placed o:t a couple of ponie«. wlid;—"The starter at Kensington recommended tlist in future the entries of tho ponies Jlubcl D. and Little George lie refused on account o! their fraciiousnt** at the barrier. Ilotb penies aro well krwini at tho AMOchted flub'.* mcctitis;'. and it coax* u % iuiciiic to may that it has

taken tho sfartor oo long to finH ont that they aro practically Perhaps the iault lioh as much with Mr Waipoii us with tlif horso>. For some timo pa«t he but in standing pctttj! varls Miiml the hom« and pctlint; ihem into l:no Ixtforo hoaooondn to rolea?o Iho barrier. \\ hon ho (loco climb up the ladrlvr the horn*!*, winch have- bccomc restive through the s-iar-tr.ra todioaa actions, nlmoM immediately wheel out c 4 thftir poyilion.s. and the goiuu!quoncc is (hat the sUrts nro invariably delayed fivo or ten minutci. li would bo interesting to iwn where Mr Watron pot Ills liul from. Xo oilier (ibrier in llio world n known to adopt such tactics. ami from expericnco Mr \V:il.son should know that they arc unworkable.

--Mr J. li. I'obort'im contributes a long artiido to tho London Sportsman on the subject of early two-year-old racing. After wing into the matter thoroughly he Rays: —"There is no room for doubt that fillies show up better over htvlf-milo conrsea than colts, nnd 1 his in itwlf appears a sufficient answer to tho ccntentrcn that tfcero i'r actually a urntor strnin on young horwß in four furlongs than five. It may or mav not lie conducive to Ibo brat interests of Iho breed to run two-year-olds at all before the end of Sfay; but, since vented intercuts mn.?u .ipparently receive due consideration, it is belter that the youncftera Fliould run four lurlones than five. The extra furlong 111 tlm Micky going, whioh is frequently nvl with in the esirly spring, under a weight disproportionate to the a«e of the bwirer. tak<'S sonn dnins, especially as tho time records 'how thai tivo-ymr-oldj aro expcctcd to nm five furloniTi at the f.iiiio role per furlong i' 3 four. There is ample proof tlicl ninnin? the shorter distance not in any wav prejudice the chances of those whinii train on and develop stamina with extra age. I'illo. I.ittln'n!", f»ir Arrhihnld, Hiilnnrrag, Polar Kli'r. Pom. and Yellow Slave nil made their first -.vinmni; nppe.iranco over the. shorter course, whilst in days gone bv very many celel.ralcd homo commenced bv runni>"! half a mil"; itlink lionnv, Kannter, Achievement, and ll'.-rmit niicb; be instance-."

— Though the purchase of Signorinetfa, effected bv lord Ifoseberj' from Clwaber tiinifit'-elli «m privately conducted, it is roundly concluded that the Italian sportsman secured the full price (Kl.(OCgs) which bo put on the brown marc's besd when she went into the sale ring at .Newmarket in December. Commenting on this sale. Mr John f'orl-tl. writing in the Srortine Times. r->vs;

" Judging from all previous er.po:icncc. Lord Uosehery hmi done well in his purchase. 'I here has le.-en no failure at the slud on the Dart of a nrare (lint has won the Derby. There aro not many of them, and thoy have all won tho Oalcp ;ir, well, oxcopt in tho cns« of Shotovor. who, bv an amngcmeilt that was come to. was withdrawn from tho Oaks in favour oi (ichcitrrniss, who was believe<l to be the animal. Tho first female to win Ihe Derbv was Kleauor. At the stud flic throw two |!f</,l horpe.'i in 'lVoilus and Muley. As Muley \«i« the sire of Mulcy Moloch, wf, h-.ive lo thank her for rare old Alice Hawthorn and her son Thoimiinhy. as well an another Derby winner in Little Wonder. Wo had lo wall over 50 years for the next filly to win tho Derby—viz.. Blink Bonny. Sire gave the turf Blair Athol. In all probability, what an unparalleled stud carter she would have li;:d but for her early death. Jn purchasing Kignorinetto 1/ord Itoiebery is ccrL-.iniy preparing Ihe way for more Derby winners, and tlwre may be ono nearer 'Inn is generally supposed." — A London and a Sydnoy sporting writer aro our greatest upholders of the roarer. The former claima Hint Au»lralia is jusl tho v °ry place for him, while Ihe latter, having more than his fair (-hr.ro of him is in a measure Ikiuiwl lo mako the bosl of it. lloth claim that tbo disease is not hereditary, and usually in.stanco Pocahont<w, a rccirer herself, as producing Block in whom there was no symptom of the malady. So she did (savs an exchange), hut in her early days nl Iho rind slio also bred roarers. Tbev quote Hill of Portland in support of their non-heredi-larv conlentJon. Unforlunntely for Hill, I have ?<M>i at least one of his got racing in sore distrra with a tiibo in bis throat, ai d darcy.iv more could be found if necewarv. But that I do not wish to hurt other people's foolings. or in any way injure their Properly, I could name a granddaughter of Hill of Portland in her young days, a most pro nournvd roarer. Blindness, rincbone. sidobono. nnd spavin run in families, and aro generally looked upon in veterinary practico t'fl licrodilary. Why should rearing lo exempt? lint splitting straws about a incro theoretical form won't help us." What wo aro concerned wilh is the practical common oenfo of tho posrtion. If. as wo' suppose, tho lnceliorse transmits bis j=lrcrisrth, his sonndt.ivs of constitution, and bis tast qualities to Ins offspring, aro ut> Jo shut our ovos and sw-.dlow tho doctrine that his weakness, his iinsmindi'c--s, and his worst qualities are not. transmissible e-- well'.' If only what is good canin down to us from our parents what constitutions we should have! Unfortunately, Naturo ia not built Hint way, Imt is ever prono to perixMuate llie worst rather than tile Ikm| In this matter lot ub not forget the Diblical proverb: "As yo sow, so also shall yo renp."