SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17067, 27 July 1917, Page 8

SPORTING.

8.J.0. OOMMITTBB. The monthly meeting of tho D.J.O. Oommittr© was hold yesterday afternoon. Mr P. Miller occupied the cbair. The following officers were appointed:—Hon. troasurer, Mr E. H. Lough; timekeep r, Mr J. A. Sligo; clerk of conrse. Mr W. B.- Freeman- clerk of scales, Mr G. U. Caffin. The foKcwing eub-commWfes were appointed:— Finance—Messrs Lough, Thomson, Han on, and Smith; Works— llesera Gow, Coughlan, Gore, and Christie; Lunoh— Messrs Myers, Thomson, Elliott Lough, and Coaghlan; Programme—Uessrs Orbell, (ion-, Myers, and Elliott. tJ*v 7' P ; Ja^ es was to work the totaltsators for the season. The question of a reduction of two days' racing woe dMMusca, ana it was decided to take onT day mcbtln E ! nmmer meeUnff <** ODe *«* ° S the autumn drlff n? oglßm, ? e Committee was instructed to draft the season',, programme and report. T hle Ttjr F. By Sentinel. FAVOURING FRACTIOUSNESS. of T th« n ffi?ult J? e r nthu ?° over the decision nL £ 2; a% 9 on , f . ercn ce , in regard to the new method of dealing with, fractious horses at the barrier. It was decided by the subhorses 1 ? 2? t0 six that horses at the barrier should be placed at ddl of ar H° f « h ?/ ther l instead of at the outI°l th l fi * ld . «. better still, on the out--sdo ™ £ e . p . !aced on - the extreme ° ut-fWi-fn,l absolute section of notoriously looked TTnH SeS se ? m V° h '™ been overr™' P, ndcr ™m law as it now stands ™ n f lh Betta i e .f- way in the immedfate to tho Patiently flat-footed ?T y H* , for panted that the rider of a fractious horse that may lEnd? 0 T" , ' thc situati on would then obviously place a premium on fractiousness and create an intolerable state of affairs

fc "^r n i tIP * h S tio -?' ft * understood, will not be raced at the.Grand national meeting. -Gluepot is reported to be training nicely at Auckland for his Grand National engagements. r, n 7^ he^if g ? tui trainer D - P - Wileon has tie S Pla£ m kn ° Wn M Deer Park ' on — Snub is again doing useful work, and ie apparently right again after going slightly amiss a few days ago. m^?f r J i damson has been elected a member of the New Zealand Trotting Aesociation in place of Mr T. Ritchie ,• t-~ i • i F ri^ has severed his connection with- Mr Whitney's stable, arid Rose ■fink is now being trained by A> Goodman — bir Tarka is improving in his schoolmg and shaped well in a run over four hurdles with Sleight o' Hand on Saturday —In the Great Easter Oxenhope was attempting to give Fiery Cross 161b. In the fSI ? p • oonce s3ion is reduced to 61b — lho Martian gelding Johnny Walker and Parisian Diamond are regarded in some quarters as equal favourites for the Winter Cup — Fiery Cross is shaping well in his work! and would only have to repeat hie latest form to be dangerous in his engagements at the National meeting. -The field handicapped for the 'Winter I,up total 59. It would supply a great sight in Hie way of a racing spectacle if they all went to the post. — Kirkby is doing steady work at Riccarton, and, seemingly, has not shown a re- , . fVi": bl «eding from the nostrils which troubled him at Trentham.

— Last year's Winter • Cup winner, Winter Cherry, and Sleight o' Hand are amongst the first visiting horses to arrive at Riccarton tor the Grand National meeting. — Jeannot is striding out nicely in his work, and seems to bo galloping well at present. He beat Cherry Blossom in a gallop over six furlongs last wuek. — Coalition, who was a place-getter in a race over fences at Trcnthani, is reported to be making an improvement, and will accompany Johnny Walker to Riceai-ton --The unlucky Rongahere >»s again been thrown out of work, ite was askad to meet Jiirkby on 3lb worse terms than when the latter b<=at him in the Otago Steeples.' — R M'Seveney has been engaged to ride Art a.t the Grand National meeting D M*Kay, who won tho 'ast Grand National Hurdles, is now on his way to the front — The Mahaki gelding Naupata has been purchased by a patron of W. H. Thomson's stable. . Naupata displayed good winning form over both hurdles and fences last season. — Waimai won last ■rear's Grand National Steeples with 11.8, and has been allotted 12.1 in this year's race. Merry Lad, who ran eecond, is dropped l§lb on what he cornea laet year. — The leading horeemen for the present eeaeon are:— J. O'Sbea, 68: A> Reed, 60- C Emmerson 57; J. Olsen, S3; and B. Deeley, 50. I/. Traill heads the list of riders over fences with 14 wins. . — Conflicting reports come from Riccarton concerning Dionysiue. The most favourable state that the gelding is again in easy work, and tnat the injury he received β-t Trentham is not so serious as originally feared. — The Auckland Racing Club has decided to abandon its spring meeting, and race on three days at Chrie+mas 'ime. The local owners and trainers made a strong effort to induce the club to hold a spring meeting. — Marc Antony hae been dethroned from favour according to the Winter Cup figures. In the Great Autumn he was handicapped a 7!b better horse than Varnish, and in the Winter Cap the latter has to concede 121b. —If Art was engaged in the Winter Cup he would have to get a fair weight from Rewi Poto, who gave him 221b and a beating when they last met on the flat in <ho Riocarton Welter. The fences make a difference. > —The True Blue gelding Red Book, who has been off the ecene for some considerable time, is again at ±wccarton, and is looking well ard galloping freely in hie Work. Red iiook was n useful performer n couple of seasons back, and should be worth noting if ho continues to go well in hie work. ° — Cherry Blossom won the last Winter (jap with 9.1. This year she has been allotted 9.12. and meets Heeltap, who acted a -i 3 - a l T nrer " up, on 3lh worso terms- Sedd-ol-Bahr, who last year carried 9.13, has been dropped 4lb. and meets Cherry Blossom on" 161b and Heeltap at 12lb better terme — Last National meeting Varnish gave Fiery Cross 9lb and a length beating in the Redcliffe Handicap, in which the former carried 10.4. and won in 1.32 4-5. In the Winter Cup Fiery Cross is giving away 2lb. In the Grent Autumn Fiery Cross was giving 41b to Varnish, when, it will bo remembered, the latter finished fifth after getting a bad passage ,in the race. T ~L At rtj e . annual meeting of the Winton Jockey Club a motion was carried which will set up a committee to review the handicapper's adjustments. There ie no power under the Rules of Racing to alter a handicap when it has been issued; but an official review of tba weights would at times bo welcomed by some owners, and, if published, furnish something interesting. —•' Sir Modred" reports that Private M. A. Pankhurst died of wounds on July 12 in France. Private Pankhurst was better knowm as one of Southland's prominent jockeys, and a popular figure in racing circles for several years past. He rodo the winners of several important races, and hia death will be regretted by a large number of frionds. — A review of Arfs form eince his win in the laet Grand National Hurdles will ehow that ho has never met and defeated a first-class field since. Crib may be said to ba the only good hurdler he has met tnd defeated; but at the Great Autumn meeting the Sant Ilario gelding did not look wound up to concert pitch. On that occasion Art was giving 81b. and that is exactly the poundage between them in this year's National Hurdles. J-adr d by that line. Art is not harshly treated. On the other hand, tie recent Wellington form seems to a great extent to have been ignored, and horsee that finished in front of him at Trentham now mfiet tho Sarto golding on better terms than when they defeated him. Leonta was for instance, giving Art Sib in the Final Hurdles and now comes in 121b better; whilst Rewi Poto, who was handicapped at slb from the top-weight in the Winter Hurdles, and at even terms m the Final Hurdlee, is now m receipt of 71b. It would seem .from thi 3 that Art is the only stayer amongst the top-Weights engagied at Riccarton.