SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17424, 19 September 1918, Page 5

SPORTING.

GEBALDINB RACES. A Press Associations message from. Xnvercargill 9ta,tes that tho of Riun&nia (8.2) was omitted from the Belfield "Welter in the ■ list of handicaps in the Geraldine rates. GLOAMING'S FINE PERFORMANCE. A STRIKING DEBUT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. _ SYDNEY, September 16. The Daily Telegraph says that Gloaming's ; (m the Chelmsford Stakes) was on© of t.hA ' most striking displays of galloping ever - seen at Randwick. Gloaming behaved somewhat unkindly at ? the post, and lost some lengths by slipping half-way round; but from that point settled ! down to work nicely, and. assumed control J bofore it reached the home turn. Once in the straight, it left the others as if they i were standing—a remarkable performance, aa Gloaming, ia understood never to have been in. a race before. No one was more pleased at the fonn shown by Gloaming than the handicapper, Mr Daly. He called on Gloaming to concede weight in :i, the Novice Handicap to a number of horses ; who had some form, a-nd Gloaming waa promptly scratched. Mr Daly took the view that if he was wrong in estimating Gloaming's ability it was better to spoil the . : chances of a novice than to weight him in i a way to quite spoil the race if hie estimate of this galloper proved correct. The writer speaks favourably of Gloaming's Derby expectations, and adds: " Apparently Gloaming had not given any evidence of his remark- ■ able galloping powers when the entries closedfor the Epsom and Metropolitan racea; otherwise the horse might have got into one or more of these races in a way that would have . ' been a nightmare to, weight-adjusters." OTAKI RACES. (Per Hatted press Association.) "WELLINGTON, September 17. The following acceptances have been rej ceived for the Otaki races:— ! Flying Handicap.—'Waimatoa 9.8, Menelaua ■. 9.1, Astrophel 7.13, Demas 7.10, Hyllus 7.9, . •Bo Peep 7.9, Galore 7.1, Jean Laddo 7.1, Bairnsdale -7.0, Cyresian G. 13, Sardinia 6.13, Persian Prince 6.9, Lisp 6.7. Dominion Day Handicaip.—Polynesian 8.6, " Mill Queen 8.5, Torchlight 8.3, Matatua 7.12, Quiim's Post 7.11, Gold Problem 7.9, Willy's Kn:glit 7.7, Mystified 7.5, Classification 7.4, Manu 7.2, Idle Talk 7.2, Firat Line 7.0, Transmission 7.0, Sea Foam 6.10. Tatimi Steeplechase.—Gaekwar 12.3, Foeman 11.8, Waiotuie 10.3, Bollin 9.12, King'a Park 9.12, Undecided 9.9, Lady Renown 9.8, Whetoke 9.7, Papariki 9.7, Juan' 9.7, Hoattt 9.7, G wynne 9.7. Memorial Stakes. —Form Up 9.0, Devotion 8.7. Mascot 8.7, Detroit 8.5, All Over &5, h Orleans 5.3, Sweet Tipperary 7.11, Hydros 7.4, . Kiltess 7.2, Brook Del aval 6.10, Hostie 6.9, Ladify 6.7. Stewards' Handicap.—Persian Prince 9.0, Rajput S.B, Cooing 8.3, Idyllic 8.1, Ahifai, 7.10, Namur 7.7, Idle Talk 7.6, "Whakatina 7.0, Trickery 7.0, Skedaddle 7.0, Blighty 6.12, Oocasion 6.12, Sea Foam 6.12, Livland 6.12. Kereihiroa Welter.—Sweet Tipperarv 9.9, -\v Detroit 9.8, Glorify 9.2, Hydlrus 9.0, Goldstream 8.6, Sardinia 8.4, Revocation 8.2, Sea > Lord 8.2, Altercation 8.0, Ladify 8.0. Welter Handicap.—Sabine 9.5, Quinn's Post' . 8.12, Utiwai 8.7, Willy's Knight 8.7", Tuticom 8.6, Consultation 8.6, Mann 8.4, Beaufort© 8.4, .ck 8.2, Lady Edith 8.2, Star Lady 8.2, Transmission 8.2, Whetoke 8.0, Talitha 8.0, ■ Toddy 8.0, Occasion 8.0, Sacramento 8.0, La Pacelle 8.0, Wonder 8.0, Grand Duchy 8.0, Katmandhu 8.0. I SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. ' Ravensbourne (C Grade) defeated Christian !; Brothers on Tuesday by 7 goals to nil. A THE MILITARY SERVICE BOARD. ;1 ro Tils iiuiioa. Silt, —Your report of the proceedings of tho Military Service Board, as published in J to-day's issue, m so far as it relates to our family, is not only very unjust but very ; misleading. Although not connected with, 5 the family business, I am one o£ the sona - of whom Mr Kellett referred to in these terms: " Out of a tamily of 10 sons not one : had gone to the war." Now, that roads > very nastily. Although he knew the facts, i Mr Kellett evidently desires it to be understood that all tho sons are of military age. *: Apparently he harbours a grievance. Of the 10 sons, five are of military age—• ; namely: Fred (not a miller), married 11 ./ children; Ernest, single, volunteered two.-:, years ago, classed medically unfit; Herbert, married, two children, classed C2 some ihontlis ago, served with the Seventh Contingent in the South African -wax for 20 ■ months, health much impaired ever since. (Where was Mr Kellett then?) Charles (not • a miller), married, three children, will coma in with the three-children class (the married ; members of the family were linked up years j before the war); Monty, the subject of the : appeal, was classed C2 until last July, when j he was classed CI and goes to take a coureo of " glaxo." j Of those over military age, James has a. 1 son back from the war, very ill, and a son i in camp, while George has a son who got too close to a shell at the Somme in 1916, 5 but is again in the lino, and a son dis- ' charged from camp as unfit. .j Ml>Kellett had himself the misfortune to lose a fine lad at tho front. Mr ; Kellett is probably no _ older than I somo of our family. Did he go to j tho front to avenge his son? No; he is j giving his services to his country 12,000 | miles from the danger zone, well entrenched i behind £500 per annum, whilst others fight j for him. If Mr Kellett will persist in wild vapourings in court, let him refrain from j animus and not injure has fellow citizens. .' Personally I have no sympathy with tha appeal heard yesterday. If a man is fit, hia ; place is at the front. —I am, etc., J September 18. A. E. EJabbawat. The first test of shrapnel was mado £n I England 112 years ago, when a oommittco of British Army men reported favourably ' on the invention of a fellow-offioer, Henry * Shrapnel. SECOND DIVISION MEN. : Family men ehould know the Immense value of Fluensol, which is iadispensablb • s in camps for throat and nasal twublas.