RACING IN SYDNEY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 48

RACING IN SYDNEY.

Sydney Tattersall's Club held a meeting at Rand-wick on Saturday last. The leading event, the Winter Stakes, one mile and a-quarter, went to the Nordenfeldt mare Argo 7.8, who has latterly done -well for Wootton's stable. The unlucky T. M. S. 6.12 ran another second in this race. Mr Oxenham must be sick of T. M. S. by this time. Wollogorang 9.12, by Lord Bundoora, won the Hurdle Race, and Canadian 8.2, by Niagara, landed the Flymg Handicap, six furlongs, for Mr E. H. Knight. The New Zealander Hohoro was engaged in this event, but did not arrive in time to take part in it. Mr R. Richards took Tattersall's Stakes, sevan furlongs, with Hazel Lad 8.3, ■ ridden by J. Barden, who was also on. the back 1 of Transvaal 8.4, winner of the Welter Handicap. Transvaal was an outsider. RACING IN QUEENSLAND. ' The Autumn meeting of the Queensland Turf Club was commenced at Brisbane on Saturday I last, when the St. Leger Stakes went to Narelle, I who is by Gozo. Lucknow travelled up from 1 Sydney to complete at the meeting, and easily landed the weigh t-for-age event, the Queen's Plate, one mile and a-quarter, but admirers of the son of Russley had to lay odds on him. ! Another Sydney horse in Rabato ran second. Blunderer 8.9. formerly trained at Flemington 1 by M. P. Whitty, started at 6 to 4 in a field of 22 for the Stradbroke Handicap, six furlongs, and duly won, but he only had a neck to spai« from Gozaii 7.0. The two-year-old event, the Autumn Stakes, was appropriated by Harrow, by Mostvn. Galtee More 8.6, by Snnriee. wee successful in the Welter Handicap, and Kimbombi, by King Olaf, in the Hamilton Handicap, one mile and a distance. ODDS AND ENDS. When in Adelaide recently the Flemington trainer, F. M'Namara purchased the jumper Dreyfus, by The Inquisitor (son of TTenton). Victorie blipped and fell as soon as the bar- ! rier rose for the Bundcora Handicap at Moonee ' Valley last week. Her rider (J. Byrne) had his collarbone broken. The Caulfield trainer, J. E. Brewer, has made a present of Bloodstone to Mr J. Lord, of South Australia. The son of Carlyon was forivarded to Adelaide on Monday. According to present arrangements, Mr B. Allen's horses will be shipped to South Africa on June 13 by the s.s. Patroclus. The Idler, it is now stated, will not go. He will b* left behind with the idea of winning oiie of the Mr A. Vowles has been appointed handicapper to the Melbourne Hunt Cub and Oaklands Hunt Club. Mr IT. '-Hawkins" (Mr Skinner, the leviathan caterer) has decided to establish a private track on the Sandown Park course, in which he has a large interest. . Some time ago Mr C. L. Macdonald received an offer from England of 3800gs for Wakeful, which he refused. Merralie, by Mclcs, has arrived at Flemington from Sydney. C. B. Kellow, a noted cyclist a few years a»o is giving up the wheel in a professional way in favour of hunting. He purchased a hunter named Bluegown at auction last week Naneen, Orphan Boy, and Student left for Adelaide on Monday. They were accompanied by the Malvolio gelding Malton, who has been sold to a West Australian owner. Tho two-year-old colt Holkham, by Haut Brion from The Meddler, fractured one of hiß shoulders while exercising at Randwick last week, and was destroyed. He was trained by Mark Thompson, and when sold as a, yearling realised 200gs. Mr Francis Foy, who has recently returned from England, paid a visit to Forbes (N.S.W.) last week, and while there promised a cup, value £100, to the local jockey club on condition that tho distance for the race shall be one mile and a-half. The donation was accepted. Mr Foy has a large stud in the district, where His Reverence and Voyou hold court. Mr W. N. Willis, who some weeks ago sent a valuable consignment of thoroughbred stock to South Africa, was represented by another high-class lot on the steamer Argus, which left Sydney last week. They consist o£ V.X.C. St. Leger winner Grasspan ; Mars, by Russley from Mary vale; Copenhagen, by Russley from Queen of Denmark; Angelot, by Russley from Black Angel; Chute d'Eau, by Niagara- from Bashful; Crepuscula, by Little Berate fiom Gloaming; Resound, by Little Bernie— The Echo; Kalgoorlie, by Little Bernie from Realisation; V.C.. by Medallion from Silence; Compassion, by Stoekwell from Merry; St. Distaff, by Emdspord from Distaff, Kirn, by Hindoo from Novelette-, Trenchermpn, by Trenchant from Kearro, and Kuskin, by Abercorn fiom Ruskinite. Mr S. Millei, chairman of the \ .K.C., one of our i icliest utizens, lost his only child, a girl 1J years of age, on Saturday labt. Considerable sympathy is felt for him. He will probably not race for some time. After Truancy had won the Flying Handicap on the second day of the Queensland Turf Club Easter meeting, she and the persons connected with her were disqualified for three years. It is understood that as an outcome | of this action Supreme Court writs have been. 6erved on the members ot the Turf Club Committee individually and collectively, involving claims totalling £9000. E. Trow, tra-iner, claims £5000, while A. Kmg, owner, and R. O'Neill, nder, each claim £2000. Mr H\ Oxenham, the Sydney bookmaker, left for England by the R.M.S. Himalaya this week. Undeserved demonstrations of hostility are no doubt at times witnessed on New Zealand courses. This is what the Sydnej Daily Telegraph says about an incident that occurred at Sydney Tattersall's meeting last Saturday: "Stewards of race clubs are often prone to play to ..he gallevy, and oTder investigations whenever thr> mob lets itself loose, but those in office on Saturday declined, and very wisely, too, to be led at the dictation of a crowd who could not, had they been asked, have justified their conduct. Both horse and rider were on their best behaviour in Tattersall's Stakes, but in the Welter Handicap Barden rode Transvaal a remarkably fine race. He kept that none too generous customei in hand until well into the last furlong, creeping gradually on to Whirlpool, who had been made too much use of, but was leading, and only calling for a final effort a few strides from the post. Then Transvaal, much to the annoyance of Whirlpool's backers, had no time to cut it, and showed a dash of the brilliancy which he is said to be always equal to in private." Ccurada, after a spell, has been put into work again at Randwick. At a meeting ol tho Morcc (N S.W.) Racing Club last week it was decided to forward the following suggestions to the secretary of the A.J.C. :— "To arrange a conference xn Sydney, and ask all racing clubs to send delegates to the conference, with a view of getting the totalisator legalised foi all racecourses." Tuirne, by Foul Shot from Lucy, and Pukana, by Volligeur from Pukohe, who have xaced over fences in New Zealand, are now located at Randwick. The former is in P. Nolan's stables, and the other is being looked after by W. Gullum. The Moonee Valley stewards met on Monaay afternoon to hear the protest entered by Mr E. B. Bell, owner of Brio, against The Idler, winner of the Valley Handicap run on April 21. Mr Bell based his claim to the stakes on Rule 68, the terms of which, he contended, ' -were not complied with in nominating The Idler. The rule says that "should a trainer , or bookmaker have any interest in a horse, it ak&U ki Z&&S& is tiis sjuosa ol ill umbbvs

having any interest therein." Mr Bell called witnesses with the object of proving that a bookmaker had an interest in The Idler. J. Williams, in whose name The Idler ran, put in a statutory declaration to the effect that he was -the absolute owner of the gelding. The stewards decided that Mr Bell had tailed to prove his case, and therefore dismissed the protest.

Martin and Beauchamp, the cyclists, have left for Europe. They will probably race in Italy and France before going on to England. A race meeting was held at Aspendale Park yesterday, but the sport was of no general interest. Penance, who as a two-year-old g;ave Carbine a great race at weight for age, sired Sans Peur 6.7, who took the Trial Handicap. Tom Dempsey won a couple of races — the Jumpers' Flat Race, with Inquisitive 8.8, by the Inquisitor (son of Trenton), and the Maiden Plate with The Pariah, by Malvolio. The Malua mare Malva 7.11 won the Aspendale Park Handicap, one mile, and afterwards changed hands. He was purchased by A. Vockler, an advertising tipster, so that he must make money at the game. The Steeplechase went to Mensuration 9.5, by Eticlid, and the Welter Handicap to the even-money favourite Krugor 9.8, by Gossoon.