SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2571, 24 June 1903, Page 47

SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

By Ravznswokth. MELBOURNE, June 10. MAItIBYRNONG L.^CES. There was more suburban racing ia Melbourne last Wednesday, when the Marihyrnong Club held a meeting Fields were large, but the clasa of horses limning was moderate. There were, for instance, 19 in the Maiden Plate and 23 in the Rwemde Purse— the bottom half of a divided handicap. H.'ster Key, who -non the Maiden P'atc, ib a foul -year-old gelding, by Paxilock fiom Govenie^ s , and 13 thus ful' brother tc Key j.nd Lccksuutli Go\ crnc-ss, vjio wa.s by Lecturer, was acciclent?jHy kiilecl a \ear or tv.o b. tk. Ai o'her P^ulock to win was Port-.ulliS (7.13), who took the Pur=e. He interfered with the favourite, Hard-a-Lea (7.10), in the strejght, and had tho latter been second instead of thud there would no doubt have been a protest. The Hurdlo Race went to Rail of Carnck (9 9), by Penance. This to= his first ■win for about 18 months Eileen (G l3), by Lochie!, led all tho way in tho Riverside Plate, beating a rather good fieid, while. Burghos (9.12) carried the Messrs Manifold'", colours to victory in the Steeplechase. 'Ihe Manbyrnong Handicap (one mile)

was won by the Hova filly, Phyl (6.7), trained at Flemmgton by Chris. Moore. MELBOURNE HUNT CLUB RACES. The Moonee Valley course vps in cliargel of the Melbourne Hunt Club l£3t Satui-Jay, :- | when they brought off their anmirJ winter race 0 meeting. The sport was not very exciting. k i The chief eveirt, the Hunt Club Steeplechase, 1 attracted seven starters, and on!y two finished* c Black Sea (12.13), the winner, "by -the Cham-, c pion winner, Portsea. Ec finished very tiredv j He tried, in fact, to get into a gat© before; c , reaching thj post. Ihe Joker, ihe only ot'wl . t to stand up, blundered badly at tho second last £ fence, and spoilt a good chanoe. Mr C. E. |. Hobsen (the raco was fo arrrot' -irs) sustained! B a broken collarbone through a fall of Ponta« 3 in:me There was also an Opon Steeplechase. j Only thiee started, and one of these — JBallara | noy— fell, leaving Offender (10.2) to win easily. , j Offender is in the V.A.T.C. and Y.R.C. Gram? s I National Steeples. A third jumping event was* 9 j the Hurdle Race, which was won by P.O. (9.1), ' by Postmaster, with a score of lengths to 1."-pare.1 ."-pare. Mr S. Miller's Metalloid (10.9) started t I favonrit», out ran badly. He seems to be 1 g°irg back instead of coming on. There was i a fine finish in the Diugley Fiat Race, five fur- ' longs, Arta (8.1) and Albion (8.2) lunning a ' died heat. Arta is by Escutcheon, and ho won . j the run-off by a head. His rider was changed at the second attempt, the "croucher," E. f Turner, having Vao- mount. The Sydney jockey, , ( J. Bardon. rode Insect (9.5), tho favourite, i'l tli9 original rnce, but got rowliere near tho ftont. Mmitclia'cn. (7.11), by Wellington, -non. , the Onklei^li Handicap, eight and a-ha.lt fui- [ longs, while Brio (7.10). by Warpaint (son ot . t Chester), accounted for theWolter. ■' ADELAIDE RACING CLUB MEETING. The Birthday meeting of the Adelaido Hac* 1 lrg Club was continued last Saturday, when tha ' Birthday Cup, of SOO-ov=, one mile and a-half, ■ ! wes run. Heavy rain fell during tho morning, and the course was simply sodden. This ' meant form being topsy-turvy, and the Birthday Cup winner. Orphan Boy (B.Q), was a great ; outsider. He paid a totalisator dividend of | £59 Is. Orphan Boy 13 by Navigator (son of j Robinson Crusoe), and was a good performer in ■ i Sydney before going to West Australia, whero ■ I he is now owned, and where ho has won good! race. Since his nrrival in Adelaide fronx ' j the West, he lias run ba-dJy. Ho was, how- ; I ever, well handicapped for tho race, as he was dropped 10lb from his Adelaide Cup weight. The state of the going no doubt Euited him better than the others. Avalon (8.9), who, I ran second, ocupica a similar position in tha j Adelaide Cvp — two imoo races for his smarll 1 party to miss. Lieutenant Bili (9.G), Annotate (9.4), Combat (8.11), K-nbroso (8.2)— a1l Victorian.^— were in tho field, but ran badly. Tho Caulficld-traiued Chassepot (9.3), who is shortly, to be sent to India, was, however, equal ta taking the Tusmcre Welter, one mile and a furlong. He waa ridden by the Melboarne jockoy, W. Redfearn, nnd won easily, payui" I a dividend of fS 2s. Bnfield (9.4), by Nordcn"' feldt (brother of Enfilade), was ouccessful m the Jumpers' Plat Race, white Fulminator. (8.6), by an ther New Zealand-bred sire in Thunderbolt, took the Gang Forward Stakes, - for two-yeaT-oids. He waa riddon by "G. H. J. Morrison, who waa formerly connoctcd with the St. Albans stable. Tho crack Adelaide jockey, • S. Willis, rode The Miner (8.0), by Broken Hill (son of Richmond), to victory in the Old! Course Trial, and was also successful on Stuart King (8.5) in tho Norwood Handicap, seven furlongs. Stuart King, who paid a* dividend of £3 3s, wa3 the only favourite to win during tha day. J The meeting was concluded on Monday, in ] fine weather. There was a good attendance, but the amount put through the totelisator during the day was nearly £1000 leS3 than oa tho corresponding day last year. Tho principal event, tho Alderman Cup, went to the Off Colour gelding Adjuster, who js only a little fellow, and was on this occasion not hampered! much by weight, as he only had 7.5 to carry. The victory was his first since he came ovec from West Australia to run in the last Australian Cup. Adjuster is a great stayer, and the distance — a. mile and throe-quarters — just suited him. Two marcs by Thunderbolt were 6iicees3ful duuug the day— Profit (6.7) taking the Disposal Handicap, and Equality (6.9) the Coalbiook St«ke3, for two-year-ol&3. Equality is a full sister to Tip-Top, who won at Flemmglon the same afternoon. Their dam, QuaMy (a good mare m hei day), is by Neckerspat from the Newmarket Handicap winner, TjTopean. The Ballarat-trained ExOoer (9.5), by 1 radition, accounted for the Hurdlo Race, while another of the winners, Royal Oak, also hails from Ballarat. Ho is trained by Jamea S'obie, and oarried 6.9 to victory in the Munyiitallc Handicap, one mile. Royal Oak is 1 n t!ir(- o -vcai-old, by Carlyon, and is legardsd as a cot likely to improve. Convoy (10.9; won the . Steeplechase, while the Lochtel mare, Adelaido (8 10) took tho Ro3c Park Handicap, five furlongs. This was the only favourite to win tWmg the day. Thunderbolt was the most Biiccer^fnl 3falhon dining the three days of the lnoetnv?. He was Tinr- wited by throe winners — vjz., Fulminator, j-Pioflt, aiul Eouahty. The Musket blood waa j v>ry ivominont at tile meeting. In addition, • to Thunderbolt. Carnage, Martini-Henry, and I Enfi'ade (all jiosscosirg the Musket strain) t were each renresented by a winner. S. Willis, 1 as at the rer-ont S.A.J.C. fixture, was the most ( Miccepsful jockey. H° rode three winners; IT J Morrison Tode two, and Wbela.ll two, but no other rider was successful mere than once. I WARWICK FARM RACES. The feature of the racing at Warwick Farm, J in Sydney, on Saturday, was the dual succeas of St. Modan, a three-y oar-old colt by Haut Bnon from Galvma, by Trenton, owned by Mr R. Chiswick The colt Gained 7.4 to vic1 to;-v 111 thp Farm Stakes, and 0.3 in tho Paco Welter, both six-fur!o:ig laces. Neither event was of much importance, but a high opinion is held of the colt, judging by the feat that he was e'ltcvrtl on the first Monday in Junp for tho Epsom Handicap, Metropolitan, Caulfield Cup, anrl Melbourne Cup. Antique (10.3). by Anta'n« ('on of Sir Modred), »oi the Jumpers' Flat Racp for W. Kelsi. P.K (7.13), by the lecenl'y defunct St. Swithin, tooW the Stewards' Mil*, aiul Ethpr (Gil) by Refford (son of Grand F'si'ieui*, wtj successful w the Warvuk Hutiduap, one iiiilc Iwr vi,<l a-lialf fur1 loi g<? I VRC. RACE It rair.fti hea"ily in Me!! ouire early on Monday mori'i.i", and it looked at one tune as if ihr- V It C. Prince rf Wales'* Birthday mectirz, wou'J h.ive to ba postponed It cleared up, li .wever, 111 tune, but the at'eudmce was not a { ootl oue — the club v;ill lose £250 over the fixture- — snJ the go.ng was very heavy. Small j'co'h of v/'.tei dotted the lower part of the lav/c, and piactically tho whole of the la^vn. was roped oft, but it was labour wasted, as no onu w.-ifl anxious to walk o>i the dnmp grass. In the WtiMg arena there was a liberal supply, of lan, which made locomotic-n fairly tolerable, 1. ii it was not a pleasant d«y for outside Eport. The short races were run on the circular count, as the lower part of the straight course was in a Boddened co.-diUon. Tho surprise of tho afternoon w?s the victory of Florin (8.0) in tho BirtV-.dny Hant'Van. run ever a m'lle and a-lialf course. Floi-in was very little fancied, long odds being offered against him, des»'!.« ihe fact that ho is in a. foslnonalilc stable. His runring in Adelaide lecentlv ivr= h,- ro means encouiaging, and the fact th.it he was

knocked about in one of his races there kept . shim on the easy list for a few days. Tho trip evidently did him good, as he resolutely battled out the finish, and beat both Goldbar (7.11) and Rapid Pilgrim (8.1), who seemei to have his measure 100 yds from the post. The finish Was a very pretty one, a head and a-half separating the three as they passed the post, and, taking into consideration the state of the going, the time, 2.41J, was by no means slow. Winning as he did on a soft track at iMoonee Valley the previous Saturday, Muutchaka (8.2) ;wsa picked out as the one most likely to succeed in tae heavy going, and he was made iftvourite. He was, however, never at home in , the mud, and amongst the first lot beaten. The three placed horses are in the "two Cups. ' • W. Hickenbotham trains Fibrin, and be also Bias charge of Tip-Top (8.4), who wen the Royal Handicap, cix furlongs, earlier in the day. tDespite her recent failures in Adelaide, the SEtttndsibolt mare, who was looking really well, j Twent out favourite at 3 to 1, and won comfoitfcbly from the well-backed TilbuTy (7.5). Both SRp-Top and Florin were ridden by B. CarsHake, viho also had a winning mount^ later on in the Cornwall Handicap (Welter), in which ] he got Admiration (7.7) home. This mare as beautifully bred, being by the V E.C. Derby , TrinneT, The Admiral, from Madcap, dam of , IMalvolio, Maluma, Chesney, etc. This was, ih&wever, her first win, though she is now close ' •on five years old. Carshike is only a lad, and has been riding about 12 months. He is a son of ithe Caulfield trainer, I. T. Care Take, who, under *lie name of Tommy Jones, was one of the ibest jockeys in Melbourne 30 yews or so ago. ( Xoung Caralake is a chip of the- old Wock. He ris certainly very promising. Daudalla (7.5), ■who, like Florin, was sired by the recently-de-itinct St. Swithin (son of Cadogan), was successful in the Two-yeer-old Handicap, but ho \ only beat Newmarket (8.0) by a head, with Cir- j ciihis (6.12) » c!ose third. There were two J jumping events on the card, Pierrot (9.7), by J Glen T>hu (brother to Glenloth), being ridden | to- victory in the Hurdle Race by J. Chevally ; J •while Anchor (9.12) had an easy win in the I (Steeplechase. There were three falls in tne Hatter event, all three at the fatal stone wall K'Hhe Cathedral") at the back. Pierrot is in. : fhe Caulfield and Flemington Grand National , Hurdles, and Anchor (who is very promising) , in the Fieming^on and. Caulfield Grand National Steeples. A. J.C. RACES. The Birthday mechngof the A. J.C. was con- , eluded in fine" weather at Kanclwick on Mon- : day. The principal event, the Prince of ' Wales Stakes, one mile and three furlongs, ' ■went to Nothos (7.8), who is a three-year-ok> [brother to Duke of Grafton, and is engaged in the Caulfield Crip ar.d Melbourne Cup. Tat-•tej-demalion (8.8), who was favourite, was only (beaten by a rfiort head, with Mechlin (6.8) a good third. Merry J« s t 0-53), by Corinth, was successful in the Second Hurdle Race; while »the Nursery Handicap, six furlongp, for two- j year-olds, went to Mr H. C. White's Wai'lace filly Hes (7.0), who plastically led ell the way, BJld beat the favourite, Creit (6.6), by 'four lengths. Brokerage (12.7) was successful in the 'Second Steealechase, rim over three miles, while Noble "Lady (9.11), by Nob:eman (imp.),_ started a strong favourite, and easily won the" Exeter Handicap, one rni'.e. . THE NEW V.R C HAXDICAPPER. s£r J. B. ' Harrington, 1 ' owner of Seamsn, ftifV9 addressed a letter to Mr W. A. ileuzies, ! the V.R.C. handieappc-r, complaining of the •' weight he gave liis horse for the Hurdle Race xun at Flemington lest Monday, compared with .the weights cwarded to Rawdon, Matong, and Gosport.. Another owner with a grievance against the handicapwT is Mr W A. Filgate, who regarded* Ato.jcrnent as bad'y handicapped ior the Cornwall Handicap, also run at the Flemington meeting last Mondpy. He wrote c, stioiigly-vvoidtd letter to the prc^s in reference to the matter. As it turned out Mr Monziee did very well at his first attempt at • 'handicapping. He nisujxjed, m the flat rnccs tt anyrate, to bring hi-s fie.ds well together at Flemington on Monday, jmkl a couple of the finishes were unusually close. He succeeded, also, in concealing the vrmncrs fairly well, the two favourites to win £,oing out at remunera4ive prices. I ODDS AND ENDS. I Race stewards do not always Bee things through the came spectacles. Two of them at - .tho Maribyrnong meeting last Wednesday ' wished to hold an mquny into certain horbefe' "aunning, but then brother stewards did net think there was anything suspicious, aad no action was taken. ' At the Brighton races, in Tasmanin, last ,'iWedncsday, tiie clnef e>-ent. the Brighton Plate, a handicap of 40sovs, one mile, waa v.on by j 'Snark's Merseylea., Ly Town Moor (sou of St. ! Leger), in lmin 53 4-ssec. j Percy Ross, aged 13, was thrown irom Mt D. V. Goller's Count II when returning from • the Maribyrnong races last Wednesday. He j /was taken to the Melbourne Hospittl^ and there r found to be Buffering from eojicuEs.on of the brain. ] P. Fallon, who was disquahfied ior 12 months ' by the A. J.C. stewards on Saturday l»«t., has j ■appealed to tho full committee agtunst the sentence. M. Thompson has also pppeak-ci ngamßt his two years' disqualification. ' The American jockey. I£. H Amos v.ho, sinco lie vt*s last in Austiahu has visited luuia and South Africa, was riduig at lia.nbyx«o:-£ las',, The Sydney etcepk-chaser Brokerage has been '.pureh&fitd by Mr G Gullura ! The Winter Handicap rui at the Launceston J meeting la^t Wednesday, went to Larissa, vho , .As the island diampioii, but was very small j .jpotatoes when she came to Melbourne to race ; yast sprmg The Steeplechase was yon by i 3?itMlestnnff, who is ehort'y expected in Lit-'.- I Jjourne. He has won hero before, and is un- J tioubtedly p goal o>ic. Pauline Louise, who toras recently sent over from Melbourne, w.is ' luccessful in the Farewell Handicap j While an Brisbane recently the Sydney Trainer W. Kelso disposed of Lord Monmouth, ■who ran badly at the Queensland Turf Club meeting. i The racing mare Latlv Kobie has changed etables in Sydney, and is now beiiip trained 'by F. M'Grath, -who also has Australia in band. i Sir Leonard, who was eased up jiftor the 'A.J.C. autumn meeting, has again been put into , ,york at Randwick. j J. E. Brewer left for England by the e.b Omrah this week. He will probably buy a 1 Jiorse or two in England and train them himself, i The total number of entries Teceiv^d for the December Stakes of tho AJ C. w."s 53. as fcgainst 87 last yea-, foi the Champapne Stakes of 1901. m, as "compared with 129 fo? the 1903 event;- for the Derby of 1904, 82, as against ■123 for the ISO 3 Derby , cid for thp St. Leper nf 1903. fll. o» njrtiin<ii 113 lodged for <!ie 1904 event. The -foal outvies in Ihc=e frur events thus rpnr*^'".* n dTTrn 00 * 1 o' 14S a^ rcmppTed ■with the .Tune nr>m, nations of l.'st vuir Unfortunate.} foi srver.i 1 of the QueeiiF'anf! snortcm<m, a mc^o; «rtl n.tcrruption c-rui-recl to the felegTfiph Hhp between the northern camtn.l and Sydney or. nomination dnv, v.\ l h the remiH that Jhc messaces wired by them m cinnrot'on v ith Hip A J C vominnfions, <'i nub W"Pr"! Nt Ii» Brisbane effiee e-*rlv in t'<e (1"v.( 1 "v. (! i\ vol rear'i Bydnev until 10 pm. Thp fli=irv-oT«»r1 urn - nktors are Meß=r« 'v7a'(rr RIpcUoA- W D 'WardeH. Abel TTvde. C. Tones. A .T \'e.ml. - tl T. O'Brien, and their nominees ir>o.'iule Amber Parbleu for the Epsom, and Parbleu and

Jessie for the Metropolitan. The delayed messages also included Bridegroom and Jessie for the Melbourne Cup, and one nomination for the ilaribyrnong Plate. Gosport, ft. tall, lumbering horse, by Portsea (himself a small horse), has retired from the turf and will go to the stud. Gosport won a few races, but he waa a terror in a fiekk He v.-anted the whole course to himself. Mr E. G. Casey, a racehorse owner, ha 9 announced that lie will be a candidate for a. seat on the V.R.C. Committee next August. Defendant (by Nev/master) Las been sold to go to India. The sensational South Australian, Sojourner, was entered for the Melbourne Cup as tne property of Mr C. Tucker. He had previously run in tie nomination of the trainer C. Quinn ,then in the name of Mr W. H. Frewin, and subsequently in the assumed Dam's of "Mr Fitzgerald. ' Amongst the entries for the "two Dips" appears the name of 4X. He is a two-year-old colt, by Niagara from Eosary, and is owned by Mr A. "Williams" (Mr J. Smith, of TuckaTucka), the former owner of San Fran. Contest and Etilas are back at their headquarters at Eosehill, after an unsuccessful trip to Queensland. The lessee of Admiration was, it is understood, anxious la-H week to return the maro to her owner, Mr James Eedfearn, and it was only at the earnest solicitation, of the trainer that it was decided to give the maro another chance. She won hei race =r> 'nicely at Flemington on Monday that there is now no thought of returning !her. The three-year-old colt Ruffle distinguished himself nt Brisbane Tattersall's Club meeting on Saturday by carrying off both th© Flying and Welter Handicaps. Euffle, who is by Mosiyn, out of Eeal Lace, is half-brother to Honiton and Torchon. The Sydney Tacmg man who a fetv weeks ago purchased T.M.S. has adopted the norn de cour're of "T. Marvel." Gauleon has been enterod' in tho 6ame interest. The jumper Gratis, while being schooled in the company of Punter over hurdles at Caulfield yesterday by his owner, D. Allan, fell and broke his neck. The rider received a shaking. Gratis was by Waterford, and won a few races during his career. "Mt Eussell Chiswick," who figures in Sydney as the owner of the smart colt, St. Mod an, is the racing name of a lady. The coit is entered for the Melbourne Cup as \he property of Mrs S. J. Dean Dulcimer was sod on Monday to the jockey J. Robinson, at present on a visit to Australia from India. The price paid for the son of Harmonist and Barbello was £600. He was r.urchased on behalf of Mr Galstoun, who won the last Viceroy's Cup with Vasto. Dulcimer thrives best on a light prepaiation. and is, therefore, just the sort of horse to do well in India, for which place foe will leave in Ju'y __ Westguard is expected in Sydney from New Zealand this week.