ROUTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 52

ROUTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

By Hori Poeni.

MELBOURNE, March 22. tttrt? TOPICS.

'" The Victoria Amateur Turf Club held its March meeting at Caulfield on Saturday, but Jafter the recent plethora of racing it fell rather 'flat. After his win on the flat on Wednesday ifcas narrated elsewhere) H. A. Bellamy's Bejitrayer 12.9 started at 6 to 4 on, against six 'jothers, for the Narong Hurdle, and won, pullSng up, by eight lengths in 3min 53sec for the ,Wo miles 64 yards. v In a. field of eight backers took 6to 4 about W; Leeming's Decolette 9.0 for the Orrong £Ewo-year-old Race, of six furlongs, but E. 'Kelly's black colt Siinoda (Simmer— Carbelle, ?by Carbine) 7.0 again demonstrated the effi- I ]cacy of the crossing of the Galopin and Musjket strains by stalling off a very determined |iun (from the back country) by Miss Bobby J6J.0 — a stable companion of the favourite, — * and .defeating her "by half a length, -with DecoSette four lengths away third; time, lmin 16Jsec. ! Simoda, who has been nominated for the Classic thre&-year-old eventß of next season, is bred in the purple right enough, seeing that -Carbelle, his dam, is out of Tourbillon, who Was only by the dual Victorian Derby winner Vthey ran two during the season of 1867-68 — one in the spring and another on New Year's Day) Fireworks from Beatrice, by Stock- j owner from Lady Heron, by Fisherman. JThat's all! ! Jim Redfern sprang a surprise in the St. Silda Cup, of nine furlongs His four-year-old jelding Durbar (by Malvolio — Winifred) 7.1 — fcho started at l^s and 12's— took command £ J t the home turn, and defeated Marie Corelli .3 by half a, length, Purser^B.S being third, Somstock 8.1 fourth, and Step Out (the favourite) 9.2 eighth; time, lmin 56Jsec. Kindly £nake a marginal note on your racing cuff to £he effect, that the two-year-old Chatsworth is «. half-brother to Durbar, being by Auraus — ' /Winifred, i The 14.3 galloway Prob. (late Problem II) J9.12 — whose pedigree is a " myth unknown " j(shade3 of Adam Lindsav Gordon!) — artistically handled by Mr E. Heriot, led from, start to finish in the Gordon Steeplechase, of abotct jfcwo miles, and won by half a dozen lengths from P.M.G. 10.13, Robgill 10.5 being the nearest of 15 others (albeit seven lengths be- ' ihind P.M.G.) ; the time being 3min 59£ sec. Prob started third favourite at 4's. Sol. Green's Narelle (Gozo — Sing Song) 9.5 accounted for the TJbique Welter, of seven ifurlongs, m lmin 30£ sec; Withan 9.1 being second and Regio 11.12 third ; a.fter which ! jMr G. G. Kiss's five-year-ol<? gelding Haloya X&ozo — Necklace) 9.3 did the Sydney boys a oreal good turn by winning the South Yarra {Handicap, of six furlongs, in lmin 15Jsec ; jiiliss Peggy 7.8 being second two lengths be- j Jaind, with the consistent Baritone 8.0 third. Miss Peggy started at 7 to 4 and Haloya at j to 1. -Tho V.A.T.C. made a profit of £130 over last Saturday's meeting, although .8895 was j jiven away in stakes. j Canteen is one of the latest horses treated fey Mr H. W. HoagJand for dental troubles. j?hose terrible " snags " ! Your St. Hippo — Winnie jumper Up to Date Arrived in Sydney by the s.s. Victoria last Friday, and has taken up his quarters at Tke '

Earnshaw'a. Ike knows an 'awk from an 'eronshaw.

Malvolio's stock won five races during the recent V.R.C. autumn meeting, and last Wednesday another scion of the defunct son of Malua accounted for the Sunbury Cup. This was H. A. Bellamy's Betrayer (Malvolio—Rebellion), who, with 7.13, won by a dozen lengths from De la Rey 6.13, Inquisitive 8.2, and half a dozen others running tho mile and a-quarfcer in 2mm 12sec.

Tom Payten always prefers the sea trip with his charges to and from Sydney, and this day week he took his team (with the exception of Mark, who had been sold privately) back in the s.s. Gabo.

There were 25 race meetings under the jegis of the V.R.C. held in different centres of Victoria on Friday (St. Patrick's Day).

One of the principal fixtures was on the banks of the Campaspe, where from time immemorial tho Kyneton District Racing Club has held high revelry on the 17th of March. The Kyneton Cup, of one mile, was won by Mr O. T. Willis's aged chestmit gelding The Corsican (The Admiral — The Dauphme) 6.9 from Inquisitive 7.12, Roadside 6.7, and thret others, in, Imin 44Jsec. Sam Cook's cast-off, who started at s's, -was •well backed by the "Bendigo sports, in which' district he is now Seated. As usual, there was a very large attendance of visitors from the metropolis, tlia two specials being crowded. The club will make a- profit of considerably over £100 through the cUwr's transactions.

Over the 'walnuts and 1 wipe which were indulged in, Dr G. O. Rigby, tie. president of the club, -who was in the chair, proposed the toast of " Racing," coupled with the name of Mr Henry Byron Moore, secretary of the V.E.C., who was present. Taking advantage of such an opportunity, Dr Rigby expressed the hope that next year, when St. Patrick's Day would fall on a. Saturday, the club -would be gianted the day by the V.R.C., and that thero would be no competition from metropolitan clubs. Country clubs, he said, were a great advantage to racing, and a legitimate club like the Kyneton District Racing Clvb — whose main desire* was to encourage the breeding of the thoroughbred — should be encouraged. Mr Moore, in responding, carefully a-voicled pledging the V.R.C. in any way, but. said that the Kyneton course was now one of the safest and best outside the metropolis, whilst the saddling paddock was an improvement of which the club might well be proud. Good old Kyneton!

The weights for the Onkapannga meeting on Easter Monday were declared on the 20th. The following appear to be very favourably handicapped: — Onkaparinga Cvp — Phaedra 8.11, Bright Pilgrim 8.3, Rifler 7.8. Hills Railway Stakes— Fortune- teller 8.12, Rustaff 8.2, St. Vincent 7.10. Hurdle Race— Orlando 11.0, Earl of Carrick 10.2, Wild Raven 9.7. Great Eastern Steeplechase — Airly 11.5, Freedom 11.4, Forty Winks 9.12.

James Wilson, jun., has disposed of Ballark (Wallace — Danas), and he and Dangai will leave for Calcutta — in charge of J. Watson, Mr Apcar's trainer — by the s.s. Darius about the middle of JLpiil.

Edward Power, late of Francis street, Ascot Vale, -retired horse-trainer, who died on February 15, left by will .dated March 24, "1903, real estate valued at £305*0 and personal at £1100 to his widow.

Writing of the late " Ted " Power reminds me of an <rror that usually well-informed writer "Teriinga." lately fell into, and which was reprinted in the Witness of March 8. The sporting /editor of the Australasian j:rote: — " One race he never won was the Melbourne Cup. He threw that away on Commotion through over-confidence in 1884, and the mistake was one he never forgot." " Teriinga " is wrong. Power did not tlarow the race away through over-confidence. Howhe came to throw the race away happened thuswise: — The Hon. W. Pearson had two horses in that particular Melbourne Cvp — Commotion and Plausible. Acting on Mr F. F. Da-kin, his private trainer's, advice, he, had backed th« three-cornered son of Vagabond aaid Plaudit to win him some £40,000 — which ho gob on at a long price, as old Sam. Martin maintained that Plausible " cov.ldm't win a decent selling race." At this time Commotion "was a bit under a cloud, lmt approaching the day the gallant son of Panic and Nightmare came on like a house on fire, in consequence whereof Mr Peareon backed him to win £20.000. " Ted " Power, ■who was to ride Commotion, was ladd £2000; "Billy" Murphy, who- had the lnorant on Plausible, was laid £2500. Th.3 two jockeys " whacked "; * and inside- the distance, when Ccn. motion had the Tace at his mercy, Power looked over his right shoulder, and saw Plausible running second. It immediately struck him that it meant another £500 to be divided 'twist he and Murphy, besides Mr Pearson landing the big money, if Plausible, were to win, and he eased old Com 1 , up to let Plausible gain the advantage. At this particular period of time Alec. Robertso-n, on Malua, — who had received much " attention " from the rider of Chuckster, — was" in two minds whether he should go on and try and finish in a. place, or pull off amongst the ruck;' but on noticing Power " going to sleep " on Commotion he made one tremendous effort (it was only a Malua could have made it!), passed Plausible, and before Power could get a full head of steam up again the winning post was passed. That's how Malua came to win the Melboairne Cup of 1884.

Wairiki leaves Melbourne to-day for New Zealand by the Monowai. After benig brought by special train from Flemington he will bo accommodated in a specially-fitted box on the mam deck of the steamer.

Two thousand pounds to sixty was yesterday accepted about Delcore for the Doncaster Handicap, the fielders being willing to continue business at the odds.

During settling at TattersaJl's, Sydney, on Thursday there waa a, lot of double-event speculation indulged in on tho Doncaster Handicap and the Sydney Cup. Amongst the most marketable for the Doncaster may be enumerated— Abington, Billingsgate, Canteen Oherson, Handsome, Lachlan, Lord TJllin's Daughter (who has recovered from me effects of her accident in the Australian Cup, but was withdrawn from the Mile Dash on Thursday), Mark, Marvel Loch, Mary of Argyle, Medallist, Port Jackson, Slornmway, and St. Simmer; whilst Dividend, Lord Ulliu's Daughter," and Tartan monopolised nearly all the attention for the two-mile event. The combination of Medallist and Dividend was very much in evidence, all the available money at 1000 to 10 being snapped up.

In straight-out wagering over the Doncaster, Medallist, after being well supported at 100's to 8, advanced to the position of first favourite at 100' s to 10. Marvel Loch started at 100 to 6, then 100' s lo 7 were accepted, and finally 100 to 8 was the best offer. Mark was supported for small amounts at 100 to 6, and at 100's to 5 Canteen and Abington commanded some attention. Dividend (6 to 1) was nominal favourite for the Sydney Cup ; bar him 12's being offered. All going well with her, I should prefer the chance of Lord Ullin's Daughter to that of Dividend for a two-mile race on the Ranchvick course. In the first place, the daughter of Lochiel and Farthingale is more used to the right-handed style of running; whilst Dividend's size and stride are not likely to be go

well served as they wore along those beautiful long reaches at Flemington.

On Monday, again, a little more wagering was indulged in, the feature thereof being the support accorded to Cato for the Doncaster Handicap, some £2000 at 100's to 3 and 4, whilst in doubles the same horse was coupled with Dividend and Lord Ullin's Daughter at 1000's to 4. Straight-out on" the Doncaster, Medallist headed the list at 100 to 10, Mark and Marvel Loch being at 100 to 7 each, Port Jackson and Cato at 100 to 6 each, and Canteen and Haloya at 100 to 5 each. Playaway, the winner of the Newmarket Handicap, has been sent up to Parkes for an 18- months' spell, after which the dapper little daughter of Carbine and Concertina will be utilised by Mr F. Foy for breeding purposes. Mr Harvey Patterson wiJl be a candidate for a seat on the committee of the V.R.C. at the annual election in August. A great coursing man in his day, Mr Patterson has Thackeray (Majestic — Becky Sharp) engaged in the next V.R.C. Derby.

Like Tom Payten, the ancient Carbine — Vendetta mare Marie Corelli has a decided antipathy to the train journey to Sydney. She absolutely refused to be entrained along with Haloya yesterday, and is to be sent on by boat to-day. Slormaway, a five-year-old imported gelding by Orme from Sandiway, who finished second to Ossian in Newcastle Tattersall's Cup, has arrived at Randwick, and with the minimum in both the Doncaster Handicap and' Sydney Cup it is more than likely that he will be well supported for one or the other (perchance both) of those events.