SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 57

SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

By Ravensworth. MELBOURNE, March 15. RACING IN VICTORIA. Last week was rather a busy one with local racing men, as there were races at Moonee Valley on Wednesday, at Ballarat on Thursday and Friday, and at Caulfield Saturday. . The going at Moonee Valley was very heavy, over four inches of rain having fallen during the previous few days. One of the six furlong races took lmin 26sec to run! The Hurdle Race went to Adam Skirving's gelding The Gaul, 10.9, by Ganlus. The stewards were not satisfied with the performance' of Wattle Vale, who finished

second, and disqualified the horse, rider (T. M. Jones), and owner (G. Kemp) for 12 months, for suspicious practices. Trajectory, 7.10, by Projectile, won the Valley Handicap easily, and his rider, W. P. Burn, who has only lately regained his jockey's license, was accorded a flattering reception as he rode back to the enclosures. This was his first win since he rode Ebullition to victory in the Newmarket Handicap three years ago. Subsequently Burn rode the New Zealand-bred Waihuku, 7.12, by San Fran, to victory in the Welter Handicap, seven furlongs. Glasgow, 8.4, by Ayr Laddie (imp.) scored a hollow victory in the Trial Handicap, while Mr J. Wilson, jun , took the March Plate with Bomb, a four-year-old Bobadil filly. Kennedy, 7.11, by Fortunatus, was successful in the March Purse.

| Fields were small at the Ballarat meeting. There were only 28 starters in the six events on the first day and 10 of these ran in the Ballarat Cup of 150sovs, one mile and a-half. Mother Goose, 8.5, despite her many failures, was expected to win. The race was, unfortunately, spoilt by the barrier failing to go up smartly (one of the rubbers being out of gear), and both Blind Harry, 7.13, and Winch,' 6.13, got hung up. Their riders evidently thought it was no start, and by the time they went after the others they were 20 lengths to the bad. Bessemer made the pace, but five furlongs from home Attic, 6.7, took command, and was never afterwards headed. Mother Goose looked like winning at the distance, but she finished very feebly, and the outsider ran home an easy winner. He was ridden by A. J. Bird, who until recently rode as an amateur. Blind Harry or Winch would probably have been returned the winner had they got off well. They both finished well up. The other winners during the day were Sea Gem 10.10, by Portsea, Bolan by Bobadil the Maiden Plate; Sea Beach, by Chesilbftach, the Jumpers' Flat Race; Frankston Belle 6.11, by Friar Tuck (imp.), the B.T.C. Plate; and Noonday 8.0. by Haut Brion (imp.), the Flying Handicap. The Ballhausert Handicap, of 75sovs, one mile, was the leading event on the second day, and Winch was luckier on this occasion than on the first day, as she was always well up, and taking command at the turn xvon easilv ; from Macpherson 8.4 and Attic 7.1 Winch Is by the Malvolio horse Winchester (at one time raced by Mr J. Leek), and has recently been performing successfully in the ■ Horsham district. She is rather a smart mare. Gem, with 10.13 up, won the Second Hurdle Race, while Bolan 7.10 took the Trial Handicap. Mother Goose, though she carried 9.9, had nothing to beat in the ' Railway Handicap, seven furlongs, and won j easily. She is by Wallace, and this was j her last race. She goes to the stud next season. Since her two-year-old days she has been very disappointing. Ringleader 8.1. j by The Leader, took the B.T.C. Purse. { and Royal Donald 8.5, by Donald, the Fare- ' well Handicap. j Saturday's race meeting was at Caulfield, : and-despite all the racing we have recenlly had in. Melbourne, fields kept up well. The \ leading event was the St. Kilda Gup, of 500sovs. one mile and three furlongs. It attracted 15 runners, but the top weight Knox, Orline, and* Dhobi all dropned out. The Adelaide performer Carl Dour 7.13, was expected to win. He ran a very bad race, and to the surprise of most people the race Droved a good thine; for the Malvolio gelding Iliad, who, seeing that he recently ran a dead heat for first place in the Launceston. Cup with Drameaph, was well handicapped at 7.3. He was knocked back nearlv six furlongs from home l , but soon made up his ground, and leading into the straight won easily from Francis. 7.3. who just beat Moruga 7.13 for places. Iliad was ridden by E. Andrews, whose brother. C. Andrews, had the mount on Francis. Golden Cairn ■ 7.9 was in the field, but made no show, and Celerity 7.9 fared badly as a stayer, i C Andrews later on rode Imprint 6.7. by Sir Foote (imp.), from Impress to victory in the Smith Yarra Handicap, easily beating the much fancied Salvia 8.5. N<?atiruho« 8.9 was given another run, but did no fetter than at Flemington. ' The Sun. 11.9. by Sunrise, scored an easy j win in the Hurdle Race, and the top > ■weight, Confederate 12.8, had no difficulty j in beating the moderate lot onposed to him in, the Two'Miles Steeplechase, and carried a great surprise to backers thereby. | With Ripon out of the wav and Kuala ' Lumpur not apparently quite in form. Confederate had not a great deal to. beat, and , he settled the lot opix>sed to him almost I a-= easily as Ripon did in his three win- j ning race*. Confederate had done a fair ' amount of work on the tracks, and was j looking nice and fresh. As the winner of ! the last Australian Steeplechase, and a subseauent race at Cauifield, he was in such a field entitled to Rome consideration, oven j if not quite wound up, and long before j home was in sight he was going so well , that it looked as if only a inll could stop i him winning He jumped beautifully j throughout, and taking charge after cross- j ing the last fence, finished full of running, ! with half-a-doz-en lengths to spare. Con- j federate made an exhibition of his field, i and proved his superiority in the most ; pronounced way. He has incurred a 101 b penalty for the Onkaparinga Steeplechase, : bringing his weight up to lost. The Adelaide fillv Sacre, 7.9. by Sunrise. I scored easily in the Orrong Two-year-old Handicap from Pendulous 7.7, and Vh-a | 7.13. The latter is a consistent but un- j lucky performer. There were 19 starters for the TJbique Welter, seven furlongs. I The top weight, Corroboree, 10.13, looked like a winner at the distance, but quickly stopped, and the New Zealand bred Gun- ; powder. 7.9, by Elyn, finish- j ing well, won' from Ring 8.3, and Burston, 9.6. Gunpowder is trained, along with j Conge d'Eslire, by Andy Ferguson. ; RACING IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

The Coolgavdie Racing Club meetingwas opened on Wednesday last, when the principal event was the Summer Handicap, of lOOsovs, one mile and a quarter. There were only six starters, and Al, 7.0, by . Grafton—Tip Top, won easily from Hotch- i kiss's son, Ellis, who was burdened with j 9.8, The Hurdle Race went to Mauna J Loa lIA by Simmer, .while Nardoo, < B*s ' also by Simmer, was successful in ' the Widgie Plate. Calstock, 7.7, by Sir Tristram (imp.), easily took the Welter | Handicap, and Persistent, 8.4, by Scarpia, the Widgie Purse. Ellis was saddled up , again, and carrying 9.11, won the Kunanal- j ling Mile, with lengths to spare from his two opponents. The meeting was concluded ! on Saturday, when the Summer Cup, of I 120sovs, one mile and a-quarter, was the chief attraction. It proved an easy thing for Artesian, 8.7, who has been doing very j well in the West of late. Artesian is by '

Argonaut (imp.), from Effervesce, by Sim* mer from Mignard, by Splendor from Mingera, by Yattendon, and was bred in New South Wales. Sherlock, 9.0, by Projectile, won the Hurdle Race by a dozen lengths. Nardoo, Calstock, and Al, all winners on the first day, were again successful, and' the sitth winner was Safe Deposit, who i 3 by Padlock. SAYONARA CUP.

Considerable interest was taken in Australia in the yachting contest for the Sayonora Cup, between the Sydney representative, Mr W. M. Marks's Culwalla 111, and the Melbourne representative, Mr J.Dixon's Sayonara. It required three races to decide the .'ontest. Sayonara won the first, Culwalla 111 the second, and Sayonara. (who was the defender) the third. There is no doubt Sayonara is much *tne faster boat, but her skipper was outgeneralled in the second contest. MISCELLANEOUS.

Certificates of identity in the case of the two-year-old filly Martyre, by Martian — Nantes, .and the two-yiaar-obd filly- Fire Glow, by Martian —Fireside, both owned by Mr S. Nettlefold, have been accepted as satisfactory by the V.R.C. The Victorian boxer Eddie Williams lost the middleweight championship of Australia, to Arthur Cripps at the Stadium in Sydney on Friday night. Although Williams established a lead early in the the other man more than equalised matters during the last 12 rounds. The visitor appeared to have trained too fine, and his left did not possess its usual weight. Mi Sol. Green, owner of Comedy King, is adding £IOO to the next Waterloo Cup, to be run at Moonee Valley in July. The club will add £IOO, and £SO in addition will also be subscribed, so that, with owners' sweepstakes, the event this year will ba worth winning.

Mr B. Allen, a member of the ring, who purchased the imported stalHon Caiman at the Woodlands stud sale last week, intends to starj breeding stud in the Goulburn Valley district. He has already secured a collectior of about a dozen weltbred mares.

While on her way out by train to Moonee Valley last week, the Orzil filly Oron'a had her hip injured rather badly, and was removed to Mr E. J. F. Bordeaux's veterin-: ary hospital. Mi S. P. Emanuel, owner of Conge d'Eslire, intends leaving for a trip to England shortly, and during his absence Conge d'Eslire will remain under the care of A. Ferguson. Mr Emanuel has refused a tempting offer from an Indian buyer for Conge d'Eslire. The use of the cutting plat© or any other form of plates or shoes which may be considered dangerous by the stewards of the V.A.T.C., will be prohibited in future at all racj meetings at Caulfield. The V.R.C authorities have decided to take similar action. Several horses have been injured lately owing to being galloped onrby horses wearing sharp toeclips. S perry, by Ayr Laddie (imp.), who was passed in at. the sale at Newmarket on Monday, has since been disposed' of privately to E. A. Connolly, of Mordialloc. Messrs R. G. Casey and L. K. S. MacKinnon, two members of the V.R.C. Committee, left for England to-day. Mr A. M'Cracken will act as chairman of the V.R.C. during Mr Casey's absence. The fiasco in connection with th. Champion Stakes at Flemington formed the subject of a discussion at the meeting of the V.R.C. Committee last Friday. The question of altering the conditions of the race was referred to the programme sub-com-mittee.

The Albior Park Five Hundred was run at Brisbane on Saturday, and was won by Bernie's Memory, a three-year-old colt by Little Bernie, from Memory. , ; . ~ The Moderr/ Athens Handicap, one mile and a-quarter, run .at the Gawler (S.A.) meeting on Saturday proved a good thing for Carlton 8.2, by Carlyon, who led all the way, and won in. a. canter by 10 Lengths. Olivaster. Pretty Peg, Lord Nolan, Waiila, The Gaul, Knox, Kerlie, and St. Tano, all engaged at the A.J.C. autumn meeting, were sent to Sydney on Saturday. This week several others, including, probably, Trafalgar, Mala. Nobel. Orline, Bright Steel, and Mr J. Wilson's (jun.) horses (Pendil. Diabolo, etc.) will go over. The crack Queensland performer Barallani (by Ardon—Beryl), now in Sydney, has, : fc is reported, been sold to go to India. Marled was very lame after running in the St. Kilda Cup on Saturday. Flavinia, whose trip to Melbourne was a. failure, has returned to Sydney. The Champion Race of Vic toria took place on the Lower Yarra on Saturday, and was won by the Albert Park Chib (stroked by J. Donald) by a length and a-quarter from Mercantile. Five crews competed. F. Marsh, captain of the Rose 01 Fitzroy (Melbourne) Club, put up a unique performance an. Saturday. Off 32 balls he scored' nine wickets for 6 runs. Eight were clean bowled and one lbw. He has bowled very consistently all through the season. Messrs William C. Yuille and Co. have sold privately the raoing mare Francis, bv San Francisco from Azure, to Mr A. T. Creewick.

C. Bolton, G. Lambert, and R. Cameron are amongst the Melbourne jockeys who intend to go to Sydney for the A.J.C. autumn' meeting.

No Trouble, engaged in the Onkaparinga Steeplechase at lOst 7lb. will leave Melbourne for South Australia in a few davs, in charge of H. A. Deeble, who will ride him in the race. Iliad, engaged in the Onkaparin.sca Cup, will not make the trip.

The V.R.C. Committee, it is understood, have already had under consideration the question of stakes for next season, and l have practically agreed on an increase of between £4OOO and £SOOO. Details have not yet been settled, but the added money of the next Melbourne Cup "\vill ? it is ' believed, be raised. It stands at present at 5000sovs, in addition to a tronhy valued at lOOsovs. The Derby, it is believed, will not be touched.