SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 55

SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

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MELBOURNE, December 2i RACING IN MELBOURNE.

We are racing at Caulfield to-day, while some 18 meetings under V.R.C. rules are taking place in the country. Boxing Day is always popular with promoters of race meetings. The only meeting under V.R..C. rules in Melbourne last week was at Sandewn Park on Saturday, the erstwhile betting institution, the Victorian Club being in possession The chief event, the Victorian Club Handicap, of iSOsovs. one mile, end'd in a complete surprise, the winner turning up in the pony Daybreak 6.7. who took charge at the bottom of the straight, and lasted long enough to win by half a neck from Belle Selbricht 8.11, a,nd the New Zealand-bred William 7.6. who ran a dead beat for second place, with Atora

9.7 only a. nock off fourth. In addition to being diminutive, Daybreak, who is by imported Mimcr, was reckoned to be a nonstayer, but strange things happen on the tuarf at times. Atora would have won had he not been kept so far out of his ground. Ho made up nine or 10 lengths from the home turn. The Maiden Plate was won by the two-year-old Mindai, by Maltster from Conundrum (dam of the West Australian. performer, Newmarraoana), by Martini Henry from Engineer, by Chester, and cost Mr W. T. Rowe £270 as a yearling in Sydney. Uncle Matt, who ran second is a two-year-oki by imported Curtain Lecture.. (the first v'f his get to race) from the Caulfield Cup winner Sweet Nell, and is owned by Sir Rupert Clarke, La George 9.13 (by George Frederick (son of Carbine), won the Jumpers’ Flat Race, and Studding Burl 7.9 (also by George Frederick), -was .successful in the Victorian Club Purse. The Victorian Club Plate went to tho wellbacked Optimism 7.7, by Optimist. W. H. Keith’s Ngaumhce 7.13 (by Phseton) has not shown any form for some time; but he nearly took -this race. He made all the runs, and it was only in tho last stired that Optimism caught and beat, him by half a neck. Jack Windsor 10.1, by Windsor, scored an easy win in the Steeplechase, in which Pedroo fractured! his hip. RACING IN SYDNEY. The A.J.C. Villiers Stakes meeting was held at Ramdwick in fine weather on Saturday. The Villiers Stakes, run over a. mile, brought out a good field, and Lager 9.4 (W. H. M’Laohlan) and Royal Merv 7.5, with W. H. Smith up, went out favourites. The winner turned up in the seven-year-old rnare Myra Biuan 7.13, by Invader (eon of Grandmaster,; from Wanganui, by Simmer from Miss Kiliftany, by Goldsbrough. She was not much fancied, but won rather comfortably from Pfcah 7.5, with Crown Derby 7.8 a close third. Later on Ptah came out, and, starting a hot favourite, carried 9.8 to victory in tho High-weight Handicap, one mile. Ptah is a four-year-old gelding by Duke of Melton (imp.) from the Newmarket Handicap winner, Ch actress, by Bill of Portland from Chand Bci© Bee (imp.), by Royal Hampton. Backers got a shock over the special weights race, the Grand Stand Stakes, one mile, as the imported hors© Son of the Marsh, who was regarded as next door to a cerbainy, missed a place, the winner being the outsider, Britain, by Grafton. He won easily from Danaus and Didus. Buneewa 7.7, who won tho Nursery Handicap, is bred on the dam’s aide on the same lines a s Myra. Biuan, being by Flavus from Boiling, by Simmer from Norah, by Goldsbrough. He was bred by Mr E. K. White, and was purchased as a yearling by Mr J. M. Alison for 730 gs. Bunoewa started favourite, and won easily from Burri 7.9 and Winning Post 7.4. while Praemium, who showed some form in Melbourne, and was well backed, was one of the last to finish. Meringue 8.3, by Musketoon. scored an easy win in the Trial Handicap, while the Holiday Handicap, on© mile and aquurtcr, went to Son of the Marsh’s stable companion, Flaxen 9.5, by Flavus, with. Haze 7.0 and Safrano 8.7 in. the other places. Flaxen, who was a comparative outsider, was ridden by J. E. Pike. RACING IN ADELAIDE. Tile Port Adelaide Racing Club ocmmenccd a two days’ meeting on Saturday. The stakes all round w r ere good. The events included a weight-for-age race, the Queenstown Stakes, nine furlongs and 40 yards. It looked a good thing on paper for the Wallace horse, Balmoral, and so ife proved. The Christmas Handicap, six furlongs and a-half, brought out a good field, and it ended in a surprise, Pandanus, a lank outsider, winning from the littlefancied Miss Gwen. Pandanus is a. fivc-vear-old mare by Tapioca (son of Goldebrough) from Thonder Princess, by Thunderbolt, ami is owned by Mr C. L. Gardiner, who won the Welter with Pandanus’s full brother, Borassus. RACING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Last Saturday tho summer meeting of tho Western Australian Turf Club- was commenced at Perth. The leading event on the day’s card was the Dierby, run over a mile and a-half. Saturate, vyho ras favourite, missed a place, the winner turning up in Ayrvalle, but it was oily by a nosfe that ho boat Florabel. S. Ferguson, who broke his journey on his way back from Austria to Victoria, -rode Ayrville, who is owned by the well-known trainer P. Bolger. Ayrville is bv Ayr Laddie (imp.) from Trenville’s Daughter, by Grafton from Lady Trcirville, by Trenton, and cost 220 gs as a yearling in Sydney. Louis d’Or 10.13, who used to be trained in Mcbourne by A. Ferguson, was successful in the Hurdle Race. Louis d’Or is by Rouge Croix (imp.). NorthEastern fell, and his rider (Percival) was badly injured, sustaining concussion of tho brain, and fracture of the skull. Golden Orb 6.8, by imported Orzil. scored in the W.A.T.C. Plate, run over six furlongs. There was a large field, and Double Fortune, the favourite, missed a place. The weight-for-age event. the Perth Stakes, on© mile and a-quarter, proved a good thing for Artesian, bv Argonaut, with Apple Charlotte and Sand®, by Tho Orient (both imported) in tho minor places. The Karrakatta, Plate, for two-year-olds, was won easily by Miss Bob, who is by Bobadil from Harvest Home, by Hova, and cost Mr P. A. Connolly 210 gs as a in Sydney. Atla»j 9.0, by Wandering Willie, was successful in the High-weight Handicap. MISCELLANEOUS. It has practically been, decided by the V.R.C. authorities to build another stand in the paddock at Flemington. The accommodation on big race days is overtaxed. Jacamar, after a few weeks spoil, has resumed work at Randwick in anticipation of the autumn "racing. Ho is engaged in the V.R.C. St- Lcger and A.J.O. St. Legcr. Malt King, who started a spell immediately on "his return to Sydney alter racing' through the spring campaign in Melbourne, is still at Rooty Hill; and Golden Hop, who was purchased out of the two-year-old selling race at Flemington by Mr J. E. O’Brien, is at the name place. Beloura broke a borre in her pastern while running in tho Maiden Plate at Sandown Park races. She is by Carbinier, and will go to the stud The Australasian Bowling Council on September 23 last arranged that the Australian championship and other events should be player! at Brisbane during the Christmas holidays. Owing to the event not being sufficiently supported by the various States, the tourney was abandoned. Three of the horses sent out from England by J. E. Brewer—viz., Eudorus, Blangncy 11, and Syce, have finished their

Imrm of quarantine, and have joined Pow* hattan (another of Brewer’s horses), under the care of F. -H. Lewis, at Caulfield. Brewer will shortly take all four in band on securing training quarters. A two-year-qld filly bv Wallace from Cretonne has just been broken in by Mr W. Glasscock, of Kirk’s Bazaar, and is to be trained at Flemington by 0. Quinn. The filly is the propertv of the Calcutta ' sportsman Mr J, C. Gaktaun, who owns Cretonne, now at Bundoora. Cretonne is by Bill of Portland, and raced in India, afterwards being returned to Victoria. She ran second in a Viceroy’s Cup. Sydney Tattersall’s Club has had its rend raised for the use of Kandwick Racecourse on race days. Hitherto the amount charged for. New Year’s Day was £650, and for the ordinary Saturday £360, but an A.J.C. decision has increased tho figur-es to £IOOO and £6OO respectively. In the Practice Court, Melbourne, last . week, before Mr Justice Cussen, the action ■ brought by Sinclair Adkins, of “Striez--I'Gckie,” Korunibuvra, grazier, against John Wren, of Studloy Park road, Kew, racecourse proprietor, was mentioned on a summons for directions. Plaintiff claims £SOOO damages for detention and conver- .. sion of the pony mare known -as Ladylike, * and for damages occasioned by such detention, and damages for trespass and slander. Mr Bryant, for the plaintiff, said that Mr Adkins was the owner of the pony mane Ladylike, and some suspicion , arose that this pony and the well-known Sydney pony True Love wore identical. Mr Wren caused the pony to be seized from the trainer, and he had sinoe detained the mare. Mr Wren held an Inquiry and published the result—that the pony was True Love, and that Mr Adkina and Mr King had been disqualified for life. The pony had not been returned. Mr Winneke, for the defendant, said the pony had been wrongfully entered by someone. His client offered to return il yesterday. Mr Justice Cuesen, by made the usual order on directions, and fixed the trial to take place in Melbourne before a judge without a jury. After Tristram had won the Woollongong , Mile by a head at the Woollongonjf (N.S.W.) Jockey Club meeting last Tuesday, he was disqualified, and the race awarded to the Mozart gelding Mere!, who was a few months ago located in Melbourne. Machine Gir 1 . by Machine Gun, won two races at the meeting.