BOXING MATCH.

Otago Witness, Issue 3017, 10 January 1912, Page 54

BOXING MATCH.

BRISBANE, January 8. Ab a boxing contest at Longreach in aid of the hospital fund, the judges were unable to agree. The Rev. Mr Sams, known as the fighting parson, who was referee, gave it as a draw. This did not satisfy a section of the audience. Mr Sams thereupon invited anyone who disagreed with the decision to step into the ring with him. Two other parsons acted as ringside officials.

at Wingatui, was rather a risky experiment, as the bulk of the fields engaged at both tracks were comprised of the same horses. A further day held by the Waikouaiti Club helped to accentuate the matter, although it made no material difference beyond giving John Bunyvan a penalty for boating a lot of I moderates that could not be compared with I the better class he had to meet at Oa.ma.ru. ! Five out of the 10 runners in the Prosi- [ dent’s Handicap each carried a 10lb penalty and over 30 horses on the first day s card were struck out of their engagements. Despite the loss of such a large number of horses on fop of the fact that others were rendered hors die combat at the Dunedin meeting, the gathering at the White City was. taken all round, a great success, in spite of bad weather that no doubt kept many people away from the scene. 'Hie excellent form shown?, by Expansion at Wmgatui and Oamaru was achieved under somewhat remarkable circumstances, and furnishes an illustration of what the veterinary science can achieve. At the former track he won in good style, and would have seriously troubled Pilgrim’s Way in the Waitaki Handicap, in which he lost three or four lengths at the rise of the barrier. As it was, ho travelled faster than the winner at the finish. The going on both tracks was rather holding, and calculated to try the respiratory organs_ of even a fairly good- winded horse. Alter the Grand National meeting, held in August last, Expansion was operated on for roaring. and at least a temporary cure seems to have been effected. The operation for roaring is a verv old one, tut during the last quarter of a century or more has fallen into disuse. It has, however, recently been reviled with considerable success in England, where a well-known veterinary surgeon has successfully operated on a large number of racehorses. The first day’s hurdle race at Oamaru proved a bit of a fiasco. Optimefornx, running rather wild, tried to shirk his first fence, but Tellings succeeded in getting his mount over, only, however, to meet disaster at the next obstacle, where the house ran off, and fell after coming in contact with, the outside rails. Tellings was pinned under the house, and received a bad shaking and slight cuts on the face and legs. Ho was able to walk about the course after receiving attention on being brought to tho stewards’ stand. Bay Lupin got rid of luo pilot at the same fence, and as Jack Ashore ,-oemed incapable of mustering any pace, this left Master Paul to stride away for an easy win. Optimeform was placed hors de combat as he walked very lame after the ra -o On the second dlay Master Paul was again elected favourite, but he failed to see out the additional quarter or a mile, and Bingnan strode home a comfortable winner. Don Rubyl, who scored in the Bracelet on the previous day. was sent out second favourite, but although ms pace allowed him to keep in the front rank tor over a mile, his faulty fencing put him out of court at the business end ol the race. Although St. Aldan and the two-year-old Champagne were thrown out of training and sent back to Redcastle for a spell, they are not allowed to cat the oats of absolute idleness. St. Aidan looks fresh aiu \ brl f |“D j and is treated to easy exercise. In tact such a heavy -topped horse wouM. reqmne a considerable tune to get ready tor taet work if turned loose and allowed to become gross with the good things of the' world Champagne has been treated to a blister on the near knee He does not display lameness in tho joint, and he also is given* 1 hack exercise. Champagne is aW-tifullv-built colt, showing neaps of quality and a lot cf power without running to a i i v.ni ir lie is on© of t-l)© raciestl”. write, h* icomng tw~ a matter of great reVrlt' if he does not train on to show if n hisrh merit is not allied to good look! which to cTJ STddi. Wu, DJV. Chainchrae, the r “ f I Mr J. Buckley has also a, craw? >- •»““ s - when earring biIL p re9itle nt’s Handi- — b rep merer « convincing manner, cap at Oamaru away from his field iu and was gallopm„ .. He always the last quar « °| lorge ov ‘ er a short course, been a bri occasion on which he but this is the first cocas. up has scored • 466sovs in stakes, and ssatii of Stepni fromkfulfi ilir!" 11 ariy of his engagements at the meek Vnl In his work at Wmgatui prior to U eie is notldng Seriously wrong if one can hide© by the way in which he ran out his g mile y at Oamaru. StepmeteEs gallop at Oamaru is not, however, the first occasion on which ho has shown up well in a mile race In the Jockey Club Handicap at the last N.Z. Cup meeting, Step mater with 6.12 cot badly away, and afterwards raced to the Lead of the field, and remained until well into the straight, but the extra handicap settled him. and he finally faded out of a place Stepmetcr is bred on very attractive knee, and was got by Stepmak from Demcter k daugliter of Wallace (a great sire cf brood mares) from Eleusis an imported Dai ca id me mare. His breeding, however, was referred to when he won at Wingatm, and a further repetition is unnecessary. ‘ _ R appears that not a little interest was taken in the handicapping of Parable at the Southland R. 0. meeting and in view of the point it is interesting to recall how the mare was treated at the last Cup meeting. In the Ricoarton Welter she was well backed, t u t did not finish in the first five with 9.4. It will be remembered that St. Felix niado a, one-horse race of it. In this race Parable was handicapped to give Medallist 21b over n mile and True Knight was m receipt of IBlb. In the Jockey Chib Handicap Parable (6.13), giving lib each to Stepmeter and The Cornet, finished nowhere, whereas ctepmeter ran a really good race after getij n <y badlv a wav In the Fendalton Handicap, witli 7 8 "she finished outside the first seven, behind Rose Noble, who won with 7.10. Parable failed to give The Comet 9lb when the latter finished fourth. Another line in the came race can be taken through Tannhauser 613, Mumura 6.11, and Cronatadt 6.7, who were also amongst the runners. Pam hie won in a weaker field after returning to the Nm-th Island, hut it will be seen at a glance where tho mare should be in a handicap with those she met at Ricoarton. In the Feudal top for instance, she failed to give The Comet 9lb and if very harshly treated conld not be asked to give the latter more than 7lb in tho Otago Handicap, when he carried 7.13, Mumura had 7.5 and True Knight 6.10 in the same race, eo that a fair weight for Parable would be not much over 8.0, On the second day, in the St Andrew’s. The Comet had 7.12 and Medallist 7.11, and on these figures (the last-named 1 was handicapped at 2lb from Parable over a mile at Ricoarton)

lt is not difficult +o see that the mare was badly treated in being set to give Soldiers Chorus 41 b over a mile at Invercargill.