SPORTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 39

SPORTING.

RACING CALENDAR September 22, 24. —Wanganui meeting. September 23, 24. —Ashburton meeting. September 24. —Birchwood Hunt meeting. September 24, 25.—Avondale meeting. September 23. 30. —Geraldine meeting, October 1. —Napier Parle meeting. October 1,3, 5, 8. —A.J.C. spring meeting. Qcto!>er 1. —Napier park meeting. October s.—Hawke’s Bay meeting. October 6.—iKurovv meeting. October 13, 14.—Dunedin meeting. HANDICAPS. September 26. —K.v row meeting October 1. —Dunedin meeting. ACCEPTANCES. September 28.—Kit row meeting. October 7. —Dunedin meeting. ANSWER to CORRESPONDENT. B. S., Otipua.—No. TALK OF THE DAY. Bj SiJITINEL THE DUNEDIN SPRING MEETING. It tvas a pleasing surprise to find such an excellent response from owners to the Dunedin Jockey Club's Spring meeting. It was confidently expected that the nornina t:ons would be quite satisfactory, but they are easily beyond anticipation, and read like supplying the best spring meeting ever held at Wingatui. Several N.Z. Cup candidates ate engaged in the principal handicap, and the general quality very satisfactory indeed, in addition to the numerical strength of the various fields. Bo much so is that the case that it can be taken as a really good augury for the racing season of which we are now on the threshold. Not o-niy have the handicap events filled in very satisfactory, but it is doubly pleating to find, so many paid up. tor in the M Lean .Stakes and Dunedin Guineas. Possibly one or two have been left in through oversight, but on glancing through the list it is noticeable that the majority in both laces are at present in active commission, so that there is every prospect of good fields being seen out hi

both classics. Handicaps for the first day arc due on October 1, and acceptances, together with subs' riytions for the M’Lean Slakes and Dunedin Guin as and entries for t ho i u(j h 1 Stakes iath due on Friday, October 7, when owners should note that the closing hour is 5 p.m. SPRINTING AND STAYING. Some of the noiiin-rn critics wore greatly disappointed over The Hawk’s display at Alar ton but lie had the substantial loud oi 6.10 to carry amongst older and perhaps more seasoned horses. lie, however, may not have been anchored so much by v*eight by the {act veal if lie is fcein.4 eeriQUcrly trained for tho N.Z. Cup the • g !i his speed by a preparation necessary "to develop tils • - i • ver. J he Hawk was uncjue.stionu I y a » e y speedy two-year-oid, but a Cup preparation dues not < insist of 'print work, and hence he may have b* en be a lien for speed siiupiy be a use he lias not been 1: aii M -' :•;> 'jvn.iiv; '• ) think mat J he Hawk tailed ;ir- a st.ayer, bur there is a vast difierenue between beiii^ ' ■ r - p a to stay. A ‘ •’« p k"* is by the meeting betv.eeu Culprit and Aia.sierp;eee \v fieri they r.m a* t ~ t‘«:-year-c!<i- at Oamaru. The lilly racet.l away iroin the colt after going a cunp.e of iuri mgs at a pave whic-jj tangled i jm up. ( . y it beat him for speed, but tu>n!«. ii• • x r stay, whereas Masterpiece y n i y neat cm by the narowest of margins • Chip. Changing a i. jr.se from sprjmi.ug to a stayer's t-a.sk can plis : by . rin w oi k, but by the steadying tasks over a distance of ground in order to teach a horse to travel quietly, without which quality very few >ve able to g*et a distance. Cos Angelos, in the light of his subsequent form, looked an absolute certainty for the N.Z. Cup with only 7.9, but In-*, luis.-od principally because he had not settled down oi travelling VviiD 1j is ne.'-c *sary to get a hors.* over a cii ~ta-ricc of two miles. I .os Angelos after™ \\ aiTs pro veil kuri*mi one of the best handi* eio3 hoi'ts in the country, but he did not do •-'> until i»e had sen led down and -dropped tee tareaway style of galloping. Runninga hi »rse Out of hi- d’.-tance is apt to be ve* v deceiving t*. ;hose \v!io look at the superlirial side of form even though it is very obvious that a stayer, or a horse being trained to stay, is out of page amongst printers just as a stayer ger* lost, tangled no and unbalanced when Taring against sui inieis. v. hose cole business is 10 gatli-iT ni> a g-.-;d burst of spe* d. Hence ic .is • v. ii • *• nc iioiici™ a Cup hoi-e fiiruiius, ’n p.ug ilu* .'primer* in many cu -es it . ing a ** ra’hu, vi! h an/ idea of the t*l ''h.g :ii ! ■ > j bem i he* spri] i- m at fi in. as ;< h \ 'H'l • »: >! r•:; i>;g. T i <• flat ra-'-iRg ••»•••• -m of 3921-22 will o*omj .•*,!• nth the AHilmi t on Spring meoiing. T. liich 1= to fake piaco on I i if 1 j y ajj.fi Sat ;u----d *y ot this week. T he acceptances for the ry. and th ; 1 N.Z. < p c ndidaloin action •»h*.,uM help to attract a lurm: p : tendance. A field of 11 continue- in th« T'hr.vaid Ilnndicup, and probably Winning Hit wiil l»f? elected favourite. I-e wa <if ; fairlv goofl cb-.-s as a two-yea r old, and ii be is to prove wortliv of running in cl.issir F. iciety .as a three vear-old hu should give 1 good i\' -count of himself this week. On siaught lias been showing sic ns of hunenesb;it. if he steps out right on lie- day shouh run well. It will be remembered that lit was gall'ping mure uttrajlively than Cleat

Sweep prior to the latter s win in the Winter Cup. At this time of the year form is apt to be misleading, as the result of a. race may be more dependent on condition than a horse's chance on paper. In any case, with Cup candidates such as boo Chow, Elens, Warlove, and Cave rock in Ike field, togetiier with Winning Hit. Patau Tata 11, and Songbird, it should prove a rather interesting race. Will Oakland is doing good track work, and he may oe elected first choice in the Spr.ng Handicap, as lie may be more forward than some of t; e others. The race will serve to introduce Meteorite as a throe-year-old. and as he was a rather speedy sori in bis first- season he may ;;o found running well. Silver Teau s condition i? an unknown quantitv, as _ she has not raced for some consideraoie time. Sunny Loch and R< may _ dispute*' favouritism in the Braornar Weber, in winch Palestrina, one of the best fillies seen outlast sea-son, is booked to appear. As one regarded as a likely Oaks winner, her display will be followed with interest. Royal Mac and IT no in the Allen ton vs oiler read as most likely to be the popular picks for that race, and Pit prop on His own course may be better backed than cither Hilderg or Kiifane in the Allan ton Handicap, 111 which, by the way, a promising sort in St. Easel is also engaged. Rather a moderate Tot are engaged in the hurdle race, in which Dribble looks m a class of her own. TRACTOR. It may prove a blessing m disguise lo breeders that the imported colt Tractor

jarred a leg and had to be thrown _ off training. It means tliat the colts service's will at once be available to breeders instead . of being defer!od by two or three seasons on the turf. When the colt was seen shortly after landing from England he looked as sound as the proverbial bell of brass, and the mishap to him was in all probability due to hie trainer being in far too big a hurry to try bis speed, rather j than from any inherent weakness to stand j training. Tractor is a powerful upstanding j colt, showing heaps of quality, arid he j represents a line in tail male which in by- | gone years proved itself one of 11 1 o best in the work!. This was the Herod line through Traducer, who was one of the greatest sires the world has ever known ; but unfovrunav: ly hT line was allowed to peter out owing to his best sons being purchased by long-pursed people in America. Tractor, however, comes here in a different atmosphere, lie should get every chance to make a name for himself, as he starts ins stud career whilst the glamour surrounding his famous sire. The Tetraryh, is still as vivid as when lie was getting through liis unbeaten career on the turf. The success achieved on the turf is being continued at the stud, as The Totrnrch has sired some very brilliant performers m England as well as achieving the remarkable performance of getting two St. Leger winners in his brief stud career. Tractor is- very stoutly bred on the dam's side, as she is an own sister to William the Thud, who won the great distinction of being the best stayer ever loft by St. Simon, v.h was himself one of the greatest ; f the great horses tho world has cm kuc u. Tractor is a in mber of the No. 2 f.um’y, of which Th-me Lowe wrote as follows: ‘Tn St. Roger winners it near'v denies No. 1. which would point to it'- being better staying I*l >: d. As a .- uv line it D distinctly ahead of its ,:*rep§ rival.” Amongst the best known horses b longing to the No. 2 family are Carbine. Blacklook. Sir Hercules. Yoltigeur, Ilarknw-ay, Surplice. St. Albans. Lord Clifden. Peironeb ('remorne. Angler. Crucifi::. (bang Forward. Sainfoin, The Marquis, and many other classic winners. A PROMISING- SIRE. There is no doubt that the trotter or pacer carrying sarong impressions oi thoroughbred blood excels in evnv respect a hoise bred to eh her of the above gaits, but whose ancestors have the cart hoi so strain in their pedigree. | lhe pacer or i rotter, with a rich inI her:lance cf Ih. n-oiigiibrcd blood, invari- ! ably has far more speed, fctarnina, ( jurag , and h 1 nan ihc •; .Tl ba -1 i 1 1) 1 >-e win) gm )rl!\ spviis more Ilian be:m:y. ai.il ij^eiau. 1 !: \ lads 10 can y has speed ! ; : i lie* ih; - T-in -1 lio-pu'i period. it i™. of < wdklnoi.n that ih. l;e>t 1 j:i s the Am.-ik in light j'arncss trace back to a thoroughbred origin in tail male, ami > .mo -carry si rung im 1 • e.-.-iniio of the srram on Doth sides of the liorco. The I'ga: ic'ri.e-s ho:-e ciinu :t> *;< *O, couimge, ami <p'a!ily of cmiii: nianon iroiu the tiun ougldu. t : J and gait from tl*e < oansei bred n •)«. - who m-ay la > -.1 to be the taproot-: oi' ihe broth. Thom thougius struck the writer whilst p • . u;g of K minus, v. hu i> taking- up stud duly i-n the N- rlh di-a,- 1 tid* - lie

i- a line 10. a.ng ati i courageoa.:* noise who, when m t raining, displayed but It gi-eui tpo-od and stamina Emilia i.™ E beak of the family. a> his famoos -istem. Emmeline, went 2.8 3-5 without being fully extended over the final furlong when she was driven to her record over the five- furlong track at Eorfimy Bark. Tiie writer field a natch on her on that occasion, and wa.? p< hive that she could go mound 2.6 on the -ame track, o. much bettej on a mile cirmdt. 3amincline could carry fi r speed, as she won o\c. two miles in 4.50. and throughout her racing career stamped herself as ou.e of the greatest pace's ever seen in Australasia. .And so it, w with the family bred fi -m Imporali-m ami got by Roliischild, vie St. ‘Simon of the trotting world, lb*}' A h *•; and Evelyn vveie Doth. ) !, -fi e-co.ii-a- ii -till --e \Vi,J Ii: i , . a - of Ailc.-ii, v. v.-i.:> 111 t.H> G ill lit! Xaiiniial mooiiiiL- K iii'r.i w:t> a lv-H -- horse tlmn !; i , 110 i ,1, : 1 : ii-'.l. a; tn-a ; a a i ■ a, ellI:now 11 a in! ln-vond dEjnit-e in troiiiiig rirch.-s. Il<* va-;, ea.-inij up in a 4.35 clas.-i at lb,a la-1 G: a ml N:itioiia! oi;a-Uiiy wiicn 2, : ;r-(' ha -k troin rfii- limit, und whs subs - 'l'.i'-utiy lui! U -.ii-jM-.i at 4.51. Ii- has won o- pi 10 f i-.rla:::,. in 2.46 4-5 and over two niiH-s in 4.33 2-5. and has also several other and hinh!-,- ineriiorimv; placed perfoinitHKo's to Jus credit. ii mil ins injierited bis speed and daminia and is just the cfii-s oi hoiye to transmit Ids iiiei .it if granted suitable onpon unii ies. Their* is no noise in the country bettor qualified to casry on the ali compienug Rm li.se’hild line in tail male. Emilios w as got by Hoik.-.child from Tmpm-i.disun, who has a ;ecord. She wa.- got by Prince Imperial id mn A!,. cm rock, by Doxim- from a mart by Hi umby, wlio won the Dei by 7 it 1379. Ifince Impeilal w as got by li am 1 leu ui :a n Bell Bov Hum Princess, by Dexter from a Rnckwlllo w mare, llauiblel onia n Bell Boy wa.s a grandson of the. great American sire Hambletonian 10, a 60ii of Alidalla.li, a grandson of Mes- • senger, the English tlioroughbred, who was l the fou.ndi-.tlou clone oi ilie American

trotting horse. Abdallah sired the dam of tho famous Goldsmith Maid, and Ii a rublelonian was the grandsire of hiaud S (2.8 J), Semol (2.Bjj, and Nancy Hanks (2.4), and great gram dsire of The Abbot 2.3-J), Gtesceus and Lou Dillon (1.53-g In fact, Hambletonian is unquestionably second to none amongst the great stallions of America, and his line is breeding on as stoutly as ever. Dexter was by Talisman from Gentle Annie, by Sportsman, an Australian thoroughbred. Talisman was by Traducer from Azuccna, by Fowton —J.leg Merrihes, by St. George, and so through Meg Merriljes, belongs to the same family as Gipsy King, Manton, Johnny FaaCoour <le l.ion, B-uriington, Canard, and others of the Gipsy family. The Azu.cena mentioned above won the C.J.O. Derby of 1853 —the second in the history of the race. Rothschild himself is in-bred to Hambletonian who, it is unnecessary to state, founded the Wilkes line, the Electioneer line, and others as well as giving us the Cliiide Ilarojd line from which Rothschild descends, and then it should not be overlooked that the third dam of the Rothschild was none other than the great Glencoe, who got Pocohontas (dam of Stockweli) prior to being shipped to America. YVith such an inheritance it is no wonder that Emmeline and her brother Emilias showed great speed, stamina, and individual quality, and it will be an irreparible injury to the trotters and pacers of the future if such an attractively bird -sire as Fundi us docs not receive every opportunity to perpetuale the fame of the great line which he represents. Imperialism undoubtedly enriched the trotting- Stud Book when she threw Emilias, who is u natural pacer carrying the great vital force supplied by the thoroughbred "Strain which always exerts itself on the race track. In fact. it is very doubtful indeed if there is another pacing stallion in the world &o rich in thoroughbred blood close tip as Emilies, the son of Rothschild and Imperialism. IN A NUTSHELL.

Tiie Gore Cup will carry a 500scvs stake, the same amount as last- year. The Gore Trotting Club has appointed Mr M. Fitzgerald as handicap per. The Martian —Leading Lady gelding Quarrelsoni has been showing signs of lamensss. A sister to Absurdum is the first foal of the season to appear at Mr G. Currie's stud. The principal event to be run at the Timaru Spring meting will carry a stake of 500 so vs. The Speaker is reported io be shaping in particularly attractive style in his work at Hastings. It is reported that Mr C-. C. Sheath has resigned the secretarj T sliip of the Jockeys* Association. The Tetrarch, sire of the North Otago stallion Tractor, commands a 500-guinea ice in England. Will Oakland is doing good work, and is sure to be a well-backed chance at the Ashburton meet 1 n x Tigevlaud ha- r • bnn over-weighted in ’ -. ~ •••».: • f ••’ - events to be run at the Wang; .vi uncling. Kev.its from the north state that Gasbag is amid-, and .wifi not fulfil any of his s\i ing eng.agcments. 'The Traltnig Cup candidate Trix Pointer in rc-iorl-.d t • be shagiug well in her prep. ration for the rac e. The Sar -a •*-* A. g Notability formerly raced by Mr P. Ji rniau i« again in work a iter a hngi'.y spell. An ■•. •■ - the earl oa!nips at Mr TV. G. S bead's si ud arc the colts by Absurd from Shrill, Stcinh.nl, -and Blended. The New Zeal an ‘ colt Lord Nn Ilian is •n.nonigs; ;l.e 'ia r. ; *r tho Caulfield Gib:.cas 1 o h-: m- e Octrdwr fi. F uric-ns is t‘ . ru.iug favourite for the A.J.C. a.-i.'d lL Now Zealand-bred cn't Inna; l.i-h i- »-«-c. ;id in dciivrn.i. Judging !• v ; ■ trade work L’im light will pi'obafiiv start- favourite in the Trial Haudi- ( ; :h rnt at th As lib ■ on meeting. Yi'c i v iiu.vfin U i ;n?as candidate B'uff (l ;i , t,. ;r '. O gni'i. A v norted to have b.eaten \v ■ ’ • - in a gallop ov< • a. mile last week. Biplane aj ■ • ■ fa ly o 1 work at ]giiulc ic-k. but so far lias been a rank faiimo since lea vim • !-. J. Afason’s st-.-.bh . On-hadit a i:1 ivi’mrg were credited w.tl*. c ■ hair a mile in I s 2-5 last week, {j ;n lam aft - the spin. li, im . - It Vjoio cei'io. wh.o cost £OOO - i ’ En and is amoi - ! ihc* la test to CC‘:Jr into the mash rt for B-«* C-atifilchi Cm;. Sri'i is ('oillg .o*od wc>rk. and v;h y;; n 3 fit a' o ca c- Sir (U -o go C ' • am . ■ - ' - d iu fit neb. t Guinc g’L. ('. i - :; cing (' ' • hus - faveruod will an exedl t list of r ?ions, wlticli siu'u’d resifil in a record mc-U----n‘i?oo Citcw is apparently fairly forward in lb:- preparation for the N.Z. Gup. he has bc-c n r esp o n-s ible i- . r s o rn-e ex c e bent tra c k work. . . Bon# did not look quite ready to' race when stripped at Die Mutton moetmpr. hut would b,s smartened up and improved by his gallop. . , . . Two rases of doping: are reported from Newcastle. In both cases the drug- was used with the object of stopping- well-hacked horses. . , ~ . The Wan; an Guineas will be run no, week, -and should be a very interesting race if The Hawk and Rational are included in the field. At a sale of bloods: o-ck recently held in Adelaide lhe imported home Aides, by Kilcoek —load, was sold at IStGgs to Sir Sydney Ididman.

Tiie eye-opener Aivyilms had at The Marlon meeiing evidentlv lied a beneficia: eiteri, a--br- lm3 sine been galloping bri diailtly Ui his work. , , _ The -Vuatrolasinu ? lutes that Etirytlmuc bes only to keep in form to start the hottest Id-' daiuj-ne Cup favourite known for years p"- ' - , An e-iti v -- r -' 1 ■ ■ ■ ’ h-r 1w aw-'" Ilan lirap is it,'her <1 swpp-.-mti.ic j t now. nations for the r< ■ ' the in. or:, mmo arc so 1 isfa ciory. Tiie Martian- Bow Red celt Zouanc, whe cost SOOgs as -a yearling, is show-ug a lot of par.-, in ids work. He is a bioilm- in Im-o'l to So son of. "\V J. Morland handii-: r aeldiim bv Logan Pointer from Country Belle. Thi = chan has « t- od ■ o inher,tauce. as Lit dam w- -:f 4 22 I ■>. ,) nd'.'ni- bv tlu- v o ’ i-t on (1 - mnning m J.farton ’ th : : o. w. - ! _■ have he. n on unusio:! lo: - o ‘ *■ 111 -a :■ in some of If--A. Lard li, - ' • d an oh-"- - flu ~ ,e [ . I 1, '■ u in li ■ A -1 C O ■ 1 hut e ml ! m 1 «( op' if min 1- 1 lv M V 1 ’ dd : 1 Ch.aucc]-. ill - so A”!• v m tie had sir-w 11 w nc i ■■ of Ift ro - ■ wo h" H -; d;u i” . Hue pcri-i-l hi and- . 1 ' : 'I <-i the ■■■■ . ! t-- : s! -... -i i Hr e is n o. j Htiivhuid’s pe: forma: -a at Marlon eviden: : ere a ted e fa v, ui tbh i mi vessien. and he r . expect*'] to strip an improved horse if ran-. at tie- Avondale meeting. ■; The once nrttdi-in-t!" -boom Spanner is ovi i dently not yet dr.mod hopeless as a ravin;

proposition, as he figures amongst the acceptors for the Avondale Cup. It is reported that the stipendiary steward, Mr Murchison, who recently returned from, a visit to Sydney, may shortly take up his permanent residence in Australia. An up-to-date number board is one of tire most urgent requirements at Wingatui, and the club should scrap the odebs-and-ends sort J of arrangements at present in use. The Sydney correspondent of the Austral-a-sien regards Lord Martian as a colt that may be found shaping well in his engagements at the A.J.C. spring meeting. Royal Mac has been training on since running at tiie Grand National meeting, and should strip .a better Lore at Ashburton than he did at Rio carton early last month. When a bill for £T6 in whisky for sick horses was passed at the Court of Common Council (London) a member remarked that it was a good thing horse's did not smoke cigars. The Gore Trotting Club will give aw-ay 200Oso v s in sta Lie s at t h e i r next me e t i n g, or an increase of 300sovs oyer last year’s total. The principal event will carry a stake of fiOOso-vs. Spearmint is doing better now than Ire has for the past couple of seasons in England. From March 14 to July 23 he was represented by 13 winners of 22 races worth 12,293-sovs. Thirty-five two-year-olds were booked to parade at the Pakurangi Hunt meeting held at Ellerslie on 'Saturday. By way of contrast T there is only one two-year-old in work at Wingatui. Miss Muriel figures amongst the acceptors for the Avondale Cup, and as she invariablj T finishes on well at the end of her races should Ilclp to make matters interesting under the leriant load of 7.3. I fie Avondale Club, which is threatened with extinction, seems to be justifying* its existence by giving stakes ranging from 2000 so vs to 300 so vs on the first day of the Avondale Cup meeting. Tangaiooma, the ruling favourite for tho Caulfield Cup, was saddled up for the He a lhe r lie Handicap run at Caulfield just before the mail left, and, although not fancied, finished fourth. Red Book was entered for the Kennels Hack Handicap to be run at the Birchwood! Hunt meeting, and apparently his owner was unaware that the gelding has won just a few thousands in stakes. In the W.A. Trotting Derby squavegaited horses will receive an allowance of j 7se-c to the mile from pacers. The Perth Club allows 10 yards to the second as against the 12 yards allowance in this country. Mr G. D. Greenwood h as picked up some | prizes in his purchases of bloodstock, and seems to have another swallow-catcher in Farceur, the two-year-old son of Absurd and Our Lady. Hie New Zealand-bred horse Broadsword has not been a stud success in Australia, but at a recent Williamvtown meeting he was returned as the sire of the winner of the principal event on the card—a stake of 500sovs. They were discussing appointments to official positions in connection with racing. ‘So and so’ is a good one,” said one. “Sure,” said another. “He would not miss a grandstand if anyone had the strength to pinch it.” Some of the English critics have condemned Hector Gray’s horsemanship, but the fact remains that there is a big demand for his services, and at latest reports he had received a big offer to ride in India during - the off season. Duo is reported to b? coining on nicely in his work, and it is matter of regret that such a sound stayer was not given a chance to distinguish himself at the A.J.C. meeting owing to his trainer getting at loggerheads with the racing officials. J. Lowe- generally bangs the work into his horses, as he is one of the old school that knows a horse cannot win if kept in a glass case. Reports from Sydney, however, state that Lord Martian, who is in his stable, is doing only a light preparation* Tire cable man credits Musician with creating a world’s record when he cleared 7ft Ifiin at he Wanearatta Show. The worl afire cord is held by Heather bloom, who cleared 6ft 2in in 1906. and in 1813 a horse nanvrd Confi donee jumped Bft Ofin at Ottawa, C anada. Dr Thacker. M.P.. evidently thinks that racing clubs are not sufficiently taxed, as he has announced liis intention of bringing before Parliament a piopcsal that a c-eria : n amount of tlic to.fcalisator proceeds from ail race meetings should be given to local charities. Eu rythmic has won 25,56650 vs in stakes. The only horses who have won more in Australia at Carbine 29,62650v5, Cetigne 27,20650 vs, and Poitrel 27.01750v5. Eurythmis has won 22f races out of 2~ starts, in which he was also once third and four times unplaced. Apparently there has been a good deal of traffic with horses which have probably got on to *a bad mark, and are then sold to reappear as “maidens in Australia or 1 a-s----niania. This sort of tiling has been going on for years, and the T« <v E.-ig Association intend to stop it if possible. Some of our handicap;-ers are ignoring or arc perhaps unaware of the excellent ferni Red Book has to his -credit. He was in at the minimum at the Otago Hunt meeting, and figures at the same place at the Birchv.ocd Hunt meeting—not a bad position for a horse that has won severe 1 races. The Australasian of Segd.ember 30 reports that Gloaming was suffering*^from a throat affection. It is to be liopcd that the trouble is not serious enough to debar him from running at the A.J.C. spring meeting, where, however, the interest in the running will be lessened bv the absence of Euryihnde. A copy of J. Jr Miller’s Sporting Annua] 13 to hand, and acknowledged with thanks. The book, as usual, supplies the performanoes of all 1 he ho'.ses engaged in the < hb f events to be decided at the Sydney and Melbourne Spring meetings. Tho bock is also full cf otlier information interesting to followers or* all branchi'S of sport. The Tctrareb is recognised as one of the I soecdic.fi horses ever sc -n in England, and ’ since going to the stud ho lias proved a sire of speed, and, in addition, line got two winners of the St. Leger. I motor is th - on lv son of The Tetrarch in the Dominion, and there should be a keen demand for services bv owners of brood mares. R is "remarkable flint the entrants for the : N-c'v Zcnhind Cup does not include any*hmg cot by A'wnrd. New Zealand owners of that sire’s stock, snvs “PiE t. ni the fiyclnev Referee. can hove'little faith, in them as stayer a, i though, after rending of Loyal Irish's win in ' fho Maitland Cun, run over 3 3 furlongs, some may be inclined to regret not nominatin'''. Am ph'' the non; i net ions for Die Pmrvfiu S"ine meet me, i*s ail lu nanu l gelding l.y S.'jH'c; in d id I f a r up ; i Ko- :• •• w o n 1 d b e • u i • *' * • > I • n - o. d * - -a n ' t, C I; a : : R 1,1- ~ or Jhh-o- mighi also till li-e vacancy. , Othci nr. o-. ,r.-'d son’-. !’: ith • I'Hironiw: ! Handicap. nr ! for the I L i oiform--P< a ■*- i 1 gdlru P -. 11 !s sic .C'.i-d, Caden/a: ifi-i the ; Chan v -s ha rnn 1 K-ust or Fau-fiu * fi'-u t!,e NLn g tup it e yninc-ic . , ' The Cent; hu; v Or. • ' and Ihee he; A - | soriat ion, in. con i ii; , top ’to tii.-. - cini Ti Her s’ A Co i* t nr-. a tion v. • !i ‘ INncl:: me. ; • .= - which is to tak. place at Addowi n oil Octo-

ber 15 in aid of the Blind Soldiers and Sailors and Nurse Maude Association. Dr Thacker has donated a 50so\ Bryant racing sulky as a prize for the principal and cash donations are also being gathered. Speaking- at the annual meeting of the ■ U Racii g Ch , Mr W. E. who was a member oi the Racii lid: “What* ver mr lit it ) do with the report it will .have done m good I} y '; the attention of raci the bad treatment meted out io trail.wv, and jockeys. Mr Bid) the fact that the executive of the Jorkcvs* Association deserve most of tiie credit for bringing tire unsatisraetory treatment of joclicys and trainers into prominence. An American paper says mat once one of tlic- famous and best-paid jockeys in the United State . Jerry Ch rn, bet . ; io\\n in tiie sporting world as Ore. ver Cleveland Fuller, was taken into cu s.• ! nhe was found in a dingy little room smoking opium, rhe result oi the arrest was that li s pipe, wliicli lie values at £2009. is in xtrange hands for the first time for 25 years. The pipe was a present from Chong Pong, once a Mayor of San Francisco’s Chinatown, and it was given when Chom won his first race. After his arrest lie said that had he never met th§_ Chinese lie might have been a millionaire to-day.

Eurythmic, who won the Caulfield Cup last year, has been struck out of this year’s race. Some people with a retentive memory will remember that about 12 months ago tho horse’s name was mentioned here as a coming champion. The importation came from a Melbournite whe was on a holiday visit to jjunedin, and fiom the same friend comes a paper with the horse’s name heavily underlined in connection with the Melbourne Cup. It is seme task, but the same prophet foreshadowed the prowess of Eurythmis long before he achieved any of the great success he made in Victoria. As to stamina being a question of age, there are various opinions. Matthew Dawson used to maintain that a two-year-old in the autumn could stay as well as it ever would, and time was when William I’Anson used to win races with his two year-olds over long distances; but these opinions must I>o accepted with many modifications. It may be (says the “Special Commissioner” of the London Sportsman) that a well-developed two-year-old can stay, but, on the other hand, one that is backward in development, and lias a big frame, can most certainly not carry his own weight over a long course. Tliis is due to lack of strength, not of stamina. It is a by no means uncommon eight to notice a horse's bandage breaking loose during Ihe progress of a race. Such a mishap might be the cause of a serious accident, and it is to prevent the possibility of such a tiling that the racing officials informed W. J. Donovan, the trainer of Duo and co., that he could not run his horses in bandages except in a manner which would require the approval of the stewards. Apparently Donovan resented the official intimation, and intends returning to New Zealand with his team. If that is so, his action is extremely childish, and makes it opportune to remark that a closer supervision is required over the gear and bandages used in this country. A recent issue of the Horse and H und contain' ! some interesting ti cures relative to yearling prices in England tliis season. Up to the end cf July Tracery, -with 8000gs,’ and Phalaris, with 4200g5, were first in tho averages, but only one youngster by each was sold. The Tetrarch was next) with four averaging 3037g5, and then came Gay Crusader with three at 1538 gs a-piece; Sunstar, seven at 1537g.5; Bridge oi Fain, three at ] lfH s: Corcvrs, three at llSOgs; Roval lie-aim. three at 1153g5; John o’ Gaunt, two at IOGTjs: and Tarloisk. three at 102Ggs. These were the only stallions with an average of over lonags. Altogether .*.2 veariings were sold at aurtion for IOOOgs and upwards, against 41 for ;he corresponding 'period last veer. The success of a race meeting is generally measured bv the amount of money going th-ov.ffh the totalised r end the publicity <vjv«n to the investments attracted attention to the so-called gambling evil which from. tnn» t-> tin: - arouses the ire of the antiracing brigade. Th-ve has been ,i tremendous amount *c;f ovr th-e fhircl test match, and the total sum “in the air over the result would probably dwav: the tnveatln -nt- nv-r half :> dozen of C: -p. Jr.ctpai races decided in the Dominion. Blent;- ox people w- "o be'tin-- in toiwentics, fifties, or more who would not put a fiver on a horse, and vet tliev sav one should never bet on anythin- that talks. L neat as if ws have to stop folk from oh sing the b 'bier or

wind as well as nnrc-e-ia-; . The eieht-vear-sld pelaing Sasamf lu ds th- weights 'for the New Zealand Cum two miles, and. as lie has S.O. it makts one doubtful whether Nc-v Zealand i »r.n o-.c-i a <h - tancc is really high class, at present Admittedly Sasannf is a woiy.orfnl v gcod gelding but it is qumhcn-dbic- v:bethel he can have improved to are ex'ent since he was ],,o VC „ couple i r -mr a- o. when lie had no chance in any of ll.e A.J.C. races. He ran weU in lhe Dominion last season, but. there ha? never been a time -*■ Which his chance of winmng cither a Metro-1-olitar; cr a Melbou-ne Cup with 0.9 would have been very seriously considered by backers in Australia. I cL- not write this disparagingly (says ' 'Pilot - 11 ’ te r 'k d “®;i Referee); as Sasan >f is a Melbourne Cup and Row Zealand Cm- winner, and is rema:.:*ul® because of Ids abilitv U, give a -mod account of himself at any distance from six fwlon-S to two miles. , . Manv buvers make poor purchases, and it is pleasant' to read o' one who is spceHihy fortunate. Colonel Chard., ns, owner of the j.-ish Dcrbv winner Baliylieron, i- of tne number. Ilallyheron’s dam. Anxious (Lager -Mint Agnes, by Mint mg! wax sola for 1-",, a: a voariing. won '■ selling race, and v!ifi laior said again h" . L bib, she - \r. oiirtion af?a :u in -•jimv.rick. aiul I ■■i: dHo says ■' * was bovight by Mr B 'sin on 1 -hal ot Co,mu 1 < hart ns f, . H r first foal in the alb - oi ship km a Oil, l.y V • Kh wa ; - named C-hir. lie won a'giut **l» > V '• ..hi . as , ,i ... w • sold for U.aO ' ; , 1„ |ia A; -: i- - nt xt >al was the • fide Cahir Lass, who ran sc -nd in t three n-.'M race,, then won one, and ml t -r £3150. Tlien , a : a co tto S uit i > now know, as Ball I '■ '.who v. m t!.» 1 r« sfn:,l sPikes. <-f £421. at two years, aim was also placed in other races. Ilns yiur ho W. -rn-ed the Irish Dcrbv, v-o-t>; i-i.M.i (a 1 e winner, and the richest rn co e\ c° J . for in Ireland. The ret ainm? J ' ;; w n ‘ ch Anxious has pro:,need av- C :th t•- 1 " ’ *' Sau>oi (1819), Buir Hue bv uioufi • and Bridge «i Cahir hy Bridgo m r.arn 'ld - ■' ■■ <■. *'■ 11 li,. . prom 1 h • - Co!c,ltd C - - 1 s w-I,t A ill V-::» f'“- T 2-: '<T prov-viv i -, rctunie.l liim over £11,500 in stakes and snlea. J s ucro to ] Tiu* MVRiu b?L-m tovother . '-:'i]'.■?, en i tlvlr sf.-d hav- been racing w. -1,1 -c.ir.ms Th- I'.'ilh-s >.-!»-.-!• them l , I-cell full of ltd- .- L K«- !> has !. : n lhe ol!i:->- e, n rn. and after co- hi year- there V,id e . . 111 .£.-,11;!'! 1 f we- lit! rr. the figures b in-- : l.in civ. i‘,7.?.-** * 1 <-r a: . : e of, sav. £21,3d ! f-u B - ... ' : am! in a siodhu P -1-iod. Th Welkin ' IVC earned £lG7.s!)d. an a\- ia. ■ -,f pcaiiy 1'21,P ! -h L:naerc's stud mate, Ivcnilv.'oi-.U, has also done

■well. Hia stock have been racing seven seasons, but be had very few representatives in tire first. During the last six seasons his Stock won .£85,823, and the average is a tick over £14,300. The Almissas have been ©n the turf three seasons, during which they ■won £16,116, or an average of £5225. While on the Widden Valley stallions we may as ■well (says “Milroy”) look at the records of the Oaklcigh pair Tress-ady and Cooltrini, whose stock have been before the public for eix seasons. The Tresaadys have won £61,766, which is within an ace of a, £10,300 average, and the Coo'trims have collected £54,158, an average of over £OOOO. The Welkin and Cooltrim are both sons of Flying Fox, end Treseady is by Persimmon. The Welkin serves in Victoria, where Persimmon is strongly represented by Comedy King, who led the sires last year. He is another young stallion, whose stock have been racing six years and have won £101,444, or an average of over £16,900. CANTERBURY DOINGS. By OBSKBVKn. The Ricearton tracks have been a trifle hard lately, as a result of the spoil of dry weather. The plough was opened last week, to the delight of the trainers, as it is the most proper g illopilig ground at our racing headquarters during the spring and summer rnonths. So far it has only boon used for steady work, but it will Boon be in general use. Rain set in on Friday night, with every prospect of lasting, and the tracks should be greatly benefited by the soaking that they are receiving. The sp'ring racing- campaign in the South Island will be opened at Ashburton this week, with Geraldine, Ktirow, and Dunedin to follow at intervals of a week. Riccartoji stables are represented at all of these meetings,, and horses from this quarter will be doing a good deal of racing from now on. A fair number of them will go to Wingalui next month, among those booked for the trip being most of our best performers. They make a particularly bold showing in the Dunedin Guineas, and it looks as if the three-year-old classic race would resolve itself into a contest between the Canterbury contingent. Several of them are working well at present, and opinions are somewhat divided as to their merits, but the running at Ashburton this week should give us a bit of a line. Winning Hit is likely to be well backed in the T’inwald Handicap, the principal event on the first day at Ashburton. Ho is in good trim and lie will bo very much at home if the ground happens to be soft. Some Kid is hitting out in fine style in his work, and he should be worth watching at Ashburton. Palestrina looks in healthy condition, but this attractive filly may require a couple of races before she is at her best, Foo Chow, Eieus, War!ove, and Caverock are a quartet of Now Zealand Cup candidates in the Tinwald Handicap at Ashburton, but. as the distance is only seven furlongs the race will not provide much of a guide to Gup prospects. It will, however, provide a useful gallop, with an eye to events later on. Tatau 'Tatau looks well, and her connections are sanguine that she will stay, in which case she may have to be reckoned with in some of this season’s important-three-year-old events. Bonny Aiac is in good fettle and shapes on the tracks as if he might, win soon. Petunia is galloping in fine style and he may race prominently at the Ashburton meeting. Kilderg is engaged among the hacks at Ashburton, but from the way in which he shapes in his work he will soon bo taking an more pretentious company. Limelight and Conflict, a couple of tbree-jear-o!d fillies in G. Murray Aynsiey’s Stable, are very smart gallopers. They are To race in the maiden events at -Ashburton and they will keep the opposition very busy. Limelight is small, but she has a brilliant burst of speed. The Digger, a recent addition to S. Trilford’s stable, shapes exceptionally well in ,his schooling work and looks like mailing a good hurdler. Dribble jumped a couplo of hurdles one morning last week, but she took them very carefully. She may shape all right at Ashburton, where the hurdles are not so formidable as those at Ricearton. Hylans is back in hs old quarters at Ricearton. He was out a few mornings ago. acting as .schoolmaster to some young hurdlers, but lie ran off at the second flight. It is hard to believe that a horse so badly affeoted in the wind can do much good in hurdle races. It is understood that Mr G. D. Greenwood will have the three-year-olds, Pluto and Valdamo. racing at the Dunedin meeting. Neither of them has won so far, but Pluto has several placed performances against his name. He is a sluggish worker but liable to be a good horse later on. Valdamo is also a very promising colt, who may develop into a stayer, though in the meantime he lias been restricted to sprinting, at which he is useful. Pyjama was lame in one of his knees about a week ago, but he is on the mend, and he may be able to race at some of the spring meetings. His three-year-old stable-mate, Quarrelsome, was lame after working on Thursday, and lie may require a long spell. Link Up lias resumed work and looks well after her short absence from the track. Onslaught has been showing signs of lameness lately, and there is a fear that he will not last: much longer. A three-year old by Martian from Per Aims, an imported mare by Picton, is the latest addition to F. D. Jones’s team. D. Marks, who is working the three-year-old gelding Ccnurus for G. Murray Aynsley, has also taken in hand a gelding- by Masterpiece from a Son of a Gun mare. Marks’s own mare, Rionse, a sister to Chimera, has proved untrainable, and she is to be mated this season with Clurenceux. The Treadmill gelding Ilappy Captain is being tried over hurdles, but. so far his efforts have been of a mixed character. The Multiform mare Formless, who is now owned by J. M‘Cornbe, has foaled a filly to Solferino. She will have a rest this season. The well-known cross-country rider A. WorrnaTT is expected back at Ricearton, about the end of this week. lie had a hip broken when Kohinahina fell in tho June Steeplechase at the winter meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, and he has been in the Hastings Hospital for about 10 weeks. His injured limb has mended well, and ho is now able to walk, with every prospect of being ready to rido again evi v soon. Mr A. H. Xoali lias been appointed secretary of the Ifororaia Ruing Chin. Mr TCoall is clerk of the scales to tho Canterbury Jock* y Club and the three Christchurch trotting clubs, and lie has had ©pporttimfies in oilier ways for learning

how racing clubs are conducted, so that he should handle his new position with credit to himself as well as to the advantage of the club ha is to control.

F. D. Jones left on Saturday for the north with Amythas. Mustard Pot, The Reaver, Believe, and the two-year-old Prosperity. Amythas is a- trifle backward yet, but sure to race well; while all the others are in good healthy trim. I expect Jones to get some money on the trip. Tho Canterbury Trotting Horse Owners and Breeders’ Association, in conjunction with the Commercial Travellers’ Association, will hold a benefit trotting meeting at Addington next month. The programme includes a race for horses with engagements in the Trotting Cup. F. Holmes has Trix Pointer and Sherwood. going along smoothly in. their preparation for the New Zealand Trotting Cup. Either of them is capable of getting some of the money. R. E. Mills has left the employ of Mrs Allington, for whom he has handled Whispering Willie for some time past. Willie Lincoln is getting through a solid preparation for the Trotting Cup. Oinako is also going on well, but it remains to be scon. how he will race over two miles after, being off the scene so long. Opinions are divided regarding the chance of Gleaming being got through the necessary work for the Trotting Cup, while Reta Peter is another who is on the doubtful list. At a meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association, held last week, Mr Selig was. re-elected president. Mr Nicoll vicepresident, and Mr Williams honorary treasurer. Messrs Denton and W. J. Hopkins were reappointed a licensing- committee, Messrs Nicoll and Williams a colours committee. Messrs Selig, Kitchingham, and Williams an appeal committee, Messrs Selig, Denton, Samson, Short. Armstrong, and Mark a foreign horse and examination committee : members of stipendiary stewards’ committee, Messrs Selinand Nicoll; auditor, Mr R. L. Hicks. The New Zealand Trotting Association considered a report from Mr J. M. Samson Dst week concerning the case of the horse or’ khienrin, bought while disqualified by Mr T. Carrodus, of South Canterbury. Mr Iviteh ingham said that this was an exceptional case. Ho thought the disqualification should bo lifted, though this action should not be regarded as a’ precedent.. The trouble was that few people knew what horses were automatically disqualified. The. president said that Carrodus had been led into his position by a, reply from the association’s secretary It was decided, on the motion of Mr Nicoll that owing to. exceptional circumstances the disqualification of St. Quentin should be Iltted - was a ‘ so resolved that in future cases of automatic disqualification the names of the horses affected should be published. A request by J. J. Cotter ibe pervious owner of St. Quentin, that his own life disqualification should be removed was refused. A ruing, that is likely to meet with some . criticism was given by the Trotting Association last week. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club wrote statin--.’-m- n T ffc . er inquiry J. Clarke, driver of f • i E ,ncoln ’ een found not guilty of interference as alleged by J. M'Lonnaii Saul that complaint should have been accompanied by a. deT £s ■ , U was Prided that the 1 club shou.d be asked to collect the protest fee T am disposed to think that the association has made a mistake over this question The matter of stakes to be given for ti ottmg events on racing club programmes was. again discussed by the Trotting Association last week. The president, said there seemed to lie. some misunderstanding between the chairman of the Racing Conference and the chairman of the Trotting Conhbid" Bin -r U- TroHln ff. Conference could hm.d the Trotting Association only b v resoIn cions passed at a meeting of the' cluW representatives; but if an agreement had jTf™ ,r‘ , ' , tho Kacimr Conference that there should be no stipulation regarding the amount, of stakes to be offered then they would' naturally be expected to honour it. .Mr Kitohingham moved that the assocmtaon should pass a rule insisting that the staxes for trotting events shook! be equal to the average of the stakes for Hie galloping events, leaving the principal event out of consideration. Mr Williams suggested that representatives of the association should first discuss matters with rbo president of the Racing Conference R was agreed that the president and Air Tvichm.gham should discuss the position w.th Sir George Clifford. There seems a prospect that the governing bodies of the wiJoJ ßP °fff WI P V, T tho question from widely different angles, and some friction s&r&r’ WELLINGTON NOTES. (Fbom Oub Own Correspondent J None of the three Trentbam stables which nominated for the Avondale moetinE ] L., bo represented at the Auckland suburban meeting. Canyon, who has been trained for the pasvt couple of months at Greemneadows is returning to O. Pritchard’s stable at lrentham after the Otaki meeting Ihe accommodation house and loose boxes recently built by tlio Otaki Maori Racing Club will be ready for occupation at the forthcoming meeting. F. D. Jones is duo here on Sunday with a team of five horses which are engaged a* tbe Wanganui Spring meeting-. H. Telford will probably "take half a dozen horses to Wanganui, and after racin'" hero, on the opening day will return tS Otaki. and compote* on both days of tho Maori meeting. Epitaph, the full sister to Ht-mbiur demonstrated at Marion that, she is a brilliant galloper, and it will take somethin,as good as Mermin to boat her i„ thS Avondale Stakes. Tho round of hunt club meetings will he concluded with tho Manawatu Club’s fixture on Saturday next. On account of the electrio totaueator being installed at \wapuni the meeting will be hold at tlho ■t Gilding Jockey C lub’s course Callaghan has been .suffering from some trouble with his feet. Do has been under a vet., and has had to be eased up, .so that there is not much chance of hia being seen out at the spring meetings. Arrowsmith has also failed, to stand another preparation, and will probably later on take up stud duty. He was a good solid performer, and would no doubt have picked up a good stake or two had he etood trio work.

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