SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 19457, 22 January 1925, Page 3

SPORTING

BY SIR MODRED. WeDh<t« meetiar reeumcd to-day —first Bstris for Pae Badi Hack R.C. meetWg th* eming. TokoTrat-Fortrose H-R.C. entries are due tomorrow night. Takapuna J.C. Summer acceptances are due to-morrow evening. Handicaps for fin?t day of the Dunedin Cup meeting appear Monday. Forbury Park Trotting Club acceptances close on Friday, January 23. Mr G. L Stead bred Wellington Cup winner, Surveyor (Nassau) in 1916. Like many other great turf winners, Surveyor is out of a Stepniak mare. The Wellington Racing Club’s Summer meeting will be concluded on Saturday. Royal Blood ran fourth in Railway Handicap at the Auckland meeting under 9.9. Invercargill-owned Gold Light has been second in two consecutive Wellington Cup races. Trainer W. McDonald may have Fresco, Tempe and Castellan racing at Dunedin next month. Gisborne-owned horses have won £5427 10/- in racing away from home during the present season. The leading horseman of the season, J. Barn\ won a single race at Trentham on Tuesday—Lady Cavendish. Official confirmation of the interference met with by Gold Light in the Wellington Cup may yield license results later on. Listening Post failed over six furlongs on Tuesday, but may win over a more extended course before the Wellington meeting closes. Cyrene, who was beaten into fourth place in Wellington Stakes, is a colt who may be heard of next season as a staying Derby winner. The Southlandere, Gold Light. Listening Po?t and Master Sandstone, ran up to their training track form at Trentham on Tues- . day afternoon. Pedometer, dam of Surveyor, who also gave Speedometer to the turf, was disposed of in 1919 for export to an Australian studmaster. If started in the Wellington R.C. Handicap (Im. and 3f.) to-day, Gold Light (9.12 will command solid support, but the champion mare will find horses like Listening Post (7.12 i and Deucalion (7.10) hard to head off in the run home. Listening Post would be better served if the distance were a furloung less, but he will probably see the journey ou. sTongly. < omr. tr.t on the track gallops of cix furi . irentham i.y Listening Post, when tic Invercargill ge’ding notched a tan c .c record o. Lain llsecs, a Wellington .-cr.be termed i: "a useful effort/' and continued, “but it was no better, if as good, as Merit's over a furlong shorter, and, if the latter had run on the extra furlong, she would no doubt ha.e cut something off the time of the southern gelding. Listening Post is an unlikely starter in the Telegraph Handicap.” Unfortunately for the Wellington scribe, Listening Post did start in the Telegraph Handicap, and, conceding Merit 171 b, ran second to Hipo and beat the favourite (Merit) out of a place. At the same time, Merit (7.5) reads well in the Metropolitan Handicap to-day. Iho Wanganui Jockey Club has installed n<w starting barriers on its course. It is understood that the machines in use ar i the lx-t meeting were not wholly satisfac- | tor. . Remarks of a similar nature might | be mad: in regard to the condition of the ! uanietc on several courses in the south, where the electric starter, in conjunction v.-nh new barriers, might also be introduced i with advantage. Ii is interesting to remember that Nas- 1 sau. the sire of Surveyor, is a bay horse bred in England in 1910, and a son of William the Third, his dam, Stolen Love, being by Bucaneer—True Love, by Sterling— Carine, by Stockwell. Nassau was imported to New Zealand in 1915. The five-year-old gelding, Steel Bar, winner of the High-weight Handicap at Trentham on Tuesday, is an Australian-bred galloper, who cost his Auckland owner 200 guineas as a yearling in Sydney in 1920. His sire, the English horse, Bardolph, is by Bay Ronald—Farandole, by Si. Frusquin— For Ever, by Doncaster, so he is well-bred, and may yet prove valuable to Mr F. Earl and tramer J. T. Jamieson. If imported Nassau, now at the stud in New South Wales, is remembered for nothing else in Maoriland, he will always stand as the sire of two very stout performers, viz., Ballymena and Surveyor. The latter a very tcugh specimen of the thoroughbred line, as he commenced his turf career favourably and caused surprise when he accounted for the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes of 1918. Following on other successes later in the CJ.C. Middle Park Plate, Great Northern Foal Stakes, Feilding Stakes, etc., he won the G.G. Stead Memorial Gold Cup, Taranaki Cup and a number of minor events. Eventually ,he passed into the hands of the Auckland owner, M. J. Paterson, for whom he won and also served at the stud. W hen his turf career was deemed to have closed he came into the limelight again as a successful gaUojier, and now he i scores in the Wellington Cup in the best of handicap company. He must be classed as a great and enduring racehorse and as such ' will go down to posterity. By the English j are, Nassau, he is out of Pedometer, by ' Stepniak—Demeter, by Wallace (son cf Car- i bine)—Eleusis (imp.), by the mighty Bor- ■ caldine. Very few horses have ever come back from the stud as Surveyor has done as an eight-year-old horse, and breeders may bear this fact in mind when he retires from the turf for good and all. He ran sixteen races last season, winning two, finishing second in five, and third in two’ while this season he has raced on four i occasions for one success and a win to write home about when it did eventuate. The Australian studmasters who own Nassau and can claim Pedometer blood at their respective studs will be pleased at the result of this week’s Wellington Cup. A cable message received from London some time, ago referred to a shipment of horses to the colonies and proved difficult to understand, but a communication from an exNew Zealander to a N.Z. Sportsman writer in Wellington sets all doubts at rest, as follows:—‘Tinder date. London, November 26, Mr Andrew Robertson writes as follows: ‘Dear ‘Sir Lancelot,' I mailed you a photo of the horse, Top Gallant, by Sywnford out of Galante, by Sundridge. I consider him about the best horse that ever left England. He goes to Mr A. P. Wade, of Sydney. I am also bringing for Mr Sol Green four yearlings—by Tracer}’, Sunstar, Hurry On and Bachelor's Double; two f<*ls, by Son-in-Law (sire of Straitlace);, and Lemberg; also, the broodmares, Chivalry and Arquebus, both in foal to Gay Crusader (fee 400 guineas' to Australian time. It is a splendid shipment. I leave to-morrow by Port Auckland, due Melbourne 39 days later. Happy New Year.’ ”

One of the attractions of to-day’s proceedings at Trentham will be the race for the Douro Cup Handicap, £7OO (Im), for hacks, in which some very -mart performers will take pari. The majority of the runners will be North Island-owned hacks, but Carpentier (8.10) should represent the south era ride of Cook Strait, assisted by En Route (7.9), Ophir (7.0) and Goldspinncr (6JLIJ. Of the ne rthern gallopers, Tana-

dees (8.10), Star Ranger (8.5), Lady Joyce (8.3) and Pronto (8.0) read well. Carpentier, a four-year-old gelding by Sunny Lake—Grand Rain, is a very smart galloper, but has earned the name of being an unlucky contestant on the turf. Ike Strydom, the South African jockey, returned to his native Durban conscious that his face had not been his fortune n English racing. • A swarthy countenance, upon which were set an almost bridgeless nose, expansive mouth, and small glinting eyes, he tells this story himself. He was engaged by a certain trainer to ride Lord So-and-so’s horse and until Strydom came out of the weighing-room the owner had not become acquainted with his jockey. He whispered to the trainer: “Is this really the jockey you-ve engaged?” “Yes, he is, an a fine powerful horseman—one of the best,” was the reply. “Well,” said the owner, “slip him up on the horse’s back, but for goodness’ sake don’t let the horse see him.” Will Oakland’s sister, Finora, who is also trained by R. Ellis at Rice ar ton, ran a good race in the Ruapehu Handicap at Trentham on Tuesday, and may be heard of to advantage nrior to the close of the Wellington R.C. fixture this week. The Kaitoke Handicap (5f.) on Saturday next would suit the Finland—Trebelli filly, who travels fast over a short distance. The all-conquering Wairarapa two-year-old, Licinius, is expected to start in the Nursery Handicap at Trentham to-day. Among other successes, he recently won at the Marton meeting with 9.5 in the saddle, but he will have to do his best this afternoon when he meets Victory Bond (8.9), Gold Acre (8.3), Kaiti (7.11) and Shirley i (8.9). If Gold Acre is as good as his Auckland admirers claim him to be, he will trouble Licinius and Victory Bond. Having injured himself, Mr G. D. Greenwood’s three-year-old gelding, Haze, by Demosthenes—Scotch Light, could not be taken to Trentham, but P. V. Mason has Carnot, a three-year-old gelding by Clarenceux—Yawn at the scene of action ready to carry the Gloaming colours. Rob, who is competing at the Wellington i Racing Club’s Summer meeting in the •. nomination of Mr A. G. Hill, is a threei year-old gelding by Solferino—Quiz, traini ed by F. Shaw at Wingatui. Lady Cavendish, winner of the Wellingi ton Stakes, has ranked as one of the best ■ performers of the present season as a juve- ! nile racer. Trentham appears to be her ! favourite course, as she has won two valu- ; able stakes there, viz., the Wellesley Stakes, i £lOOO, and Wellington Stakes, £lOOO, while ’ she also accounted for the Irwell Handi- ' cap at Riccarton, finished third in the Weli come Stakes to Cyrene and Runnymede in ; that order, and was placed in three other starts. She is raced by her breeder, Mr G. ■ F. Moore, of Wanganui, and is a daughter | of Absurd and Bonny Portland, by Boniform—Helen Portland, by Dorchester—i Lady Helen. She is Australian-bred on ■ her dam's side of the family tree. The Trial Plate. £3OO (7f.)., to be decided • at Trentham to-day. is a race for three-year-olds and unwards that at time of start- | ing have never won an advertised flat . race of the value of £lOO to the winner; ; three year-olds carry 8.0; four-year-olds 1 j nd upwards 8.5. ' The Governor-General (Sir Charles FerIgusson) in formerly declaring the Wellingi ton Racing Club’s stand open on Tuesday, ; reminded his hearers that fifty-one years ' ago his father had performed a similar cere--1 mony on the Club’s old course at Hutt, at , the meeting at which Castaway won the i first Wellington Cup. ; Listening Post (writes “Argus” in the ' Christchurch Star) was unlucky to lose the • Telegraph Handicap at Trentham on Tues- : day. He met trouble early, and had a lot | of ground to make up over the last two ; furlongs. He responded gamely to F. E. I Jones’s vigorous handling, and his performance in finishing second was full of merit. Master Sandstone was also going on well at the end, after being in the same mix-up. The three-year-old gelding Brentloc, by Brent Locanda--Sashwood, who won the Southland Juvenile Stakes at the Gore : Trotting Club’s meeting on Boxing Day, i (reports the Lyttelton Times), has been I purchased by Mr J. Henderson, the Oamaru i trainer. Brentloc created a most favourI able impression by the manner in which he won his race and promises to be a high grade pacer. The Oamaru trainer had charge of Sashwood when that mare did some of her best racing, and this may have ■ been one of the reasons for the purchas- ; ing of her three-year-old. The new grandstand at Trentham, which • was officially opened on Tuesday, is a ' magnificient structure of two decks. It : will enable 9000 people to sit and all to ■ secure a good view of the racing. The top i deck, in particular, gives a great sight of i the whole course, especially down the six ! furlong track, while the incidents which oc- ■ cur near the entrance to the straight are j brought under very close view. I Gold Light met serious interference in ! ihe Wellington Cup (says “Argus” in the ■ Christchurch Star', and, from the manner I in which she made up the lost ground it may have cost her rhe race—Sunart was ■ one of the unlucky horse- in the Cup. He ! was well placed going along the back, but ■ met trouble and was knocked to the rear. . Ho finished w th a great run just cut of a ■ place—Limelight was at the tail of i the field for about a mile. She put in a brilliant run in the straight. | but her rider set her an impossible . task. The little Soliermo mare will not i run again at the meeting—Musketoon w&t staying on strongly over the last part ; of the race when the pace was on—Deu- • calion was well placed all through, but ! could not produce the little extra dash that I was requ red at th? finish. He was not | far behind the paced horses, however, and i a win should conic his way shortly. I Tarleton was a long way back in the > early stages. He put in a good finishing j run. bur never looked like a winner. Lough re;- go.'ug well in the early stages of the Cup, hut faded out a long way from home. His Otago mate, Mantua. was never dangerous—The Auckland gelding, LancFlide, appears to have a new lease of life. He had the reputation of being unreliable, but after two wins at ■ Auckland he ran another fine race in the Wellington Cup. being one of the leaders all the way, and only losing second place in the last few strides. The crack Auckland sprinter, Royal Blood despite th? tact that his name appeared on the list of acceptors for the Telegraph Handicap, was not sent down for tne v. eßSffgton R. C. meeting. ■ Templar” presents a story told by Mr John Walton (now ninety-seven years of age i of early racing at Reefton. On one occasion there speculators broke the tote, It happened this way: In the race in question only (wo horses competed— Quibble and Lady Zetland. Of the pair Quibble was regarded as invincible, and was backed accordingly. The method of betting in those days was chiefly by “briefs,” or, as is better known these days, as scrip. This method was adopted because real money was scarce. But whenthe race was run Lady Zetland unexpectedly came to light; in fact, she was in front all the way. consequently she paid a phenomenal price for a two-horse affair, and, as all the known ones had supported Quibble by means of scrip, there was no: enough cash to pay out to the alleged mugs who had risked their money on Lady Zetland. And so the only way the tptalisatcr j proj r.ctors could square matters up* was eo ihere and then call upon the backers t Quibble to honour the ser.p they haa i.-dged on the race. That would have enabled the totalisator man to have submounted the .difficulty had his clients possejsed the cash, but, to his consternation, they were for the moment all broke, or at

least most of them were. Finally it leaked out that Mr Walton had on him £5O, which he carried in. his boots for safety. Eventually fie agreed to loan this to liis friends. This enabled them to tide the totalisator man and themselves over the difficulty. WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-DAY’S RACES. • (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 21. The following are the acceptances for the second day of the W.R.C.’s Sammer meeting : MUNGAROA HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, £3OO. One mile and a-quarter. st lb st lb Steel Bar . . 10 10 Otauru ... 9 0 Kalakaua . . 10 7 Sayonara ..90 Equitable . . 10 2 Lady Bonena ... 99 Waimangu 9 0 Hyama ... 9 5 JANUARY WELTER HANDICAP, £5OO. j One mile. Quest ... 9 8 Top Score . . 7 10 j Tarleton ..94 Kilceit ... 79Master Tuahine . . 7 9! Sandstone . 8 9 Aeriform . . 7 8, Allmarimba . 8 0 Sir Pam . . 7 7, Martulla . . 7 10 Imperial Los Ambus . 7 10 Spark ... 771 Fool’s Paradise 7 10 Puketoi ... 7 7 ! Tresham . . 7 10 Pink Rose .771 NURSERY HANDICAP, £5OO. For two- ■ year-olds. Five furlongs. Licinius ... 9 1 Mime ... 7 10 Shirley ... 8 9 Phantasy ..73 Victory Bond 8 9 Oreum ... 6 13 Gold Acre . 8 3 Adavale . . . 6 11 Kaiti .... 7 11 Motion ... 671 TRIAL PLATE, £3OO, special conditions, j 3-year-olds 8.0; 4-year-olds and upwards j 8.5 (seven furlongs).—Gauntlet, Copper! Nob, Relic, Peach Brandy, Salamis, Star ’■ Shell, Sottana, Armchair, Carnot, Otauru, ’ Hallmark, Westbroke, Daphne Bruce, Flaming Ray, Gold Dollar, Don Fisher, ■ Gardant, Master Sarto, Helen Winkie, Ken- ' yon, Sanctuary, Lady Gay. WELLINGTON RACING CLUB HANDI- ■ CAP, £lOOO. One mile and three i furlongs. Gold Light . 9 12 Deucalion . . 7 10 ! Sunart ... 9'o Landslide . . 79. Suggestion . 8 8 Tarleton . . 7- 7 i Bonetter . . 7 13 Cleasanta . . 7 7} Listening Mantua ... 6 12 ; Post ... 7 12 Pantier ... 67: DOURO CUP HANDICAP (hacks), £7OO. ‘ One mile. Pelham ... 9 0 Avonlea . . 7 13 i Carpentier . 8 12 Jubilance . . 7 11 t Tanadees . . 8 10 Tinohari . . 7 11 1 Quiescent ..87 Matin Bell . 7 9 ■ Star Ranger 8 5 En Route . . 7 9: Clarinda . . 8 4 The Tank .78' Lady Jbyce 8 3 Vindictive . 7 5; Kilris ... 8 3 Ophir ... 7 0 i Hallmark ..82 Bonny Gold 6 11 ! Pronto ... 8 0 Goldspinner . 611] Subjection . 8 0 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, £6OO. ! Six furlongs. Listening Grand Knight 7 8 Post ... 8 11 Martian Miss 7 8 Peneus ... 810 Snatcher ..77 Pilliewinkie . 8 8 Merit ... 75 Gaillard . . 8 0 Orchid ... 7 J 0 Master Last Crust . 6 13 Sandstone 7 11 Ilka ... 6 7 Killocra ..79 CAMP HANDICAP (hacks), £3OO. Six , furlongs. Piquant . . 9 8 En Route . 7 11 ’ Lipsol ... 8 12 Rangimoana 7 7 Gardenia . 8 8 Ophir . . 7 5 Blonde ... 8 6 Lady Evalina 7 4 Finora ... 8 1 Rob .... 6 12 Agitato ... 7 12 Bonny Nurse 6 7 Gamebag . . 7 12 THE WAIKANAE STUD SALE. ALL YEARLINGS OFFERED SOLD. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 21. I The anntial sale of the Waikanae yearlings was held to-day. Seven were disposed of for 2625 guineas, or an average cf 375 guineas. The ton price was 600 guineas for a Kilbroney—Peronilla colt. All offerings but one were sold to New Zealanders. Mr T. A. Stirton, New South Wales, bought the Kilbroney—Martia filly for 325 guineas. CRICKETLOCAL MATCHES. I.C.C. v, WYNDHAM An I.C.C. team visited Wyndham yesterday and played a friendly match with the local club. Following were the scores:— WYNDHAM. —First Innings.— G. Boque, b McCallum 2 V. Milne, b Doig IS (J. Ji hnstom, c Weir, b Doig 17 A. A. Hcydcn, st. Foster 5 A. A. Wilson, c Lee, b Doig 1 Hum 2 O. Traynor, b McCallum 1 R. M ■>j.re. not out k . 0 0 G. hit wickets .. f 0 L. i . o Doig o Extras 2 Total 48 Bowing—Doig, 4 for 21; McCallum, 6 for 25. —Second Innings G. Boque, c Loughnan, b McCallum .. 10 V. Milne, b F. laylor 4 O. Traynor, st. Foster, b Doig .... 19 J. Meek, b McCallum 3 A. A H--ydon, b McCallum 16 A. A. Wiison, c Cox, b McCallum .... 9 G. Johnstone, b Doig 0 E. Kirkland, c Lee, b Doig 1 G. Burgess, c McCallum, b Doig .. 0 R. Maquire, c Weir, b Doig 0 L. Forde, not out 0 j Extras 7 ; Total 691 fowling—Doig, 5 for 26; F. Taylor, 1 ; for 14; McCallum, 4 for 22. I.C.C. ’ —First Innings.— F. Taylor, b Johnstone 3 1 J. Doig, c Traynor, b Johnstone .... 22 K. Cox, c Meek, b Johnstone » E. Lee, run out 8 11. Foster, b Johnstone 5 F. Loughnan, b Traynor 2 N. Weir, run out 0 S. Blomfield, b Johnstone u J. Taylor, c Boque, b Johnstone .... 1 j P. McCallum, not out 4 ■ Extras 11 Total 67 ' Bowling-Johnstone, 6 for 15; Traynor, 1 for 41. —Second Innings.— Lee, c Traynor, b Johnstone 8 ■ Cox, b Johnstone 15 H. Foster, not out 16 F. Taylor, not out 15 Extras 1 , Total y 55 | Bowling—Johnstone, 2 for 21; Boque, 0 for 22; Traynor, 0 for 11. I.C.C. won by 8 wickets and 5 runs. SOUTH LA?. D ASSOCIATION. JUNIOR FIXTURES The fo!!::v/ing junior fixtures have been •ire? f r :•••:' !:■?.'>:rday, January 24: ' Union v. Appleby E, Biggar street No 1. Appieby A v. Southern, Queen’s Park No 2 ' • • Marist v. Bluff, Biggar street No 2. ‘ Tisbury v. 1.C.C., Queen’s Park *

BALFOUR v. UNION. This match was played at Balfour yesterday, and resulted in a win for the home team by 12 runs. Scores:— BALFOUR. Belsham, b Fogo 0 Heath, run out 46 S. Lynch, c Oughton, b Austin .... 9 Small, b Austin 0 Ogilvie, run out 3 Muir, run out 2 O'Kane, b Shaw 0 Lynch, b Fogo 31 Tomlin, run out 0 S. Grant, b Fogo 0 Extras 16 Total 107 Bowling—Fogo, 4 for 31; Austin, 2 for 9; Shaw, 3 for 48; Hamilton, 1 for 3. UNION. Wish, c and b Heath 10 Shaw, c and b Heath 18 Hamilton, b J. Lynch 4 Sparks, b J. Lynch 19 Oughton, run out 5 Austin, hit wkt., b O’Kane 6 Barnett, c and b J. Lynch 1 E. Grant, b.Heath 13 Fogo, c Ogilvie, b O’Kane 2 Barlow, b J. Lynch 0 Johns, not out 6 Extras i 11 Total 95 Bowling—J. Lynch, 4 for 41; Heath, 3 for 33; O’Kane, 2 for 10.