SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 22217, 9 January 1934, Page 8

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED.

Entries for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s Summer fixture are due at 5 p.m. to-day.

The Tokanui-Fortrose Hack Racing Club’s Annual fixture takes place on February 7.

Nominations for the Tapanui Racing Club’s Annual gathering close on Wednesday evening.

The stakes distributed at Forbury Park Trotting Club Summer meeting will total £3OOO.

The Centenary Melbourne Cup of November next will at least be worth over £lO,OOO.

Nominations for the Timaru Trotting Club’s Summer meeting are due tomorrow night.

The Thames Jockey Club’s Annual gathering opens on Thursday and closes Saturday next.

The progeny of Australia’s leading sire. Heroic, won well during the recent holiday term.

The Tokanui Cup will be worth £2l 5/-. including a silver cup valued £5 5/- (lim.).

Red Sea lightened up at the recent S.R.C. meeting, but she is moving freely in exercise.

An entry of 28 for Wellington Cup £6OO (IJm.), includes the majority of N.Z.’s leading handicappers.

Acceptances for the Wairio Jockey Club’s Annual fixture, on Jan. 31, are due on Friday evening.

The total entries for the three days of Wellington R.C. Summer meeting are the best for three years.

During the holidays horses from the control of A. McAulay won at four distinct turf centres.

A. McAulay’s charges recently scored at Awapuni, Greymouth, Auckland and Marton.

The entries for W.R.C. (three days) meeting total 609, or 15 more than the 594 last season.

St. Ames won the four hurdle races on the Taranaki holiday circuit very nicely.

Twenty good sprinters have been engaged in the Telegraph Handicap at W.R.C. meeting.

Greymouth Trotting Club Cup was won by Cloudy Range, by Wrack—Ayr. in race record time.

Paced in 4.35 2-5 the Greymouth T.C. Cup was won by Cloudy Range in very easy fashion.

Ammon Ra bled in the Grandstand Handicap on the final day of Auckland R.C. meeting.

For five months’ racing of the current season Riccarton horses have won 105 races and £17,888.

It is hoped that Riccarton-trained horses will make a record of 200 wins for the current turf term.

During the current season Southlandbred pacer Blue Mountain, has contested 15 races, for five wins, three seconds, and three thirds—a consistent record.

As the Riccarton-trained youngster. Variant, has been engaged at the Wellington R.C. meeting, her lameness, reported from Auckland, was evidently not serious.

It is stated that the Auckland R.C Committee will to-day (Tuesday) consider a proposal to revert to the ancient one-pool, two-dividend system of totalisator working.

Last season Riccarton’s lady trainer, Mrs Campbell, had one win, two seconds, and £l7O in stakes. For five months this season she claims 11 wins four seconds, three thirds and £1686 in stakes.

There appears to be a tendency in the far north to belittle the class of the two-year-olds raced at the Auckland Racing Club's Summer meeting because Golden Hair beat the best of them in the Royal Stakes. This deduction may be correct, but the fact remained tjaat Golden Hair recently won the reputation on her visit to Melbourne of ranking as a racehorse of the first water, particularly over sprint courses—she also won the V.R.C. Oaks (lim.) in pronounced fashion.

Mr A. A. Cameron, who died at Masterton last week (writes “The Watcher” in The, Dominion) was a good supporter of racing, having been actively connected with the turf for nearly fifty years. Mr Cameron made many gifts to the Masterton Racing Club. A few years ago he raced a first-class sprinter in the All Black mare Lady Black.

The announcement that the Randwick trainer, J. T. Jamieson, is leaving on a holiday visit to New Zealand may be interpreted to mean that the exNorth Islander intends to be present at the National Yearling Sales at Trentham on January 23. It is safe to say that the owner-trainer of Closing Time and mentor where a number of Maori-land-bred horses are concerned in Sydney, will be a bidder for descendants of Limond and other noted sires.

Just as anticipated in these columns, an agitation is being engineered against the 10 per cent, dividend for the third horse under the 70, 20 and 10 ratio of paying out. This is a step in the direction of a return to the out-of-date one-pool two dividend (75 and 25 per cent.) system. By similar devious ways do die-hards, conservatives and nonprogressive people in sport, politics and commercial life seek to attain their ignorant or selfish ends.

Local light harness mentor W. Wilson is at present educating a sturdy, but shapely three-year-old pacing gelding. Clean-limbed, well-grown, and as strong as they are made, with an honest, intelligent outlook on his business the juvenile may develop into a valuable hoppled performer. He moves in an encouraging fashion, so far, and this is not surprising, as he comes of good family, ranking as a half-brother to plucky little Monty Chimes. The new aspirant for racing fame is by Happy Knight from Lady Chimes and this fact stands in his favour for levelheadedness.

Bumped and buffeted during the progress of more than one of his races at holiday time, when barely recovered from a cold, it would not have caused surprise had gallant little Toreador fallen away, to a shadow, but he withstood the ordeals well and should soon be himself again. R. McLellan-’s pupil is undoubtedly a stout-hearted customer, otherwise he would have been on the retired list for a week or two as the outcome of recent experiences. He has served place bettors well during the past and current seasons—in 18 starts last season he won on five occasions, was twice second, and filled third place five times. This was good form for a small gelding who races in useful company and does not handle real weight too well.

Locally-trained hurdling novice, Consono, is rapidly recovering from several minor abrasions sustained during his initial races over the battens in public at the recent S.R.C. Summer meeting. The chestnut gelding met fields of more than average merit in his essays, and, all things considered, his trainer, T. E. Pankhurst, had every reason to be satisfied with the display of his novice jumper. The Songbird gelding should soon score for Mr L. P. Denton prior to the close of the current season, with hurdle races at Dunedin, Invercargill and Dunedin again, yet to come.

Hitherto a somewhat disappointing performer at the pacing business, the six-year-old gelding Nelson’s Fortune, by Nelson Bingen from Fortune Maid, may be tried out as a trotter. He has displayed an inclination to adopt the square gait and it is intended to make an attempt to encourage his tendency in this direction.

It is a far cry from the Southland R.C.’s track to Flemington, but in the event of Palantua or her stablemate, Chhota, or both contesting the Centenary Melbourne Cup in November great interest will be aroused in the home province. Palantua is wellknown here and Chhota, as a promising winner of the recent Invercargill Cup, would claim admirers in Australia. The lady owner of the pair of mares mentioned may not be the only southern nominator for the next Melbourne Cup, as there are Southland-bred colts already in Victoria who may prove worthy of entry for the great Flemington event prior to the Spring season as representing a local owner.

Now classed as a gelding and fresh from an extended holiday, the promising galloper Johnny is in active commission again. The son of Last Dart (imp.) from Lady Blissful, by Elysian from Lady Wayward 11. (imp.), by Ladas, was originally prepared at Riverton, but he is now sheltered in T. E. Pankhurst’s stable. He is in the rough at present, but a few weeks’ regular exercise will enable an estimate to be made of his prospects—he moves soundly and certainly galloped freely when located in the Western District.

The N.S.W. two-year-old filly Myra Tip (full sister to J. T. Jamieson’s crack sprinter Closing Time) proved a veritable stumbling block to New Zea-land-bred youngsters at the A.J.C.’s meeting on December 23 and 26. In the Second Division of the December Nursery Handicap (5f.) on the first day the pupil of J. T. Jamieson easily defeated Mr E. J. Watt’s filly Visage by Limond-Veil by four lengths in 1.04. On Boxing Day the followers of G. Price’s stable rallied to the support of the smart colt Sir John (Limond— Jewel of Asia) in the December Stakes, £l3OO (5f.), but the story had a similar ending. Myra Tip won by a length and a-half from the Maorilander in 1.01. E. Bartie rode the winner on each occasion, with M. McCarten piloting Visage and Sir John. When Sir John won the Kirkham Stakes at Warwick Farm recently and created a striking impression among racegoers J. T. Jamieson was unable to account for the defeat of Myra Tip, who also ran, and it would now appear that he had good reason to be surprised. Myra Tip races for her breeder-owner, Mr H. White, and ranks as a daughter of imported Tippler (son of Polymelus) from Miss Myra (imp.), by Golden Sun (Sundridge) from Encouragement, by Chaucer (son of St. Simon—Canterbury Pilgrim, dam of Swynford) from Miss Taylor, by Orvieto (son of Bend Or). The opinion is advanced by a wellknown Sydney Referee scribe that Visage will prove the better filly next season, as the Limond youngster is one of the best types of filly seen in Sydney for some years. The same writer remarks that Sir John’s (8.10) performance in acting as runner-up to Myra Tip (8.0) makes him out to be something out of the ordinary.

The Rcrke’s Drift Lodge gelding, The Smuggler, is being restricted to easy work on the S.R.C. tracks at present until such time as he recovers from his recent severe cold. It will take A. McKenzie all his time to have the big Balboa gelding ripe and ready for the Dunedin Cup meeting, providing his n?xt mission will be in the direction of Wingatui. His recent racing has had a subduing influence on Signaller and the close relative to The Smuggler is now being built up again following on his hard contests at Wyndham and Invercargill. Signaller is an improved racer and he may yet repay the confidence of his connections who have on occasions had reason to be disappointed with displays by the BalboaMiss Signal gelding.

While two Maoriland youngsters, Visage and Sir John, were meeting with defeat in Sydney by the filly Myra Tip, at Christmas time, a pair of Mr W. R. Kemball’s representatives had to be satisfied with second berths in Melbourne. At Moonee Valley, on Dec. 23. in the Three-Year-Old Handicap (6f.) Staghorn (Hunting Song—Frosty Morn) was beaten by half a neck by V. O’Neill’s (New Zealander) brown colt Life Guard, by The Night Patrol. Then, at the Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s fixture at Caulfield on Dec. 26. Mr Kemball’s filly Queen Helen (Chief Ruler—Helen) was beaten by half a head by Farndale (Curialis —All Chatter) in the Juvenile Stakes (5f.). The winner was first fancy in a strong field, while Queen Helen was at good double figures. Farndale’s sire, Curialis (imp.) is a son of Spion Kop (descendant of Carbine). Mr Kemball appears to have been unlucky in losing two races by narrow margins, but this will be nothing new to him, as his candidates have been similarly defeated on many occasions since he elected to race a lengthy string in Melbourne under G Jones.

It is reported that when informed of veteran rider R. Lewis’s break with his stable where Mr E. E. D. Clarke’s horses were concerned, trainer James Scobie remarked that he was naturally sorry that such a long and successful association should have been broken, but Lewis had done the right thing in retiring, and perhaps it was all for the best. Lewis, who is now 55 years of age, does not intend to retire from riding, although he has severed his connection with the Scobie stable. One of the first horses Lewis rode for Mr Clarke was Emir, about 30 years ago and in the intervening seasons he was on nearly every good winner owned by the Victorian sportsman, for whom he rode the winners of nearly every important event in Australia. The handing in of Mr Clarke’s jacket by Lewis caused something of a sensation in Melbourne turf circles but the point of view hinted at by trainer James Scobie has to be taken into account, when the trite old saying is recalled to mind: “Youth will be served.” '

Much has been written on the use of systems for backing racehorses, but one young woman on the last day at Ellerslie races had a system entirely her own. Her brother, not being sure of his sister’s ability to pick winners, got several real good place bets from a well-known city enthusiast, supposed to be an authority on racehorses, and presented the choice to her. She accepted the list, but when out of sight she calmly tore it up. It was noticeable that her appearance at the pay-out windows was fairly consistent, and when pressed for an explanation, she said: “On all sides one hears various horses praised and disparaged. ‘Tips’ are too freely given to be important and I back the horse in each race that I hear the least about. That is my

system.” And she tripped away to the pay-out window clutching five tickets on Con Fuoco—the profitable winner of the last race. The winner referred to was eleventh fancy each way. GORE RACING CLUB. COMMITTEE MEETING HELD. A meeting of the committee of the Gore Racing Club was held on Saturday evening. Mr G. C. Hamilton (president) presided over the following members: Messrs I. T. Martin, J. B. Nicol, M. Green, A. T. Pettigrew, F, Wallis, sen., D. L, Poppelwell, H. A. Price, J. E. Rogers, G. W. Whittingham and M. R. Lawlor. The programme for the summer meeting to be held on February 21 and 22 was submitted by the programme committee and adopted. It was decided to re-appoint all officials and stewards as for the spring meeting. The gate charges were fixed at the same charge as for last year’s meeting. CANTERBURY NEWS. TROTTING AT ADDINGTON. 1 BLUE MOUNTAIN IMPRESSES. SOME KEEN RACING.

(Notes by the Rook.) Christchurch, January 6.

From a drought we have gone to the other extreme. It has rained heavily every day this week, and it looks likely to continue. A few horses are still on the West Coast, but the most of our lot are back at Riccarton from the various centres at which they raced during the holidays. Some of them will take patching up before they race again.

The weather was dull for the first day of the Canterbury Park T.C. meeting, with a continual threat of rain. The attendance was very large. The public started off badly by making Ruin a hot favourite for the Introductory Handicap. He is a nice trotter, and very solid, but giving away 24yds to Raclaim, Nelson’s Prince and Resound, was altogether too great a task for him. He was never dangerous. The start was good. Nelson’j Prince shot out and set such a great pace that at the end of half a mile run in 1.7 1-5, he was 4 2-ssec ahead of Raclaim, who was 2secs clear of Resound. The rest were strung out a long way. The leader was still 3 1-5 secs ahead of Raclaim at the end of a mile. Shortly after he began to tire and Raclaim collared him just after entering the straight, while he just lasted long enough to stall off Resound for second money. Then in strung out order came Ruin, King Oscar, Todd Bingen. It took Nelson’s Prince 1.12 3-5 to run his last half-mile. Modern Girl early broke up badly. M, McGrath, who used his whip in a ridiculous manner in the run home down the straight, was given a good talking to and fined £2 for it. Princess Thea and Rey Spec dwelt badly at the start of the mile saddle race. The rest went away well. Royal Parade led from Lilian Bond, Ulm, Accras, with Reporter handy. Reporter challenged Royal Parade in the straight and won by over a length, with Ulm the same distance away. It is worth mentioning that Rey Spec ran his last half-mile in 1.4, pulling up. The first quarter of it in 31 2-5. Blue Mountain won the Canterbury Handicap going away over the last furlong. The order for one mile and three-quarters was Roddy, Wrackler and Ayrmont Chimes, followed by Blue Mountain. Belinda and Royal Again lost a lot of ground at the start. When it came to racing over the last quarter Blue Mountain outclassed the opposition. The one horse that might have troubled the winner was Kingcraft, who got snowed in on the rails well back, and never got out until the last furlong. Roddy again failed to stay; he ran his last mile in 2.13 2-5. Ayrmont Chimes got a great run and so did Wrackler, who failed in the sprint home. Belinda ran a bad race. She would not pace properly. Sunny Morn and Regal Voyage were never dangerous.

To win the Lyttelton Handicap Cloudy Range was driven a masterly race by E. C. McDermott. The order for fourteen furlongs was Cloudy Range, Pronto Bingen, Erin’s Princess, Wilbur White, Black Lion and War Paint all in single file. Pronto Bingen dropped out entering the straight and Wilbur White, with Erin’s Princess, went after the leader. Had Wilbui White gone after him earlier he would have won, for he only failed by a head. Erin’s Princess was not a length away, with Black Lion, War Paint and Pronto Bingen all handy. Cloudy Range ran his last mile in 2.12, the last half in 1.5. The Stewards’ Handicap for trotters only was a fine race. Belle Lorimer broke up at the start, but the rest went away well. The order was Valloden, Mr Penalty, King’s Voyage and Merce Bingen, with the backmarkers closing up fast. At the end of a mile King’s Voyage supplanted Valloden, while Mr Penalty had broken up. Great Burton, Stanley Bingen and Biddy Parish now looked dangerous. Stanley Bingen, trotting grandly, took charge three furlongs from home, with First Wrack, Biddy Parish, and Great Burton hot after him. Stanley Bingen won by three lengths from Biddy Parish, with First Wrack a length away, a head in front of Great. Burton.

War Boat, who won the Islington Handicap, ran a very determined race. Although lame in front he was the first to begin from Priceless and Ratloc. He struggled on to win by a neck from Peter Locanda, with Prince Author, Lord Leslie and Golden Direct close up. Prince Author began slowly and lost a lot of ground or else he would have been closer to the winner.

Tatsy D’Oro led all the way in the Tempi?ton Handicap. She had to be driven hard to stall off Morello by a head. Morello should have won. He went an irregular course. The well fancied Marie Celeste never paced properly all the way and was pulled up. Rey Direct failed to go away properly and was always last. Vesuvius and Manoeuvre ran great races to finish first and second in the Au Revoir Handicap. Both of them lost a lot of ground at the start and then got bad passages. Silver de Oro was also a little bit unlucky. The Second Day. There was another dull day for the finish of the Canterbury Park T.C. meeting, but instead of the wind being from the south-west it was from the north-east. The Progressive Handicap was a very fine advertisement for Wrack as a sire of trotters. Nelson Prince did not begin so smartly as on the first day and this let the three Wracks, Raclaim, Ruin and Resound go away in the lead as named. Nelson Prince, after losing two chains, rushed through the field and was out clear of the three horses named at the end of the first quarter. This quartette had the race to themselves. With half a mile to go Raclaim and Ruin ran past Nelson Prince and Raclaim won easily by three lengths from Resound, who beat Nelson Prince a length, with Ruin a neck away. Radley and Todd Bingen were the next to finish. Modern Girl early lost all chance by breaking up. The mile saddle was practically a three-horse race. Chenwood led, with Wild Guy and Automatic tucked in behind him, the three being well clear. The order was the same until well up the straight, where Automatic faded out and Wild Guy took his place. Chenwood won well by three lengths, but Wild Voyage only lasted long enough to beat Wild Guy a neck. Reporter,

who was a solid favourite, broke twice very badly. The Mason Stakes was a good race. Ayrmont Chimes set the pace from Royal Again and Wrackler, with Blu? Mountain and Vesuvius next, the rest

being bunched. Gold Country was rushed to the front before going five furlongs, the first mile being run in 2.16 2-5. With three furlongs to go Blue Mountain, followed by Vesuvius, ran past Gold Country, who disappeared. Blue Mountain had to be driven out to beat Vesuvius a neck, with Kingcraft a neck further back. Ayrmont Chimes was a length away, just beating Lindbergh and Sunny Morn. Royal Again was lame in front and Belinda broke up at the start. The drivers in the Middleton Handicap reduced the race to a farce. Erin’s Princess lost a lot of ground at the start. Lord Leslie headed the field at a crawl, followed as named by Wilbur White, Cloudy Range, Bracken, Black Lion and Erin’s Princess. At the end of five furlongs Bracken took charge, nothing disputing the position. The first mile was done in 2.29 3-5. With four furlongs to go Black Lion made a dive for the front, and everything else went with him. He hung in on the top turn and could not hold his place. At the winning post Wilbur White was half a length ahead of Lord Leslie, with Cloudy Range, Black Lion, Erin’s Princess and Bracken. The last half-mile was run in 1.3 2-5. The trotters gave a fine display in the Hornby Handicap. King’s Voyage led from Merce Bingen and First Wrack, with Biddy Parish and Stanley Bingen closing up fast. First Wrack led into the straight from Stanley Bingen and Biddy Parish. In a punishing finish Stanley Bingen got up to beat First Wrack a neck, with Biddy Parish three lengths away, well clear of Ukulele Lady. That usually good clean trotter Garner never went properly at any stage of the race. Punters had bad luck in the Selwyn Handicap. With three furlongs to go Blue Mountain, who had been penalized 12yds and was a solid favourite, got so badly interfered with that he broke up when looking to have a royal chance of winning. Roddy, who rushed to the front before going three furlongs, tired in the last hundred yards and was beaten home by Master Roy. Winning Wave refused to go away in the Prcbbleton Handicap and took no part in the race. With a mile gone Tangatu and Prince Author were going well in behind the leaders, and it looked as if one of them would win. Tlie hard pulling Prince Author dropped out and Tangatu ran to the front. He looked a sure winner when Real Huon, who had lost ground at the start, came with a great rattle wide out and beat him by almost a length. Desert Maiden, Rey Direct and Banffshire were the next to finish close up. H. Nurse is back from the West Coast with Ringing Cheer and Knockfin. He took three horses on tour, Charmione, Ringing Cheer and Knpckfin, but the trip cannot be called a profitable one. Charmione broke a shoulder and Ringing Cheer broke down hopelessly. The loss of these two horses will not be compensated for by the four races Knockfin won. Charmione is still on the coast. She is in slings, and it is thought that the broken bone in her shoulder will knit and that she will do good service at the stud. She was a very promising mare.

Silver Streak came down from Auckland with Minerval and F. D. Jones’ horses. T. Hobbs has gone on to Oamaru for a few days, but Silver Streak will stay here until he goes to Trentham for the Wellington J.C. Summer meeting. All going well he is a sure starter in the Telegraph Handicap. Our trainers came home satisfied that Red Manfred should never have beaten Nightly at Ellerslie. Also they one and all declare that Nightly should have been in a place in the Auckland Cup, if he did not win outright.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. WEIGHTS FOR FIRST DAY. (Per United Press Association.)

Wellington, January 8. The following are the weights for the first day of the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting on January 20, 22, and 24: —

ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP, £2OO. One mile.

Entries for Other Events.

The following are the entries for the second and third days of the Wellington meeting:—

MUNGAROA HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, £l6O. One mile and a quarter. —Aesculus, Dusky Crown, Goshawk, High Rank, Huntique, Joie de Vai, Knollmere, Linoleum, Melisande, Nightguard, Pahu, Prince Colossus, Revision, Saltspray, Sam Smith, Te Ua, Thespis, Vitaphone, Walton Park, Blacksmith, Te Rangitumau, Chocksay.

TRIAL PLATE, £l6O. Seven furlongs.—Bay Area, First View, Imperial Spear, Ingenuity, Lacktown, Maypay, Oriel, Roma Table, Silver Beam, Stroller, Sunee. Whetuma, Wild Sky, Windward, Pombal—Admyra gelding, Sunnymaid, Boudoir, Arauline, Royal Quex. JANUARY HANDICAP, £2OO. One mile.—All Humbug, Argentic, Cape Fair, Courtyard, Fairway, Farmer, Flower, Guarantee, Ida Merling Kemal Pasha, Knollmere, Lady Spy, Manetho, Miladi, Revision, Sea Fox, Shatter, Silver Ring, Southdown, True Shaft, Equiant, King Thomond.

CAMP HANDICAP (Hack conditions) £l6O. Six furlongs.—All Spirit, April Fool, Araios, Aroma, Cawbeen, Debut, D’Acre, Diagano, Dollar Prince, Drum Fire, Golden Chant, Haere Tonu, Highbrow, Hot Stuff, Imperial Spear, King Musk, La Crown, Lady Nan, McHeath, Pegged Exchange, Jlieon, Prince Reno, Red Rufus, Roderick Dhu, Secrecy, Sir Spear, Star Artist, Dombey, Hunting Lodge, Quietly.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB HANDICAP, £4OO. One mile and three furlongs.—All Humbug, Argentic, Arikira, Autopay, Count Palatine, Cricket Bat, Desert Star, Epigram, Forestry, Gibraltar, Grand Jury, King’s Knave, King March, Locksley, Lord Vai, Master Brierly, Miladi, Minerval, Palm Queen, Ramo, Red Sun, Revision, Rocket, Royal Artist, Spiral, Sweet Agnes, Tiger Gain, Vertigern. NURSERY HANDICAP, £200; for two-year-olds. Six furlongs.—Barnum, Brown Betty, Coronilla, Cup Bearer, Custodian, Evasion, Morbury, Note Issue, Pin Money, Radiant Star, Sweet Music, Synagogue, Silly Owl, Tutor, The Weaner, Wahroonga, Bodyline, Flaxen.

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, £3OO. Six furlongs—Autopay, Copyist, Cranford, Diatomous, Fanner, Golden Wings, Guarantee, Hurlingham, Impasto, Kemal Pasha, Lack, Lady Nan, Lordly Knight, Mobile, Navaho, Pomp, Porotiti, Quietly, Refresher, Red Manfred, Slippery, Silver Ring, Silver Streak, Equitant. DOURO CUP HANDICAP, (Hack conditions) £250. One mile.—All Spirit, Bonnie Vale, Cleaner, Conference, Davolo, Final Shot, Huntique, Hunting Bag, King Musk, Korero, La Crown, Lone Raider, Manetho, Miss Hushabye, Pango, Purse, Prince Reno, Palm Queen, Pladie, Prince Colossus, Red Rufus, Royal Shift, Royal Dash, Saltspray, Senior, Silk Sox, Te Ua, Ventrac, Whetuma, Worship, Boudoir, Calydon, King Thomond, Hunting Lodge, Lady Zephyr.

Third Day. WALLACEVILLE HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, £l6O. One mile and a quarter.—Aesculus, Dusky Crown, Goshawk, Grand Blow, High Rank, Huntique, Joie de Vai, Korero, Linoleum, Melisande, Miss Hushabye, Nightguard, Normandy, Pahu, Prince Colossus, Revision, Saltspray, Sam Smith, Thespis, Vitaphone, Walton Park, Zetes, Blacksmith, Te Rangitumau, Chocksay. KAITOKE HANDICAP (hack conditions), £l6O. Five furlongs.—Arauline, April Fool, Araios, Bay Area, Cawbeen, Debut, Dombey, D’Acre, Dollar Prince, First View, Haere Tonu, Hot Stuff, Hest, Highbrow, Lady Nan, Lavina, Maypay, Moorwyn, My Ideal, Pegged Exchange, Pheon, Royal Amphora, Roderick Dhu, Silver Beam, Star Artist, Sunnymaid, Hunting Lodge, Royal Quex. HOPEFUL STAKES HANDICAP, £175. For two-year-olds. Five furlongs —Brown Betty, Cape Lilock, Capital, Coronilla, Custodian, Cup Bearer, Dismiss, Evasion, Lovers’ Lane, Morbury, Note Issue, Pin Money, Radiant Star, Silly Owl, Synagogue, Sweet Music, The Weaner, Tutor, Wahroonga, Whyte Melville, Bodyline, Flaxen. MELROSE HANDICAP (hack conditions) £l6O. Seven furlongs.—Aroma, Bonnie Vale, Bonnie Quex, Conference, Colossical, Diagano, Drum Fire, Errantry, Final Shot, Golden Chant, High Grader, Imperial Spear, Korero, Los Quex, Lone Raider, McHeath, Normandy, Oriel, Pegged Exchange, Prince Reno, Purse, Ralphyllis, Raparaha, Rene Belle, Round Table, Saltspray, Secrecy, Senior, Sunce, Stroller, Silksox, Silver Beam, Sir Spear, Te Ua, Whetuma, Admyra gelding, Lady Zephyr, Quietly, Royal Quex.

SUMMER HANDICAP, £350. One mile and a-quarter—Autopay, All Humbug, Argentic, Arikira, Count Palatine, Cricket Bat, Desert Star, Epigram, Fairway, Forestry, Gibraltar, Grand Jury, Guarantee, King’s Knave, King March, Lord Vai, Locksley, Manetho, Minerval, Miladi, Master Brierly, Palm <2ueen, Pango, Royal Artist, Red Sun, Revision, Red Rufus, Red Manfred, Rocket, Spiral, Silver Ring, Shatter, Sweet Agnes, Southdown, Sea Fox, True Shaft Tiger Gain, Ventrac, Vertigern.

THORNDON HANDICAP, £2OO, One mile—All Humbug, Argentic, Cape Fair, Courtyard, Flower, Forestry, Farmer, Fairway, Goshawk, Ida Merling, Kamal Pasha, Lady Spy, Sea Fox, Slippery, Southdown, Speed, True Shaft, Worship, Final Shot, Equitant, King Thomond, Lyrical.

CITY HANDICAP, £250. Six furlongs.—April Fool, Autopay, Copyist, Cranford, Davolo, Diatomous, Farmer, Golden Wing? Guarantee, Impasto, Hurlingham, Kimal Pasha, Lack, Lady Nan, Lordly Knight, Mobile, Navaho, Pomp, Porotih, Quietly, Royal Routine, Refresher, Silver Ring, Silver Streak, Slippery, Star Artist, Equitant.

KELBURN HANDICAP (hack conditions), £l6O. One mile.—All Spirit, Aroma, Bonnie Vale, Cleaner, Conference, Drum Fire, Davolo, Hunting Bag, Huntique, King Musk, La Crown, Lone Raider, Manetho, Miss Hushabye, Miladi, Purse, Pladie, Prince Colossus, Prince Reno, Ralphyllis, Red Rufus, Revision, Royal Dash, Royal Shift, Sam Smith, Saltspray, Silksox, Senior, Sir Romeo, Stroller, Water Polo, Wild Sky, Windward, Worship, Boudoir, Calydon, Limbohm, King Thomond, Te Rangitumau, Hunting Lodge. FORBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB. BETTING SYSTEM FOR SUMMER MEETING. WIN MACHINE CUT OUT. (Per United Press Association.) Dunedin, January 8. In connection with the Forbury Park Trotting Club's Summer meeting to be held on January 25 and 27, the committee of the club at a meeting to-night decided to cut out the win machine and operate the totalisator on the following system: In the event of the numbers allotted on the totalisator being five or less, one dividend will be declared; if six, seven or eight numbers are allotted, two dividends will be declared on a basis of 75 per cent, and 25 per cent, and if nine or more are allotted, three dividends on a basis of 70, 20 and 10 per cent, will be declared.

NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED SALES. OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF YEARLINGS. NEW SIRES REPRESENTED. Catalogues have been issued for the coming National Thoroughbred Sales which take place at Trentham on January 23, the off-day of the Wellington Summer Meeting. The yearling catalogue which is the eighth issued by the joint auctioneers contains record drafts from the principal studs in the Dominion and in view of the very high percentage of winners sent forward to these sales by such breeders as Messrs G. M. Currie, T. H. Lowry, Elderslie Stud Ltd., John Donald, G. A. Kain, Frank Armstrong, S. J. Gibbons, H. M. Reeves, G. F. Moore, Ralph Holden, J. W. and L. W. Storry, etc. it is anticipated that the coming fixture will attract particularly keen interest. Not only have horses selected from previous sales had a phenomenal record in New Zealand but in Australia they have enjoyed a remarkable season and this applies further afield as a draft from the sales of two years ago have met with outstanding success in Africa. Almost without exception the yearlings coming up for sale are closely related to recent winners. Limond who has had such extraordinary success in classic events in Australia is represented by six colts and two fillies; Night Raid, the sire of Phar Lap, Night March, Nightly, etc., is represented by three colts and a filly; Chief Ruler who is again enjoying a phenomenal season and who is one of those unique, sires who passes on high racing merits to his daughters as well as his sons is represented by six colts and six fillies, Hunting Song, leading sire last year, is limited to two representatives only, a colt and a filly. The young sires, Cape Hom, Gainscourt, Grand Knight, Martama and Pombal are all represented and other proven sires which have made noted contributions to the catalogue in the past that will again have representatives include Lord Quex Paper Money, Tea Tray and Valkyrian Captain Bunsby, a young staying-bred horse that ranks as a three-quarter brother to Coronach has two colts and four fillies to represent him. Great interest will be taken in the stock by a number of young sires to be represented for the first time. These include Iliad, Posterity, Siegfried, Philamor Gascony and Night March. Iliad, a beautiful type and who ran second m the English Derby has the largest representation of any sire in the catalogue. The Elderslie Stud Ltd. whith own this highly bred young sire are sending up six colts and five fillies by him. The Messrs Storry have two fillies descended from that famous ancestor of stayers, Stepdancer, and Mr Frank Moore has also a filly by this sire. New Zealand is fortunate in the possession now of three sons of the noted staying sire, Son-in-Law, whose sons have gained outstanding success at the stud in England. Mr G. M. Currie imported Posterity, a high class English performer himself and from one of the most notable families for producing St. Leger and classic winners. This high quality young sire who is out of a daughter of Spearmint will be represented by four colts which are all out of proven matrons. Mr R. H. W. Holden imported Siegfried, another well performed horse and closely related to Fowling Piece. He is from a Sunstar (Derby) mare going back to an own sister to Melbourne. He will have two colts and four fillies to represent him. Philamor, the third of the sons of Son-in-Law, will have one representative which should, however, attract keen attention being from a half-sister to Rapine. Philamor has no racing record. He was sold for 8500 guineas as a yearling and is a half-brother to Legatee, by Crusader, who was unbeaten as a three-year-old. He is a direct descendant of the great Illuminata. Keen interest will again be taken in the yearlings by Lord Warden, one of the most attractively bred horses to come to New Zealand. Lord Warden who met with an accident that prevented his racing is a magnificent individual by Hurry On from a daughter of Chaucer, while his second dam is by Carbine from the famous mare Memoir, an own sister to that other great daughter of St. Simon in La Bleche. Mr G. Kain is sending up a particularly fine lot of yearlings by this sire including three colts and a filly of his own breeding. They will be accompanied by another well grown and shapely colt bred from Lord Warden by Mr Vivian Riddiford. Following the Yearling Sales and on the same afternoon a catalogue of some 40 lots of racing stock, brood mares, untried stock, etc. will also be submitted. Mr Vivian Riddiford who is temporarily retiring from racing is sending up 10 horses in training which include the Wairarapa Cup winner, Forestry, and a number of promising young horses. The catalogue also includes an attractive number of promising horses in training and untried stock and a particularly well bred collection of brood mares in foal to leading sires and including several with foals at foot.

CYCLING THE DRUMMOND CLUB. At a meeting of the Drummond Amateur Cycling Club, over which Mr D Jones (president) presided, it was decided to hold an evening sports meeting on Saturday, January 13. lire following programme was decided upon: Half Mile Cycle Handicap, Boys’ Sack Race, Two Mile Cycle Handicap, Ladies’ Race, 100 Yards Running, Half Mile Running, Two Mile Cycle Handicap and Married Men’s Race. It was resolved that entries close with the secretary on Thursday, January IL

CRICKET SOUTHLAND ASSOCIATION. MEETING OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. At the weekly meeting of the management committee of the Southland Cricket Association last evening the president (Mr W. A. H. Oliver) presided over Messrs M. Stanton, R. D. Thompson, D. Robinson, P. Fougere, J. Hamilton, W. Bews and A. J. Hamilton (secretary). A short discussion took place regarding the advisability of arranging a coaching class for young bowlers showing promise. The secretary stated that Mr J. A. Doig was agreeable to give his help towards such a class. It was decided that the delegates should discuss the question with their clubs and advise accordingly at ths next meeting. The Otago Cricket Association wrote asking if, as Easter was early this year, it would be possible to play the requested match against Suthland at Invercargill on those dates. “It looks as if we are going to have a visit from Australia,” the chairman remarked. “I don’t know whether or not we will be included in the itinerary. Would it not be better to wait and make sure that there will be no clashing of dates?” It was decided to suggest Good Friday and Easter Saturday, subject to the chairman’s proviso. “With regard to your offer for a match against a Town team, we would like to have the match played at Ohai if possible to further foster the game in this district,” wrote the CentralWestern Cricket Sub-Association. “Should time permit, we hope to give you a return match in Town. We are holding a trial match at Otautau on January 17, so that any date after that will be suitable.” . . It was decided to send out a junior team on dates to be arranged. Mr Percy Shaw, of Auckland, was appointed to represent Southland at the official function in connection with the Auckland Cricket Association’s jubilee celebrations on January 20. Mr Robinson, on behalf of the captain, explained the reason for the default by the Appleby second grade team to Bluff on Saturday. The secretary was instructed to write to the Appleby Club requesting a written explanation. An outright win was awarded to Bluff. A regrade was granted I. Anderson (Old Boys) from senior to second grade A. The secretary advised that he had received complaints from officials ot the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association regarding damage to the pavilion at Queen’s Park. The chairman remarked that it was a serious matter as it might jeopardize their permission to use the grounds. It was resolved that the secretary should issue a strong warning to the clubs using the grounds. The fixtures for Saturday are as follows: — „ . , , Senior.—Appleby v. 1.C.C., at Appleby ground; Old Boys v. Union, at Showgrounds south; High School v. Marist, at Showgrounds north. Junior A.—Matches continued. Junior B — Appleby v. Bluff, at Bluff; R.S.A. v. Collegiate, at Queens Park N°- 3 - , . TT • Third Grade—Appleby v. Union, at Biggar street east; Georgetown v. 1.C.C., at Georgetown; Collegiate v. Marist, at High School.

APPLEBY v. BORSTAL. The following will represent Appleby to play Borstal at the Borstal grounds at six o’clock to-night: Jordan (2), Groves, Childs, Le Petit, Calder, Leek, Tansley, Kerr, Wixon, R. Calvert, R. Jordan. OTAUTAU v. LIMEHILLS. (From Our Correspondent.) The return match in the CentralWestern Cricket Association between Otautau and Limehills was played on the Otautau recreation ground on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the former. The local team declared in the second innings for 107 with six wickets down. At the conclusion of the game the captain of the local team thanked the visitors for fulfilling the fixture, and in reply Mr Brosnan returned thanks to Otautau for the enjoyable game and the hospitality bestowed on them. Following were the scores: —

OTAUTAU. First Innings. B. A. Dickson b Hamilton 53 F. Dickson b Watson 0 , A. Fisher c Tippett b Hamilton 22 Jones b Brosnan 4 G. Smith c Brosnan b Hamilton 9 C. Renowden c and b Hamilton 7 J. McAlister lbw b Hamilton 12 B. Dickson not out 4 E. Matheson c Coster b Hamilton 3 A. Matheson b Hamilton 0 A. White c Hammond sen. b Hammond jun. II Extras 3 Total 134 Second Innings. A. Fisher c Hammond sen. b Hammond jun. 38 A. White lbw b Brosnan 0 B. A. Dickson b Hamilton 16 Jones c Coster b Hammond jun. 26 B. Dickson b Brosnan 2 F. Dickson not out 8 J. McAlister c Hammond jun b Brosnan 0 C. Renowden not out 16 Extras 4 Total for six wickets 107 LIMEHILLS. First Innings. L. Brosnan b Jones 7 W. Reid b Fisher 20 A. Bromley b Jones 0 Hammond sen. c B. Dickson b Jones 13 R. Hamilton b Fisher 0 E. McCombe b Fisher 0 C. Watson lbw b Jones 1 R. Coster b Jones 0 C. Hatton lbw b Jones 2 C. Tippett not out 19 Hammond jun. c Fisher b B. A. Dickson 2 Extras 1 Total 65 Second Innings. L. Brosnan run out 32 W. Reid b Jones 53 C. Tippett b Smith 0 Hammond sen. lbw b B. Dickson 1 A. Bromley b Jones 18 E. McCombe lbw b B. Dickson 6 C. Watson b Jones 2 R. Hamilton b Jones 4 R. Coster b Jones 0 C. Hatton not out 2 Hammond jun. st b 0 Extras 3 Total 121 MARLBOROUGH v. GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL. (Per United Press Association.) Blenheim, January 8. In the cricket match Marlborough v. Geelong Grammar School, the visitors commenced their innings after lunch and occupied the crease till 5.10 p.m., taking just under three hours to compile 200. A feature was the performance of D. O. Hay whose 104 was the result of enterprising batting. It was a chanceless innings and he hit nine fours. Cresswell took five wickets for 67 runs, Goodwin four for 67 and Hill one for 29.

Marlborough in the first innings made 182 and started the-.r second innings badly, three wickets falling for 23. Auty and Rouse made a stand, the latter making 34 by enterprising cricket. The last ball of the day got Auty’s wicket, the score then being six for 66.

The match will finish to-morrow morning.

CROQUET

SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS.

(Per United Press Association.)

Ashburton, January 8.

The South Island croquet championships were continued to-day, which was the first fine, day for the tournament. The greens were in good order. Tlie results were:

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round.

Mrs W. Taylor (Timaru) beat Mrs J. S. Lee (Nelson) 26-18. Mrs Maddren (Christchurch) beat Mrs Chapman by default. Mrs J. T. Wilson (Invercargill) beat Mrs Lowery (Wellington) 26—5. Mrs Hogan (Wellington) beat Mrs Curie (Invercargill) 26—16.

Second Round. Mrs Corbett (Dunedin) beat Mrs Bucheler (Dunedin) 26 —12. Second Life, First Round. Mrs Watkins (Hastings) beat Mrs Cowper (Christchurch) 26—6. Miss Morgan (Timaru) beat Mrs D. Lee (Christchurch). 26—4.

Second Round. Mrs W. Taylor (Timaru) beat Mrs Chapman by default.

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First Round.

'A. G. F. Ross (Dunsandel) and Mrs J. T. Wilson (Invercargill) beat S. McCullough (Christchurch) and Mrs Maddren 26—11. HANDICAP DOUBLES. Finalists. Mrs Scandrett (Christchurch) and Mrs Rattchett (Timaru) versus Mrs Quinn (Invercargill) and Mrs Heenan (Ashburton). SATURDAY’S PLAY. STOPPED BY RAIN. (Special to the Times.) Ashburton, January 6. Rain again stopped play on the third day of the South Island Croquet Championships. Matches were started in a light drizzle which cleared during the morning, only to return with renewed vigour about lunch time. After that the rain was coming down in torrents and players from shelter watched their balls almost afloat in the pools lying on the lawns. Play, of course, was abandoned for the day. A particularly interesting match was that between Miss Perrin (Invercargill) (4 bisques) and A.- G. F. Ross ( —3), Christchurch, the latter winning by the narrow margin of two points. Results of the play are as follows: HANDICAP SINGLES. Mrs Forsyth (5) Taihape, defeated Miss Hardwick, Ashburton, 26—17. A. G. F. Ross (-3) Christchurch, defeated Miss Perrin (4) Invercargill, 26—24. Mrs Buehler (2) Dunedin, defeated Mrs Lowery (2) Wellington 25—2. N. D. McCreath Gore, defeated Mrs Forsyth (5) 26—16. Mrs J. T. Wilson (3) Invercargill, defeated Miss Morgan (3), Timaru, 26—13.

HANDICAP DOUBLES. Third Round. Mesdames Scandrett and Patchett defeated Mesdames Barr and Richards 26—11. Mesdames W. Quinn (3) and Heenan (4) defeated S. McCullough (-J) and Mrs Smallbones (6) 26 —17. Mesdames Caldow and Amos defeated G. Hart and Miss McDowell 26—19.

LAWN TENNIS

NORTHERN v. TOWN.

The following will represent the Northern District tennis team in their match with a Town team at Invercargill next Saturday: Men, Bruce, Hurley. McDonald, E. Sansom, M. Paterson, D. Sansom: emergency, J. Thompson; ladies. Misses J. Wilson, R. Wilson, M. Paterson, A. McDonald, M. Sansom, M. Lowe. Emergency, Miss R. Wright.

TRENTHAM HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, £160. One mile. s lb st lb Knollmere l0 12 Korero 9 7 Revision L0 6 Sam Smith 9 4 Walton Lady Zephyr 9 2 Park L0 4 Calydon 9 0 Thespis 10 4 Dusky Prince Crown 9 0 Colossus 10 1 High Rank 9 0 Pango 10 1 Huntique 9 0 Normanby 9 11 Linoleum 9 0 Chocksay 9 11 Melisande 9 0 Goshawk 9 10 Saltspray 9 0 Blacksmith 9 10 Stroller 9 0 High Grader 9 8 Te RangiErrantry 9 8 tunau 9 0 Te Ua 9 7 Whetuna 9 0 Miss Zetes 9 0 Hushaby 9 7 FITZHERBERT HANDICAP, £160. For two-year -olds. Five furlongs. Wahroonga 9 10 Lover’s Lane 7 4 Coronilla 8 7 Willwyn 7 4 Radiant Star 8 5 Cup Bearer 7 0 Bodyline 7 13 Custodian 7 0 Capital 7 10 Evasion 7 0 Dismiss 7 10 Flaxen 7 0 Silly Owl 7 9 Note Issue 7 0 Tutor 7 9 Palm 7 0 The Weaner 7 7 Sweet Music 7 0 Melville 7 7 Synagogue t 0 WELLINGTON CUP, £600 One and -ahalf miles. King’s Knave 9 0 All Humbug 7 5 Minerval 8 10 Red Sun 7 3 Autopay 8 7 Ramo 7 3 Cricket Bat 8 4 Vertigern 7 3 Master Brier Count ly 8 3 Palatine 7 2 Argentic 8 0 Desert Star 7 0 Arikira 7 12 Gibraltar 7 0 Tiger Gain 7 12 King’s March 7 0 Forestry 7 11 Lord Vai 7 0 Rocket 7 8 Miladi 7 0 Epigram 7 8 Revision 7 0 Fairway 7 8 Southdown 7 0 Grand Jury 7 5 Sweet Royal Artist 7 5 Agnes 7 0 Spiral 7 5 RUAPEHU HANDICAP, £160. Six furlongs. Lady Nan 9 0 Red Rufus 7 10 Worship 8 10 Silk Sox 7 10 Dollar Cawbeen 7 9 Prince 8 10 Dombey 7 7 April Fool 8 6 Diagano 7 7 Golden High Brow 7 6 Chant 8 6 Prince Reno 7 6 Hunting Royal Shift 7 6 Lodge 8 6 My Ideal 7 5 Lone Raider 8 6 Sunny Maid 7 5 Pheon 8 6 Hot Stuff 7 3 Davalo 8 5 Purse 7 3 Debut 8 3 Imperial Pladie 8 2 Spear 7 2 Haere Tonu 8 0 Bay Area 7 0 Hunting McHeath 7 0 Bag 7 11 Royal Quex 7 0 Pegged Admyra g 7 0 Exchange 7 10 TELEGRAPH HANDICAP, £300. Six furlongs. Golden Copyist 7 10 Wings 10 1 Porotiti 7 8 Autopay 9 7 Equitant 7 8 Red Manfred 8 11 Mobile 7 7 Silver Streak 8 6 Cranford 7 5 Farmer 8 5 Pomp 7 5 Slippery 8 3 Royal Hurlingham 8 3 Routine 7 5 Silver Ring 8 0 Guarantee 7 0 Lordly Kemal Knight 7 11 Pasha 7 0 Refresher 7 10 Lack 7 0

Argentic 9 8 Courtyard 8 5 True Shaft 9 8 Locksley 8 2 Shatter 9 5 Guarantee 8 2 Fairway 9 4 King Slippery 9 2 Thomond 8 0 Vertigern 8 11 Ida Merling 8 0 Miladi 8 11 Flower 8 0 Lord Vai 8 9 Sea Fox 8 0 Speed 8 7 Cape Fair 8 0 Southdown 8 7