RACING AND TROTTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 75, 5 May 1914, Page 5

RACING AND TROTTING.

» RACING FIXTURES. May 6 and 7—Marlborough R.O. Autumn. May 6 and 7—Hawks's Bay J.C. Autumn. May 7 and B—Ashburton E.G. Autumn. May 13 and 14—Egmont R.C. Winter. May 21 and 23—North Otago J.C. Winter. TROTTING FIXTURES. May 14 and 16—New Briahton T.O. Autumn. June 3 —South Wairarapa T.C. Annual. June 3 and 6—Canterbury Park T.C. Winter. TURF TOPICS. The No. 6 grass track was thrown open at Riccarton this morning for horses engaged at the Ashburton meeting only, and having received a good rolling it provided fair going. The rainfall experienced overnight made it a trifle heavy, but some interesting work was got through by the southern contingent, who were given their final gallops prior to leaving for Ashburton to-morrow. Tannhauser, looking in tlie pink of condition, strode over seven furlongs, hitting out freely throughout and pulling up well. The son of Martian should keep his opponents busy in whatever race he may start in at Ashburton. Moddite was going better than First Glance at the end of a strongly run seven furlongs. The former appears to be very "well just now, while the latter did not appear to be able to act well in the soft going. She never was a star performer on the training tracks, but acts quite differently when the colours are up. Gnome galloped a round in his usual free style, but as he does not relish the soft going his chances of scoring at Ashburton are not by any means bright. Slogan had no difficulty in disposing of The Cornet in a gallop over six furlongs. The former, who was on the outside all the way, could have increased the pace had he been allowed to do so. Free, alone, strode over five furlongs, moving freely. She appears to be in great heart at present, and should earn a winning bracket before long. Daylight Bill (Coker) and Con the Shaughraun (Hagerty) were companions in a round over the schooling hurdles. Both horses gave a good display of jumping, although the latter is very slow to get going again after landing over his fences. Daylight Bill hit out in his usual bold style. Farley Grove and Merry Lass were popped over a couple of the pony hurdles, the former being ridden by the veteran T. Sheenan, while Hagerty" rode the latter. Both mares cleared their fences in good style. The Cajolery gelding in C. Bourne's stable, after dislodging his rider a couple of times at the small hurdles, was eventually induced to jump. After this he was given a couple of rounds over the big ones. He appeared to jump with more confidence after getting warmed up to his work, and finished up by giving a fair display. Riccarton horses engaged at the Ashburton autumn meeting will be taken south to-morrow. They are as follows: Con the Shaughraun and Twelfth Night (R. LongJey), Daylight Bill, Free, Sunbeam, Andrea, and Milo (F. Smith), Silver Shield and Atheldana (G. Scobie), Kilts and Don Charl (D. Moraghan), Glenfinnan, Veritas, and Taskmaster (H. Cutts), Teviotdale, Moddite, Lady Marcia, and Ffrst Glance (W. M'Donald), Slogan, Vanquish, and The Cornet (F. Christmas), Briar Patch (R. Ellis), Hops (A. M'Aulay), Bonnie Bouche (J. Franks), Tannhauser (P. M'Grath), Peg, Messina, Scotch Melody, and Varna (M. Hobbs), Salathiel (W. Pine), Quirkland, Gregory, and Troon (D. Roberts). After fulfilling her engagements at the Ashburton meeting, Lady Marcia will be turned out at Longbeach for a spell. A couple of Mr G. D. Greenwood's yearlings arrived at Riccarton from Teviotdale on Sunday, and have gone into R. J. Mason's stable to be broken in. They are both fillies, one being by Danube from Armlet, and the other by Obligado from Tournament, the latter being a full sister to Rencontre. There will be racing at Hawke's Bay and Marlborough to-morrow. Sinapis is to be treated to a wellearned and lengthy spell. At the usual monthly meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association to be held to-morrow afternoon, two cases of alleged ringing in, one in the North Island and the other in Otago, will be dealt with. Kilts figures amongst the entrants for both hurdle events at the North Otago meeting, but unless some guarantee is forthcoming that he will behave better than at Timaru, the committee would only be considering the interest of other owners to debar him starting. The sand gallop at Riccarton is being put in order with a fresh supply of sand, and when it is completed the tan gallop will be dealt with. Though B. Deelcy's services will not be available for Glenfinnan in the Ashburton Cup, the Chokebore representative is an almost sure starter in that event, despite his lOlbs penalty. It is not so much a question of. weight as mood with the Clanranald gelding, who | is a notoriously unreliable customer. On the conclusion of the A..J.C. meeting Bon Ton was found to be suffer-' ing from an injury to one of his feet. The New Zeala'nder was given a short spell and is now in active, work under J. Scobie's care at Ballarat. Highly satisfactory entries have been received for the North Otago Jockey Club's meeting, and what is equally satisfactory is the all round quality of the horses engaged. If such as Rinaldo, Gapon, Tannhauser, Thrax, and Peg face the music in the Oamaru Cup, that event of itself should be well worth witnessing. That there are plenty of third rate hurdle horses being trained in various parts of Canterbury was demonstrated by the large fields seen out last week at Timaru. The same liberal support has been accorded the jumping events at the North Otago meeting, but again the quality is very poor. Auraria"(by Trenton from Aura), who won the Melbourne Cup in 1895, was destroyed recently at Coalbrook Vale Stud (S.A.). She was kicked by another horse, and it was impossible to save her. J When it was first reported that Mr ; S. 1\ Mackay had sold Radnor and Bon ! Ton, Mr R. S. Falkiner was stated to ' be the purchaser} but it transpires that j Mr L. Falkiner, of Deniliquin, New r | South Wales, is now the owner of these I horses. j An accident at the recent Onkapar- \ inga Mooting (S.A.) resulted in the: death of K Mason, a well-known j cross-country horseman. Mason had the j mount oil Wanstead in the Great East- j era Steeplechase, and entering on the i second round the ex-New Zealander j came a terrible cropper at the fence at the top of the straight, and landed on his prostrate rider. Mason was imi mediately transferred to the casualty room, but expired shortly afterwards. | He had ridden Wanstead in his I last two victories, and was regarded

as a capital cross-country horseman. The deceased horseman steered Marmont to victory in the Australian Cup some years back. True Form, by Multiform from Otterden (imp.), and therefore full brother to Boniform, and half-brother to Martian, who was put up for auction on account of Mr William Brown at the Randwick sales, and sold to Mr J. B. Clift, of Breeza, for 120gns, did not survive his sale very long, as he reared over several times and bled to death from the injuries he received. It is more than probable the Turf has seen the last of The Parisian, winner of the Australian Cup of 1911 and Melbourne Cup of the same year, says an Australian writer. By Bobadil from The Parisienne, and bred in 1905, The Parisian was not raced until he was a three-year-old, his first win being in a, Trial Handicap at Mentone. He was a five-year-old when he accounted for the Australian Cup. Good as he proved himself in important handicaps, The Parisian never won a weight-for-age race, and. his last victory was in the Melbourne Cup. Prior to going lame a few days before the commencement of the A.J.C. Autumn Meeting, he was working really well, but he was unable to compete in anything, and C. Wheeler has since returned him to his owner. In England recently Mr W. Hall Walker sustained a heavy loss by the death of the brood mare" Cherry "Lass. She was the winner of the One Thousand Guineas and the Oaks in 1905, and she made record time in the "ladies' race." The loss is made doubly severe from the fact that she was carrying a very fine colt by Royal Realm, which also died. Cherry Lass's daughter, Mabel Grey, broke her leg when doing her preparation for the Oaks of 1911, and her daughter bv Robert 1c Diable Mr Hall still possessed at the stud. Cock of the Rock and Absolute are other produce. . THE HAWKE'S BAY MEETING. CUP DAY PROSPECTS. No less than twenty horses stand their ground in to-morrow's contest for the Hawke's Bay Cup, and though'there are sure to be one or two eleventh-hour defections, everything points to the field reaching record proportions. After his recent successes at Trentham and Awapuni, Emperador, the top-weight, is sure to have plenty of friends, especially as Cherubini will be bracketed with him on the totalisator. Brilliant as his two latest achievements were, the Charlemagne gelding has yet to make good at anything over a mile, and I doubt his ability to carry 9st successfully in tomorrow's contest. More to my liking is Cherubini, who, although defeated in both his Wellington engagements, will not be meeting anything of Merry Roe's calibre. On Gold Cup form the Derby winner should again finish in front of Sir Solo, even at a disadvantage of lOlbs. Ladoga can be relied on to give a creditable showing, but the distance will bother Expect and Bleriot, though as the representative of the Highden stable the former is assuredly entitled to respect. On recent form Sea Pink does not commend himself, but I shall not be surprised to see him in the fighting line at the finish, for he is capable of much better things. Should the going be holding, Haskayne may be troublesome while lower down the list Kooya seems to stand out as having very favourable prospects. A most interesting event on the second day of the meeting will be the Hawke's Bay Stakes for two and three-yeajtolds. The field will not be a large one, but a meeting between such as Sauci, Ringform, Hymettius, and Tete-a-tete should at least serve to throw some light on next year's Derby prospects. Ringform is evidently racing much better than he did at Riccarton, for he put up a very fair performance in the North Island Challenge Stakes, and it is contended that only for bad luck in the early stages of the race he would have won the Manawatu Stakes. On this form he should take a lot of beating in the race under notice, for his staying credentials are better than those of any other of similar age in the contest. AN APPRECIATION OP TROTTING. Speaking at the annual meeting of the West Australian Trotting Association of his experiences in trotting in New Zealand, Mr James Brennan is reported to have said: —". . . I visited New Zealand a few weeks ago, and to all interested, in trotting I would say 'Go and witness the conduct of the sport there.' It is a revelation, and at once shows the pitch of perfection to which trotting can be brought when conducted on the best lines. In the Dominion men and women of the most prominent standing take great interest in the sport, and figure as its best advocates and promoters. When I tell you that at one race meeting the Metropolitan Trotting Club gave away almost as much in stakes as any of the proprietary. clubs in the East do in a year, you will agree with me that it is a blessing that racing in any form is not permitted in New Zealand. . To this fact I attribute the popularity of the sport there, and here in Australia all true lovers of sport should emulate the legislators and sportsmen of the Dominion, and, at least, stamp out proprietary trotting. The minimum charges are made to race meetings in that country, whilst here it is not so. In Christchurch (N.Z.) there are three trotting clubs, and each vies with the other for success." Mr Brennan, in a further speech, said that in New Zealand trotting was made as cheap as possible to the public as well as to the owners. In the Dominion, to meetings Avhcre £7OOO or £BOOO were offered in stakes, 5/- would admit to the grandstand and the binieake, while in Melbourne to gain admittance to a £2DO meeting the public had to pay 10/- for admittance to the grandstand, and 2/6 extra to get to the birdcage. That was, he contended, the difference between proprietary and nonproprietary trotting. He would also like to sec an Owners and Breeders' Association formed. The Trotting Association had had trouble with regard to its affiliation in the Eastern States, but he was glad to say that the W.A. Trotting Association was now registered throughout the world, and the 'Victorian Association, which had cancelled their reciprocal relationship with the West Australian body, was absolutely "on its own." TEMPLAR.