RACING AND TROTTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 208, 7 October 1914, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING.

RACING- FIXTURES. •October 9 and 10—Dunedin J.C. Spring. October 10—Hawke's Bay J.C. Spring. ■ October 15—Masterton R.C. Spring. October 15 and 17—South Canterbury J.C. Spring. T ACCEPTANCES. 4 ■ October B—South Canterbury J.C. Spring. • October 9—Masterton R.C. Spring. TROTTING FIXTURES. •October 14 and 17—Auckland T.C. Spring. October 26—-Oamaru T.C. Annual. "October 26 and 29 —Greyroouth T.O. Spriag. ACCEPTANCES. ■October 20—Greymouth T.C. Spring. October 21—Oamaru T.O. Annual. TJJRF TOPICS. Ilmix's withdrawal from the New .Zealand Cup, which was recorded at 4 p.m. yesterday, will occasion little surprise. For at least a month past Mr Buchanan's representative has been in ."queer street," and the idea of getting him to the post for the cup was practically abandoned. Had he trained on Thrax could have been relied on to run ;a creditable race in the big handicap, for prior to the National Meeting he was galloping better than ever. With his •dellection Mr Buchanan will still have ;a worthy representative in Tannhauser, who so far has been doing everything asked of him in exemplary style. /While being railed to Wingatui, Skene Dhu, one of G. M. Aynsley's team for the Dunedin meeting, met with injuries which will preclude his sporting silk at the fixture. Before leaving Bic£arton the son of Bonny Glen and Gipsy Maid had been galloping attractively, and not a few gave him an outside jhance of appropriating the Dunedin Guineas.' ; * All. going well with them in the in'Deririi, it is almost.certain that J. Bae will jourhey, south to Wellington and subsequently to Riccarton with™ La Reina,BleYiot, and Merry Boe. Some time ago the last-named was giving her; trainer considerable anxiety, but v acsording to reports, she is now; a^lright again, and gets through her taaksV at Elerslie with all her UccustjOnied freedom. ' . ,::.iV"-; There is likely to be some confusion ais to the qualifications of horses start-, ing in the Trial Plate oh the second <lay of the Dunedin Jockey CJub's-meet-ing. In the book, programme issued.by the club the Trial Plate is described as open only to horses- that have not won a race of the value of 30sovs at time of starting, while in the .advertised pro.grarhme the limit is .mentioned as •80sovs. The difference in /the., amounts is of considerable impoftarice as if the :first-mentioned sum is :Correct at least three of the entrauts,'itivDon Franeisco, Leading Lady, and Bon, will be debaT-a-ed from starting. » v ■■"■.-.:• In view* of the fact-that Mr Hunter's •Gaming Bill is now as good as law, it is interesting to note the clubs that were most affected when the reduction v of racing dates was made. In the North; Island Waihi, Waipawa, Patea, Waitara, Ash'urst, Horowhejuia, Lower <Val ley* and Pahiatua were deprived of the only permit they possessed, thus being practically wiped out of existence. The .Thames J.C. and Takapuna J.C. each

lost one permit, while the Eangitikei J.C. was deprived of its permit only to have it reinstated at a subsequent date. In the South Island the Christchureh 8.C., North Canterbury J.C., Kaikoura 8.C., Westport J.C., Taievi 8.C., Maniototo J.C., and Alexandra J.O. were the clubs to- go, making a total for both islands of seventeen clubs to lose permits. With all these institutions clamouring to get their own back again the distribution- of the fifteen permits will be awaited with interest.

Acceptances for the South Canterbury Jockey Club's Spring Meeting fall due to-morrow evening. The Poverty Bay Trotting Club was early in the field with a request for one of the extra permits. So far no answer has.been received from the Minister for Internal Affairs, but a communication has arrived from the N.Z. Trotting Association, stating that the club's claim would be placed foremost in the list of applications. The New. Zealand Trotting Conference will hold a special meeting in Wellington on October 23 to consider applications for the new totalisator licenses provided bv Mr Hunter's Gaining Bill. Nominations for the Oamaru Trotting Club's meeting, which takes place on October 26, close to-morrow evening. Thus the London "Mirror?':—-"I hear from Paris that racehorse owners have been badly hit by the war. Mr James Hennessy's thoroughbred Lord Loris, which won the big steeplechase in Paris and the big hurdle race at Nice, and was worth at least £IO,OOO, has been commandeered by the Government, who paid the owner £66. Ultimatum—an appropriate name —belonging to M. Veil-Pieard, which was valued at £6OOO, was taken over by the military authorities at the price of £72. Trianon, which ran second in the Grand National, was sold for the same price, and Sardanapale, the most famous crack of the year, has not. been requisitioned, but will be reserved for stud purposes." At the Dunedin meeting B. Deeley will do the riding for Mr; W. Stead'» stable, C. Emerson for Mr Greenwood 'a, and J. O'Shea for Mr G.--M. Aynsley's. Mr Whitney's pair for;the Dunedin Jockey Club's Meeting, Boumania and Mount Victoria, are now on their, way to Wingatui. Both horses are reported toi be in excellent, condition^ When' requested by -a prospective buyer to put a price on his colt Mountain Knight, winner of the A.J.C. Derby, Mr E. J. Watt asked lO,oOOgs.—Press Association. King Lupin ricked himself while being trained at Cambridge, and is on the retired list for a while. King Soult is recovering from the accident that befell him when racing in the Pluinpton Handicap at Avondale. ; ~ . TEMPLAR. CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. At the usual monthly meeting of "the Canterbury Jockey. Club, held yesterday, permission was granted the Hon. J. D. Ormond to amend the entries of Hay and the Birkenhead —Gladisla filly. The V, following transfers were approved :—From J. D. Kemp to Win. Kemp, be £ yrs, by Charlemagne 11. Miss ;PhyHis : x from Sir Geo. Clifford to R. b c Botanist by Treadmill— Bonny Brae> to R. Emerson, br f Beggar Maid by Benzonian —Strathspey; from Sir J. Carroll to G. Nash, b f 2yrs by Charlemagne. ;11.-—Aral

«T. B. Eeid to J. Euttledge, b g Salzburg by Charlemagne II. —Armigera; to J. J. Grigg, ch g Samiel by Downshire— Hamattan; from J. J. Craig to Weuzl Sehollani, br c Lord Penury by Penury —Hamadriad; from If. DaVis to T. H. Lowry, ch c Balboa by Varco —Nerve. Programmes were approved as follows: —Marlborough 8.C.; Hororata R.C, Hurunui T.C., Kaikoura 8.C., Wairau Valley Hack R.C., Mount Somers and Springburn 8.C., Cheviot 8.C., and Waiau B.C.

A gentleman aider's certificate was issued to Mr D. Bell. Trainers' licenses were granted J. Biggens and 11. Emerson; and jockeys' licenses to J. Collier, L. Meßandall," C. G. McSeveney, J. Trotter, and F. J. Wormald. W. B. Borland having left his employer, M. Hobbs, without notice, was ordered to be placed on the .list of suspended persons.