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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1916, Page 8

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THE ASCOT THOUSAND.' "AiistralianJCZ. Cable Association 1 , ' Received Nov. 7, 8 p.m. ' " Melbourne, La?i Night'.The Ascot Thousand was run hi two divisions to-day. . Results: First' Din sion—The Tuck I, Annex 2, Parthos 3. Fifteen started. Won by a bead. Time, 1.10. Second Division: Miss Footbo.lt 1. Conference Maid 2, Avlona 3. Sixteen starters. Won by three lengtbs. Time, 1.11. CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. THIRD DAY'S ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchureh, Nov, 7. The acceptances for the third day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting are as follows:'—, SUBURBAN HURDLES. 12.13, Bill Terry 11.11, St. Curio 10.0, Critic, Compulsion 0.9, Optician 9.4, Jit. Victoria fl.O. SPRING NURSERY HANDICAP.— Lingerie 5.4, Ample, Mount Joy (U, Kilowatt 7.0, Elocution 0.13. Lovesick 0.12, Hands Off, Vermillion 0.10 OTAIO PLATE.—Marco Bello 9.11, Ringform 9.10, Bleriot 9.5. Art 9.3, Seddnl Bahr 8.11, Ogier 8.5, San Sebastian, British Rose 8.0. RANDOLPH HANDICAP.—TriaIs 9.0, Glorify -R.ll, Margerine 5.9, Thaddeus, Sir Malt. Gallupin S.B, Ardmore 8.5, Sheila 8.3, Multoe 7.9, Deviation. Melford, Bon d'Or, Tantalus 7.7, Kiltess. Thames 7.!), Bonsign 7.3, Kil joy 7.2, Furling. Imaribbon. Malvolio, Stargazer 7 0. JOCKEY CLUB HANDllCAP.—Osenhofe, Rewi Poto 5.13. Taringamutu 5.9, Egypt 8.2, Multiplicaton, Koike's Drift 7.11, Fiery .Crops 7.9, Meltchikoff 7.5, Ringform, Rangitoro 7.7, Sea Lord 7.4. Bleriot 7.3, Adjutant 7.2. AVON WELTER.-Sea Down 10.3, Gold Soult 9.13, Flying Start <U2, Wishful, Bunting 9.0, 'Firdhom 9 7, Greenstreet 9.5, Hyginn?, Yes 8.13, Clynelish 8.9, Comely 7.10, Black Ada 7.8, Leading Lady, Fabriquetto 7.7. CANTERBURY CUP.—lndigo, Rorke's Drift, Merry Roe, Snub, No™» Wardancer, The' Toff. TURF TOPICS. (Ry "Moturoa.") ~ Rood acceptances have fc?en received for the third day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting. Banian appears to be in a class of his own in the Suburban Hurdles. Lingerie should start a hot order in the Spring Nursery. Sea Down ran well in the Stwards' ' Handicap, and may show up in the Avon ; Welter. Noncp, with Doeley up, on Champion ' Plate running, ran a sterling race, and ' much interest is centred on her running ' in the Canterbury Cup. L , Taringamutu ran third on' Monday, ' and the distance in the Jockey Club Handicap should suit her. ' The Oaks appears open, as none of competitors have run over the distance. Sweet Tipperary and Killena may carry the bulk of the investments. Glorify and Trials have only to reproduce their first day's form to run well ■ in minor vents. The Canterbury Jockey Club's Metropolitan meeting will be advanced another stage to-day, when the principal ' events to be reeled off are the Canterbury Cup (two and a quarter miles), the New Zealand Oaks (one mih> and a half), and the Jockey Club Handicap (one mile). Splendid acceptance? are carded for the concluding day of the Auckland P>.C. Spring Meeting. In the King Edward Handicap, one mile and a half, Colonel Soult may be running on as strongly as anything at the right end. Bisogne is likely to have heaps of local admirers in the Epsom Handicap (six though the imported Hopfield has only to act up to 'Stralian form to prove a tough nut to erack. Marconi and Tenacious may be as fit as anything produced in the Manukau Hurdles, and Bagdad, Royal Irish, Brown Loch, and Bellacity may improve on Saturday's form in the minor events. A feature of the acceptances is the popularity of the sprint events, thirh being paid up for in the Gordon Handicap, and twenty-nine in the Normality j Handicap . Talk . about ' a cavain charge! Horse knowledge is not to be eonfounded with horse sense. The editor of a city newspaper, who just about knew a, horse's "rudder" from -his (the horse's) masticating apparatus, received the following inquiry from a horse-trainer: "I have a. horse that at times appears normal, while at other times is very lame. What shall 1 do?" The reply ran like this: "The iirst time your horse is normal, sell 'Mm?" THE NEW ZEALAND DERBY. Though there were only five starters for the New Zealand Derby, the race provided ft great amount of interest (writes the Manawatu Times' Christfliurch scribe). Egypt v.-ound up favorite, but he had a very plight call over The Toff and Wardancer. The contest was full of excitement all the way, winding up with a great finish, which was followed by a very enthusiastic reception. Rockbound set the early pace, but Egypt supplanted him at the.end of five furlongs A little further on The Toff went after the leader and there was only a length between t hem when they started on the second half of the journey. Kgypt continued to hold his advantage into the straight, where his- Victory was loudly proclaimed. Then The Toff commeneeo to lessen the gap and by the time the distance was reached he was on terms with Egypt. The Hawke's Buy colt was far from done, however, and he drew out again with a slight.advantage a hundred yards from the post. Both riders were hard at work with their mounts, doing their best. They eame on locked together, but The Toff responding to Hewitt's vigorous handling, gradually asserted himself and he was a good neck in front when the pair flashed past the winning post. The crowd was worked up with the excitement of the contest, and

on the numbers being posted there, was an outburst of cheering. A» the. horses were returning to the enclosure the demonstration was renewed, cheers, being given for the horse, his owner and trainer, while the rider, L. H. Hewitt, was singled out for a specially hearty demonstration. The crowd remembered, that many of Hewitt's greatest triumphs were associated with the successes of the late Mr. G. G. Stead's horses, and it was deemed highly fitting that his first win since returning to th? Dominion should be gained in an important event, and in the colors of his old patron's son. The scene was one of the most enthusiastic ever witnessed on the course. The Toff's performance was full of merit, and ho showed great gameness over the concluding portion of the journey. Egypt was also responsible, for a fine race, ;;nd there can be no doubt that he is a good colt even though he falls a trifle short of his sister, Desert Gold. Good Hope ran a surprisingly good, race, but Wardaneel was a disappointment. Three of the competitors claim close relationship to high-class performers, The Toff being a brother to Eligible. Egypt a brother to Desert Gold, and Wardancer a brother to Warstep. Derby Day at Eieearton, though "easier" than Cup Day, still offered many surprises to followers of that noble animal, form. Marco Bello, whose failures are about as long and as many as father's whisk'ers, started lvnk outsider 'in the Met., and just kept enough of his nasal organ in front to'allow the judge to decide, the hot favorite. (Milllingar) breathing fiercely in his ear. Arclcnvhor shaped "ignobly, just as other New Zealand Cup winners have done before; and a number of boomed Southerners—Rorke's Drift, Marc Antony, Fiery Cross, and Ringform—ran as if running wasn't their "graft." That sturdy, little son of Boniform—Class, The Toff, just managed to outstay Egypt in tire. Derby, the time registered (2.34 1-5) equally Desert Gold's record •performance last year. Biplane, by the Melbourne Cup winner, Comedy King, from Air Motor, proved his 'Welcome Stakes running to be correct, and Estland, the unlucky, placed another second to his credit. Waimahaki's accident allowed the moderate, Cast Iron to steal the Middleton Hurdles, and this only leaves us wondering why Vhdian's engagements were not continued. It looks as if "Alf." Emeny baa no use lor money! Oxenhope upset an alleged "stone moral" in Fanmnre, and Deviation was "outed" in the Ashley Handicap, the winner turning up in the littlefancied Thaddcus. The latter is a four-year-old Varco gelding, whose record last season read: Six'starts, two firsts, two thirds. Ladogcur improved considerably on Saturday's showing, and Beltane again had to be content with second berth. The time registered by Oxenhope over seven furlongs, 1.2.5 4-.j, chops three-fifths of a second off Armlet's record figures for the distance, THE METROPOLITAN, ' The Metropolitan Handicap was Another great race, in which a field of nine took part. Despite a substantial weight, Ardenvhor set out early to make his own running and at one stage he looked like repeating his New Zealand Cup performance, but the effoit .proved too much, tlie distance post finding him in trouble. Then John Barleycorn went on from Marc Antony. He was beat-m a little further on. As a wind-up Mullingar and Marco Bello came on the scene, and Marco Bello got the.verdict by a bare head from Mullingar, who was a head in front of John Barleycorn. The Winner was last in the early part, find he came from a long way back. Mullingar was one of the last half a mile from home, but he finished with a brilliant run, Fiery Cross and Ringform faded out badly after going well for a mile. Marc Antony failed to run on over the last furlong, while Rorke's Drift also faded out after being prominent at the distance. Indigo never looked like a winner, though he ran a decent .race. THE MELBOURNE CUP. The Melbourne Cup, the fifty-fourth of which was to have been run at Flemington yesterday, but which has been postponed till Saturday next, has always been a race most coveted by the leading sportsmen of Australasia, and apart from the good stake attached to the victory, the honor of leading in a winner of the premier long-distance handicap has ever dazzled racing men from all parts. It is the race of race;! A race I that hypnotises! It is quite safe to say that many thousands who never frequent racecourses for 304 days in the year, make a point of being at Flemington on, the great day, and many otherwise decent fellows, whose good conduct medals would outshine Donah! Dinnie's jewellery exhibit, plead guilty to'purchasing a ticket in Tatt's. once a year —on the Melbourne Clip! Without any unpremediatcd ex'patiatiohs, polysyllabic profundities, or extemporaneous descanting, it may at once be said that the Melbourne Cup is simply the Melbourne Cup —and that explanation suffices all Australasians. Winners of the Melbourne Cup since 1900 are: 1901—Revenue, 7.10. Time. S.3OJ. 1902—The Victory, 5.12. Time, 3.29. 1903-Lord Cardigan, (1.8. Time, 3.29 J. 1904—Acrasia, 7.0'. Time, 3.25 J. 190.1—Rlue Spec, 8.0. Time, 3.27|. 1000—Poseidon, 70.. Time, 3.31*. 1907—Apologue, 7.9. Time. 3.27*. 190S—Lord Nolan, 0.9. Time, 3.283. 1909—Prince Foote, 7.8. Time, 3.27. J. 1910—Comedy King, 7.11. Time, 3.273. 1911—The Parisian, 5.9. Time. 3.27 J. 1912—Piastre, 7.9. Time, 3.27}.. " 1913—Posinatus, 7.7. Time, 3 31. 1914—Kingsburgh, 0.12. Time, 3.26. U'l3—Patrobas, 7.0. Time, 3.28J