SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1924, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE ROSEHILL MEETING. * GLENTRUIN MAY NOT START. BALLYMENA UNCERTAIN. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 1 6. Mr. Price states that in all probability Glentruin will not start in the Camelia Stakes at Rosehill, for which she has .'been allotted top weight of 10.5, but she will be given a chance against Gloaming, The Hawk, and other first-class performers in the Hill Stakes. Should she give a satisfactory display she will remain in Sydney and fill her Randwick engagements, including the Epsom. Should she fail to act up to expectations she will be sent home.

The owner of Ballymena has not yet decided whether the horse will start in the Rosehill meeting. He regards the allotment of 9.10 in the Cup as a full share of weight, and if the gelding does start in the meeting it will probably be in the Hill Stakes, with 8.11. Arrangements have been made for Ballymena, Currency and Murihaupo to leave for home on the 26th. Space is also reserved for Glentruin in the same boat, should it be decided to send the mare back. AVONDALE MEETING. BANK DRAFT SCRATCHED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Sept. 16. Bank Draft was scratched for the Avondale Stakes at 11.30 a.m. RACING APPEALS. JUDGMENTS OF CONFERENCE. Christchurch, Last Night. The appeal of Lionel Clifford Brierly against his disqualification for three years by the Auckland District Committee for refusing to supply information was heard in Wellington on Monday by the Racing Conference appeal judges, Messrs. C. P. Skerret, W. E. Bid will and O. S- Watkins. The fo’lowing is their judgment: “We are clearly of opinion that this appeal should be dismissed. It was quite within the powers of the Auckland District Committee to require Lionel Clifford Brierly to produce before them evidence of the payments made by him into his bank account during the crucial period involved in the charge brought against him. It was not only evidence relevant to the charge, but might well have ibeen conclusive as to his guilt or innocence. Moreover, it was evidence which in one form or other a court of law’ would be entitled and, indeed, bound to require to be brought before it. We think it perfectly illusory for Brierly to say that the j!>rcjluc» tion of the evidence was calculated to injure his business or otherwise operate to his detriment. Our view is that if Briefly were innocent of the charge there w’as no reason why he should have declined to produce the required evidence. We have taken into consideration the disqualification imposed, and having regard to all the circumstances disclosed in the evidence, we see no reason to interfere with the decision which the District Committee have arrived at. We therefore affirm their decision and order the deposit to be forfeited.” Arising out of the same case was an appeal by a racecourse inspector (Mr. Cullen) against the decision of the Auckland District Committee in regard to the Inquiry into the charges made against L. C. Brierly. In this case the judges gave the following decision: “We are of opinion that we have no jurisdiction to hear or determine this appeal. In our judgment Racecourse Inspector Cullen is not a person aggrieved by the decision of the Auckland District Committee under the racecourse inspectors’ by-laws or regulations so far as they are relevant to this matter. The powers of a racecourse inspector are extremely *onfined to investigating any matter which in his opinion calls for investigation and reporting thereon to the president of the Conference and pertain other racing authorities. When these duties have been performed his responsibilities cease, and he is not concerned in or affected by the decision which a district committee may arrive a? upon any matter reported by him.”

TURF TOPICS. (By “Moturoa.”) Dannevirke races to-day. Dannevirke Hunt Club to-morrow. Avondale Cup on Saturday next. Duo is reported to have gone amiss Tanadees is in capital racing trim at present. Gold Light will be in the limelight at Avondale. Up north they say that Town Bank is a cracker-jack. Mr. Donovan, of Hastings, will do the starting at the Manawatu Hunt. Hawera trainers and jockeys are getting the tin-cans ready- Whaffor? Tutankhamen will break his “duck” shortly. Perhaps at Dannevirke. Empyrean is an improved jumper, and his turn cannot be far off. Equitable will have to improve upon Wanganui form to have a chance in the New Zealand Cup. Explorer was a good horse —once. But he has absolutely lost his punch now. The lamb was unlucky on Saturday, being chopped out at the barrier. He will keep! La Reve is dynamite at the post. It is odds-on that she will decline to start at all. Fool’s Paradise must have been short of a gallop at Marton, judging by his Wanganui form. Avola flew at high game at Wanganui, but found the company too rich for her. Waetea will be one of the best conditioned horses racing at Dannevirke this week.

Mr. E- V. Sutherland, of Auckland, has been appointed judge to the Waverley Racing Club. ‘Mr. C. H. Washer will fill the position of honorary judge to the Egmont Club this season. Cold Steel went amiss recently, and those who backed him for the Avondale Cup will not get a run. The Banker was backed and beaten each day at Wanganui. He’s only a moderate, after all! Inferno was only half ready when he won the Wanganui Guineas. He is a Derby colt, for cure. The Musketoon —Rational “double” was heavily backed on Saturday, but Rational let “the heads” down.

A change of horsemen worked a big j improvement in Miss Mickey at Wanga- ' nui, and with Bowden in the saddle she strolled in on Saturday.

Sunshotx was responsible for a taking performance when he won at Wanganui on Saturday, and what good “prices” ha pays too! At the present time there are 74 gallopers trained on the Hawera tracks, and the trotters and pacers in work number from 12 to 14.

In addition to the Corrigan team, trotters at Hawera are being prepared by L- Goodger, Geo. Richards, W. Willetts, and Le Campion. Musketoon was backed by his party each day at Wanganui, and, getting a better passage on the second day, he won like a good one. There is no doubt about Ruby Ring’s pace, but he appears to be unfortunate in his races. He was backed and beaten again on Saturday. English-bred horses, Royal Divorce and Musketoon, won the principal events at Wanganui on Saturday. There is no doubt about the quality of the Poms.

When Lady Merriwee fell jn the Spring Hack Handicap at Wanganui she was badly knocked about, and may be written out of Dannevirke engagements.

Acre received a good advertisement when his son, Arpent, won the “Debutante Stakes at Wanganui, but if Lady Cavendish had got away well there would only have been one in it.

Royal Divorce won the Eclipse Stakes in easy fashion, but there was not much behind the imported horse. Enthusiasm, the runner-up, is not nearly readv vet.

Bonhomme (Panmure —Bonheur) is very green at present, and no one was more surprised than Owner Tom Duncan when the colt won the Railway Hack Handicap. Rational appears to have gone sour on the racing game. On the first day ar. Wanganui his chance went up with the- barrier, while on Saturday he curled up badly under pressure. His Avondale prospects appear hopeless.

L’Amour ran two wretched races at Wanganui. He has not won a race for over twelve months. z * In order to improve the condition of thr course at Haweta during the winter months experiments tire being made of sanding sections of the track. A portion extending about 120 yards beyond the finishing peg has heen covered to a depth of about an inch, twelve to fourteen feet out from the inside rails, and. if the experiment proves successful, other moist portions will bp similarly treated.

During the wet months of the year the Wanganui training tracks are second to none on this eoa»<. and their comparative dryness is due to the sandy soil. In the summer, however, Wanganui is not an ideal training ground, but the sub-soil is entirely different, to that at Haw’era, and, if the sanding is not overdone, the Hawera tracks should be benefited by the treatment. The congestion always notable on race days on the Normanby Road, especially outside the racecourse entrances. will be done away with by the completion of the new road connecting with Fantham Street. Cars will enter from Normanby Road as heretofore, but will leave the course via F%ntham Street. The new road will be tarsealed, and will be quite an imposing highway. The Strafford Racing Club has already catered for motor frame in this way, and other Taranaki Clubs will have to tackle the problem very shortly. Gloaming is still the popular idol of racegoers, both in New Zealand and in Australia, and the veteran lost none of his admirers by his defeat at Randwick on Saturday. In spite of his age, he can still gallop with the best of them, and both Razzle Dazzle (at Riccarton) and Heroic (at. Randwick) had to register records to defeat the old champion. Provided he remains sound, and with a few liVening-up gallops into him, he will yet turn the tables on his recent, victors.

Something of a record! “Mick” Maher, of Marton, the well-known “correct, card” seller at meetings on this coast, reckons that since 1913 he has disposed of 502,170 race books- “Mick” has been on the job for over twenty years, and in his time has probably sold over a million book’s.

The Otaki Racing Club spring meeting opens on Saturday, and concludes on Monday. Good acceptances have been received for the first day, and, with form well exposed at Wanganui and at Dannevirke. winners should not be very hard to sort out. The last New Zealand Cup winner, Rouen, is a notable acceptor in the Toone Stakes, and others paid up for include this year’s New Zealand Cup candidates. Sunart, Helen Rufus, Nukumai, Equitable, Kal&kaua, Tanadees, Kilfaire, Stream, Dominant, and Waetea. The principal winning owners at Wanganui last week were: E. Riddiford £540. W. Hume £4lO. H. M. Campbell £3OO. A. McDonald £255, J. Donald €240. G. M. Currie £240, H. Tupaea £l9O. T. A- Duncan £lB5, E. Fryer £175, H. L. Rusnell £155, G. Ryan £135. W. H. Dwver £135, A. Grant £135, J. A. Taylor £125, and H. L. Vine £l2O. J. Barry and R. Reed each rode three winners- H. Gray scored twice, and others to salute the judge were: J. Dombroski, J. R. Kaan. L. A. Pine, D. Watts, W. H. Bowden, C. McGovern, W. Ryan, and H. Wiggins. Taranaki trainers to lead in winners were: C. Jackson (Glengariff). W. Pine (Bonogne). J- Fryer (Miss Mickey), and E. Murtagh (Sunshot). On Monday Walter Rayner left Wanganui for Auckland with Motley, Vaudeville, and Adavale, which are engaged at the Avondale meeting. Subjection, in charge of J. Farmer, went north yesterday.