SPORTING NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 11577, 12 October 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

RACING FIXTURES. 1901. October 12—Dunedin Jockey Club. Oct. 16, 17—Napier Park Racing Club. Oct. 17—North Canterbury Jockey Club. Oct. 23, 24—Gore Racing Club. Oct. 24, 25—Ashburton County Racing

Club. Oct. 24, 25—Poverty Boy Turf Club. Oct 31, Nov. I—Marlborough Racing

Nov. 2, 4, 6, 9—Canterbury Jockey Club. Not. 6, 9, 12—Auckland Racing Club. Not. 9—Waipawa County Racing Club. Not. 9—Taieri Amateur Turf Club. - Not.. 9, 10—Winton Jockey Club. Not. 9, 11—Taratahi-Carterton Racing

Club. Not. 13, 15—South Canterbury Jockey Club.

The golf season in South Canterbury, is practically at an end for this year. . Ithas been very successful as a whole, and a good many interesting matches have been played. "Terlinga"' says :—Although he ran badly at Randwick, Gauleon looks well, is quite free from soreness, and may come on at any time. Gauleon, however, seems very bad'ly handicapped in the Cups.

The Grand Flaneur horse Parthian, now in England, is not doing, so well as has been expected, owing to one of his legs giving a deal of trouble, and it is more than probable he will not be seen under talk again this season. King Edward VII. has determined to make Ascot Royal, not only in name but in nature.- It "is probable that "Ascot, as the world has" been accustomed to see it, passes out of date " with the present year," says "Augur" in the "Sporting Life." The old buildings will give place to magnificent structures and water will be laid on. The stakes offered at Ascot are the best in England, but whilst-the prizes have grown in value the old buildings and hard course have remained. "l"he Cauifield Cup candidate Grssspan having developed symptoms ot tmsounl•e*i during the week, he lost :n* place at the had of the quotations Tor ibe mi'e ari a half race. On Thun Uy he w.-.s galloped in bandages, and thou;'i he is stated to have thrown off the unsoundness when wanned up, he was knocked back to 100 to 5. Subsequently, however, his admirers rallied, and we are told that all the money offered about the son of Grafton at 100 to 7 was accepted. The latest news is that he is not likely to start for the Cup. "Phaeton," in. the Auckland "Herald," says:—Horses sometimes come by their names in an odd and amusing kind of way. The case of Sudden is one in point. The chestnut was known under the .title of Rangatira, but that being duplicated another name had to be selected. Well, the chestnut was brought out one day at the Thames for a bit-of schooling over .hurdles. As he came to the first obstacle, he stopped and the jockeywent over his head. An onlooker was quickly in with " That's a bit sudden." The chestnut was thereupon named Sudden.

In referring to the racing at Randwick, " Terlinga," of the " Australasian," says : —The extraordinary thing is that San Fran managed to conceal his great excellence from T. Payten before the meeting. Was it that Grasspan is an exceptionally good track horse, or that San Fran will not do his best in work? A little of each, perhaps. Payten certainly thought well of Grasspan's Derby chance, and he had no idea that San Fran was in form until he ran away with the Spring Stakes, and neither Mr A. Williams nor Payten backed San Fran for either the Spring Stakes or the Metropolitan. . A day or two ago a cablegram from London informed us that the stewards of the Jockey Club had ruled off the turf the American rider Lester Reiff for suspicious riding at Manchester. Lester Reiff was in the front rank pi his profession, and as he could command high fees, and was attached to a big stable, his fall is a very serious one. In the colours of the American sportsman, Mr W. C. Whitney, Reiff steered many winners in England, and when that gentleman's colt, Volodyovski, won the last Derby, Reiff was his pilot. Since Reiff got into disgrace over the Manchester business, the genuineness of his riding of Vblodyovski in the St. Leger (in which event he was beaten by Doricies) has been seriously questioned, and altogether the fall of the American jockey seems likely to furnish a good dish for racecourse scandalmongers.

"Milroy," of the Sydney "Mail," recently paid a visit to the Durham Court Stud. The Sydney writer singled out for special reference the Auckland-bred horse Havoc, and in referring to the son of, JJbrdenfeldt and Frailty says :—" Mr Baldwin some time back determined to introduce Musket, Sir Hercules, and Fisherman into his stud, and has bought the genuine stayer, Havoc, for the purpose. Havoc is the most shapely stallion among Frailty's foals, and certainly none could stay better than him, and none had his superb action. Mr W. B. Wilson was very sweet on Havoc, and kept him for a sire, letting his brother Zalinski and his threequarter brother Trenton go. This, in itself, is a sound recommendation, but Havoc has also superb shape, quality, and a turf recoTd to recommend him. I doubt if I know a horse that can show such a splendid head as Havoc's, a better gullet, or such a powerful cloven back." Papers to hand by the San Francisco mail show that the Derby winner, Volodyovski, suffered defeat prior to his race in the St. Leger Stakes. At the Hurst Park meeting, about a fortnight before the St. Leger, Volodyovski was sent out to contest the Lennox Stakes of 2000 sovs, and so good a thing was that race considered for him that odds of 7 to 4 were laid on his abilitv to win. Approaching the distance William the Third (who acted as runner-up in the Derby) challenged the favourite, and in an eiciting finish, won by a head. The distance of the Lennox Stakes is given as a mile and a-half, so it was a <nreat spin for which William the Third and Volodyovski were responsible. as the time returned was 2min 35sec. Taking into account that both colts were heavily penalised with 9st 91b and 9st 121b respectively, it was a high-class performance on the part of both ; that is, assuming the time returned to be correct. When the mail left odds, of 13 to 8 were being laid on Volodyovski's ability to win the St. Leger. As learned by cable, however, he vas beaten in that race by Doricles.

I Carabine, bv Carbine from Sainfield, by St. Simon, won the August Handicap of ! 273 sovs at Haydock Park last month. On the same day Bistoman, by Carbine from St. Bees, by St. Simon, won the Api rentices' Plate. In 1897 some 2000 rainbow trout were sent from the Masterton fish ponds to be liberated in a stream near Hokitika at the head of Lake Kanieri. This season, about a fortnight since, one rainbow taken by the curator, yielded 7500 eggs, and turned the scale at 611b when- stripped. American trainers have a rooted dislike to long distance races for horses, thinking it unprofitable to prepare their charges for the few such contests that are brought off in the course of a season in their country. The Brighton Cup, for instance, this year attracted only two runners, the betting beinf 20 to lon the winner. Oddly enough, both horses were sold, with their engagements, on the morning of the race. Although Gascoyne and Jenkins, the English sprinters, did not show to advantage at their early appearances in America, they ; evened up matters later on so that the • "Cycle Age" was led to remark, in its . issue of July 25th:—" Anyone who thought . that Gascoyne and Jenkins are tourists, as far as sprint racing is concerned, got a rude shock when they saw the pair more I thai! hold their own with the best Ameri- : can sprinters." In a semi-final heat of i ihe Mile Championship, Gascoyne fairly beat Major Taylor, and in the final outgeneralled Cooper, and won by inches. Gascoyne had another win a day or two later.