RACING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14353, 19 November 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

RACING.

FIXTURES. ' Nov. 23 and 24, South Canterbury Jockey Club. Nov. 26 and 30, Takapuna Jockey Club. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, Feilding Jockey Club. Dec. 1, Hororata Racing Club. S.C.J.C. MEETING. NOTES ON THE HORSES (By Achilles.) ' The South Canterbury Jockey Club conducts its XSuvemOcr meeting at tlie WashdyKe Racecourse on Wednesday and- i-hursday nest. The nurses engagsd at tlie local meeting are faaly representative of the btst South l.i I ana horses, i'erhacs the most notable absentee is Aly jLawyer, who always performs most consistently on the local course. Ho cuiiuacted iniluoiija in a violent form at Christchurch and has had to be 'thrown out of work in consequence. The prj ncipai race at next week's ineet.ng of the S.C.J.C. will be the Tilnatu Hndicap of 1J miles-. In the ailuttmwit of weights Rose Noble is in pride of place with 9-3, and with his recent performances as a gu.de it can-not-be said the Medallion horse is harshly treated. His last three efforts: have been most convincing, namely, Ist Geraldine Cup, 9st., in 2.9 1-5, 3rd Olaio Plate, 9-8, and 2nd Fendaltori Handicap, 8-1, to Ivopu'B-3, in the fast time- of 2.7 2-5. Outlander has 8-12 opposite his name, but Rose Noble should hold him safe at a difference of 51bs. Adage, 7-13, is such a game little horse that.his chances cannot be overlooked, and his performance of running second in the Otaio Plate with 8-8 in fast time makes him out to be a good stayer. Cronstadt 7-12, will no doubt receive good support, as tho result of his prominent showing in the New Zetvland C?up. He is a horse with doubtful understandings, but if landed at the post fit and well he must take a power of beating. Boutade, 7-9, appeals to me as well as anything in the race. He ran very prominently for fully a mile and a quarter in the Otaio Plate with •8-13. He is. also bred on staying lines, and as he was a. winner over li miles last season at Oamaru, he should be capable of seeing the distance out at a solid pace. Adjudge, 7-9, is a good, honest horse, but his trainer has great difficulty in getting him properly wound up owing to rheumatic troubles, and the stable will no doubt rely on Adage on the day. Gunboat, 7-8, has good performances up to a imle, but 1 tliiiik li miles is beyond him. Dabcliick, 7-7, has not been staying so well this season, and she will no doubt start in the President's Handicap, 7 furlongs, instead.of the big race. Umeraboy, 7-3, i has good hack performances up to a mile, and if he stays well be must be counted . dangerous with his light weight. Medallist, 7-4, Puaka. 6-7, and Giovanni 6-7, can have vc-ry little chances of success on their recent j showings.

Big, Blast, who has been handicapped for the, local meeting, is a very promising filly from Sir George Clifford's, stable. She went slightly amiss before the Riccarton carnival, but her trainer hopes to have her right i'or the local Club's meeting.

True Knight, from the same stable as Big Blast, ;s another likely sort of colt, by Sir Laddo, from Purity. He is engaged in the President's Welter with B-S, and in addition to imv.ng won in hack company at Dunedhi and Oamaru, lis ran well in the Gressy Wciier (open company) at Piioeartdii last Saturday, Balaclava, from 11. Evan's Oamaru stable, seems to be one of the unlucky •horses in training. He invar.ablj finishes tliird or fourth in his races, ana just runs well enough to taep the ■•'eight ui>. Coy must bb considered very unlucky not to kiivo won a liuidJo isjjo at the Cup meetjig, as he ran most consistently on the three day 3 he started. Hu would have been a winner on cfarcurda.} had riot one of the also started division paid him so much atteaition. Good reports reach me of Gold Pin, who is engaged in the Ota:o .Hurdles ou Wednesday.' He ran well at Geraldine, and will be ridden by that capable horseman -V. Coleman. L. Coleman, who does the flat riding for J. Grigg's stable, rode some good hurdle races in the Auckland di&tr.ct before coming south, and it would occasion 110 surprise to see him with r mount over the battens next week:

Mr Skinner, the local sportsman has a great little battler in Glenfield, He was a winner again at Winton last week in a Welter over 7 furlongs, and won easily.

Pilgrim's Way, the 3-year-old colt, by Pilgrim's Progress—Nautiloid, who was in the. boom before the Cup meeting, was unlucky in his engagements, and may be expected to <tv in liis £«xjr efiecUt

Waiju, who heads the list with 10-8 in tlic? Hrosidelit's Wetter at the local meeting, won tlio nrincixml race at Wintou on tlie second day. He was ridden by F. Varr. who was seen to good advantage oil the sun of Waiuku. Silver Bullet followed up his Geraldine win with a good second to Domino in tlie Ashley Handicap, and seems to be improving with every gallop. Ho is very well bred (Calibre — Tapuwai), and is well worth watching. Should Lupulite make liis reappearance at the local meeting it will lend considerablo interest to the sprint events.

Scotch Plaid lias 8-6 in tho Flying Handicap, on Wednesday, and she ran third to Gipsy Belle with S-7 (6 furlongs), in 1.14, and 2nd to Ascalon with 7-10 (5 furlongs) in 1.1 <J-o at Riccarton oil Saturday.

Adage is improving eveiy race, and is now a much better horse than when lie won at Oamaru. Los Angelos has at last made good by' winning a decent race, and 11. O'Donnell, his owner, received many congratulations on winning the G-old Cup. The owner of Danube was most- ur-.-fortunatu in losing tho services of his fine colt ill the Gold Cup race last Saturday, as the meeting between him and the winner would have produced a thrilling contest.

Maori King was very sore when he went out to contest the Stead Memorial Cup race on Saturday, and it was surprising to see him finishing so strongly. Lady Orizoin did not run prominently in any ol Ilct Riccarton engagements, but her traflier thinks she will .show up much better in her next engagements. Casa Nova continues to .please her mentor by her efforts on the local track.

Heather Dew, who is engaged in the Otaio Hurdles, did not shape at all well iu a go over the schooling hurdles recently, and as she.has had a bad back her owner has not been. able to give her much work.

Milo, who is engaged in the local hurdle events,' Vomes• from Mr .Rutherford's stable. He competed at the Cup meeting, and although he was not a winner,-h:s efforts were very promising. Xyloidine, who is engaged in the Summer Handicap .with 7-4, .was a winner at-{die Taieri meeting last- Saturday.

Sea ITing was doing very well on the tmr.ks prior to the Riccarton . meeting, but did not reproduce his good form in h : s race.

Kilts must be counted unlucky to have lost the Seymour Handicap last Saturday as a. turlong from home he was going easy under a mill, and hi.s rider seemed-just a little "too' confident, with the result that -when Flambeau came on the extreme outside it was too late to shake Kilts up. A FAMOUS JOCKEY. THE LATE TOM LOATES.

Death has carried away Tom Loates, the ou<;e famous jockey, at the age or 43 years. The public career of Lates was spread over lti years, and was one or much brilliance. He belonged to a racing family, and took to the saddle almost as a matter of courte. He began an apprentice witli J. Cannon, at Newmarket; He made Ins debut as a boy .n tlie colours of Lord l'osebery, his weight at that time being under lour stone. .He came to be regarded a-s one of our best .jockeys i.u 18Su, and from then onwards he was ill much request, so much so that from 102 mounts in 188(3 his total rides in the follow.ng year were 203,- of which 21 were successful.- In -1888 he was seventh oil the list of winning jockeys with oS lir-is out ot juouiks. it, was in the following season, however, that Loates scored his .greatest success. He v.'ou the Derby on tho Duke of Portland s Donovan, and during that year no)-, only had more ' mounts, but »nc"*e wms, than any other jockey—l.67 onfc of Cv-i mounts-—and they included, rnosi or the big handieps of the season. LwLus won much distinction, in the colours of the late. Colonel Harry McCalmont. on whose . famous horse Isinglass he won the .Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the St. Leper. Loates rode as first jockey to Mr Leopold de Ilothschild for. mhnv years, and was thought to be unlucky to lose in the Derby on St. Frusquin'in 1896. Although Loates died a very rich man, he was unfortunate. He "had several accidents, and when in 1900 ho retired liis eyesight was failing. His end, hastened by drink, was most pathetic.— "Standard of Empire.".