Late Racing.

Observer, Volume XXXV, Issue 49, 14 August 1915, Page 23

Late Racing.

The young Irish party are going to throw down the gauntlet to the Australian horses at the A.J.C. Spring Meeting at Randwick Avith Colonel Souit. The horse leaves next Monday in charge of trainer F. J. Macmanemin. The owners, Messrs Collis and Casey, will be there to see this fine specimen of the Souit tribe try conclusions with the best handicap horses in Australia, and this scribe will be woefully disappointed if the Colonel does not keep the opposition busy when the whips begin to crack on the- home journey in the Metropolitan. Handicap. C. Brown will be the man on top and he should thoroughly know the horse by this time.- The partners secured a fair amount (about £8000) about _ the horse at the minimum price. If the writer may be permitted to throw one little 'bouquet as a lucky sendoff it is to say "Ida ora boys.' Goldsize has come back pretty quick since being taken up. On Saturday be jumped off at the winning post 'and circled the sand rink, being picked up at the seven furlong post by Gold Lac. They former was finishing,the -i>&st..at the end in 1.59 2-5.. A rjseful . Rae- ie':lieepirig both Inspector and "TeriaoTouS", the novice® over timber, well up to the mark. The former is much more forward than his stable companion and may be on the winning list in the near future. W. Lyllyman, was the leading jockey for the season pf 1914-15 in the Metropolitan area im Sydney with , twenty-five wins, beating W. McLachlan's previous best by one. Another horseman, P. Maher, among the top iiotchers, came next with eighteen and a dead 1 heat. W. McLachlan was only half r a. point (a race)"behind i/his with eighteen.' The two apprentices, G. Meddick and! A. Callinan,. who topped the list in 1913-1914 again came out ahead last season with fourteen wins each at Metropolitan meetings. P. Nolan, the Randwick trainer, formerly of Auckland and an old Thames boy, came out. at the head of the jumping division, capturing four steeplechases. . : Prior to taking Syrie South, W. A. Scott gave the mare a rousing good two mile trial. C. Hird did the .same with Kirikiriroa.. ~,Both. owners thought it good enough to have a shot at the Southerns on the strength of the trials. W. Relson, the Randwick trainer, came out on top among the trainers with sixteen wins, the chief contributor being Chid Avho secured five wins. P. Nolan and M. Thompson tied Avith thirteen each. The late Ellerslie trainer, T. A. Williams, came out well among the trainees with! wtinsy, being eighth on the list Avith three others, W. Gibbs, I. H. Andrews and R. A. Campbell. The combined meeting of the Metropolitan registered clubs, Rosehill, Moorfield, WarAvick Farm and Can; terburv Park, in aid of the Red Cross Fund for wounded soldiers realised over £5000. The gathering took place at Randwick. J. Gainsford was again in luck with his two-year-old Kahongi, Which secured the Juven.de Handicap at the Warwick Farm meeting, being the third race he secured in as many weeks. Charleville, the winner of the Canterbury Cup at Canterbury Park recently is by Charlemagne 11. from La Gloria, a sister to that good horse Nonette. Charleville started favourite in a field of nineteen runners. He only won by a narrow margin. Recently at the Moonee Valley R.C. meeting Artillery Bill, after a desperate set to with Briarberry, made a dead heat in the Moonee Valley Steeplechase. The former is trained by P. Nolan, of Randwick. Adam Skirving, an old Auckland boy who is training for Mr b. .A. "Rawdon," in Victoria, put up .a good' showing for the 1914-15 season Capturing 28 races, 19 and 21 thirds and' landing... .£8,294 -in stakes..*

On Tuesday morning some schooling work took place. Hima and Hemisphere flew two of the big schoolers and cantering f flew them again. Monathol and Inspector treated the spectators to a smarts-round over the big battens, giving a good display of quick clean fencing. Orespeen, the big chestnut gelding by Spalpeen, has settled down and jumped two of the little sticks well 1 , but would not look at the big battens and was brought back and again flew the little ones. Master Regal' enjoyed flying over two of the schooling hurdles. The son of Regal-Sly Miss should be useful in moderate company. J. Chisholm got a couple of horses from the coast, a five-year.-oldl by Gboorkha-Queen Mab and a five-year-old Phaeton dam by Ingomar, both maidens. Royal Irish and Regain are again circling the track at headquarters, getting their grass condition off.