AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5463, 15 January 1896, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN SPORTING.

M. Cannon's long lead in the lfet of successful English riders put the question of his being at the head of it at the close of the season beyond doubt some time ago, and the result shows him with 134 wins to the 166 of T. Loates— an advantage of 18. He held premier position a twelvemonth ago by four over T. Loates, and ;his makes the fourth occasion of his starding first. Allsopp is third with 112 victories— the highest place he has hitherto, reached— Bradford fourth with 85, S. Ibates fifth with 81, and Calder completes the leading half-dozen with a score of 66. The order of the other principal riders is as follows : — Pinlay 61 wins, Watts 60, Hadden 55, Eickaby 54, Chandley 51, Fagan 44, Gough 40, Chaloner 32, White 28, Colling, 28, Weldon 28, Toon 22, Woodburn 20, Pratt 20, and Ward 20. The racing season had closed just before the last mail left England, andSt Simon was at the head of the winning sires with a total of .£30,485 to his credit, £9637 of which had been won by St Frusquin. Thanks to Sir Visto, who had won .£10,025, Barcaldine came second with .£21,729, and Isonomy was third with ,£20,342, of which sum .£8995 had been won by Le Var by his solitary victory in the Prince of Wales Stakes. Galopin's stock had won .£16,250, and the other principal sirea represented on the winning list were Wisdom .£14,699, Bend Or .£12,907, of which Laveno won .£9875 by his victory in the Jockey Club Stakes, Eoyal Hampton ; .£12,062, and Hampton .£11,575,. ■,'•. Mr August Belmorit is trying in a practical manner to induce MrDwyerjto givd up running good hbrses in selling races. " When Harry Eeed was put up; at auction after a Selling Eace, on Nov. 9," says the Spirit of the Times, " Colonel E. W. 'Simmons bid on him and continued to raise the price to .£5Ol, at which figure he was bought in. ' Subsequently Mr August Belmont sent word to Mr Dwyer that the bidding had been done under his instructions. In the club-house Mr P. J. Dwyer spoke to Mr Belmont about the bidding up, and said that everybody seemed to be against his brother, to which Mr Belmont replied that he had no personal feeling in the matter, but that he merely wanted to put a check on the practice of entering high-class horses in cheap selling races at a mere fraction of their value. At this stage of the conversation Mr F. Dwyer said to Mr Belmont that he might have Harry Eeed for .£lOOO if he wanted him, to which Mr Belmont replied that he did not want him. Mr Belmonfs action was generally commended,^ especially as the bidding was done openly and above board and without any attempt at concealment as to just who had entered the lists against Mr Dwyer." I According to the Australasian a recent effort of Mr W. T. Jones puts in the shade all newspaper tips in connection with the Victoria Eacing Club's Spring Meeting. Writing from London to a Melbourne friend on Oct. 25, Mr 'Jones winds up his letter by saying "I think Wallace will win the Derby and Auraria the Cup," Here was the winning double named without the slightest hesitation, and yet only one leading bookmaker in Melbourne succeeded in laying the combination fancied by Mr Jones. Apart from his liking for Auraria Mr Jones would probably have scored over the filly if he had been here, because he is a great friend of her owner, Mr D. James. Mr Jones is seeing; a good deal of English racing, arid is, more than holding his own with the ring, who are reported on all sides to have had a bad time overthG season just closed; On one occasion Mr Jones was indebted to a newßpaper prophet for a good day. There were six races at Newmarket one day, and, seeing the Daily Telegraph tips, Mr Jones went to Barney Thompson's office and backed each one. Every winner had been correctly anticipated, and the Australian won .£640 on the day. Mr Jones is in love with Newmarket as a place for racing, and says he would like to live there and keep a few brood mares and racehorses. He says nothing in his letter as to when he is coming out again. , . Commenting upon the running of Paris in the Manchester NovenVber Handicap "the Special CQmmissioner " of the. London Sportsman says : — The sole remaining point in regard to the race which calls for ote servation is the running of Paris ITT. I did not see him run at Derby, where, however, we know it was heavy going, but I could, see at Manchester that he. was altogether unlikely to give even a glimpse of his true form. He was positively frightened of the 1 course, and cantered down as nervously as if he expected to plunge up to his neck in a bog at every stride. Depend on it we have not seen anything of this horse as yet that is worth notice. Let him have a show oh a sound track at Epsom, Newmarket,or elsewhere,and he will do vastly better, for I do not for one moment believe that the Australian form is really behind bur own, though the policy of bringing over an eight year old horse to a complete change of climate and other surrounding conditions may naturally be questioned. Paris 111 is a really nice horse, and if he keeps well I for one shall be surprised if he does not take some good race next season, for it seems evident from the way he was backed at Derby that Marsh had galloped him satisfactorily.' Anyone doubting Australian form should remember Mons Meg, who was certainly one of the best fillies of her year in this country, and would have won Eagimunde's Cesarewitch but for going amiss after her trial gallop , with Melody on the Saturday before the race. A bet of 3 to 1 to £200 about St Frusquin, jotted down on Nov. 13, was (writes "Vigilant" in the London Sportsman) additional proof to that previously supplied of the distinct favouritism enjoyed by Mr Leopold de Eothschild's colt for the Derby. Time only can show if his defeat by Teuf el at Kempton Park was a fluke or otherwise. Personally lam of opinion that jockeyship won the Imperial Produce Stakes, and in thinking so I cast no reflection whatever upon Finlay, who then rode the champion. Could Finlay have known that M. Cannon was saving his mount for one of those wonderful "rushes" for whiQh he is as famous as in another line the American pugilist J. L. Sullivan was, it is probable that by dint of ceaseless riding he might have stalled off his opponent's challenge. So frequently has Cannon made this one run sort of policy pay that he may well be excused if on a few occasions the waiting game has cost him the verdict. "You never know what he is up to," once remarked one of his brother professionals to me when we were discussing Cannon's horsemanship. "He will pretend to be beaten , when he has any amount up his sleeve, and at another time when he is apparently riding, easily he has in reality got the last ounce out of his mount. To know how he is really going you want to look at his legs, and that you cannot do, of course, unless you are right ■behind him." There is no doubt that Cannon's style is peculiarly his own, and the "rush" business particularly so. TKe services of such a jockey are naturally invaluable, and those who fancy Eegret for the Derby of J 96 may expect to see him in the saddle, his engagement to ride for the Kingsclere stable, as heretofore, having been renewed in spite of most tempting offers from other quarters.