SPORTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8003, 5 May 1904, Page 1

SPORTING NOTES.

•• Johnny" Redff haa again been refused « license 'by lie J^renon Jockey Club. .It is stated ttwre tn» yearling _6ister to oweet Nell has been n*med. Hautieu. 1 A commission in favour of Oannong*t« ana Up-to-date, for the Auckland Steepj.echase ana xiurdles, was executed in Christchurch last week. ■ >-, _± _+ Mr C. O'Connor has been, appointed starter for the Juiy meeting of the (xieborne Racing - According to Sydney exchanges, 01)^ v^ was obtained by Uaggart on lease, with we right to purchase. . • jiis many -friends -will be pleased to learn, that Mr H. W. Hoagland, the ihorse dentist, has no w *lmost entirely (recovered from aia recent illness. Kremlin has been sold to Mr D. Thomson, of Wellington. The price paid is said lo have beenJ&4oo, at which the son. of Aueen should be cheap. ■■„'*' . Sydney papers state that Pippo, a New /lealaW jumper, has arrived in< Sydney, and is being prepared^ at Kensington, in. charge of hisowner, W.-Oiive. , Owing to Mr H. Piper being engaged at Hawke's Bay, Mr C O'Connor will start ifor the Ashfturton' Racing - Club at its- autumn meeting on May 11 and 12. . , t . , The Hoa G-. M'Ltean has sent two yearlings — Veatalera, by Lord Rbsslyn— Koinuri, and Armamento, by Lord Eosslyn— Escopeto, to the Hutt trainer, W. D»vie3. The committee of the North Otago Jockey Club will handicap the trotting events for the second day of the. club's May meeting, as the ' handicapper is unable to' be present. Mr L. Msurkey, Springfield, 'has just backed two nice fillies, two and three years old, .by Smith O'Brien from Remorse* He has Martin, O'Brien in work fox the winter meetings. It appeaers that old Russley was bought for a Queensland station, and was taken very ■ick on tine voyage , to Brisbane, where he died from inflammation of the bowels, and kidneys. Descendants of the imported horse Toatrig, in Australia, were very much in evidence on Saturday, April 16.- Undecided won the. principal race, the April Handicap,*, at Flemington!, Mite appropriated tne Hurdle Race at Ramdwick, Opera won the High-weight Hanr dicap at Perth, and Enigma was successful in the Forestville Handicap at Morphettvolle. , Mr John Brewer tells a Melbourne writer that The Grafter cannot have been hunted by a lady very lately, as the old fellow, broke his leg several months ago, and was shot. Hi's authority, of course,' is J. E. Brewer. It is strange that such an item escaped the English ■ papers, but The Cbrafter, being a gelding, probably ceased to interest «fter leaving the turf. A.t the last Brisbane TafctersalTs meeting a new rule came into force, which, in effect, 13 tiiat "iAfter 'a jockey ih-as weighed out he is not permitted to leave the jockeys' reserve; and, on tie 'horse heia engaged to ride being ready, he is taken charge of by the stewards, in whose presenoe he ha« s to bfr mounted. In ' no case will a jockey be permitted to mix with the orowd after weighing out until the race is over." > '■■ Momin'g'ton Gannon, in an able article which he contributed recently to an English paper, said that he was » firm believer in tihe'.Ameracan style, of riding. He had efaortemed his stirrup leathers considerably, .and now sat much further forward than of old, as it toad been ■shown that a ihoTse obuld take a tenger 1 stride when the rider wa» in that position. In a close finish, however, he tlhtmaiht tlhat a jockey sitting upright ihad a. decided advan--tage over » crouching rival. During the afternoon, says the S-ports-mian," writing. of the Kempton Park Winter Meeting, we saw two Grand National candidates out mi Easter Ogue— who fell in the Portlane Selling Steeplech«Be — and Kiora, an Ausfcraiian-bred, powerfuTly-framed black gelding, by Blue GSifonntain out of May, whose Irish connections expect him to-do better over a country tSian >his second, to Cossack Post' at 18lb over hurdles would suggest,, but it must ttot be forgotten that 'he fell in Patlander*B race at Sa-ndown Park. . A great stir has been, caused in AHelaide *y tite disquaJification, for cix months, . of the horse Irvington («, prominent favourite for the ■ Adelaide -Cup) and "his trainer and nominator,; J.. Patterson, and jockey, J. Butjin, . for his runnring in the Somerton -Handicap, at the. S:A..T-C- .Atfril meerfcing, which,. .yz&l-.yrpn hf. Bright Pilgrim, a sii&ble mate 1 of; Irvingtoi)'. The owners' of jflie disqualified horse were not i present. Pecunaritdes of flhe affair are that the horse was only, beaten by " two necks, end nobenalty for the Adelaide Cup attached to the winner of the race. . , A trial; of the application- of electricity to the ordinary starting machine, so as to secure a' "walking start/ took place on the Sandwick course recently. Tflie machine is similar to that of Gray's patent, now in use, and is fitted with electric connections which enable the starter towalk up and meet his field, anywhere up to about forty yards from the barrier, and. getting them into line at any part of the intervening distance, press the • button and release the barrier. The eleotrio apparatus is the. invention of Mr 'P. Withers, of Brisbane, and its practicability is said to have been demonstrated by the trial. The Queensland Turf dub lhas amended ita rules to provide thut mi the event of tte winner of a race being disqualified, »Ii bets on that horoe shall be declared bS, «nd all moneys invested in, the totaJisator oa the disquialified horse shall be relfurned in full; that' the Q.T.C. committee rfhaJl hwve the power to deal -with betting disputes; that two-year-olds shall* not 'be allowed to start in any race before November 1, or in any open handioap ' before December 31 and that jockeys shall receive «. fee of £1 for a losing mount in races up to the' value of 50 soya (insteacl. of 25 soys as 'hitherto). Apropos of the Apparient ring-in of other Ohinaijjen to answer for original supposed. offenders under the Betting Houses Act, reminds us .(says the Sydney "Sportsman ) of a method adopted by the proprietor of a large betting establishment in Victoria. No person is employed by him except with the distinct understanding that, if brought before the Courtj the proprietor will -provide all defence expenses, but if the employee be found guilty the proprietor will not. pay the fine, but in-. ■ stead of so doing with »t the expiry of the sentence, ihand over to the employee ' the amoun-t of the fine, with the • acculumated: '" amount (of his eala<ry 'added, and giving him employment upon; Qii3 release. TJp to now, after years of business^ -there has never arisen, an opportunity to put this excellent principle in practice. \ . > The existence of a. strong nng of book- ; makers, jockeys and trainers, which is sup- • posed to be rich enough, to control any race that is ran on the Indiaai turf, is, according to the "Asian," causing the Calcutta Turf 1 Club some concern, and drastic «teps for its 1 suppression are expected shortly. It is stated > that several races since the commencement of the year have been affected by the machinations of the combine, but fortunately i it is not implied that aaiy mischief was at- ' tempted in connection. . wj-fti the Viceroy's 1 Cup, Tun in December, last, a race of which , the Indian sporting public have every right to be proud. The stewards of the Calcutta '•■' Turf Club are blamed' for want of vigilance in ' detecting cases of stiff running, which it ' now. appears must Brave been the outcome of i the Arrangements of 1/he suspected bookf '■' makers, trainers and jockeys. The names of y the offenders are understood to be known to tlhe committee' of the club, which is said to ' strongly favour the establishment at Calcutta 5- of the -totalisa-tor, . whioh will supersede the X bdokmakers, and, it is (hoped, exterminate ft very serious evil. ' •