SPORTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8104, 1 September 1904, Page 4

SPORTING NOTES.

S. Lindsay Trill probably ride Nonette in the New Zealand Clip. L. G. King lhaa been engaged to ride I/ady Li-Mian in the New Zealand Oup. The practice of adorning 'horses with, blinkers is becoming very common in Australia. Among the wsgera recently laid about the Melbourne Cup was 1000 to 40 aginst Canteen. Tha Australian Jockey Club has granted licenses to It. H. Hewitt and F. D. Jones. For fhe litft, four year 3 line Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase has been won-, by a hurdle racer. , Bulawa-yo retains 'his place as favourite tor •the New Zealand Cup, 12 to 1 being the best offer against him. Oeculator and Launceaton were among the winning sires at a recent pony meeting at Kensington, Sydney. Two years ago Fhaetcntis changed hands at £50, so lih&t he has proved a great bargain to bis present owner. , OxydoHor, who is engaged at Timaru, is tfeo three-year-old colt by Iwchiel— Melissa, in J. A. M'Guinn-ess's stable. • ; Ganymedes, the winner of "tie South Aus-trali-an Derby, was about. the best two-year-old in that State last season. \ , • •• Mr G. G. Stead leaves for Sydney toHmomow to witness the Australian Jcokey Club's spring meeting at Randwick. The entries of J. J. Lewis's team for the Timaru meeting went -astray, sard did not reach their destination -until too late. xhe Trenton colt, Foundling, who won mt London Cup a few weeks ago, ran second -to Bachelor's Button in the Liverpool Cup. •- Four New Zealand Clip candidates, Oblivion 11., Secret Society, Blackstone and Rose Shield, are engaged in the Timaru Handicap. Jt*ort Jackson, an English-bred mare, by Oriflanib, is coming into favour for ills Epsom Handicap, "to be decided at Riamdwick on September 10. J. Quinton, who was injured when Mocassin fell in vhe Grand National Steeplechase, ia stall in a precarious condition in the Christchurdi Hospital. Vhe GueeEer, who haa been tinder the care of Mir J. R. Charlton, M.R.C.V.S., for lameness, is rapidly recovering, -and should be ail right again before long. TOie latest quotations on the Doncaster St, I»eger, to be decided on Wednesday, are: 6 ao 4 agst PreO^y Polly, 3 to 1 agst Aj«x, 7 to 2 agwt Sfc Amantv Since January, Hippowai has won twelve races in tweniy-iive si art 9. He earned £680 I in slakes l««t season, aaid added another £320 i to tikis at Riccartoa. J. M'G-regor, who rode Slow Tom to victory in tihe Grand National Steeplechase, has gene to Sydney to ride Dmgo at the Australian Jockey Club's moeting. An Australian racing man who has esea all this season's big evenits in England, considers the Doncasier St Leger is on.y a question of health for Pretty Polly. Gladsome carried lOst slb when one won the xareo and F cur-year-old Handicap at the Victoria Racing Club's Meeting on August 20. Tihe race was. run over seven furlongs. There were eighteen starters for the Fulliam Park Plate, the first two-year-old race of the season, .which was iun -at Adelaide on August 13. The winner turned up in Torah, by Koran — Tarloch. Merrion, the sister to MSa-rmon-t, who has been well backed for tho Oaulfield Cup, waa galloped on recently in a race. She was badly cut, and it will bo some time before she can resume work. Slow Tom. who is engaged at tihe Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting, will not make the trip to Rand-wick, Ids trainer, W. J. Taggart, finding it impossible to leave the rest of his team at tha present time. ■ Various stories are current to account for the dis«ppoa.ranca of Rooeal's name from the New. Zealand Oup acceptors. 'It is said his owner missed tflie acceptances, and again the hoi - 3e ia reported to have broken down. Heracles, by 'Simmer— Choir Girl, who won the Three-year-old Handicap at Canterbury Park, New South "Wales, on August 13. is a half-brother to Handel, th 9 Medallion colt that was purchased by Mr G-. Palmer recently. The Adelaide Grand National Hurdle Handicap was, a. very pcoT sfiair. The three placed ■horses all hailed from iihe country. The race suffered through Evening Wonder injuring himself in his last gallop. He waa looked on as almost a cert-aitiTy. < ■ Canteen left for Sydney last week, in charge of J. Lowe, who was accompanied by s J. M'Cluskey, at ono time connected with E. Cutta's stable. M'Cluskey does not intend to remain in Australia, thougi. he will probably accept any riding that may come his w*y. The repetition of names of well-known oldtime racehorses' ia becoming so common in England that the Jockey Club is taking action, and a proposed addition to tho rula bearing on .the .naming of horsea debars the claiming of names that have already been home by classic winners or distinguished sires or dame. Mr H. L. MRCkcllar has been appointed to the position of official starter to the Australian Jockey Club. Born on a cattle shmion ho may be said to have been reared an the saddle, and in conspqnoncc of early bush ! training, he is resourceful, re-ady witted, and therefore eminently qualified for a position in which tihese gift 3 are much, needed. After the death of 'the H'on James White, Mr Mwckellar managed the Kirkhorh stud until that famous establishment was disbanded. . ' According to the " Otogo Witn«B3," Mahutonga was one© offered to Mr R. Peterson, of Wellington, as a gift, but owing to having a full stable at the time, in addition to being advised that the horse would require a good deal of time, the offer was declined. After tha Quilt gelding had won a hack race, Mr Paterson mada an offer of j6600 for the horse, but, strange to relate, he met .'..with a -refusal-, ." French owners are saicl to. Retiring of paying American jockeys high retaining fees. Some of these ovner? seem to have had an idea that almost any American jockey could fairly carry 'his mount to the front, but they are commencing to find out that such is not the case, and the fact of the French-born rider, Stern, being at the head of the winning list this year has further opened their eyes to the fact that all the good jockeys do not come from Arc erica. ' The following are the drawers of placed horsea in Tatiersali'a No. 1 Consultation on the Grand National Hurdlo Race, run at Victoria Park, Adelaide, on August 13, 1904 ; 100,000 tickets at 5s each, fully subscribed: — First Tharcoora, Biin bury Syndicate, care of Teeda and Phillips, Bunbury, Wl., £6000; Meteor, Buncombe and Booth, care of »v. E. Smith, Bridge Street, Sydney, i£1500; John L, Dominoes, -care of Box 617, G.P.Q., Sydney £1500. The following are the drawers of placed horsea in TattersaU's No. 2 Consultation on the Grand National Hurdle Race, iun at Victoria Park, Adelaide, on August 13, 1904; 100,000 tickets at 5s each, cloßed with 50 000, drawn on the basis of ft fully subscribed 50,000 sweep:— First, Tharcoora, A. Watson, 32 Rolleston Street, Wellington, New Zealand, £1000; Meteor, J. Towhill and Co., Brian Boru Hotel, Thames, New Zealand, JJ1000 ; -John L, Flower and Curtis, care of Mra. Holzberger, Crystal Street, Broken -Hill, £1000. . Meteor and John L ran ft dead heat. These amounts are net. '