SPORTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8163, 10 November 1904, Page 1

SPORTING NOTES.

I Happy Home has joined R. Elite's stable at Wingatui. ' Every foal by Flying Fox thfct has raced has been ft winner. Tupara burst his heel during the Spring Hurdle Handicap, and veterinary aid had to be called in. .} Red Gauntlet got hung up in the tapes at 1 the start of the Stewards' Handicap, and his mouth was cut badly. . For th« first time in the history of the race, there was no early betting^ on the Victorian Derby this year. £ Slow Tom showed his customary pace in the Spring Hurdle Handicap, but he could not see the journey out. Catherine Gordon was going strongly when she came down at tha last fence in the Spring Hurdle Handicap. Dividend, the winner of the Aidful Stakes, ' run at Flemington on Saturday, is a halfi brother to the defunct Lord Cardigan. Convoy put up a good performance for a mile and a half in the New Zealand Cup, but he is evidently not a two-miler. ' Ailsa received a kick on the knee at the start of the Stewards' Handicap, but iortu-, nately no 6erious injury resulted. J E. Brewer is to have the training of the tlvree high-priced yearlings purchased by Mr •Boss" Croker at the Doncaster eales. Chivalry is a decidedly useful horse over a short course, aad he should win many more races. Hiß present record $s rive starts, five wins. . . , !■■ __ _ The successful English jockey, W. Lane, had a bad fall in a race just before the mail I left, and at latest advices he -sra^ in a serious condition. ; Zetland was the disappointiijeni cf the Stewards' Handicap field. Afte)r getting well ! away he dropped back, and. :w^» never after- ! wards prominent.' 7/ I Gouvernant, by Flying Fox, vtras defeated by Macdonald 11. in tno Prix Royal Oak, for three-year-olds, at tho Paris Augumn Meeting. . Gouvernant started at 2 to 1 onT j' Blackstcne was the first horae beaten in ! the New Zealand Cup. The only surprise is that his ownerß should have set such a badr winded horse a task of this description. i Master Alix showed great pace; m the Maiden Plate at Ricoarton on," Saturday. Had his rider kept hard at him in the. &st furlong he might have stalled off Goldeo, Knight's late ' Sandy burst a blood- vessel while running, in the Riccarton Welter Handicap, and he: was bleeding profusely from his mouth and both nostrils when he returned to tj-e paddock. ■ ■_ ; King's Guest the winner of the Po6t Stakes at Riccartcm on Saturday, is a fullbrother to Quarryman. His wind ia badly affected, and he is not likely to distinguish himself, except over very short courses. M. E. Blanc's two-year-old Y*l dOr, by Flying Fox— Wandora, defeated* strong field with ridiculous ease in . an important. French race in Septembor. The colt, which i»- Migaged in next year's Derby, it a half-brother to Vinicius, who ran second to Rock Sand in the Derby of last year. ; The dams of Golden Knight and Lady. Way- ' ward were purchased on the same<aay at tlie St Albans clearing sale in 1800. It is Bomuwhat of a coincidence that the progeny of the two mares should have ljaade their first appearance in public together, after a lapse of nearly four yearn . Among the latest regulations of the Victoria Racing Club ia the following notice to jockeys:— "After being weighed out, jockeys must proceed at once to .thfir ; horses, and { are not to smoke while in their colours. This action has been taken on the. suggestion of the Owners and Trainers' AssociationCanteen was practioally friendless -in Dunedin for the Melbourne Cup, but Waitiki was .in «uch strong demand that .the layers declined to accept all the . morfsy forthcoming for the Auckland-owned . horse. An Oamaru punter invested * pretty considerable,, sum wiih one of the ring at starting price, j Canteen's form throughout the victorias Racing Club!s meeting, was distinctly disap- , pointing^ He failed badly each time he started; and Sir Rupert' Clarke must.now regret hi* haste in giving such a big price as '8000 guineas,, for th,« ( grejr. Jttr A., Hobb, on "the other- .hand; has good c^use to lbsk' baofc: 'with,- pleasure- on ih» l *atwf«otory- t ßiw4et -tn. j which he got out or his trip to'~AuFtl«Jia. . J lii his comments ->on ' jtlie; CaulfleliJ Cup;' meeting, " Martindale " said : — Rarely has a j more exoited man been seen on a racecourse | than was.Gladsome'a owner, Sol. Green. • He was in and out. of the birdcage, and /looked as if he had lost .quite 141 b in weight during the last week or so. I. hear that he and the trainer had quite a wordy battle. The trainer is a man of experience, and, no doubt; knows • best as to how Gladsome should be trained. The owner has, like the majority, «ny number [ of friends who all know better than the trainer how tho%. mare should be worked. It will not surprise me if Gladsome and Bright Beauty change quarters. I With the spring carnival at hand, racing ! visions are numerous, and it will be strange indeed if some individual cannot be found who "dreamt the winner " of the New .Zealand Cup, no matter if it should happen to be the greatest of outsiders. Chatting about racing dreams in general, the "Pink 'Un" has the following: — "We recollect the prophet of the London .'Daily Telegraph* many years ago, on being asked by the late Mr Cyrus Jay as to what would win a certain race, repljnng with confidence, and to emphasise his p~rophecy said that be had dreamt he saw the horse win end his number up. Cyrus Jay was an octogenarian, who bed' in his youth held converse with a man who well recollected seeing Dr Johnson at the Chefihire Cheese. This will perhaps account for Mr Jay not being a polite man, and his reply to the remark of the prophet was : ' You can't find winners when you are awake, so I do riot see how you are going to do better when you are asleep.' "