SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9913, 30 July 1910, Page 8

SPORTING.

FJCCARTON TRAINING NOTES. Saturday

A large number d sporting' folk took adfantage of the fine morning to be present to watch proceeding's;>-wbich were of an interesting character. The outside of the course proper was open for fast work for horses engaged at tbe meeting, and this provided good going'. Proceedings wore delayed througt, the effects of tbe frost, but ghort'.y bef<sre nine o'clock M'Grath despatched Lovelorn and Clarence for a couple of circuits on the tan at a solid half-speed. Prim dashed over, six furlongs in lmin Slsec, and Passion had Farley Grove well beaten at the end of a similar' distance, run in 1 rain 22 2-ssoo, but JPassioii finished well and could have improved upon that time. Talcaron spurted * four furlong* up the back, and Fisticuff, aad Canterbury gailoped six furlongs on the tan, the first-named showing to' most iidvanta-ge. Bonnv ■ G-len (R. Xing'), assisted by Coroniform (C. Emerson), dashed over n inile in Ijnln 47 3-oeec, a pleasing' performance, while King of Triimps and Ofekaike finished to--gether at the end of ,i mile and a quarter, run in 2min S2seoi: Eurus, who started with themi finished several lengths away, and his effort was disappointing. Ploughshare, with a big advantage in the weights, ■ defeated Sharpshooter in a rcpin over half a uaile. tun in' 61sec. Manchester's task was half a mile at three-quarter speed, and Zetland juid Grand Sla.ni ra.ii fivs furlongs in lmin F 2-ssec, -the-former finishing under a s>t,rong pull. Otakio and Pretty A'ell finished together at the end of a , spin over five fur-, longs, run in lmin 6 3-6 sec, while Claumena. With a biff advantage in the weights., defeated Kilts with ridiculous ease over six furlong*, tun in lmin 23sec. Federal spurteij haJf n inilo in 58sec, and Red M'Gregor compassed » circuit at half-speed. Merry Lass ,wiis going better than Armaniento at the end of a spin .over, sis furlongs, "which occupied j min 22s«c. and Luperin and St Kevin finished toother at the end of «, similar distance. run in lmin 20sec. King's "Way (tvfr EJelby), Ratepayer (Levi) and Deerslayer (RetIcr) "were companions in a schooling task over tha big fences. Commencing over the double they went. once round. Deerslayer cave the most. finished display, but tho other 'pair also performed creditably. CkymcM was not extended while running six furlongs in lmin 28soo. T&whaki, Guianforte and Unftvraboy were sastociated in at ttpin oyer five furlongs, occupied lmin 6 S-Ssec, the trio finishing m that . order. Scotch Plaid, assisted! by Chief Lochiel oyer the last half-mile, ran. six furlongs iti lmin K&sc, And North E-sst dashed over five furlongs Id lmin o 1-osoc, going pleasingly. Prophet cantered: once round, ajid then broke fcway at. the mile and a quarter barrier, running; the last nine furlongs in, Statin 4 2-sseo. *. pleasing performance. Los Angeles ran »ix furlongs in lmin 30 ,3-Ssec, going 'nicely, fitayboy, MWhute, Waitapu jind Explosive re re oompariions over a mile, which occupied lmin 51 l-ssee. The first pail - finished, together,. several lengths in front o? "Waitapu, \vitb Explosive a- similar distance away last. \Vooloomooloo and Kiatere galloped nix furlongs, tho last half-mile of which occupied. 58 2-Ssec, and l Eagltstone and Southern .Cross ran six furlongs in lmin 22sec. Vmchope brushedl over a similar distance in lmin.2lseo; while Kremlin (Speakman) and White Cockade (Retter), together, performed » schooling tatk ovor four flights of hurdies, Kremlin landing first over ■ the" last obstacle. IWhite Cockade showed a tendency to dwell at''the obstacles, but. on tho whole his display, was a creditable one. Stone Ginger (M'Leod) and Northern Star (Levi) were asin a schooling task over the big fences. Commencing over the flight of hurdles at the top, they went once xouiid, finishing' over the double. , Stone Ginger gave a capital disjjplay, a,nd it was _ unfortunate that he did !£ot have a more suitable companion, so that ho could have maintained a more solid pace [throughout. Star gave a, disappointing display. He was obviously outpaced, •nd his jumping left room fcr considerable improvement. Freak and Ideal brushed pome over the last half-mile of a mediumpace circuit in 56 l-ssec, and Brilliancy comjpassed two rounds at steady to half-pacing, /running homo over the last four furlongs lin .58 2-6 aec. Tyrannic (Retter) negotiated a circuit over the_ big fences, {cueing safely. iVhile Gold Braid defeated Medallist in a lepiii over six furlong?, run in lmin 21 4-ssec\ Capitol put in half and three-quarter pacing over two circuits, and Ccmpasa galloped a W'e. Te Arai (W. Tltmng) and Loch Fyne ftipeakman) gave si, capital display of fencI'ing in _ a circuit over the big fences. The pair kept together throughout and maintainfed a solid pace, Loch Fyne being the first Ito land over the last obstacle. Master Paul *an six furlongs, whilo Paritutu galloped a jinile in lmin 54 3-ssec. The following horses performed useful to light tasks, namely: jßose Noblo, Paisano, Stourton, Probable, Cymbiforin, Nightlight. Totiki, Bull worth, Electrakoff and Circus Girl.

I The scratching' of King Hippo for. n,U hiß •ng-agements at the Grand National meeting! .wasdue to the fact that- ho has gone amiss, i This Riccarton trainer, F. Hojnios, returned ©n Friday from a trip to America, While ■there he purchased for Mi A. J. Lawrence, the mare Jenny Mac. Before being shipped I to i\'«w Zealand she will be mated with Jim Crogan, a pacing eta 11 ion, with a record of Stain BJsso. i Tho hunter Spaniard, who won two races at tho Hawke's Ba,y Hunt Club's meeting-, . will arrive at Kiccarton in a fow days to fulfil .engagements at the Grand Nniibnal meeting. 'B~e is' a well-bred horse, being; by {Torpedo from the imported mare Espaniola, ly Sheen—Madrida. , • The Isorth Island trainers, 8. AVaddoll. J. H. Pi-osser and C. Pritchard, each with a large team of horses engaged at the Cvi'and National. meeting, will probably arrive at Riceftiton at the beginning of nest week. Advices from Melbourne state that D. J. Price's horse, ■ Bribery, is a very unlikely starter in the Australian Steeplechase, which ■will be decided at Ca\ilfielcl o.n August 13. AVaihuku, by San Fran—TJa, won the £psorn Plate at Epsom, near Melbourne,, on July 28 Moriarty, by Merriwes—liktiia, fiaaisnsd fourth in the same raw, £\fc. was injured •when riding

Ivan in the Open Steeplechase s.t tie North Canterbury Jockey Olnb'a meeting at Ran-g-'iora on Thursday, and who was erroneously reported as having died last night, was slightly better this morning and 'although his condition remains extremely serious, ihe doctors are now hooeful of his recovery. He had one ear torn off, his h«sul and fapo biwlly bruised, and also• sustained serious internal injuries. He is in a private hospital n,i Rangiora. under the cars of .Dr Burnett. Grucliiellk Gold Lace i and Effort were shipped to Svdney from ••"WeUinffton on Friday, with a'view to fulfilling engagements at thd spring meeting of the Australian Jockey Club. • • . .