SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10535, 9 August 1912, Page 3

SPORTING.

RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES. Friday

The weather wag perfect for training operations this morning, r.nd the sand track, ou which most of tho galloping _ was done, provided fair going. The majority of the trainers, however, contented themselves with giving their charges light tasks, tho work being of a particularly uninteresting description.^ St Kevin galloped seven furlongs in lmin 35 l-ssec. Sir Lotho went twico round at a strong pace. Armagh and Icel were given a similar task in company, and llaut?re did two circuits at half to three-quarter pace. Tho remainder of the horsos worked on the flat, wcro restricted to half pacing. Tin Cakobau (Kae) and Hcwick (M'Fliun) were companions in a schooling task over the big fences. Tui Cakobau did a preliminary over a hurdle and was then joined by Hawick, tho pair starting over tho post and rail fence, and doing a complete circuit, finishing over the double. The pace was solid all the way, and both horses jumped well, Tut Cakobau giving easily tho best display for which lie has been responsible sines Ilia arrival at Riccarton. Bully (Julian) jumped four flights of hurdles, but his exhibition was only fair. Guirteen (Carr) and a hunter gave a good display of jumping over a circuit of tne big fences.

The King's horse, Dorando, by Cyllene— Nadojda, won tho Duks of Cambridge Handicap, one mil®, at Newmarket on July 3. During last season racing was held on 160 days in tho Melbourne metropolitan area, the stakes distributed amounting in the' aggregate to £160,601, as against £147,945 for the previous soason. Tho Victoria Racing Club provided £63,436, Victoria Amateur Turf Club £35,225, Moonee Valley Racing Club £10,655, Williamstown Racing Club £8685, other clubs lacing under Victoria Racing Club rules £17,600 and Mr Wren's club 3 (approximately) £25,000. Reports from Melbourne suggest that the three-year-old colt Ludstone, by WallaceCruciform, of whom great things were predicted, is likely to prove a hard horse to train. Ho has been struck out of tho Australian Jockey Club's Derby. Ludstone is owned by Mr J. V. Smith, whose intention is to keep the colt with a view to taking tho plaoe of Wallace at tho stud later on. In England about eight years ago tho rule permitting four-furlong races for two-year-olds at certain periods of the year was revived, but on the motion of Lord 1 Londonderry it was repealed at a meeting of the English Jockey Club in Juno, and in futuro there will be no two-year-old race run at ft shorter distance than live furlongs. A3 a consequence of his disqualification by tho Moonee Valley Club, 3. Loughlin has decided to sell all his horses in training on August 12. Tho list includes tho hurdlo horses Home Rule, Simple Simon, Joe, and a couple of two-year-olds by Birkenhead. Tho Grand Hurdle Race, of the value of £3836,' run at Auteuil, France, at the end of June, was wen by tho English horse Balscadden, who is owned by Mr C. Bower Ism ay, and trained by T. Coulthwaite, ono of the foremost English trainers of jumpers. Bronze, Ermengwde, and the yearlings Adeiicia and (ierberga havo only done very easy work at Ilandwick since G. Price brought them over from Now Zealand last week, says " Pilot" in the Sydney " Referee." Bronze, who is a trifle on the small side, has apparently done well sinco she last raced, but scarcely looks the first-class animal she has proved herself. Ermengarde is a rather stylish youngster, and Adeiicia and Gerborga >aro two nico fillies, tho latter in particular. She is by Charlemagne 11. from Annabelle, by Lionel from Anna, by M.usket from Florin, by Traducor. Price, by tho way, has been riding his own horses' work, though I suppose ho will give place to A. Olliver when the latter returns from New Zealand.

Among tho subjects discussed at the annual meeting of the Hawko's Buy Jockey Club was tho work of the Sporta Protection League. llr Archibald said ho understood that tho Leaguo was to bo conip.srd of representatives of all sports, not merely racing people. Ho noticed that tho racing clubn had donated h.rgo turns of money to tho League. Tho League had a membership of of ovor 60,000, and if each member gave Is a year it would give the League ample funds without seeking the assistance of the racing clubs. Ho ventured to nay that tho League, with a bulance-theot sliowmdonation;) from 60,000 people would carry more weight than it would with <a balance-sheet showing donations chiefly from racing clubs. If one looked at the nameu of those at the head of the League ha would find that thev consisted of all the large racing people of New Zealand, and to his mind this was a mistake. Tho only people it would deceive would be the racing people. Mr J. E. M'lvor said it had been decided that in future each member was to pay a membership feo of Is per annum, and bo tho Leaguo would be p.clfnupporting. and hr.vo no need to come on the racing clubs for funds. Mr 11. Ilcasall expressed the opinion that there \vu» no need for tho Leaguo at ail. J f 1.110 people of New Zealand provided good clean sport they would be supported, and that in itself would blow out tho " wowscri; '' ia one. act. All that waa needed v;iu good (lean .sport, and til era would bo *K> need fox the Leayuo.