SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11093, 2 June 1914, Page 5

SPORTING.

RAW AND TROTTING. : NOTES ,b7"AR6US." FIXTURES. aftme 3 and 4—Otaki Maori R.O. June 8 and 4—Dunedin J.C. June 3, 6 and HO. June 17 and 18—Hnwke's Bay JC. There will be racing at Auckland, Otttki and Dunedin to-morrow. Tho field for the Great Northern Hurdles to-morrow is small m numbers and does not appear to bo pa itioularly good in quality. It is statta that much less than tho usual inter.at has been taken in the raco.

. The. winter meeting of the DmuKJ m Jockey Club has attracted a lot ot interestin tho south, and fuiiedm writers say that prospects in tlen du trict were never bngh er. koutMami is giving an enthusiastic suppoit to tno fixture.

Reports from Wingatui *«gf sb that Formnal is recovering her dasn.

Troon, Wairaki and Peerless -were companions in a good gallop j f™& n tui on Saturday. Troon f nianed m front, but? Wairaki was staying on better at the end. This Southland gelding showed fair form at Oaroan, and seemed to bo on the rough side tliui-

Palisade was responsible for a smart gallop on Saturday. Ho. needed a bit of fast work to sharpen him up.

Peter and Speedometer have been mentioned in • late reports from the south as showing goo" track form,

- Glenfinnan's gallop on Saturday pleased the track, watchers at Wingatui,' though it was slow in the early stages. ■ '

The Jew, a taking sort from Southland, has been fencing well at Wingatui, though he hit one fence hard yesterday morning.

The times given for training gallops at Wingatui look very slow, but tno fact is .that in pretty well every case the horses are covering more than the nominal distances. The going, of course, ia soft, but not deep enough to account for tho, soav times recorded.

Peg's withdrawal from tho Birthday Handicap at Dunediu caused a good deal of regret in tho south, where she was expected to make things very interesting.

■ The Gunner "haa been d'omg good work on the- Invercargill tracks, and is a. much improved horse to when ho ran at Riverton last lEastor, writes "Comet" in the Southland ''News. Should the rumour that he is to be reserved for the steeplechase the second day at Wingatui be correct he will have more than the jumpers chance, which is usually imposed-to be his only chanco nowadays. The distance is quite to his liking, ho can jump the country, and when well he can muster up; quite a lot of speed for a couple of miles. Black Sea is reported to have done •an excellent preparation for the steeplechase events at Wingatui. She will b£ ridden by her owner, Mr W. Ledingham. .;. Jlr J. Graham, who races Wild Pilgrim, is reported to have purchased Golden King from '<Mr Y. : J. Morrelle:" The Golden Knight horso will remain in P. T. Hogan's charge. ' Mr D Clark, of Southland, has lost his well-known trotting p brood mare ' Mistake, the dam of Mistake. Survived- arid several very promising young ones. She was shot by a pea rifle, but there is no clue as to who hrcd the jshot, • , . It Is more than a coincidence, and • very good'evidence of the big part the Birchwood Hunt is playing in steeplexhase events in the Sontli lajand, writes a correspondent of the Southland Times/' when two of the most prominent horses engaged in the Otago . and Wingatui steeples should be owned respectively by tho Master (MrW. Walker) and the Huntsman (Mr \\. Ledingham) of the local pack, viz., Renee and Black Sea, while other members of the executive of the Hunt, m Messrs . W. Keith and C. H. Williamson are also represented by The Jew and Zingabee. The Wingatui meeting is expected to throw a flood of light on, the running of certain horses at Oamaru. If current report can be believed, waiting ■was the outstanding feature of the Oamam meeting, but when all is said and done the horses that do win are, . as a'rule, the horses that can win.

The fact that there arc two Durbars in the Old,* Country this year has led a-flood many writers astray. They credit the English Derby to the son of bt Savin, from Dum I>um, and add to the interest of their note by mentioning that St Cavin is at present at the stud in New South "Wales. But the St Savin Durbar is a four-year-old. Ihe Derby winner is by Rabelaif?, from an American mare imported into France.

Several of the newspapers credit Princess Dorrie, with having earned list 41b when she won the Oaks. She must be a pretty useful mare if she can carry 321b overweight and then win comfortably, but it looks as if the cable agent had got tangled in the betting figures or was trying to give New Zealand readers some illegal information.

"Comet, 11 in the "Southland News," lias an interesting not© concerning the deputation from the Southland Trotting Club that waited on the Prime Minister -lately. They met with a good reception, he says, and the case they had to put forward, based on a comparison of trotting permits to the number of trotting horses and population •'in other parts of the dominion as compared wih Southland's one, appeared to appeal to the Premier's sense of fair play. The deputation did not ask for ' on' impossibility—a permit straight away; but in the event of a redistribution of permits throughout the dominion or in the event of Mr Hunter's Bill, becoming Jaw, that Southland's claim for another permit for trotting 'be given consideration. Tn his reply Mr Massey said that ho was glad to Ifcave had the matter so lucidly explainvl to him, and he would hand on to £he Minister in charge of tho. Department which issues permit!; the particulars given in* support of the claim. Should there bo a redistribution of • aermjts, or Mr Hunter's Bill pass next Session, the Minister would be advi?ed %v the New Zealand Trotting Assoeia§fon where the extra permits were required, and would probably accept its Recommendation. As several members fit the Trotting Association have alflWady expressed their opinion in favour mf Southland's claim a permit for the focal club looks newer now than ever Jt did. Kakama, weighted at Dst 4!b this pear, won tho Cornwall Handicap last fear with Bst 101b. Having had an uncommonly go«d %tnin&s at Oamaru, the : Southlanders fe expecting to score freely again at insatlii. They are importing their .candidates strongly in the steeplechases, *n«3 in the flat rices they have Magia!a. Peter, BnlW, Gulden King, fPretty Jane and Wairnki nJI doing ffood work on the tracks, with ono or wo others to fill the aaps. The southern Dt'iicillors are said to have been felt, pretty hard over the Oamaru meet-

ing, but they may even things up over Wingatui. At any rate they are to have tho opportunity.

The Maiden Hurdle Handicap, at Ellerslio on Wednesday may bring to light a useful hurdler or two. Fleet Arrow, with tho minimum, is said to bo showing plenty of paoe. Merrimax, one of tho favourites for the Great Northern Hurdles, ran second m this raco last year.

Moutoa Girl, who won tho Raukawa Cup at Otaki laat year under 7st, won the race this year with °st.

Silver Monarch and Exotio, winners at Wangamii, aro engaged ia tho Steeplechase at Otaki. The former won the Hack Steeplechase ou tho first day, Exotic being second, and in the.Grandstand Steeplechaso on the second day the positions were reversed.

A northern writer describes tho field for tho Kaukawa Cup to be run at the Otaki meeting as a surprisingly poor one, considering that a pnzo_of oW) Rovs is attached to the race. But this is a bad tiitio of tho year to bo looking for the good horses.

Salzburg is in the Rahui Handicap at Otaki at 7st 41b. If he were in anything like his best form ho would keep everything else busy.

There should be some good racing at Sockburn to-morrow. The fields are exceptionally large in most of the events, and the best class .of horses will be taking part in the chief events. The track at, present is in capital order, and as the first race is timed to start at 11.45 a.m. the meeting should be concluded in time to allow the public to reach town early.

Tho Southland pacer Annie K. is to bo sent here to be trained for future engagements.

Tommy 0, the southern pacer, who showed a lot of pace in patches at the last New Brighton Trotting Club's meeting, arrived from the south last evening, and will be a competitor tomorrow at Canterbury Park. :: v

A yearling colt by Wallace L from B B was recently sold in Southland at a good figure. The dam of tho colt is also dam of the well-known Fichu, Lady Light and Commander, the latter having proved himself a successful sire.

The trotter Truganini and the pacer Filie do Beaumont, in charge of 0. Willets, will arrive to-day from the south to compete at the meeting at Sockburn to-morrow.

A two-year-old colt by Wildwood Junr.—Gertie, and therefore ftlllbrother to Calm,, is being driven about and given his education preparatory to being put in work. The youngster-is a fairly grown one and should be able to go fast when put on the track.

, As showing the great interest in the sport in Southland the Winton Trotting Club recently held its annual meeting, without tho aid of the totalisator, and the rough balance-sheet showed receipts £IBB 4s, and expenditure £l7O. It will thus be seen a clear profit was made on the meeting.

Don Ctesar was recently suffering from a bad cold, and it was thought that the horse would not be able to race to-morrow at Canterbury Park, but he has recovered quickly and will now be amongst those racing.

R. Logan, the Oamaru trainer, arrived last night with Kegina Belle, Arbiter, W'ilkie and Stanley's Child. All the horses will be raced at the Canterbury Park Club's meeting. •

The South Wairarapa Trotting Club will hold its annual fixture at Greytown to-morrow. The fields are large in all the events. There are not a great many Canterbury hor/;es competing on account of the meeting clashing with the Canterbury Park fixture, but Erect Form, King William, Professor and Ottawa will bo racing there. There are such a large number of trotters and pacers now owned in the North Island, and there are so few meetings ■ at which thoy can bo raced, that owners have to avail theinsolvcs of every chance to win a stake. There are only three North Island trotting clubs with totalisator permits south of Auckland, and this does not provide rearly enough racing for the large number of horses in work. Tliero is a two-day meeting at Wanganui, and Greytown and Petone each has one day. J. Oken will do the riding for Mr J. F. Buchanan's stable next season, and the second call on Olsen's services will probably bo secured by Mr Hugo Friedlander. Skeme Dhu has rejoined Murray--Aynsley's active brigade after a brief respite. This well-known son of Bonny Glen and Gipsy Maid has furnished into a commanding-looking oqlt, who should do useful service for his owner next season. Don Charl, piloted by H. Easton, was given a turn over the pony hurdles this morning-, and performed pleasingly for a novice. The son of Charlemagne 11. has been having an easy time of it since tho autumn meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club. Sunbeam (Easton) and Corrio (M'Swoney) were companions in a schooling task over five flights of hurdles. The former, who fenced well, had too much sptod on the flab for Corrie, and the solid pace was probably the cause for tho latter striking several of the flights rather hard. Davlight Bill (Easton) gave a pleasing display over tho big fences. The grey gelding is a.' free worker by himself, but it is uhfb'rtunato that trainer F. Smith has rot. .'a companion for him in his schooling over the country.