SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11512, 7 October 1915, Page 5

SPORTING.

'RACING AND TROTTING. NOTES BY "ARGUS." FIXTURES. October S —Hawk-e'p Bay Hunt. October 8, 9—Uiuiediu Joekoy C'ub. October !>—Australian ,1 ookry Club. October t) —Patriotic Trottin.iT Carnival. October o—Hawko's Bar Jockey Club. October 14 —Mastcrton Rac;r.c Club. October 20, 23 —Auckland Trot tint: Club. October 21, 2" —South Canterbury Oockej Club. October 23, 05 —"Wellingtap. Racing Club. October 25 —Wii.ipa.wu, .flaring: Club. ■ October 25 —"Wnvprlcy-Waitopau Uacinp Club. October 2o—Waikato Hunt. October 25 —Kaikoura Trotting Club. October 25—Oamaru Trotting Club. October 25, 28 —(ireymouth Trotting Club. October 25, 26—Gov® Racing Club. October 26, 27—Greymonth Jockey. Cmb. October 23—North Canterbury Jockey Club. October 28, 29—Poverty Bay Turf Club. A strong contingent of Canterbury horses has gone to Winfiatui to assist at the .spring meeting of the Duncdin Jockej" (Tub to-morrow and Saturday. Some of tho fieldts are a good deal smaller than seemed probable at one stage, but there will be a number rf I good-cbi-ss performers on the scene, and ! the i-a.ci'ng, especially on the iirst d'ay, should bo of great interest.in its bearing on future events. Tho presence of j five Xew Zealand Cup candidates j Warstep, Palisade, All Ready, Slogan and Fender will the form in the Mosgiel Handicap to be watched very closely. Warstep has done a lot of jjolid work lately, and! she is certain to come in for a lot of support, though the* big load may trouble her at the end of the journey. All Ready has not been talked of so much sinco he was. beaten at Ashburton, but this raco should provide a reliable guide to his prospects. Slogan is a lightly weighted candidate who has many admirers at Riccarton, a ltd' if he lias any pretensions to New Zealand Cup he should show up prominently at Wiugiv tui. Fender has some fair form to her credit up to a mile and a, quarter, but shorter journeys have always been regarded as most 'suitable to Palisade. Apart from tho Ctip candidates, Adjutant would add interest to the Mosgiel Handicap, but ho is also in the Guineas, and that may prove his mission. He has been galloping well lately, and his owner would naturally prefer to win the classic race. He also has Battle Eve engaged in that, event., but under all the circumstances may decide to start both his colts. The tfaldhurst colt, Wishful, has demonstrated more than once that ho can go fast, and there is no reason why he should not run out a mile. Snub has made many friends by his excellent track work at Riccarton lately, and the race should' serve to try him out thoroughly. Even should he fail, it will not dispose of his New Zealand Cup chance, a-s his ' trainer is certain he will stay, though he may be a trifle deficient in pace for a race like the Guineas. RedsJiire, on the other hand, lias proved himself a smart galloper, and the Guineas should serve to show whether he is quite up to the necesssary Cop standard in tire matter of stamina. The Duuedin Stakes will attract a useful lot of two-year-olds. Mr Dalgety's pair will almost certainly claim most attention from backers. In her early work Disdainful showed great _ natural speed, but her stable companion, Wardaneer, has come on a lot lately, and he may prove to be not far behind the more precocious Bonny Glen filly. Sir George Clifford's Winterbourno. full-brother to Danube, i has done a lot of useful work, without showing anything exceptional so far. Kilboyne has also pleased a lot lately, and' he looks like making a fine horse, even should he fail in his early engagements. Madam .nutterfly gal- j lops fairly well, but has done nothing j quite up to classic form ; ver. The only j other in the field is Lady Superior, a ( I Wiugatui-trained youngster, concern- | ing whom not much is known, j For some weeks py.st the committee i of the Canterbury Breeders' and Own- j ers' Association has been busy with | the arrangements for the patriotic? i trotting carnival, and the big event is' j scheduled to take place at Addiugtom ! on Saturday. That it will ho a great j success I have no donbt at all. Everyone associated with the trotting sport in Canterbury has entered into tho i scheme with enthusiasm, and it seems safe to predict a record-breaking function. The best horses in training are engaged, and they can be expected to provide some exceptional sport, as owners and trainers all appear in deadly earnest to secure a share of the trophies, which will reive as mementoes! of a memorable sporting fixture. The chief raco on tho programme is the New Zealand. Cup Trial Handicap, inj which great interest- is being taken, as it will provide owners, with an excellent opportunity for trying out thein Clip horses under race conditions. I am quite prepared, in fact, to find it provide a better contest than has ever l been witnessed in the past for the Trotting Cup. There are plenty or other good races, as well a,s novelty events, the programme being so full that it has been found necessary to< cut the intervals between the races to twenty minutes, the first event being timed to start at ono o'clock and the last j at live. Trotting enthusiasts are ccr- 1 j fain to muster in large numbers, whileit is expected that many citizens will | bo present who do not usually lend j their patronage to racing fixtures. Th'i j commercial travellers arc lending ralu- i able aid. They will provide one of ! the novelty events, while I undrmaud; 1 they will be very prominent through-* out. the day in another direction, which is expected to contribute towards the success of tho funrtiyi. Xotbing see my needed now but, tine weather to make the patriotic display or the trotting sport a greater success even than wa>i contemplated when the project was first taken in hand. Arrangements have been made for excursion fares on the railways. Nominations for several important events to he decided ai. the Canterbury Jockey Club's November*meeting will close io-morrow night at nine o'clock. The rac-> requiring attention are tho Stewards' H andicap. Metropolitan Handicap, Jockey Club Handicap. Members' Handicap. Canterbury Cup, Stead Memorial Cup and Juvenile Plate. Tho North Js'and jockeys, W. Hell and A. J aFFImn, have gone to Wiugatui to ride at the Duncdin Jockey Club's meeting this week. Hcpcrts from Wellington .state tint patrons of tho Wellington Racing Club need have no fear about being prc-cnt at Trentham thi.-> mouth, as the work of fumigating the hniidings on tho course is being carried on at present, under the direction of the Public 1 Health authorities. After th" Otaki meeting B. Dee lev went home to Auckland to consult his medical adviser about some trouble with his chest, folloivimx on his fall • with Banksia at Wangauui. As Dee leywon two races at the Napier Par« meeting, there cannot bo much wrong - with him. Fair-sized fields have been attracted for most of i he events at the Greymouth Jockey Club's meeting this month. Among the horses engaged arc The Cornet, Canterbury. Glencannicii, Svcaborg. Perpetual Motion. King Star, Royal Jack, Bonsign, Bonation and British Hose, most of whom arc oxpeeto.tl to make the trip to the est Coast fixture. The win scored by in the Park Stakes at Napier on Saturday

further enhances liis claim to bo con- ' tsidored the best horse yet sired by Elevation, who has, up to the present, been a hit of disappointment, at the stud. Mr W. TO. Bid will has been credited with the statement that Reputation was ahead of anything that over carried his colours, but many people ■will probably be prepared, wen in lace 'of thy good deeds of Reputation, to ma.ko a reservation in lavour of his half-brother, Elevation, to whom no ' distance came amis?, and who, as a rhree-year-old. successfully took on the best n't. all sorts of journovs, from live furlongs up to two miles and a quarter. Prior in 'lds success at Napier Park on Saturday. Roumania had not, won a race iv'ncn the I'Vildiiig meeting last November. The th rec-vcru'-ok! filly Spain, by Signor Carissima. dam of Mia Gam. is proving very expensive to backers lately. She has been strongly supported several times at recent North Island 1 meeting lately, but has failed to reward the confidence reposed in her. Excuses I are always forthcoming for her failures, but it is usually a bad sign when this course is neccssarv too often. I J The defeat of Woorak in the Craven Plate was probably the surprise of the third day's racing at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting. Last, year he started a- hot- favourite for this event, which he won in 2m iti oJfco. creating a fresh milo and a quirtor record tor j Australia. j The Abundance colt, Plenty, who won the Members' Handicap at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting on I Wednesday, (.raws to ;t well-known i Now Zealand family. His dam. Stylet, i is by Louis XIII. from Stiletto, by Cuirassier- --Yattagban, by Xordenfeldt —Yattacv. Stiletto is a half-sister to Paritutu, Blue Ribbon (winner of the Wellington Cup) and Good Luck (dam of Nukuatu and Austin). Reputation has raced very consistently at the Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting, his record' so far bomg a dead heat for first place, a second and a third, while in both the races he was beaten in ho put up a big performance. His running shows that the best New Zealand form i« not far below that of Australia just now, though there are f>robablv a great, many more good lorses in the Commonwealth than in New Zealand. The three performances of St Carwyno at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting (dead heat with Reputation in the Spring Stakes, first in the Metropolitan Handicap and first in the Craven Plate) stamp him as the best Jior.se in New South Wales at tho present time. His sire, St Alwyne, son of St Frusquin (by St Simon), has been a big success at tho stud in Australia. His stock do not come to hand early for two-year-old racing, but they appear to improve with age, while several of them havo done well over long courses, Lady Medallist, Moorilla and Sir Alwynton being throe who have shown up well in.important events. Jack Rice, winner of the Second Hurdle Handicap at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting on Wednesday, has for some time been looked on as the best hurdler in New South Wales, while there arc not many better in Australia. His sire, Rice, is an English importation bv St' Serl—"Wedding Bell, 'by Hampton—Sterling Love. Trussing Cup, another stallion imported to New South Wales, is closely related to Rice, being by Or me—Sterling Love. The family is represented m New Zoaland at Mr J. F. Roid's Buriisido stud by Tea Cup jfdam of De Gan.a), who is by Chovoning—Loving Cup, by Melton—Sterling Love. Earlv running this season shows Cctignc and Wallace Isinglass to be a class ahead of the other three-year-olds in New South Wales jft. the present time. To tho Rosehill Guineas and Australian Jockov Club s Derby tliev beat all the others of their ago easily, each of the pair being a winner or.ee. Wallace Isinglass was not a competitor for the Hawkesbury Guineas, in which Cetigno made an exhibition of his opponents, winning by eight lergths from Panacre, who was tlirco lengths in front of the third horse. Gringo, who won tho Hawkesbury Spring Handicap last month, is a three-year-old colt by Varco from the New Zealand mare Wind Gun, by Royal Artillerv—Whirlwind, by Stepniak—- | Tempest. This _ was Gnnga's second j success during the la*t few weeks and [ he gives promise of being a useful horse, though ho may not, up to weight-for-agc form. At the annual meeting of the Victoria. Amateur Turf Club, one of tho it embers asked why the nomination of De (Jama was refused, seeing that the Victoria Racing Club accepted. The chairman refused to give the meeting any information THE MARSHAL'S BATON. Every soldier has a, niatshal s baton in hi* "knaosack.—Napoleon. Private John Wren has been promoted to the rank of corporal.—News Item. Private Wren and Corporal Jack, John is out on the upward track; The Marshal's baton is in Ins pack. • The fame of Wren had its lowly roots iln something to do with mending j boots---I Now look at the tree and its golden j fruits. j John will Hm"' io a .sergeant, i-oon, I War still whistles Napoleon's rune, j And the man who was born with a i golden spoon Has dropped it to commence again; And if ho climbs to the summit, then We'll give three cheers for General Wren. General Wren, with his' golden braid_. At the head of the Fourteen-two Brigade ; How would the odds on them he laid? If ever a Turkish trench were seen Six fnrloiigs up from the Red Ravine They'd cover the distance in one-four-ieen. To trench entanglements John say a Pooh! A little barbed wire is: nothing now : f know how the Melbourne cups got through: In an enemy trench we want, to sop, So <*omo on', triers, and fII put up A thousand pounds for the Krithi-i Cup." His life has given hint lots of I'un. And sooner or later it must lie done; For the finest prize is this final run: • •'•' For God's own country." our motto j saith. i And Wren may say with hi* latest | breath : | "Life gave me much, and so does i death."