RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12670, 18 June 1919, Page 2

RACING AND TROTTING.

(By "ARGUS.”) Most of the sires roprasentod in. tho list of nowiuations for tho Cnntorbury' Jockey Club’s Welcome Stake* aro already ivcll known, tbronjjb, the doings of their proj;eny. The only sixes who appear for the first time are Fabrikoff, MomiGiift Knight and Mnrkhope. 11. J. Mason is waiting pafionUy for the reinstatement of the steamer serrioo to Australia, in order that he may get away to Sydney. In. the meantime, his horses are being kept in strong work, and they should bo well forward when they arrive a,t Randniclt. J. M’Combe is not doing’a great deal with his team at present, bint, fid air and Pyjama will soon he in active commission again, as they are to bn raced at the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club next month. Eclair has not quite realised expectations this season, and her engagements nt Trentham will include the Selling .Race. The two-year-old Sans Souci, by Bexoitinii—Satisfaire, has 'men sold to a North Canterbury sportsman. Earlyin the season, along with other juveniles in M. Hobbs's stable, he .showed a good deal of promise, hut he shaped moderately in the Trwoll Handicap at Riccar-’ ton last November, and he was not raced again during the season. Burtpos has been on the easy list sinew his return from the North Island. He has pretty well recovered from the effects of the kick be received at TVangumii. but he may not be set any serious task for some time. TV. Bush has gone north to fulfil riding engagements at the Napier Park Racing Chib’s meeting- H© may remain for the Ha wke’s Bay Jockey Olnb’s fixture next week. Mr AV. G. Bright, who resided for a number of years in 'Westport, transferred his residence to Auckland a few months ago. Ho has purchased a. trotting stallion by Peter the Great, and tlie horse will do stud duty in Anck-t land next season, after which' ho may he tried on the race track. Beta Peter is at present enjoying a test, following on her escapade last Week, when she lost her driver early in the contest for the Ashburton Trotting Cup and galloped at the head of the field for most of the journey. The Petereta mare will bo given a charmer to thoroughly recover from her unusual experience before she is asked to do any more fast work. The Wanganui sportsman, Mr G. F. Moore, has decided to disperse his stud and all his horses will be sold at auction in Wellington next month. Thev will include the imported stallion Hallowmas (son of Martagon) and some well bred maresMr T. H. Lowry has recently named some of his young thoroughbreds. Full sisters to Desert Gold will race As d’Uro and Acacia; a. full brother to Grand Duchy (Finland—All’s Well) has been christened Island. ' A halfbrother to Bobrikoff, by All Black, will be known as Blackhead. A colt by Merry Moment—En Parole (Finland — Gossip) has been named Right and Left, and a. filly by .Wolawa from Wairakau, dam of Ohiwia, Canyon. Very few performers have earned the distinction of record-breakers on the flat and across country. When Master Lupin won the Wanganui Qup four years ago, ho improved on the previous time for that race. In the Great! Northern Steeplechase, in which Jie was> making his first public npeparauce over big obstacles, he cut El Gallo’s (record for the Ellerslie race down by nearly fifteen seconds. Master Lupin was foaled in 1908, but did not race until ho was four years old, to which fact; his lengthy racing career may be' attributed. The “ Sportino- Life,” when referring’ to Mac Merry, a horse which won a hurdle race and the sieeplecha.se at Kemptog Park, said it must be almost a. (record for a. horse to win both _si hurdle race and a steeplechase within forty-eight hours. We have seen that done on several occasions in New Zealand. We have also seen two chases won on the same afternoon, two horses run a dead heat for a three-mile steeplechase, and run it off the same afternoon, and jump side by side nearly the whole journey, and then one of them succeed by about a length. There have been cases, too, of horses starting three times over country in one afternoon completing the course each time, and there is an instance of a horse winning the last of three evonte over fences, after finishing in each. Victor Breyer. editor of the “Echo des Sports” in Paris, made the cheery announcement re the resumption of racing in France that, after a period of fiv© vears all but three months, during which the French public has been denied the right of witnessing a race meeting, except, of course, whatever poor essays of war meets were attempted during .this time, the sport was to bo revived. The writer, who is the Paris correspondent of the London “Sportsman,’’ said:—Of course, there are great rejoicings among the turf fraternity. From the smallest lad to the wealthiest owner everyone is now busy in view of what will undoubtedly take the shape of a rather solemn celebration. And it is easy to foresee a great success when the Saint Cloud racecourse gates are again thrown open to the public. According to present arrangements the start will bo made at Saint Cloud on Monday, May n. As to world-famous Longchnmp, the first meet there will come off on the following Thursday. May 8, and from then on the ball will be kept rolling dart after day between the various racecourses. So far, it looks probable that Chan till v will not figure on the 1920! lists. The ground there (let it be remembered in passing that this hippodrome was in German occupation for several days in August, 1914, and afterwards was used as a military motor park) js»in a stats such as to Tended extensive repairs necessary, v 0 that all classic events usually held there will; probably be transferred to Longchamp. These include the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and the Prix dn Jockey' Club (French Derbv). As to the celebrated Grand Prix do Paris, the; largest-stoked race in the country,' iti will, ay usual, take Mace on the Longchamp course, the date selected being Sunday. Juno 20.

NOMINATIONS,

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. S.PRIKG MEEITOG. r J'he /oHoiriDg: uomiwuiona have been received for the Welcome Stakes, to be decided at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s spring; meeting:— WELCOME STAKES, of 1000 fors. For . iwo-ycar-olde. Four furlongs, Mr J. Goring Johnston's oh g, by Finland— Overall Mr 0. Goring Johnston's b f, by Absurd— Adelicie Mr K. S. Williams's ch f, by Absurd—Carmauii Mx A. B. Williams’s fclk o, by DemosthenesGolden Ball Mr A, B. Williams's br c, by Demosthenes— Lady Celi«, Mi A. B. Williams’s ch c Humbug, by Absurd—Eu! sgy Mr I. G. Duncan’s br c, by Bcjonian— Papina Mr I. G. Duncan’s b c, by Bezonian—Salisfaire Mr I. G. Duncan's br f, by Bcwmiui—Philomel Mr I. G. Duncan's ch I. br Dcrwiiaii—ibis-