RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12735, 3 September 1919, Page 2

RACING AND TROTTING.

(By « ARGUS;*') FIXTURES September, 3, 4—Marten Jockey Club. September 6—Jelliooc Trotting Meeting, beptemhea; 10, 11—Dannertrke Eacins ClubSeptember 1-te-Paknianga Hunt Club. September 18, 13—-Ashburton Ccuntr Racing Club ' September 00, 22—Otaki Maori Eadnp Club. September 15, 2&— Geraldine Racing Club. September 23, 27—Wanganui Jocltev Club. September 27, October I—Avondale1 —Avondale Jockey Club. October 4—Napier Park Racirtg Club. • October B—Hawke’s Bay .Jockey ClubOctober 25, 27M3Teymoutl! Trotting Club. October 27—Waiuawa Boeing Club. October 30, 31 —Poverty Bay Ttrrf Club. NOMTNiTIONS. September I—Wanganui Jockev Club. September s—Avondale5 —Avondale Jockey Club. September 5-Closs races (various clubsl. u-eptem.ber 6—Gerr.ldmo Racing Club. September 10 —New Zealand Trotting Orrp. September 19—Hawko’s Bav Jockey Club. September 19 —Napier Park Racing Club. October I—Groymonth Trotting -Club. October 3—Waipavra Racing Club. October 10—Poverty Bay Turf Club. HANDICAPS. September €—Ashburton County Racing Club. September B—New Zealand Trotting Cnp. September 10—;Avondale Jockey Club. September 13—W&ngarmi Jockey Club. September 12—Otaki Maori Racing' Club. September 13—Geraldine Racing Club. September 29 —Napier Park Racing Club, October 6— Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. October 10 —Waipawa Racing Club. October 34—Grcymouth Trotting Club. October 17—Poverty Bay Turf Club. ACCEPTANCES. September s—New Zealand Onp. September s—Pakurangas—Pakuranga Hunt Club, September 10—Ashburton County Racing Club. September IS—Otaki Maori Racing Club. September 19—Avondale Jockey Club. September 19—Wanganui Jockey Club. September 20 —Geraldine Racing Club. September 21 —New Zealand Trotting Cup. September 34 —New Zealand Trotting Cup. October I—Napier Park Racing Chib, October 7—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club., October 17—Waipawa Racing Club. October 35—Poverty Bay Turf Club. The acceptances received for tho Jellicoe trotting meeting, to be hold at Addington on Saturday, leave no room for doubt as to the success of the gathering from a racing point of viewNearly all the best performers in local stables are engaged, and tho sport promises to be of the highest standard. The fall of snow on Monday _ might have caused feelings of uncertainty as to the condition of the race track, but tho high wind is drying the ground well, and .with favourable -weather during the next few days the track should be in the best of order. 141010 are plenty of indications that the a ttendance will bo large. The trotting enthusiasts will be there, attracted by the prospect of good sport, while there will alfeo b© present many people who are rarely seen at trotting but .who will be drawn to Addington to do honour to the Naval visitors. First acceptances for tho New Zealand Cup will close on Friday eveningNominations for the Geraldine Booing Club’s meetingwill close at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The club will be handicapped, along with others holding meetings early in the season, by the railway restrictions, which make it difficult to get horses to the scene. Coming a week after the Ashburton fixture, however, Riccarton. trainers will find it convenient to continue the journey by road. Tho stakes have been substantially raised, and there is now a strong financial magnet to attract owners to tho Orari course, where there is ample stabling accommodation for visiting horses, ' The Wanganui Jockey Club. Feilding Jockey Club,. Taranaki Jockoy Club and Egmont Racing Club will take nominations for their class events up till Friday. Adelina, a. foar-year-old sister to the Stewards’ Handicap winner,- Michaela, by -Rokeby—Jessie Lewars, has gone into P. T. Hogan’s Southland stableEarly indications point to tho Signor —Armistice gelding. Battle Song, proving one of tho most fancied of the North Island candidate for the New Zealand Cup. Commenting on the statement that Eleus' has been supported for the New Zealand Cup, “Sir Modred ‘’ writes in the “Southland Times” as follows: — It is hard to say who has backed tho son of Elysian, but tho party or parties are taking war risks, as it may be found impossible to get the horse ready in time. However, if trainer P, Hogan should declare him fit to race on the day the writer, and several other people who have watched him closely racing and at work intend being with him to get into tho moneyThe Taranaki gelding Bisogne, who was put into work again recently, after a long spell, has been sent to Ellerslie to be trained. 1 Bisogne should win some big races if he remains sound, as ho was a brilliant galloper prior to going amiss. The Waikanae-bred Bourlang (BeBonian—Nerve), a half-brother to Balboa, won a race at Wilhainstowu. Melbourne, last month. The manner in which racing dubs contribute to tho public revenue _ was referred to by the Hon E. W. Alison, who presided at the annual meeting of tho Takapuna Jockey Club. Mr Alison said that the amount paid by the club to the Government as taxes during the last wear was £6529 15s. Tn addition, £499” 7s Sd was paid by tho dub fort local rates and land tax, making a total of £7029 2s Bd. This was just £530 Its 4d less than the amount of stake money paid by the dub during tho year. The right of tho Press to be represented at all inquiries held by racing clubs will be ono of the matters to be provided in the racing Bill which the Minister of Justice is bringing down in the Queensland Parliament. The New Zealand-bred gelding Dood, by Patroims, was a competitor in the hurdle races at a recent meeting at Rosehill, Sydney, running into a place twice. Snub has had a_ change of quarters in Melbourne, and is now trained by JM’Cann at Caulfield, but whether he has been' sold is not stated, Mr W. R. Keipball’s recent purchase Lord Nagar won his first race for his new owner, at the Melbourne Hunt dub meeting on August 20, when he accounted for the, hurdle event. At the Williamstown meeting, a few days later, Lord Nagar, going out a hot favourite, , again accounted for the opposition in the hurdle race. StanReid was in the saddle on both occasions. « Algous, who won the Australian Steeplechase of £1750. was purchased by his present owner, Mr V. G. Benyon, for the modest sum of £2O. Time after time there rich jumping events are won. by horses that at one stage of their career' could bo bought for a mere “song.” Sir Prim, who was second to Algous, realised 500 guineas a week dr two before the race. Algous was bred by Joseph Burton at Cookamidgera. New South "Wales, and was sold as a yearling to Mr C. S- M’PhiDamy for 150 guineas. Algous was eight years old on the. first of this month. He is by Tartan (son of Lochiol) from Aim. (dam of Warroo),. by Trenton (son of Musket) from Muriel (sister to Kathleen, the dam of Pilot Bov. Cabin Boy and' Sailor Boy). Mr M’Phfllamy had no luc K, J'M* 1 Algous, who did not race until,he was a four-year-old. He passed him on to Mr L. C. Hurley. * or his Jtsw owner, Algous won only a,

maiden at a country meeting, and ,&o at the age of six years ho became the property of Mr Bcnyon for the modest outlay of £2O. At his fourth start for his present owner Algous won a hurdle race at Wagga. He won two hurdle'races in Sydney before the season closed and paid ins first visit to Melbourne in the following August (1917). In the Australian Hurtii©, Handicap, won by Polygamist, Algous broke down when going well, but yet managed to finish eighth in a field of sixteen. I!is only win that season was at Rosehill in the following July. He returned to Melbourne a year ago, and ran badly in the Australian Hurdle Pace. Last season he won twice (both times at Randwick). The first win was gained in the Second Hurdle at tho A-J.O. autumn meeting. Gladfnl being think The other success was in a rc- | markable_ hurdle race at Tattersall’s | meeting in June, when all three start- I ers fell, but Algous got going away; again first, and won by a furlong. At his first run in a steeplechase be'fiuished second < to Bnnroy on the first day of the Victoria. Amateur Turf Club’s meeting lasi month, a week before his success in the big event. Lord GJanely won another race with Grand Parade subsequent to the Derby, This was the St James Palace Stakes, of £lßl6 ono mile, at Ascot, (buit, though odds wor© laid on Grand Parade to beat his solitary opponent. Glammerin. he only finished threequarters of a length ahead of the latter. Lord Glanelw's luck was good throughout the Ascot, meeting, as, in addition to tho race mentioned, ho won the Visitors’ Handicap with 5k vrocket; Windsor Castle Stakes, of 4*819 W r lt nJ? nßht ' Fol,y: Wokingham Stakes, of £74 d. with Scatwell; the Prince of 'V ales Slakes, of £SOO, with Dominion ; the Granville Stakes, of £770, with Bady Juliet, and had a walk-over with He for the Churchill Stakes, of £IOOO. Seven wins for any owner at a meeting like Ascot is unusual, and in everv way Fortune seems determined to favour Lord Glanely. Mr A. R. Cox, who inherited the racehorses and stud of his brother, Air A- \S . Los (Mr Eairie). mad© a good -tart on _ the turf in England. The nrst race m which ho started anything was the Trial Stakes at Ascot in June, veerim 5 mi S e n S; y won by his f-breo-y ear-old filly, Cicerounetta, who was T° U n te ’, 9 0X has adopted’ , * A te brother’s colours, and the A faylor 8 preTs ' ously ’ brained by ( ? lane - y ’ is quite the most successful racing man in England this season, put up a fine record at Ascot ai tew weeks ago. Horses owned by him , a fourth of the twenty-eight races run during the four days’ meeting. Up to latest advices Lord Glanely’s winnings in stakes amounted to £18,904, ivnile the next most successful owner was Mr S. Joel, with £7523. Lord Glanely it may be mentioned is noted tor ins liberality. It was only in July last that he announced his intention io endow and set up a laboratory for the purpose of agricultural research work in connection with the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College, at a cost of about £25,000. The ex-Australian, B. Carslake, was a. good second in the list of successful riders in England when the last mail left. He had won forty-on© races out of 127 mounts, the one above him being n. Donoghne, whose record was sixtyfive wins out of 233 rides. Carslake’s percentage was, therefore, the better. At that period of the season the Derby winner. Grand Parade, headed the list of stake-earners, with £8266, represent, tng two wins. Bayda and Tho PanVMo r rn won one race and reaped £49.j0 and £4850 respectively for their I owners. COMPARISON OF STAKES. ASCOT AND RANDWICK. J here is more added money distributed at Royal Ascot than at mv otdier coins© m England, but even there H falls considerably short of a soring meeting at Randwick br FlcmingUuT writes^- Pdot’’ in the Sydney “R«fereo. At the Ascot meeting last June the added money for four days—fS I “ff a ° c n^-, < L h ~ waa £I MOO, or a fading off of 1/200, as compared wit-li b” 14 ’ /, ror ? meeting until the one locently neld there was no racing at that track At the coming Australian koy Club s spring meeting at Randwick the added money for twenty-five races aggregates £25,300. Jt is, therefore, no wonder that many English owners are wondering why added money m their country cannot approximate the amount to be won at big nieetmgs in Australia, and are agitato mg for an alteration. R-riV rec ?? t u .° tll€ Manchester Sporting Chromcle • that interesting liter Mankato' had some figures relative to added money at Ascot, when the urst—or its the toim of two plates of the vaiu© of £l5O pveu by Queen Anno in 1711. However tor thsprpasa of comparison with Australia we are more interested m Ascot added money figures of much later years, and they are as -follow: 1840—Tha Gold Cnp £3OO, tho Gold * lauu-Tuf'r’ ur otlier raccs - 265 IS&o—The Gold Cup £SOO, tho Gold ißcn_Ti p’ and fifteen other races . 1900 loot) The Gola Cup £3OO, the Gold Vase, and iwonty-iour other races * . » . 1870-The Gold Cup £SOO, the Alexandra Plato £IOOO, tho Prince of Wales’s Stakes £IOOO, the Gold lßWi_'in7 a r®’ other races . SSSS IfiSO—Gold Cup, the Prince of W ales s Stakes, the Alexandra Plate, £IOOO each, the Hardwick© Stakes £2OOO, and twentytine© other races . . 13 am 1914—Tho Gold Cap £4OOO, the Ascot Stakes and the Hardwick© Stakes, £2OOO each, tho Eoval .Hunt Cup £IBOO, the Alexandra Plato £ISOO, the .Prince of "VV ales 3 Stakes, tho Hew Stakes, and Hous Memorial £IOOO each, and twenty other races • . . . . 23,500 There are only four day 3 at Ascot, against fourteen raced annually by tho Australian Jockey'' Club at RandwickIt will be noted that at Ascot in 1914 there were eight races carrying £IOOO or over in added money, and it is tho Sams at tho next Australian Jockey Club 3 meeting, but while the Ascot’ highest was £4OOO. and the next £2OOO itottre are two races of £SOOO each at Randwick next spring. Inclusive of the current season, for which £75 700 m the Australian Jockey Glub s record in added, money for twenty-five years is as follows:

"With the exception, of the season etkuits; in 1915 the Australian Jockey Club’s, added money- for the current season exceeds that of any* previous 'occasion. It must also be remembered that since the commencement of the war five years ago the club mentioned has found over £103,000 for patriotic purposes- With conditions normal it is possible the £IOO,OOO mark in added money for a season wouM have been reached ere this, and it will not be lopg era it comes about.

1895 ■ s o o Hl L \ c? 1909 £ . 40,600 1897 ' * 23,050 1910 . 44,950 1898 22,350 1011 < 60,830 1899 . , .22,950 1912 . 56,-400 1900 ft 23,485 1913 . 62,750 1901 ft 22,990 1914 , . 70,750 1902 ' , 24,775 1915 . 80,000 1908 • 26,475 1916 . 74.330 1904 27,125 1917 . 65,850 1905 , 28.700 1918' , 66,450 1900 31,225 1919 . 71,100 1907 . * 34,150 1020 . 75,700 1903 . 36,850