RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19995, 9 July 1920, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING.

(By -ARGUS.'’) FIXTURES. •T"!r D. U-Woiluidon Hgpirß Club, i/nly 22r—,South Cnnf<n*hury Hunt .Tiilt 31—Brackcnfield HuntiyClub. August. 7, It, 13—Metropolnnn '[’robins Clr.E M'gusi 30, 12, It—Canterbury Jockey Club. NO MIX A TiG N’S. laiv s—South Cunfeslnirv Hunt. ’ ;V 0 Smckenfleltl Hunt Club. Jni; 21—Metropolitan TroUing Club. HANDICAPS i’ulv 12-South Canterbury Hunt. July 23—Rrackeufteld Hunt Club, iiuiy 26—Metropolitan Trotting' Club. ACCEPTANCES July !)—lVclliugloit Racing Club. July 16—South Canterbury Hunk July 27—Brackenlleld Hunt Club. Anguat 3—Metropolitan Ttuttuig Club.

JOCKEYS’ APPEALS.

The “interim judgment” of Messrs

(I. Hunter, C. P. Skerrett and E. A. I'amnbell, Racing Coufcrencc judges, in connection with (lie appeals of the jockey?, L, H. Hewitt, J. B. O'Shea, v.nd E- 0. line,, is of even more importance- than usual, ns it introduces n new dement into racing appealsKadi of the jockeys conform'd in the i ppca.ls wrote recently to the secretary

of the Racing Conference submitting Ihe following requests: —“ (1) 1 considcr in all equity that the Appeal tmirt should sit in Auckland, where :;li Ihe trouble eventuated and all the

evidence is available. (2) I am strongly of Hie opinion that it would he useless’ my going on with the appeal unless I had the benefit of an advocate represent me, on the grounds that I consider my powers inadequate to represent my ease correctly; also. I luu.’ld respectfully suggest to you that the judges meet and; decide ns to whether they will permit me the use

cl an advocate before I am summoned u> appear before them finally. Should Ihe judges decide that 1 am not to ho permitted to be represented at the apwa I I must reluctantly be compelled to withdraw my appeal.” 'the request that the appeals should be heard in Auckland was. turned down, while the other. matter was referred to the judges appointed to hoar the oases. The claim of jockeys or others fo be represented by counsel when they had to meet charges against them is not a new one, hut in ihe past it has been consistently opposed by fhose in

authority. There are. however, special features about the present appeals,

which have to do with the incidents that occurred at the Avondale meeting in April. In other words, tho appeals are closely hound up in the ‘‘ jockeys’ dispute,” which has since assumed such serious dimensions. There can he . little douttit that this I net.

weighed heavily with the Racing Conference judges in coming to their devision, It is open to question whether the admission of counsel in racing appeals is wise, and the. judges state the

mso very fairly when they remark that

(he practice of the past has been a I proper one. In deciding to depart 1 Jroni the old custom, however, they have given the jockeys concerned in

ihe present appeals no room for com-

plaint that their cases will suffer through the inability of the three jockeys to place their side of the business before the judges in the best way. '(he conditions ruling just now are abnormal, and for this reason the judges must he given credit for taking a wise course.

Nominations for the Rrnckenfield llunt Clubs meeting will close at the Canterbury Jockey Club's office «t eignt o'clock this evening.

. Acceptances for the Wellington Racing Club s meeting are duo this evening, but in view of the fact that inere is no improvement in tho translort situation it is unlikely that any houses non in the South Island will have their engagements continued.

.1 ho "Victoria. Racing Club’s Grand National meeting will bo concluded tomorrow. _ The principal event is the Grand National Steeplechase, for which at latest advices, Aintrce was ,i slightly better labourite than Kinlark, Mountain God and Sir Prim.

Vho It inland gelding, Grand Duchy, who met with a slight mishap while schooling at Riccarton about a week ago, ims recovered from his injuries and is again in work.

1 W, M'Donald lias Fiery Cross moving along steadily on the tracks. The Glcnapp gelding has so far been restricted to useful tasks, without being sent at, lop. He is doing well, and he ■ appears to be quite sound.

F. T), .Jones lias made .a start with AnnHias and -Mustard Pot, who have liecn on the easy list for a couple of months. They look in robust, eondi--1 >on to commence a preparation lor ■f-pririip engagements.

■ _ Paraoa has rejoined the active di- , vision. Ho appears to have made a good recovery from his attack of strangles, and be is quite sound at pre- , tent.

Thou eh Arrowsmith has been exercised daily, he Ims done no work since the (Canterbury Jockey Hub’s Hoyal i >Jicefcing, F. Christmas has again made a start on Hip. imported horse! who has put on a. bit of condition during hi? ' rest from serious labours.

H. Murray Aynsley has a, big team in work at present. It iru-imlcs several. yearlings, seine of whom show more than average promise.

J. M’Combe is working a couple ol Martian yearlings, one from Margarcthe, and the other from Leading Lady. They are a likely looking pair of youngsters.

A cable message from Melbourne states that after payment of final forfeits eighteen horses remain in the brand National Steeplechase, N 0 New Zealanders are included,

At a recent sale in Sydney, forty. six beg? of New Zenlnnd oat; vne offered and brought Sr 7d per huDm!; nhile four and 3. half bo Hr- of Non Zealand meadow hay. apuroxinniolv iAcwt., realised J. 16 10s each. Tim fodder was purchased by n Sydue? trainer and illustrates Dm fact' that it takas some money nowadays to povide feed for racehorses.

Providing the permission of the seamen can in' obtained, Mr .J. (J. Dimer,ll will ship a couple ol foals to .Mr ,I'iini Wren, of- Alelhuqnip. The youngsters arc by Kilbroucy from .Ur Wren s own marcs, N'ata and 'lalia.

Marpalh, one of the, young.-ters nominated by the executors of fho Dougins Estate Jor several classic events, is closely related to Sasanof, far Martian sired both of them and Rouge, who produced Waipadi. is a half-sister hy GUariemagne If. to l.krainc, the dam ot liasimuf.

Victorian j trainers who work their horses at .1: tcmiugion have linen notified that in future they will not ho allowed to have horses Jed work, I,om hacks, ou the inside sand trank or Ihe grass. As the, practice has been pi rmi tied for years, trainers do not lake kindly to the new regulation.

Air J. I!. Arthur, who died in : 1 elbourne recently, was one. of the original six comprising the J. B. Clark syndicate which' bought the Kirkham yearlings on the, death of the Mon James White, a very successful New Smith Vi ales breeder and owner. iMv Arthur dropped out in the second yea!, only three remaining. Other members of the syndicate were Messrs J. 0. lioudcu, T. Baytcu and T. Males.

The English and Irish jockeys played an international football match at the Arsenal Football Club ground at Hignhnry on .May 10. The proceeds were divided between St Dunstau’s in England and the Drogheda Memorial Eund in Ireland. There was an attendance of nearly 40,00!). and it was anticipated tile receipts would total about E.'iilUl,). The Irish team, captained by J. Dines, heal the i:inglisn team, captain by G. Donoghuo, hy two goals to one- The annual Donkey Derby was run on the Arsenal ground after the football match. Viaduct (Morgan) and Greenback i,F. Tomplcmnn) second, most of the prominent jockey a having mounts.

Anything that can gallop at all sells well in England at tiro present time. At the Kompton Bark meeting on Mas’ 7 it took 1,351) guineas to buy in a. gelding named Capstan (Captivation— Antonina) niter he won a two-year-old soiling race of £lB5. The next race, also a selling plate, was won hy Sir F-. H.ultou’s Mnscatlin, and he was bought in fur 950 guineas. Du the second day of the Kemp ton. meeting an unnamed _ cult by Hapsburg from Greedy Girl was' bought in for 1350 after beating seven other runners in a two-year-old selling race.

A late item of itiiglish stud news is that the grey brood mate Tagalie died after foaling, though it is Imped the hwl may be saved. By Cyllene out oi Tagale, she was foaled in 1D0 ( J, and as a two-year-old won the Boseawen Stakes at the Newmarket. First October mooting, when she upset the odds betted on Sorenarler, who was beaten into third place behind Donnithorne. She failed in her two subsequent essays, but ns a threo-year-old was a somewhat sensational winner of the One Thoudisposing of Alopo, Bclleisle, and ten others, and was attenrards runner-up to (Jylgad for flic Nom market Stakes. She went ono better in the Derby, which she won bt four lengths from .larger, with Tracery next two lengths away. On fbo strength of her Derby victory odds were betted on her for the Oaks, but she was unplaced, the race being won •' Marsha, 'lagalip did no good a.ftoi wards, and finished her racing career in the St I.cgior at Doncaster, for whicii sho wa-s well hacked, but failed i i ° reach tfm first three. Sent to the stud, ■ho had thrown nothing of much note till the ad rent of Allenby (by Bn.yardo), who ibis 'season woi\ the Newmarket Stakes, after ninnivm Tetra.tema to half a, length for (ho Iwo r housaud Guineas. .Allenby. who was fancied for the Derby, unfortunate,y broke a. blood ressel in that race, and so put himself out of eonrt.

HAWKE’S BAY NOTES.

(Special to the “Star.’’) . NAPIKR, -.Tulv 8. Varying reports give Hector Gray nnd ..ul .i.icid having Item om r ni v oci to ride .Dainty Step in‘the Parliamcu-ta-n- Handicap a l 'Wellington. As Grav declined a request to ride Goldsbino in that taco, on account of a prior engagement. . I. lauey ho will he louuo on the back of the Lncullus mare. "'I lie Squire,” in the Napier “Daily )olograph,’ slates that Hr T, F. Uuuilivau has during ;v period of a lutlc over two years sold privately horses to the mints of £IG,!>S3, anri he guns the following figures as being aulhorrlptive prices lor the principal lots Demosthenes oOOlks, Crenidcs HoOgs, Karo UOOgs, Pen to KKJCgs’ « ossa res 80Ugs, .Demagogue, BHDs Dove inn Ich TtJOgs, Form ” l'n Ahinns -jCOgs, CluuTonia Autvlias ■HlOgs. a rising two-year-old by }’ omva—h loat lOOcs, Elocution JOOgk Gasbag 3f/o g s, .. Ul d Chrysostom ( >oi>.i Lovemateh and the ’Wolawa.-Kimt youngster were sold on behalf of AD B. J. Watt, iho balance heiii"- the property of Airs' Perry. J. Olsen has. been engaged to ride, hord Astolafc at Wellington. If ho missos having a winning ride- with him lie will ho unlucky.

ihcro is little business doing here over too Wellington meeting, the uncertainly about, which race Lochclla '■ill start for having practically paralysed the hotting. Iloncylipp will be a starter at 'Wellington pmd is galloping well eunuch to bt' given a chance in a six furlodg Hotter. n '

Piropiro will in future bo trained bill. Trough. •

An enthusiastic supporter of Oak: leii;h von Lured the opinion iliat He 'vonld -' walk homein the d„i K , yrfeplcchaae at Hayings. Oaklekdr (id not walk home, hut, the backer did for ho 10.-L Die rotnrn half of'lris n' V i " nfl ,UI(1 " ol - t'nmigh money lett to par a . sinale fare to .Napier. Orcrconfidcnce in racehorses otlen has disastrous results, THE SUSPENDED JOCKEYS. APPEAL Hd RACT.Vir COXFKRENCR. [PSB PRESS AsSOCUTIO.V, )

ti, j U | v s. The interim ju.lsmenl of ,\1 = ;-)■■. r' S / Wett ,™' { K - A. Campbell. U c Kacmg Coniereiu-c ludres, in (bo matter of appeals hy L. Jl. .1. 11. O'Shea aici I. ( Ttac, jockeys, aseinst, decision* of the_ Auckland District Committee. m-nm.dinc t'X'ir jo< key's licenses for (he remainder or luc .ss»*ou m cuuncci.i.in jt c „ r ( n (,, of the rules of racirr’ *i« f 0 l! lows:--

V iew the ne-Hc.vmoi in hear ihn 9 be--r Bppv;..!s tec spyretnrv of the lljr,',,- (V.n-fr-reiwn ploverl before tlinu .nmmmiicalioow (rnm Urn impHiantt, in vhich (lic-v .Onfed llicu- dvtwiinnaliun not in leave Am-Id-oid mr -dm jnirpn?-. of att-mlinv: n H> nc . „t tho .ippeih nrld the jini-ie.- d-nded whether ev ne.f f hey would be iw- nviifcd Hie ueo of an advocate pt tho hearing, ft v.o- r-UfeJ liiat the n. a ncila a* s onrredcred then nn’i’crs inadequate tn twm.ll,l. ibHr cases iremerlv at tlvA il-;...tiny Ti ’’.5V net teen 11.- practice hitherto ‘a ?!lev counsel to rnpie.wnt cither p3itv ,?,t the besnmj of appeal-, betcie jndees appointed by Ihs pros-rk-ni- of ttie Psviuir tjouference, Tho pro-e’i f . judges are of opiuica tint Ui» nractic? hj- been » proner »ud salutary one. _ard nsitber party has sutler ed by its adoption uv hjvias hi- cisa ad«>

muddy presented rikl carefully cor.sidcre 1 by tlm nidyes. They are Jolli to depart fro:n this well recognised procedure, and do so upon the distinct understanding that it. shad not fom a precedent for the procedure > f haring future appeals, '.luey have divided in these cases to permit the appellants to be represented bv counsel on the hcaring , f those appeals, for the sole, reason that in' tire abnormal conditions which have arisen they dcsiro to make impossible any sueyi?! ion that the appellants were unable to acl equal Tv present their cases before them. The judge* wish to make it clear that the counsel prrmiticd to appear must 'be a barristm- or solicitor of the Supreme Court, repre-enti"!' ouiy the appellants, and that licann/ wli lie confined strictly to the question whether ihe appellants or any of thorn have been rijrlillj' adjudged to have committed tbe ofiencea against the Rules of Racing, (he subject of the above decisions, and have been rigidly punished for such offences. It follows from the permission given to the appellants to be represented by counsel that ihe respondents will have a. similar right. The hearing of the appeals will, therefor*, bo adjourned to Wednesday, July 21. at 1.0.30 n.m. at the Accountants’ Chambers, Johnston Street, Wellington.” ENGLISH NOTES. (Special to the “ Star.”) LONDON, May '2O. In what betting has taken place on the Derby, the results of Ihe Two Thousand Guineas and Newmarket Stakes would seem to he faithfully represented. Totrateina and Allenby are respectively first and' second favourite"-, Tctratenia, won the Two Thousand ami Allenby was second. Allenby then won the Newmarket Stakes. ' again, heating^those that finished behind him a fortnight before- He eonid not try conclusions again with the grey, as the latter was nob in the entry. They will, therefore, have to fight out their argument afc Epsom, and meanwhile they look like keeping their positions in the market, so long as they eoutimm lit and well and to progress in their winding-up preparations- There may he a serious challenger in the Held in dpion Kop, should that horse he definitely tried better than Paragon, in the same stable, for the hitter finished closer to Allenby for the Newmarket Stakes than he had done in the Guinea.). Mo shall soon know, hecnu-,c Iho time is getting’ short and Spion Kop belongs to .a betting stable. Then the cat will ho out of the, bag. M.ennwhtle, 1 may perhaps he permitled to touch on racing subsequent io the Nowinarkot Slakes last week. 'Finis Kerasoo was beaten a, neck for the Payne Stakes, of a mile and a. half, by Iviug Harry, one of Tetratema s stable companions. _ Kerasoo had won at each of the previous Newmarket meetings, and lie had cron been accepted ns a claimant to Derby honours. He was unlucky to be '’beaten by King Harry, as his jockey Sliatwell rode with poor judgment and allowed Carslake to steal the race. But apart from that I think lie can ho dismissed from the long list of Derby “possibles.” His forelegs look as it they have already been giving trouble and T would not fancy him at all on hard ground. Mr I’erssp, has no false ideas about King Harry. I •wonder how far the grey is" in front of him!

Other winners on the concluding day of the Newmarket Spring season were Sir AVilliam Cooke’s Ban try (Three-year-old Handicap), Mr Howard’s Getinmate (the Abingdon Plate), Mr Higgs’s (the Breeders’ Stakesr and Mr ILtphael’s La. Voiturc (the Bedford Stakes). Germinate beat a. hot favourite in Mr Sally Joel's Ptah. Tim’, owner is experiencing excruciating hick with all liis horses. They seem incapnhlo of winning any sort of race, and yet lus expenses as a breeder ami owner must Ho enormous. La Voituro is a. daughter of Lourois, who won the Two Thousand in Craganour’s year. Mr Uaphael was in great luck last week, for apart from that filly and Allenby he. also won a valuable race at Haydock Park with Pollin'a. It was a ih rep-yen r-old handicap mid the horso thoroughly justified his favouritism. Zehlonia. is owned hr the ex-jockey, AV. Higgs, who takers a, great interest in breeding and farming at his place In AViHsliirp. Ho bred his latest winner, n filly hr Junior from Per Mare.

Gatwiek was a had meeting for backers, as it so often is. Poltava's win, of course, did good to tho majority, but some' of the winners were apparently quite nnfancied. Thus on tho second day two of them started at ‘JO to 1 against. They wore Aris, who non the Prince’s Handicap, of two miles, and Captain Homfray’s Charity gelding, who took the .Homo Bred I’late for two-vcar-olds. The latter was lucky to heat Oxcndon a head. Bhe ought never to have been beaten. She is owned by Mr Bower Ismay, who only gave 300 guineas for her as a yearling. While Aris was not fancied for his race, While Heat, in the same stable, .started at a short price, and iitt>*-rly collapsed at ihc end of half u mile. Aris went on to win by n nock from the nine-year-old Jupiter. It. was an unsatisfactory race, as [vanhoe (.equal favourite with 'White Heat) ran wretchedly, as also did Hnki, who was a great long distance lumclicappcr last. year.

.A three-day meeting at- York this week commenced on Monday, and Dynamo, who had tailed over a mile am! a half at Newmarket, was now capable of winning the Moiulesborough Stakes of a mile from Count Roos and Southern, with Galroy, who cost I.ord Lascclles 10.000 guineas last year, Unplaced. Southern is the horse that was accidentally struck out of all engagements as being “dead.” lie van pretty well now lor the first time out this .season, and may be hoard of in connection with the .Manchostfir Cup next week. l.ord Durham von (be [''lying Dutchman Handicap with Carapace, but it- was a poor day's racing. Why? Because Hominy racing is not wanted, especially at a place a long wav from the induing centres, because Urn Sunday travelling of horses is impossible.

On the second day ai Vork Iho Orcat. Northern Handicap, though north ,Ci 1 ct>, only Ip-ought two horses to the iiost- One was the Si- Lcger u inner Ivey-oe, v -md the otiur Onr Sienhen, winner of the Chester Cup, and now earning a PJIh penalty. The mare was conceding 3Jlb, hut she was not, favourite. Onr Stephen won eomlertabiy by a cample of lengths. The. nor;hern stables won three of the race?, their best being the Craven i liree-year-old Handicap, which went to the Middleli am trained .Money Ola-s, three greatlv laneied Newmarket homes in Alarcon. Heart Free and Devize.-*, being easily accounted for. Lady Nnnhnrnhiilrnei won the chief fact for three-year-olds wiih her nice grey colt by Pol Horodo from Night Jfell. He we- ipiite an inexpensive purchase as a two-year-old. A mooting opened liio same dav at Both, the outstanding features being that the ..clever Ogbonnin traine” “ Paddy fiai'tigaip won a couple of races for Ins patrons. 1 hey wore vorv inoderate animals that competed, im'd details (hit scaip-ply wp:rTb >.i.i(pHiiß info. Ou Die second day Iwird Lon£ rale c smart filly, llayonim, v beaten for tdie Weston Stakes lor two-year-old? by both the Thrush—OTavshott filly an*l Drachma, the hitler being the hest younpier so far tried b-,-" Mr Farqubarson,

At Imk Dm Nen-market winner, Lord Allendale'? Detklemble. irn-em-ily won the cbW fwo-year-old race, hut a? regards other races there were rume extraordinary npser,?. Thu? Caligula, in -Lord H ill on's colours, was beaten at A to I on, and two ’other odd? on farouritps were routed—a disastrous dav indeed i