LATE SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 521, 2 August 1932, Page 8

LATE SPORTING.

OVER THE FENCES.

Billy Boy Again Shirks Kennels Double. PARIS LOSES RIDER. There was a considerable amount of schooing at late this morning, when the course proper was again available for steeplechasers. Billy Boy and Paris, two of the most fancied candidates for the Grand National Steeplechase, did not please their admirers. yNassock (Turner) jumped six hurdies in good style, while Jael (Cameron) went well over four hurdles. Okopua, who won two hack steeplechases at Trentham last month,* went twice round the inside fences. He was ridden by A. Skipper and went in excellent style.

Billy Boy and Lucess led Apache over the sod wall and the post and rails, but ran oft again at the first of the Kennels double. The other two went on and completed their task, both jumping well. With a short run up, Billy Boy jumped the Kennels double twice, but when given a longer run he again refused to tackle the first of the pair. His rider wheeled him round, and with a short run he popped over it. Royal Reign (Murfitt), Lancer (O’Connor), Gay Jim (Salt), Bon Aryan (Turner) and Royal Visitor (Burgess) were associated in a school over the course proper.

Lancer made a bad jump at the sod wall and ran off at the post and rails. Bon Aryan and Royal Visitor led Royal Reign and Gay Jim to the stand, where Royal Reign moved up and jumped the fence opposite Cutts’s stables with the other pair, Gay Jim being a few lengths away. These four all jumped well. Lancer had another try by himself. He jumped the post and rails, but baulked at the Kennels double.

Taramoa (V. Dempster) and Paris <G. Dempster) set oft for a round of the course proper. They jumped well till they came to the brush near the carriage paddock, where Paris lost his rider. Paris was captured and remounted, and he and Taramoa then jumped the fence opposite Cutts’s stable, but Paris did not clear it as well as his companion.

ADDINGTON NOTES.

The big track at Addington this morning afforded reasonable footing, and a number of horses were given useful work. Warplane led Kelp and Royal Comrade for a mile and a quarter in 2min up, leaving Kelp and Royal Comrade to complete a mile and a half in 3min 31 2-5 see. New Metford marred his display over twelve furlongs by making a break near the finish. Huon Voyage and Wilbur White were on terms in a spin over twelve furlongs in 3min 32sec. Both went pleasingly. Peter Fashion had Nelson Ata as a companion over a mile and a half which occupied 3min 45sec. Gold Tinge, with A. M’Lellan in the sulky, strode over a mile and a half in 3min 24sec. Neeoro and Tempest had a 50yds advantage of Free Advice in a serviceable bout over two miles in 4min 44 2-ssec. When the first mile was completed, Free Advice was close to her associates and was level with them at the end of the journey. The first mile took 2min 30 4-ssec. The trio paced resolutely all the way. Rollo and Belinda kept together while compassing a mile and a half in 3min 26 2-sseo. Both were going very easy at the finish. The first mile was done in 2min 21 2-ssec. Colorado was sent a mile and a quarter in 3min ]sec; the first mile was accomplished in 2min 25sec. Nimble Direct and Princess Mauritius coasted along over a mile and a half in 3min 28 2-ssec. The first mile was reached in 2min 18sec. and the mile and a quarter in 2mfn 53 2-ssec. Lord Leslie, Brentlight. Netta Oro and Steel All enjoyed ten furlongs in 2min 56 3-ssec.

Wilma Dillon. Wrecker and Country King went away fifty yards in front of Golden Pedro. The mile peg was passed in 2min 27sec and the mile and a half in 3min 36sec. Over the last half-mile Golden Pedro moved up to his colleagues. and they finished in close formation, the watch reading 4min 44 2-5 Parrish showed the way to Katute over two miles in 3min 4 4-ssec. The initial eight furlongs was done m 2min 35sec.

MELBOURNE INQUIRY. United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 2, noon.) MELBOURNE. August 2. Officials of the Victoria Racing Club state that no application for a license by a leading trainer has been disapproved by the committee for the new season. Because the terms of its licenses bind the applicant to abide by its rules, decisions of the V.R.C. Committee cannot be questioned by people seeking registration, and it is most likely that the reasons for the action against twelve jockeys will never be known.

Club Decides to Reinstate St Leger Stakes.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 2. A decision to reinstate the St Leger Stakes with a stake of £250 was made at the monthly meeting of the .Wellington Racing Club’s Committee yesterday. This means that the continuity of the classic will not now be broken, as seemed a possibility when no nominations were called for the 1934 St Leger in June. Entries will be accepted for the 1934 St Leger during the next few weeks.

The committee also approved of a proposal to provide 10s windows as well as £1 and £5 windows in the main totalisator building at Trentham.