SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14233, 5 March 1914, Page 3

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. March s—Poverty Bay Trotting Club. March 11, 12—Nelson Jockey Club. March 13, 14—Napier Park R.C. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. New Zealand. April 11—Great Northern Champagne Stakes. April 11—A.E.C. Easter Handicap. April 13—Great Northern Oaks. April 13—St. George’s Handicap. ' Australia. March 7—Champion Stakes. April 11—A.J.C. St. Leger. April 11—Doncaster Handicap. April 13—Sydney Cup. DANNEVIRKE J.C. CUP MEETING. f FIRST DAY. , - KOOYA WINS THE CUP. (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, March 4. The Dannevirke Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting opened to-day , in splendid weather. There was a record attendance, and the course was in good order. The new stand and appointments were declared open by Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, bo apologised for the absence of tho Prime Minister. The sum of £15,063 was put through the machine, as against £10,071 on the first day last year, an increase of £4992. Results: — Maiden Plate, 4-| furlongs.—lo Montano (J. O’Shea) 1, 2 Mystified 2 7 New York 3. Also started—3 Yladineau, 15 Master Stend, 5 Whisperer, 9 Haumaka, 2 Miss Lena: 13 Sarabelle. 8 Whakahoki, 4 Te Huhuti, 12 Ulcas. 11 Meritorious. 17 Val. 19 Territorial. 14 Waimarino, 1 Rangiwhetu. 16 Seamstress, 8 Poherua. IVon by half a length: Time, 56 2-3. Tahoraiti Hack Welter (7 furlongs;— 1 Firing Line (E. Lowe) I, 5 Merry jack 2. 6 Combustion 3. Also ran: 3 St. Elm, 2 Bodenham, 4 Zonns, 7 Fusilier. Won i.i hollow fashiofi, half a length between second and third. No time taken. Nursery Handicap (4J furlongs).—3 Tavistock (J. O’Shea) 1, 2 Indigo 2. 1 La Favorite 3. Also started.—B Gold Rush, 4 King’s Boys. 7 Ararat. 6 Pro■ocal, 5 Elivonia. 9 Hushoby. Won by half a length from - Indigo, who came with a late run. Time 55 25.

Dannevirke Cup, of 200 so vs. (1$ miles) —1 J. D. Kemp’s Kooya. 7.3 (including nenalty), (W. Bell) 1, 4 P. Hifnter’s Settler, 7.3, 2, 2 R. White’s .Braeburn, 7.3..3, Also started.—3 Lord Renown, 5 Mangaroa. 8 First Consul, 7 Eocene, 9 Perieler, 6 Trieze, 3 Montreal. Perceler led from the start into the straight, closely followed by Settler and Kooya. The latter got the measure of Settler and won'by a long neck, Braeburn a length away third. Trieze and Peroeler fourth and fifth’respectively. Time 2.35.

Hack Handicap Hurdles (1| miles). — I Paualjtz. (W, D. Young) 1, 2 Composed 2. 4 Stockade 3. 'Also started. — (< Marblehead. 5 Sunrbse. 6 Omanawa. 7 Master Malachi. Papalitz fell,on his nose at the start, but W. Young made a wonderful recovery and gave chase. After going a mile he was up with the held and led into the straight. He won easily by two lengths same distance between second and third. Time, 3.18. Electric Hack (0 furkngs).—l Zeus (A. Oliver) 1, 2 Mysterium 2, Sir Alba 7 3. Also ran: 2 Powder Fox, 4 Microbe 3. Mystified and Zeus came through in the straight, and the latter won in a canter by half a length. Time 1.12 (?). Tamald Welter (1 mile).—2 Mescal iW. Weller) 1; 1 Mystemch 2, 7 Montreal 3. Also ran: .5 Matlow, 4 Parewa.nui, 6 Eoronia, 3 Merry Jack, 8 Miriam. Mescal came to the front three furlongs from home and lasted long, enough to win by half a head, Mysteriacli and Montreal a length away. Time, 1.45. Makirikiri Hack Handicp (7 furlongs) —3 Evadno (W. Price). 1, Orleans 2, Eadify 3. Also ran: Hiwitapa, 2 Rigo Park. 5 No Idea, Lady Teazle. Evadne came through in the straight and won by a length, half a length between second and third. Time, 1.30. By “ACHILLES.” By her victory in tile Wanganui Cup, Einapis bus brought her winnings for the present season up to £2905, the result of four successes, one second, and a third. ~ Alter running with bad hmk in his spring engagements, Radnor was sold by Mr J. Earnshaw to Mr S, P. Mackay. ’I lie purchase was an extremely fortunate one, • for since changing * hands the Earlston colt has won five races, including the West Australian Derby and \ .R.C. iSt. Leger/ Stakes.

By winning the St. Leger. Stakes in Radnor established it fresh time ! pcord for that event. As ho won. with tho greatest ease, the record would .have been still further reduced had there been anything in the field capable of extending the son of Eavision. Whilst at Wanganui, the Ellerslie trainer, J, Williamson, purchased, from a Patea sportsman an own . brother to Jack Lupin—Jet; by Puriri. F.nnengardc ban run her last race, and retires to, the stud forthwith. .She was bred at Ellerslie, by Mr J. B. Hold, and purchased as a yearling on account of "Mr Ilighden,” for 375 guineas. During Iter first, season on ' the turf, she. won j, her successes including the Wellesley- Stakes, Irwoll Handicap (beating Bon Ton and thirteen others), the Wellington Stakes (boating Antumnus), tho Jackson Stakes (heating Royal Scotch-and Autnmnns), and the; Mana-watu Sires Produce Stakes. . At tho conclusion of her first reason she went sore, and although she has apparently regained her actfon, she has not recently shown even a glimpse of her early form. Her dam, WatershOot, together with a lilly foal by Charlemagne 11. at foot, was purchased at tho disposal sale of the. Elderslie stud by Mr Sol. Green, for 750 guineas, and is now at tho Shipley Mud in Australia. The trouble in connection with The Rover last Thursday was, it transpires, that he was.i trained by A. M. Wright at the time of Wright’s disqualification for two years at . the hands of tho Canterbury J.C. in August, 1912. Rule 3 of .part xxxiii. reads: —“No person-whose name for the time being appears lawfully, in tho lint of disqualifications in the official calendar shall, whether as principal or agent, enter or rim any horse for any race either in his own name or in that of any other person, and no horse of which he is or of which ho was at

Uic time the ofl'ence was committed the •owner, or which after his name has appeared in the list of disqualifications in the official calendar bo proved to the satisfaction of the district committee to have been placed oi 1 permitted to continue whether wholly or in part under his care, training, management, or superintendence shall be .qualified to be entered' or to si art for any race.” It is contended that under this rule, The Rover is not eligible to race until the term of disqualification imposed upon Wright expires. The word "owner” means any person having an interest in a. horse, which interest is required to be registered, and includes owner and part-owner and lessee and partlessee. At the time of Ills' disqualification W right was the duly registered lessee of IhA Rover, and in the circumstances it ii difficult to see on what grounds any club can have determined lo accept his entry. The matter has, however, • been referred to- the Conference, where the ruling will be of interest, more particularly to the owner of Timothy, who folowed The Rover hard in the Wcstmere Hurdles.

; Several trainers complained bitterly ■ \i bout the state of the G. trucks in which they had to entrain their charges at Wanganui. Some c. e them were in bad disrepair, and apart from being dirty, Hiey seemed quite likely to fall to pieces. The partition in the box which contained Bcrtrada and Bronze was far too low, with the result that Bertrada got one of her legs over it, and suffered slight injuries. The news of the success of Wallalo in the Australian Cup would make pleasant reading to many sportsmen in tjiese parts, for the Wallace horse was well becked by New Zealanders. H. Gray, who went over to ride him, was laid dllooo by the owner, and it is understood that another follower of the stable laid him half that sum . Gray is the first New Zealander who has ridden the winner of the Australian Cup. Recently Wallalo was .backed for £26,000 to win the Cup, and Ids success would be a facer for the ring. The second and third horses were outsiders.

In consequence of his victory in the Harrison Hack Handicap at Wanganui on Saturday, Canute will have to put up a 71b penalty in the Peninsula Cup (Akaroa) to-day, bringing his weight up to 8.3. lsven with his increased poundage, the Charlemagne colt should give a good account of himself. Radnor, who won the Victoria. St. Legcr on Saturday, was formerly owned by the Sydney trainer, I. Earnshaw, but after finishing second to Beragnon in the Derby at Randwiek and occupying a similar position in the Victoria Derby, he was sold lo the West Australian owner, Mr S. I’. Mackay. He immediately got back a good .‘■hare of his purchase money by winning the C. D. Fisher Plate, in which he had Andeiosia and Eeragoon behind him. On being taken lo Perth, he won the West Australian Derby and the Grand* stand Plate, Saturday's race being his first since his return to the eastern part of the Commonwealth, On spring form, in the absence of Eeragoon, the St. Leger looked a good thing for Radnor, as the best of the others* Andeiosia, was generally regarded, as only a sprinter. His connections, however, harboured tui idea that ho had developed stamina, and it is probable that the backers of Radnor received a good price. The result of the race simply, confirmed spring running, so far as these two were concerned, and in view of the weakness of the older horses, Radnor, should add to his record in weight-for-age events before long. An interesting tabic has been prepared, showing the various amounts won in stakes in England during the pat* 32 years. From Ibis it can be seen that last year’s aggregate of £573,187 is by far the largest, and exceeds by something like £160,000 the figures of 1882. Tins comparison is more particularly satisfactory, writes “Vigilant" in the Sportsman,” as pointing directly and unmistakably to the steady progress of the affairs of the turf as a national institution, in spite of all faddist opposition, which finds its origin in the ignorance— I do not ii.se the word offensively, but literally—of those faddists who listen to informers always prone to set forth evils without any endeavour to possess themselves of facts; the knowledge of which would show them beyond all doubt that, if not altogether void of them, the turf is as clean in character by comparison as any other of the world a great undertakings, and should be judged from that, the only fair point of view. It was not until 1898 that the aggregate of stake money won in England exceeded £5003)00, but never since has it been less, and with upwards of fifteen and a half million distributed during the period of" 32 years we have an average nearly approaching half a million annually during ' that appreciable period. This ' appears to me a conclusive argument as far as regards general prosperity, and one is encouraged to hope that it will be fully maintained when contemplating the entries which have recently been published

for the principal races—in Thin category I am referring to the classic rather than handicap class—of tlie future.