SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13269, 26 August 1916, Page 7

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

RACING. [•iXTTKKS. August 2f)—Pakuran=a Hunt Clu.i. August .10—Manawalu Hunt '.lub. September G - Mart i iii .loeU-'y t.lub. September 13- t'aliialua lUun- t.lub | September 13, In- Avotidale Jnekr> Club. The Kimli-ll I'lV'l eandldale ('"stello loam, has U-" -.a!!,.! a tirnimvo - itc for tin' l'l|'.-"I" i•:i n>'■ i l ' ; 1 !*• «»"l« ! (S.3t, tin' N» u /"■aiai'il n• a top ol the I'aiil'i. 1,1 Cup M-"-" '• The WYIlm-um !.m--man H- 1 son, rode I'm: ila ■»ivn thai the Australian S,. ~.1.-I;,.- at ( ««., fiolil <m Sat unlay \w 'k. "- 'la himselt just p' i"' 1,1 11,11 a '"' was not until t!•.- m.>! nm: ' 1 ! that it «> ■l.-.-i.!,-.l ... I "-'- 1 ' started a: a I'-n- prn-e. and aitei an > \ ®eitinjj; tiiii■ -h j'ist "" "" Hi- Com,.', in 7.Mi« »1;.. • » A M M- h**te! than the ivc>"l held \ t '' " :l N • A .".Ue II. V >' • Nk '' ,=' \y 1 ! |l| !' \; i 1" •11 "11 IV Javs aim ami" ." > ' ' • ro ,'i had I a-. da " lie . n I'm I "lunihus track in ! n,n • -taMidinu: a world'.' nr.- '! > ° n Sept em I »-i . . I '■ '■ '1 ■ 1 ' ! 1 ca) Anar. iifia pa 1 ed i d .an'''' 1 2niin I.Ue . Tin 1 v. d. ■ 111 I '' '■ *:11''"- ! Dan I'.i: li. pa> in • " ha' r" s. . .e-eiv-a mile in 1 nim •> .see. 191(5, at 11 ainli in •. M a.

The win.ici "'' '•"' ,: '"" 1 •J il ' I i ""j! 1 Hurdles m Hi.-mit-.n. iu;«m nil the financial proposals promulgated U the wise ones 0v... tl.r |.:.st three ueoks No doul.t ll.nv uviv -real shouts ni . jov who. tl.r ivsiilt »"■<"»!»•• k ';" u " '" ■ so.no .piartors.Art was about :!,• mil.v . hnrse in tin- r.ivo t'int could have s : .vr«l i tt■«- woolbK>keis\ An iM|iiiiu' stran-er tn n..inini..ii com ( s ,, s i„ Tl,, Goiter, arrived ai Wollnmton last week. Tl.,- Golfer who has been acquired I'v Mi .1. McLaughlin. . and will Im- .|iiurU-ivd sir Trentliam. is an a I gelding li> Wait-a-Bit. t""' L-nvss. Hf - •'" attractive locking ' } & irrcy horse. The Grand National winner nl two ; years ago, I*im Doolan. returned from , Melbourne b.\ tli'' Wimmorsi liisi week. | He had rr.mi' amiss, and sis there was : m prospect ni Ids immediate recovery 0!1 tin- other side he was sent along to his owner, Mr <■■ !•■ Stead. A superstitious racing ontluisiasl points-mil that the winner of tl"- ln<t race fit Rieearton on the first dnv "' the mooting should not have been allowed to Hiiv tl xtraordinary price he B did. He alleges that Gluepot having 9 won and All Following, there was only oni- tli inn <° l'«ll" w '- -Varnish. Air W. 11. Windsor's win with Olnepot at Rieearton was \v« II received in this end of the Dominion, for a sports- j man whose measure of success has not , boon overflowing The Gluton-T.ady Minnie gelding's preliminary work at Rieearton impressed the er'ties, and he was sent out favourite. Cltiopot won the Second Handicap Hurdles at Paoroa in March last, while his other success was in the Orakoi Hurdles at the June meeting at Auckland. The Austrian Derby was run in June, and was won by Baron de Rothschild's by St. Frusipiin from La There were fourteen runners, and the winner's price was nearly 4 to ' 1 The value of the stake to the winner was £4170, and this Baron Rojha--1 child pave to his wife to distribute in war and other charities. The German Oaks was also decided in June, asd was won by Adresse, a daughter of Nuagf. An ex-New Zealand sire in Varco had a successful run in Australia last season, as eleven of Ms stock won 1 twenty races worth £5739. In this country twelve of Varco's get won , £7025 last, season, so his total winnings are £12,764. The New Zealand contingent nowracing in Sydney has done pretty well 3 lately. Another success was scored on Monday, at Warwick Kami, when Bee, ' ridden by J. McClusky, won the prtn- ■ cipal event, decided over a mile and aquarter. The German Crown Price does not V allow the war to interfere with his r sport. He won a steeplechase at Ber-Kn-Karlshorst on Whit Monday with an Irish-bred mare called Baby. His Sere* Impossibility was not present ■j when the event was decided—he was of attending a show of big fireworks at j Verdun. || The death of the world's champion m pacer Dan Patch is reported from t America. He was by Joe Patchen : from Zuleika, and had an unbeaten re- ';': oot%t when racing, winning the 40 "j events in which he started. In 1901 1v Mr Savage, the leading American v ; fjfcreetfer ga?e £12,000 for him. With h .. ■

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a win.Miiol.l and two pacemakers. Dan Patch covered a quarter of a mile at >'t. Paul, in liHKi, in -Si, and on the same date, and under tile same condilioiis, put up ihe existing world's pacing record for a mile, I> v covering the distance in 1.5"). He paced half a : ilr in ~><\ and in a four-wheeled cart ran a mill' in 2.1. At the stud Dan i'„...i \...a ..n unrivalled success, and -ii(. ( | a L'reat numlier of champions. He was nearly 20 years old. .Mr !•:. .1. Watt, who headed the list of winning owners on the other side in 191-1-1.., has had a very Lad innings for ilu> season just concluded. For the tii.st time in the history of racing in Australia, a lady has headed the list of winning ouner-. 'This was the Victorian sportswoman, Mrs ('. Widdis,

rthi.M- three-year-old Wallace colt Patiohas won tiie V.B.C. Derhy and Mel- ' oiirik' Cup, and other events. English files in hand suggest that \'a--onian should have won the New Derby, in which he was close up to liiinclla and Kwang Su. It appears ihat the American owner. Mr J. San-

f..rd, insisted that the French jockey Weill should ride the colt, even though li hail l.cen serving in France and had ■',, riding practice, and, in fact, had iioi -ten ;he horse until the day of the race. N'asso.uan was last six furlongs "rum home, and from this point his rider was ot no use to him, but even tin n he was only a neck away at the finish. 'I he Derhy is an unlucky race for the family concerned, for a lialf--1 red in Cranganour won in 1918, and was afterwards disqualified.

WHAT OTHEBS SAY. Writing of the Grand National Steeplechase "Clubman" says in the New Zealand Beferoe:—Waimai's Steeplechase has now passed into the records, and will long bo remembered as a .sterling performance by the Ellers-he-tra.iied son of Spalpeen. As each Crand National approaches it is usual for the wiseacres of the Turf to lament the decadence of cross-country racing, and lo declare that the Dominion pos--ovsos no jumpers to compare with iho.se. ~i other days. This is but the idle croaking of those votaries of the ■port whose babblings are always most audible —the hard-shelled racing pessimists and broken punters. Ido not s.iggesl that Wainiai can compare with such an exceptional animal as Paritutu, who won the Grand National of I'.'ll, and scored successes over hurdles as well as on the flat. He was one of the best all-round horses by performances New Zealand has produced. At the same time* 1 make bold to say that Wainiai, by his splendid effort last week, is fairly entitled to rank as a remarkably fine example of a steeplechase horse who may yet achieve Australasian lame. However impressed one may l>e with Waimai's performance in lie Grand National he could not be written down as a horse of speed, but n other respects he answered the most exacting requirements of a firstclass steeplechaser. He adds another notch to Spalpeen's record as a succos»tnl sire of good jumpers.

CU BS AND INCOME TAX. The Government has made a demand through the Commissioner of Taxes, on racing clubs for the payment of income lax. The Commissioner contends that the racing clubs are liable for income tax upon their profits for the year ending March 31st, 1915, and also for the year ending March 31st, 1916. The assessment lor the latter year may involve some racing clubs in the payment ■if excess profits imposed by the

i-'inance Act, 1916. This attitude of the Government, or the Commissioner, is in the nature of a volte face. it cannot be doubted that it was the in- ' cation of the Legislature, "vhen imposing the totalisator tax in the Acts of 1908, 1909, and 1915, to treat that lax as the sole tax to be imposed in respect of the totalisator, and :>tb«r receipts referred to in those statutes mentioned. It is conceded by the Finance Minister (Sir 'oseph Waid) that since 1893 the Government has been under the impression t'.ar irking clubs are not liable to pay -nenm ta.s., and the totalisator tax .vao imposed upon the supposition that racing clubs were not liable to income tax in respect of the totalisaor and other receipts upon which the tax was imposed. Most of the clubs in New Zealand have devoted a considerable portion of their past year's excess revenue to the war funds, and, if the present idea of the Commissioner materialises, they will be called upon to pay income tax on the amounts so donated, which is rather anomalous. It was surely not the intention of the Legislature, when imposing the totalisator tax, to hold the funds of the racing club open to taxation.

BOXING. Llcw Edwards and Herb McCoy may meet soon. The latter wants the weight >t St. 10, but at latest advices Edwards would not budge past 9.9. Fred Kay and Mick King arc to meet at .Melbourne on September 2. Kay • won the middle-weight championship from King a few weeks back. In their return battle, Arlos Fanning gut the verdict over Bert Spargo, the hitter's supporters being dumbfounded at the decision. The verdict was open to question. The American boxer, George Chips, iias arrived in Australia. Other notable pugilists accompanying him are Patsy Brannigan, the "Fighting Irishman, and a heavy-weight named Tom McMahon. whose inches are near 72. Jack Head and Ferdinand Quendreux recently boxed a draw at Brisbane, in a contest in winch Bead went to the boards more than once. Sydney scribes have been perturbed ,>f late as to the identity of Sid Mitchell, the Waikato Ivoxer, who has been successfully performing "away from home," and like a great many more Maoriland athletic performers has been labelled "Australia." The mark has at last Iteen struck, according to the evidence in the following par published by Mr W. F. Corbett in the Sydney

••]»,.force" : "Mr W. J. Smith, of Marrickvillle, very kindly informs me that the Sid Mitchell boxing in Canada , recently is the lad of that name who ■ ivon the welter-weight event of the first . \>wtown Olympia tourney. Joe G'oode writes that Mitchell was a pupil , i his, also that ha was runner-up in . an amateur championship of the State, nd subsequently went to New Zealand, where he won an Australasian amateur title. 1 never dreamt for a moment that the Mitchell fighting in fanada and the winner of the Olympia tourney could be one and the same person." Recently at Sydney Llew Edwards was to have fought Eddie Moy, but the American could not make the necessary weight, and Edwards wasn't giving any lease on that score. Jack Cole was substituted, and had 71b weight advantage, but the American won the majority of the rounds in a dull encounter. However. Referee Scott gave the decision to Cole. Cole's luck is in in this respect, as the week previous Fred Baker saw the scoring differently when Cole met Owen Cairns, of Queensland, and nine-tenths of the house looked for the latter to be signalled as the winner. There has !>een a very potent suggestion by some Australian writers that B»ck Crouse wasn't all in when Dave Smith conquered him recently. At anyrate Bucko got a father of a pasting in quick order. When they first met on July 15 Smith's visage was so much blood" decorated that a halt was called in the ninth round to enable Dave to get surgical advice. However. it was the opening of a recent scar and a butt in the eye that did more damage, than anything* and Smith was ahead on points at the time. The latest Australian who guesses he's good enough to come out and beat the best vet is Bill Lang, who wants no less pugilistic fry than Darcy or McGoortv to start off with. Lang was never' anv great dandy, but it is some time since Dave Smith plumped him out of heaw-weignt honours, and his comeback stunt isn't worth seriously considering. Tbe most interesting match that nas been set down,for early decision is that between Les Darcy and Jimmy Clabby, to take place at Svdney on September 2. Clabby has been off the scene for some little time, but provided he has lived up to his old reputation, there should be some clever work when these high-class middle-weights re-enter the ring. On Saturday evening Art Magirl, the ' American, will meet Dave Smith at , Sydney, when a close contest is ex- , pected. Magirl has some good performances as a welter and middle-weight in America.

Benny Palmer, a light-weight member of the latest American contingent to arrive in Australia, has had his first fight there, and, like Fanning, he lost it too. McCoy was the victorious pug who administered the punches necessary, and the encounter went to the full extent of 20 rounds. The lightweight champion never fought better than on this occasion. Arthur Cripps, ex-middle-weight champion of Australia, and Bill Squires, the heavy-weight champion, who aspired to world honours, hut got badly squelched by Tommy Burns, hive both enlisted. Bill had a punch, but it got lost somehow when it was wanted, and was never recovered.