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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13308, 11 October 1916, Page 8

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|nnvinu> FIXTURES. ! )unedin Jockey Club. 1 I —Auckland Racing Club , 22 —Otahuhu Trotting —Takapuna Jockey feay of Plenty Jockey $-Waipa Racing Club, jlo, January 1, 3—Auck- | Club. K"—Thames Jockey Club ■2B, 30 —Auckland Trot■Vaikato Trotting Club. 117 Hamilton Racing , 28 —Otahuhu Trotting —Auckland Trotting Club.

Ilayments for the New Zeafcre due on October 20. at Hastings will peg on which punters Bo hang their New Zealand Ins. twill probably have A. Oliver im on his New Zealand Cup ■ Nugget is advancing in his utd Cup preparation at the ■s decision to improve the gaining purposes has met with lation of local owners. The [ work offering certainly wark decision. fcfci-totalisator Ngaruawahia Bredit of £3O, which includes W£l4 from last February's ■anuary 20 has been fixed as Kt race gathering. one day last week the hi winner, Ta;ringamutu, asBattle Song, galloped a smart in 53secs. She was on the bit ► way. imutu's versatility is indicated asiness the filly has under rehe Wellington meeting. From and a-quarter race, in which I been weighted at 8.12, she |agement at 9.1 in the six furIts Handicap. pcoming meeting the Waikato Cup is to be worth £IBO, which brea&e of £3O over last year's following the Auckland meetamnio tirao tn TaPft h6r6

I'M ample time to race neie, . tors are required in the South j er January 13. ll trotting club's programme has very wisely administered additional prize-money it was the coming meeting. In adthe Cup increase previously :o, the Claudelands Handicap Hamilton Handicap have en increased by 20 soys, 11 make both very attractive 8, and the club's initiative in a prize-money rewarded. J. Watt's Pro Tem (Comedy •oblem), although he has yet to is maiden status, is highly rf by many good judges in Ausid hope* are entertained that emulate the deeds of his halfilution, and that probably be-three-year-old career closes, rincipal event at Dunedin on he Mosgiel Handicap, of a mile arter, has,attracted a field of rhich is headed by one of the iland Cup favourites, Rorke's ith 9.9. John Barleycorn is the list with 8.8, Ringform has b 7.11, Adenvohr 7.10, Moidant [f Ogier takes it into bis head ), 6.13 is not out of order for he is an erratic customer, lam Rose, a filly whose track inted to her being the goods the e she faced the barrier, didn't o her reputation. That was at )n Thursday in the Trial Plate, e absolute "moral," with all of lington betting public on, was , place at the finish. However, ters are satisfied of pace out of inary, and will keep on the [ market at Dunedin this week, ral William Allan, of Sydney, at the front, was a well-known ; man. He had the distinction ; the first registered bookmaker t, and so far as is known was t member of that profession tc ) much for Australia. l There is a ind of bookmakers in New Zeaspecially in Wellington (says ga" in the New Zealand limes); large majority of them are singk ithout any responsibilities, ex the collection of rents. Onh

ne bookmaker has gone away fron Wellington, James Stcllin, and he ha: ideed proved himself a sport. Colonel Soult has been given the pos f honour in the matter of lead, witl i for the Wellington Handicap thi lonth. Rinaldo (8.5), Mullingar (8.3 fontano (7.13), Fiery Cross (7.11) ledd-ul-Bahr (7.0), Sir Alba (7.4), Mas er Montoa (6.10), Beltane and Mania Oa (6.9), and Rose Pink (6.7) ar 3thers weighted for the mile and a

juarter at Trentham, but that does not lay that they will all go to the post either there or at Riccartou. Still the meeting will be the principal gauge to final form for the Cup triers. Merry Roe, Multiply, Marc Antony, Indigo," Welcome Nugget, Marco Bello, and Want are Cup horses in the field for Wellington in the Wainui mile handicap, while Housewife, it is noted, is not going above seven furlongs, which rather lends colour to the rumour that the Australian-bred filly's mission is not the New Zealand Cup. Further indication of North Island • New Zealand Cup horses form will be afforded at Masterton to-morrow. Ir tha Spring Handicap, of 225 sovs, one 'mil" and a-quarter, Multiply has 8.10 Welcome Nugget 8.5, iManiaroa 8.6 Want 6.9, Ladify 6.7. Rewi Poto is tin top weight with *9.3, while Gold Soult 8.; must bo considered.

A good suggestion has emanated from the president of the Wellington club (Mr J. B. Rareourt), favouring a set of colours for each club, instead of the present method. Even if the owners do not subscribe to the view, racing patrons would prefer a scheme which would eradicate the present colour jumble. The new proposal is along the line* that throughout the country No. 1 on the card would he always red, No. 2 white, No. 3 blue, and so on. The dozens of combinations that at present make up the race-riding liven- give even the expert race-follower a head-ache trying to pick up the positions in a race. > Balboa, by Saturday's win, and Toki, by his Park Stakes win at Napier, are the two North Island Cup horses with recent performances that might be a guide to the big work ahead. Toki is e Cap at tha minimum, and while he b*»at a very fair field at Napier, as a Cup proposition he isn't any great class. When the Dunedin meeting goes by this week, we should know something reliable of Snub, John Barleycorn, and Rorke's Drift, who are among the fancies of the South Island candidates.

The Waipa Racing Club is giving away £7OO in stakes for the eight galloping events, to he decided on the now course at To Awainutu on December 16. An attractive day's racing should reward the enterprise of the new ciub at its second gathering. Eastcourt, runner up to Kilboy in the A.J.C. Derby, is one of the Victorian representatives. He is regarded as not ready yet, and likely to be seen to more advantage in the Y.R.C. Derby

at Flemington next month. The third horse is owned by Mr W. Brown, who also owns Thana. The latter was expected to beat her stable companion, but a filly has to be really good to beat a colt at weight for age. The success of Kilboy in the A.J.C. Derby was received with gratification by Doniinion sportsmen, and Messrs Stead and Luttrell, who acquired the colt before the race can congratulate

themselves on their judgment and his comfortable win. Kilboy, who is by the imported Kilbroney, from Cyre, was bred by Mr J. B. Reid, of Elderslie (Oamaru). The Derby Stake would be well ahead of £SOOO with the sweepstake tacked on, so that the colt's first race well repaid the new owners. Kilboy was down for both the Craven and the Randwick Plate, the results of which were not to hand when these lines were penned. There was an imputation at the annual meeting by Mr J. J. McGrath, that the Wellington Club had not done its best in the matter of patriotic votes. Twelve months ago the Club's

property was assessed at £20,000, of which £9979 had been written off this year. The speaker stated that the Canterbury Jockey Club had contributed £5653, Auckland Racing Club £5020, Manawatu Racing Club £4200. Wanganui Jockey Club £2857. Egmont Racing Club £1650, Napier Park Racine Club £1250, Hawke's Bay Jockey Club the whole of their profits, and the Wellington Racing Club £llsO, and, to his mind, it was up to Wellington to do better. To Mr C. P. Skerrett's view the different clubs had frittered nwav the monev pre-entcd to the war funds, and thev should have co-operat-ed with one object in view, instead of civing a pound here and a pound there. The racing clubs should have established an institution that, woukl be preserved to disabled soldiers for all time. The president referred to the fact that thirteen acres of land rnd the buildings had been accorded to the military free, while the position governing income tax required to be clearly de-

fined l>efore any donations were made. A Southern writer states that the running of Sweet Tipperary at the Horowhenua meeting caused the owners some concern. The filly had wintered extremely well, and just prior to the meeting she ga'loped two furlongs in 24secs, with 10 stone up. The race at Levin was over five furlongs, and with 9 stone up the filly would seem to have been capable of better things than she exhibited. One of the owners of the horse, Mr T. Dwan, made some pointed remarks at the meeting of the racing club, but whether they had reference to his horse was not made clear. The sire of Kilboy (Kilbroney) who won the A.J.C. Derby, was imported from England by Mr J. B. Reid, who bred the colt. Kilbronev is by The Wag (half brother to Child wick and Topinrv. the dam of Tracery), by Orme— Plaisanterie, a great French mare,

whoso wins in England included the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. Innismakie, the dam of Kilbronev, is by l.arono, p member of the Sunshine family, who have been so well represented in Australia by Positano and T*aut Br'on and in New Zealand by Martian and Boniform. Laveno '•omes frem the branch of this lire as Positano, he ; ng by Bend Or from Nar>oli, whose daughter, Ponz.'j, was the dam of Positano. New Zealand owners and horses bred in tbe Dominion have performed well in the Australian Jockey Club's Derby on several occasions. As long ago as 1885 the Auckland-bred colt, Nordenfelt, by Musket—Onyx, won th« classic race at Pandwick, in the colours of the late Hon. James White, the leading owner of Australasia at the time. Nme rears after Mr S. H. Gollan scored with Bonnie Scotland (St. George—Fair Nell), who was bred bv 1 bis owner, though the credit was really ' due to the old Middle Park stud company. the mare (in foal) being secured ' by Mr Gollan at the break un of the 1 stud. In the following year the late ' Mr D. O'Brien won with Bob Pay. an " Australian bred gelding. Then there was a snell of ten years, till the lato Mr G. G. Stead gained his sensational 5 victory with Noctuiform, who established a record of 2min 32? see. Two years ado Mr E. J. "Watt won with Mountain Knight, who was bred in Australia, . and to complete the record there is Kil- ' boy. bred in New Zealand and racins ' in the interest of Messrs W. G. Stead and E. S. Luttrell, two New Zealanc snortsmen.

BOXING. Tommy Uren is a much better welter performer than many critics have credited him as being, and he will be a tough customer to take the welterweigh title from. On Saturday last Harry Stone, the American newsboy, i-et out to win the honours at Sydney Stadium, but the cable told us he was not successful. When the accounts of the fight come to hand it will probably !.e found that Uren won handily enough, tut Stone is an acrobatic coon, and hard to corner for an effective punch. That great and game middleweight f h .mpion of Australia a few short y.-ius ago, Arthur Cripps, on October ; ut his legs through a pair of khaki t.vu-ers which day, was, as he dos ri'ies it, the happiest of his life. When Art Magirl, the conqueror of Dave Smith, met Fred. Kay at Melbourne a couple of weeks ago Austra--1 a's middleweight champion proved es.reme'y elusive for the first half of the journey. Magirl was anxious to ;:et to c'ose quarters and made up suffici rt headway in the closing rounds to win on points. Attack and enterprise famed their reward, and Magirl may :o; get a meeting with Daicy, which, of ,(o ire, is only another way of saving | that it is hard to find anything for the champion to do.

Sam Baxter, one of the greatest Eng--1 *h lightweights that ever pulled on a glove, passed away a short time back, a*victim to that fell disease, consumption. He was 50 years ol age. At the | beginning of 1890, Baxter came to Australia where his victorious career was cut short at Sydney by the late Jim Burge, the Cast Iron man (who was also a victim to consumption) in a match for £SOO. On March 7, 1891, ' Baxter fought a draw with .Martin . Denny, for £IOO, at the Melbourne A.C. On returning to England, Baxter defeated Joe Wilson and Stanton Ab- * bott, the latter later reversing the result, and Baxter's fighting career practically closed.

The latest about the one-time Australian lightweight, Hughie Mehegan, who is a member of the Australian Army Service Corps, is that be had appeared in London, and looking tor a match. There was a possibility of him being matched with Johnny Summers, the ex-welter champion, round about 10.2 The clever Australian featherweight, Charlie Simpson, is now on his way to America where he should find plenty ot boxing work. The Victorian had nut been be tore the public of late, as it appeal's his financial views did not coincide with those of the Stadium, and that | was the end of 'Charlie. It has been announced by some "knowing ones that Simpson tias been ottered a match with the world's" featherweight cham-

pion, Johnny Kilbane. | "Hear Cat" Tom McMabon, who ac- jj counted for Los O'Donnell in his fiist Australian engagement, got word from America of his father s death on the morning of the battle. 0 Donnell was well ahead on points in the call) stages, but lie couldn t stay the distance 'with the punishment lie had to put up with later on. He was 12glb lighter than the American. Pat Doran, tne Victorian crack heavyweight, is seeking a match with McMahon. ONE ON SID MITCHELL. A STORY FROM THE STATES. Funny incidents frequently come up in the boxing game (says the Milwaukee Leader). • During the boxing c-.:-nival at Moosejaw, Sask., Joe Herric.v, Kewanee, 111., and Sid Mitchell, Milwaukee, were booked tor contests, but neither knew whom he was t j meet. • t so happened that there were no train ers of boxers in the place, so the party of Yankee fighters turned in and helped one another. On the fourth day of the carnival Herrick was booked, and he

had. Mitchell working out with him, and then give him a good rubbing and massage, lasting over an hour. Sid was pretty well "all in" from the labour, but lie was nearly taken off his feet an hour later when he met the manager of the show, who said to him: "Say, Mitchell, you are to fight Herrick to-night, 12 rounds, to a decision. The other fellow did not show up. "Fight, is it," said Sid, "not much would I battle that fellow after working my bloomin' head off to put him in shape for this evening." No one blamed Sid, but things were adjusted when he agreed to box a four-

round exhibition with Joe, while another bout was substituted for the feature event. When Sid and Joe got together for their exhibition the announcer took particular pains to explain that it would be only a friendly set-to. However, both let go hard wallops, and in a mix-up both landed rights to the jaw at the same time. There came near being a double knockout in reality, but the spectators thought it was only in fun, and that the boys staggered about for a moment like real actors. When it was "over, Sid looked over at Herrick, and remarked: "That's what I get for putting you on edge for battle." "Never mind, Sid," said Joe; "the next time I will return the favour."