SPORTING.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15245, 23 May 1923, Page 9

SPORTING.

SEASON’S FIXTURES. New Zealand. June 2,4, 6—Auckland Rnfiner Club. June 2,4, 6—Duncriin Jockey Club. July 11, 14—Wellington Racing Club. Australia. June 2, 4—Australian Jockey Club. July 7, 11 14—Victoria Kficing Club. ANSWERS' TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Red and Black,” Ofiaupo.—There was no race for the Members’ Handicap at the C.J.C. programmes in either 1217 or 1918. Chakwana won the event two years in succession "The Raider,” Hamilton. —Both Royal Stag and Winter Wind raced in the colours of Sir Geo. Clifford. They were not by the same sire, Royal Stag being by Autumnus and Winter Wind by Antagonist. "The Cowboy,” Matangi.— (1) Khartoum won the two big Steeplechase events at the Wanganui meeting 12 months ago. (2) Tinohoro carried 10.4 into second place in the Cornwall Handicap at last season’s winter meeting at Ellerslie. JOTTINGS. " The stakes at Forbury Park T.C. meeting amounted to £SOOO, and the Government took out £4897 13s lOd. The well-known Victoria horse Purser has now won £11,14S in stakes. For bis present owner, Mr J. R. Corteen, Purser has appropriated £7028 In racing prizes. Oakleigh’s efforts at Wanganui will ■sharpen up the Grand National winner lor bis tasks at Ellerslie next month. The high class Souths Island galloping colt, Songbird, is now spelling oh his owner’s property in the Gore district. Kllbroney’s brilliant son is to be treated to a spell and will be brought in .again for the new season. The Wanganui Steeplechase winner, Tigerland, is a great jumper, and many good judges will have it that much wider success will come his way in the present season. Militaire, the second of the Martians to be put to hurdling, won a double at Wanganui, but the flimsy 'hurdles there are said to have helped him greatly. With a win at Egmont and two seconds at Wanganui, The Curragh and Sir Burnett paid their way on the southern trip undertaken by the Frankton owner-trainer, M. J. Carroll. It is on record that a winner of a Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase was not allowed to cross a jump during the preceding 12 months which followed his previous run in the race. It is stated that this year's winner, Sergeant Murphy, was not allowed to cross a fence during the two weeks prior to the race. White Bud, the winner of this year’s Lincoln Handicap, was not mentioned in the betting, but was strongly supported at starting price. She was got by White Eagle (son of Gallinule) from Mine Own, by Minoru from Meinhart, by Count Schonbcrg—Tully'Lass by Isinglass. Acceptances will be taken to 5 ! o’clock on Friday evening for the ■ Great Northern Hurdles and Steeple- 1 chase, Cornwall Handicap, Grcenlane ) Steeplechase, Jervois Handicap, Pen- i rose Hurdles, Hunt Club Hurdles and 1

Members’ Handicap, events to be decided on the first day (June 2) of the Auckland Winter meeting. Rouen’s double win at Wanganui Tinder a big scale of weights was a performance of more than passing note and proves the Bezonian—Lady Laddo gelding’s form to be right up to his best.

Doiran, winner of the Onkaparinga Steeplechase four years in succession, won the Grand Annual Steeplechase, of 1000 sovs, at Warrnambool on May 3. Mr IF. G. Mitchell, owner of Penitent, won the Cup with the imported horse Lannjon, by Llangibbv—Clcragh. As prophesied, The Curragh made a good showing in running into second berth when started for the second time at the hurdling business. The Frankton jumper curried much favour by his display at Wanganui Explorer’s showings at Wanganui were such that the Australian-bred jumper could have had no chance at Ellerslie, and it was no surprise when the scratching pen was put through his name for Ellerslie engagements.. Ranui, the winner of the Hack and Grandstand Steeplechase events at Wanganui is a beautiful jumper. His displays on Thursday and Saturday were well out of the ordinary for a novice over the big country. The following were the world’s fastest times for the distances named at the date of the last compilation (1922): —Four furlongs, 44 3-ssec, Mexico; live furlongs, 55 3-ssec; six furlongs, lmin 7 l-ssec. The speed of a greyhound over -■ the distances named is not recorded. The antelope is considered by some to be the fastest animal. Melbourneites are worried about doping, and at a meeting of the Victorian Association the subject is to be fully discussed. Dr. Ileslop, Government Veterinary Surgeon, is to read a paper on “The detection, of doping in racehorses by chemical analysis.” “Pilot” in the Sydney Referee suggests that a paper on “How to administer dope” would have a much more attractive sound for many racing men, and a lecture imparting information on that subject would fill a big hall cither in Melbourne or Sydney. A total of 1066 two-year-olds ran in America last year, and of these 619 won—234 colts, 292 fillies and 93 geldings. Prize money won by two-year-olds amounted to approximately £357,000. At the yearling sales at Saratoga last season, 453 youngsters were disposed of for approximately £220,000 —an average of £483. Recent yearling sales in Sydney and Melbourne were excellent, but the average from the United States puts them well in the shade.

Prior to winning the Adelaide Cup, King Ingoda. gave a poor display in the weght-for-age Elder Stakes. He was sent out an odds-on favourite, but failed to get a place behind Margoon, Sweet Doris and Bcnoni. An excuse was offered for King j Ingoda’s defeat in that a. stone sent' up by another horse caught him on the mouth and cost him a tooth. When the Epsom Derby comes up for decision next month New Zealand and Australian followers of racing will be interested in the performances of Town Guard and Ivnockando, provided both start. Town Guard is by Hurry On —William’s Pride, by William the Third—Sloji Her, by Carbine; while Knockando was got by Phalaris from Spean Bridge, by Spearmint, by Carbine. The fact that the colts trace back to the great New Zealander, Carbine, in short removes, demonstrates the worth of Musket blood when it

I comes to' producing stayers, even in exclusive England. Quite a number of English writers who have developed , the habit of decrying colonial families, overlook the benefits derived by the 'restoration of'Musket blood to Hie Old ; Country through his son, Carbine.— J “Sir Modf-ed” in Southland Times.. “Several northern writers contend that the class of jumpers represented at the Dunedin J.C. winter meeting is a poor one,” comments the Southland penman . “Sir Modi-edl” “They have overlooked the entries of Gladful (twice winner of the N.Z. Grand National Hurdle Race), Ccrcberus, Falstalf, Gamecock, Lord Nagar, Mazama, Rorke’s Drift and General Advance, to say nothing of several other good horses in the batten races, while Mangawaponga, Romance, General Pctain, Palencia, Pamplona, Red Cent, Maghcra, Hard Hit and Silverspire promise well in the cross-country events. It has become a habit with some people in the north to say that there are no jumpers in the south, but northern horses with pretensions to the best class have been known to visit Wingatui in the past—and get beaten. ■Observant persons have also noted that D.J.C. prizes for jumpers of the value of £iooo, £7OO, £6OO, £SOO, and so on, have failed to attract the so-called leading lights of the. jumping sport, and have construed this to read that owners and trainers have discovered that leaping events are not so easily won in Otago, or Southland for that matter, as the writers referred to would' have them believe.”