TURF NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 12, 21 March 1908, Page 57

TURF NOTES.

Some startling developments in local racing circles are expected shortly. Mr. W. Byons, the well-known sportsplan left for a trip to Sydney on Monday. The Soult pony Poppy was shipped to SVellington by the Takapuna on Friday. The weights for the Easter Handicap, Hurdle Race, and Autumn Steeplechase are due on the 23rd inst. There are several new aspirants for jumping honours in the Biighton Hurdles, notably Ironmould, Scotty and Ghoorka. The gelding Henry Havelock, which was purchased at auction on Friday last by Mr jHopewell, has gone into A. Barron’s charge. The name of Snowfoot has been claimed for the colt by Soult—Helen McGregor, purchased at the last Glenora Park sales. Suburban racing in Sydney seems to be In a bad way just now. There were only 36 starters for the six races at Moorefield on Saturday. The Soult gelding Ngapuka, which won the Hack Race at the recent Papakura Meeting has gone into A. Robertson’s charge at Ellerslie. The Wellington Cup winner, Moloch, finished last in the Wanganui Cup, but not one of the reports mentions Zimmerman at any stage of the race. The Ben Godfrey gelding Pukenui was started on no less than three occasions at the recent Waihi Meeting. No wonder some horses lose form. According to a Southern exchange, it took seven minutes to start a field of three in the Autumn Handicap on the second day pf the Wanganui J.C. Meeting. The percentage share of the Tasmanian Government in the totalisators during the fortnight was about £530. The aggregate pmount invested was £52,941 10/. Four Auckland horsemen in B. Deeley, J. Buchanan, A. Julian, and A. Gray were riding at the recent Wanganui Meeting, but pot one secured a winning mount. T'he steeplechase horse Mooltan pulled up yery lame, after working on Thursday last, and will probably have to be treated to a spell. A noteworthy absentee from the A.R.C. nominations is Uhlander, and his defection points to the fact that all cannot be right with the son of Uhlan. The Soult gelding Devonport, which went lamiss just before the last A.R.C. Summer Meeting, is being hacked about again preparatory to going into active work. Auckland visitors who were present at the iWanganui J.C. Autumn Meeting, state that 'Ataahua and Maui are a likely pair of candidates for the Crrand National. A. Hall, the well known gainer who has been located at Feilding for some time, has Shifted to Wanganui, and will in future have his headquarters there. Mr. W. E. Bidwell informs ‘‘Advance,” Of the “New Zealand Times,” that Elevation will make his next appearance on a course in the Manawatu Stakes, which are irun on April 7th. During the Wanganui J.C. Autumn Meeting the Beolantis gelding Cachuca was transferred from C. Weal’s charge to that of. D. Moraghan, and he was brought back from the south by the latter trainer. The field nominated for the Brighton Hurdle Race at the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting Is probably the strongest that has been engaged at Ellerslie outside a National •vent. Mr G. Dunnett, the well-known local sportsman, leaves shortly on a trip to England. Mr. Dunnett has been granted leave •f absence by the A.R.C., of which club hs to ft commltteemaa.

Nominations for the Avondale Handicap, Autumn Handicap, Railway Handicap, and Steeplechase, to be decided at the Avondale Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, close on Friday, April 3rd, at 9 p.in. Word from the South states that the'three year old Downfall is moving a bit short in his work. Downfall has been nominated for the principal events at the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting. B. Deeley, the Auckland horseman, is at present at the bead of winning riders on the flat, with 45 wins to bis credit. A. McConnor is at the top of the cros-country riders with 12 wins. The time, 1.13 k, registered by Munjeet, when she won the Newmarket Trial at the recent Mentone Meeting constitutes a record for Victoria. In New South Wales, however, Lismarte’s 1.121, at Randw’ick, stands as the record. The St. Leger gelding Scotty has not been nominated for the A.R.C Easter Handicap, but appears in the list of the nominations for the St. George’s and Autumn Handicaps, while he has also been nominated for the Brighton Hurdles. Messrs. A. Buckland and Sons offered a number of thoroughbreds for sale by auction at their yards on Friday, but only two were disposer of, the gelding Pipi falling to Mr. Austin for 16gs., and the Bluejacket filly Mynota to Mr. I. Gray for 25gs. Word from Taranaki states that Uhlan, by Cuirassier —Aida, which w<ft| the Auckland Cup of 1898, and sire of Uhlander and Uhtando, two good performers, came into contact w!Th some barbed wire at Okato last week, and sustained severe injuries necessitating his destruction. “The master of the hounds has to combine the tact of a Prime Minister, the saintliness of an archbishop, and the language of a costermonger,” said Captain McTaggart, Master of the Surrey Staghounds, at the hunt breakfast. Prior to the mail leaving England frost caused two race meetings to be abandoned, and the postponement of another. One course was said to be as “hard as iron,” the frost being the most severe of the season in the district. The defunct Australian sire Abercorn was represented by six winners on the. Irish turf last* season. -He was an inmate of Captain Scott’s breeding establishment. Patron was also represented on the list of winning sires last season. The recent rains have worked wonders with the Ellerslie racecourse, and whereas last week everything looked dried and burnt up, now things look fresh and green, and a regular transformation scene has been enacted. The work from now until the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting should be of an interesting character. At the recent yearling sales in Melbourne a chestnut colt by Seaton Delaval—Campania, full brother to Master Delaval and Co., realised 575g5.*, being knocked down to Mr. J. Turnbull. This was the second highest price of the sale, top price being given for a full brother to Scotland, whlcn brought 650 gs. The running of certain horses in the Hurdle Race at the recent Waihi J.C. Meeting was not deemed satisfactory by the stewards, and at the conclusion of the day’s racing an inquiry was instituted. After several persons were examined, the inquiry was adjourned to a future date. Before racing started on the second day of the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting, the stewards held an inquiry into the running of Apologue in the Essendon Stakes as compared with his Caulfield form, and after hearing statements, accepted the explanation as satisfactory. Mr Abe Bailey says horse breeding is making good headway in South Africa. He is enthusiastic concerning the crossing of English thoroughbreds with Boer ponies. The result, he states, is an animal which has the endurance and wiriness of its dam, and the size and strength of its sire. Are we to have a Bookmakers’ Limited Liability Company? says an English paper. iA strang story filters back from America, where the papers are booming the arrival of an American who claims to have occupied a prominent position on the English Turf as a bookmaker for the past ten years. His mission, so it is said, is to help out some of his brethren here, who possibly may be affected by legislation as to betting on the tracks, and incidentally to form a company. Intention is to form a syndicate, and with £lOO,OOO capital begin operations on the English Turf at the commencement of the ■oason.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. offered the three-year-old colt Pohutu, by Explosion—Miss Rose for sale by auction on Friday, but failed to dispose of him, and he was passed in at 260 gs. Henry Havelock and Nephrite were also offered, the former l>eing purchased for 25gs by Mr. A. E. Hopewell and the latter for 15gs by Mr. P. Kelly. No owner nowadays does his racing in quite the same princely style that the late Prince Batthyany, who bred St. Simon, did. The horses had scarlet, clothing, and his were the only lads who wore livery. They looked uncommonly neat on Sunday, wearing tall hats, clean linen, blue coats, and black trousers. One of the greatest admirers of George Fordham was the late Sir John Astley. “What are you standing, Mate?” called out a member of the Jockey Club to him, as Eastern Empress, with Fordham •’up,” cantered down to the starting post. • The old man and the old mare coupled,” was the reply. It came off all right. English papers announce the death of a famous French sportsman in Mr J. Robert Hennessy, and one of the heads of the Cognac firm. Mr Hennessy was a founder of the French Steeplechase Society, and a steward of the Auteuil races. Mr Hennessy is probably identical with the gentleman who, some years ago, visited Australia, and sent to France a number of Australian brood mares for his stud. During his stay in New York Mr W. B. Purefoy, the English sportsman, had a look over the Sheepshead Bay stables of Mr J. R. Keene. He may have something to say of the cracks Colin and Celt on his return to England, but already we are told by the New York papers that “Mr Purefoy thinks it lucky for the owners of prominent Epsom Derby candidates that neither of them is intended for that race.”

Colonel Hall Walker is. we understand, says an exchange, cudgelling his brains what to say should he have to make a fourth Gimcrack speech.- The subject does not suggest many ideas, and three speeches seem to exhaust it. Mr Sievier will make a bid for the next race, and if he were to win it, we might have a few candid remarks on men and things expressed in a manner not conveying hesitation or doubt.

Mr. R. Wootton (late of Sydney) has moved from Downs Cottage. Epsom (Eng.), to a more commodious stable contiguous to his gallops. Here all the latest improvements and appointments are now to be noticed, the Australian having brought his establishment in every way thoroughly up-to-date. Besides a lengthy list of his own horses, Mr. Wootton trains the horses owned by Mr. Lytham, and has altogether an imposing team so far as numbers go.

The nominations received last evening by Mr. J. F. Hartland for the principal events at the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting are highly satisfactory, and the quality engaged are a long way above the ordinary. Practically all the leading performers in the North Island have.been nominated, and if Mr Morse can succeed in enticing the -majority to make the trip the racing at Ellerslie in the Autumn should be of a high-class character.

The local champion, Master Delaval, was brought from the South last week by the Rarawa, after his unsuccessful efforts at the Wanganui J.C. Autumn Meeting. Master Delaval. which was made second favourite in the .Wanganui Cup, ran very dhsappoiutidgly in the race, and in conversation with his trainer, Denis Moraghan. on his return, he informed me that the son of Seaton Delaval was clearly not himself, and his connections were fully prepared for his poor showing. Master Delaval finished seventh in the Cup. just behind The Lark, which was favourite.

The mares purchased on behalf of the Breeding Association of Germany at the Newmarket sales were re-cold in that country recently. The mares are bought out of the profits derived from the “parimutuel,” and until this year there was no reserve price put on a mare, with the result that many of the leading breeders could put their heads ,together and acquire some of the mares at a figure which did not represent their value. Now. however, in the event of a mare not reaching the minimum, she is made the object of a lottery among all the breeders.

In sporting circles a rather good story Is told concerning the wit of the Duke of Portland. A few mouths ago his Grace the Duke of Westminster entered into competition for a young untrained horse at Sundown Park. The contest between the two was very keen, ami promised to continue. At length something over five hundred pounds was bid for the animal. “I say, Portland.” said the Duke of Westminster, “we shall soon be paying for the horse more than it will ever be worth; suppose we buy it between us?” The Duke of Portland agreed to this, and afterwards the two had a discussion as to what the horse should be called. “Well, as we are going to share it, why not call it The Loaf?” asked the Duke of Portland, and The Loaf it was promptly named.

The English Derby winner of 1883, RL Blaise, for whom the American, Mr. Charles Reed, paid 100,000 dolors, is now a pensioner at the Nursery Stud of August Belmont, bis stud home years ago, when he was first taken to America, and where he sired many stake winners. At the dissolution sale a few season ago of Charles Reed's Fairview Stud, J. B. Hnggin bought St. Blaise, but soon after transferred the celebrated stallion to Mr. Belmont, so the horse might end his days in the Nursery Stud, the place he made famous in bls earlier days. The gist of the illuminated address presented by West Australian racing men to Mr. A. Geary was as follows: “It is generally conceded that your efforts both as a handicapper and stipendary steward have been crowned with conspicuous success. The wonderful progress made by the Turf in West Australia is due in a larger measure to the services lent by you to the racing administrators, and the deep, personal interest you have manifested in everything that conduced to the advancement of the local Turf, has won for you the confidence, as well as the thauks, of all true .sportsmen.” There were over 100 signatures to this high appreciation of Mr. Geary’s services. Despite the high pi Ices which were paid in 1907 for English-bred horses, the industry in Great Britain, according to Government figures issued a few weeks ago, is on the decline. The total number of horses shows a further fall of 12,312, reducing the total to about the same as that of 1904. Wales was the only part of the kingdom where the number of horses has increased during the past twelve months. The largest actual reductions appear in Lincoln. 1172: the East Riding, 946: and Suffolk, 596. All but six of the English and most of the Scottish counties show- decreases. Severe weather during the foaling season, and the popularity of the motor car, are the two chief causes assigned for the decline. Considerable annoyance and inconvenience has been caused to several horse-owners owing to the fact that they aie unable to get horse boxes to convey their horses to the Oh in emu ri J.C. Annual Meeting. It seems incredible that, in a city like Auckland there are not sufficient boxes for the number of horses that travel to country gatherings; but, nevertheless, such is the case, for on a well-known trainer applying on Thursday last, he was informed that no boxes were available, but that he could have a cattle truck. Needless to say, the offer was not accepted, and the only alternative left was to abandon the trip, which was done.

After a long and exhaustive inquiry, during which voluminous evidence was taken, the stewards of the Auckland Trotting Club came to a decision in connection wit a the running of certain ponies at their summer meeting. The stewards decided that three ponies were, in their opinion, not ridden to win. and that their respective riders be disqualified for twelve months from March 13. The decision of the stewards has only been arrived at after a patient hearing, and they are to Tie congratulated upon the attention and fair bearing they have given to the case.

Australian writers seem pretty well agreed that Apologue should have nearly won the Australian Cup. for which he was sent out favourite, and the “Sydney Morning Herald” says: Apologue was probably going faster than any other horse at the finish of the Australian Cup; but Evans cannot be complimented on the race he rode, for he kept the horse too far out of his ground, and was near the tail of the field six furlongs from home. When he tried for an opening at the bottom of the straight Heretiere got in before him, and altogether it was n» unlucky race for Apologue. Another writer in the “Sydney Refefee” says: The general impression was that Apologue should have won. Evans rode a shocking race. He had him all over the course, but he finished very fast, and in another half furlong may have won.

lu an article on American breeders, a correspondent in the “Sporting Chronicle” says: Readers will notice the heavy percentage of three and four-year-old horses, nearly 78 per cent, and, contrasting it and the aged horses with the English entries for the three great handicaps decided by the first week in July, will grasp that whether our horses are fleeter than those in England and France —and it is a great question if they are fleeter —the American horses certainly do not “stand up” so well. It is being freely argued here that our horses now’ are at their best at three years, and that shortly it will be two years. This may sound ridiculous, but it is not. and. unless something be done to change tense muscle training methods, and the too early —May and June - racing of two year olds for about the richest purses we offer to horses of any age. our really good ones cannot be expected to last. As for the lower grades, Great Scott, they are already racing at twenty months and upwards, in the South and West, running their pooc baby legs off.

The V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race Winner of 1905, York (now known a« York 11), ran third to B.M. and Wacoutta in lhe Pendleton Steeplechase at Manchester *‘.n January 21. It was his first appearance on an English racecourse since he fell In last year’s Liverpool Grand National, and Tight well did he look. A better fencer there is not in England (says Ix>ndon “Sporting Life’’), and with Extravagance as a schoolmaster Willie Woodland is quite likely to serve up a fancied candidate for this year’s blue riband of the ’chase in Mr. G. Walmsley’s selected. York IL, though Hot actually third best, Rough Pup being eased from that position, was nevertheless running on strongly, and can evidently stay. He was purchased at the December sales for 510 guineas, and has 10.4 to carry in the Grand National.

In Hungary Herr von Szemere’s expertluent of importing half-a-dozen Japanese lads with a view to making jockeys of them is not meeting with favourable criticism. For one thing the idea is not well received from a sportsman who was first to agitate in favour of Hungarian and Austrian jockeys, of whom Janek and Bon tn perfected themselves at Newmarket under the tuition of W. Waugh. Several of the journals who attack the innovation remind its originator of the very slight success which has attended the home-bred jockeys he thought would show as much ability in the saddle as the Englishmen who had been tempted to leave Newmarket and come out abroad to ride, not for the sake of practice, but owing to a dearth of native talent. Herr von Szemere thinks that the slightly constructed and nimble “Jap.” will not have to labour under the constant invasion of flesh, but with their diet changed from fish and rice to meat, the Japs, like other lads, may quickly put on weight. Mr John Corlett attributes the falling off in the entries for the spring handicaps in England to the raising of the weights. He writes:—“The reason for the great fallingoff must be perfectly clear to those who have made a study of the ’Racing Calendar,’ and have observed the conditions that now prevail, as compared with those when Joe Miller beat a field of 43 for the Chester Cup. There were more running then than there are entries now. Of these runners fourteen were three-year-olds, and they supplied the first four in the race. Why aYe the three-year-olds who used so frequently to win the big handicaps so harmless now’? Answer that question, and you have the secret of the latter-day failure. 1-t is not a difficult question to answer. The range that the handicapper took in adjusting the weights explains everything. In the particular race quoted the range was not so great as usual, the top-weight of the runners being Nancy at 9st lib, and the bottom one Barley Sugar at 4st 41b, making a difference of GTtb. In the last Chester Cup the range that the- handicapper took was" 421 b, and it was the same in the Great Metropolitan. This means bunching u lot of horses together at the bottom and lower middle part of the handicap at a difference of a very few pounds that if handicapped in some other race in which no cracks were engaged would in many instances not be placed at less than 211 b of each other.” We know’ in Australia that with our fist 71b minimum only three or four of the three year-olds can have any chance in the big handicaps of the spring.

The New Zealand Football Team recently made a trip to Welbeck and it was a great success. The party ,lumbered 21, and after luncheon, to which they were entertained by the "Duke of Portland, they were shown over the abbey by the steward. The New Zealanders also viewed the riding school and underground passages; in fact, everything that was on show at Welbeck. The most Interesting item to the Colonials, and what was the chief object of their visit, was the Fight of Carbine, a horse every New Zealander considers to be the best ever foaled. On being permitted to go to his box the men saluted the stallion by raising their hats; whilst the old groom, who had come with him from New Zealand, had his arm almost shaken off. Each player left with u trophy of Carbine in the shape of a small hank of hair taken from his tail, and presented -to them by the groom. Ilorseowners who attended the Walhi J.C. Meeting complain bitterly of the starting at the gathering. It is stated that there was a delay of from a quarter to threequarters of an hour in getting off every rare, and the last race was started in semidarkness. after the boys had been kept shivering in the rain for just on forty-five minutes. The starting business is one of the difficulties country clubs have to contend with, and it is really time that the Metropolitan authorities refused to pass the programme of any totalisator club until they have starting barriers on their courses find a duly qualified official to work them. The success of a meeting depends largely upon the starter, and such being so, every effort should lie made to .secure a competent man.

A Dominion representative recently intervfewed Mr. w. G Taylor, M.lu'.V.S.. regarding Porirua’s death, and was informed that the disease to which the horse succumbed was a rather uncommon complaint, and was t*e<«n generally whefe a horse had been kept on old pastures. The worm (strongyle) passes through the bowel into the arteries, and so into the mesenteric artery, this jiarticular strongyle having a special predilection for that artery. It establishes Itself in the walls of the artery, causing a thickening of the walls, which In time entirely obliterates the artery. As a rule, the obliteration of the nrtery fa sudden, and is produced by a disiodgment of th«* particles of material with which the worm surrounds itself. Death is caused by necrosis or deahh of the part of the bowel which Is supplied with blood by the arteries obliterated by the embolism. Death as a rule ensues within twenty-four or forty-eight hours. In the case of PorirtM, the obliteration of the blood vessels was aot quite complete, and the anima!** suffering ■» were thereby prolonged. It is, in a

case like ibis, a particularly cruel death, the poor beast suffering intense agony, which no drug can alleviate, death being produced by absorption of poisons from the dead bowel, and more particularly by exhaustion. In complete obliteration the last six hours prior to death are practically painless.. In Porirua’s case exceptional doser, of morphia produced no effect, . as once the disease obtains a hold there is no remedy whatever to check it. Thus the “Sporting Chronicle”:—What a lot of well-meant endeavours do go astray, to be sure! The English Jockey Club’s endowment of 300 sovs. for a race of the distance of not less than two miles, to be allotted to three meetings per year, at the discretion of the stewards, seemed on the face of it an excellent notion. It was the outcome of an agitation against the predominance of the sprinter, and was in every respect a laudable attempt to encourage the breeding of stayers. But it was a total failure. No, on second thoughts, not quite a total failure, because it at least demonstrated that the Jockey Club has at its disposal funds which might be applied to the furtherance of racing in the practical rather than in the abstract sense. Are there not among the experienced members of the turf’s governing body some who can devise a means of spending money in a judicious way, apart from the financing of races at Newmarket, which is a Mecca to which most north-country lovers of the turf have few opportunities of making a pilgrimage? Failing that, they might hand over some of their surplus funds to their brothers of the National Hunt Committee, with a word or two of advice as to how ’t should be expended. A few’ years back the welter flat races were handed over, with any amount of advice, but no money. But there is another phase of the matter from the point of view of those who would infuse fresh life into our winter programmes. Clerks of courses and others connected with racecourse management should be expected—aye, and enjoined—to do something more than repeat last February meeting’s programme to the letter for the forthcoming February meeting. It. is extremely easy to turn up last year’s “Calendar.” cut out the conditions of the races, and paste ‘.hem up for the corresponding fixture of .he current year; but it isn’t business, and it isn’t sport either. Two meetings at which a little extra infusion of enterprise would do no harm are Haydock and Manchester. There are others, but these for the time being will suffice. The following tamo is a complete list of Persimmon’s winners in England, with the total amount won by them, in (stakes: — Year. Winners. AmouiiT. 1901. —Sceptre (2 races) £2455 0 1902. —Sceptre, The Coon, Cheers, Achaicus, Mead, Iceboat, Perchance, and Perfectionist (16 races) 36,868 0 1903. —Sceptre, Zinfandel, Mead, Cheers, Peroration, Red Lily, Queen’s Beauty, The Coon, Imperator, Princesimmon, Perfectionist,, Pericles, Periander, and Plombiere (25 races) 24,472 10 1904. — Zinfandel, Peroration, Chatsworth, Shah Jehan, Mirabelle, Sister Hilda, Persil, Queen Beauty, Persian Garden, Pomegranate, and Bishopscourt (21 races) 10,308 0 1905. —Zinfandel, Plum Centre. Mead, Colonia, Pomegranate, Chestnut, Carstone. Altcar, Bitter Pill, Persian Garden, Piari, Flowerer, Penshaw’, Royal Dream, and Gourd (25 r races) 16,373 15 1906. — Keystone 11., Plum Tree, Gourd, Royal Dream, Modern Agnes filly. Achaicus, Plum Blossom, Fugleman, Perusal, Rhubarb, Plum Centre. Chestnut, Persister, Persian Garden. Pericline. and Cheveril (31 races! 21,737 0 1207.—Persuasion, Mountain Apple, Fugleman, Pearl of the Loch, Persian Garden, King’s Proctor. Chestnut, Perky, Royal Dream. Sea King, Your Majesty, Rushcutter, and Royal Realm (26 races) 12,301 10 Totals (146 races) £124,815 15 The following interesting account of the Newmarket Handicap is from the "Sydney X thVM’.' SCOt,an ' 1 th? dkan 6, ,t T h I hl> j y , eal 8 Hantl t looked on paper. Not that Mr. Menzies threw the horse in—on his past tha'n h'X eatitlea aa o “nee S more Futnritv «< ? . was al ’otted—but his ‘J’ r ty racing made him out as str-HcM ...furlongs run up the straight at Memington. The horse had •ourse " <>ll 011 ,hls course, and that had some influence with a few backers, who decided to let Scotland run against them. The members of the ring entertained no sentimental notions in this direction. They certainly laid heavily against the horse, but sold their goods at a high price. Such a short price being freely accepted in a short handicap race, with 29 runners, has probably never been heard of, and his success only proves once more the truth of the saying, "The bigger the field, the greater the certainty." Scotland occupied a position two or three horses from the inner rails, and, while he was not first out, he was one of those to get into his stride smartly. Fllle Fogl was really the first to show In front, while Currandooley was another to quickly Jump Into his bridle. They had not gone very fur. however, before Scotland took command, •nd thereafter It was a case of "hare and hounds." As the distance was reached Grenadier threw out a challenge, but could never get within striking distance, and Scotland passed the post, according to the Judge,

with two lengths to spare, though most of the spectators made it three or four. Ono thing was certain—it was a hollow victory. No wonder the stable regarded the race as a certainty for the .Wallace horse. - Grenadier run a good honest horse, and he, no doubt, represents some class; but Scotland was altogether toog good for him, as he was for the others. Munjeet ran just about where, on Futurity Stakes form, she might have been expected to; but Antonio greatly disappointed. He could not begin quick enough, and never seemed to get really into bis stride. The other Imported horses, Traquair, Sokinsha, Curtain Lecture, and Bright Steel, all ran poorly. Bright Steel certainly made some show, and was running on, but how Grenadier came to lose the Oakleigh Plate to nun is a puzzle, oas blob:Medthatull,pu ♦ ♦ AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. NOMINATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL EVENTS. The following nominations nave been received by Mr. Hartland for events to be run at the Auckland Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting:— Easter Handicap, one mile. —Cambrian, Advocate, Tangimoana, Leonator, Master Delaval, Moloeh, Te Aroha, Loongana, Montigo, Lady Rohina, Uenuku, Uhlando, Rawlnia, Uranium, Miss Winnie, Multifid, Landlock, Carl Rosa, Downfall, Gay Paris, Helen Portland, Rauparaha, Tamainupo, Celtic, Mahuta, Zimmerman, Sir Tristram, Dawn, Gold Crest, Marguerite, Swimming Belt, All Red, Golden Eagle, Certainty, Ballarat, Delegate, Veronica, Soultline, King Billy, Are Light, Frisco, The Lark, Pohutn. Brighton Hurdle Race, two miles.—Dolores, Ironinould, Ovnati, Lady Hune, Cuiragno, Parltutu, Hautapu, Ranana, Sharpnel, Loch Fyne, Silica, Scotty, Moeraki, Le Beau, Playmate, Ataahua, Maui, Cachuca, Good Faith, Kapakapa, Claremont, Ghoorka, Kiatere, English. St. George s Handicap, one mile and aquarter—Cambrian, Tangimoana, Advocate, Leonator, Master Delaval, Moloch, Te Aroha, Montigo, Uenuku, Pohutu, Uhlando, First Gun, Multifid, Uranium, Landlock, lari Rosa, Downfall, Gay Paris, Signor, Helen Portland, Rauparaha, Celtic, Scotty, Mahuta,. Zimmerman, Sir Tristram, Dawn. Bourrasque, Gold Crest, Marguerite, All Red, Swimming Belt, Starina, Certainty, Delegate, Veronica, King Billy, Arc Light, Ghoorka. Frisco, The Lark. Lucreece Autumn Steeplechase, abut three miles and a-half.—Tarakihi, Inniskillen, Loch !'. yn ?’„^ ba “ ,a ’ Silica ’ Cinque, Moeraki, Good Faith, Kapakapa, Pierre, Capitol, Kiatore, Irish. > Autumn Handicap.—Tangimoana, Advocate, Leonator, Master Delaval, Moloch, Te Fir ha ’ Montigo, Uenuku, Pohutu, Uhlando, hirst Gun, Uranium, Carl! Rosa, Downfall, Signor, Rauparaha, Celtic, Scotty, Mahuta! Syren, Zimmerman, Bourrasque, Gold Crest Marguer te, Starina, Certainty, Delegate, K Tho B111 ?’ ,f lc . Light - Frisco, The Lark. nrLb»<J™ V,‘ r the Baster Handicap, .J,?’’ 4 Hurdle Race, and Autumn Steeplechase are due to appear on the 23rd inst. ♦ ♦ ♦ DANNEVIRKE JOCKEY CLUB’S MEETING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, Wednesday. The first day’s racing of the Dannevirke Jockey Club’s annual meeting took place to-day. In the morning heavy showers fell, but the weather cleared up by noon. The course was in first-calss order and the attendance good. The sum of £8377 was passed through the totalisator, and 16 bookmakers plied their calling. The results are as follows:— Hack Hurdle Race, one mile and threequarters.—Bushranger 1, Reservoir 2, Royal Blue 3. Scratched: Papatawa and Con--3^o Si 4 l r Wou four lengths. Time, Makirikiri Hack Handicap.—Truganini 1, King Post 2, Seaton Dale 3. Scratched: Wharekura, Billow, Chrysoplirase, Lethan. Won by half-a-length. Time, 2.15. Dannevirke Cup —Waitapu 1, San Julie 2, Arc Light 3. Scratched: The Lark. From a good start Merrie Rose and Chatterer made the running past the stand, followed b y .Waitapu and San Julie. This order was maintained coming round the bottom turn. At the back Waitapu closed up to the leaders and assumed command entering the straight, winning by a neck. Time, 2.10 4-5. I rial Stakes.—Lady Mensehikoff 1, Kimmerian 2, Muiga Bill 3, Won easily. Time, 1.16 2-5. lahoraiti Hack Welter Handicap.—Osiris 1, Purquet 2, Lethean 3. Scratched: Trnganini. Won by half-a-length, a neck sepaiw'o - the seeou<l a,,d third horses. Time, _, I '?, yi .! lg Stal:ps - —Gauze 1, Waikola 2, Ton lubi .1. Scratched: Aboriginal. Won by a length and a-half. Time, 1.14 4-5. Electric Huck Handicap.—Lotlialr 1, The Duin-e 2, Hydraulic 3. Scratched: Wonderbohm < urron, Tricky Maid. Won by a length. rime, 55h. Tamnkl Welter Handicap.—Maid of Astolat 1, Mtllenial 2, Aboriginal 3. Scratched: 130 U8 ' eaSlly by a len Bth. Time, DANNEVIRKE, Thursday. The second day’s racing of the Dannevirke Jockey Club’s meeting took place today, the weather being fine and the course ip tip-top order. The attendance was large, the totalisator results being £0404, milking a total of £17,775 for the meeting. Hurdles.—Reservoir 1, Commander 2, Royal Blue 3. Won by balf-a-head. March Hack Handicap.—Maid of Astolat 1, Gauze 2, Tua Tub! 8. All started. Time. 1.15 4-5.

Telephone Hack Handicap.—Bluebell L Vasa 2, Penates 3. Scratched: Dunce and Advantage. Time, 1.2 3-5. Tupuata Welter Handicap.—Mallet L Prize Bloom 2, King Post 3. All started. Time, 1.44. Autumn Handicap.—’Waitapu 1, Merry, Rose 2. Lolret 3. All started. Time, 1.57 1-5. Shorts Handicap.—Turguet 1, Mulga Bill 2, Vinco 3. Time, 1.4. Mangatera Hack Handicap.—Lethean Seaton Dale 2, Lochiela 3. Time, 1.30. Kaitoke Welter Handicap.—Cyrene 1, Aboriginal 2, Gaelic 3. Time, 1.30. TARANAKI ACCEPTANCES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday. The following acceptances nave neen received for the first day’s racing of the Taranaki Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, to be held on the 25th and 26th Inst.:— Puketori Hurdle Race.—Black Sqnnll 10.13, Showman 10.10, Xaxier 10.2, Mooshen 9.12, Speciosa 9.4, Black Banner 9.1, Mudgee 9.0, Bushranger 9.0, English 9.0, Star Rose 9.0. Taranaki Cup.—Mahuta 8.6, Uhlando 8.2, Gazeiey 7.10, Scotty 7.10, .Downfall 7.9, Dear Dolly 7.2, Starina 7.0, Cyrene 6.13, Signor 6.11, Wee Trinket 6.9. Flying Handicap.—Moriarty 8.7, Golden Eagle 7.10, Finery 7.9, Dear Dolly 7.7, Helen Portland 7.6, Pylades 6.10. Stewards’ Handicap.—Finery 8.5, Cyrene 8.4, Waihuka 7.2, Kareroa 7.2. Carissima 7.2, St. Maria 7.1, Engraver 6.12, Pylades 6.12, Eastmere 6.10. Welter Handicap.—lrish Rifle 10.9, Silver Shell 9.12, Le Beau 9.0, Immolation 8.11. Arc Light 8.11, Daisy Paul 8.9, climax 8.4, Gleam 8.2, Iseult 8.1. Pukaka Hack Handicap.—Billow 9.0, Hydraulic 8.12, Silver Lead 8.9, Cruckwella 8.8, Nukutlhi 8.6, Burton 8.6, Lamsdortt 8.5, Miss Vera 8.3, Inaha 8.0, Nev 8.0, Otaroa 8.0, Nicotine 7.13, Matheron 7.12. Kaltnke Hack Handicap.—Pearlie 90, Somali 8.12, The Dane 8.5, Mallet 7.12, Kilmarnock 7.10, Lingerer 7.10, Ramanul.7.9, Mistress 7.9, Lantern 7.9. ENTRIES. Hack Scurry, five furlongs.—lnaha, Chasemab, Explosive, Muskerado.’ Grizelle, vnrtis. Roselake, Headlight, Pleiades, Andover, Nicotine, Eclogue, Taupo, Astraea, Rawima. ” Final Hack Flutter, five furlongs.—Chasemab. Inaha. Eastmere. Muskerado, Grizelle, yurtis. Roselake, Pleiades, Andover, Nicotine Eclogue, Mistress. Astraea. Rawinia, black geldmg by St. Paul—Ngaire. *4 + AUSTRALIAN RACING. THE NEWCASTLE CUP. SYDNEY, March 14. The following was the result of the. Newcastle Cup.—Goldlock 1, Orange 2, Erie 3 Seventeen horses started. Goldlock won by a neck. Time, 2.26. THE ST. KILDA CUP. MELBOURNE, March 14. The St. Kilda Cup resulted as follows:— Ganymedes 1, Lady Rylstone 2, White Eyes 3. Fourteen horses started. Ganymedes won by half a length. Time, 2.23 J.