Austral Mems.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 150, 8 June 1893, Page 2

Austral Mems.

“Terlinga,” who the other day looked over Mr Gollan’s horses in training at Caulfield, says of them in the Australasian of May 20 :—“ Some of the finest horses to be seen in any establishment in Australia are housed at Percy Martin’s stables at Caulfield. They all belong to Mr S. H. Gollan, who pays big prices for good cattle, and it was pleasing to see that after a most unlucky spring the New Zealand animals picked up some good stakes during the autumn The latest additions to the stable are the three Derby colts just arrived from New Zealand. The bay, by Newminster from Beryl, which cost 1,000 guineas at St. Albans, throve amazingly while in Maoriland, and has come back a very grand horse. For such a big one he is most evenly proportioned, and he will be an object of admiration on Derby Day, even if time does not allow of his trainer having him cherry ripe for the occasion. The Possible is out of Realisation. He is a nice compact colt, with plenty of power and bone, but when I saw him he looked rather puffy about the joints. Kempenfeldt, by Nordenfeldt from Bianca, is another well-grown lengthy colt. He is a chestnut with white hairs running through his coat, and as far as looks are concerned these recent importations hold their own with the rest of Mr Gollan’s team. The latest winner from

Martin’s stable is Captain Webb. He looked rather light after his recent race, and for this reason his trainer did not care to start him at the Hunt Club meeting at Flemington. His defeat of Willyama at Caulfield has caused him to ascend the handicapper’s tree with a jump. Sternchaser is looking bright and well, but Culloden’s foot which burst in Sydney is still giving trouble. Bessie McCarthy is the finest filly of the season, and it is a pity she is not in the Derby, although the race is not run at a time when mares are at their best. The neat little Namoa is pretty ship-shape, and I expect she will carry silk before long. Altogether Mr Gollan’s team is a formidable one, and if the Derby colts come to hand in October Percy Martin should have a good innings at Caulfield and Flemington’” ‘| ' . The same writer having looked over the well-known racers ; Malvolio and Correze in Redfearn’s stable, says of them: —“Malvolio is a grand horse in every sense of the word. What a barrel and quarters he has, to be Sure, and his back ribs are a marvel. Not long ago Mr Allen, V.S., blistered him on the off foreleg, and whether he will ever stand another preparation is a moot pointy as it takes no end of gallopping to fit hint for a race. When well he is a wonderful stayer, and for this reason his owner may use his best endeavours to get him x ready for another Melbourne Cup, but I \ am afraid he is not very sanguine of success. Such a horse should make a splendid sire, but, unfortunately, there is no demand for stud horses in Australia just now, and for this reason his owner must try and train him. Correze’s near foreleg looks very suspicious, and as the long spell he has had has resulted in his accumulating flesh, his prospects, as far as the turf is concerned, are none too bright.” . ZEgyptus, 7.4, failed to get a place in the Epsom Handicap, run at Epsom (Melbourne) on the 19th ult., and won by Tyras, 6.13. Paddy, 7.9, started a 5 to 4 on chance in a field of four in the Selling Race, 5 furlongs, but he finished last of the quartette, the two-year-old Meg, 6.11, who showed big form in the early part of the season, and who is by Neckersgat—Meg Merrilies, being returned the winner with 7.1. ZEzyptus showed his heels to a field of eight in the Mordialloc Handicap, one mile, winning by a length from Rattler 11., 7.2, with. Helter Skelter, 7.7, third. Arquebus, 8.6, who seems going from bad to worse, finished last. Spokesman, 93, was favourite at 2 to 1 against, ZEgyptus being next in demand at 4 to 1. It is peculiar what a lot of good horses have been killed in jumping races in Australia during the past twelve months. My Jack. Havilah, The Duke, Rob Roy, Star of Erin, Crossrail, Buzzard, Fatback,' and Elton were among those that met with fatal accidents, and on the 20th ult. that good jumper Bolton terminated his career bv falling at the last obstacle in the Hurdles at the Adelaide Racing Club’s Birthday Meeting. Another noted steeplechaser ended his career at Caulfield, on May 20th. Ex-i plorer, the property of "the ex-New Zealander C. Rudings, and ridden by Cameron, was doing a round of the big fences, and had only got to the second obstacle when he took off too abruptly, and, striking the fence with his stomach, fell and broke his back Fortunately Cameron was uninjured. The accident is a stroke of bad luck for Rudings, who had just got the horse into excellent form. He was purchased for £8 only at auction not long since, and Rudings had put such condition on him that he recently refused an offer of A sort of fatality has always clung to Explorer. He is most remembered as the horse that caused the death of Mr Alfred Watson in the Hunters’ Steeplechase at Moonee Valley on November the 7th, 1890.

At Moonee Valley (Melbourne), on May 20th, All There (who is full brother to Mr T. Morrin’s mare Lyrelinus) was the hero of the principal event the Cranwallan Handicap of 6osovs, 5! furlongs. He carried 8.3 ; started first favourite at 5 to 4 agst in a field of nine, and had the race practically won at the home turn getting home by three lengths from Auster, 7,7, who was a head in advance of Ayah. 7.3. On the first dav of the Adelaide Racing Club’s Birthday Meeting the City Handicap of 350S0VS, 7 furlongs, went to Mr S. Griffiths’ Seacombe, by The Diver. — Little Nell, 6yrs, 7.1 1. Post Admiral, 8.10, was second and Rosebrook, 8.3, third, with 11 behind them, including the Adelaide Cup winner Vakeel, 9.8, and' Gladstone, 9.0. The betting was 3 to 1 agst Port Admiral, 4 to 1 agst Vakeel, 6

Seacombe, 7to 1 Rosebrook. Port Admiral (who is brother to The Admiral) ran a great race, but was beaten half a /length. ;£io 5s was the dividend paid out on the winner, who is a half-brother to Swivellcr (sire of Mentor). Mr Crozier won the Adelaide Stakes of zoosovs, six furlongs, with Fairfield, whois by Robinson Crusoe —Little Sister, and who ran /well in the early part of the season at Caulfield and Flemington. The dam of this colt is full sister to Major George’s mare The Maid, and his sire is full brother to Mr Morrin’s mare Onyx. Hortensius, who was second, is aiso the property of )Mr Crozier, and is brother to the flying two-year-old Hortense. Third place was filled by Kallistos, who is by Robinson Crusoe out of Bellissima, a mare that was bred by the New Zealand Stud Co., and got by Musket out of Pulchra. Kallistos • started favourite at 2 to 1 against in a field of eight. The dividend on Fairfield was £9. Mr Crozier scored with Vakeel in the Parkside Stakes, w.f.a., one mile and a furlong, odds of 5 to 2 being laid on his ability to beat a quartette, a task which he accomplished very easily. Quality finishing second and Britannia third.

Another granddaughter of Musket was returned a winner at the Mentone (Melbourne) Meeting on May 22nd. Mr S. G. Cook winning the Trial Stakes, five furlongs and a quarter, with The Waif, who is a four-year-old daughter of Epigram (imp.) and Discard, Discard being by Musket out of Hannah, and therefore full sister to Mr B. Thompson’s Torment. The Waif carried 7.2 in this race and beat a field of half-a-dozen, and 'later in the day she carried 6.8 to the front in the Flying Handicap, 5 furlongs, in which she was opposed, by eight, among whom was the New Zealand-bred Omaha. 7.12, ridden by White. /Egyptus, 7.7, ran second to The Doctor, 6.8, in the Mentone Handicap, one mile and a furlong, and as The Doctor is owned by Mr S. G. Cook, that popular sportsman had a good time of it during the day. The Doctor is a son of Musk Rose (by Musket—-Rosette') who is a full brother to Escutcheon. s W. Cotton, son of James Cotton, the whilom Dunedin trainer, and one of the

best cross-country horsemen that ever pjitr-deg-over a saddle in New Zealand, ~had a win at Warwick Farm (N.S.W.) the other day. He rode Ipi at 7 5 in the Minature Handicap. This pony started at 8 to 1, and got home by half a length, beating a field of 19. No doubt she was trained by James Cotton who is now located in Sydney. According to the Melbourne Sportsman of May 23, the question of introducing the totalisator into Victoria is to be -brought up at the next annual meeting of the Victoria Racing Club. The paper mentioned says : — “ We have been favoured with the views of an influential horseowner, which are to be placed -before the members of the V.R.C. at the / meeting mentioned. His contention is that the present indiscriminate licensing of bookmakers has wrought much evil. There are so many pencillers at the present time that the struggle for existence has become very keen, with the result that very questionable practices are resorted to ; that the web of malpractice has extended so widely’ that trainers and riders have been caught in it so freely •that many owners have lost all control over the running of their horses, and are at the mercy of those they employ—and through them the worst class of bookmakers. The horseowner who is to move in the matter believes that the totalisator is the only remedy for this state of affairs. One strong argument he will advance for the introductian of a fresh bill is that the opposition of the legitimate bookmaker, will, on this occasion, be withdrawn, the latter recognising that he is being shouldered out of the field by his less scrupulous competitor in the same business.” • ’ The geldings seem to be entering their emphatic protest against their proposed non-recognition by the Victoria Racing dub, for four of the unsexed ones won at Moonee Valley (Melbourne) on May 20, and four—Vakeel, Fairfield, Jew / Boy, and Schamous —were returned winners at the Adelaide Birthday Meeting. From Brisbane comes word that in consequence of the suspension of the ■ bank with which the Queensland Turf . Club keeps its account, the owners of horses entered for the Queen’s Birthday races met and decided to accept the offer of the club to pay the stakes out of the receipts of the meeting, on the understanding that if the receipts proved to be insufficient the amount of stakes paid should be pro rata, and the balance be paid when the club is again in a posi-

tion to operate upon its banking accounts. The steeplechaser Fearless 11., winner of the V.R.C. Grand-National Steeplechase of 1890, was shipped to India on May 20th. The stallion The Spot, by St. Albans —Lady Disdain, has been sold to go to Java, and Glorious’ son Gloriation has been sold to go to India. Ths South Australian Jockey Club have revoked the fine imposed on Mr S. Ferry for protesting that Vakeel, being a gelding, was not entitled to start in the S.A.J.C. St. Leger. And thus is the big prize in ‘ Tattersail’s’ lastjMelbourne Cup sweep devoted to swamping the English market. An English exchange says :—“ Mr Layton, the lucky Glenfrosan man, who recently made his fortune in Australia by winning a prize of has determined to become a landed proprietor. On Tuesday he bought the estate of Balglassie, about four miles from Brechin, for becoming purchaser after adding to the upset price. The estate extends to about 256 acres, with dwelling houses, &c., and excellent low ground for shooting and salmon fishing. The rental is and after a keen competition was sold for to Mr James Forrest, solicitor, for Mr John Layton, Crammie, Glenfrosan. Mr Layton is the son of Mr David Layton, shepherd at Crammie, in Glenfrosan, and went to Australia nine years ago. He came home in the end of February, and has since been feting his old friends in the Glen. He intends, it is understood, to farm Balglassie himself.”