Turf Topics.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VI, Issue 282, 19 December 1895, Page 8

Turf Topics.

[By

Reviewer.]

Detector has been scratched for the Great Northern Foal Stakes.

With Roscius under suspicion, our big Steeple looks a good thing for Tiritea. Casket, who was sold recently for 150 guineas,, has gone into Loughlin’s stable. Liberator is in work again down Christchurch way, looking as fresh as a daisy. Doris did a big sprint at Ellerslie the other morning, and will win a race at the approaching meeting. It is stated that Donald McKinnon has already been supported for the next Grand National Hurdle Race. Bombardier is training on well at North Shore. His party are confident of capturing the Summer Steeplechase. Rumour says that the owner oi Beadonwell (Mr S. Solomon, tiie Dunedin lawyer) intends retiring from the turf. The Napier people are fond of what they call the “ Tiri ” double for our Cup and Steeple Quiltiri and Tiritea. Carnage and Trenton leave Australia for England by the Orient liner, Orizaba, which leaves Melbourne next Saturday. Southern reports say that Chaos is in such a bad way that it is doubtful if the son of Total Eclipse will ever race again. “ Mazeppa,” of the Otago Witness, takes Impulse to win the Auckland Cup, and Roscius and Cingalee for the Steeplechase. Mr T. McEwin, of the City Buffet, will supply luncheon at Ellerslie during the Christmas meeting of the Auckland Racing Club. “ Borderer’s ” finals for the A.R.C. and A.T.C. meetings will appear in the Second Edition of the Review on Saturday morning. Mr Stead’s colt, Musketry, will have to be reckoned with at the coming events. He has done some good gallops since his arrival at Ellerslie. The Wellington Park foalings finished last week, when Lilac (Leolinue —Leila), foaled a colt to Cuirassier. The Park lot numbers 19 fillies and 11 colts. A second edition of the Sporting Review,. containing “ Borderer’s ” notes and anticipations for the A.R.C. Summer Meeting, will be issued on Saturday morning. I understand Mr W. R. Wilson visits Auckland this month. Perhaps he wishes to re-stock St. Albans, and has his eye on some of the Wellington Park yearlings. The owner of Patron is hopeful of getting another race out of Flaneur’s son, who is now doing plenty of solid work at Flemington. He should be quite ready about Champion time. St. Hippo remains Cup favourite at threes, but there is very little betting doing. Fishmonger is now favourite for the Steeple, and coupled with St. Hippo commands friends at 100 to 6. Bloodshot, Musketry, Mauser,Uniform, Epaulet, Quiltiri, and St. Onida arrived from the South on Monday, and have been doing good, work at Ellerslie. Daring, Defiance, and Tiritea arrived from the Coast yesterday.

Mr D. A. McLeod reports the Great Northern Derby market as follows : — Oscillator, even money ; Fabulist, 100 to 25 ; Quiltiri, 100 to 18 ; Mauser, 100 to 20 ; St. Regel and Musketry, 100 to 12 ; Armour, 100 to 10 ; Forma, 100 to 5. Trenton has been sold after all. Mr T. Morrin received a cable from the Master of St. Albans last Thursday, informing him that Trenton had. been bought by a son of Sir Samuel. Wilson, and that the horse will be shipped to England with Carnage. The Possible and Osculator have been doing some good gallops in company over twelve furlongs, and though the latter has always had a bit the best of it at the finish, it has to be remembered, it takes a good galloper to keep pace with the Derby favourite over a mile and a half. Major George has instructed Messrs Hunter and Nolan to auction the members of his racing string on Saturday, the 4th of January, vvhen the following blood horses will be put under the hammer :—Pegasus, Anniversary, Admiral Hawk, Heart of Oak, Neptune, and The Master. T. C. Robson, the light-weight jockey, arrived, to-day with the Hon J. D. Ormond’s two-year-olds, Daring and Defiance. Robson, who hails from the Australian side, will ride the colts in their engagements, and will in future be connected with Mr Ormond’s racing stable. Trains will leave Auckland fox* the Ellerslie racecourse on December 26th and January Ist and 2nd at 10.45, 11.25,. 11.45, 12 noon, 12.30 c 1.0 and 2.10 p.m., returning to Auckland at 4.30, 5.0, and at intervals up to 15 minutes after the last race. Reserved cars will be provided for ladies.

The question of holding race meetings on Xmas Day was considered at a recent meeting of the Wairarapa Racing Club, and a motion carried. “ That this club views with regret the action of certain persons in various parts of the Wairarapa in holding race meetings on Christmas, and that the other clubs of the Wairarapa be asked to discountenance them.”

The Auckland Racing Club have suspended the jockey’s license of D, Swanson. The disqualification imposed on Knapsack for running at unregistered meetings has been removed, and the following programmes passed : —Te Karaka R.C., December 26th ; Opotiki Hack|Meeting, December 26th ; Bay of Plenty R.C., February 20th and 21st, 1896; Takapuna J.C., January 29th and February Ist and May 23rd and 25th, 1896.

The third annual sale of the Motu-Korea yearlings will take place on Monday, December 30. . Mr W. P. Crick, who has had his hands full of trouble over the notorious Dean Case, owns racers , and had a win at Rand wick recently. Crick could not see the race, as he is on trial for conspiracy. The Nordenfeldt —Mersey stallion, Carnage, has been sold by Mr W. R. Wilson to Mr W. Alison, of the London Sportsman, as agent for an English racing man. The horse will be shipped Home shortly. Now that “Tattersail ” has received notice to quit Queensland soil he notifies that on and after January Ist, 1896,. his address will be Hobart, Tasmania. So that his alluring offer of a fortune for £1 will still glitter before the eyes of Australasians. As will be seen from the pictures appearing in this issue Messrs Alison Bros, have some fine yearlings to offer from Motu-Korea at the approaching Christmas sales of bloodstock. The St. Leger horse, Regel, is now the sire of the Stud, and from the youngsters to be put up this year it is certain he will be the success at the stud that his breeding suggests. The N.Z. Cup winner, Euroclydon, takes his name from a tempestuous north-east wind that blows in Levant. The name occurs in Longfellow’s “ Midnight Mass ” : — Thon comes with an awful roar, Gathering and sounding on, The storm wind from Labrador— The wind Euroclydon, The storm wind. Three Star livened up training matters last Saturday by smashing through the fence separating the course-proper from the grass gallop and then coming a cropper over the chain which is stretched across the course when the track is closed. The party connected with the Castor gelding may have had a Cup idea about him last week, but his mishap has shut out that prospect. They have a safer representative in St. Hippo.

An instruction given by Major George to Messrs Hunter and Nolan looks as though the Master of Wapiti is retiring from racing. The Major has instructed the firm named to sell by auction,on January 4th, Pegasus, Anniversary, Heart of Oak, Admiral Hawke, and The Master. Robinson Crusoe, who is taking up stud duty in the Hawke’s Bay district, carried off as a racehorse the A. J.C. Champagne Stakes, A.J.C. Sires’ Produce and. Sydney Derby of 1876, the A.J.C. Queen’s Plate and Sydney Leger of 1877. Robinson Crusoe sired in eight seasons 48 winners, who won in stakes £29,000. • His best sons were Navigator, Trident, The Sailor Prince, Preston, The Captain, Selkirk, The Officer. Twelve thoroughbred yearlings will be sold at the Motu-Korea Stud (Brown’s Island) on Monday, December 30th. The youngters are : Regel —Mystery colt, Cuirassier—Jessie colt, NelsonPhantom filly, Regel —Friendship colt, Nelson— Torment filly, Regal—Tamora colt, Cuirassier— Vasator filly,'Warrior—Muriel gelding, Regel— Rewarewa colt, Regel — Pearl gelding. There will also be offered a brown .gelding by Paddy’s Land out of Peal, and a chestnut filly by Brigadier out of Mayflower. A very dismal side of the racing picture was given at Hunter snd Nolan’s yards last Friday, when ..several blood horses were auctioned at ridiculous rates. Mr S. C. Caulton’s team of racehorses, in training and with engagements, were put up, and the following miserable prices were obtained : —Nikau, by Hotchkiss—Yattaghan, 2yrs, with a liability of £7, broughts 15gs ; Porangi Potae, by Castor —Madcap, 2yrs, liability of £2O, 21gs; Deadshot, liability of £56, 50gs ; The Sharper, liability of £22 10s, 22gs. Mr Brimblecombe was the buyer in each instance. > In addition to the above the two-year-old Brigadier filly Brigantine and the pony Sweetheart were put up, the former going to Mr George Mcßride for 17gs, the latter being passed in at a reserve of £l5.

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SKETCHES AT THE MOTU-KOREA STUD.

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The privileges in connection with the A.R.C. Summer Meeting were sold at the Brunswick Mart, on Tuesday, and resulted as follows: — Cards, £260, Mr W. Adams ; Grandstand bar, £142; Lean-to bar, £l5l, Mr Dunn. Booths under Derby-stand—No. 1, £75, Mr Hawkins; No. 2, £47, Mr Tooman ; No. 3, £25, Mr Thompson ; No. 4, £3l, Mr Kelly. Stabling, £7, Mr King ; refreshment stalls, £3O, Mr Saunders.

“ Malua,” of the Taieri Advocate, refers to the Racing Calendar question as follows: —“This is a petty meddling with details that should be altogether beyond the province of racing conferences. It may create a nice little monoply for a Chri-tchurch newspaper, but that is about all that can be said in favour of the arrangement. I hone our Otago delegates will set their backs up a bit, and protest against' this interference at the first opportunity that is offered them. Ido not sec that there is any particular in holding such conferences. The Otago country clubs always get on well enough under the jurisdiction 'of the D.J.C., and never asked for a change. If it had not been for a resolution of a racing conference the Taieri Club would not have been driven into such financial straits as it was driven - into by the rule concerning the minimum amount of stakes. Had it not' been for that rule the general public would, before now, have had the benefit of a grand stand and other conveniences on the Mosgiel racecourse. Each metropolitan club should know the circumstances and requirements of the clubs within its own jurisdiction, and should be able to legislate for them without the aid of conferences. There might be something said in favour of meetings in conference of racing delegates if only the broad principles of racing laws are to be dealt with and cases of difficulty settled forwhich .no precedent exists ; but to interfere with the internal arrangements of clubs, and even dictate to them which paper they are to advertise their programme in, is an annoying interference that is sure to beget opposition.”