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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIII, Issue 775, 12 January 1905, Page 8

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Dunedin, January 11. The Southland Racing Club experienced a successful meeting at New Year, and the result will probably show a profit of over £6OOO. The Aucldand-bred Delarey won the principal handicap on the first day, and another North Islander in Lady Soult got away with a race each day, whilst the Captain AV ebb gelding, Captain Kettle, won the principal race on the second day’s card. During the meetingl the club put through £5930, as com-

pared with last year's total of <£5817. In addition the club received £145 in fees from bookmakers, and altogether the meeting must be deemed the most successful gathering ever held in Invercargill and should” give a decided lift to the sport in that part of the world.

The Wyndham and Waikouaiti Clubs also held a fairly successful gathering, but were hampered by having to continue against bad weather.

The Queenstown Club, which has been struggling for an existence during the past few .years, experienced another bad meeting this year. The Admiral mare Ilard-a-Lee, which was imported from Australia by Mr J. R. .Mackenzie, has been sold by him to a Southland owner. The mare has displayed a good deal of pace occasionally, but her fractiousness does not allow her to shine as a racehorse, whilst it is also a dangerous factor both in paddock and at the post. The Casket filly Red Start, who has been showing tairly good form lately, has been placed under offer to a Southern owner.

Heirloom put up a fairly attractive performance when he won at Jnveicargil] and he should win again in the near future if he is not too highly placed. Two of Seaton Delaval’s stock, Delarey and Becky Seaton were amongst the winners at the Wyndham and Invercargilf Meetings last week. The filly won a double in fairly good style, and now that she has found her way to the winning post she should repay following in the future.

Since last season the Southland Raving Club has effected several improvements on its course, amongst them being increased accommodation for the handling and receiving of totalisator investments and a few minor improvements, which suggest that the club intends making its course. a< attractive as finance will permit. At present its efforts are centred in making the tracks as perfect as possible, and in this the club is acting wisely, and good going should always be the first consideration with those who are desirous of successfully cateiing for horse owners.

Captain Kettle has grown into a good horse and registered a couple of fairly meritorious wins at the Southland |{.( . Meeting, although he was not as well as he might be made. He is bred on attractive lines, as he was got by Captain Webb (Natator —Kame) out of Tireuse, the daughter of Xordenfeldt and Florence Macarthy, the dam of Tirailleur and Co. Splendid nominations have been received for the Gore Summer Meeting, and indications j oint to ihe Glub expeiiencing a successful gathering. The Tahuna Park Trotting Club vi 1 disburse <£9<>o in prize-money at their autumn meeting. This amount is an increase of 140 sovs on what was spent in connection with last year’s gathering. The Victorian rider, M. Coughlan. intends returning to Australia in the near future, after a residence of some months in Southland. He has proved himself a cajrable horseman, and made many friends during his short stay in this colony. Becky Seaton was recently priced by a would-be purchaser, but the 250 g.iin-t s asked for her prevented a dial beingmade. As the Seaton llelaval lilly is growing fast and capable of showing- improved form she should not prove deair at a couple of centuries. Gipsy Lynn, a daughter of Gipsy Grand and the Artillery mare Martin, raced promisingly amongst the hacks she beat at Wyndham.

Two disappointing horses in Goldring and Kotol-o-to will henceforth pull carts instead of pulling money out of the pockets of misguided punters. Wairere. who was amongst the unsuccessful starters at Wyndham, is a North Island-bred daughter of Papal ura (St. Leger—M uskerina) and the Quilt mare Undine, who is a granddaughter of Musket. Wairere is consequently inbred to Musket, and should make a valuable acquisition to Southland’s list of blood stock.

Keston, who was one of a trio of.‘leadheaters in the West Australian Derby, is a brother to Salaam, the two-year-old filly which carried Mr Teschomaki r's col ours at the recent D..T.C. Meeting. Amongst the starters at the recent Wyndliam Meeting was Tied and Black-, a half-brother by Black and Red to the well-performed St. Clair gelding du- iter. Red and Black is a raking big gelding witlr suspicious-looking bocks which n av interfere with his tmininf, and at his first attempt under silk was backward in condition. It : is on the cards that Pallas may be raced in Victoria at the back i nd of the season. ’Delarey was struck out of tie- p ineip"! handicap on. the second dav of the Southland Racing Club's Meeting, owing to being harshly treated by the ba- dicappeb: The. Seaton Delaval horse was no doubt set. a severe task in being asked to

meet Hower o' Clutha on 241 b worse terms than they met at Wyndham. An annoying experience recently befell a Southland breeder. He sent someone to consign two mares, a trotter and a thoroughbred, on a- visit to Bellman and Silkworm respectively, with the result that matters were mixed, the hi oo 1 mare reaching the trotting stallion and the trotter forming one of Silkworm’s harem. Although Silkworm was not placed at the disposal of breeders until late in the season it is said that the son cf 1 adv Moth was visited by over twenty thoroughbred mares. The well-known il vermark n are V» ild West recently produced a colt to ITack and Red and has since visited Silkworm.