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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 819, 16 November 1905, Page 7

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(By

“ The Judge.”)

The spring meeting of the Waihi Hack Racing Club will be held on November 25.

Nominations for the Thames meeting are due to-morrow. * * * *

The Takapuna Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting takes place on November 25 and 2?

Messrs. F. Earl, M. McLean, W. Somers, A. Gordon, and T. Sinclair have been appointed a judicial committee by the A.R.C. stewards.

Noctuiform has won the treble—the New Zealand Cup, C.J.C. Derby, and Canterbury Cup.

Notwiths anding that Scotty had only 2S; tickets on the tote in the Cty Handicap, punters are will ng to ae ?ept 100 to 7 the same horse foi the Auckland Cup.

Macmanemin had Te Aroha in the pink of condition on the opening day of the A.R.C. meeting, and I never remember seeing Lottie’s daughter look so well. Under the circumstances her double win did not Come as a great surprise.

Mr. Chadwick’s handicaps worked out very wed on Saturday, and there were some very close finishes for Judge Lusk to adjudicate upon.

Solution was in great form at the C.J.C. meeting, and there was no fluke about her two victories. * * * w

Old Dingo got seconl in the Cup Steeplechase on the concluding day of the V.R.C: meeting. As he was g.ving Rearguard, the winner, 181 b, the performance was not a bad one.

Sweet Alice ran very disappointingly in the Welcome Stakes, for which she was considered something in the light of a “moral.” The speedy daughter of Soult was a long way below her Avondale form, and was wisely not pulled out on the second day.

The Takapuna Jockey Club will have a double totalisator for the spring meeting on the 25th and 29th inst. The events on which it will be operated on the opening day are the St. Andrew’s and Cheltenham Handicaps, while on the second day the races will be the Stanley and Spring Handicaps.

Ceu sidering the amount of rain that has fallen during the past month, the newly-formed track on the course proper at Elh rslie was in good racing condition.

Gladsome demonstrated that she has lost none of her brilliancy by her dash of pace in the concluding stages of the Flying Handicap on Thursday last at Flemington .

There was a curious coincidence on the second day of the A.R.C. meeting. Out of eight races, on seven occasions the horse who was No. 4 on the programme ran second, the only one to break the seoi.erce being Major, who finished out of a place in the Steeplechase.

The A.R.C. Spring Meeting was the quietest ever held at Ellerslie, and in this respect more resembled a garden party. The babel of voices from the ring no longer enlivened the outer enclosure, and tLen was an absence of sound which at first seemed curious to patrons who have been accustomed m noise and bustle for so many years.

Prior to the City Handicap being run en the opening day of the A.R.C. meeting, there were sinister rumours afloat as tc the three horses figuring at the top of the list, these being Scotty, Gladstone, and Putty. All these ran wretchedly, and their riders were promptly called before the stewards, but the explanations offered were accepted. At the same time a strong word of caution was administered, but this seems a curious procedure. If the riders were blameless, then there was no need of the caution; but if they were guilty a caution was not the proper punishment.

As a marked contrast to track form Lady Clements (who always beats her stable mate, King Paul, badly) cannot win a heat, while King Paul accounted for the Maiden Plate on SsAurdav last.

When Mr. Watt sent King’-Lilly and Boomerang. North to compete 1 ac the A.R’.C. meeting ,it looked a' 11 certainty that they would not go away efiiptyhandecl, yec such was rue case, thj running bf the Merriwee colts being very disappointing. It is said that King Billy twisted a plate during the running of the Guineas, and, as he broke away from his attendant arid had a preliminary canter in the saddling paddock, this may have in a measure accounted for his poor display. Boomerang appeared to have lost all his speed.

Geordie may be accounted the unlucky horse at the A.R.C'. meeting. on the opening day die judge gave the verdict agamst him by a short head in the City handicap, although many peop.e thought he had won by a neck; whi.e on the second day, in the Spring HanuiCup, he was beaten by Carl Rosa by ha.f a head. Conway had the son of Seaton Demval looking in capital order.

Ihc Onehunga Steeplechase pio d one oi the most interesting seen at Ellerslie lor - mtu.i a long day. Half ani i ■ from home d seemed as though The Swimmer wou’d win bur Hinemoa, who bad been iraK’ng i> es: of the running, draw away, and she vi a-, in front up to the last hurdle, wiier- old Nor’-west challenged her, while The Svinimer al; o put in a cla m. Nor’west, staying out the last little bit the best, won by two lengths, while The Swimmer beat the pony on the very post by a neck. The winner is a great favor ’ it.e in Auckland, and he came in for I'lenti of applause on returning to scale

Grenade, the winner of the Birthday Handicap on the second day of the A.R.C. Spring Meeting, started 15 times last season, and only won two races—the Maiden Handicap and the Stewards’ Handicap, at Taranaki. Out of fifteen starts he went to the post twice each day on five occasions.

r| he programme of the summer meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club will be found in this issue, and as usual with this up ti-da'.e club, the bill of fare is a decidedly good one. The meting will take place on December 27 and 30, and January 6. The prize money has been fixed on the most liberal scale, the sum of £1585 being distributed in stakes. The items on the opening day are the Maiden Trot, one mile and a-ha’f; Pony Tret, one mile and a-half; Pony Cup, one mile; Auckland Trotting Cup, two miles; Middle-class Trot, one mile and ahalf; G*reat Northern Trot, one mile; Telephone Handicap, five furlongs; and St. Heber’s Trot, one mile. On the second day the programme wi 1 ! consist of the Second Maiden Trot, one mile; Ladies’ Bracelet Trot, one mile and ahalf; Christmas Handicap, six furlongs and a-half; Summer Trotting Cup, two miles; Tramway Trot, one mile and aquarter; Epsom Handicap, five furlongs; and Dash Trot, one mile. The concluding day’s events will be the Trial Trot, one mile and a-half ; Second Pony Trot, one mile; New Year Handicap, six furlongs and a-half; President’s Trot, two miles; Park Trot, one mile and a-half; High-class Trot, . one mile and a-half; Grandstand Handicap, five furlongs; and Electric Trot, one mile. Owners should bear in mind that nominations for all events close with Mr. C. F. Mark, the secretary, on Friday, December 8, at 9 p.m. There should be a very hearty response to the invitation.

The Christmas meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club, which is for hacks only, takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26 and 27. A good programme has been prepared, particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns. Entries for all events will close with the secretary, Mr. Mussell Fleetwood, at New Plymouth, on Monday, November 20, at 9 p.m.

If Monoform is worth anything, he should have easily won the Maiden Plate on Saturday, for he was well treated with 8.2 in such moderate company, and had an artist like Mark Ryan in the saddle. In the concluding stages Ryan slipped the whalebone into the big chestnut in good earnest, but, although he made a fairly good run, Monoform could never get up to King Paul, who gave him I2lb and an easy beating. I am afraid the time has arrived when the son of Hotch kiss may be regarded as an out and out duffer.

The local bookmakers all did fair business over the Melbourne Cup at S.P. on the day of the race. The winner, Blue Spec’s name, was never written, while on the other hand Maniopoto was laid at a 5 to 1 limit at the finish.

Leonator, who won the President’s Handicap, was secured for 40 guineas at a show two years ago. This horse should have a promising future before him.

Tjhe Drury ' Racing Club’s meeting will take place on December 28.

The Cambria Park Stud possesses a very promising young brood mare in Miss Annie. - Her first foal, Lady Annie, by Souit, has won a number of laces, including viie A.R.C. Railway Handicap iaot Christmas. Her second production was, 'the result of macing w*th Hotchkiss, a filly which has now grown into a very handsome mare, and has this season been mated with Soult, her owners having decided to put her to the stud untried, as her mother was. Miss Annie’s third foal was a sister to Lady Annie, and is known as Annette. Her two r<manay races at Avondale last autumn and her sterling performance in the Auckland Guineas last week stamp her as more than useful. The mare was next mated with Cyrenian, and produced Cambrian, her first colt. That this colt was unlucky to lose the Welcome Stakes was clearly shown by the manner in which he settled the field on the second day in the Musket Stakes. Again mated with Cyrenian she produced an ex°ct repetition of Cambrian in colour and marking, and as this last colt is well grown, ha§ a robust constitut’on and never experienced any of those little accidents and troubles to which the eqjiine baby is so liable, he promises to excel the previous productions of his mother. For a young mare to have the only three of her progeny that have been trained returned as winners at the one meeting is worthy of comment.

The general opinion of those people who witnessed the Welcome Stakes was that Cambrian should have won. They were not far out according to the result of the Musket Stakes.

A short price was taken before the New Zealand Cup—Mr. Stead the Cup, Derby, Oaks, and Mr. Massey for the Franklin electorate. The punter looks as though he has a certainty on.

The general opinion of experts was that one of the most unlucky horses on the ■first day of the A.R.C. Meeting was the pony Lucrece in the Flying Handicap. She was bumped all over the course, and thee got third.

Pylades, by winning the Welcome Stakes at the A.R.C. Spring Meeting, makes the third occasion that the “ Leonard” family have captured this fixture, viz., Vai Rosa, 1899; Idas, 1901; and Pylades, 1905.

Pylades, the winner of the Welcome Stakes, is by Menschikoff—Marjory, and is a nice cut of a two-year-old.

The Te Aroha J.C. hold their annual meeting on Friday and Saturday next. All the races have filled well, and as Mr. Edwards has carefully cornpiled the poundage there should be some close finishes. Quite a number of sports have wired for rooms so as not to miss this favourite meeting, where the average sport can combine the double pleasure of racing and the baths. The following horses should be hard to beat: —Maiden : Lady Clements, Kola Nip, or Lord Seaton. J.C. Handicap: Certainty, King Paul, Franklin. Flying : Lucrece, Discoverer, Desdemona. Domain : Lucrece, Lord Clements, Lunetta. Hurdles: Liberator, Lord Clare, Lingard. Hack: Lord Clements (if started), Te Papa, Frankton.

News comes from America of a light-ning-like performance by Rosebun, who cut out the six furlongs in Imin 11 3 ssec. Of course the tracks must be fast, as about 80 days’ racing takes place upon them.

Mr. G. G. Stead’s Noctuiform hal 2826 tickets invested on the machine i u the New Zealand Cup. Four furlongs Irom home that large amount looked :n jeopardy, as the horse appeared to have no chat-ce

In England recently Sir Tatton Sykes purchased the dual Cambridge - Hackler’s Pride, from Capt. F. Forester for 5000 guineas. The daughter of Hackler and Comma was bought for stud pui poses. * • « •

M. Michel Ephrussi’s colt, Finasseur, the winner of the French Derby and Grand Prize, has met with an accident that has brought his racing career to a close.

Blue Spec, winner of the Melbourne Cup, was bred by Mr. A. Hooke, and as a yearling was bought by Mr. J. A. Mayo for 45 guineas. He won a couple of races for the latter, but failed so often when well backed that his owner tired of him, and sent him up to auction, when he was sold to his present owner, Mr. P. A. Connolly, for 155 guineas.

; Mr. J. Chadwick ,has been„appointed "to adjust the handicaps at the approaching lakapuna meeting.

■ i'■ Handicaps 'ifor the Auckland Cup, Railway ttanUxcap, and Auckland Steeplechase are due to appear at noon on Fri--day. : ••■■■■■. ' ■ ' •

Members of the sporting community and others who take an interest in trotting races, should notice an advertisement of Messrs. Triggs and D nton, trotting gear specialists, Christchurch, appearing in another part of this issue. They have just received a shipment of the McMurray and Prudden Co.’s up-to-date racing sulkies. These sulkies are admitted to be the fastest built, and are used by all the best drivers here and in Australia. Triggs and Dent-n are sole agents', and inquiries should be addressed to them early.