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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1262, 25 June 1914, Page 13

On the ground that he struck another rider with his whip in the course •of the Jumper’s Flat race at Adelaide on Saturday, E. J. M’Gowan, the rider of Gilowa, was disqualified by the stewards for 12 months.

Mr. S. B. Joel’s good horse Long Set (Rabelais —Belle Perdue) recently broke down in a gallop, in which he was ridden by his old jockey W. Higgs. According to the London ■“Sportsman” the last has probabaly Taeen seen of Long Set on the racecourse. Last season his victories included the March Stakes, Liverpool Cup, Royal Hunt Cup, and Doncaster Cup. He was successful in 1912 in -the Lincolnshire Handicap and other important events.

Trafalgar has not been nominated for any of the big handicaps of the Spring so it is evident that the old -fellow is to do his future racing in w.f.a. events, (says a writer in the Sydney “Referee.”) However, no certainty may attach to his appearance in anything, as though the leg which brought about his retirement 18 months ago is stated to be apparently quite sound, a hard gallop or two later on may again demonstrate its weakness. Furthermore, even if he does stand -training, the possibilities seem greater •of Trafalgar dimming than improving his great record.

■ Lady Agnes and Decoration, the dams respectively of Cuiragno and Decorate, are two old mares in Mr. Frank Marshall’s stud at Morrinsville, but they are looking good for a few more seasons. It is pretty well certain that both are in foal. Cuiragness, a full-sister to Cuiragno, is another of the mares in the stud. Miss Dix looks well, and a four-year-old gelding by Campfire from the daughter of Phoebus Apollo looks useful and may prove so, notwithstanding that one of his hips is down. He is a very level-made one.

The fee of '£s charged by the A.R.C. for admitting Australian-bred vearlings to their classic races in the month of June has caused a good deal of comment and argument. There is a strong feeling that the large number _of classic events demanding attention every year, and which sticklers for this description of race desire to see further increased to meet the wishes of racing people and breeders in districts all around -the country, should be taken into consideration by the clubs that make them a feature. To nominate a promising yearling for all classic races in New Zealand would cost about £4O, but to do so under conditions imposed by the A.R.C. for taking nominations in June for yearlings foaled outside the Dominion would run into more money than the majority of our owners could afford to pay, or would be prepared to pay as purchase money outright for the pick of nine-tenths of those submitted for sale at our annual sales.