THE TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3828, 10 May 1913, Page 9

THE TURF.

ANSWER. TO CORRESPONDENT. “Argument.’’—lt was on tho second day of the Dannevirko Meeting that Caher Davon registered, a win. B. Deeley was in the saddle. Caher Davon also won a race at the Napier Park meeting.

FIXTURES

May 14, 15. —Egmont R.C.

May 22, 2d. —North Otago J.C,

May 22, 24. —Wanganui J.C. May 31, June 3, s.—Auckland J.C June 3. 4.—Otako Maori R.C. June 3, 4. —Dunedin J.C.

June 25, 26.—Napier Park R.C. July 3 and 4.—Gisborne R.C. Winter Meeting.

The programme for the Wellington Racing Club's winter' meeting has been finally fixed up. The stake attached to tho Wellington Steeplechase- is to be 750 so vs., the Winter Hurdles 500 sovs., and the July Steeplechase 400 sovs. The u > k hurdlo races are each to carry 120 sovs.

Messrs Potts Bros., of Te Awamutu, have imported tho stallion Quin Abbey from England. He is a rich ba y with black points, and stands over sixteen hands. He is by Morganatic (•St. Simon —Molly Morgan) from Hc-neypound, by Somerfed—Polly Craven, by Lord Clifden—Stockade, by Stock well.

Referring to Manakau's recent- vietory at Warwick Farm, an Australian writer says that the performance only makes the New Zealander out to be a medearto animal, but he is undeniably

The Possible gelding Appin is now at Ellcrsiie, where he has been getting through some useful work with a view to steeplechase events ahead.

Portland Mary showed up very disappointingly at the Marlborough meeting. -She will not. be raced again this season.

Ha nr on and Glenmcre are being regularly schooled ever the bush fences at Mart on, in view of their steeplechase engagements at Wanganui and E-lerslie.

In connection with the death of Cor azo a it is interesting to recall that 1000 guineas was cn one occasion refused for tho chestnut, says "Glencoe.” This was during the Grand National Week, in which he registered his great performance'by running second to Paritutu, with over 12st in the saddle. Last season just before Corazon broke down SoOgns w a suffered for him, and again refused. The son of Coeur ele Lion and Rasulkahad been in V. ColelloM. charge from iho time ihat he was a two-year-od until the tirno of his death, und ho is buried on his trainer’s property. Col /■lh who has had more tha t the usual experience with cross-con’ny cf.noidf tc-s, regards C’ora-zon as the grontest ’chaser that has been seen in "he Dominion in recent years.

The old steeplechaser Tyrannic will shortly bo sent to Fielding to be trained.

The Rover, who is by Advance, wa? purchased by Mr. G. Delaney for a Sydney buyer.

The fight for the premier.,Up. among the jockeys in the Dominion nas moaa reached a very* interesting s.ngc. At tho conclusion of the ala:iboanign meeting the positions were as follows : 0. Emmcrson 49 wins, 13. Deeley and A. CM liver 47 each, L. Wilson 41,\V. Bell 33. J. Conquest 31 ana J. O’Shea 29.

Tho ethics of betting never havebeen more sanely and clearly expounded than they are in Lord Durham s letter to the Turf Guardian Society, cays “Country Life” of March 1. “Betting is not a crime,” he says, “but it is not a virtue. It is an 'ineradicable foible of human nature. It is generally an unhealthy excitement, and an expensive amusement.” And he goes on to add that "legislation cannot stamp out this passion, but it need not foster it.” The proprietors of sporting papers met some little time ago, and agreed to refuse tipsters’, advertisements for the future. It was in reference to the statement about these that Lord Durham wrote. Ho denounces those dishonest bookmakers who put advertisements in tho papers for the purposo -of exciting cupidity and playing on ignorance. But at tho same time ho paid ' a high tribute to “tho honest English bookmaker.” Ho said that “after many years of turf experience I can gladly testify to the good conduct and fairness of the vast majority of those. who attend race meetings.” * * *

The most successful two-year-olds in the Dominon during the present season were: — ' ■ Soltano, by Soult —Monoquil, £2190 Mowbray, by Menschikoff —Lady Melton, £172-5. Paronilla, by* Achilles- —Prelude, £1595. Nightwatch. by Treadmill—Glenow, £1155. "" Rinaldi, by 'Charlemagne II. —Dcmeter, £3 To. Jason, by Achilles—Stepina, £SGO. Merry Hoc, by Soult —Grey Roe. £835. The Hague, by Stepmak—Peace, £735.

Salzburg, by Charlemagne II. —Armigera, £670. Tatt-erley, by Birkenhead—Tatters, £664.

A. Julian lias been schooling Delegate over tho big Country at Ellerslie, iand he will probably ride him in steeplechase events at tho winter meetings. Delegate is shaping well.

Mr. Nidd certainly has a good.filly in Peroneal, who has. performed well this season. At uio Wellington spring meeting she’ won the Shorts Handicap, and followed this up by winning a. double at the Wairarapa meeting. At the Wellington R.C. summer meeting Peroneal won the Metropolitan Handicap, but she was not heard of again' till tho Marlborough meeting last week, when she landed the double, the Marlborough Cup and the Presidents’ Handicap. Mr. Nidd purchased Peroneal at the Waikanao sales along with Peronilla, another daughter of Achilles and Prelude.’and both have well repaid him for his outlay.

- In England the Duke of Portland ■has three St. Simon horses at the stud, and of these William the Third is at tho zenith of fashion. His list is full at 400gns. Ho was a really great four-year-old when he won the Ascot Cup by five lengths, and he would have won it again the following year but for an accident in training only two days before the race. William the Third himself won £13,578.

The grey gelding Hina, will again be a competitor in Hunt Club eventsthis winter. The gelding fell at the first fence of tho double whilst schooling but was afterwards remounted and jumped well. -

Tho St. Clements in are Bow Bells played up considerably when being shipped to Sydney and it was with the greatest difficulty that she was got on board the Victoria. The mare will race at tho All-Heights meetings.

Mr. R. Duder’s cast-off Till Cakobau, who is now trained in the South, is amongst those nominated for the Great Northern Steeplechase. In the same event last year, he c-ame to grief at tho fence on top of. the hill.

The Merriwee mare Moree, who raced unsuccessfully in Poverty Bay recently, won a double at tbs Marlborough meetings and rewarded her backer’s with good dividends, especially in the Flying Handicap, in which race sho was sixth favorite.

. The Cardigan gelding Don Quex, wha lias been nominated for tho Great Northern Hurdles, is expected to return to the Dominion shortlv. ■

Scorch, the half-sister to the Poverty Bay Horse Continuance, is said to have taken very kindly to her schooling tasks over the hurdles.

From Auckland comes news of the death of the thoroughbred stallion Wairiki, by Soult—Rose and White. Wairiki was bred in 1599 by Air. W. Walters at Papakura, and was one of the best horses that raced in the Dominion. Among the races that he won were the Auckland Cup (9.8), Grea Northern Derby, Auckland Guineas, and Avondale Guineas. He ran second to Canteen, to whom lie was conceding 1-81 b', in the* New Zealand Cup, beating that great horse Achilles at a difference of 41b by two lengths. It was in this raw that McCombo, who won on tho winner, got a two years’ disqualification for foul riding, and there are those who assert that unquestionably Wairiki should have been given tho race. Wairiki was taken across to Victoria, and was made favorite for the Melbourne Cup, but during the race he slipped and injured himself so badly that it- was at first deemed advisable to destroy him. He was, however, patched up and saved for the stud, but very few of his progeny made names for themselves.

Prior to his defeat in the Two Thousand Guineas, the crack colt, Craganour, had previously been beaten as a.three-year-old, for at-Liver-pool, on April 3, Flippant proved too good for the Winter Derby favorite in the Union Jack Stakes, one mile. So says a cable message to “The Latest” (Durban)'. Flippant is by Marco vil (son of Marco) from Flitters, and is consequently very closely related to the Australian-owned stallion, Bronzino, who is also out of Flitters, and is by Marco. As a yearling Flippant was first of all bought by Sir J. Robinson for 770gns, and on being submitted to auction again a couple of months later was purchased on behalf of Mr. E. Hulton for I2oogns.

That racegoers nr every careful with their totalisator tickets, even if they aro on losing horses, is shown by the experience of the Kapunda Racing Club with its Hurdle Race (says the Adelaide “Sporting Mail”). The committee decided to return all moneys invested in tho event, less 10 per eent, and already 119 of the 128 pound tickets have been returned, and 700 of the 800 five-shilling tickets.

Julian, who was recently sent from Hawke’s Bay to Melbourne, started in the hurdle race at Caulfield on April 26, but ran unplaced. At the same meeting tho New Zealand jockey, S. Neary, rode tho winner of the Steeplechase. Another New Zealand horseman, E. Lowe, was in the saddle at tho same meeting, but did not have the good fortune to ride a winner.

Tho Birkenhead gluing Dawn, who has been off the scene for some time, figpres among the entries for the Prince of Wales' Handicap at the A.R.C. winter. From this it may be. gauged that his leg troublo has ceased to exist, * # * Tho oldest racing man hi England,

Mr. George Hodgman, died recently. He won tho Grand National Steeplechase as long ago as 1857 with Emigrant. and owned many good flat i-ac-ers, including John Davis and Victorious. , . _

Sunburnt, by Multiform, is now in Queensland, where lie is to perform stud duties.

„Tlie Musket —Locket mare Bangle, who won tho A.R.C. Welcome Stakes and Champagne Stakes in tho season of 1886-87, died recently at Te A warn utu. Tho Stud Book shows that Bangle produced sixteen foals, the most noteworthy of which were Casket (by Castor), and Golden Rose (by St. Leger).

Quite a number of those who contested tho Great Northern Steepler chase last year are entered for this year’s race. Among them are Hautere (first), Dorando (third), Glenmore (fourth), Paritutu (fell), and Tui Cakobau (fell).

The Duke of Devonshire >s selling his racehorses and stud and retiring from the turf, owing to tho effects of the 1910 Budget.

It is probable that Master Paul will be sent to Australia, with a view to racing over fences. If tho trip is undertaken he will bo accompanied by the hurdler St. Kevin.

Mr. D. Buiek’s yearling filly by Papakura—Tangimoana, gives promise of turning out something specially good. She has grown into a handsome youngster, and will not be hurried *

The Pateena, which went to Picton on Saturday to bring back tho remainder of the horses which raced at the Marlborough meeting had another tempestuous voyage and several of the horses were a. good deal knocked about. Owing to the rough state of tho weather in the Straits Captain Cameron postponed the departure of *0 vessel till 4 a.m. on Sunday but, even then, the weather had moderated but little, and the trip across was anything but pleasant. On the journey Lord PossibleAvas badly cut about and will require a long spell. Undecided got washed about tho deck and was in a risky position for some time, but apparently he knew that lie was in trouble and wisely remained still. This made the task of rescuing him much easier. Black Lupin also got down and considerable time was required to right him, but on walking off the whan .j, did not appear as if he had boon *«rt. Several of the remainder were more or less cut about, but others' escaped without a sera t eh. —“ Dominion. 5 ’

The handicaps for the two principal events at the A.R.C. Minter meeting have been declared, and I must at once say that Mr Morse has framed very creditable adjustments and sot followers of racing very difficult problems to oalve. The Native has been awarded pride of place- in the Great Northern Hurdles with 11.9, and although he failed last year to stay out tho two miles and a half, must bo given a great chance. In the Great Noirhern Steeplechase Antarctic is top weight with 11.12, and with this impost cannot be said to-be-overburdened. I will deal with these races when the acceptances appear. * * #

Advices from Wanganui indicate that good work is being done ny the two steeplechasers Antarctic and Dorando. According to present arrangements both horses will race at Wanganui and EUcrslie.

Beacon was handed over to 11. Hickey a the conclusion of*the Marlborough meeting, and in future, the Euroclyden gelding will be trained at Hastings, whore tho facilities for schooling are good.

Jest, winner of the One Thousand Guineas, is like Louvois (winner of the Two Thousand) —a member of the No. one family. She is a remarkably well-bred filly, her pedigree containing 28 running or sire numbers out of 32. * Hitherto Sundridge’s fillies have been inferior to his colts, but Jest promises to provo something out of the ordinary. She was only entered for two of tho classics —One Thousand and Oaks.

0. Price, who was disqualified over the last National Hurdle Race, has applied to the Canterbury Jockey Club for tire remission of the remainder of his sentence. His request (which was strongly recommended by the Wanganui Jockey Club) came up for decision at the monthly meeting on Wednesday last and was refused.

The Wanganui-owned North East and Denise Orme figure in the nominations for the flat events at the Auckand winter meeting, but strangely enough, they are not entered at 1 Wanganui on May 22 and 24. Possibly their owner (Mr. A. Hall) overlooked tho date for closing nominations for the meeting referred to.

Prophet is another horse that is training on satisfactorily, Tho St. Paul gelding is engaged in tho May and Century Hurdles at Wanganui, and is also in tho Great Northern Hurdles.

Pliaeton,” in tho Auckland “'Herald/’ has tho following interesting paragraph in reference to a well-known sire of jumpers:—“l don’t quits exactly know how long ago it is, hut it certainly runs into years, that the St. Leger horse ltegel was entered up with the defunct. I recently met an Aucklander who had been travelling the northern districts, and the interesting information ho had to relato to me was that lie found *Regel alive and well at Mr Donald Finlay son’s place at Manngaturoto, If Itegol is still alive lie is rising 26 years old. From what I can gather Regcl has quite a largo number of descendants up north. It has always beer, a subject for regret that Regol did nobs get a proper chance to distinguish himself as a sire, for he begat stock of .good size.’ ’

Antarctic, who' is reported to bt showing all his old dash, will be given a run in the Wanganui ‘ Steeplechase, and th en goes'on to Au ckland to contest tho Great Northern. V * * - Tho report that. Tyne Lass has been sold is incorrect..

Master Theory is doing good work, and is given a chance in tho Great Northern Hurdles.

gelding by Multifid—Tauliei in F gficlding; by Mult.fid—Tauiioi in F Porter’s Hands to train.

* * * Hiauterc, Okailiau and. Armagh are doing steady work at Ellorslia.

*• * • It is reported that- Coromandel has gone amiss.

Harry Jackson, ono of the old-time horsemen, and who piloted Blazer, Britomart, Signor, and others to victory, died recently at the Auckland Hospital.

An Auckland writer states that E. J. Rao contemplates a trip to Australia in October, and that tho horses he will take over are B’.oriot, Merry Roe, La Rein a and Merrimax.

On tho third Thursday in March is run each year in a remote part of East Yorkshire wliat is known locally as tho “Kipling Cotes .Derby,” a race which has been contested annually without a break, so far as the records show, for 250 years. Tho startingpost, a stone one, stands in the parisii of Ett-on, in which village the kennels of the Holderness Hunt is situate, and the course, which is on tho grass on the side of tho nigh road, passes through the parishes of Dalton Holme. Lund, and Goodmanham, finishing in the parish of MiddletoiT-on-the-'Wolds, a distance of four miles from tho start. It usually attracts a goodly number of local sportsmen. As tho entrance fees go, under tho terms of tho bequest-, to tho second horse, there havo been instances where the first horse did not get the best share of the stakes, which are drawn from invested funds. —London ‘Sportsman.’

Very few owners make racing pay, but, judging from his list of successes since 1901, it looks as though Mr. E. J. Watt is one of them. Horses carrying the blue and while livery havo won tho following big races: Great Autumn Handicap (three times with Palaver, Boomerang, and Cheddar), Great Eastern Handicap (twice, Royal Scotch and Ventura). New Zealand Cup (Bridge and Midnight Sun), Wanganui Cup (Nobility and Boomerang), Hawke’s Bay Cup (Bridge), Napier Cup (Gazeloy and Arc Light), A.R.C. Summer Cup (Midnight Sun), Wanganui Guineas (St. Mark, King Billy, and Aborigine), Auckland Guineas (Aborigine), Easter Handicap (Aborigine), Great Northern Champagne Stakes (King Billy and Aborigine), M-anawatu Stakes (Aborigine). Century Hurdlo Race (Wimmera), In Australia Mr. Watt’s successes include the A.J.C. Breeders’ Plate and Gimcrack - Stakes with Ventura and the A. J.C. December Stakes and Champagne Stakes with-Athonic

Lecturing on “Whist I Saw at the Races” to Murray sportsmen, the Rev. J. Casey (Denmark) said the great abuse associated with racing was that horses were overtaxed. No horse should ho allowed to enter for a steeplechase that was disinclined to face a jump. . It was an abuse of racing for horses to be spurred or whipped home in an exhausted condition. If was more than an abuse, it was cruelty, and it should be treated as such. Gambling was wrong in principle, and involved the taking of money from another without giving an equivalent. A shilling earned by honest toil was worth more to any young man that a pound made by gambling. It might not purchase a? much, but it would help him to retain his self-respect and strengthen his moral fibre. Tlpo man who had money on a horse was thereby unfitted to get pleasure from a horse, as his thoughts were centred only on tlje horse ho had backed.

At a meeting of stewards of tho Wellington Racing Club, the business included consideration of the disqualification of tho jockey. A. Watson. *t will bo remembered that after tho running of the Autumn Handicap at Tauherinikau on Easter [Monday, the stewards held an inquiry into Sir Knox’s running compared with his efforts in the Easter Handicap on the Saturday, when the chest-nut was last. The officials, after taking evidence, decided that tho jockey, A. Watson, was to blame, and cancelled his riding license for three months. The Wellington stewards have in the meantime declined to endorse the disqualification and tho matter has boon referred back to tho Wairarapa Racing Club for further evidence.

Mi - . W. M ; Beth, of Kiwitea, died at the Wanganui Hospital on Saturday. Deceased was widely known on this coast (telegraphs the Wanganui correspondent of tho “Dominion”), particularly in sporting circles, being a great lover of horses. Ho was the owner of that fast mare, Crucinella, which Avon Wellington and Feilding Cups nnd other important events three years ago. Ho also owned Allure and Handsome Maid. Mr. M'Beth took Crucinella to Australia after her win. at Feilding, and while there was attacked by an illness which Aveakcned his constitution to such an extent that ho never recovered from its effects. Lately ho became so seriously ill that ho was forced to enter the Wanganui Hospital for treatment which unfortAinately proved unsuccessful. Ho Avas a true sportsman, straightforward, aiid honorable in .all his dealings Avith In’s fellow men, and the district lias lost one of its best settlors.

Cadonia, the Avimier of the Sydney Cup, is related to soA-oral Avcll-khoAvn performers in Noav Zealand. His third dam is Aurelia, avlio avas got by Musket from L’’Orient, tho dam of Aida, Franc-otto, Oriental©, and others. Aida produced Impulse, a New 'Zealand Cup winner, nnd Uhlan, an Auckland Cup Avinner,