THE RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 127, 29 May 1907, Page 7

THE RACING WORLD.

{UK V.HALKBBNE.I | RACING FIXTURES. j June L 3— Duneairi J".C. Winter. June 1, 3, and b—A.R.C. Winter. '

Tie first race at Eilerslie on Saturday Is timed to start at 12 noon.

The hurdle mare Lady Lanta is now located at EUarsUe, in charge of G. irwin.

V. Collelo Is expected to arrive from the South to-morrow with the Great Northern steeplechase candidate Nadador.

Mr John Marshall, owner of Pearl Necklet, Mawhiti, etc.. left for a trip to tne islands by the Atua Inst evening.

A number of horses were expected to arrive by the Kotoiti this morning, but only one (Lc Beaut put in an appearance.

The iiine record for the Great Northern Steeplechase is 8.17 3-0. which was put up by Sol when he won last year.

The heaviest weight yet carried to vie tory in the Great Northern Steeplechase is the 32.3 carried by The Guard when he won In 1002.

Tne double machine will be iv operation a( Ellerslle on Saturday, the events chosen being the Groat Northern Hurdles and Cornwall Handicap.

A Press Association cablegram received at 7.20 a.m. slates that 11 to 2 Is on offer against Ga.vanl for the Derby, the quotations of the others being unchanged.

.7. McGregor, the well-known horseman, who has been absent in the South for some time, arrived from th" South yColeruay, and intends taking np his residence again In Auckland.

F. Davis is expected to arrive from New Plymouth to-morrow, with Creusot, Lnftus, and Dan Leno. The trio will bo quartered at Jobu Rae's. Green-lane, during thctr stay in Auckland.

Two previous winners of tbe Groat Northern Steeplechase, in Haydn and Kiatere, figure in this year's event. Haydn won In 1903 carrying list 61b, and Kaiterc in 1905 carrying list.

When Irish fell In the Wanganui Steeplechase, it was reported that his rider, W. Wilson, had received a broken collarbone, but Ihis. fortunately, was not correct. Witsou escaping with a shaking.

Mr A. F. Douglas' gelling Needlework went amiss while contesting tbe Final Steeplechase on tile second day ot the

VVanganni Meeting, and will not be scon out at the A.R.C. v.lnter gathe >i'S.

It is understood that none of the following horses will come North to fulfil their fclig.-igements sit the A.X.C. Winter Meeting; Needlework, f'lissros. Recreation. Klnno, Uiack Iteynard, Te Lira, X 'air. and l'.iw.i.

The staff of the Eilcrstie racecourse are at present busily engaged In widening the second fence ot the double in trout of Ihe stand. This fence was aiways narrower than the first one. Dut they are now being made the same width.

A large number of jockeyis arrived from the South by the Rurawa yesterday, to take past iv the A.U.C. \\":it«r Meeting, among them being .1. O'Corme'i .1. McGregor. Delaney, Ayr re. C. Hart, !•'. Whitehouse, and A. Mcl onn-jc

Mi. H. B. Ma'scy has received a letter from Mr. Allardlre. .who recently took a r-;„-.;-. of p0r..i...R to Melbourne., statlDg that he had w li: raci-a with Mataura and Inatorc, •,. Watpipi (which lias had his name changed to Re ord) ran well forward in a race.

Messrs A. Bm kland and Sons advertise the whole of R. Hann"n - s horses for sale by auction on .Juno tuo sth. af tho Harp of Erin ►.!.•■-lot.'. The lot" comprises Miss Winnie, MUlt", Miss Crispin, Uuutapu, Nai euape. ..S'susguw, Crisplnot. Forth. The pi'.ny Girioii 'iiri will also be offered at the same time.

AccomeioitaLiou was secured for Mr J. O'Drlscoll s gelding Fhnros, and he was expected to arrive .yesterday to fulfil his Great Northern Steeplechase eugagement bul a Aire received from Mr O'Driscoli states mat the gelding has broken down, and will uot put In an appearance.

The St. I.eger gelding Scotty Is reported to have struck himself whi!» galloping last Saturday. I noticed Scotty walking about the roads yesterday, although oue or his legs was bandaged.; but the Injury Is not as serious as at first anticipated, aud he worked yesterday afternoon and this mornlug.

As suggested in these columns a week or so ago, the committee of the Auckland Luclug club gave instructions to Mr C Hill ihe caretaker of the Ellerslie course, to put a ditch In front of the sod wall oppose ,™ te n ar , ds ' stand ' and this ha ' been done. The ditch should make a big differlt??;„ . ° 'P mp ' and wUI Prevent horses gettang too close to it. which they seemed to do formerly.

The Gisbornc Racing Club advertiso thelr * inter Meting, wwcn la fixed for J u7y 4 ana o. ihe principal events on the nrofov^VrfJ 11 * P " ls Steeplechase! of Tio andr*„ nrrtf ?, stee P'ecbase. of loosovs; and a Hurdle Race cacb day. of 70sovs a " cv r nts r, ° se °» Saturday W r W^d a " c : wftl> thp secretary. Mr due on the "l«V *r ° Pm " The *****»■ »™ aue on the 21st June, and the accentanees close on June 28. acceptances

lug win-sin the at WOTk at Elle *- E »« «** dies in "the ~ ?*% posmoD fu '' tn <* bur-

fro! 0 th? SouTb " rived to take n„. .; ?S Bter , d i y bT the Earawa a record s fip mel ?t. 2nd wSuld" probacy have been larger had those who remained 003, D ~ t'° nght th «' re *™ a chance Ttte boat getting away when she did.

Mr ,T. B. Williamson's eeldins: Irish is thorn HnrTnosT 7™" °'*£ Grea?No - iLf -rs, lest 0 fißUre in this rear's coaX^^ P and,^^ h -™--^ wort-L *P be sec ." out at Ellerslie. Irish worked this morning, doing a couple o£ .«««-. ri a "V*" 11 half Pace, walking away apparently quite sound. "

Mahoc Gr has X? H ««*'es favourite, but 1° PT ncct»J.*V Vet arriTe d at Bllerslle out is expected to put n an appearance > t ,°"'v. m S rr ? w ' A statement has been nut) "tu'K X* bo * had »*">■ burred aTb v incUr 'fi. wlns at Wanganul. but this Is incorrect, the p.. nalty attaching to the iTc, H t n .'on X "/ aD ! y . raf ' e a"" "the publication of weights being 71b. Mahoe's Impost is therefore Ust lOlbs. Good judges who saw the gelding race at Wanganul l£>k upou the Great Northern Hurdle Race as being absolutely a moral.

There was no work of importance at Kerslie this morning, practically all the work being confined to steady pacing. All the new arrivals were out, and with one or two exceptions look well. Romany King alone was tried over the sod wall at the top of the straight and the doable. He refused twice at the sod wall, and was not afterwards persevered with at that particular jump, while he lumped the double very slovenly. Romany King looks a bit jaded. Ben Jonson ana Landlock were companions over a ronnd of the sthooling hurdles, the former easily holding Landloek until the fence at the head of the straight was reached, which she crashed into and came down", being afterwards remounted, and jumped the remaluCleanly. LfttidMoek ±6uab& well

From the "Sporting Times'' apropos ot Hewitt's last win on Rarer Sort: "Tliou"\h the latest recruit to the ranks of" our Jockeys may have been the Mailer or McCail of New Zealand, he can scarcely be termed an exponent of elegance in Horsemanship and his curious antics in getting Barer Sort home last Saturday evoked the sneers of at least one old habitue of the weighing-room •Never seen a jockey in such extraordinary positions in all my lue! - cried tn".s veteranand TempLenian, who was waiting to scale' charitably rejoined on behalf of the absent one: -\mi haven t." S'truth, hut you snouid see some of 'em that are ridi£ e iv Hollands Well, the proof of the pudding is in tne eating, and Jockeys are usually sized up' according to the number of r ß h^ er li^° ey T- rid '; a S d the Percentage of hi* ,i£ *. -?,? t0 Saturda y last Hewitt had ridden In 10 races, he had four victories ,™^'lJ re ?" t ' ? ad been P lace <3 twice, sua unplaced four times. This isn't a had beginning for the New Zealander, eh?

Betting on tile Great Northern Double has been very brisk during the week, aud amongst the large wagers laid by Mr 11 Cleland are the fellowUig:-_iooo to 4 Shrapnel and Oachuea, ir,oo t0 03 Shrapnel and inon *s - U V U -° , s,,, '"P nel "ad Waitarcre, 1000 to 5 Shrapnel and Innisklllen, 1000 to 4 Black Reynard and Caclutca, 1000 to 4 Black Reynard and Needlework, i i to ,^„-' S lliaok Reynard and Irish 1000 f,. ir, Black Reynard and Wattarere. 1000 to 10 Black Reynard and Kiatere. 1000 to 5 Black Reynard and Mooltau, 1100 to 11 Uranium and' Nestator. 1000 to 1 I nudum and Kvenlude. 1000 to 3 Uranium and Loch Fyne, 1300 to 0 Uranium and Pawa. 000 to 5 Uranium and Wflitarere, 500 to 5. tiraninm and Irish, 600 to 4 Lo Beau aud Svaitarero, 300 to 3 Le Head and Irish. 1000 to 25 Mahoe and Irish, 1000 to 12 iMahoe and Mahoe. 300 to 10 Mahoe and Kiatere. 1200 to 10 Mahoe and Nadador, 1200 lo HO Mahoe and Waitarere, 1000 to 4 Mahoe and Raugitoto, 1000 to 20 Nestator and Nestator, 1000 to IS Nestator and Haydn. 1000 to 20 Nestator and Irish. 1200 to G Culrigno and Caekuea, 1300 to G Culragno and Innisklllen. 1200 to 5 Cuiragno and Romany King. 1300 to 7 Cutiagno una Pharos. Slid tv 10 Cuiragno and Irish. 1300 to 7t Simltfish anil Romany King, 1000 to 2 SouUfkiil and C.u-huca. 1000 to 1 Soultfish and Slooltan. louo to 10 Irish aud Irish, lnno to S Lady Hnne and Kiatere. 1100 to T Lady Hnne and Haydn. 1000 to 2* Haydn and Haydn. 1300 to 10 Cachuca and "Cachuca. 1000 to S Cavatrv and Waitarcre. 1,-,00 to C Te Uirsi and Waitare.re. 1300 to IU Needlework and Needlework, 1500 to 3 Morriwai and Wsiitarere. ISOO to 4 KlatPre and Innisklllen. 1100 to 6 Kiatere and Kiatere, 1000 to 3 Kiatere and Mooltan. 800 to 2 Kiatere and Mahoe. 1000 to 2i Creusot and Needlework. 1000 to 3 Creusot and Waitarere.

The Great Northern Hurdle Race, which is decided on Saturday next, has no l«ss than 26 horses left in. and although a number of these are sure to drop out, on present appearances it looks as If a field f.f nt least fifteen would go to the post. Ills Wanganul performances have had the effect of making Mahoe a very warm favourite, and be is certainly given every chance to earn distinction, as. even with his penally, he has only the feather weight of Ost Kilt, to carry. Of the local horses, Stiarpnc], who has now 11st lib (one 7'b penalty) and Cuiragno. 10.13. appear sit preseiu to have the best prospects. The former has dime a solid preparation, and if is doubtful whether ho was over better at ii'ir stnee of his career than he is at present. Cuiragno hns also come "n a lot. and he is doing everything arskni of him in a highly satisfactory manner, and he will be very hard to tvat. Probably on account of falling at Waugnnui Nes'tator Is not so much in request, hut nevertheless?, if he has recovered from his trip, he wili run forward. Kiatere was schooled over hurdles yiosterday morning, and jumped proficiently, and such a proved stayer, who has also shown himself to be endowed with p]»my of pace, should run forward. Creusot ran badly in his Wanganul engagements, but tbe racing ho had there will do him a !■ t of good, especially as he ha'i boon off the scene for some time. Dressed In his best It would lake something pretty good to beat bim. Cavalry was another that should be greatly benefited by his racing at Wanganul. and it would occasion mc no surprise were he to bo returned the winner. Last year Cavalry was a bit nnlueky during the race, as his subsequent performances showed, and ho may make amends for his past failures In this his third attempt. The Great Northern Steeplechase I will fhid n further opportunity of dealing with on Saturday, and It will snfTlre to say that tho race appears to bo much more open than the "Hurdle Race. Haydn, Kaitere, aud Waltarcro are all going as well as their hpst friends could wish, ns are the light weights Khama and Motiltain. The last named 1 have a great fancy for.