SPORTING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16263, 13 July 1918, Page 5

SPORTING.

RACING AND TROTTING

NOTES.

(BT "Lookee-ON.") The Wellington Racing Club's Winter "Meeting will be concluded to-day. The Victoria Racing Club's Gnind National Steeplechase will be decide to-day. . . According to the "^romqutjdu Turf," Mr James Hennessy, the ErencU racing' owner, whoße Luttetir 111. vr tho English Grand National m » lias been promoted to captain m of a corvetto of the French P ,a, y?' I Manv Australian sportsmen made ttee. acquaintance of M. Honnessy when that gentleman, paid a visit to the Commonwealth some years ago, oa which occasion ho purchased a few thoroughbrea horses and mares.for export to France; It is not surprising-that Victoria lias better jumpers than New South Wales. The prize-money for hurdlo races aiia steeplechases for four meetings m Melbourne in July and. August alone totals £1<y,600. • | I (Bt "Searchlight.'') ' dominations for the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's AugustMeeting close on Wednesday next, at .8 p.m. ■ "Training operations were conducted under favourable conditions at Addington yesterday. Tho small track provided good going.

F. Holmes had Admiral Wood, Trtx Pointer, and Billy Parol© down from. Riccarton. Admiral . Wood covered, several circuits at. a solid pace without the hopples, while the other pair did. half-pace.

A. Brown did not ask Harold Junior, Quadroon, iind Shanghai to extend 1 themselves. The first-named looks bright and well, and none the worse for the solid racing ho has done this season.

Olive L.. Our Chum, and Mushroom, members of E. Berry's team, were given long half-pace work.

- "Capriocio, with the-gear on, and locking on the big side, was driven five or six rounds by E. McDormott. ThoO.Y.M. mare has wintered well.

Cora THHon, Norval- King, Maud) Wilkes, Harold Child, and Silver Quick were given long slow work by J. Me-D-ermott.

J. Wright gave long steady exercise to Electrocute and a maiden trotter by Quincev. Electrocute has wintered well and is moving with plenty of dash.

Frank Tracy (in saddle) and Agathoa (on tho lead)* were only jogged.

•T. Anderson had the straps on a promising yearling pacer by Locjan Pointer from Ma Belle. For a novice the colt shaped really well.

Tied Heather and Rata Peter were jogced over a good journey, after-which A. Cox drove each a couple of miles.

Ginsv Kinp (in harness) and Agnes Clviof (in saddle) circled the track several times in company at threo-quartor pace witliGut the gear.

A recent addition to J. McDermott's team is Hnro'd Child.

Harold Do von. who went amiss and v.t.'; left in Auckland after the Auckland Trotting Ciub's Autumn Meeting, is now quito s«»und again, and will rejoin his owner's team at Belfast in tho course of a few days.

During tho week tho well-known. Hawkc's Bay trotting enthusiast, T. Roe, disoosed of n rising three-year-old colt by Gold Bell from Florence W. to a Hastings sportsman. The colt is a brother to Gold Girl, and a straight-out trotter. death of FLAWS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) SYDNEY, July 12. Owing to eickness tho stallion Flavus lias been destroyed.

[Flavus. who was foaled in 1890, was an English-bied hor&o by Hampton—Aloara. He iias for many seasons occupied a prominent place in the list cf winning sires, and has Stock linvo firrurfl :v of lnniiv of the important races in tho Common'.vialth.]