SPORTING.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 8

SPORTING.

Sanforte's racing in Hawke's Bay recently lias evidently improved him, for lie is coming into favour for the "Wellington Steeplechase. .Among R. Reed's mounts at Trentham will be the San Francisco gelding Passionate in the Members' Han*dicap.

A. Goodman's appeal against the refusal of the Licensing Committee to grant him a trainer's license is to be heard at Wellington next week. W. Bowden will ride a popular double at Wellington, two of his mounts being Fireblight in tho Wellington Steeplechase, and Nukumai in the Winter Hurdles. Jl. McTavish, who met with an accident on the evo of tho Great Northern Meeting, is quite well again and wilt ride Zircon and others at Wellington next week. Both Uialla and Peter Amans, who •will race at the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting, were responsible for fine exhibitions over hurdles at Kllerslie during the past week. There will be no election for the committee of the Timaru Trotting Club. the following retiring members being the onlv candidates for the five scat, 1 -:— Messrs ".T. Gilchrist, J. Hole, H. F. Morton, T. -M. Munro, and G. T. Wardcll. Renown, by Reputation, won the twrimilc hurdle race at Williamstown (Vic.) on the 13th inst. Renown is only a three-year-old, but an exchange sa.vs that he has shown marked aptitude at tho game, though only of diminutive physique. Tho Waimato Hunt Club received s'tvprisingly good nominations for its annual mooting, the most pleasing feature being the way in which the .iumpiug races have filled. The nominations for the other events arc also numerous, and the meeting should be a highly interesting one.

The following nominations were received for five seats on the committee of tho South Canterbury Jockey Club: —Messrs H. El worthy, D. Grant, H. Hay; T. R Mack ay, and J Scott As only the required number of candidates wcro nominated, a ballot will not be necessary.

At a special meeting 1 of the committee of the "Wellington Eacing Club held yesterday a resolution wis passed expressing deep regret at the death of Mr Whyte, tho club secretary, and an appreciation of his great and able services, and conveying the club's sincere sympathy to Mrs Whyte and family. It ■was further decided to abandon the club's annual ball. As was indicated in a paragraph in yesterday's issue, the New Zealand Trotting Derby, -which has been abandoned by the New Brighton Trotting Clnb, will now be taken over by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting ' Club, and will be run at its Spring Meeting in November. The stake for tho next two seasons will bo increased to 750 sovs and in the following year it will bo 1000 sovs. The death has occurred in France at the age of 94 of M. V. Malappert, who was a successful breeder many voars ago. Ho owned two brood mares which he sold in foal, and they produoed JTrontra and Little Duck, who won the Grand Prix in 1883 and 1884. M. Malappert was the founder of the famous Champagne Saint Hilaire Stud, where Baron Maurico Rothschild now breeds with great success, and where ,tho famous Sardanayale now stands. The wet weather has seriously retarded work at Biccarton during tho past few days, and there is a doubt whether the Chokcbore Lodge team will be present at the Wellington Eacing Club's Winter Meeting. If the trip is finally decided upon, Sir Georgo Clifford's horses will go nortL,on Monday night, which will probably be' too late for them to take their place in the fields on the opening day. S. Wootton probably has more capable apprentices in his stable than any other English trainer, and the Victorian lad, Gfodby, who was lately added to the number,.is already showing form in England. He recently won two Tsces in one afternoon. Even, before the lad commenced riding in public in Australia, his father, C. T. Godby, who trained in Melbourne for Messrs Tye and Corteen, had the idea of taking him to England to give him an opportunity of making good in that country. Jonathan Riste, a well-known English trainer, was eighty years old last month. He was born at Cheltenham, and began his career as a stable boy at the age of nine. On one occasion a horse bolted with him tmd fell down a deep quarry, with the result that ißiste broke practically everv hone in his body. He was three months unconscious, but recovered and went baok to Ibis old occupation. Subsequently he j.urchased a horse named Lady York, with whom he had many wins, and thus was laid the foundation of his career . as a. trainer. "Admetus is a great horse," said George Young, after he had won tho Royal Stakes on. him in Brisbane on Saturday week. Continuing, he said: "I could have had half a dozen rides at Warwick Farm and Randwick during the week-end, but' I preferred to stay behind to ride Admetus. He was just a certainty. Up to nine furlongs, <■ l think Admetus wonld hold his own at Randwick with the best of them. He is a horse of class. Ho would be a good thing in a mile and a quarter race at Warwick Farm, or any Sydney suburban course. He would lose his fields with the speed he has on turns.' Diomedes, who was unbeaten as a twc-yeas-old in England last year, and won the first race in which he competed this season, ended his winning sequence at Hurst Park on May 2nd. He was made favourite in a field of seven for the Paradise Stakes, li miles, but finished absolutely last, the winner being Sir C. Hyde's Dignity, who subseauently ran in the Derby. Fortunately for his owner, perhaps, Diomedes was not entered for tho big three-year-old classics this season, as by the time the Hurst Park Meeting was run a rather formidable account for forfeits would have been incurred. J J. McCombe's Wellington team were worked on the No. 1 grass at Riccarton yesterday. Sunnv Loch and Tho Cheat did a useful six furlongs, and Lava, alone, was given a run over five furlongs. They will probably leave for Wellington to-night. At the same time McCombe is taking north the brood mares Subterfuge (dam of The Chert and Forgery), Leading Lady, and Formless (dam of Melee, Tinihanga, and Lava). They are to bo sent on from Wellington to Westmere, Wanganui, to visit Mr John Donalds English importation Chief Ruler, by '- The Tetrarch, from Absurd's sister Jest, who is also the dam of the 1921 -JEnglisb. Derby winner Humorist. -,lt is decidedly interesting to hear from the Victorian jockey, Frank 'Deiapsey, after he has ridden in 70 races in England, expressing the opinion that English horses are more ungenerous and, therefore, harder to rido than Australian (comments a Sydney writ«r>. Perhaps his experience has been ap unusually hard one, because, as ho quickly gained some successes in i ° a 6tttß "lerß, it is quite likely that no aasboea pressed into service to try his skul on. notoriously ungen--1"°™ anU T?i 8 V The disinclination, of w? eCn dK ? us l ed » and good judges reason ?« Te rW ? piKio » tbat ™ reason is that the large mimhor nf races down tho straight ton the horses that gTvesXm I &s Inclination for tho g.-.mo. m . u ms

While engaged in a schooling, task in company with Scintillation at Ellerslc on Tuesday, the Lock Ranzagelding. Castle Rock," fell, his rider, H. Hastedt, fracturing a collar-bone. Te Kawa, with W. Scobie up, was schooled over four hurdles at Riccarton yesterday. The Maniapoto gelding slipped into the first fence, but avoided j trouble cleverly, and- going on, fenced ! very •well over the remaining three. | Mentioning Attraction, a horse recently bought by the Australian sportsman, Mr 13. A. Connolly, the London Life and Sportsman" recently said: —"J. W. Manser, who has room for over 30 horses in his stable, only had one in training, and this was Attraction, whom he last year purchased for £lO from a follow Newmarket trainer. The son of Bav d'Or was then turned out- in a paddock with a b?.d leg, but Manser nursed him with care, and yesterday, at Newmarket, the gelding r r ;n away from his rivals in the Two Thousand Guineas Trial Celling Plate, and was then run up to CODgns by Mr Connolly, who bought the horse for abroad.' 1 NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of members of the Xcw Brighton Trotting' Club was held last evening. There was a fair attendance, IKb president, Mr 1". H. Kcr, being in the choir. President's Address. In moving the adoption cf the report and ba]ancc : shcct, which have already been published, the president said that the position for the past. year was Quito satisfactory from the club's point of view. The amount given in stakes showed a slight increase, arid there was alao an incroaso ia tho totalisator returns. He continued;

Both our meetings wero a. success financially, and if the club had the luck to have better racing days from. a. holiday point of view wo would ho in a, much bettor position, and would bo able to give increased stakes. The new buildings erected during the year, also the extension of the luncheon room, proved quito satisfactory, and enabled the caterer to deal promptly with the rush crowds which cccur at the meetings. Thcso alterations ivill enable us to copo with all attendances for years to come. The wideningl of the course at tho mile and a half start was completed during the year, and was a bigger job than expected, on account of tho la.r°-e "amount ot filling up that had to lie done, but tjiero is now ample room to give all competitors a, fair chance, and it was acknowledged, that tho club possesses ono of the best grass tracks in tho Dominion. Tho committee received several tenders for a scheme for watering tho track, but the loweßt tender was cleso on £I2OO, and the committco was reluctantly compelled to let it stand over in tho meantime. Howover, most of tho track has been resown with yarrow, which, in our opinion, will stand th© hot north-west winds, and the corners; which caused trouble, have been rectified, eo we do not think there will be any recurrence of the dust trouble. As you are aware the committee decided to abandon the New Zealand Derby Stakes, and offcrod it to the Canterbury Park Trotting Club, who accepted tho event with all responsibilities. Tho* Canterbury Park Club has by unforeseen circumstances been compelled) .to forego taking over the race, and it will be taken over by tho New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. This mutter was fully discussed at <& special meeting, and for financial reasons, and also because of the poor support received from owners, .the committee did not feel warranted in keeping tWrace on our programme. I bare taken out the Derby figures for the last five years, which will give the members the full facta from the club's point of view and the principal reasons for making the committee come to its decision. The figures are:—

For these years the Derby Stakes has been a foregone conclusion, which interferes with the acceptance*, and your committee is of tho opinion that by substituting in its place a, good handicap race with » Bmall limit (say ono mile and a' quarter) it will give imorc satisfaction to ownors and the generalpublic, and better results to tho club. It is tho committee's intention during rext vear to increase the •accommodation for outside patrons by enlarging the enclosure, and erecting tin open stand. Mr W. E. Thompson seconded the motion for tho adoption of the report and balancesheet. TTie New Zealand Derby.

Mr E. M. Morten said he thought the club had made, a great mistake in abandoning the Derby, w*ich was tho means of attracting to New Brighton many people who otherwise would not have gone. Ho thought it would bavo been a good thing to havo tho race at the December Meeting. It would then have been the first three-year-old classic of the season. The figures quoted by tho president showed that the Derby had not been, a payable race, from the ;totahsator point of view, but he aeked how it was that the totalisator investments on Derby Day had always been better than on other days. The president said the second day when the Derby was run was a half-holiday. Mr Morton asked' whether the club had not committed a breach of faith with owners by abandoning the race.. They had nominated under certain conditions for the rsce to be run at the Autumn Meeting, and now found that the race had been transferred to another.club to be run at a different time. He pointed out too that with the nominations received for nest seasonsi race tluTowners found half the stake which had been reduced from £6OO to £SOO. The president eaid that the race haxLnov. been taken over by the Metropolitan Club, and that club had decided to grease the Btake, so that owners .would be better off. Mr Morten eaid it was news to him to know that was the case. The president said the secretary would be able to inform members what had been decided by the Metropolitan Club. Mr Rattray said the Metropolitan Clubs committee had met that afternoon and had decided to take over tho Derby and run ii at the November Meeting. The for tho nest two years would bo increased to £750, and in the following year, would be B J. McKenna said he disagreed with Mr Morten as to the value of the Derby- He thought that by having these ciHy races for two and they weJ destroying a great percentage of the horses that otherwise wcu:d He characterised a race for two-year-old., such Z the New Zealand Sapling Stakes ,as a scandal to the sport, and said that the DeX- had become a millstone around their neckft. "It is a mere piece of racing, swank wtoh has been cribbed from racing. Tho m has never produced a decent contest, and ail the limelight associated with it has been in the paddock after the race. As far as tho race itself has been concerned, wo might as well have called Mr Morten or some other owner into tho room aveek before tho raco' and given him the cheque for first place, given another cheque for second place, and then asked the owners tTsend their Wrsca out to give an eshibiU Mr°E &P B. 'Walker drew attention to the small amount received for training fees. The motion for the adoption of the reuort and balance-sheet was then put and earned. Election of officers. Captain A. W. Owles (president), Mr T. H. Ker (vice-presidents, and Mr h. H. James 'honorarv treasurer} wero elected unopposed. The following other officers wero elected:—. Committee, Messre W. H. Denton, A. J. Harper. B. J. McKenna, and G.Pengelly, stewards, Messrs W. H. Denton, W. J. Hopkins, H. C. Harley, A. J. Harper, J. Johns, B. J. McKenna, G. Pongelly, G. Scott, jun., W E. Thompson, and J. Westerman; auditor, Mr G. E. Way. Certain Owles thanked the members for elect-in" him to tho position of president. It was decided that an expression of appreciation of tho sen-ices rendered by the retiring president, Mr T. H. Ker, should bo recorded on the minutes. ENGLISH RACING. (Received July ,",rd, 2 p.m.)' LONDON. July .2. Following- is the result cf the PRINCESS OF WALES STAKES, a Bwecp6takes of 30 eovs each, with 2000 sovs added; eecond 300, third 100. For three and four-year-olds. Special weights. Sir John Rutherford's br c SOLAEIO ny Gainsborough-Sun Worship_ ayra .. 1 Sir E. W. B. Jardino's br c Oblitcrato hy Tracory—Damage 4yrs .. .. .3 I Lord Aster's to c St. Germans by Swynford—Hamoazo 4yrs ••. •• •» ! Seven started. j Won by a length and a half.

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TRENTHAM TRAINING NOTES.

(PEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGF.AJI.) WELLINGTON, July ?. Kain overnight, and heavy showers during training operations, made matters anything but pleasant this morning at Trentham. The sand track was oren. and some useful pace work was done on it by horses engaged at the meetings. , V II Colel'.o arrived -with Fireblight and Nina of Spades yesterday, and he had tucm both on the track. Fireblight looks all the better for her racing in Hawke s Bay H Hickev brought Olympic to Tre.uham yesterday, but the chestnut was not on the tracks this morning. II S. Greene worked 'he neiv arrival*, Koodoo,' General Carrington, and Jubilee. General Carrington has lightened up a little after his strenuous racing in Hastings and Napier. , , . Comical strode out very strongly ov-?r two rounds on the sand. He locks in rare buckle. The Strand arrived yesterday and- 1 * the care of his owner, Mr A. Potter. He was out doing pace work this morning. AV. H. Patterson's pair, Zircon and Lralla were' given useful tasks. Both look very Eric, in charge o£ E. Murtagh, arrived this morning. Lucullent (N*. Kowc) was schooled over three hurdles and then did two rounds on the sand at a good three-quarter pace.

Yenr. Acceptors Winner. Investments 3921 .. 3 Childe Pointer 3106 1922 5 Groat) Hese 2747 1923 .'. 4 Acron 1365 1924 .. 6 Taurekareka. 3585 1925 .. 4 Koliara 2033