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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 502, 8 May 1909, Page 13

RAOINQ FIXTURES, Stay 8 and 15.—Wellington Pony and Galloway May 12 and IS.-Egraont E.C. Winter. May 12 'and 13,-Ashburton County B.C. \ Autumn, i May 22 and 24-North Otaw J.C. Winter. May 22 and 2-t-Takapuna. J,O. Winter. May 22 and 21 —Waaeanui J,C. Winter. Juno 3.—Wellington Pony and Galloway E.C. Juno 3 ind 4.-fiuntdin J.Q. Winter. ' June 3 and 4-Otaki-Maori R C, Winter, Juno 3, 5, and 9-A.R.C. Great Northern Steeplechase, .PONY RACINC AT MIRAMAR. This' afternoon the May mooting of tho liWollington'Pony and Galloway Raomg Club will commence at Miramar, and patrons of tho .club are promised an onjoyablo day's sport Capital acceptances havo bcon received for tha different, events, and if the weather is fine, good fields should go to tho post in all races but tho 14.2 evont, In'tho .two big races several new performers, with winning credentials in tho registered ranks, •will make their first appearance at Miramar, ,and this should lend additional interest to these events. It should,bo notod that tho first' race to-day starts at 2 pm., half an hour oariier than usual. Special trams will leave Courtcnay Place for tn,o racecourse at frequent intervals from noon onwards, and as tho last race is timed to be Tun at 4.80 p.m., this will enable spectators to catch tho home-ward-bound trams hofore the rush of footballors sets in. NOTES AND COMMENTS. 1 (By Q&mco«,l The Egmont Racing Clnb'a meeting takes i place on Wednosday and Thursday next. Lavinia and Potroncl havo arrived in Wellington to compete at tho Pony mooting this /afternoon. Bollin and Master Douglas wero double winners at the Hawko's Bay Jockey Club mooting. " " n -' - Bulletin, who won tho Maiden Race at , tho Christclnirch Racing Club's mooting last Saturday, will pot bo a starter'at tho AshJrarton meeting next week. ' Mr. A. Liskirk's filly Succession (Conqueror --Success) is now in constant work at Trentbam, and thehoU-aistor to Kilwinning will 'probably bo given a run at tho Otaki meot'ing next month, Mr. 'Angus Koith, who had been officiating as. starter at the Marlborough raoos, reached Wellington, by yesterday's boat, and returned to Boston by v tho evening train." Ai a sa)o of thoroughbreds' in Sydney last month, a full-sistor" to San Fran was spld i for 150 gtunoas, I Next month there are two hurdle races. and two steeplechases, tq be decided at tho iAustralian Jockoy v Club's Birthday meeting find tho club is giving 850 soya, added monoy for these four ovents, ' . J Thr s u Sh the fall of Li Ilung in tho Dovoridgo Hurdle Race at Derby Teoently, tho 'English crosscountry rjder. T.' Moran, fracu;jTired his collar Unne for the fifteenth time. u 3 , m " st r *W { aa » record, and not one jvhich tho subject of it can contemplate with much satisfaction. Winning jockeys at the Hawko's Bay Joc*ey Oluh'a meeting wore: 'L.Wilson three, F. D. Jonos twq, J, Hall two,' H. Price, J. Buchanan, A. Oliver, F. Cress, R. Gray, E, iLowo, J. Delanoy, B. Deeley. nmJ C,"jpnKins, on© each. ' I At tho committeo meeting of the Cantorbury Jookey Club 'on Wednesday, tho Hon. J. D. Orraond's. complaint as to tho liandi-' capping of his horses at tho Easter mcet- , Kg, together with tho reply of, Mr. J. E. i Henrys, was referred to a sub-committee, which will, in duo course, report to tho , , I iP < •.Thirty-two horses* arrifod-hy'stea'mßr from Pioton ywtorday.' They inoludcd San Fernando, Te liu, Bravery, Lady' Paul, Aotea, .Waiata, Vinco, 'Merne Rose,r, Lucretius, Overrate, Gaelic, Scalerf Campaign, Osiris, Tumut, Aberration, Snndix, Mataari, Lcnhora, Merry Xraas, Daisy Paul,' Belario, lrah Rifia, Burton,. -Ho* Forry, > and Maiora, - At Warrnambool, on April 29, tho New Zealand steeplechaser, Pilot, carried topweight, 13st. 41b., m the Grand Annual (steeplechase, three miles, but, though ridden'by F. Burn, he came to'gnof half way through tho rate, 'and did not finish. Had tho gelding jumped with his usual cleverness he must havo woo, foi nono of tho nine starters got round tho pourso without mishap. 'The rapo was run in a heavy downpour of rain, and this made tho country more difficult to negotiate. At Cox's douhlo the first time, The Bat bar, Soymour, and No Trouble pulled up, < Pilot and Juryman ' - came down at a hurdle in tho couiso pro-' ,pcr at tho end of a lap, leaving four runners. ' Medlight fell at" Cox's double tho sec- • oud time, and at tho second to last fenoe Homana and Squirm ran oft, and Mossbank foil. Tha last-named was quickly remounted, •led 6vor tho last fence, and won oomfortably. Komana was second, and Rodlight, who had, been romqunted, was ,thivd. Tjio time for 1 the three miles was t'min 4sec. Tho programme for tho Juno meeting of tho Wellington Pony and Galloway Boeing /Club appears in thiß issue, i The fixtiiro is to bo held on June 3, and will probably bo tho last of tho season. Included on the programmo aro two races for pomoa 15 hands I 'and ljndor, two for ponies 14.3 and under, one for ponies 14.2 and undor, and a raco i for maiden performers. The principal event is tho. Prince of Walos Handicap, of 40 , 6ovs, six furlongs, and tho distances.of the I othor races vary from half a milo to five | furlongs and a half. ■Nominations for all events closo at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May ' 19, with tho secretary, Mr, J. M. Gumming, i ; As a two-year-old Multtfonn staitcd eleven times and won eight racqs, his total winnings amounting to £2761. During the I present season, Provocation has started on ton occasions, winning six rnoos, being placed second three times, and .third onoo. His aro' as ■> follow:—Second Hastings Stakes to Elyslan, £35; wqn WolSesloy Stakes, £400; second Wolcomo Stokes to~Nautiforra, £150; isecaiid Fcilding Stakos to Gold Crest, £100; won Jackson Stakes. £250; won Champagno Stakes, £500; third ' Challenge Stakos to Fhlanay, £50; won North Island Challenge Stakes, £425; won Manawatu Stakes, £350, won Hawko's Bay Stakes, £325. Total winnings' in stakes. £2585. In comparing Trovocation's record with that of Multiform, it should be remembered that Provocation cairied a penalty of 101b. when beaten in tho Welcome Stakes, and that ho was prevontcd from staiting in tho Palmorston North Stakes, the Manawatu •Sires' 'Produce Stakes, and the Wellington Stakes through an attack of influenza. In Multiform's jcar thero wero no penalties in tho conditions of tho Wolcomo Stakes, but thero were not so many weight-for-ago 'rapes in existence as there are now,, and the itwo-year-old races wore not as liberally endowed as thoy btc at tho.proscnt timo. Littlo Jack, tho phcnomonal pony pcrformei of Melbourne, made his appoar,anco at Richmond races last weak, and, conceding weight and inches to ton of his twelvo opponents, won the Pony Handicap, three furlongs and a half. * J. Delancy has now ridden, tho winners ,of four hurdio races this season, and, as the Karanm horses aro going to play a prominent part in winter jumping ovents, lltr Hastings horseman' might not bo far off tho head of tho list of winning horsomon r over hurdles Yihon tho close ot tho season ' comes round. As Delancy now rides a nico handy weight, thero is nothing to prevent his. taking plenty of mounts, given which a jockey _ with his ability is suro to rido a proportion of winners. , The Melbourno Cup winner, The Victory, now at tho stud in Ireland, split a pastern in March, and, in consequence, his owner returned all subscriptions to him for this season. No fewer than twenty-ono jcarlmgs aro being handled in tho different Riccarton Btablcs this season. The varioui aires represented are' St. Ambrose, Quarryman, Martian, Kilcheran, Clanrnnald, Treadmill, Conqueror, Stepniak, and Cannio Chiel. Tho pony Lorna Doon (Into Chattel) arrived from Turhkina on Tuesday night to raco at the Miramnj meeting to-morrow.

. Bobrikoff,-who won tho Pdrangahau Handicap at Hastings oil/ Wednesday w»b placed third behind, Erl King in the same event last season. ' ' iSoult has now sired two winners of the. Marlborough Cup, as Sandy won that event in 19Q4 andMaiora was successful on Wednesday. ';•• "- .•'.'■ -" ; . ■'•.•■■''-;- NEW ZEALAND RACING CONFERENCE. ;f BOARD'-DEOISIONS. - ' (BT HLKSaiPH—I'RKSs iGSOCUTION.I \y- : .'- : : l -- : % v-V : v> Napier, May 7.. ■■'■Sit George Clifford and Messrs. George Hunter and J.. W. Abbott, the judges appointed by, the New. Zealand Raoing Conference, have had two appeals before thom. They have remitted'the Cunnirighara case to the'■:_ Auckland. 'Metropolitan'•' Committee :■ for 'consideration; of fresh evidence, _ which. had not been • produced 'at the previous hearing by them. In the Royal Soult case, the judges', decision 'is as follows:—'Un the matter .of .'the appeal .by , Samuel George Lindsay, owner of_ .the, horse Royal Soult, "and Mark- Ryan, jockey, against 'the decisions of;the/.Auckland Metropolitan .Committed: endorsing disqualifications imposed by: ,tbe Avindale,: Jpokey Club, the judgos ■■■' are of opinion that the horse' Royal. Soult : wna, with the knowledge and consent of .'t'ha owner, Samuel George Jjindsay, prevented from winning;. the Nihotapu Handicap, run the •second .day of the Avondale Jockey' Club's; spring meeting, 1908.' The. evidence is pot decisive as, to. whether he was so pre-, vented:by an overfeed administered by one William Jones as alleged by him) or. by 'be-; ing deliberately pulled by the jockey,.. Mark Ryan, 'though many circumstances .seem to indicate ■; that/tho,.confession ,;of.. William Jones was cpnclusive «s between himsolf and Samuel/George Lindsay. The judges feel pampolled to glvbMark Ryan. the. benefit of their doubt, as to tho method adopted in stopping, the horse.': They therefore confirm the ■ endorsement '' by the Auckland Metropolitan Committee of the; disqualifications'by ihe-Ayisndaie Jockey Club of Samuel George Undsay. and the' harso Royal 'Soult for two •year's,' but reverse .the decision of the said club {as! -regards.the disqualification of ' tha jockey,' Mark Ryan. They call the attention of the Metropolitan ; Committoo to the 'oyldoiico; given in this case by. William Jones]' and recommend'that he be disqualified for. life, , ; They : Qrder the deposits or the appellants to:be refunded." ■-.:.■ ;•;".':. ■;:::,v >;ONE-SIPER CRITICISM,;/ :'; '""Sport I '. writes as follows :-—"Permit -me space to refer through your to certain qohim'erits which-appeared in your,morning contemporary re Kairoma's at. the last Trentham-meeting. , What :has .caused this' singular , outburst, of hostility is ■ perplexingl'to. any'fair-minded sportsman., I would point but instances of running at ,'lrentham; which were much more contra T dictofy '.than .Kairoma's; .'..Tho rfirst .iday Gipsy Belle,'with 7st. 131b., ran unplaced in tho /Railway, , .But-with' 9st. 21b. tho second ..day.' sjiavwon, the Paqjfip, beating Xylophone, .who .proved, he was ,thV fastest handicap/horse facing at Trpntham. It may, be said the race Gipsy 80110 won was a furlong shortoxthan,spe was asked to run the fifst;;day^./But;the/rape Kairpma won was a; quarter.'of a infle shorter than the'race ho .was'boaten in. What about' FKtaway,■'-with gat. 'SJb, I .in 'tho Thompson? Showas-noyer seen ;any,:.part. of: it. -.But, -after getting • badly .aw.ay; she wqu rheSuburban the: see-. pnd:day ,as she liked,':carrying Bst. 81b. Kaifbmaiwas.thifd the first day, to Esraoor in 3inih.-.,19;' l-ssep,'. for tHe:.milp and ''three-' qua'rtoHj; but ho. won: the second,dfty pypr > mile'and a half/ with 31b. added, in 2min. (S5 ; :4^seb.' ::'Exmobr,- with 1,71b. extra,: :.was .third..'''.,;'. ■:.■/:■;>■' '/ •:'■'> ■■':.■'i'..'' !.;"I :]p}gw/,.as' much about', lacing as 'the writer in' -your contemporary, or any. of, his friejids.fnm'whom hp geta hia iirimifa-. tions, ;ahd Kairqma had no chance of beating :Esmoor. at pvpn amilo and a half. tho first, day,; and had his jockey cut him about ■with hlß..whip,,:I l o.uestioii~if ho would liavo ;fihishc4va ; By,farV;^p tJid!"JJ[f;\fd'ild:like tho. writer,vrofajrod,rfor rpeta's; running at the repent meeting at Mnpawatu,;. : Thefirst/chy the Hurdle's/one ..milejund; 'ui/'fypin;; ;JS-J-6sep. •■.This i.hqrso-'-w'as third, Whereas," on. thoisecond -day,; ,ovef.'a mile and a half, Rangihapta,walked,in, /in, please,, note, 2min.'::sl4-sa«!, with-31b. more weight than he/carried: tthp. first day,, .And/if was this, hqrse's'qwuer who.lq'dgpd tho protest against Kftiroma at Trpntham,which;the /'sto.vards !dia]uissod.. .ButJjfanpy thoy aro doing a. Wrong tp - . themselves. and theif; vmtrons to allow . such. ■ unfair, and uncalled-for ■: statemont"s:to/:go unchallenged.-;•, .. - v ., .... ,;., '■ •;' v, !riiave*j)oirited:outlh6 funning of sovoral .horses.'at.Trentuaai.'.'Net-that S would im-pute:'any/wrong-doing ,to their connections,: b«t''^sim'^ly:.; , fo' ; ';shQW.\an''''unbiascd..''''' : nooplo' -that they might; eq 4a.By hav.o liad to stand 'the.;ordeal vof■■ : a -protest, •'■ but, your contemporary:jsays nothing, of'.these'things." '