THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 855, 29 June 1910, Page 7

THE TURF.

VICTORIAN RACING. iMKLBOI'KNK CTF WHIGIITS. Bγ Telesraph-Presa Asßociation-Copyrlnht r Melbourne, Juno 28. I Alnwa homls flic list of liaiiilimps for both the Caulliold anil Iho .Melbourne J Cups' with list. !)lb. l In tho Caiilliold Cup, Master Sniilt i<ml 1 Aborigine lmvc been allotted Ost. lib.; Oiyoi, Sst. 131b.; .Maori King, Bst. Mb.; Gold™ Slipper ami Artillorie, 7st. 131b.; Iniiuii and Bridge, 7st. '.lib.; Effort, 7st. 71b.; and Martyrc, Ost. lllb. D 111 tho Melbourne Cup, -Master Poult I and Aborigine have hoou given Sst. 1311).; ~ Oiyoi, Bst. 101b.; lraniii, Sst. lllb.; Avtil- , lerie, 7st. 131b.; Bridge, and Golden Slipper, 7st. 71b.; Formedcn, 7-st. lib.; and Martyre, Cst. !llb. A.J.C. SPRING MEETING. ADDITIONAL WEIGHTS. * (Ecc. June 2S, 10.20 p.m.) , Sydney, Juno 28. In the Epsom Handicap at the Australian Jockey Club's spring mealing, tho Now Zealand'candidate, Effort has been i allotted Sst. lib., while Martyra has Ost. 121b. hi the, Metropolitan Handicap 1 Master Soult has (Ist. 21b., Effort 7st. ' 131b., and Martyre list. 10lb. t NOTES AND COMMENTS. ; ISi Qlencoe.] ' reiiates has recovered from his cough, ' and is in work again at Unit. An cttnrt ' will bo made to have him ready to race at thn Wollington Kacing Club's mcet- • ing next month and tho Kiccarton niee.f- . ing during Hie, month following. Accommodation has been booked at '" Trentham for (,'nptain .linglo, and the ' Captain Webb gelding may be looked upon as a starter in the hack hurdle events at, the forthcoming meeting of the Wellington Racing Club. ; Interest in tho Trentham meeting will - liven next week, as the acceptances for < tho first day's events are due on Monday < evening. ' Weights for, tho Canterbury Jockey ' Club's Grand National meeting arc not due until July 8. At Ihe present time, two South Island candidal es—St. Aidan and Wet Day— ~ are tjio prime favourite for the Winter Cup. l It is understood that the owner of - Eqailas is not satisfied with Iho weight .. allotted to the Advance mare in the - Epsom Handicap, and there is said to be - very little likelihood of her being cent : on'iho trip to Sydney. [ If there is one of the New Zealand horses which appears to be more favour- '. ably treated than others in the Epsom ' Handicap if. is surely• Armlet. That is . assuming that tho cabled weights are '. correct. Being such a brilliant beginner, 5 tho MenscliikoiV mare would be able to socuro a good position in the early stages I and that, we aro frequently told by oxporiencod trainers and jockeys, is essenJ tial in such a race as the Epsom. Remembering her Thompson Handicap; i performance and other good races which 5 elio has run, it docs not appear as if the A.J.C. handicapper has treated her j harshly in setting her to carry list. lib. in tho Kandwick race. 1 Tho field for Ihe Winter Hurdles at i" Trentham contains two previous winners t of tho race in Compass and Tauira. Two - previous winners of tho Wellington Slwplechaso aro also entered for this year's race, namely, luatero and To Arai. It is a very curious point in blood-stock breeding of recent years that no one or ' two stallions stand out immeasurably superior to all others (says tho Special Commissioner of the London "Sportsman"), and it is tho more curious because in the ; old days breeders used to give all stal- ' lions a chance, there being no such bug--1 bear as what we now call fashion, though, all the same, Stoekwell and Newminster were in undisputed .supremacy from 1R59 to 1867 inclusive, Stoekwell heading the f list seven times and Newminster twice. I have tried to obtain some solution of ■ this problem, but have always failed, ex- ' cept when touching the theory that theso s horses were bolter stallions than any ; which are available in those, days. Their stock won more races and more money, 3 though stakes now are so vastly greater. It was not in 1866 only that Stockwell's total was a very big one, viz., '.£GI,3DI— tho hitherto unbeaten record, but again and again ho soared above tho totals of latter-day top-sawyers, with, for ox a<r.ple, JJ33.33G in ISG2, J28.105 in ISCI, .€33,302 in 1865, JM2, r j2l in 1887, and .C2S,r 051) in IS6S. This, in effect, surpasses , even in value of stakes tho results ob- ' taincd from any stallion in recent years, f and as to the number of winners which j the old-time horses used to sire, there is 0 really no comparison. Newminster holds the record with 17 winners in a year, but Stockwell's lowest number of winners in 1 any year from ISfiO to ISIiS. inclusive, was [ 22, and in the intermediate years his number of winners was respectively .'IC, j 31, 33, 30, 38, 39, 11, and 31. Mr. Waldorf Astor, of Cliveden, to i commemorate his winning of the One t Thousand Guineas with Winkipop, hnnds ed to the Mayor of Maidenhead, Mr. 5 Frank W. Porter, ,fi]oo for the benefit i of the poor of that town. The money 3 will be employed in the purchase of I presentations to a metropolitan convales- - cent home, to bo administored by tho Mayor of Maidenhead for the time being, for' the benefit of working men after suffering from serious illness or areident, and before, resuming work, in order to complete their recovery. FIXTURES. July 7 and B.—Gisbornc li.C. Wintei. 1 July Iβ, 20, and 23.—Wellington B.C. k Winter. , August 0, 11, and 13.—C.J.C. Grand ' National.