NOTES ON THE RACING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1553, 24 September 1912, Page 7

NOTES ON THE RACING.

?o.*hWD Platy, "'lid vis favourite in His TS«.t Hur'Jle;. did -not ee-t anions the r&Uws.psti-M's, the: vaw l#-iitsr ••'•on by gtrattiafoira, after a poad finisli with SleaCombe and Whimper. . Silver Cluso'ftU in {Mat. (if ttfi stand, and his rid")', Murfa*h, was 'throw's asainst a post. He appeared to bs badly hurt, but cania to shortly afterwftrds, and was reported to rx» sufferius: front, a broken ncs« and broken rib?. ■ ?Mm«d to be sornethine lackin* in.the ambulance arraiizen)#nts"al th<! time «f the accident, and

it was loft to Silver Cluse's trainer to carry Murtagh. off tho course, with tho assistance of tho local constable. -Even when the injured jockey was brought into' tho' birdcage, it seemed to' be the particular concern' of no one to pvocuro attention for him. A steward announced to the pros, after tho race that an inquiry had been held into'the running of Morryvnlo, and that tho stewards had taken no ad ion, as they had discovered Mini, the luuv? had . run off at » hurdle, and could not luivo continued in the race on that, account. Tho general opinion sremed to be Ilia! Iho .stewards would have had more reason to inquire into tho. running of al least one of the more Jienviiy-baekcd candidate"'.

St. Serf was mndb favourite for tho To Kiwi Memorial Slakes, but hi- had to Ira content with third place behind Ccolboggan and Big Blast. Tho last-mimed was allowed.;('o lead on sufferance, until tho .straight'Vns entered, when Ceolboggan had no difficulty in disposing of her. Master Laddo finished last.

In the .Maiden Plate, Stockade, ridden by C. Jenkins, commenced smartly, and lasted long enough to beat a warm favourite, C'ourtloy,.wlin was well ahead of tho third horse. TheTionthnm-traincd Peggy, who was' second favourite, finished fourth. Martlet, who gave a lot of trouble at the barrier, got slightly the worst of the start, but otherwise tho field moved oft" in good line.

Ngatimoru awl-Byron were withdrawn 1 from tho Dominion Day Handicap, for i which Brown Trout, lord Renown, awl Sea Queen were the favourites. Cork endeavoured to win from' end to end, but ■ tho last nalf-furlong' saw him tiring, and he was beaten, into third. place behind Sea Queen and Routine. The last-named was prominent. thron.ghout. but Sea Queen, after getting well away, was steadied, and did not'come to the front again tiutil the final'..stogc.s. The New Zealand Cup candidate, ' Undecided'," after racing I near the front for half Hid distance, drifted back and: finished last. [ Brown Trout and Lord Renown scarcely justified flic, support accorded them. A . meeting of stewards was held after the race, and R. Hatch was cautioned for his riding of Undecided, it being deemed unsatisfactory. ' Some' interest was detracted/from the Stewards' Hack Handicap by the withdrawal! of King's favourite and Aratia'tia. Of the.' ten starters Eocene was the popular iahry, with lady Louisa next in demand. At tho' finish, however. Kat.ua won very easily, while tho favourite lolled to gain'a'place: Sonic confusion wacaused prior to this nice through the liame of War Queen being omitted from Die list of starters on the notice beards'. It was subsequently rectified on one of the boards, but. not on tho other: The South' Island horse, Sea King, was tht; only withdrawal from the Flying Handicap field, in' which Patriotic was Ihe elect of bankers. It took some little time to dispatch the field, but eventually :i fairly good start was effected. Allurement was quickest away, but in jumping cut of the barrier she partially unseated litt.lt? Eell. The jockey was quickly back in tho saddle, but Allurement did not gain her usual break of a - couple of lengths.' This probably cost her the race, for at the finish she was only just beaten by Patriotic. Tho latter.was tho only ao'fua'l favourite to' score during the day. Mount Victoria, after running well for five furlongs, died right away in the straight. .'' : lii the concluding event, Blend, Serenity, and Panthea were all well backed, tho first-named-king actual : favourite. Nothing, however, had a chance with Black Lupin.- who took .chnrge at an early stage and led to the finish, giving F...D. Jones his-second winning mount d'uriug tbe day. "'".'■