AUSTRALIAN RACES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 212, 2 June 1920, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN RACES

ENTRIES FOE EPSOM AND METROPOLITAN HANDICAPS. (Rec. June 2, 1.10 a.m.) Sydnoyi June 1. Entries for the Epsom Handicap total 178, including Biplane, Finmark, and Kilhope, and for the Metropolitan Handicap 116 including Biplane, Finmark, and Ail Aboard—Press Assn. MELBOURNE CUP ENTEIES. Melbourne, June 1. Entries for tho Melbourne Oup total 118, Including All Abourd; Biplane, and Finmark—Press Assn.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

By Glencoe. The Dunediu meeting will bo advanced a further stage to-morrow and will be concluded on Saturday. Tho Otaki Maori Racing Club's Winter Meeting will be held to-morrow and on Friday. Special. trains leave Thorudon each day. Racing at Ellerslie will commence at 11 a.m. on Thursday. At this hour tho First Division of the Jervois Handicap will be run. An alteration has been made in tho steeplechase schooling fences at Riccarton. The post and rail fence, near the entrance to the straight, has been removed, and in its place another brush fence has been erected.*? The old post and rail was very seldom used, most of the horses being sent over tho hurdle alongside t it.' The victory of Master Strowan in tho Otago Steeples was well received locally. The Foxtou gcldiug carried the steadier of list. 131b., but he is a good jumper and stays well, while the soit going does not trouble him. Master Strowan should he heard of again before the jumping season closes, as ho is cvideutly back to his best form.

Local sportsmen were surprised to learu yesterday that Coalition had not started in the Otago Steeplechase. The probabilities are that his trainer thought lha going too heavy and he would not ask the l'atronus gcldiDg to race in it.

The consistent Silver Peak was again seen in a favourable light yesterday when he heat a good field in the Tradesmen's Handicap at. Wingatui. The Adjudgo gelding carried 9st. 81b. and by winning he put up his best performance to date. "It is an ill-wind," etc. Had the owner of Master Strowan been'able to get.his horse homo after the Hoyal Meeting at Kicoarton, the horse would not havo been present at the Duuodin meeting yesterday, and in consequence he could not havo won the richly endowed Otago Steeplechase.

Jfagdaltt winner of tile Hack Steeplechase at Wingatui yesterday, is thirteen years old, and won the Winter Cup as far back as 1912.

The Epsom Derby will be run to-day. More than usual interest attaches to tho classic race this year, as it is expected to settle the much discussed question as to whether the brilliant Tctratema can stay. Though ho has not had a race for a long period Graftella, a stable mate of Lochella, is expected io race well in tho Maiden Hurdles at Ellerslie to-morrow, in which tho field is not a strong ono

Yankee Jack has been accented for in both the Maiden Steeples and the Great Northern Hurdles to bo run at Ellerslio to-morrow, ' but ho will probably be, scratched for the big event and given a race in the Maiden Steeplechase, in which ho haß ton weight, list. 31b. Yankee Jack Ib a good jumper over brush fences. A Press Association cable message from London states that Prince Galahad has been scratched for the Derby Stakes.

A Press Association cable message from Sydney states that the Australian Jockey Olnb's programme for the winter meeting on June 10 and 12 in honour of the Princo of Wales, provides for total stakes of Iu.OOO sovs. The second day's progr'anuno includes the Gold Cup, a prize of 2000 sovs., and three other events, tho prizes in which are 1000 sovs. each.

Princo Palatine, who cost Mr. J. B. Joel 40,000gns. and latterly acquired privately by the Due Decaze, has again changed hands, and will go to America. It trans pires' that Prince Palatine cost his now owner 15,000gns.

THE "SOCCER" GAME ' ♦

ANNUAL MEETING OF NEW ZEALAND .ASSOCIATION. Tho annual meeting of tho council of the New Zealand Football Association was held last night, Mr. IV. Munckton presiding. There were aIBO present:' Messrs. F. J. Courtney (vice-president), H. M. M'Keown (vice-president), 11. J. Buck (trustee), H. Yeoman (Poverty Bay), J. M'Crorie (Wellington), L. M'Laren (Auckland), W. Bryeo (Otago) and B. Salmon (secretary). The chairman said that players who had returned from the war sound in limb and wind were taking up the game again, and thore were many young players coming on. Tho primary schools were taking up ;ho game, but the secondary schools had i:ot entered .into the spirit of the game with the enthusiasm and vim which the association would liko to 6ec. Ho thought that boys Bhould be allowed to play the game most acceptable to them. Ho advocated frco trade practically as far as games were concerned in the colleges. Tho election of offices* resulted as follows: Patron. Viscount Jcllicoe (the new Governor-General!; president, Mr. C. P. Skorrett, K.C.; vice-presidents, Hon, A. MMyers, Hon. G. Fowlds, non. W. O. Camcross. Dr, E. A. Walker, Rev. W. F. Stent, Colonel W. F. Slecman, Messrs. F. J. Courtney. If. G. Mayer; R. English, O. E. Sta-lha-in, S. Mysrs, 11. M'Keown, J. J. Roberts, W. T. Churchward. R. M. Chadwick, P. L. Davics, E, Ritson, W. Munckton, W. D. Ramsay, and E. W. Harvey; lion, secretary, Mr. B. L. Salmon; treasurer, H. I. Graves; representative to-the English Football Association Mr. A. E. Gibbs; trustees, Messrs. H. ,T. Buck and J. M. Oilier; lion, auditor, Mr. A. G. Barnett. • , ' Tho Otago Association wrote asking for information about the arrangements for the proposed visit of an English amateur team. Tho association considered that the timo was opportune for negotiation between Australia, New Zealand and England. Mr. F. J. Courtney, »who recently visited England, said that he had seen Mr. Wall, the secretary of the English Association, and he had stated that if a team were to visit the Southern Hemisphere it would only bo able to tour Australia nnd New Zealand. It would not be nossiblc, for instance, to include South Africa. Tho expense of the tour would have to l-o homo by Australia and New Zealand. The English Association would not be ablo io assist with regard to passage money, etc., but it would assist in getting a suitablo team together. Ite was in favour of a board being appointed to organise tho tour. The board should be an independent tribunal, working hand in hand with the New Zealand and Commonwealth associations. He thought t]\at a New South Wales team should be brought over first: the experience that would thus bo. gained would be invaluable when tho proposed English tour eventuated. Mr. Salmon stated that the English Football Association would not be prepared to send out a-team until after the next South African tour and this would probably mean that the Australasian tour would not take placo until 1922. Ho was in favour of a board bci,ng act up.

Mr. L. M'Larcn suggested that the local associations should commence to establish a sinking fund towards the cost of tlio tour, By putting small amounts asldo every week, the final sum which each association would have to provide would uot he so great. Ho was also in favour of the establishment of n board. Mr. M'Keown thought that, as the tour would not eventuate until 1922 or later, the council should not discuss the matter, but should confine its attention to an Australian tour. He thought that at the proBent time the visit of tne English icam waa Impracticable. Tho chairman said that it would bo necessary to raise a large sum for tho New South Wales tour. He questioned if the associations would Answer to the much larger call tho ucxt year for the English tour. It was decided to write to tho Otago Association and the other affiliated associations to place the matter of tho English tour beforo them, and ask for suggestions, tt waa also decided that the secretary Should gather names of those suitablo for appointment as a board, ;:.nd to bring them before a. subsequent meeting. A match will be played at Association l'ark on Thursday, at 2.45 p.m., between tho following fourth grado teams:—A team; Chandler Wanden, Jones, Borry, Jedries, Burke. Nicbolls, Sharpc, Williams, Francis. Dempster; emergency, M. Keogh, 11. Black. 1! team: D. Wi Klnro, Prleo, Ward, A. Wi Niera, Hendry, Gladstone, Whitehouse, Lrcubert, J. Taukred, Ruesell, Foster; emergency, Dawe, Brett.