Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 44, 27 September 1890, Page 3

Sporting

From Australian fifes we learn that at the Caulfield races on the 13th instant If r W; &. Wilson's Lady Carbine, by Sordenfeldtr— Mersey, won the Two-yaar-old Handicap (8J- furlongs) in a canter by four lengths, beating 13 others. At the same meeting the erijt while New Zealander Townmoor disposed of seven ho. ses injthe Bosstown Handicap, and Pretender *cted aa runner-up to Moonstone in the Selling Race, and was afterwards sold, for J240. . (NoTes by Carbine.) The Committee of the Feilding Jockey Cmb acted very wisely when they decided to erect a grand stand and have everything ready to hold the Hack Meeting on the new racecourse, which I am certain will prove to be one of the best courses in New Zealand before two year's time. An unusually large number of horses -were on parade at Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale on Thursday afternoon last. The thoroughbred horse Ascot appeared to have a host of admirers. Breeders in |hjs district should avail themselves of ■E&Jbpportunity to breed from Ascot while whe is here, as they may not have the chance next season. He is undoubtedly one of the very best thoroughbred sires we have on .the coast, and he is leaving really first-class stock. Injustice to Horse Owners.— ln three of the handicap races m the "Wanganui Spring Meeting, horse owners are asked to pay all their entrance money for nomination ; the acceptance is nil. No greater inducement could be offered to owners to rim their horses stiff. If he is not satisfied with his weight, or if his horse is not thoroughly fit, he will naturally say,, " t Well, it won't cost me any more to accept, I may as well run the weight off for next time:" Why should an owner who don't accept be asked to pay the same amount as the one who starts his horse ? When a Metropolitan Club sets such a bad example it is nearly time there was some complaint made about it. In every handicap, no matter how small the amount is, there should always be a nomination and an acceptance fee. I have been informed that the Bangitikei Racing Club's programme for the Ist and 2nd of January was submitted to the Metropolitan Club last month for approval, but they declined to pass it because the 8.8.C. inserted a special condition in their Maiden : That in the event of a horse winning a race after the entries closed he would incur a penalty of lOlbs. Bute so reads as follows: Conditions referring to Maiden allowances shall mean maidens at time of start unless specially provided to the contrary. According to the reading of the above rule I fail to see where the wrong is. But the Metropolitan are not of the same opinion, and what is the result ? To rectify this ' infringement of the Wanganui rules the* Bangitikei Club have to wait another month before their programme is passed, and are therefore prevented from advertising it as early at they wished, which will no doubt prove a loss to the Club and others interested. What was to prevent the Wanganui Club from passing the programme at the time, but only on condition that the lOlbu penalty was struck out. This would have been far more satisfactory, and would have prevented a deal of unnecessary delay and trouble., The Turakina Club had their programme returned because they called one of their events the "Donald Memorial Stakes." What next will we hear of our Metropolitan Club doing ? Country Clnbi, beware how you word your programmes. •• Oeo," in the Wanganui Chronicle, gays the Southland Stud Company should have purchased the stud horse Puriri for jg3oo, and he would have proved a perfect gold mine to them. I dare say there are but few horses who have been longer at the stud than Puriri, and I would like " Oeo" to name six decent horses by him. I only know of one, and that is Jenny.