SOME CARBINE MEMORIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 30, 19 February 1937, Page 9

SOME CARBINE MEMORIES

From "Bob" Derrett The veteran horseman Eo"bert ' i)erreft reeently gave some interesting inxormation concerning Carbine, the f amous son ,of Musket and Mersey whose name became a household word; says a sotxthern exchange. Derrett stated that when Carbine won his first race the meeting was run by the' Canlerbury Tattersall's Club, and that the totalisator was not in use. The bookmakers were then a strong ring, but the totalisator was also doing business, as the New Zealand Turf Kecord i'oi 1887-88 shows that £3205 was registered. The card consisted of seven races, .a hurdle race, a polo pony race, and a selling race. The Talter-sali 's Olub Cup of fiousovs. was won by Mr. . C. O. btoad 's liussley, who caine out again and also won ihe hnai event, the Anmversary Handicap, of lOOsovs. Mr. 8tead also won the Corinthian Handicap with Chantiily. Carbine won the ilopeful Stakes of 75 «ovs. from Kavenswing and Mr. Stead's Kaiubow and r'arvuia and P. Butler's Adulation. Carbine next ran in the Middie Park Plate, which he won after gettiug badI ly away at the start. Ka\ enswing was i again second and Manton third. Car5 bine then went to Dunedin and won the Champagne Stakes frtim Mai-.con, Adulation, and four others, including Eavenswing aud Wolverine. Carbine foliowed on with a win in the C.J.C. Champagne Stakes with W. White in the saddle, and then caine liis final race as a two-year-old. This was the Challenge Stakee, a sweepstakes, of lOsovs. each and SOCLsovs. added money. Carbine ( W. White) got slow away, but got up to beat the Dunedin aii'K Somuieil, on the post. Sommeil was ridden by D. J. Price, and . the other runners were (Uassley and Silverinark. It is interesting to note that Car bino as 'a two-year-old beat two horses that subsequently won the New Zealand Cup. These were Wolverine aud Manton. Carbine went to Australia for the Victoria Derby, but suffered an unlucky defeat by Ensign. Derrett does t ot give .any opinion about Carhine'fe Oc-fcat, but it has been said • ihat a. sharp cut from the long whips thou in rse struck tlie colt in a tender part vf his anatomy and causod him to flinch, so failing to stall off the challenge from Ensign. It is understood tbat the long whips went out of favour as a result, and the preeent-day flagellators are cut down to about half the old-time length. Ensign afterwards broke a leg when running in the Melbourne Cup, and it was found that the bone showed signB of being partially fractured on some previous occasion.