SPORTING.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 December 1917, Page 4

SPORTING.

B. Deeley lias now a Derby record which will take some beating, tho Aucklander having ridden the winners of the Great Northern Derby. C.J.C. Derby, A.J.C. Derby, and' Y.IJ.C. Derby. L. J-I. Hewitt has ridden the winner of three of the events mentioned, but lias not yet succeeded in capturing the V.R.C. Derby. The Auckland horseman had a ride in the Melbourne Cup, steering Eastcourt, a stable companion of the winner, Westcourt.

The crack Australian rider. \Y. H. VeT.aehhn. secured his third Melbourne Cup on Westcourt. He is theonly rider to win throe Cups. A writer points out that it if a remarkable coincidence that both tiie Melbourne Cup and tiie C':inlit'dd <"u;> were von by riders v it?i dai!S."gf«t h-'uds. V. Deinphad a broken whoa he won on Dronxetti, and Mcl.achlan injured his hand in a motor smash and had to ride with it bandaged. Tlie New Zealand lightweight horseman, 1J» Young, is remaining in Australia for the present with M. Ilobbs. At the sale of Karamu thoroughbreds which was held on Friday of last week by Iloadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd., in conjunction with Williams and Kettle, Ltd., it was noticeable that practically every province in the Dominion was represented round tlie sale ring, and "dry" districts like Wairarapa competed with "wet" districts such as Taranaki for some of the lots. Whether Masterton's "dryness'' had anything to do with the bidding or not, is not known, but the two highest priced lots of the sale both went in that direction. It was a rattling good sale, and both firms of auctioneers have reason to be congratulated upon the result.— "Hawke's Bav Herald."