Turf Topic

Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 40, 6 April 1901, Page 18

Turf Topic

By Seahorse.

The Melbourne Cup will next season be worth £3000. Haunn and Kolmnui are engaged in thn jumping events at the C.J.1,. meeting. Planet, the dam of Sinus, is by Castor also Lady Emily (dam of Nobility. Both youngsters are first toals. Mr Fied. Watson will bo lepresented at the Auckland Racing Club's Easier meeting by Battleaxe, Dartmoor, and Okoari. Dan McLeod estimates that his losses laving Wakeful and backing Advance for the Newmarket Handicap cost him £2200. The Hon J. D Ormond will not be represented at the C.J.C. Easter meeting Ideal and Menura will carry the cerise jacket at Ellershe. Flame and Bonaparte, two of the progeny of the Trenton— Sapphire horse Phteton, won the principal events at the Oxford meeting last week. James Scobie will be represented at the A.J.C. Autumn meeting by Malster Paul Pry, Haut Villiers United States, Clean Sweep, and La Carabine. Colonel Fox, who had to resign his position of judge to the Canterbury Jockey Club on account of a severe illness, recently underwent an operation at Ballarat, which was successful. The Forest gelding The Archer who was formerly trained by Alf. Shearsbv won a hurdle race at Waihi recently The Archer is by Forester—Zodiac, and now runs in the nomination of J. C. Booth, owner of Rex. Mr Geo. Hunter, who was awarded the Napier Cup through Materoa bumping Ideal, had never previously won that race. He, however had the Hawke's Bay Cup placed to his credit by Cymsca and Searchlight. Mr J. Chadwick has adopted the norn de plume of "Whalebone" in the Auckland "Star." Whalebone was a inmping horse Mr. Chadwick owned, and he won the steeplechase at Otahuhu, Takapuna, and oth&r places m the Auckland nistrict. Bushman, who won the Hack Hurdle Race at Napier Park, is one of the Gipsy King tribe a full-brother to Bush Boy, a member of one ot Bill Keith's Australian teams. There is a half-brother named Pierrot (by *oulshot) in work in Hawke's Bay. An unreported item. Sir Rupert Clarke to Mr. Abbott, one of the owners of Advance. "You wont win a race in New South Wales. I .shall have a fresh one at you every time. Mr. Abbott to Sir Rupert Clarke "You may want them all. You have not one now that can beat Advance when he is well, and never owned one so good." The father of the New Zeauand turf, Henry Redwood, paid a visit to the West Coast meeting last month, with two four-year-old Catesbys—Sanfoin and Dialogue. They both scored a win at Westport, and Sanfom also scored at Greymouth. Sanfom is the last produce of the Marlborough Cup winnei Fay, and Dialogue the first progeny of her daughter Pen. J Cameron, brother to T. Cameron, the st alter, recently scored a win on the North Island - bred Crusado, at Randwick. The performance is thus referred to by a Sydney exchange — "Moravian was the only malcontent ror the Steeplechase, for which half a dozen faced the big timber, with the Waterford gelding, Irish Boy, at the head of the quotations, the New Zealander, Crusado, being next fancied, while Mist was the only one of the others to receive any attention from backers The starters included the champion show-jumper, Fairfield who refused the first fence, and, though he got over it after repeated trials the palings near the mile post stopped him. Mail Tram ran off the course at the same obstacle, and Twiggy Voo lost his rider at the brush fence. Alternately leading, Irish Boy and Crusado were in front of Mist all the way until half a mile from home, where the New Zcalander took command, crossed the lo^s at the old Derby corner a length in"advance of his opponents and scored easily from Mist, who beat the weanedout "favourite at the entrance of the course proper. The winner, who was ably handled by J. Cameron, jumped faultlessly, and finished with great determination, and his victory was greeted by a hearty outburst of applause.

The Porirua stable will be represento/ It the C.J.C. Easter meeting by Toitulla and Ostrak. Mr. Douglas Gordon's colours will be carried on Monday next at Rand*ick, J^Uershe, and Riccarton. Advance will make his first appearance at Randwick vi the /"^ Stakes, one mile and a half, on Saturday(bth). If beaten, it will probably be by Paul Pry or La Carabine. Some well-bred horses took part at the Lake Takapuna meeting Jwithout the totalisator) last week. T? ethr cc year-old filly Apparition (Seaton De-lavel-Phantom), whose dam is a fullest pr to Happy Land (dam of ilova antunited Sates) *onthe Mgrien Plate for her breeder, Mr. f. Alison. funSr. Bacchus (Castor- Vivandiere), So four-year-old brother to Dgjtree and Canteen, won the Cup. Iroopei (bv Tasman— Locket) won the Pony Race Lieutenant (Flintlock-Mag-nesia) won a double. Mel wood's next appearance will be in the C.J.C. Easter Handicap. He is a smart colt, and will probably beat more than beat him. Tsantza, St. Denis, and Ostiak are also greatly fancied. Another local representative at tne meeting will be Fashion. Although, To far "his performances have only been up to a mile, I am prepared to see him run a great race in the Autumn Handicap, which is a mile and a halt. it beaten, it will probably be by one of the above eight-stone division. W. Davis will take Waterford South tor some of the welter handicaps, instead of journeying to the Wairarapa meeting. Punters will find plenty of channels by which to distribute their surplus cash on Monday next. Near home are the Feilding and Wairarapa meetings (two days). Patea and Waipukurau alTo hoki their annual meeting? on the holiday. The outside meetings that will attract speculators are Christchurch and Auckland. Some of the local nags are entered at more than one meeting but, with the declaration of acceptances, owners' intentions will be announced. The majority of Wellington sports will find their way to the Wairarapa Racing Club's meeting, at Tauheremkau. They will be able to get up and back the same day. lhe undermentioned horses seem to me to have the best chance of being successful in the undermentioned engagements : — Hack Hurdle Handicap.— Art Jewel. Easter Handicap.— Volley. Flying Hack Handicap.— Transvaal. Telegraph Handicap.— Calceolaria. Open Welter Handicap.— Whano. Hack Welter Handicap. — General Wolfe. Sports along the Manawatu line will muster in force at FeUdmg for the races on Monday and Tuesday. With a start, the following take my fancy for the first day's races — Flying Handicap. — Lady Bell. Kawakawa Hurdles.— Waiwera. Toanui Hack Hurdles.-— Rimu. Feilding Cup.— Bona Fides. Onepuhi Welter.— Plaidie. Winter Oats.— The Hempie. Onga Hack Flying.— Bugler. There cannot be a fortune in the racing game, when an experienced man like Dal OBrien, a successful owner trainer, and jockey, has decided to give it a rest. So far back as 1874 he won the C.J.C Handicap (now New Zealand Cup) with Tambourim carrying the "rose and black stripe^' himself. Tambounni also won the Canterbury and Wellington Cups. Tas man was probably the best Wse Mr OBrien owned. He won the Wellington Cup, DJ.C. Handicap, the Timaru Cup twice. The son of St. Albans— Zillah also won the first New Zealand Cup. Other successful performers, and good stake-earners, he owned were Gatiing, Carbine, Dunkeld, Helmsman Rubma, Trumpeter, Florae, Fishhook Malatua, Loyalty, Freedom, Hazel, Launceston, Gipsy King, Phdson, Military, Response, and Eclipse. The Lonsdale Lodge team is to be submitted to auction the day after the C.J.C. meeting. "Whalebone" defends New Zealand horsemen from their Australian critics in the following manner : —"We hear a great deal about the poor horsemen we send to Australia from New Zealand. It would appear to be a favourite theme with Australian writers.. There may be a good deal of truth in their criticisms of Jenkins horsemanship, but it must be remembered that he was up on horses that want riding and on one of which a good many horsemen have failed. Some of us have fairly good memories, and can recall occasions when Derrett, Brown, White and other New Zealand horsemen have been unfairly criticised by unbridled pressmen some of whom would be all the better for a little practical experience in the handling of ungenerous horses, such as Boreas. If they have many better men at Jenkins weight in Australia, Jenkins must be accounted a lucky young fellow to have put up the record he holds in this colony— a, record which, for the number of his rides year after year, would probably bo found to compare favourably even with those of the cracks of Australia.

Auckland is the only place where a three days' meeting is held in the autumn/ Judging by the great number of horses bred and trained in the North it would require a meeting once a month to give half of them expenses. The field for the Easter Handicap appears likely to be a big one. Okoari (Bst) will probably go out favourite. She is in good form at present, has a nice racing weight, and the service of J. Gallagher, so that whatver beats the sister to Waiuku should win. lhe Hurdle Race looks a fair thing on paper for Cavaliero. Seahorse and Boreas, who will be ridden by T. Taylor, will probably meet in the Century Stakes, one mile and a half, on the second day.

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