SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19996, 13 January 1927, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING AND TROTTING. FIXTURES. Joa. 15—Ashburton County R.C. Summer. Jan. 15—Wairio J.O, Annual. Jan. 18, 20 —Wairoa R.O. Annual. Jan. 20, 22, 24—Wellington E.C. Summer. Jan. 21, 22—Foxton R.C. Annual. Jan. 22 —Bay of Islands R.C. Annual. Jan. 22—Hawke's Bay Trotting. Jan. 22—Te Aroha Trotting, Jan. 26. 27 —Pahiatua. Jan. 27, 29—Forbury Park Trotting. Jan. 29—Poverty Bay Trotting. Jon. 29, 31 —Takapuna J.C. Summer. Feb. 2—Tapanui R.C Annual. Tel>. i, s—Egmotrc R.C. Summer. Feb. 3, s—Gisborne5 —Gisborne R.C. Summer. Feb. s—Cheviot Trotting. Feb. 5, 7 Te Kuiti R.C. Annual. Feb. 10, 12—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 10, 12 —Taranaki J.O. Autumn. Fe. 10, 12—Poverty Bay Turf Club Summer Fob. 12, 14 —Rotorua R.C. Annual. Feb. 12—N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting. Feb. 16—Clifden R.C. Feb. 17 —Tolaga Bay R.C. Feb, 17, 19 —Wanganui J.C. Feb. 19—-Canterbury J.C. Feb. 23, 24—Gore R.C. Feb. 23, 24, 26—Nelson J.C. Annual. Feb. 24—Waiapu R.C. Annual. Feb. 25 —Kaikoura Trotting. Feb. 25, 26 —Woodville J.C. March 2, 3—Dannevirke R.C. Autumn. March 3, s—Marlborough R.C. Summer. March 4 —Marlborough Trotting. March. s—Mat5 —Mat am at a R.C. March s—Banks5 —Banks Penipsula R.C.

Buoyant has been purchased by Mr H. H. Doyle. Nominations for the Tapanui meeting are due on the 12th inst. Acceptances for the first day of the Wellington Cup meeting are due on January 14. Lady Dilatory was on sale for lOOgns at the Vincent meeting, and would have been a cheap fillv at the price. She is a tall, lathy thrce-year-old, with a good turn of speed, and should gather strength and improve with age. Several visitors from Australia have arrived to participate in the Wellington Cup meeting, but the chief attraction is the big sale of yearlings which takes place at Trentham next week. Some little while ago Mr T. H. Lowry compiled a return of the winnings credited to the descendants of Gossip. The stake value, added to the prices Mr Lowry has obtained for stock descended from Gossip, amounts to 60,000sovs. Gossip was sold in 1905 at Mr H. Friedlander s sale of the Kelburn Lodge Stud, Ashburton, for 340gns, with a colt foal at foot by X ilgrira’s Progress and in foal to the same sire. At the same sale a yearling Finland from Gossip, and subsequently known as the flying Bobrikofi, was sold at SOgns. , , ~ , . , . Royal Despatch proved a handful in his race on the second day at the Vincent meeting. He bolted about half a mile on two occasions when lining up for the JJunetan Handicap, and finally got away to a ytart which won him a race under most favourable conditions. T.his is the horse whose name must create a pang of remorse to those who were responsible for thinking him a good horse when in Sydney and inflicting a disqualification of 12 months on him and his connections. Incursio broke down badly when, racing at the Vincent meeting. Arrowmir is to be treated to a good SP W. Buddicomb has been granted a trainer’s license. He has been associated ■with the handling of several horses during recent years, but never got m the limelight ■when any sucess came their way. Well over a quarter of a century ago he was connected with the stables controlled by S. Waddell and the late H. Goodman, and so should know something about handling a horse. , , . ... , Martis lost some of his reputation at the Vincent meeting, where, however, it is thought that the going was against him. The Vincent Jokey Club holds the unique distinction of being probably the only club outside the United States which races on a dirt track. Next year hopes are entertained that the club will be able to race on turf, owing to the progress ol the irrigation scheme in the district. On the second day of the Vincent meeting Lady Dilatory was put under the hammer, but passed out at 60 guineas. Hurdy Gurdy and Brilliant Hope were also offered, but failed to find a buyer. Nominations for the Dunedin Cup meeting are due on Friday next. . . The question of appointing the joint secretary for the Dunedin Jockey Club and Forbury Park Trotting Club is to be considered to-day. The Forbury Park Club received a very pleasing list of nominations for its summer meeting. Handicaps are due on the 17th inst., and acceptances on the 21st inst. According to the catalogue issued for the Wellington Oup yearling sale, New Zealand-bred horses have won over 30,000 sovs in stakes this season in Australia, and the season is yet young. A new era will commence in connection with bloodstock breeding in New Zealand during the Wellington Cup meeting. The yearling sale will be the first really representative sale of yearlings ever held in the Dominion. All the principal and, what is more important still, all the most siicce ssful studs, will send youngsters under the hammer, A northern exchange states that Rapier was racing under the disadvantage, of a cold during the holiday meetings in the North Island. In England, the home. of racing, they would not dream of running a horse when suffering from a cold. The Government received £27,597 in taxation from the Auckland Racing Club s summer meeting. Mr W. R. Kemhall has purchased for his Mnsterton stud farm the recentlyimported thoroughbred sire Cape Horn, who, since his arrival in the Dominion, has been doing stud duty at Otatara, being on lease to Mr M. A. Perry, it is understood that the figure was in the vicinity of 2500 guineas. The Auckland Star reports that the carelessness of a driver at th© recent Cup meeting in having several feet of loose rein trailing along the ground was complained of by a driver of another horse. It is quite easy for a horse to step on loose rein of the kind and cause an accident, and it would be well if track stewards had a word to say to drivers guilty of such carelessness. . Ateriria, purchased by Mr W. H. Gaisford for 1000 guineas, has been nominated for hack events at the Wellington meeting. Ateriria should amply repay the owner of Commendation, for th© Ross©nd.ilo colt has only a victory in the W.aipa Plate to his credit so far (says the Wellington Post), and he is a game and speedy sort with breeding of the best. The Ashburton Trotting Club has generously offered to provide the stake for one of the trotting races on the Ashburton County Racing Club’s programme on Saturday next. . .. . The summer meeting at Elicrsii© iiuariably gives rise to discussion on old-time incidents connected with the turf in this quarter of the Dominion, and during the progress of the recent gathering I found some of th© old-timers engaged in wrestling with the question as to whether a Now Zealand Cup was ever run in Auckland. On being appealed to for an opinion on the subject I was able (says “Phaeton”) to decide in the affirmative. It was at the Auckland Turf Club’s meeting, held at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, 1873, that the New Zealand Cup figured, on the programme. The race in question, which was a sweepstakes of £lO each, with £2OO added, was won by Mr W. Walter's Yntterina. who scored by a narrow margin from Mr R. Ray’s mare Calumny, with Captain Walmsley’s mare Atalanta third. Auckland, it may he remarked, boasted two rival racing bodies at the period named, and they both conducted meetings on the present. Ellerslie course. The Auckland Turf Club held its meeting on December 26 and 27, 1875, and the Auckland Jockey Club followed with its gathering .on January 1,2, and 3 of the succeeding rear. In those days the gates were sold to the highest bidder, and it may be guessed that ihe successful lessee kept a sharp eye on those who sought to gain admission to tho course without payment. There was ro such thing ns reciprocity between the two rival clubs, and an advertisement. in.-erted by the holder of the gates for the .Cnc'cland Jockey Club's meeting of 1874. contained the following curt annon'icemcn*’: —“Members of the Turf Chib to be admitted on payment onlv.” Tho rivalry between the two racing chibs came to an end in 1874. by the establishment of the Auckland Rncjng Club, and with the new era “the New Zealand Cup” disappeared from the Auckland programme. At a recently held committee meeting of tho Ashburton. County Racing Club a letter was received from the Otago and Southland Owners and Breeders’ Association asking the club to consider its suggestion that, acceptance fees be levied on a basis of 1 per cent- of the stake. Th© Aiihburton Club has been struggling for

existence for some years, and could not be expected to feel sympathetic to n request which would mean a reduction in its already meagre revenue. When returning to the judge after the Dominion Handicap at Auckland, L. F. Berkett, driver of Marshall Neil, who was placed second, remarked that ho won by a long neck. The remark was resented by the judge, and although Berkett explained that he did not mean any reflection upon Mr Sutherland's integrity ho was fined £5. The occurrence which caused the suspension for three months of A. Griffiths was one which might easily have resulted in a serious accident (says the Hawke’s Bay Herald). Road Hog drew an outside position at the start (which took place in front of the outer stand), but Griffiths immediately shot his mount across to the rails and then steadied him, almost causing a catastrophe in doing this. Tiega, who was on the inside, received a bad bump and was almost brought down Later, when Tiega’s rider tried to bring his horse up on the outside at the bend leading out of the straight he received another bump and a third at the railway bend. An inquiry was held into the incident and a three months’ suspension for Griffiths followed. That the penalty was deserved most of those who saw the incident will agree. Racing is governed by rules which are made for the protection of the public and for the protection of human life as well, and if nothing but drastic measures will convince riders that careless or rough riding will not be tolerated, then drastic measures should be taken. Among the jockeys who rode in the Cesaxewitch at Newmarket was Jack Jennings, the Chantilly rider, who is known in French racing circles as “Preacher Jack.” He had the mount on Mr James Henncssy’s Take My Tip, a bay colt, which won the Grand Prix Inst June, and in consequence had the big weight for a three-year-old of 8.2. “Preacher Jack,” when not engaged in riding winners, conducts services for stable lads. He is a licensed lay preacher of the Church of England, ana has delivered a serman on “Sport and Christianity” at the English Cnruch at Maisons Lafitte. He is not in favour of the Sunday racing which is so prominent a feature of French sport, although he recognises that jockeys are not always their own agents in the matter. Jennings rode Filibert de Savoie, the horse which finished second to Massines in th Ascot Gold Cup in 1924. Commendation has won 7100sovs and Lysander 6050sovs in stakes. Twenty-six horses figure as aspirants for honours in the forthcoming Wellington Cup, and it is interesting to note that more than half the number named have “cup” honours to their credit in various quarters of the Dominion. Rapine, of course (says Phaeton), stands out with the greatest record, his victories including the Wellington Cup, Napier Cup, Auckland Cup, Trentham Gold Cup, Awapuni Gold Clip. Canterbury Cup, G.G. Stead Memorial Cup, and A.R.C. Summer Cup. Then follow Count Cavour (Dunedin Cup and New Zealand Cup), Tanadees (Auckland Cup), Star Ranger (Avondale Cup and Mitchelson Cup), Te Monanui (Mitchelson Cup). Clarinda (Manawatu Cup). Opa (Foxton Cup and Hawke’s Bay Cup), Oreum (Napier Cup), Fresco (Timaru Cup). Desert Glow (Takapuna Cup), Master Doon (Waikato Oup), Royal Mint (Stratford Cup), Hynanna (Wairarapa Cup), Rapier (Marton Cup), and Ruapapa (Te Aroha Cup, A.R.C. Summer Cup, and Alison Cup).

WAIRIO JOCKEY CLUB.

(Peb United Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. January 12. The following are the acceptances for the annual meeting of the Wairio Jockey Club:— Ohai Plate, of lOOsovs. Seven furlongs. —French Belle, Hildreth, Lady Dilatory, Lucy Locket, Nyanza, Rippling Lake, Sparkling Eyes, Strathnaver, Swimashore, Taramoa, Warseer 8.0. Nightcaps ZZ mess Trot, of 105sovs. One mile and a-naif.—Blanche, Coy Bells, Homelight, Mountain Queen, Turi Chimes, Sunshade, Lady Zita, Jack Mac scr, Lady Freeman 36 yards behind Vitalis 72, Azaleas 108. Wairio Cup Handicap, of 200sovs. One mile and a-quarter.—Baldowa 9.5, Cupidon 7.13, Geranial 7.8, Bilbo 7.5, Francaise 7.4. Woodlaw Hack Handicap, of lOOsovs. Six furlongs and a-half. —Jack o’ Lantern 9.5, King Cup 8.4, Soldier’s Hope 8.3, Navy Cut, King Balboa 8.0, Obligio, Glenham 7.13, Solzia 7.12, Fairy Ring 7.11, Warseer 7.9. Takaka 7.8, Swimashore 7.7. Aparima Steeplechase, of 150sovs. About two miles and a-quarter.—Pamplona 12.10, Windermere, Kilkoe 9.6, Mettle Drift 9.5, Blazing juight, Scamp 9.3. Soldier’s Dream, Grand Fleet, Punjaub 9.0. Birc-hwood Saddle Trot, of 125sovs. One mile and a-quarter.—Bianche,_ The Monkey, Lady Freeman, Princess Pointer, Marvindale, Mountain Queen, Revolt scr, Leith Chimes 12 yards behind, Silbon, Northope 36, Liberal 48, Hylas 60. Wairaki Hack Handicap, of lOOsovs. Five furlongs.—Spean Bridge 9.0, Top Gear 8.10, Sparkling Eyes, French Belle 8.4, Takaka 8.3, Countermove, Beckham, Merrie Circle 8.0. , Wrey’s Bush Welter Handicap, of 125sovs. One mile. —Bugle Note 9.5, Queen Balboa 8.11, Andante 8.3, Kilfane 8.1, Bloom 7.11, Atapo, In the Pink 7.9, Soldier’s Hope, Divinial 7.7.

PAHIATUA RACING CLUB. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., January 12. The following handicaps have been declared for the Pahiatua Racing Club’s meeting: Ballance High-weight Handicap, of 120sovs. Seven furlongs.—Tiega 11.9, Tongatatoa 10.6, Missgovcrn 10.5, Willow Wai, Lady Gay 9.11, Lin Arlington 9.10, Arataiira 9.9, Bank Draft, Agitato 9.8, Benmure 9.3, Mountain Top, Stream 9.2, Shut Eye, Elvaette 9.0. Hamua Hack Handicap, of lOOsovs. One mile. —Fanart 9.0, Our Jack 8.13, Inoe 8.8, Tannadice 7.9, Conviction 7.6, Rakaponga 7.1, Coma, Gordon Swift, Fiery Comet 7.0. Pahiatua Cup Handicap, of 252isovs. One mile and a-quarter.—Kilfaire 9.0, Tiega 8.10, Killocra 7.13, Bright Day, Opa, Nukumai, Queen's Choice, Bonhomme 7.11, Modern 7.6, Wristlet 7.2, Blonde, Stream, Panart, Vivo 7.0. Konini Hack Handicap, of lOOsovs. Seven furlongs.—Bank Draft ’9.0, Molto 8.2, Polyastra 8.1, Tannadice 7.12, Jazzy, Coma, Tanaga, Kindle 7.5, Elicit 7.4. Makuri Hack Handicap, of lOOsovs. Six Rurlongs. Lin Arlington 9.0. Royal Game 8.8, Lady Ideal 8.1, Molto 7.13, The Swell, Arch Arrow 7.11, Dominion Rose Lady Cynthia 7.9, Rivalry 7.6, Coot 7.3, Hypnotic, Strongholt 7.1, Abbey Queen, Calmere, Red Glow 7.0. President’s Handicap, of I3osovs. Six furlongs.—Polyphemus 9.8, First Acre 8.13, Papaponga 8.3, Buoyant 7.9, Bright Knight 7.7, Wristlet 7.6, Blofee 7.5, Bonideer 7.3, Willow Wai, Benmure, Miss Hupana, Shut Eye, Starboard Light 7.0. Eketahuna Handicap, of lOOsovs. Seven furlongs.—Moepai 0.3, The Tank 8.9, Asleep 8.6, Wilderness 8.4, Eakauponga, Kindle, Colorina, Elicit 7.11.

INTOLERANCE OF NOISE

TEST OF INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY. It was a profound saying of one of tho Victorian philosophers—Herbert Spencer, I think— who declared that you might guago a man’s intellectual capacity by the degree of his intoleran e of unnecessary noises, writes Dr Leonard Williams in the Daily Chronicle. Tho pith of tho saying is in the word “unnecessary.’ A noise, however, unpleas ant, which is recognised by tho subconscious as necessary or inevitable, is immediately accepted and discounted, whereas a noise which is unnecessary or impertinent is rejected by the subconscious, and immediately becomes an irritant of the most superlative degree. “If noise were to increase as much in the next 10 years as it has in the past 10 years, it would become a plague and a menace. Doctors toll ns that already the almost ceaseless noise of city streets is a fruit cause of nervous weakness—that it wears down oven those who have ceased to be conscious of it,” says tho Evening News of London. “Formerly there was refuge in the country, and one could escape from the wearisome sounds of the city to long, restorative silences among the hills and meadows or by the sea. But now escape is difficult. The thud of the open exhaust is heard even in our lonclist zones “Everywhere there are those who like noise, some,lines out of more high spirits, sometimes because it is the quickest way to attract attention. Such must be kept m check, for all of ns need rest, and many of us would rather have out purse stolon than our silence,”