SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 56

SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA.

By Ravbnswobth. MELBOURNE, September 7. RACING IN MELBOURNE. ! Last W«dhesday we' had racing at Aspendale Park, but like co many of our i recent race days, continuous rain fell. • Luckily it was only a drizzle, but it wag, , all the same very uncomfortable The [ chief event, the Aspendale Perk Handij cap, cms mile and a-quarter, went to the : unthought-of Rata 6.9, who is by the Melj bourne Cup winner Malvolio: The im- ' ported horse Mnemon 8.12 was second. ■ Blind Harry 8.1 was verj slow in finding 1 Me legs, and was for a long time tailed! off, but he finished fast, and just failed tosecure second place There was a protestagiadnst Rata for ihtei^erence on leaving the straight, bu' it was iismissed. Mir ■ A, J. Staughtbn^ owner of Mnemon, an- | nounced that he intended to appeal to the . V.R.O. committee against the decision. The stewards held an inquii*y into the run ning of Blind Harry. The gelding is blind of one eye, and, as in some of his other races, hung a lot. The explanation of the parties concerned was accepted. The Trial ! Handicap -proved a good thing for Rifcmo j 9.3, N by Harmonist, white Optima 9.2, By I Best Bower, jxxounted for the Jumpers' I Flat Race. After being narrowly beaten "by Optima in this race, Winoign came out again in the Steeplechase, and made a dead-heat for first place with True Steel, who made nearly all the >unning. It was a good performance on the part of Win- ! sign, as she must have given True Stee' IS lengths over the last six furlongs. The owners divided' the stake. Redligiht struck a fence and, stumblinig, broke his shoulder ' in this eventr Mr C. C. CHerry, V.S., sub- t sequently destroyed* the gelding, who was by Redeourt fronr Erther, *nd was & mere pony. C. Bolton rodie the last two winner s ' —Malmsey 7.11, by Maltster, in the Aspen'- ' dale Plate, and Mint 7.9, by Alva <eon of , Neckersgat) in the Aspendaie Purse. j Some good horeees were seen out at Caiulfieid on Saturday, when the V.A.T.C. '■ September meeting was hel<J-. TH« crack ' Flemington stable presided over by Waltec Hickenbotham produced no fewer than six horses, Fairy Bell, Banavie, Mala, True Soot, Brookong. and Trafalgar, and r.one succeeded in even, getting a place. We have had such a wet winter that training ' operations have been a gocd deal interfered with, and all the team is backward, i Trafalgar, in anticipation of going (.0 , Sydney, has, however, been given a fair amount of solid work, and it was quite expected that he would make a show in the Memsie Stakes, a weight-for-age race with penalties and allowances, run over nine j furlongs. However, he cut up badlj, never , once showing any danger. He has let "down since the autumn, and is not quite so leggy as he was. He had a 71b penalty ', while Knox had his weight for age, nnd Knox, who does not pull as much as he " used to, won handily from Dhobi, who had a ?lb allowance. lolaire (71b penalty) was third. The Derby candidate Brookong showed pace, but failed to stay. Knox has 8.1 in the- Caulfield Clip, ami 7.5 in th« Melbourne Cup. He is a good galloper, but is a poor stayer. [ There was another nine furlongs race in ! the card. This was the Heatherlio Handi- J cap, and it .->nded in a victory for th« New Zealand-bred Kerhc 3.3, ridden by R. j Cameron. It was a lucky win, as the Wai- '■ lace horse Woorooma 7.13 thould have won easily. He pot off badly, was interfered with at the side, and was then rushed to the front in the straight. Kerlie. nicely nursed, got up in the inside at the last moment, and won by a neck. Kerlie is in all the big 6prini? events, but though a half brother to Wallace, he is not a .great horse, and I do not think he can be improved much. Aberdeen 8.1, who finished third, is a promising- four-year-old 6or >f Wallace, and is in th-e Melbourne Cup with a light weight. He stays well. The Hurdle Race went to the" Williamitcnvn wijinei- Last Mistake 11.5, -nho has

; I taken very kindly to jumping. Sindierby 9.7, with F. Burn up, was a strong fancy, but he again jumped 1 badly, and was beaten three-quarters of a length. Earl of Castles 9.13, with P. Oosgrove up, won the Steeplechase from Kuala Lumpur 12.11. Intrepid broke his neck in the race, and King's County injured hie shoulder badly. . C. Bolton rode two winners — Queen o' ' Scots 7.0 in the Doona Trial, andi Malmsey [ 8.12 in the Warriston Welter. Bolton is ; so smart at getting away that his mounts j are, in 6hort racee, invariably in good re- . quest. There were 19 starters for the i Trial. Bolton jumped Queen o' Scots out > very quickly, and 1 the maj-e really had the race won in the first furlong This was . Queen o' Scots' maiden victory, an<d it was the first race won for Mt A. S. Chirnside j,by C. Wheeler By Wallace from Tory ' tile, by Trenton fxom Tourbillon, by Ro- . I bineon Crusoe, Queen o' Scots is a full | sister to Tortive and Black Douglas. This ! was Malmsey's third successive win. | ! The Ascot Thousand Height Class meetj ing was successfully brought off in Mcl- ! bourne by Mr John Wren last Thursday | Mr Wren's course- is close to the Agricultural Ground, where th© show was in pro- [ gress, and it being a. public holklay, there j was a splendid attendanoe -to witness the sport The chief event was for ponies . under 14.2 hands, the prize money being ' £1000. There were 21 starters, and the . competitors ■ represented the cream of the gadloways now racing hi New Zealand and the Common wealth. Acroapire 8.10 and Santiago 8.7, two "daughters of the -very successful sire Maltster, ' fought out the finish, and the first named just snatched a narrow victory on the post by a short 1 head, the New Zealand-bred Leo Grand 9.2 being two lengths away third. Acrospire is a three-year-old filly, by Maltster from Loveday, by Projectile (son of Chester) from Loveloch (dam of Bruntwocd, Kudos, Inglewood, Confetti, etc.), by Loohiel from My Love, by Yattendon. She is closely related to Malmsey, who is by Maltster from Lovelorn, by Giraiton from ; . liovelooh. Mr A. E. Thompson, of Muswellbrook, bred Acrospire, who raced 11 times as a two-year-old undeT A.J.C. 'rules, j without winning. She realised 140ge as a yearling, Mr J. S. Brunfon being her purchaser She was for a time in T. F. . Scully's stable, iff Sydney. W Burke now has her, and she was ridden by the Queens- j land jockey, Mr J. Hayes There were 17 starters for the St. Kilda Road Bracelet, j a trotting event, amateur "riders and . drivers, Miss Harold, by Rysharold, being successful The Trial Handicap went to the Havoc filly Amy, ridden by B. Porter, at one time associated with J. Scobie's stable at Ballarat. Heligoland, by Hova, won the Novice Handicap. RACING IN ADELAIDE. The spring meeting of the South Aus- | tralian Jockey Club, postponed from the . ; previous Saturday, was commenced «ifc Mor- ' pheiville on Wednesday. The afternoon was showery, and the going .very heavy. | R. Lewis went . over from Melbourne to i rid© The Greek in the Derby, and duly J landed the race. The Greek is a big black j colt by Pygmalion, and ran third to Sir Edwin and The Tinman iii the only race , in which he competed 1 last season. He I opened the present season by winning the Maiden Plate on the. first day of the Adelaide Grand National meeting, and on the : second day of the fixture filled second place I to Alarm' in the Tennyson Handicap. His sire, Pygmalion (eon of Apremont), was at i one time raced by the late Mr W. R. { Wilson. Peronain and Sir Edwin followed ■ The Greek horn«. The Trial Stakes went to Remploi 7.7, who is by the imported Carbine horse Pistol ; while the First Hurdle Race was taken by Camarilla 9.0, by Con- j ventioner, A.D., by Destiny, fell and was killed in this race. The ancient New Zea- j lander Waipuna 9.3, by Soult, fairly j revelled in the soft, and won the Glenelg j Handicap, one mile and a-quarter, with > the greatest ease. There was <j numerous j field, and Waipuna, now owned by Mr A. H. Bennett, was folloed home by Lancelot 8.2 and Spinaway 7.8. The Morphetville Plate, for two-year-olds, went to the little-*hou»ht-of Pandion, who is by Grafton, and cots Mr R. M. Hawker 115gs as a yearling in Sydney. Scintillation 7.13, by Ambert (imp.), scored in the Sturt Handicap, seven furlongs. He won the same event last year. 1 Tho meeting was concluded on Saturday, I when the Spring Handicap, one mi!e and I a-half, went to Venturalisit 6.12, by Canventioner. Lady ' Bernice 7.8 was succesful . i in the Welter, whila Streak 10.5 beat Tho Agent 10.11 »anS a fair field in th.3 Hurdle Raoe. Mr R. M. Hawker own* The Agent. j Ho had better luck during the remainder 1 of the afternoon, as he yon the Steeple- , chase with the ancient Tarpon 12.2 and 1 tho Plympton Handicap, with \L:daga!ia ' 7.13, by Medallion. The Agent and Tar- i pon are to £0 to Sydney for tiho A.J.O. j meeting. Ahster, by Port Admiral, fell in 1 the Stefipkohase and was "killed. The j Brighton Stake.?, for two-year-olds-, wcmt to - Ayrlock, a brown colt, by Ayr Laddie ' (imp.) from Queen lech, by Lochiel from. | Lady Kingsborougn, by KLngsborough, and , co*t 70gs as a yearling- in Sydney. He is engaged in the Maribyrnong Plate. RACING IX WEST AUSTRALIA. l'h« KaJgoorlie meeting was commenced on Saturday, aoid the chief event, the Harmans Handicap, of 405=ovs, one mile,/ ended in a great surprise, th-a winner turning up in Loch Shiel 7.5, from Lady Agai.23 9.8 and Hatteras 8.9. He is owned by Mr S. P. Miaekay, who won the V.A.T.C. Futurity iStakes and V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap with Soultline, and is now settled in Victoria. Loch Shiel is by Le Var (son of Lochiel) from th« V.R.C. Oaks' winner Nitre, by OfF Colour from MitraiJleuse, by Musket, aJid was h.reci by Mr Mackay in Western Australia. Ell'is, ft ho was recently disqualified, but, under an oider of the court, was allowed to start, was a #reat fancy for Loch . Ship's race, hut failed to Focurc a place. The weifirht-for-ag-a e\ont, the Spring Stake, me mile ami a-quart-er, wont to the New Zealand-bied Annapolis (Phoebus Apol'.'o — Roxar.a). with the imported mare Oi'and Nr.oifcra in th-e : orh-r p'aceo. Baergmi, who was to wm, ran bae'ly Tb? Huixll^ Race was \»on by Quioksilvor 10. 4, by Broken Hill, and til-* Fixing 1 Handicap by Mjall Prince ! 7.12, by Sirumcr. K^r-ton ic.4, by MedalYu si. uas MKcessful in the Ladies' Bracelet, | and Munchausen 6 11, by Bobadil, in ihe Uoldfields Stakes. RACING IN SYDNEY. The Mocrefield Club held a meeting on ' Saturday, when a few hoiv-es of nrte weio [ .'een cut. A V.R C. and A.J.C. D:rby and.- 1 date, in Sunny South, won the Filing Han- ]

" J dicap. The raca was only ovex six furlongs, , j but he carried 8.5, and beat a numerous } • field in good style. He is in the Caulfield I ; Cup at 7.1, and Melbourne Cup at 7.3. 1 ' Two of the winners at tit Moorefield meetI ing — Hermes and Marcotina — were imI I ported. Hermes 9.2, who took the Hurdle Race, was bred in Ireland, and is by Gfrlli1 nule (son of Isonomy) fcrom The Message, ■ by Galopin from Domdduoa, by Isonomy, and was imported in 1907 by Mr P. H. \ Morton. Marootina (Trial Stakes) was bred in England, and was imported by Mr Mor- . ton at the same time as Hermes. She is ; i by Marco (son of Barcaidine) from Vates- , I wood, by Fugitive or Chippendale from a 1 J maase by Wen lock. Another imported horse I in Buckleberry 8.10 finished second to \ Malmsey's closa relative, Confetti, 8.9. in the Stewards' Mile. J. E. Pike rode Confetti, and he also got Ambassador 8.10. by Fortonatus, 'home in the Moorefieht Handicap, one mile and a-quartar. • W. M'Laohlan rode second to Pike on each, occasion. Brilliant Boy 8.3, by Hautboy, won the Flying Welter, M'Labhl&n, who rode Lairy, again being second. A GREAT BILLIARD MATCH. The match between the boy players, 1 George Gray v. F. Laidmm, came to a j conclusion at Alcock's rooms in Melbourne* I on Saturday afternoon. # Early in the match • Gray put up a world's record by makingj a break of 836. He went near repeating the. ! performance on ihe concluding day of the I match, when he made a "break of 800. As ■ he approached 800 he on 000 of JiisTare • occasions brought the red ball too close 'to the left cushion. The course usually i pursued was again taken, and Gray potted) the red, making his break 800, and followed ' on with the white. It was eeen that he had sent the white about an uieh further alongi the cushion than he usually does, but his oustomairy success in regaining position was fully expected of him, but he broke down. He hsd made 771 off the red, -and had* only 13 to go to secure his sessional points. If he had cot those 13 he wouJd have _ completely monopolised *he table for the afternoon, and Lin drum would have been j merely a spectator. As it was, Lindcum. j had to be content with one visit to the taHe. He strung together 12 in pretty ( style, and than failed on a cannon. Gray t ran to his points with 13 unfinished. His average, if average it can be called, ! for the afternoon was 625, or, rather, he j stot his sefesioTial points with only one 1 failure. The game eventually finished : — I Gray (received 1000) ... 16,000 { Lirtdrum 11,87+ I Appended is a table of ihe averages and 1 figures .made by Gray and Lindrum respectively during the course of the match: — GRAY. 345 \isite, equals 15,000; average, 43.48. Breaks— B36 (world's record, 831 off red), ■ £00, 588,-564 (all off red), 534, 46L (441- ; off red). 417 (417 off red), 408, 393 (off red), 360 (off rod), 343 (339 off red), 326 "(312 off , led), 308 (297 off red), -284 (282 off red), i 282 (249 off »ied), 260 (240 off nod), 227 • (225 off red), 223 (un&nieted), 223 (111 off , red), 220, 216 (all off sedL'2l6. 212 (210 off ! red). 188 (189 off red), 177, 176,- 170, 161, 155,(150 off red), 130, 126, 320. 109, 105. j 2 breaks of 800 'and over - 1 3 breaks of 500 and under 600 3 breaks of 400 and under 50C 5 break 3of 300 and under 40G ■ 10 breaks of 200 and under 30C "> j 11 breaks of 100 and under 200. I LINDRUM. j 344 visits, equal 11,874; average 34.46. ! Breaks— 3o7, 290, 235, 234, 225, 203, 199 (195 off red), 190, 179, 175, 173, 168, 168, 160, 154, 151 (120 off red), 146, 136, 125, 125, 124, 123, 122, 122, 122, 118, 118, 118,- 117, 1 116, 113. 112, 112, 112, 112, 111, 103, 101, 1 101. j 1 treek of 300 and over 5 breaks of 200 and under 300 " 10 breaks of 150 and under 200 ! 23 breaks of 100 and under 150. I MISCELLANEOUS. Provocation was safely -"landed in Sydney from New Zealand last week. He had a good trip. * At the Royal Agricultural Society's show in Melbourne last week first prize in the class for thoroughbred stallions was taken by the New Zealand-bred Applegarth, a nicely-topped horse, showing plenty of quality, by Treadmill (son of Bill of Port- : land) from Goldleaf, by Stonyhurst. " He was shown by Messrs. Mitchell and O'Brien. - The only other horses shown were Footbolt, by Thunderbolt, and . Crest o'. the ; Wave, by Auric. For the second year in succession the 'Allandale Stock .Farm's American importation, Marvin Wilkes... I took, first prize in the class for trotting 1 stallions. j The chance of the New Zealand-bred I Aborigine in the A.J.C. Epsom Handij cap zuicl also in the Caulfield .Cup has beenireely discussed during the past few days. j Aborigine ia a four-year-old gelding by the 1 Melbourne Cup winner Merriwee, and is I now owiii^d by the Indian sportsman Gor1 donhas Khattau. I The Queensland horses Togo and Olivas- ' ter, engaged at the A.J.C. meeting, ar- ! rived in Sydney last week. The death occurred in Adelaide last Wednesday of Mr Edward Simms, who was a member of the S. A.J.C. Committee, and chairman of the Adelaide Tattersall's Club. His colt Permian ran second in the S.A.J.C. t Derby during the afternoon. Two horses by Grafton — Phonograph and Gravity— won at the Kanowna meeting ia West Australia last Wednesday. Mr J. E. Stanley's imported horse, Bright Steel ran into a tramcar near Melbourne last week, and knocked himself about a little. The injuries he received were onls trifling, but it was decided to , postpon© his departure for Sydney for a few days. He will leave this week in charge of J. Fielder, and Cithara will go at flic same time. Mr C. L. Macdonakl has returned from England. Mr Osrar Asche, the Shakespearean actor, was a bujer at the sale of greyhounds at Moonce VaHey yesterday. He secured a puppy by Bulwaik from Narrow Escape for 20ga. It is quite likely that the puppy will eventually find her way to England. The big trotting event, the Futurity- Five Hundred, was brought off last Friday by. the Melbourne Trotting Club on the Ascot course. It was originally intended to race at. Richmond, but the newly-made track there had been affected by the rain.- The big event only attracted 10 starters, but they wove high-class horses. The winner was the N.S.W. horse Denver Huon (late ('. W.). He is a four-year-old son of lluon Jun., who is by the imported American sire Huon. Denver Huon, who is owned by Mr F. Geddcs, won a race in Sydney

«S a three-year-old, and traversed his mil< in 2min 19sec. In the Futurity Five Hum dred he cut out the mile and a-half ii Bmin 24sec, which was equivalent to 2mir 169 ec to the mile. The Bendigo mare Lovie .was a great fanoy, but she had i mishap before the start, and could not gel nearer than sixth at the finish. No fewei than 23 amateur riders and drivers hac mounts in the St Kilda Road Bracelet Lady Lightfoot, Finance, and Queer .Tuxedo were a much-fancied trio. Thf 'diminutive mare Nelly V. held such a com manding lead after five of the nine fur longs had been traversed that her defea appeared hopeless. However, Queen Tuxedo by Tuxedo, just managed to defeat Nelb iV. by a few yards. The winner finishec second in the trot at Fitzroy last week She has won a bracelet event in Sydney. The Bob Roy horse Van Roy, from Sydney, who was narrowly defeated m the Futurity Race, reappeared in the concluding 2.35 claw event, and just managed to squeeze home from the New Zealand horse Boldrewod. The New Zealand-bred mare Finance, by Rothschild, who has recently performed disappointingly here, effected a surprise in the 2.52 class event by upsetting the Sydney filly Birchwood Maid. Finance had previously given a very poor display in the St. Kilda Road Bracelet event earlier in the afternoon. Del, by Osprey, tvon tho 2.47 class trot. # The litigation between W. Whitbura and the .Victorian Trotting Association has been amicably -settled. Whitburn is reinstated as s rider, driver, and trainer of trotting horses, and the embargo on Harold Boy, over which the dispute arose, is removed, the fine being remitted, and the stakes won by Harold Boy retained. Each party, it is understood, pays its own costs. An important racing point was argued before a judge in chambers at Perth last Friday on a" summons issued by the West Australian Turf Club to dissolve an injunction obtained by T. K. Lauder restraining the club ani* the stipendiary stewards from enforcing a disqualification- imposed on Lauder and the gelding Ellis. An inquiry had4aken place at the Boulder Racecourse on August 25 into the running of Ellis, and Lauder complained that he had had no ; opportunity of cross-examining the jockey, J he (T. K. Lauder) not having been called i in until after the inquiry had been in progrew for some time. The stewards declared thai the inquiry was open to Lauder, the owner of Ellis; that he was notified in due. time, and. was, ta faot, in, the vicinity of the sbewards' room when the inquiry was opened. The stewards further said that Lauder had deliberately refrained fiom entering when the stewards assembled to consider the matter. The judge, in refusing to dissolve the injunction, said the stewards . had- not complied with the rules.r a»d ebouW < have given clear, and unmistakable notice that a- complaint was being made against Lauder, in order to ensure his attendance. The disqualifications has since been lifted. . „_ The jockey A. M'Crimmon- is> suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy and pneumonia, and is under treatment in the Brisbane Hospital. ' - _„',. , . After. the- declaration' «of final forfeits last Monday 58 horses remained in the A.J.C. Epsom Handicap and 74 in 'the : Metropolitan. Several" horses .have obviously been left in both events eYing to oversight. The Viotorian representation will, not be strong. Slipper, who was regarded as a j certain runner, has gone out of the Ep- ] som Handicap, and she is probably not herself. Kerlie, Cithara, Bright Steel, Ngauvuhoe, Motoa, and Snowahoes are the Victorians left in, but the two last named, who are id D.' J. Price's stable, have been overlooked. Trafalgar, Ngauruhoe, Kerlie, and Snowshoes are the horses from this side still in tbe Metropolitan. The well-known galloway Leo Grand, eh c, four years, hy Leolantis from Decoration, was sold by' auction on Monday at the Victorian Horse Bazaar by Messrs William C. Yuille and Co., Mr R. G. Baldock giving 460ga for him. Leo Grand is only 14.1{ hands high, and should do well in India, which is his destination. He is New Zealand bred, and is a fine stamp of a pony. The following entries were received on Monday for the A.J.C. Spring Stakes, the principal w.f.'a. event to be run at the AJ C. spiing meeting: — Mcnobel, Provocation, Hyman, Togo, King's Cross, Did us, Gaby, Footpad, Flint, Pharos, Linaere, Maranui, Lord Nolan. Montealm, Mountain King, Blue Book, Ungarie, Hoax, Black Prince, Parse©, and Trafalgar. The Adelaide trainer F. Bailey is expected in Melbourne to-day with the Derby and Melbourne Cup colt Sir Edwm (by Sir Tristram), and the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup candidate Waipuna (by Soiilt). Waipuna will be accompanied by hi* stable companion, a little grey. pony. When separated the New. Zealander frets, and practically nothing can be done with him. ' A buggy horse 'named Cannon was sold through Messrs Campbell and Sons at Kirk's Bazaar, Melbourne, on Monday for 126gs, Mr W. C. Grubb, of Tasmania^being the purchaser." Cannon failed to get a place in his class at the recent show in Melbourne. This is not the highest price ever paid for a buggy horse in Melbourne. A mare named Bolinda brought a few r-ounds over this some time ago at Kirk's Bazaar.