SPORTING NOTES.

Shannon News, 4 March 1924, Page 4

SPORTING NOTES.

W. J. Bowderi,\who took up residence'in Foxtbri, is doing fine work on the Foxton course. "Billy," who is recognised as one "of, the finest riders over hurdles in Few Zealand, appears a moral to regain his license. . At Nelson. Bonecto ran second in the Hope handicap, and. Matareka second in the Memorial Welter. Scion has'apparently lost, all form, for he ran last in, the Wanganui Cup contest." . The,veteran 'chaser Gladful is again in work after having a prolonged; spell. Gladful, which was foaled in ,1910, has contested. 104 races. ~• _ . The- Government .received £5127 m taxes over the recent; meeting of the Dunedin Jockey: Club, but. the club lost about;£7oo/,ovterithe fixture. Bon March, which ran second to Gaillard in the,Harrison two-year-old race < at. WanganuV is ; owned ■by :Mr;.C. Keeble and trained, by> Alex; Browne. After the contest for then Jackson Stakes at the; Wanganui meeting, there was an-inquiry by;*-the* stewards, and it was- reported that- - M. , McGartenj rider ofiTamatete, had-bcen fined £lO for alleged crossing. -» At i the i sale of Mr. G. M. ; Currie 's Eoatanui yaerlings, a bay filly, by Panmure—Cherry Mart, went to Mr; Fred Tilly (acting on behalf'of-Mrs. M. Blackmore, Palnicrston North) at 120 guineas. ■ Buckra, by 'Buckwheat (imp.)— Society Miss, ■ which' won the 'Welter Handicap at the I 'Moorefield* meeting, is- trained by George Price. (Norma Talmadge, Trillobia and Quest, ! in Price 's stable, are to be given '* a month's spell. ! The half-brother,; by Limond, to Rational, The Monk'and" Veil, has had the name of Mask claimed for him. The bay gelding by Limond—Farce has been named Vaudeville. He is to join W. Rayner's string a£. Wanganui shortly. An English paper says that J. Childs is the best long-distance rider in the country. When W.McLachlan returned to Australia after'a trip to England, he spoke in very complimentary terms of Childs? ability in long TELCGS* '■**■.■ The New Zealand-bred gelding. Grotesque, by Absurd—Bronze, who formed one of the team sent'across to Sydney in the spring by Mr. A. B. Williams,, captured the Armidable Cup run over seven furlongs on .the 7th inst., in which ho carried 9.7 and U beat a dozen opponents, covering the distance in Imm 29£sec.

As expected, Gloaming won the Jackson Stakes at the Wanganui meeting, and both horse and rider were given a flattering reception by a gen-

erous public after the race. The champion won by only.a head, but he had a bit in reserve, and in addition he received a rather bad passage in a three-horse race. The success of the Australian-bred gelding Landslide in the Goldfiplds Cup , at the Thames Jockey Chr's meeting! on Saturday, was well anticipated. He had'only the week previously finished | second to Cold Steel in the Taranaki I Jubilee Cup and third to Stork and Surveyor in the Paul Memorial Handi- J cap at the same meetng and was , meeting much inferior class at Saturday's fixture, with but a 41b rise, in j the handicap. . .. ' The performance of The Hawk in j winning the Caulfield Futurity Stakes | last Saturday entitles . the Martian i gelding to rank very highly' among | Australian performers; in fact,, he., must now be considered one. of the j best horses in the Commonwealth at j seven furlongs. A week earlier he beat a strong field over a mile and a | furlong in the St. George's Stakes, ■ and ho will have to be seriously reckoned with in important events ahead. ! It is reckoned there is too - much j racing in Victoria (writes " Pilot"), there will probably be a reduction this year. Meetings: principally I ;affected will be those outside the Metropolitan • area, too many -fixtures' of J an • unnecessary and undesirable kind 'having come into existence under present conditions. At some of the mushSroom meetings in Victoria welshing 'has become an unpleasant feature, and this is probably one cause tending to .the limitation of fixtures. ' Cold Steel, the hero of the big race tat Wanganui, was • purchased as a yearling in the summer ot 1920 by Mr. Bruce Joll for. 1000 guineas'. Theson. of Martian—Snowstcll, did not make his debut on the turf until three years old, and at the. close of that portion of his career he was. still on the wrong side of the ledger, as he had'won only £543,in stake money. The next season he Avon £405, but this season ho. has succeeded in adding; £2055 to his total, in addition to winning two gold cups, so that he has now won over £3OOO in stakes and ■trophies. ; After his trip to America, it was only natural Donoghuo should* be, rush'ed for his opinions of American racing. On the subject of. horsemanship he delivered himself as follows:—"Racing in America and racing-in England fare as different as can be. Themost jstriking difference,'to my mind,, is the (matter of jockeyship. American jock:eys/ride with a very, very short rein. iA horse never gets his head; At the lift' of the barrier the jockeys' take itight hold, the horses jump away with [necks arched, and from that point to the finish every post is a' Winning We." He was asked if that : wasn't Tather the butcher-boy style of riding. l"Not a bit of it," he replied quickly, i" American jockeys adopt = the style ;which is best suited for American race {tracks and the American" style of racking and if an English ! jockey went Sthere to ride, he would have to adapt fhimself to their methods. ' Horses are trained to Tun against the 'clock. fEvery track is marked out in furlongs, iand the horses reel off furlong after ifurlong at an even pace. The jockeys fare taught to ride to the clock." \ ■ While being schooled at the Thames icourse recently Scotchpot fell and injured a shoulder. ] f Eonmark is now among the active brigade at Trentham, being trained by jA. Godfrey.

i M. MeCartcn is again at the head ;of the list of winning jockeys,with a jscore of "29. A. Reed is "next with'2s. 1 Gray is improving- his - position, ,-jand has now gone'up to 14. i The race record of Gloaming is made ;up of fifty-four starts, for forty-seven ;wins and six seco.nds, while in his fother face he fell. His winnings to |date total £33,866. I Up to date Glentruin has won £6027 :10s in prize money. ; The colt by Boniform—Simper,. half [brother to Gold Light and'Razzle ;Dazzle, has gone up to Greenmeadbws ito be taken in hand by S. Waddell. i The South Island.... trainer F. D. Jones took a fancy to The Lamb at New Plymouth and made an effort to {purchase the son of Lord Multifid, but i mo deal resulted.

* The following are the entries for the iMarlborough Cup, one mile and aquarter and 156 yards :< —Cheer Up, (Auckland, Bayana, Pantler, Gluement, i Streamy iMatareka, Tjyne, Parorangi, 'Happy Days, Zero Hour, Warfedale. Steve Donoghue fulfilled riding engagements in India at the Christmas and New Year meetings, but did not •meet with his usual success. The exAustralian jockey, G. Smith, rode a ■number of winners, as did the evergreen New Zealander, L. H. Hewitt.

: Mr. W, Scholium, owner of Ruapapa and Royal Blood, made the trip from Gisborne to Hastings by aero-' plane to catch the express train for New Plymouth to see his pair race at the Taranaki fixture.

When Cold Steel won the Wanganui Cup the first enquiry made was "What was the dividend?" In a very short time after the race was run the amount of the divident was known all over the town; and yet *some people imagine that by suppressing the publication of dividends in the newspapers the results are kept secret.

: According to a writer in the Otago Daily Times it probable that Silent King, General Advance, Cartoon and Roseday may be sent across to Australia for the A.J.C. a,utumn meeting. There is also a possibility that Loughrea may make the journey.r .General Advance and Silent King may be nominated for the :A.J.C. Hurdles and Steeplechase, both of which are endowed to the extent of 200 sovs.

i The well-known Taranaki ownertrainer, Mr.. D. J." Goodwin, who was associated with Sylvia Park, Volume, Avon Park, Egmdnt Park, and manyother winners during fa lengthy career among racehorses, leaves on Tuesday next for a holiday ;in ! England. Mr. Goodwin will be accompanied by Mr. .T. Hardley, who also is well-known among Taranaki and Auckland sportsmen. . ' »

; Gloaming's win in the Middle Park Plate marked-the fourth success for his

owner in that event. Mr. Greenwood's other winners ■ were. Emperador in 1913, Biplane in 1917, and Pluto in 1922. Horses owned by the late Mr. Geo. G. Stead won the race on no fewer than 13 occasions, and bearers of Sir Geo. Clifford's colours eleven times, six of tlhiehni fa succession, Jbeginning w&tjh Glenculloch in 1907 ' and ending with Autumnus in 1912.

■ Mr. J. S. .Barretts' old favourite, Mana'waponga, was destroye a a few days ago. He fell over a cliff at Waiau, where he was being used as a station hack,- and as he injured his back, it was found necessary to shoot him. He was bred in Hawke's Bay in 1912 by the late Sir William Russell, being by All Black from Dear Heart, by Coeur de Lion from the" Musket mate Katie Ferguson. Most of his racing . was done in Mr. Barrett's colours. He was a winner over hurdles and country, being a very fast jumper, through he did not stay well enough to earn distinction in ' long distance steeplechases. His most important win country was in the Renown Steeplephase at Riccarton, at the meeting held in honour of .the Prince of vvales' visit in 1920. Walmai, Master Strowan ( and" Coalition were in the field he oeat that day. ' " . ,

.' Relative to Mr. T. H. Lowry's recent purchase of the two racehorses, Grandcourt and Pschology, the MorniHg Post (London) comments:—"We have seen the last hr this country of Psychology, who failed to ' reach his reserve of 2500 guineas at the December sales, but has since been purchased through the British Bloodstock. Agency by Mr. T. H. Lowry, who is sending him to his stud farm in New Zealand. Two years ago the same breeder, whose colours are not unknown in this country, purchased the Manchester; November Handicap winner, King John, for the purpose l of replacing Finland, very successful Bill of Portland sire. Mr. Lowry, the fortunate owner of Desert Gold, one of the greatest mares in the history of New Zealand racing, has secured a remarkably good-looking horse in Psychology, who but for one blemish would assuredly have fetched a big price at the sales. At his best Psychology was a brilliant performer, and it will be interesting to follow his career in his new home." "As becomes a member of the\family to which Admiral Rous belonged," says the same writer, "the Earl of Stradbroke intends to give practical support to the turf in Australia during his term as Governor-General. I understand it is with this object in view that he has just purchased The Night Patrol from ■Lo'riT Wblverton. Tftiis (hoteej £s to carry Lord Stradbroke's colours on Australian racecourses in the coming year, and no doubt will bear them with real distinction. There have been few better milers in training in. recent years than this son of Stedfast." At the Taranaki races two sensational wins were secured by a diminutive Maori rider of sst 71b, who shot out from the ruck and ■ maintained a long head under, a vigorous use of the whip, while again at Wanganui he astonished the punters. It would be interesting to know how his Maori family name was first acquired in the dim past. Literally translated it means "liar"!