SPORTING.

Southland Times, Issue 18829, 24 May 1920, Page 3

SPORTING.

NOTES BY SIR MODRED. The Otago-owned Lochella has been supported for all the money in the North Island market for the Groat Northern jumping double. After winning the Stewards’ Handicap on the opening day of the North Otago J.C.’s recent meeting Radial, unfortunately, pulled cp lame. 11 is victory in the Century Hurdles at Wanganui will er.ta’d a 51b penalty for Lochella in I lie Great Northern Hurdle Race, bringing his weight up. to. 9.13. So that there will be no chance of the i cing run in the dark, the committee of the D.J.C. decided to commence operations at 11 tun. for the three days of the June fixture next week. Tenterfield, who now represents Mr W. R. KcmbaH, is still a maiden performer, though his record shows that he ran second in an important race like the Australian Cuo. The winner of the Fcrnbrook Handicap on the opening day of the Oamaru meeting is thus described by “Argus” in the <’h: i-t 'huhch Star:—-"The winner, Marching Order, is a four-year-old by tim Martian ho;-.-c, Soluier's Chorus, and ho is a goodlooking sort, who is iikely to develop much bitter form than anything he has yet Amongst ?he nominations for the Conferbury I’ark Tmtirng Club's Winter meeting are two Australian horses, Maoriland and Treasure. They are now in J. Bryce's stable, having been purchased by one of the Scottish mentor's patrons. The statement credited to Mr Massey, he did not think it would be much loss if racing we re done away with altogether." was probably made to impress the Labour delegation which sought to bring under his notice the claims of the three suspended Auckland jockeys, and, at the same time, appeal to that section of the community opposed to racing. This is a common trick of politicians, but it does not idwiivs succeed in its object. A large number of Mr Massey’s most influential and wcalth.v supporters arc keen racing men and it is very little use the Prime Minister trying to put up tire bluff referred to with th.. idea of extinguishing opposition to some of the recent, autocratic actions of his frieicis. There is a very strong suspicion abroad that the jockeys Hewitt. O'Shea and Conquest have been subjected to victimisation and, ns they are members of an Association protected by the laws of the land, it is the duty of Mr Massey to see to it that they get. a fair and impartial hearing. In the latter connection, it is as well to remember that the Racing Conference lias shown strong hostility to the Jockeys’ Association since the date of its inception, a fact which should make the Prime Minister curtful in accepting as gospel all that is said by the powers that be of the rulers of riie turf. The foiir-ycar-old gelding Student, by Harrow —Catchtly, dropped dead after working at Wanganui one morning last wtrk. In eleven starts during the current tv.i.-ou he failed to get into the money. The Dunedin Jockey Club have issued a little booklet entitled the “Seven Stone Minimum.” containing some arguments in favrur of a proposal which the Metropolitan body his been advocating for many ■vears. The idea has gained a great deal of 'rror.nd of late. era', rightly so and there is a strong chance that it wdi soon be adop r .-., 1 r r ia a v in* mentioned that the Jockeys’ '■."ociarion favour r!i■ • 7st minimum and have iieeu roundly condemned lor interfering with the control of racing by ■ of ;he gmir’-mu-n who keep Mr Massey . m i wishes, likes and di-likes i • ;•>" Racing Conference. Ihe D.J.C. nejtrrv» iln' thanks and support of every club j in. v.t.v Zealand for their advocacy of an I r.ne ra’nienr that proposes to better the liv- | i;,a cond" ions of jockeys, make for more j t . ..••..!•! > riding, do away with over-weights . f.,* a great extent anil le-sen the cal! for /’••a-T'C measures in reducing weight by I V“rv encouraging entries have been re-©r-iv. ■l l far ;he Canterbury Park Trotting Club's Winter meeting on June 3 arid 5. All th- leading V.r-es 'of the day. including Author Dillon. Trix Pointer, Genera! Lin;:, 'c.-ap. >vdin-y Wilkes. Albert Cling. Reta p.-r.-r ( ro:t!-f'. Agatha-, Hal Junior, and Proi'karla have been engaged, in the princisvd event-', while entries for the minor r..cf’-. ar*> very numerous. Engagements Jv L v entered into tor several Snmhirnu owned horses, among the number Yin:; Tiie Gunner and Royal Step.

ft hns been argued, that LocheHn will ,Vv be '■ b1 e to keen on climbing the hill Jit Auckland in the GreaiNorlhern Steepleo.:'.wr 11 .0, bm his critics need not Rouble themselves. Provided he does not make a mistake at one of his fences, the Ota w.-bred gelding will be found staying otu the eros.—country event of the year a: idler Hie with credit to all concerned.

An in: rc.-ting harness even). Maturity «: 'Him (one miF and a-halfi will be ft. -I on the second day ol the Canlnrbury Pa-k Trotting Club's meeting next anonth. The race L for three-year-olds, with 3 (Tee ii;;>i:, and the entrants are as fob lows; —Grev Peter. Florence la Radio, Kcwah, Miss Edith, Peter King. Paints’ Roil. M’.M-i Pointer, Jean Logan. Leila Denver, Ladv Pwithin. Nell Pointer and Charms. It wili' be noticed that the New Zealand I) ho-,- winner. Doraldina. has not beau a. When All Hell won this event Jjsft season the limit was fixed at ssee-. T - ea-i o; All Hell 1 3-rC-' > won by a neck Vi!,. i with Petrova (bsccv Jfrirec lengths oft third. Xime. 3min o--One n> the neat-.-; ,-windle? of late years VB s wo: ked recently by an enterprising ■eint'! , :i a. le'"kmaker in a big western -io-.vu ill Australia. The bookie does a big .r;:m: arise ! lisiness and always pays on and prices quolcd in Sydney p...Tie youth put lib on a horse t'tat jje .-aid was running at a race meeting in a meal northern town. A friend of his sent she re-nits of a fictitious meeting to a Pyd „<.y paper, and the sporting writer of the I'.lv r, without troubling to u-ccrtain if they wore genuine, pnbli.-hed them, giving the li'Mee'.- starling price at •> to 1. Ihc* bookie p.i.l, hur afterwards learned something abom the plot, aiU threatened to prosecute ij the Asiicy was not repaid. The youngrcter allmved’ himself to be bluffed, and .-e----turned the money. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. WEIGHTS TOR MINOR EVENTS. fPer United Pres? Association.) AUCKLAND, May 22. The following are the weights for the £■_nr; of the first day of the A.R.C.’s T.'jr.fr meeting’ MEMBERS' HANDICAP (6 furlongs)--an Diamond 10.13, King Abbey 0.12, P.o-kib-ld. Golden Hubble, Lionskin and Radford 0.0. Crowhurst 0.8, Queen Abbey 8.1',. Rt;d::v Gold Kip 5.13, Income S.li, a am! (icnera! Advance S.O, Hyllus S.S, . ■ Memory S.O, Blue-tone and Lady Bell ak-l, Emu an;, Oh in e whan; a, Arran, Ts Oro and Tamaroa 8.1, Palvaless, Kilbeggan, Kim: Lupin, l-'abriquctte, Lady Glen, Comc:v Rriu-c, (kik. Abbey, Pir Agnes, Clonmel, N" Mi,aake. Prince Charleroi, Miss Thelma, Independence anil Mis? Leslie S.O. MAIDEN HURDLES (U miles)—SearVivn: 11 .0, Mill O' Guwrie 11.7, Ore Ore "j 1.5. ( Taikalh'. 10.7. Master Boris 10.6, MeltchikoiT. Carmel Arch and Glenspire 10.3, Gold i”.!t 10.0. Keystone 0.13, Army Service 9.12, Kereone 9.10, General Stephen 0.7, Ranogue 9.3, Cambridge and Attila 9.2. gurr-y Park, Glucian, Negambo, Mummer, Multiplane, Golden Petal, Perid, Royal Vlar!:, Guerre a Mort, Hessian, St. Carl, Shell Shock, Middlemark, Hamlet, Ma Cop\lyj7V Fir mho X" 1 *” ~ UtU 9.0.

MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE (24 miles) Yankee Jack 11.13, Luperino 11.4, Monopole 11.0, Garryoweu and Harbour Light 10.13, Oakleigh 10.2, Norman by 10.0, John Bunny 9.10, Grand Canyon, Konui, Capsal, Southland and Sir John 8.7.

HUNT CLUB HURDLES (2 miles)— Dunrobia 12.10, Better Luck 12.0, Swastika and Southland 11.12, Shell Shock 10.12, Nefische. 10.10, Johnny Paul 10.7, Totura Jack 10.6, Hamlet, Master Harold, Seaport, Silver Lode and Mestee 10.5, Daloopin, Gladwin, Lady Salvadan, Royal Scot, Thiganthn, Argentum, Arapuni, Hard Labour, Woodpecker, Guerre a Mort, Alys, Savourneen and Koura 10.0.

JERVOIS HANDICAP (7 furlongs)— Sir Fanciful, Asterina, Nightraidcr and Lady Ball 10.3, Scrap o’ Paper 10.2, Demoiselle and Kareao 9.9, Nighttime 9.7, Emerald Hili, Llansannor and Khubla Khan 9.6, Pepin 9.4, Ouk Abbey, Dead Sweet and Royal Abbey 9.3, Scottish Knight, Marble Slab and Monocrat 9.2, Checkmate 9.0, 'i’uipa 5.13, Flowing Bowl and No Bother S.lO, Ngata, New Zealand and Some Fashion 8.9, North Loburn, Brodick a.id Oh:ti 8.7, Sc.nacre 8.6, Scrubber, Maid of the Lake, Master Rohan, Elate and Tutanekai 8.5, Te Ranga, Texas Lass, Princess Bell and Aranui 8.3, Nunernnt and Stirrup Cup 8.2, Kill(v.vc, Actrioc, Pembray, Senlac, Homeric, Hypothesis, Jocular, Vauxhall Merry Prince, Mentmore, Harlestone, Princes-. Charming, Aircraft, Lyroc, Pentagram, Glenvai, Octoplctc, V. ynyard Lad and Royal Prince 8.0. CANTERBURY TRAINING NOTES. STEEPLECHASERS FOR D.J.C. MEETING. (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 22. At Riccarton this morning Coalition was rent twice round at a solid working pace and looked very well. Manawaponga, who shaped well, was given two rounds, the second at a strong pace. Merry Lad was given twice round and moved very resolutely throughout. Gang Awa was sent twice round, the second time at a fast pace. Galloping freely, Master Strowan went a round steadily and a second at a fast pace, running home the last half mile in 51 l-osecs. F. Garment, the trainer of Gang Awa and Master Strowan, received word this morning from their owner (Mr Easton! that, if the trains will take them, they were to race the pair at Dunedin. Kohu. who has built up since the Royal meeting, did good serviceable work, and Hon Spec was restricted to steady pacing.

THE JOCKEYS’ DISPUTE. LABOUR DEPUTATION MEET MR MASSEY. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 23. “I do not think it would be much loss to the country if we did away with racing altogether. It would not trouble me in the very -lightest. Perhaps, as treasurer, I should not get as much revenue, but that would not worry me, for I would get it in some other way.” That statement was made by the Prime Minister to a deputation of trade unionists which waited upon him to-day with regard to the jockeys’ dispute. The deputation desired that Cabinet should use its best endeavours to get the New Zealand Racing Conference to recognise the New Zealand Jockeys’ Association. Tne members went away apparently satisfied when the Prime Minister replied that the assurance given him by members of the Racing Conference was that there was absolutely no objection to the Jockeys’ Association appearing before the Racing Conference. In the course of his reply to the deputation Mr Massey said he did not pretend to be a racing man, but he knew a little about, this trouble and he had looked into it as far as time permitted. There was a dispute, it was sub judice, by the way, between the jockeys and the racehorse owners, but i.h.at had nothing to do with the Racing Conference.

Mr J. McCombs, M.P., interrupted that the employers were intimidating the employees in the hope of bringing about their withdrawal from the Jockeys’ Association. Mr Massey: No. So far as ! have been able to judge, the employers have not moved at ah. I think, you are mistaking members of the Racing Conference for employers of the jockeys. Mr McCombs: They arc one and the

Mr Maikov added that he had arranged far the dilute between, the jockeys and n'.viii-r.' to be dealt with. The Hon. Mr .Mitchclsen had stated publicly the reasons for the disqualification of the three jockeys. They had broken their engagements. Mr E. P. Howard M.F..: How did they break their engagementsV Mr Massey: A jockey engages with ait owner to ride certain horse or horses on a riven day. It is a very serious thing for an owner and for the public if he fails to keep that engagement. Then followed a l.ttlc argument between the Prime Minister and members of the deputation as to the conditions ruling at Avondale for the meeting at which the jockeys were disqualified. Mr Massey said that it would not be much loss to the country if racing were übi.ibhed altogether. Mr F, R. Coake remarked that if the Racing Conference was going to take m> the old time hostility to trades unionism ■■ 11 -1 to laws protecting it, the sport had better cease. Mr Massey: Whoever breaks the laws of the country must face the music. The Racing Conference may make such rules and regulations- as it likes, but it must keep within the four corners of the law of this country. We won’t stand any nonsense of that kind. He added that the jockeys who were suspended had the right of appeal to the Racing Conference. 0 Mr Reno: Not always. Mr Massey: According to my information, always. After a further discussion of minor details tlie Prime Minister stated he was given to believe by members of the Racing Conference, whom he knew to he honourable men, that the Conference was always willing to receive any jockey with a complaint and thst there was no objection to meeting the Jockeys’ Association. Of course, he could not bind the Conference, but that was what he had been given to believe.

THE TURF IN QUEENSLAND. (By Telegraph.—Pres? Assn. — Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BRISBANE, May 22. (Received May 23, 5.5 p.m.) At the Albion Park J.C.’s Winter meeting the principal event resulted:— BRISBANE THOUSAND (£IOOOI seven furlongs:—Betrayer, 1; Golden Cu)<, 2; Jocuiator, 3. SCULLING. BOOM IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, May 23. Received May 23, 5.5 p.m.) The arrival of Barry has caused a boom in sculling circles. Besides the championship race, a number of other big rowing events are in view, in which Felton, Balry, Paddon. Kemp, Arnst, McDevitt and other leading oarsmen arc expected to take part.