SPORTING.

Southland Times, Issue 18855, 22 June 1920, Page 3

SPORTING.

NOTES BY SIR MODRED. During the current season the jumper Lochella has won £3580 in stakes (N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase, Century Hurdles, G.N. Hurdles, G.N. Steeplechase). Mr W. R. Kemball evidently intends to be in the swim at the principal jumping meetings still to be decided, as he has eight New Zealand or Australian-bred hurdlers and cross-country horses to carry his colours. It is understood that several Southlandera have been on the look-out for useful horses of late, but, so far, without success. They will find it very hard to pick up promising performers at reasonable rates, as there is a growing demand for gallopers, particularly in the North Island. The training track which the Otahuhu Trotting Club are laying down on their recently-acquired property at Otahuhu is nearing completion, and should soon be ready for trainers to exercise their charges on. A. Reed, who was of the deputation of jockeys to wait on Sir George Clifford at Wellington on the 29th ult., has not yet been called before the Wellington District Committee in connection with the Avondale trouble for which he was reported. It is interesting to note that quite a number of ladies figure among the list of members of the Canterbury' Jockey Club. The club has only two life members, Sir George Clifford and Mr Wanklyn. The Auckland Racing Club has eight life members. Every request put before Sir George Clifford by the deputation of jockeys who recently waited on him (writes ‘‘Whalebone” in Auckland Star) was sent to the various owners and trainers some months ago, by the executive of the New Zealand Jockeys Association. The claim for the 50 per cent, increase in riding fees has been referred to the stipendiary stewards for a report before being put to the conference. It has apparently dawned on a number of expert New Zealand light harness trainers that they breed smart trotters and pacere in Australia, a fact which may account for the visit to Sydney of Messrs F. Holmes, J. Bryce and M. Edwards to attend a big sale of trotting stock in N.S.W. to-day (Tuesday), The stakes for trotting in the Commonwealth do not compare with the valuable prizes on offer in Maoriland. hence useful horses are cheaper on the other side of the Tasman Sea than they are in this country. It has also to be remarked that each of the three reinsmen named have trained and driven Australian horses with success in New Zealand. The Government of the province of Ontario recently passed a Bill taxing mile tracks 10,000 dollars (£2OOO at old rates) and half-mile tracks 5000 dollars a day. The old rate was 1250 dollars a day for all tracks, and it is reckoned the new tax will put an end to racing in Ontario. With good cause Canadian racing men are indignant at the new order of things in the province named. As was the case last year, the premier sire in Australia is a Victorian. Comedy King at the end of the third quarter of the current season held a strong lead from The Welkin and Linacre, and there are not now enough big stakes ahead to enable them to overtake him in the race for premiership honours. Comedy King was a great racehorse himself, but he probably was not the superior of his sons Artilleryman and Biplane uit their best. Australia has perhaps never had two better gallopers than Artilleryman and Biplane. The reputation of Comedy King as a sire, however, does not rest on the achievements of Artilleryman and Biplane. The first of the yearlings by him passed through the ring in March, 1915, and up to the present time only 73 Comedy King yearlings have been sold. He did not have many outside mares during his stud life at Shipley, and his list each year probably did not average more than 20. His progeny have been running rather less than »ix seasons, but in that time they have actounted for 196 races, worth nearly £72,000. In 19IS he finished third in the list of winning sires, and the following season was in fourth place. This season he is at the top of the list. Two speedy sprinters, the Australian-bred Spanner, and the three-year-old Demosthenes —Sunlight filly Delight, are in work again at Napier Park. Now that Slowcoach has shown promising form (writes “Whalebone in Auckland Star) one or two stories are in circulation concerning the early career of the son of Wauken Phast. He was purchased as a yearling by Mr E. W. Alison, who bought him on his breeding, without seeing him. W ben he did get a look at him, it was with the late David Bannatyne, and so common and ugly did the youngster look that Mr Alison thought the changes had been rung on him, and a cart horse foal substituted. A dromedary, not a thoroughbred, was Bannatyne’s comment, and it was at once decided to send him into the ring again, and let him go for anything he would fetch. Bannatyne was entrusted to take the youngster to the sale, but he returned with him on the end of a rope with the remark that the auctioneer was too busy to waste time on such an ugly brute, and Mr Alison had to keep him, and he eame to the Dominion with the others of his purchase. He was then sold to the Hon. E. W. Alison, and the jokes the latter had |o put up with in connection with the son of Wauken Phast, more especially from his Own son, would nearly fill a book. Howover, he stuck to the gelding, and the recent 5V inter Meeting saw his patience rewarded, and he has the old adage with him, “He who laughts last, laughs best.’ CHRISTCHURCH SPORTING NEWS. (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. June 21. When the North Island horses who competed at the Royal meeting at Riccarton laet month were denied steamer transport, L. Wilson returned home to Hawke’s Bay Mmself, leaving Kohu anti Hetaua behind ■nder the care of an employee. As there •ppears to be no immediate prospect of the horses getting away to the North Island, arrangements have now been made to have them trained by R. Emerson, who will prepare them for coming engagements, commencing with the Grand National meeting. Although Mr G. Craw, the Manawatu owner, purchased Brooklyn Lodge from M. Edwards, it is not his intention to remove bis horses from the North Island and have them trained at New Brighton. It is more than probable that a well-known New £ righton trainer will lease the stables in the meantime from Mr Craw. J. Clarke, who has been associated with M. Edwards for some years, will probably eet up as a public trainer here in a few months. The trotter. Captain Rothschild got into trouble through bolting on the road near Hornby, with the result that he broke one of his legs and had to be destroyed. It is stated that there is a probability of J, McLennan, who has been training' in Dunedin fcfr some time past, removing his quarters to Oamaru, where he should soon have plenty of pacers and trotters under his care. HAWKE'S BAY JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR WEDNESDAY. NAPIER, June 21. WOODLANDS HACK STEEPLECHASE (2 miles'—Harbour Light 11.13, Pawerewere 11.10, Graftella 10.13, Torchy 10.8, Notability 10.7, John Bunny 10.7, Manhattan 10.4, Te Toa 10.3, Master Webster 10.2. Slumix 10.0, Sail Home 9.13, Jacaranda, ’Cello, Polydamia, Sandringham, Nicomar and Combustion 9.7. WHAKATU HACK HURDLES (1} miles) —Ladoguer 10.7, Retard and Pawe-

rewere 10.4, Marshal Neil 10.0, Mannish, Rienzi, Revocation and Sir Agnes 9.2, Strangeways 9.0. HAWKE’S BAY HURDLES (2 miles) Thrace 11.9, Kauri King and Mill o’ Gowrie 11.4, Rekunui 11.0, Paddington Green 10.11, Maretotura 10.2, Deviation 9.10, Goldstream 9.6, Paruwanui and Strangeways 9.0. HAWKE’S BAY STEEPLECHASE (3 miles; —Lochella 12,8, Old Mimgindi 11.3, First Line 10.10, Khartoum 10.8, Oakleigh 10.7, Peneton 10.5, Wirokiuo and Harbour Light 10.0, Gaekwar 9.10, Polthogue, Manhattan and Boffin 9.7. HUNTERS’ HANDICAP HURDLES (15 miles) —Signysium 11,10, Tornea 11.0, Whetoki 10.12, Warning, Miramar, Kafeur and Veronal 10.10, Freehold 10.9, Master Oriflamme, Pearl, Vermil and Nelische 10.7. WINTER HACK HANDICAP (once round) —Kilgour 10.7, Sir Fanciful 10.6, Black Lake 10.3, Sea Foam 10.1, Utiwai 10.0, Walton and The Digger 9.11, Army Service 9.10, Willy’s Knight 9.9, Mumble and Ohiti 9.3, Woodlark, Negambo, Ben Bolt, Persian Prince, Europa, Elevate, Achilliou, Mokattam and Loch Dhu 9.0.

HERETAUNGA HANDICAP (6* furlongs)— Parisian Diamond 11.10, Croesus 11.4, Gold Kip 10.13, Maioha 10.7, Ruddy 10.1, Comedy Prince 10.0, Income 9.7, Bagdad’9.6, Old Gold 9.5, Railland 9.4, Hymarty 9.2, Honey Bee, Hyginas, Rewakore, Arch Salute, Hindi, Prince Charleroi, Hookah, Night Time and Otaura Kid 9.0. CRICKET. ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. {By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, June 18. Out of sixty-one county matches only four were not played out in the allotted three days. These were interfered with by rain, but the weather generally was favourable. Moreover there was a distinctly brighter spirit in this season’s cricket. Hobbs (Surrey) leads the batting with an average of 60.84. Lee (Middlesex) 59.54 is next and then comes Hendren (Middlesex) 59.41, and Hearne (Middlesex) 56.63. Rhodes (Yorkshire) heads the bowling with fortysix wickets, and an average of 10.15, Cook (Kent) sixty-one wickets, average 12. Yorkshire is leading iu the county championship. ENGLISH TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. A FORECAST. (United Service.) LONDON, June 19. In the Sunday Express Mr Hume Gordon forecasts the following English cricket team to visit Australia; —Spooner or P. R. Johnston (captain), Carr, Douglas, A. E. R. Gilligan, Dolphin, Parkin, Hobbs, Woolley, Hendren and Hearne, and for the remaining vacancy Rev. Gillingham, Fender, George Gunn, Meade or J. Tyldesley. He states Falcon, M.P., is unlikely to go owing to the autumn sessions. HOCKEY. LADIES’ ASSOCIATION. PROTEST TO SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION. The fortnightly meeting of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association lust evening was largely attended. Mr A. McGregor presided. The secretary of the Schools Sports Association wrote, enclosing a copy of the Association’s constitution and requesting the Ladies’ Association to forward the names of its delegates to the Schools Association. The chairman referred to the statement made by the Schools Sports Association in the newspaper that its advances to enlist the sympathy of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association in regard to school hockey had met with no success. The chairman stated he understood that the Schools Sports Association had not tried to get into touch with the Hockey Association, ami that the letter then before the meeting was the first communication that had been received from the Schools Sports Association. The Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association had been an active body for many years, and if the Schools Sports Association had wished to get into touch with it, it should have been a very simple matter to have done so. He also understood that Mr J. A. Doig had already been appointed to represent the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association on the Schools Sports Association. The secretary stated that at a meeting of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association held on October 3 of last year, Mr J. A. Doig had been appointed to represent the Association on the Schools Sports Association. The secretary of the Schools Sports Association. Mr Cameron, had been notified of Mr Doig’s appointment. The Ladies’ Hockey Association had- not received any official communication whatever from the Schools Sports ’Association. The secretary of the Schools Sports Association had met her in a tramcar one day and asked her if

the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association would appoint representatives to that body. Beyond that she had heard nothing further from the S.S.A. Miss Stout also stated th'at in previous years school hockey had been conducted by teachers who were members of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association. She moved that the secretary be instructed to write to the Schools Sports Association explaining the position of the Southland Ladies’ Association, and pointing out that no communication had been previously received from that body. The motion was seconded and carried. A letter from the Southland Rugby Football Union stated that July 7 had been decided upon for the benefit day at Rugby Park in aid of the Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association. The secretary was instructed to write thanking the Rugby Union, and it was decided to play a match Collegiate A v. Winton at Rugby Park on that day. It was also decided to communicate with other centres with a view to arranging interprovincial matches with a Southland touring team. SENIOR FIXTURES. The senior fixtures for Wednesday next are as follow: — High v. Winton, at Winton. College v. Collegiate A, Doon street. Union v. Underwood, at Underwood. High B v. College B, at Queen’s ParK JUNIOR FIXTURES. June 27—Melrose v. High B. High A v. College A. College B v. College C. July 1. —College A v. High B. College B v. Melrose. College C v. High A. July B.—College A v. Melrose. High A v. College B. College C v. High B.