SPORTING NOTES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3459, 13 April 1920, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

‘I ARTII.L]3R»YhIAi\* AND C.-\RBL\"i:.‘. The recent det'ea.ts entered ‘ip against .».\rtilleryman may he expected to lead to reconsideration of the exalted views put forward in many quarters in regard to the standard of the Corredy King colt. ’l‘he.re is :1 C')ll:(‘ll‘ sus of opinion that the win~lin_: .t'e..‘i for which l‘,k‘ was-1 l'9sp()1lSil)le it] He Melbourne up last .\’ove.‘.r.bei‘ \"as t"i--'pe(.‘. with brilliancy of a high --r<l»f-I', and that the V.R.('3. and .-X..T.C. liau«,lieappers who were respectively responsible for the weights for the .»\ustral‘ian Cup (two miles), were quite, in accord with the popular view, pointed evidence is to be found in that Artil'lerylnan_ was allotted 9st. in the first-_ named race and 9st 2lb‘in the latter. or ljllb over weight-t'ol'-age. There is a lesson to be learned in the defeats of Artilleryman, and that is to :I\'oi<'. forming extriavaganlt. "opinions and await a perfornnince similar to that recorded by Carbin~(- in the Melbourne Cup of 1890 before declaring the equine to be “another Carbine.” \Vhen Newhaven won the Melbourne Cup of 1896 at three _\'ears ohl “another Carbine” was the cry heard. but that was quite exploded. Ten years after l\lewlla'ven scored Poseidon got pl'ominentl_y into the limelight, and once again was heard "‘a'nother C!al'biii4z\,” li’f.3isc€on - was undoubtedly a. good horse, but he had his wings clipped several times at weigllt—far-age by Dividend, who was not a first-rate.r. No d_Qubt the" cry “another Carbine” will still ‘continue to be heard when a particular horse records a higli-class performance. Horses of the standard of Carbine, however. only come at very rare intervails, and we New Zealanders can still contend “tlicre wits only one Carbine ever foaled_.” and he was bred in Moariland. l l’Ol’J.‘Rlu‘L 'l‘Hl*l BRILLI.-\N’l‘. On making his reappearance on the scene this autumn ].’oitrcl has kept up his character’ for consistency in a"; marked degree, and in each of thel five engagements ‘he has been calledi upon to fulfil he has either won or_.l as the saying goes, has been foundl “ln1ocl~:ing at the door.” The great} bid he made for V’lolOl'}’ in the syn.-; ney Cup under 9st 9lb, when he ran; Kennaquhair (9st slb) to a neck inthe 7 record time of 3111 22%-s, might have; been expected to "(Vie -.1 bit out. of him. The son of St. Alwyn is, however, one of the hardy brigade. and he easily vanquished both the St. Leger winner, Millicme, and Kenna.quhair on Wednesday in the settle--ment. of the Cuinberland Stakes, which event was run at standard- weight-for-age over a two mile course. ‘Up to date Poitrel’s winniiigss in stakes amount to over £15,000, and that, it may be assumed, constitutes :3. very pleasant piece -of reading to his owners, the Messrs Moscs, for, when submitted to auction as a yearling, Poitrel was left on their hands at 300 gns. Poitrel won the A..T.(‘. Plate of £2OOO on Saturday. A PRIZE OF THE S.-XIJE-RING~. I Mr W. G. -Stead has good reason ‘to look back with pleasure to the spring day in 1914, when Sasanof tell to his i bid of 400gns, for in the interval the [bay son of Martian has captured istakes to the value of over £19,000. [\Vhen Sasanofli‘ won the Melbourne Cup of 1910 he was cliaractcriscd as 'a freak, which appellation was held to be deserved by reason of his extremely mean. appearance. The Sasianot‘ of 1916 andtlie Sasanof -of the lpresent day are, however. quite two ldifferent animals in appearance. In I whining the Great. Autumn Handicap‘ under the steadier of 9st 1311) in the fast time of .2111 34 1-55 Sasanof gave [further proof of his right to be in‘cluded among the most noteworthy geldings that have carried silk in these lands, and he will apparently only have to keep sound to extend his winning record. Safsanof figures ainiong the entrants for the Trcnthain Gold Cup and the Awapuni Gold Cup, to be run respectively on -the 17th -and 21st inst., and should he succeed in winning these events for the second year in succession such will be a highly, interesting incident in his racing‘ career. Up to date Sasanof has contested 49 races, and his record stands‘ as follows:

. UHV lst. 211d, 3rd placed ‘A1’ two years .. 2 2 2 0 A1‘ t‘]n'e«> years 4 4 2 3 At‘ four _fl‘ars.. 2' 2 0 (‘u M" five yam-.<.. 6 3 2 2 At six years .. 4 0 0 2 IR 12 6 13