SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7718, 21 January 1905, Page 3

SPORTING.

ROTES BY " HOTUROA." RACING FIXTURES. Jan. 21, 23—Wellington Racing Club Jan. 23, 24—Foxton Racing Club Jan. 28, 30, Feb. 4—Takapuna Jockey Club Feb. 2. 3—Maniototo Jockey Club Feb. 8, 9—Taranaki Jockey Club Feb. 9, 10—Gisborne Racing Club Feb. 9, ]l—Canterbury Jockey Club Feb. 1"), 10—Egmont Racing Club Fell. Hi, 17—Poverty Buy Turf Club Feb. 22, 24, 1-3—Dunedin Jockey Club March 2, 3—Wangstnui Jockey CluibS March 3, 4—Westport Jockey Club March 7—Akaroa County Racing Club March 30 and April I—Wellington Racing Club April 1, s—Avondale Jockey Club April 22, 24, 25—Auckland Racing Club DATES OF COMING EVENTS. New Zealand : Jan. 21—Wellington Cup Jan. 28—Takapuna Cup Feb. B—Taranaki Cup Feb. 15—Egmont Cup Feb. 22—Dunedin Cup March 2—Wangauui Cup March 3—Jackson Stakes April 22—Great Northern Champagne Stakes April 22—A.R.C. Easter Handicap April 25—A.R.C. Autumn Handicap June 3—Great Northern Hurdle Race June 7—Great Northern Steeplechase Australia : March 4—V.R.C. St. Leger March 4—V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap March 7—Australian Cup March 11—Champion Stakes WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. Tho Wellington meeting opens today, and will 'be continued on Monday. The Cup, for which a field of fourteen have accepted, should provide a most exciting race. Several of the candidates have becil heavily supported, both straight out and coupled with horses in the Telegraph Handicap. The club is running a double machine each day. The double to-day is the Cup and Telegraph, and on Monday the Wellington Racing Club Handicap and the Metropolitan Handicap. The following are "Moturoa's" selections Anniversary Handicap, one mile.— Brfgiiton or Gold Crown. Ruapchu Hack Handicap, six furlongs. —Crichton or Master Alix. Wellesloy Stakes, f our furlongs.— Munjcet. Wellington Cup, one mile and a half.—Nightfall, Achilles, Convoy. Telegraph Handicap, six furlongs. —Golden Lily, Chivalry, Petrovna. Tongariro Hack, one mile. Le Beau or Fancywork. Nursery Handicap, five furlongs.— Prosser's Elect or Probable. Electric Handicap, five furlongs.— Stronghold or Solution. HUTT TRAINING NOTES. On Wednesday mortiiug, a t the Hutt most of the work was done on the tan, which track" is in good onder and fast. Achilles (Jenkins) who looks bright and well, went once round, tho last seven furlongs taking lmin 36sec. Kudu had the best of Black Squall over six furlongs run in lmin 18sec. Quarrymun did two circuits, once at half and once at three-quarter pace. Golden Vein went once round at a good strong pace. Munjeet (Hewitt) and Golden Lily (Jones) trotted three rounds. Chivalry (Jenkins) and Marguerite (Oliver) covered four furlongs in *ec ; they were not ridden out, which makes the gallop a good one. Convoy G. Price) galloped a mile by •himself in lmin 42Jscc ; the Vanguard horse looks verv well. Nightfall (Hewitt) trotted three rounds. Solution (Buchanan) skipped over half a mile on the grass in 51 l-ssec. Ailsa(Beale) left four furlongs behind on the tan in 50£ sec. Flamen (A. Oliver) took lmin 53scc to run a mile r the gallop was not a good one. Armistice (Price) did two rounds at a solid ter pace. Joe Chamberlain (Price), Jeanne d'Arc (Jenkins), and Tercclet (B. Oliver) were associated in a mile gallop. The first half took 52J sec, three-quarters in lmin 19sec, seven furlongs in lmin Sljscc, and the full distance. In lmin 45 2-sscc. Tercelet was a length in front of Jeanne d'Arc, who was not ridden out, Joe Chanrfx'rlain being four lengths away. Wind (Price) ran a mile in lmin 47sec, the last seven furlohgs in lmin 33sec. Ballarat (Price) ridden out, ran six furlongs in lmin 17sec, the last four taking 51 sec. The Porirua two. year-olds Aorangi (Jenkins) and Perchance (A. Oliver) barefooted ran five furlongs in lmin 4sec. Red Gauntlet (Bcale) went once round and galloped in a resolute manner. The took lmin 19sec, seven mile in lmin 42 4-ssec, and the full distance (about a mile and seven chains) in lmin 49sec. On Thursday morning at the Hutt Quarrjnian (Ashby) and Golden Vein (McCdusky) were associated in a mile on the tan. They got to the half-mile post in olsec, and the full distance in lmin 45sec. Golden Vein had a length the best of it. Glcnowlet was in front of Stronghold at the end of a half-mile run in 50 2-ssec. Ailsa (Beale) slipped over five furlongs in even time. Solution (A. Oliver) galloped six furlongs in lmin l(ssec. Munjeet (Hewitt) beat Lily (Jones) by two lengths at the end of five furlongs in lmin ssec. Achilles (Jenkins), Ghoorka (Price), and Flamen (Oliver) went together for a mile and a quarter. They covered a mile in 1 min 48sec, once round in 2min lsec, and the full distance in 2min 16sec. Achilles finished in front of the other two together. Nightfall registerad a similar performance. Convoy (Price) and Armistice ran n mile ami a quarter really well. Chivalry, Marguerite, and Valois ran live furin Imiii' 3 3-oscc, finishing in that order. Petrovna, with a flying start, ran five furlongs in lmin 2sec.

Scotty will probably have a trip to Australia. His name figures in the entries for the Sydney Cup, two miles, to be run at the A.J.C. meeting on Easter Monday. Reports from Auckland state that Dolores is in splendid nick just now, and she has improved with the galloping she had at the A.R.C. Summer meeting. The pony Forth is now a member of J, Thorp's team at Eilcrslic. TSlack Reynard is now in J. Maker's hands at Palmerston North. Mr R. V. O'Rorke, the well known Auckland sportsman, who leaves for England in March, has ma<le a present of Mars to his old trainer, John Rae. One of the conditions imposed by Mr O'Rorke was that the old gelding was not to be raced again. Mr K. W. Fatcrson, of Wellington, has ha<l a number of horses racing for several seasons past, but has found them unprofitable, for, though he has won a number of races, including the Hawke's Ray Cup with Kingman, he has not been a lucky owner by any means, considering the amount of racing he has done. Mr Paterson is one of the few -bookmaker owners that have been racing in the southern: parts of this island, and his horses have invariably been run on their merits,

■"Whalcllone," writing on the (2 real Norther* Derby incident, states : Much has been said and written concerning the accident which befel Nightfall in the Great Northern Derby, and the stewards have been setfcrely taken to task for not taking steps to inquire into the allegations of foul riding made against Cress (lire rider of Gladstone in the race), both by Mr Stead and Hewitt, the rider of Nightfall. These adverse comments have been keenly felt by the stewards of the A.K.0., and in conversation with a member of that body, who takes a prominent part in all matters connected with the welfare of racing, he informed me that had the stewards had the slightsuspicion that there had been any interference in the race, or had Ml Stead seen fit to have mu'de his complaint to the stewards (which as an oflicial of the Canterbury Jockey Club Mr Stead should have known were the proper body to have complained to), they would have immediately sat and heard the statements of those concerned. .As it was, the stewards, who were in an excellent position from the look-out tower on the top of the stewards' stand to view the race, were perfectly satisfied that there was nothing occurred which called for any interference on their part, and the first they heard of any dissatisfaction expressed by Mr Stead is what appeared in the press on the following morning. That Mr Stead should have taken up the position he has in the matter the stewards cannot understand, and under the circumstances they fail to see that they

have been in any way lax in tihc carrying out of their duties, which at all times are not of the plcasantest, and which are only made more onerous when they do not receive assistance from horse-owners, who by virtue of their position ought to do all in their power to make the work of the governing body as light as possible. Mr Stead lias made another addition to his lengthy string) of horses in Culroy, a three-year-old filly by Wallace from Hortensc who finished second in this year's Western Australian Derby after finishing a deadheat for first place. The price paid for the filly was 250 guineas, and the seller was Mr Darlot, of Western Australia. At the Hororata meeting last Thursday L. H. Hewitt had five mounts and failed to secure a first. During the West Australian summer meeting, which extended over four days, the sum of £70,000 was put through the totalisiator. In the running of TattersaU's Cup at Randwick recently, the four-year-old Overdale was credited with getting over the two miles in time (3min 28sec) eqlial to that put up by Wakeful when she won the Sydney Cup, and which stands as the Australian record for that distance. Gladsome has returned to Flemington after a spell of s ome six weeks at an up-country station. The chiftnut mare is stated to look in beautiful condition, and as she is reported to bo perfectly sound, matters look favourable for her playing her pari briWiantSy in the wetgiit-for-age races of the autumn season. At present four two-year-olds seem o stand out from all the others in Australia. These are Munillo (toy Velasquez), Scorland (by Wallace), North Head (by Grafton), and Charles Stuart (by Wallace). Scotland won the Debutant Stakes, Murillo the Mariibyrnong Plate*, and North Head the December Stakes. TalMng of Wa-iriki, (says ■'■' Terlinga," in the Australasian) reminds me-that lie is still in the birdcage at Flemington. His box, near the gate, where the horses go out to the course, has become a landmark. On Monday the old fellow had his head out watching proceedings. There is no doubt about his having made a wonderful recovery from his accident, and ho may last for veurs at the stud. A Manawatu exchange states Black Reynard has vastly improved since joining Maher's team. All that now remains of the cuts sustained at Woodville is a sliight wound above the coronet. All going well, the black gelding will be seen out at Foxton. Rungarawa is to be promoted to open company, and will piobal ly oompete in the Foxton Cup. The Lethe—Zig-Zag gelding is proving decidedly useful, for while he can gallop fast either for six furlongs or a mile on the flaU he Is a most capable hurdler. The Wellington Cup Candidate, Jeanno d'Arc, ran a very good race in the Pahiatua Cup on Wednesday. The course was not altogether to her liking, the grass being a very sunong growth and lather long. Nevertheless), although conceding Hydrant 27,1b she ran Win to a head in good time. Many Wairarapa sportsmen have a partiality for her chance in the l>ig event. Hon. J. D. Ormond will be represented at Wellington by Banzai, Lyrist, Sir Tristem, nepul.se and Medallist. A Wellington telegram stated yesterday that B. Derrctt had purchased the racehorse Convoy on behalf of a southern racehorse owner. The horse will fulfil engagements at Wellington, and Derrett will probably rjde him in the Cup.