TURF TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 29 April 1907, Page 4

TURF TOPICS.

(By "Mo»nroa"). The largest distribution of. thoroughbred yearlings in the history «f Australian hors'e-breeding iiiarjvct the recent racing carnival at Sydney as a red 'letter week among breeders of blood stock. There were no fewer Ulan 291 yearlings sold, tile 'amount realised totalling £42,10S, or an average of £144.

Lady Wallace ran Her last race when she so unexpectedly won the All-aged stakes at 'the recent A.J.C. meeting at liaudwlck. By the cay, the daughter ,)f Wallace cut the mile out on that occasion in 1.38%; very fast time, indeed, tflie lias been a very successful pcrformm; having won H out of the 23 races S:i which she was started, and only missed a place on five occasions. She enould he a success at the ?',ud.

Cinders, who won the Spring llurdla Race, of 500 sovs- run at the Xewlmry meeting, in England, on February 22, is by Florizel K., from Cinder Kllcn, by Trenton. Cinder Ellen will be remembered as a smart little pony racing mare in Australia. Before going to the stud in England, she raced in India.

On the third day'of the A.-I.C. meeting the committee of the club let a Victorian follower of racing know that in future they would like him to keep away from Uaudwiek. A rather remarkable incident occurred at the Adelaide Taltersall's meeting on a recent Saturday. Air. T. F. Wiglev, who has wielded'the Hag at the club's meetings for a number of years, was in his customary place on Saturday. Prior to the opening event, the Trial' Stakes, he was approached by the. stewards with the idea of ascertaining, consequent upon the Onkaparinga starting incident, whether lie would prefer to follow a suggestion that the clerk of the course should be posted in front of the barrier with a white (lag, to tic dropped immediately authorisation was received from the starter. Mr. Wigley, however, declined such assistance. Unfortunately, in the Trial Stakes another bungle 'occurred, and two of the horses, including the favorite for the race, Carl Dour, 'went List whole of the journey, llupev.uod, who was riding f.'aii Dour, (lie lii.-t horse home, immediately rode up for the judge's recognition, but ill.' slew,id told him it was a false start, anl ordered hail back to the w-H. A .1.-S-.iv of almost half an hour was oc-.i.-donc'l before the field was sent on its journey, and CoYonna won casilv. A icisv doiie.nstraliou followed. ' The stewards were ijllick to act. They weighed 111- placed horses, give (lie others wei-in. and held an inquiry straight away.' Mr. Wigley was not in attendance. Instead of reluming to the enclosure lie walked across the course to (he post to start (h,. nvsi race, and simple forwarded a message i.i the stewards that the first break-awav was no start. Thereupon the steward's ordered the dividend upon Coronna. In be paid, and adjourned the. inquiry until after the hurdle race. Mr. Wiglev then asked to be relieved of his duties for the remainder of the afternoon on account of nervousness. He remarked that he released the barrier in order that one of the horses might heroine disentangled from Hi.' webbing, and lie called the uovs back, as it was no start. The duties were, undertaken bv one of the stewards -Mr. P. Goudie.

A fen week's ha* a .Melbourne cablegram stated that ;l diau named Allietu had endeavoured to b;'..-e jlr S. Griffiths, handieapper to the Moonee Valley Rucing Club. The affair, which caused a mild sensation, was further accentuated when Allietti, after making a confession, was arrested by the police. And that circumstance added still further to the situation. A".Melbourne cablegram to hand states that. Allietti dulv appeared to stand his 'trial. The 'presiding judge considered that the ends of justice would be satisfied without ordering Allietti to expend some time in the service of His Majesty the King, and he was allowed his libenv on payment of a fine of £IOO.

The following i s the conclusion made by Allietti:—"That 0.l Wednesday, February R IWI7. at Epiiom, I backed the horse Caveat (t Parrot), belonging to Mr Samuel Griffiths, lor the Wolier Purse, and 1 laid Mr Griffiths £IOO to nothing about the horse. Caveat did no; win. Thai on Fridav afternoon. February !.,. Edward Kelly' la registered (bookmaker), who ha- been oi: intimate terms with inc foi' about six weeks, -.poke to me in Colins-street. Melbouni", and said: 'Yon have got a pretty good pull on Griffiths. H,. ! !;V s accepted | money off you about a handicap, which a. handieapper should not do. He is 'he handieapper for M00n... Valley. I've got a horse (Gelignite) in 'the Welter I'late and Purse at Moonee Vallev on the :>oth. 111 mak- tlrsc handicaps out myself, and submit them to Griffiths, and offer him CIOO to tl.il) to accept them. I'm a real first-class handieapper. and, if he'll come to it, I can make an absolute certainty of it. It's a million to one on, and we'll get five or six thousand out of it. We'll halve il between us.' 1 then left Kelly, making an appointment to meet him again at half-pas; fivt p.m., after f had seen Griffiths in the meantime. I went out to Malvern to see Griffiths, but found that he was not at homo. 1 met Kelly us arranged, and told him of iny want of success. Kelly said: T must find out to-night whether he'll conic to it. as the handicaps will be published on Monday morning, and I must have mine made out by Saturday." After some discussion Kellv suggested that 1 should wire to Griffith's to meet me at the Port Phillip Club Hotel at a quarter-past seven o'clock that evening. I accordingly did so. Griffiths kept the appointment, and f first spoke to him about Parrot's running at Kpsom. Then 1 offered him CIOO to handicap a certain horse in a race at Moonee Valley, on February 211, ft■ a wav I would tell him. He refused odo so, and walked away. Kelly had appointed to meet me at the hotel at Si p.m. 1 did not wait, but left a message for him next day. At Caullield I told him the result, of my interview. That I am leaving for England in about thn" week's time, per s.s. Moldavia, and thai 1 am willing to personally appear before the V.R.C. to substantiate the foregoing statements, and T make this solemn declaration, etc.—J. L. ALLIETTI.

The man Kelly referred to ill Allietli's confession was n prominent bookmaker and trainer-horsoowner, and lie has been ruled out by the Victorian Kacing Club.