THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 July 1907, Page 4

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

THE TURF.

-ill English paper stall's that when Peebles «ii» asked to take over Velocity (winner of this year's City and Suburban I he agreed to do so on the condition thai. '«svi<s training tin- horse. he | should Hfleit his engagements and his jockey*. Jt was an unenviable position I in nhii-h Peebles fmind himself, Imt tile I iesdlt- luve proved that pluck does oeejsionaily meet with it - reward, fit at once laid down a |>oiii-v which tins been tarried out to the letter. lie determilled ''lit the horses should be ridden .out i.»r the whole ot iiis handicap engagements, 110 matter what weight the hau- • d'lcappers gave him. anil from the dav | \ elocity entereil his new stable he has only lieen out of the lir»t four of tic engagement he has fullilhd. most of tileni lielng handicaps ill which lie has Ik-mi carrying something in the neigliiborhmxl of OA

'I wo Xew Zealand-bred lioises were - uivc-siiil at Hp-mo i Victoria I l ist month-Captain Shannon taking the Welter Plate and Torcre the Wcller Purse. Captain Shannon was made the medium of a plunge. The connections of the stable tacked him spiritedly, ami the public following, the gelding touched 2 to 1, which price was really hard to get at the fluisU. Captain Shannon only won by ha If-a-lellgt hj, hilt Truscott. who i< now attached to Mr K. A. Connolly's stable, rode a very confident race, and there is no doubt the win could have been made more pronounced.

The astutest of English owners, Captain Macheli, once had n horse that lis knew to have a stone In hand In a race, and hacked it accordingly, notwithstanding that a novice was in the saddle. He told the lad that he could not help winning, lmt that- he was to draw it as fine as he could, not wishing to show the horse up. To his amazement he saw the lad make the whole of the running, and come in by himself. As soon as was convenient after the race. Captain .Mitchell, in a passion, asked tile lad what he meant by so flagrantly disobeying his orders. The hid tremblingly replied: "Well, sir, T heard Mr Hardier say to another jockey at the starting post: 'We will have this young over the rails." so I thought I had letter come away as fast as I eouhl," Anpiitted with honor.

TV S|>eeial commis-ioncr of tlu> Sportsman says that -.tiler the Two Thousand an amusing canard which was circulated ami accepted in all roo<l faith by some worthy people, wax to the effect that Higgs had preferred a complaint agaist Several of tlic jockeys who rode in the race for whistling at Slicve fialli-nn in order to make him holt. To bring about such a result by such absurdly Inadequate means would scarcelv [ strike any jockey outside Bedlam ;i" j being at all feasible, but the story was told with much gravity and assurance, and it was added that ITiggs was even at the very time explaining his grievance to the stewards. The writer adds that he mentioned the subject to soim of the jockeys, who said that they could not get near enough to Slievp Calleon to whistle at him. however much they might [have desired to indulge in that peculiar pastime. All the same, there was a little confusion at the Bushes, as already stated, and something did for a stride or two disturb Slievo flallenn. though it in not to be supposed that even the most whistle would have done so.

llu-re was a strong Australian element alioul the tield for the (ireat Jnttlee Handicap, decided at Kempton Park ou Jlay 11. For this race, which is worth tatiii. there were only a dozsn starters, but most of them were firstclass cattle, and inrluded Mr Farquharson'. Dcwliury Cup winner Dalkeith laged 8.7), anil Searpia iaged. 7.4). both Australian-bred: Mr William Clark's tiingal (a son of Carbinei. 4yr- t . 7.13: Mr Hall Walker's smart Ihrec-ycar-old Polar Star, 7.12: that grand handicap performer Velocity. .nr-. !1.]2: Haliia. Priiite William, and the Jjidy Villikins' colt. Polar Star, though heavily weiglite>l for a three-year-old at this lime of the year, was lacked so heavily that li to -1 was the liest otTer against it at flag-fall. Velocity stood at 4to ]. and Gingal at eights, the Lady Villikins" colt and Dalkeith being also well supported at tens and twelves, but beyond these animals the public did not look for a winner, Gingal cut out the work for the first quarter of a mile, but was then displaced by the favorite, the Lady Villikins' colt, and Velocity. So they ran till turning into ihe straight, where Ktiraki and Dalkeith passed Velocity. Except that Kuraki dropped back beaten at the distance there was no further change, and though the Lady Villikins' colt challenged desperately, Polar Star won cleverly by half a length. Dalkeith wns third a couple of lengths away. Velocity separating him from his stable companion. Soorpi.i. which was ridden bv the Australian jockey. F. Bullock. Polar Star, a ~on of Pioneer and Go On, lielonging to Mr Hall Walker, won a dozen races as a two-year-old. and was never lieaten. The Jubilee was his first outing this year, and he is only the fourth three-year-old to win this rich prize. The biggest weight previously carried to victory by one of his own age was 7.4. under which Euclid won in 18S2.