SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 64, 10 April 1909, Page 6

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RACING FIXTURES. gjl-' April 10, 12, 13—Auckland R.G. BpP April 12, 13—Canterbury Jookey Club. W April 10, 12—Wairarapa Racing Club. S£*. April 12—Patea Racing Club, p. April 13, 13—Feilding Jockey Club. * April 21, 2-1 —Wellington Racing Club. r TURF TOPICS. I (By "Afoturoa.") Patea Races at Hawera on Alonday. * The Australian J.U Autumn meeting : opens to-day. ' Hydraulic easily beat Timothy over f four furlongs in 52scc. yesterday. jE Jockey Hob Arnott rode Recreation > in a mile and a-half gallop over seven fences yesterday, the old norse fencing proficiently. Arnott is one of the old jf, hands at the game, and will be best remembered as the pilot of Alarina and jfc Dromedary. Recreation will be given a i run in the Hurdles at Patea on Monday. |-: M usual, turf patrons will have ample opportunity to shed their accumut< - lated wealth this Easter. The Auck- » day, and on Easter Monday the sport that keeps us poor will be in full swing at Auckland, Canterbury, Wairarapa, t Feilding, and Patea (Hawera). |v. That big long-striding horse Coronettcd ST. is not "cruslicd with weight' in th E Alton Welter at Patwi.

|e Clonpett won her race at Manaia 'S\ very handily, and figures in ttte sprints fj, at Patea. mMaori King and Merriwa will measure strides in the Champagne Stakes at k Ellerslie to-day. The former is gallopKT ing like "at nefer vaa"—to quote Rip j?-. \an Winkle! gf The following horses will remain in K. the Champagne Stakes, run at Ellerslie jjL- to-day:—Elysian, Merriwa, Sea Elf, JSxt calibur, Kakama, Salute, Hyperion, m> Monsieur, Soult, Elegance, Alastcrful, r- Maori King, First Wairiki, Fleet Arrow, R Tnku Tuku, Roselike and Fignting jjisli. All Bed and lady Medallist miss;d Jx. their first day's engagements at Ellerssif lie owing to an. oversight on Air. J. lb Proaaert part, but both horses were railSg ed through to Auckland on Wednesday, ra and will start on the second and third p-, -days oi the meeting. E' O. Cress will ride Paritutu in tae k" 1 Hurdles at Ellerslie to-day. K The bard luck story of the Victorian trainer, J. Lyflch, taKes some treating. During the last twelve months horses I trained by him have finished no less - ' than 57 times in second place. Sijgnor, looking none the worse for his racing at Flemington, is home again, and has been blistered and turned out. On Wednesday morning Sharpsaooter . - ran- four furlongs in 49 seconds at Riccarton, pulling double. On the previous day be wouldn't gallop a yard. j The local Easter Handicap representa-1 live, Golden Eagle, has not been showing the touts any marvellous gallops at ; : EUerelie, but she was very well after racing at the' Taranaki meeting, and fy- her running to-day will be watched with f-f interest. Het Volt appears to be nicely V' treated in her engagement, and the •* same remark applies to Waihuka. Paritutu has plenty of weight, but I"- if he jumps the country, a little top ? hamper will not trouble him very much, i . The Cockatoo Was recently sold to ' go to India at the satisfactory price of w 500 guineas. ?V Woodhey, Diamond Star, Sir Tristram, jc ■ Bollin, Xylophone, and Rialto will carry fj. the Hon. J. D. Ormond's colours at fc Riccarton. -Master Soult is showing great track Iform just now, and on Wednesday r morning was in good heart and left seven furlongs behind in lmin. 32sec. ■ . Master Delaval, who was recently sold to an Indian buyer for 100 guineas, was t,-. shipped to his new home on Monday. A few Alaoriland horses are engaged at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting, - which commences to-day. In the Doncaster mile are Seddon 8.5, Golden Slipper 7.13, and Artillcrie 7.9. Black Revjp. nard, Pretty Afaid, Wharekura and Cat chuca figure in the Hurdle race, and fe-L. Artillerie and Seddon arc also in the 6j- Autumn Stakes, run over a mile and li P half. , jgr A. Olliver, who is trying lis luck in ' 'Stralia, is getting plenty of riding—ot |j* a sort—but so far has not steered a winner' pi- Golden Slipper and Artillerie were %? gi\en a run in the Rawson Stakes, run f ■ over nine furlongs, at Rosehill on the j§v 27th ult. The former ran a close third, but Artillerie, who was ridden by A. pp Olliver, was one of the last to finish, g* The race was only worth a century £,"• to the winn?r, so it is hardly likely that r Artillerie was "wanted on the journey.' There ma.y_ be a different talc to tell . after, the A■ meeting, g? - There ..is (t lot of talk abont Belario gk boing a top-notcher over a distance, and certainly his form in the Taranaki Cup would encourage the idea. With 6.10, in gi the Feilding Cup, run over a mile and Sp* a half, he is in much lighter than most fes people expected, and it remains to be fit seen whether the liandicapper has, or Ij"; has not, taken a liberty with him. Feilding acceptances are hardly is F" numerous as might be expected," and . the hurdle events especially have drawn 3? poor fields. Maidi is giving away weight & to a poor lot in the open race, in which Showman will make his reappearance ■ after a lengtny spell. Speciosa has s' earned every bit of her weight in the jjj hack hurdle race. Rangi'naeta, who is said to take kindly to jumping, will make his debut in this race, pr One of the theories put forth to account for Soultline's tremendous pace is based on the great amount of ground p ■ he covers. It is said that he covered £ quite two feet more than any of his fei rivals in the Futurity and Newmarket.

5- One admirably competent authority, f- whilst admitting that Soultline is an P' abnormally lengthy horse, considers that £. two feet is an absurd allowance, and in *' support of his view points oat tnat a i*' moderate-sized pony only stands over about six inches less of ground than a '? full-sized thoroughbred horse. !*,; The question of the proper licensing C- of bookihakerg is one that is troubling If racing clubs at present, and it would be ; well if the stringent regulations drawn tf.- U P by the Manawatu Racing Club were J adopted. The club's secretary, Mr. J. M. Johnston, recently interviewed by a

f local reporter, stated that the regula- * tions drawn up by his club were cong siderably more stringent than those sug- | , gested by the Racing Conference. The s,','. procedure adopted made it necessary ?, that the applications received from J bookmakers for licenses should be rei.L viewed by a sub-cominittee of the gi . stewards prior to granting any of same. L Then before they were finally issued, £ - the local police were consulted in regard to the applicants. If any of these were ' fe.- disapproved of by the authorities, then! ' the license was refused. Tile police adK,. Mit that it is exceedingly difficult for jgr»" them to discriminate races. The Manawatu Club also employs a private deteetive at each of its race meetings, p,„ whose advice is also forthcoming, and fr, lie subsequently exercises control over jf"', those to whom licenses are issued, seeing that they closed down simultaneous-1 jgU lv with the totalisator; bet in their jt allotted place; did not bet with minors, p ' and conducted their betting transactions §?- _ to the satisfaction of the committee, p; The detective had t6 report daily to the '■ committee all complaints lie might have $6 of the non-observance of special rules I draivn up for the control of the books' makers. The club, if necessary, iinmedissy ately cancelled a bookmaker's license ? and had him removed from the course ? and if certain other irregularities were i reported, the offender was refused a li- •*-_ censc for the rest of the meeting. It hod . only once been fonnd necessary to p take the former extreme step, hut on gj 1 several occasions the club had occasion to refuse renewals. ' As regards the large army of undeSr arables who are infesting' the racccourses, Mr. Johnston expressed the opinion that such, hordes of this clas* fi. had not been known in connection with jb * the New Zealand turf previous to the If. present legislation affecting gambling. |i If anyone required convincing proof of this' they would only need to wander K.-. through the crowd outside the lawn enclosure during tie progress of a large race meeting... It was a perfect pamlep' moniuai, and afforded every. facility for thp most undesirable class to reap a ricli harvest by pockct-picking and other mean3. Mr. Johnston added that it «5": ( would be quite safe to say that fully |f t _-75 per cent- pf this class had never ap|S 1 plied for or 'obtained a bookmaker's lift/ < cense; or acted as clerk for anv of the odd 3 layers.