SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 261, 27 March 1913, Page 8

SPORTING.

. .in, i A.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING!. i JOLLY BEGGAR WINS THE BFO MONEY. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. 1 Received 2fi, 5.80 p.m. Sydney, March 27. Tlie weather was warm, with very slight passing showers, and the attendance was satisfactory for an oil' day. Paisano started jn the Hurdles, but pulled up lame half a mile from home. The All-Aged .Stakes attracted eleven starters. Eiulorus was a strong favourite though he weakened somewhat before the start. The moisture was expected to suit Eudorus, who likes thej sting out of the ground. However, the t Doncastcr winner proved master of thej English horse comfortably. Eudorus and | Lady Medallist each sported a band-j The Coogee Handicap witnessed anj accident, luiringai falling at the (lis-, tance. Tympano, Bright Laddie and

1 Cavity fell over her. W. IT. Smith, rider 1 of Kuringai, and A. Thompson, rider of 1 Tyinpano, were injured. Results: — I (SECOND lIUISDLE RACE, of 300 sovs; about one and a half miles. ' Lewis Rand (McGee), 10.7 1| Boyong (lidwards), 10.10 2< Gorlias (Woodburn), 10.5 3 Eight started, including Paisano, 12.12. i Won by two lengths; the same distance) between second and third. Time, 4minj 51% sec. ALL-AGED STAKES', a sweepstake of j 10 sovs each, with 2000 sovs added; one mile. Mr. P. A. Connolly's blk. h. Jolly Beggar (Lambert) 1 Eudorus (Lewis) 2 Aurifer (Smith) 3 Also ran: Volsloane, Broadsword,, Lady Medallist. My Grovanni. Sir Willie, St'. Medoc. Cider, Golden Hope. A beautiful start. Aurifer and Volsloane took up the running, followed by Jolly' Beggar and Eudorus. Six furlongs from I the po<t Volsloane was leading Jolly Beggar bv one and a half lengths; Eudorus, Broadsword, Aurifer, Lady Medallist next. At the distance, Volsloane, .Tolly Beggar and Eudorus were level and ■Jolly Beggar went up. Won by one and a half lengths : two lengths between j second and third; Volsloane fourth; Sir j Willie and Cider being together. Time,' Imin 39sec. I COOGEE HANDICAP, of 500 sovs; one

mile and one .furlong. Malthusian (Wood).. 8.4 1 1 Loehano (Barnett) 1 . 8.4 2 1 Popinjay (MeLachlan), 7.12 3 Seventeen started, including Valido 8.7 and ElectrakofT S.fi. Won by half a }en<*th; three between second and third. Time, Imin 35see. Received 20, 0 p.m. The injuries to the joekies are not serious. Smith sustained severe bruises to his leg and shoulder, while Thomas had slight concussion. . The Easter Stakes saw the X"ew Zealand bred Reau Soult beat nine other youngsters nicely, ''making her second victory out of four starts this season. The Cumberland' Stakes-saw Piastre the hottest favourite l "for"many years .at j Randwick Caclonja,, "Who was withdrawn. was the only other who was considered to have any ehance. The Queens- ' land champion, My Gavonni. started for the second time in,• the: afternoon, and ' ran a good.raee< Tlarpist, like the latter, finishing ' creditably,'.'though overmatched. . ■ : • The Citv Handicap* saw a protest - nirainst Flavian/ who,, fifty .yards from tlie post was under; the \vliip. and bored ! Patrimony Against .the rails, though when straightened Flayian,.came away easily. The protest was dismissed. Results continued:—

EASTER STAKES. sever furjongf,.-;. ,■ ! Beau Soult (Lightfoot), : ] Malbrook (Lambert) 5 Flamboyant

Ton started. Won by a length, three quarters of a length separating the nexl " tivo. Time, lmin 20 l : ssoc, -v

CUMBERLAND STAKES, a sweepstake of 10 sovs each, with 1500 sovs added. 3 Mr. W. Brown's br. h. Piastre (Connell) 1 t Harpist (MeLachlan) 2 | My Gavonni (Pike) 3 Also started: Aurofodina, Diabolo and OfTa. As usual oiTa acted as pacemaker, followed by My Gavonni,' Diabolo and Piastre. At the half-mile the order was ' Piastre two lengths ahead of My Gavoiv ni and Harpist, with Aurofodina and Diabolo five lengths away. Piastre carfie away at the distance and won easily by three lengths, four lengths between the next two; Aurofodina fourth and Dia- ) bolo last. Time, 3mm 30% sec. CITY HANDICAP. of 500 sovs; one mile and . five furlongs. , ' Flavian. 7.12 (Wood) 1 Patrimony. 0.!) (Pike, 2 Waltz, 7.2 (William) 3 Twelve others started. Won by two lengths. Time, 2miu 49% sec, WESTLAND AUTUMN MEETING. By Telegraph—Press Association. ITokitika. Last Night, The Westland Autumn races were largely attended and there was beautiful wfather. The totalizator investments amounted to £4040 against 1348 last Easter. Results:— Railway Handicap.—l Divorce, 10.0, 1'; 3 Irish Moss, 11.4, 2; 5 Euro, 7.0, 3. Also ran —2 Glenfern. 4 Gasoline, (i Camarine, 7 Toanga. Won by two. lengths. Time, lmin 13 1-asee. Tradesmen's Handicap.—7 North Pole, 0.8. 1; 5 Uproar, 7-5. 2; 1 Miss Sylvia, 111 I. Also ran —3 The Nut. 4 Am ah a; (1 Tckakahe. A good race. Time, lmiii i 33 1-asee. Borough Handicap Trot.—A. T. L. 1, ; Tapanui 2. Arcadian 3. Also ran—2o nthors. Won comfortably. Time, 2min I 37 3-osec, Autumn Handieap.—l Corrie, B.G, 1; 2 Waipima. 8.12, 2; 3 Miss Sylvia., 0.0, 3. Also ran—4 Ellerton, 5 Awalui. Wou ; hy a short length.. Time, 2min, 10 1-3' sec. . ' County Handicap Trot.—Voter, scr„ I 1; Arcadian. 20se.c, 2; Verve*, ,12sec, 3. j 20 other* also started. Won comfort-, ably. Time. 3min 45sec. High-Weight Handicap.—l North Pole! 10.11, including penalty 7lbs. 1; 4 Euro. S.O, 2; 2 The Nut, 0.10, 3. \ Also ran— Probable, 3 Starboard, (i Tenakohe. A good race. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 23 l-ssec. ' Farewell Handicap.—l Divorce, 10.8,

including penalty 8!b, 1; 2 Irish Gift, j 11.4, *2; 4 Glenfnrn, 8.10, 3. Also start-/ ed—3 Grand Jewel, (1 Morevkoff, 5 Mis- > sile was left at the post. A good hard"; race. Won by a length. Time, Imin 4 2-ssec. Moorilla's bad showing in the Sydney Cup was a surprise and disappointment (states a cable). It has now been q [explained as the mare was found dead in her stable next morning. A post-mortem showed that she had broken a blood vessel leading to the heart. Wolowa struck himself before win- j ning the St. Leger and injured his suspensory ligament. lie will retire until next season.—^'able. The American millionaire, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, who is .racing in France, has what can bfc termed a tremendous team at bis command. In a list recently pub--1 lished he had no fewer than 50 horses in ■ training under the charge of the English'man, William Duke, 24 of which arc two- ! year-olds. It is understood that Mr. . ! Vanderbilt has a very keen desire to win j •the English Derby. i ' A sporting writer who is alleged to , have been one of the disappointed appli- ■ I cants when the appointments of stipendiary stewards was made public, lias been I making some very caustic remarks regarding the running of Masterpiece, who belongs to the chairman of the New ZeaI Hand Racing Conference. He says: "Sir >j George Clifford bred Masterpiece, but few 5 are inclined to butter him." "Master--1 piece would probably be a good horse to "I give a poor owner a compulsory liolle | day." "Sir George Clifford is one of the * j IdngS of 'Hie turf. 'The King can do no I wrong,' but his horsee can." "Oh, Masf I tei'piece, dear (£ s. d.) Masterpiece, > sometimes, you're slow; but cut the past and let us know' wluit is the next speed' you will show." I In England recently (say's M ex- ? change) horses have been beating each } other in most bewildering fashion. There 'i. were one or two very bad cases of the ■< kind recently. Yet no action is taken by the powers. It is gratifying, though, 0 to note signs of activity in the matter y of' suppressing betting among jockeys. II This is an abuse that ought to be stamp- j ed out. Tt is a difficult matter, how- !' ever, and orie that will require energetic J and drastic measures. The first step i I' was to see that cross-country riders were properly remunerated. That problem was satisfactorily solved by the -rule passed last year making the stake-hold- , ler responsible for collection of riding "''fees. Cross-country riders arc as we'l!paid now as flat-race jockeys, and no e i excuse is left them for betting or any

: malpractice. | The Retting Inducements Rill has ■ reached the House of Commons, and is evidently giving considerable concert to the papers likely to be affected by its I provisions. At any rate, it was cabled , last week that the Sportsman, Sporting Life and other sporting journals have 'agreed conditionally to cease publishing ! the advertisements of tipsters; and. furTtbermore, propose to institute a Press !Control Committee to regulate bookmakers' advertisements. The latter :dea .'should appeal to the betting public, as it would probably mean that only the advertisements of thoroughly reliable men j'-would appear in print. No doubt such , ■lis the case at present as regards the .'Sportsman and Sporting Life, but there ■ J are other papers which are not so r.arti- • cular. The loss of the tipsters' adrer- j • tisements will make a great difference in L the revenue of many papers, as it is staA- • ed that some of the vendors of "sure! - things" pay as much as half-a-crown a line for newspaper publicity. The tip- : sters' advertisements appear bound to I I go, but on the principle that "half a loaf J ' is better than no bread," the English j 1 papers are preparing to fight hard for the I ' retention of those of the bookmakers, i " That such a Rill is actually necessary to ] save punters from themselves is doubtful, i but none the less it seems likely to be- ] !come law. ,|