SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

GRANTING OF LICENSES. £■* i I PROTEST FROM DUNEDIN. ' J By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, August. 18. The District Committee unanimously protests against the action of the licensing committee of Die New Zealand Racing Conference in ignoring its recommendation in respect to applications for licenses from trainers and jockeys, considering that such recommendations should! have been referred back for consideration If the licensing committee had any conditions implying crime to attach to the granting of the licenses, so that inquiry might be made. DOPING OF HORSES. FRENCH TRAINERS FINED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, August 17. Two more cases of doping racehorses resulted in Deauville trainers being mulcted in fines and their licenses withdrawn. One horse, Nebuleuse, winner at Chantilly of the Prix de Latheve, on July 25, was disqualified. RACING FIXTURES. Aug. 23—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. Sept. 2—North Taranaki Hunt. Sept. 9—Marton J.C. Spring. Sept. 14, 16—Wanganui J.C. Spring., TURF TOPICS. Hunt Club races at Havrera on Wednesday. Weights for the Marton spring meeting are due on Thursday. Nat. Williams has Amythas in steady work at Otaki.

The Hawke, who ricked himself recently, is reported to be all right again. Good Start looks like turning out a ffivtclass hurdler, and should earn good money down, south this spring. The Feilding trainer, H. King, is bringing Elvaette and Adrienne to the Hunt meetings in Taranaki. Both horses are maidens. Wrangle quickly recouped Mr. H. W. Brown for the 700 gns. he paid for him recently. A good stake and a fine dividend came their way on Saturday.

There is no shortage of horses—of a kind —in Auckland. A northern scribe states that training permits have been issued at Ellerslie for 150 horses, and more are coming In every

This is the latest! An English paper states that the Irish champion. Pucka Sahib, suffers so badly from sea-sickness that he Is to te conveyed from Ireland to Spain by aeroplane, in order to run in the Grand Prize of King Alfonso—the richest race in the world.

Messrs. G. and F. Peach pped the winning owners at the Grand National meeting witn £l6BO. Mr. W. R. Kemball followed with £1285; Jas. Bull, £910; J. H. Prosser, £7OO ; S. V. Rodney, £7OO ; Brown and Brereton, £620; T. E. Welch, £525, and C. T. Keebie, £5OO.

Loyal Irish was weighted at 7.12 in the Dundas Handicap, which he won at Rosehill on Saturday last. None of the Sydney papers tipped the New Zealander, so probably his followers got a good “price.” The Australian trainers, W. J. Tomkinson and J. J. Kennerley, have good reason to be satisfied with their invasion of the trotting world in the Dominion. The first-named won five races, and the latter two. Mr. Tomkinson. was the most successful reinsman at the New Zealand metropolitan meeting, steering four winners. It is likely that, encouraged by these successes, further shipments of Australian horses may be expected before the big meetings in November.

Programmes for the new season’s racing show that clubs have, practically without exception, reduced stakes all round in handicaps, but for some unaccountable reason have in creased stakes. In weight-for-age events. Apparently the battler Is to be pushed out of the game, while the wealthy owners of classic performers are being offered an extra slice of ■ pudding.” Surely the Owners’ and Trainers’ Association will enter some protest against this unfair redistribution of stake-money ’ The Hon. E. W. Alison’s recentiy-imported stallions. Romeo and Tea Tray, are likely to be well patronised in their first season at the stud in New Zealand. Mrs. M. A. Perry has s?nt no less than ten of her best mares to the pair, and included are Gold Treasure (dam f Amythas, Treasure King and Demotic), Gold Thread (dam of Gold Foil, Hythread, Simonides, Crenides and Tejssares), Gold Bound (dam of Demagogue and Duo), Formality (dam of informal and Chaeronia), and Lady Cilia (dam <>f Gasbag and Plastic). The well-known Australian-bred pacer. Box Seat (4.27) has been purchased by a pair of Christchurch sportsmen, and has been handed; to J. Bryce to be trained for the New Zea-' land Trotting Cup In November. A northern writer has worked out Gladful’s record, which reads as follows: 79 starts, 12 firsts, 15 seconds, and 10 thirds. His most notable victories were in the Great Northern Hurdles (1917) and New Zealand Grand Na- ' tional Hurdles (1921 and 1922). ( In reviewing the doubtful decision of the judge in the Lincoln Steeplechase, “Looker On,” in the Press, is responsible for the following extraordinary statements: “Omahu looked to be cantering in. Oaklelgh came with a great rattle over the last hundred yards, and in the writer’s opinion won by a good neck. The judge, however, gave the race to Omahu, and that usually capable horseman, Alan McDonald, must congratulate himself upon having got a decision that he was not entitled to —one that he should have got by lengths had he not thought It was all over one hundred yards from home, an opinion that the judge evidently coincided in and hoisted accordingly.” Does “Looker On” suggest that the judge was quite aware that Omahu was beaten, but that he should have wpn, if properly handled, and therefore gave him the decision? Most sportsmen are old-fashioned enough to consider that the winner is the horse which actually passes the post first! Concerning Mr. Bruce Joll’s retirement from racing, “Spectator” states that The Dunce and Uncle Alex, which were sold recently, have arrived in Auckland, and the writer hears that, they are destined to leave the country—for India, via Australia, it is said. The rest of Mr. Joll’s horses are under offer to likely purchasers, and his up-to-date stables have been leased for two years to Mr. J. Fryer. During his short turf career, Mr. .Toll has been very successful, and it is to be regretted that the popular Hawera sportsman has found the pressure of business so great that he has had to temporarily relinquish racing. Those who are lucky enough to hold jockeys’ licenses this year had better be on their best behavior, for, judging by happenings ax Riccarton on Saturday last, the stipendiaries are out to shake things up in earnest. Fines were the order of the day on Saturday. C. Rask and E. Shaw were each relieved of £2 for disobedience at the post, while H. Were was mulcted £5 for a similar breach. C. McSweeney and C. Rask, riders of Dick and Sartoline, respectively, were each fined £5 8s (losing fees) for not persevering with their mounts after they had run off in the Aylesbury Steeplechase. J. T. Andrews, for deliberately breaking through the barrier, was asked to stand down until October 31, and C. Rask—who appeared to be meriting a whole heap of attention from the powers that be—was “stung” for an extra quidlet for “untidy dress.” (Perhaps his tie wasn’t on straight!)