Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 29 May 1915, page 22


NOTES AND CHAT.

By GOODWOOD.

The popular Moonee A able, house will again be in use to day when the Oak lands Hunt Club race seven cents are down for decision, including three over jumps. The Springbank Corinthian 11 handicap and Woodlands Amateur Steeplechase are for amateurs The race that filled best was the Gowrie Welter, run over one and

quarter furlongs This is likely to bring together a large field of smart sprinters The course may be real here by train tram, or cab. Racing will start at 2 o'clock

ANTICIPA llONfe

I SPRINGBANK COM- till IN DENMEAD

COLMA or LORD CAI'ULIT

GL_-_.D_.WAn HURDLE I! ICI

DINIZULU or CHARL VI VI

GOWRIE WELTER IIWDICU MISS MELTON on DbLL

WOODLANDS AMATEUR SIP. IT I CHAS! GRAFTON GREY or ERICA

BOUND. STOUT tCIMSI

BOB SCOTT or V. LSI POM

GLENARA HELLICAR

GOLDEN ROCK or PEARL KING

DUMILLK- HWDILU

MALTGUARD or Bt M ICK

At Victoria Park in Adelaide to day the Adelaide Racing Club's Bread F. Meeting will be commenced A few Victorian horses are engaged The six events. will be run off in the following order (Melbourne time) Toorak Trial, at half post 4 o'clock

Victoria Park Hurdle Race, at a quarter past 2 o'clock, City Handicap at a quarter past 3 o'clock. Kensington Steeplechase at 4 o'clock, Adelaide Makes (for two year olds), at a quarter to o o i lock and Park side Stakes (weight for age) at halfpast 5 o'clock The two chief need is) result

-

CITY HANDICAP' , BOB SOULT or LI UCOl'S

PARKSIDE SA R S

SYLVANMORe. or LEESON

The weights to be turned in these two events are appended -

ern HANDICAP

Seven furlongs

st lb

fl 11)

owner haslem Sea

7 0

Creek are 8 4 Iniginatlcal Pistolier 8 1 Accept

7 9 7 2

Yarrien 3 2 Golden fortune

7 0

River Prince 8 0 As-, a

7 0

Friar Perfect 80 Leuchars

11 10

Bob Soult . 80 hernia

0 0

San Juan .. 2, 7 13 Silver Streak

0 0

Bective . 7.10 Col and.

0 D

Lord Staffa . 7 8

PARKSIDE STAKES

One mile and out. furlongs

Ft In)

Ft lb

Bon Ton 0 I Hlgliflow-ii

S 1.

PI to. King I '".i. hammer

8-13

"ft assail .. a 1 Ballina

S 1»

Calamus 0 1 Vitlelio

S 7

down R I Perambulate

in

Omeo S 13 le boa

0 a

Greek in- 8 1.

The Victorian Jumper Plymouth holds the right to run in the Hurdle Rice at Warwick Farm to day He has been allotted 10st 2lb and as Ennisvale is top weight with 12st 7lb the connections of Plymouth have no resign to fell ag grieved regarding his weight The following are the weights for the principal one at the meeting -

WARWICK II WDICAI'

One mile and a quarter

st lb

st lb

Magas 0 0 I'rnc White

r to

It's Funny 8 1 I catches

S 16

Willow t seen S S Hp¡-¡I

0 10

Ocean Blue 5 2 Sir 'Reginald

r to

Matouree 7 11 Algus kirribilli 7 4 t lillie

0 10 r 7

(until 7.3 Queen Mailfcc Agrippa 7 0 Foil Ilka Mooltan 0 12

u 0 7

In Brisbane this afternoon the Ç

queens

land Turf Club Autumn Meeting

will be

commenced Acceptances for to-day s chief event, the Stradbroke Handicap were published yesterday The other items on the card include the Kings Plate, weight for age, one mile and a quarter, and the St Leger, one mile and three quarters and

132 yards

The V R C committee held a short meeting yesterday to consider details in connection. with the meeting to be held at 1 less ington on June 5 and 7, the profits of which are to be devoted to the war relief funds A special effort is being made to ensure a 8iiccrs--.ul gathering Already, some donations have been made and more are expected as the members of the com-mittee were desirous of attending the freerail of Mr Albert Miller the whole of the business in hand could not be completed, and the meeting was adjourned until Mon-day, at a quarter past 2 d clock "Mr R G Casey, chairman of the V R C has invited the bookmaker r-. of Victoria to assist in making the meeting a success by subscribing to the fund With the object of eon sidering Mr Casey t. request i general meeting of the Federated Bookmakers of Victoria has been done ened for Monday, at 8 o'clock at the clubs rooms 4 Royal lane

1 onion ing the reid of the V R. C in regard to devoting the profits of the June meeting to war relief proves the V A TC committee yesterday decided that the profits of the race meeting to be held at Caulfield on June 11 be donated to the Red Cross Fund In the ordinary course of events a profit of 700 or FOO might be made but a special effort will be put forward to ensure a much larger sum than this being netted Members will probably be asked to forego the right to use their members' tickets to gain admission to the course on the day named Entries for the meeting close on June 3

In consequence of the death of Mr Albert Miller Gilton Karl and Gatwick have been withdrawn from all engagements at the VRC June Meeting

Results of the Adelaide i fees will be posted at Moonee Valley to-day by Man dear s Telegram Agency

George Redfearn and V Southall who recently returned from Singapore where they had been settled for home A cars were yesterday licensed by the V R C -Redfearn as a trainer and Southall as a jockey) L Robertson, in whose name the horses of the Messrs lje run until recently was also licensed as a trainer He lives pre. laush been licensed but it w is-. not necessary for him to take out a license for the past season or two He is still training the Messrs

James horses

No horse that does not possess the sight of both sexes will be allowed to run in races at Caulfield in future I his regulation has been in force in Sydney for some time There are one or two one-eyed horses in training in Melbourne A fresh one at raced from Sydney a few days ago

The following scratchings for the Oakland Hunt club boxes, to be held to-day, were recorded A exceeding - Springbank Corinthian Handicap 1 Bro dual blue (golden stallion and Not Out Hurdle Race Lord Grey and Mrifeness Browne Mellersh Bro and Men the

Messrs Campbell and Son. will offer it Kirk's Bazaar on Monday at noon without reserve, the following horses in the estate at the late A. J Randall -Bay mare

Fancy Step (by Grafton Fane Fire) chestnut mare claim (b. Ruenalf The Tily) a gelding, by 1 insure a gc using it Kopani a filly foal (trotter) b Cleeve

Bells, and Bajkeld

The Mooroopna Racing Club will hold a meeting in aid of the Belgian Fund on June 12 Entries close on Tarella.

Postillion who was a good performer in his day) and on going to the stud sired numerous winners was recently destroyed in New South W. ales He was by Positano from Citronellc by Lochiel and was., owned by Mr John Borthwick

The weight carried by Redleaf in the Caul field Grand "National Steeplechase was list 121 not 1 9st 10lb as stated yesterday

The horse mostly spoken of in Adelaide in connection with the City Handicap is Bob Soult others mentioned being towns Greek Fire and Golden Fortune

On Monday entries will close for the Mentone races to be held on Wednesday

June 9 and for the Ballarat Turf Club meeting to be held on Friday Time 11 '

In the report of the Bendigo meeting which appeared on Tuesday the Trot was stated to use been won by 420 yards' This

should have read 20 yards

the two j ear old 1 ashes is to be afforded an opportunity of heating the older horses at weight for age in the Parkside Stakes in Adelaide to-day The event has only been won by a two year old on three occassionsby Vakeel in 1897" by Auraria in 195 and by north in 1905

Entries- will close next Tuesday for the Richmond races to be held on Tuesday, June 3 The proceeds of the meeting will go to augment the funds of St A cent s

Hospital.

Mr H- Alan Currie s horses Quair Burn

and Flash Jack have it is telegraphed from F Adelaide been scratched for their engagements at the ARC meeting to-da.

Middle Park' is informed that the betting over the Casterton Cup was i to 1 agst Prince Aryan 5 to I agst horses. "4 to 1 agst Vodski Favourite South Mel

bourne) is informed that he is not entitled

to collect over Porch is be obviously intended to have him for the Bacchus Marsh meeting i His informed that the Steeplechase at Bendigo started at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock Subscriber" (Ballarat) and W S (Irvin road, Ascotvale) are informed that their questions will be answered in The Australasian next week J S (Glenferrie) is informed that Ptali ran second in the Marks Handicap The name was wrongly given is Plato Julia B is informed that the 1 rot was the fifth race on the card it Riddell s Creek Punter" is informed that the starting price of Jack Ashore the Camperdown Steeplechase winner was 5 to 2 not to 3 is previously given "Daily Reader' (Richmond) is informed that Dyle started second favourite at 5 to 2 for the Flying Handicap at Camperdown Bright Kirk was favour

late

The members of the English Jockey Club paid a graceful compliment to Captain Greer who has just completed his term as senior steward It is the right of the senior steward to nominate his successor and Captain Greer nominated Lord \a oh orton who however could not accept owing to his military duties, The members of the club then asked Captain Green to act for an other term and the invitation was accepted on his behalf It is seldom i Senior steward serves more than one term

The New Zealand jumper Scots Guard a ton of Cuirassier is coming" to Australia and is regarded in New Zealand as a lil civ

runner in the V R C Grand National Steeplechase in July

The brood" mare Maldant by MaltsterPendant who was raced a few seasons ago by Mr T Merton is dead She broke a leg at the Arrowfield Stud a few days ago and was destroyed Pendants progeny have been unlucky as her Son Grand Charm who was owned by J Lynch died a few weeks ago

Cetigne who has been spelling since he failed in the A T C Champagne Stakes during JJ Easter week has rejoined 1st Green s horses in work at Randwick

According to a Western Australian paper Congo d Tslire who tion some good races in Victoria is doing duty in the shafts of a buggy in Western Australia

It is said that although Mr T Anthony Ins performed many remarkable deeds in the saddle on English racecourses his best effort in the acrobatic line was in keeping on Ally Sloper when that horse all but came down at "Vallentine s Brook in the recent norpool Grand National Steeplechase Mr Antttonv lost the reins as well as both irons and yet managed to recover himself Ally Sloper made another mistake a couple of obstacles farther on but still in headed to win

Sir Charles Nugent a leading English tr met his followed the example of the King, h trainer R Marsh and become b nil nil I His liabilities ate £7,000 and his as sets £50 He attend ted his bank ruptcy to the war Mam Australian miners would be in a similar plight in the event of racing being abandoned aero