Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Wednesday 11 June 1913, page 7


SPORTING NEWS.

THE TURF.

Petiza did not leave by tram on Tuesday with the balance at Mr. F. Merton's horses. He is engaged at Tattersall's meeting," and. all going well, will run at Morphettville. t

A Perth trainer telegraphed on Tuesday &>-king,if Penza was for sale, and, if so, what price Mr. Merton wanted for him The reply of the owner was not for sale.

Mr. Henry Hughes has timed the weights for the meeting to he held at Broken Hill on June 21-the hospital benefit fixture.

When Mr. Nat Campbell, the starter to the SAJC and the A.R.C., heard that Mr. J. O.' Inglis had been appointed to succeed to the late Mr Godfrey Watson starter to the V.A.T.C.. he intimated that The lad withdrawn his application sent in to the V.R.C. In racing circles in Mel-bourne it was generally anticipated that Mr. India would be appointed both for Caulfield and Flemington. He has secured the work on the latter course, and, as Mr. 'John Wren. has appointed a starts for the pony oouTiesf, there would not be much in st^supposing Mr. Campbell happened to secure the V.R.C. starting. He would be better off in Adelaide.

A busy day was spent at the AARON office on Tuesday, when the stakes won over the meeting were paid over. The winding' percentage to jockeys were also paid onward the chief amounts were:

Birthday Cup-W. Smart, £56 15ft.

x City Handicaps. Ettershank, £27 if.

Alderman Cup W. H. Smith. £21 15. Parkside Stakes-G. Lambert, £10 167.

, Adekiderßtakes-J'.'E. O'Brien, £13 lie.

"the chief 'events at the Cup meetings here. fell to inter-State horses-the Goodwood Handicap. Widgiewa; S.A.J.C. St. Leger, Moss Elder Stakes, Audacity; AdeSaide Cup, Midnight Sun; City Handicap, Crbe Lionel:" Birthday Cup, Broadsword, tod-the-Alderman Cap. Aurifer.

The Inter-State horses who did duty at the Cup meetings in Adelaide were sent back by' express train on Tuesday afternoon. A specie left North-terrace at 3.30, saddle horses travelled in the bogie boxes,

while a sleeper was attached for the comfort of trainers and jockeys, and they were j loud in their praise of the arrangements made by the Railway Department for their speedy' return to Melbourne. -Mr. West, of I -the Live "Stock" Department, who always ! «io«*-*Jl he can to assist trainers who travel bones, was thanked by. them for the

assistance she had rendered. The horses that went away by the train were Adam Skirving, -0, J. Scobie's 5, J. EIOVB . IV v if. P. "WTutty'fl 3,

while. JT. Cripp's. 3in., took Mr A. T.. Creswick's and the 5 yearlings purchased I by that gentleman at the Richmond Park of Sale. Mr. J. Mawby sent Mountain Prince ORES. and J. A. Whelan left with Common King; Barossa, and Pandnft. Dr. A. H?.

Bennett returned Sanskrit, and with him!, lweottBray Oge who is to run at the pony | meetings, in Melbourne. and the yearling r IcoltoHedmonfc. ' He has been leased by iMrr~H.i.3ríoore and will. be ,. trained by Lewis St Caulfield. The yearling is a bigboned well-grown chestnut, foaled Septem

liberals, Ult, by Obligado (imp., grandson of JÇJrmonde-winner The' Two Thousand sameness, Derby, St. Leger, unbeaten, and arantfcstre of Flying Fox) from Cyrenaica!, EyCyrenian - (Sire of Cambrian. Hierarchy, Bet.; and Ron of St. Simon). The horses got' away totalled 35, and included Radiator "The Glenelg lot were entrained at frfje Bay, while the city lot were put into the bogie boxes at a siding on North-ter-

large- The

trainers and jockeys who left by the special express for Melbourne on Tuesday twere: -J. Siely, Adam Skirving, J. Whelan, and J. Cripps,ijun., R. Lewis, J. Killorn, G. Lambert. R- N.s Harrie, G. Harrison, iF.-Fraser;1 JEL' King, H. Butler. W. Anare, 'v?' W. H. Smith, P- Bennett.., F. Clarke, IL

Steddin, 2. -Neary, W. Cody, E. Andrews, land- S. Cusdin. Mr. J. Williams, the owner of Sandrift, travelled by the same strain., James Scobie left for Melbourne on Monday The special will reach Melbourne art 8.30 this morning.

There was an accident at the North-terrace railway-station on Tuesday while the horses were being placed in their boxes. Sanskrit gave a little trouble, and Hardi-man, one of Scobie's boys, went to the assistance of the boy from C. Quinn's stable in charge of the big. brown,. The. latter kicking Irarllimân'on the head, but the blow was not violent, und'hé^escaped with

about-, His head was, bandaged, and he was able to go on to Melbourne by the speciaL -

line 3.- 0381156/8 horses did not return to Melbourne on Tuesday as was stated in this column would be the case. C. Goodfellowsis remaining in Adelaide with their " r <

Craganour, whose sale to the Argentine Bovernmenfat 30,000 guineas has been, reported by cable, was the best fcwr>year>oId is England last season. Mr. C, Bower ' 'Ismay paid 3,200 gangway for him as a

yearling. No doubt Mr- Ismay was greatly rüÄppointed/ai the Derby being taken from, Me colt for bumping, as it falls to Sat For if few owners in England to get a Derby colt, and it is a difficult race to win. ger ""??".. as.

'States and trainers should beat in mind ifch^lpeáfejtances close to-day for the Gawler meeting. > .

A. meeting irfl}''be held at Mentone to-day

and-the programme will be found in

this - sent,' i

Boniface will be sent to Brinkworth by train to-day, and Wheat King to Quorn.

-Ocean Rover and Playgirl will reach Adelaide by train from Broken Hill this, evening. I

For the Ascot Thousand which is to be Bedded during September next, nominations are one to-day. Mr. A. J. Gray, secretary to the Ascot Racing Club, will take entries' up to 6 p.m. to-day, in Mel-bourne's , .

i"Mr;--W. Steal has been appointed assistant overseer at Flemington at a salary of" £200 per annum.

In spite of the many notices in the press- that under the new rules of racing

men' is he eligible for nomination

unless registered by name, several owners are in entries of mannered yearlings. Now the V.R.C. committee have declared that the following horses were ineligible for the events named, as they had not been registered: J. Brock's be by Vocal

Memnon from Here, for the V.R.C. Derby and St. Leger; J. Brock's ch f, by Vocal Memnon from Delta, for the V.E.C. Derby and Oaks; E. Millers br f, by Bobadil from Veloce, for the V.R.C. Maribyrnong Plate, Sires' Produce Stakes, Ascotvale Stakes, and Oaks. Mr. Miller is a brother of Mr. S. Miller, one time chairman of the V.R.C.

The caterer to the W.A.T.C. (Mr. H. Greville), who has secured the contract for catering at Flemington, took up his new duties at the V.R.C. meeting on Saturday. His initial attempt appears to have been a success, as one writer re-marks Mr. Greville has expended a large sum of, money in making alterations in the luncheon rooms, public bars, tea houses under his management, and on Saturday there were general expressions of approval at the dray in which the public

was served. The waiters and waitresses! were attired in brown coats and costumes, and everything was carried out on up-to-date lines..""

The V.A.T.C. committee recently advertised for a starter at Caulfield in the

place of the late Mr. Godfrey Watson, The salary fixed was £300 per annum, the starter to provide his own horse. There were some SO applicants for the position,

applications being received from all the States

The committee has selected Mr. I J. O. Inglis. He has been acting as starter at Caulfield and other metropolitan courses for some months. He was (says the "Argus") one of the founders of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, whose first meeting was held on the Dowling Forest racecourse, Ballarat, on March 24, 1876. -The Victoria Gold Cup (a welter handicap steeplechase), run on that occasion, was won by Mr. A, S. Chirnside on Sailor, while Mr. Inglis was second on Xambok. Other riders to take part in the race included Mr. R, Power Greystanes and Mr. Norman Wilson (Canary). A painting of the race now hangs in the committee-room of the V.A.T.C. in Bourke-street.

Totalizator fractions received at the

S.A.J.C. Autumn meeting have been apt portioned by the committee as follow - Distressed and Disabled Jockeys' Fund, I £04; Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers' I Friends' society. £15; Convalescent Home, j £12; Home for incurable. Sick Poor Fund, Queen Victoria Home, Mount. Lofty, and Adelaide Hospital, £10: Children's Nos. 1 pits!. Catholic Refuge, Blind, Deaf, and I Duna Institution, Cottage Herries, North Adelaide, St. Vincent's de Paul's OrpahI age. House of Mercy. Angas-street, Pri| soners' Aid Society, Orphan Home, and I Prison Gate and Industrial Home, £7: Children's Home, Walkerville, House of Providence. Day Nursery (the Creche);, B. j Nunn Fund. St. Vincent de Paul's Society, North Adelaide, Cottage Homes, Glenelg, District Trained Nursing Society, and Queen's Maternity Home. £5; Samaritan Fund, Home for Weak-minded Children, St. Joseph's Orphanage. Largs Bay, and Sea'men's Mission, £3 SPCA.. Society, £2; total, £279.