Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), Thursday 18 October 1928, page 10


„'. SPORTING NEWS. ./.

TURF NOTES.

(By 'CCBtUB.'j

Xominations.for the Burdekln Doltu. Turf Club's meeting on Saturday, October 27, close at 4 p.m. to-morrow (Friday) .

When the Prince of Wales was In India he was presented with a liorao by the Indian Romount Department. ? Tlio aniljul was branded VJ1 neur hhouldor over 216. The Prince was very pleased with the horse, and became, curious to know whose brand was on the horse. The brand belongs li- Moore Brothers, 01' Barauibah, Queensland, und Mr Isaac Moore Is In vocclpt of a letter, giving particulars ol the presentation oC the horse to the I'rince. and of. the desire oC the Prlnco tu know who bred the horse. Tho anloi horses sold off Uarnmbah to the Indian Remount Department. Ho was li- Basllcus (Little Bernlc— Her Maj(ity) from a mare named Blue Bell. llasih'us raced in Ui-lsbnnc, and his numc represents the Greek word for Kins. Tnc new stipendiary stewards of i. Q.T.O. have from the outset, of iln.-. anointment made It evident that tin.-. Inicnri to take hold of the racing :?? llrlFbune, and the Q.T.C. commlttvo is evidently behind them. Last Friday several jockeys worn before tho rluu's committee, and were asked lo explain their recent conduct to the IIre n si n s committee. ~ It wub decided to take dt-cisivc action, und Home ivoll known jockeys were stood down for periods r&nglng from one month to three months. Jockeys W. Sblpton mm S. lluario were each suspended tor threw months, J. V, Walsh and J. P. JoncK were stood down for otifl month, n-liilst a. Eadle was reprimanded. Mares have 'not been very successful in the Caulfleld Cup, only six having won It These were Blink Bonny 1KS4. Ornce Darling- I8S5. Sweet N-sll l:'O3, Marvel Loch 1005. Lady Medallist 1011 and Wynetto 1923. This year there are two marcs with a good ohanco In the Caulfleld In 'Maple and mack Duchess. Favorites have not been very successful in the Caulfleld Cup, In fact inly nine favorites have won in ZZ years, no backing favorites; as the prices .ire usually Bhort, has not been very profitable, a shade over one winner in every four years. Horses weighted in the eight stone division have the best average of wins In the Caulfleld cup, and Maple looks the best of this division. Streplion's victory in tho Herbert Power Stakes makes him look a hard colt to pass In the Derby, and this win justifies the faith his stable had In lacking the colt for the Melbourne Cup. .Maple's second in the Herbert Power Stakes makes her look a good chance In the Csulfleld Cup, In which she has 8.7. .Maple was a consistent mare in her ' own country, and has been given every chance to get used to the Victorian climate. she looks like being one of the hardest for Gothic to beat. Last year's Caulfleld. Cup winner, Toxsllc, won the Coongy Handicap, on Wednesday, with 9.2. He has 9.0 In the Caulfield Cup on .Saturday. Textile is a seven-year-old horse, and has been a useful winner right, through his. caret-r. The Nursery Handicap at Caulfleld was rather a suprlse for St Andrew won. the ravorlte, Galllnune, being llilrcl. St Andrew- is a black colt by Bernard from Gipsy's Charm. The colt wan a very smart sort -of a year' ling: well laiahcod and a good looker. Mr. O'Neill got him for 300 guineas at Inslis' sales at Easter. St. Andrew was bred by those old breeders, the . Reynolds. The colt was by. .Btrfla^d from Gipsy's Charm. by.B&Vaolpjigrpin Bright siren, by Bright 9teoJ from The Siren, a l.ilf s'ister to The Victory, a Melbourne Cup winner. Gipsy's Charm was :l r.ster to Kinjr Bardnlph, and half sislar lo .Switzerland. Mr O'Neill looks like having a cood colt In St. Andrew?: ?' Serbuiy, second In the Conney Handicap, with S.ll. is in the CnuilteM Cup with 7.0. He Is a Queenslander, being a four-year-old brown fielding, by Scremond from Fuglebury, an 1mnnrted. mare, and dam of Centrifugal, wlin meed In Townsvllle. In fact, Kui'biiry. Is a. brother to Centrifugal. Alfred the Great, third In the Coonsy. l» in the Caulfleld with 7.0. Ho is 3 four-year-old geldlne by Tue .Wrderer or Allegory from War 'Whoop, and has done most of hlfl rflcInjr in South Australia. He ran a first rRte race In the Stand Handican with 7.9, being second to Strephon 7.3, with Horoscone 9.0 third. Textile. The Banker, Maple and a cood lot behind him. On thesn runs Alfred the Great must be clven a rare chance In the CaulflRld. for Etrephon's form Is beyond oil doubt, and to be beaten by him was evidently no disgrace. Sharp Son's failure In the Coonpry will makn his Caulfleld Cup supporters a trifle uneasy, but the extra dlstAnce of thn Cun is in Shnrp Son's fnvor. Gordon Richards, the crack English Jockey, got a Ereat reception after ?nlnnin? on Tiffin, at Tork. this belnff hln 100th winning amount for the sealion., _He and Mr Jnmes Itelrnse, the chairman of the Tork Racecourse ? Committee, who had celebrated his ? 100th birthday earlier In the months . were photographed together. Later, ?Mr Jlelrose kicked oft at a jockey's football match. : Clnq-a-Sent, who -won the Ebor Handicap Plate. U miles, at Tork recently, comes from the same family us Robespierre, a horse Imported by Sir Sol Green, and sold to a New Zealand breeder, as a sire, both tracing to the Trenton mare, Cooee.