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BIG AUSTRALIAN CROWDS Antipodean Folks Turn More and More to Outdoor Sports Winners of Rich Turf Prizes on onthe the Australasian Courses Prices for Yearlings Racing and sporting crowds continue to improve in Australian centers Saturday August 31 at Melbourne there was an attendance of 36000 to see the football match between teams below the immediate firstclass from South Melbourne and Carlton On the same day there were 15000 paying people at the Caulfield race course in the same city At Sydney and Melbourne the racing gate receipts run from twentyfive to thirty per cent higher than those of last year a fairly good one Betting totals show proportionate gains gainsThe The totalizator turnover for the two days of the Grand National meeting at the Ricarton course Christchurch was 638075 against 534980 last year Many thousands of followers of racing have gone from New Zealand to tho war but despite that tlie totalizator speculation continues oh the up grade gradeThe The race course attendance has increased not only in the big cities but in tlie country During the days of anxiety over tlie war people in Aus ¬ tralia and New Zealand seem more and more to tuni to outdoor snorts especially for their recreation and relief reliefIn In connection with this matter it may be stated for informations sake that the football attendance records were both made in 1913 and at matches of supreme importance At tlie Northern Union Match of England against Metropolis at Sydney the at ¬ tendance was 50257 anil at the St Kilda Fitroy match played in Melbourne there were 59479 paid admissions admissionsAUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN TURF WINNINGS WINNINGSHere Here are some figures which should be of inter ¬ est to Americans whose ideas turn toward turf values in other lands The tables below deal ex ¬ clusively with winnings Here are the winnings of notable Australian horses iip to June 30 the half year mark of 1918 Horse Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won WonCarbine Carbine i43 33 6 3 1 147380 147380Trafalgar Trafalgar 59 24 11 6 18 110555 110555Desert Desert Gold 46 34 8 4 0 108170 108170Cetigne Cetigne 34 15 14 5 0 106090 106090Poseidon Poseidon 33 1 4 3 7 97480 97480Carlita Carlita 47 13 10 8 16 89150 89150Woorak Woorak 37 11 7 2 17 84000 84000Wakeful Wakeful 44 25 12 4 3 83450 83450Prince Prince Foote 18 11 4 1 2 82600 82600Duke Duke Foote 23 12 0 2 9 70345 70345Comedy Comedy King 28 87 4 9 64725 64725Sasanof Sasanof 31 8 9 4 10 62000 62000Below Below are given tlie second division winners of 25000 or over up to June 30 1918 1918Races Races Amt Races Amt AmtHorse Horse Won Won Horse Won Won WonLanius Lanius 10 88210 Ulvas Isle 6 45115 45115Cider Cider 9 84025 Tlie Grafter 9 40615 40615Patrobas Patrobas 7 79785 Achilles 25 44650 44650Cagou Cagou 9 77570 Paul Pry 30 41525 41525Biplane Biplane 10 67980 Mooltan 8 41115 41115Newhaven Newhaven 19 66270 Alawa 11 40975 40975AVolaroi AVolaroi 8 60125 Chester 18 40870 40870Abercorn Abercorn 21 63655 Kingsburgh 2 40400 40400Malt Malt King 12 63005 Grand Flaneur 9 39695 39695Piastre Piastre 7 62340 Lavendo 7 39690 39690Beragoon Beragoon 5 59600 Navigator 11 38830 38830Westcourt Westcourt 5 59250 Aleconner 9 38775 38775Radnor Radnor 10 57425 Commotion 13 38500 38500Mountn Mountn King 7 57355 Boabdll 13 38485 38485St St Carwyne 71 56595 Ambcrita 10 38110 38110Malvolio Malvolio 3 50070 Lord Nolan 4 37905 37905Thrice Thrice 5 5573o La Carabine 15 36860 36860Glenloth Glenloth 14 53570 Outlook 5 30745 30745Gladsome Gladsome 28 53560 Amata 9 36615 36615Uncle Uncle Sam 7 52660 Lady Wallace 14 35955 35955Ll Ll Medallist 21 51880 Blague 10 34985 34985Wolawa Wolawa 8 51190 The Barb 16 34590 34590Warstep Warstep 12 50950 Emir 11 34240 34240Lord Lord Cardigan 8 50620 Bronzetti 4 33J725 33J725Tratiuctte Tratiuctte 15 50080 Solution 13 31500 31500Posinatus Posinatus 9 49155 Dividend 12 3093 3093Tartan Tartan 13 48485 Wallace 8 30580 30580Mountn Mountn King 12 47725 Mestico 16 30500 30500Tlie Tlie F Hunter 9 47525 Broadsword 7 29145 29145The The Parisian 6 47025 Yale Lock 44 28300 28300Blue Blue Speck 12 46720 Bribury 15 25280 25280Malua Malua 12 45930 Redleap 6 25245 25245Reputation Reputation 10i 45125 45125Here Here are a few interesting figures for future reference They show the prices that have been paid up to July 1 1918 for nativebred yearlings in the Australian markets marketsName Name Breeding Purchaser Price PriceOrcus Orcus Positano Jacinth H R Dixson 15760 15760Lord Lord Randolph Newininster Primrose A AS S Cliirnsicle 11960 11960Havoc Havoc Norderifeldt Frailty W R Wilson 11440 Calaverite Graf ton Gold Dust A Wynne 10920 Duke James Malster Lady Grafton John JohnBrown Brown 10920 10920Mousijuetaire Mousijuetaire Nordenfeldt Frailty S II IIGillian Gillian 10530 10530Segenhoe Segenhoe Maribyrnong The Fawn Jas JasWhite White 1 10400 10400Warwick Warwick Maribyrnong The Fawn A F FSmart Smart 16400 16400Lady Lady Joan Sir Foote Etra Weenie A S SChirnside Chirnside 10400 10400Desert Desert Gold the crack New Zealand mare visited Australia last autumn and started in six races She won four races and scored two seconds win ¬ ning 20795 in stakes The profit on Desert Golds tour was devoted by her owner T H Lowry to New Zealand patriotic objects Biplane visited Australia from New Zealand also last spring and won five races and 52730 in stakes stakesIn In New Zealand a little while back a report was circulated that the government had decided that there should be ho more shipment of race horses out of New Zealand to Australia or to other places Tlie statement was contradicted by ministers who said that the government had never at any time considered the matter Soirie Australian owners probably wish something of tlie kind had Happened to keep Desert Gold Biplane and others at home homeHOW HOW A STAKE WINNER WAS SAVED SAVEDThey They arc tolling a story in Auckland New Zea ¬ land that the Canterbury Jockey Club Winter Cup winner Bedford was under orders to be slaugh ¬ tered for pigs food on one occasion Tlie story is that after giving orders that four horses running In a paddock may be slaughtered for th purpose named the owner realized that a chestnut spokeii of in the party might possibly be Bedford So he straightway made for the scene of action aud dis ¬ covered that ouc of the horses had already becii destroyed destroyedr destroyedalso r also that Bedford was among the num ¬ ber to have his career cut short The horse was spared Mr Marshall Bedfords owner was lucky to have arrived in time to stop the execution for Bedford afterwards roved Ills worth and won the cup handsomely and with much profit to his owner whose career on the New Zealaiid turf has been full of iips and dqwns The ileath took place in Ipswich South Australia September 4 of James MiGUI who for many years was one of Queenslands most prominent and re ¬ spected horse owners At different times he was suecessf uly represented in most of the big races mn in Brisbane South Australia his first win in a Brisbane Cup being with Sunrise as far back as 1877 He subsequently won that race with Procior 1882 Mozart J18S3 Lancer 18S5 Lyndhurst 1880 and FitzGraftqn 1894 and 1895 lie never won a Queensland Cup and his only Queensland Turf Club Derby winner was FitzGrafton He won the Queensland Turf Club St Leger with La Grange and FItzGrafiori and other good horses owned by him were Olive Branch Preston Musician Truce North Australian Notre Dumc Bucolic and Pirate Kangaroo
