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AUSTRALIAN RACING HEALTH Enormous Crowds and Betting at atSydney Sydney and Melbourne Records Fall at Randwick Caul field Cup Sensation Desert Gold Beaten Twice Sydney New South Wales Australia November 1 Racing was never more popular throughout Aus ¬ tralia than at present and the attendance on the opening day of the Australian Jockey Clubs spring meeting at Randwick October 5 totaled about 00000 and constituted a record for Derby Day This will give an idea of how little the war has affected racing in this state and it is the same in others On the opening day at Caulficld in Melbourne the attendance was 50000 50000Betting Betting was never hejivier than now especially in cash and if the total amount speculated at Randwick on Saturday could be ascertained it would IM an eyeopener There aro 145 bookmakers licensed for the paddock 139 for the leger and 120 for the flat at Randwick and though it is probable practically all were operating on Saturday there was a totalisator business of 3G9991 3G9991That That however was next to nothing compared with the total amount invested with the army of book ¬ makers but if the latter were abolished it certainly would be exceedingly difficult to make suf ¬ ficient machine provisions to cope with speculation at any of the most important meetings at this states principal courses coursesDuring During the four days of the meeting the approxi ¬ mate attendance was 170000 170000Totalisator Totalisator investments for the four days were as followsFirst follows First day 3fit991 3fit991Second Second day 307148 307148Third Third day 198 iOl iOlFourth Fourth day 238955 238955Total Total 1114095 1114095This This is a great advance as compared with the autumn meeting when the total for the four days was S371C9 At Randwick last year the aggre ¬ gate for the nineteen days the totalisator was used was 250071 but the indications are that this year that amount will be nearly doubled The largest amount invested on any race at the recent meeting was 101f 37 37SENSATIONAL SENSATIONAL CAULFIELD CUP CUPThe The Caulfield Cup of 1918 will go down as one of the most sensational in the history of the big mile and a half event King Of fa had been supported for thousands juid odds of 50 to 1 were secured about the imported horse in some quarters On Thursday it was different to get better than 6 to 4 about him but early on Friday morning the re ¬ port went up in the city the favorite is lame The horses price eased to 5 to 1 while some odds layers laid 8 to 1 Reassuring bulletins came to hand in the evening and the horse recovered to 3 to 1 This was the best price laid on the course on Saturday and after touching 2 to 1 he went to the post a firm favorite at 5 to 2 2Evidently Evidently the injury to King Offas leg it was said to be a slight strain in the suspensory liga ¬ ment of the off foreleg above the fetlock was not as serious as wellspread rumor made it itKing King Offa was in the first six or seven going out of the straight tut a little farther on he struck trouble and fell back until six furlongs from home he had only two horses behind him From there on he put in one of the most brilliant winning efforts ever seen in Melbourne Getting a clear passage the favorite came along the rail until at the home turn he was lying in third position Here he had to go on the outside of a few horses but at the distance he had the measure of Wolaroi which had come into the straight at the head of affairs affairsWith With F Bullock sitting still on him King Offa passed the post with an advantage of threequarters of a length Then the cheering began Horse and rider were greeted with a loud outburst of applause and the victory was a most popular one oneKing King Offa was saved for a coup which was brought off Before his Cup victory the colt had run four races one a moderate placing He cost his owners 1000 in England as a twoyearold but was never raced in England EnglandIt It is estimated that the success of King Offa distributed fully 250000 among backers of the horse One early bet laid against King Offa was 10000 to 8200 A lot of money won on the horse went to Sydney bettors bettorsLionel Lionel Robinson and William Clark joint owners of King Offii the Caulfield Cup winner are now residing in England and are members of the London Stock Exchange Robinson is also the owner of the firstclass English twoyearold Stefan the Great by The Tetrarch Perfect Peach winner of this years Middle Park Plate and 18125 18125RECORD RECORD SMASHING AT SANDWICH SANDWICHThere There was smashing racing October 59 at Rand ¬ wick October 5 was the owning day of the Aus ¬ tralian Jockey Club meeting There was an at ¬ tendance of ioooo and in the way of Australasian records three new ones were made Cetigne 204 for a mile and a quarter Poitrel 231 for a mile and a half and Lord Nagar 34014 for two miles over hurdles Baltic Sea equaled the track record of eighthsLord 120 for seven eighths Lord Nagar has more pace than the average hurdler and with the assistance of a strong wind for about a mile and a quarter of the journey did his record two miles Lord Nagar was first schooled for jumping less than six months ago and won the Trial Hurdles at Flemingtou last July J Finn trains him for the Rajah of Pudukota an Indian potentate Lord Nagar was the 3 to 1 favorite favoriteCetigne Cetigne made his new record 204 for the mile and a quarter October 9 in the Craven Plate with 10000 added He beat Wolaroi a head Estland the Randwick Plate winner another head away after a grand race Desert Gold was fourth still a head farther back Desert Sold was again the favorite at 2 to 5 Cetigne was 12 to 1 Wolaroi 4 to 1 and Estland 33 to 1 Cetigne is now one of the great winners in Australia He cost T A Stirton his owner 10000 in 1917 Cetignes total for sixteen wins fourteen seconds and five thirds is 113535 which places him second in the list Carbine still being an easy first with 147380 147380The The time was remarkable but conditions were favorable and though it is not believed that Desert Gold has deteriorated to the extent that some fol ¬ lowers of racing would have us believe it is questionable whether she is quite as good as last autumn In support of this contention and leaving time out of the question it can be poined out that Poitrel was equal to beating her at a mile and a half and three horses finished slightly ahead of her at a mile and a quarter When she was pre ¬ viously here Cetigne was unable to seriously trouble her at nine furlongs prior to that race nor at eight when they met at Randwick a few weeks later As Desert Gold has turned six a slight loss of form must almost be expected The Spring Stakes was Desert Golds fortyeighth race and the first time she had missed a place placePoitrels Poitrels record was made under 126 pounds In the Spring Stakes 7500 added He beat Desert Gold 127 pounds by a short head with the Metro jwlitan winner Kennaquhalr two lengths back of the gallant mare which was an oddson favorite at 1 to 4 Poitrel was 25 to 1 in the betting NOTABLE RACE HORSE RETIRED RETIREDOld Old Cagou one of the favorites among racing folks has been retired for good and goes to Too wooinba Queensland to be used as a sire He is nine years old bv Ayr Laddie Tartar and winner of the Brisbane Cup mid Metropolitan Handicap Before Ioitrels new record of 231 for one and onehalf miles Cagou with Comedy King held the Australian record of 231 4 made eight years ago at Raudwick He has earned some 32000 during his racing term R Lewis had his nineteenth Caulfield Cup mount when he rode Ash view October 10 He won on Shepherd King in 1916 and was third on Ballistitu 1890 Emir 1904 and Cyklon 1915 1915T T H Lowrv received recent news from New Zealand that Aurarius had foaled a bay sister to Desert Gold An Australian foaling of note is a sister to Biplane and at Arrowfield of a brother to RadnorAt Radnor At Tattersalls Club in Sydney recently an appeal for subscriptions to the war loan resulted in over 415000 being raised and at City Tattersalls on Monday last 125300 In each case the principal subscribers were bookmakers bookmakersIt It is calculated that in New Zealand during the past season the racing clubs paid 900000 in taxa ¬ tion to the government and that donations for pa ¬ triotic purposes since the commencement of the war had exceeded 500000 and subscriptions to war loans 150OUU 150OUUIrish Irish Princess which shares the Australian record for two miles with Prince Bardolpli died recently at Lyndliurst Stud Warwick where she had recently been sent on a visit to Chaiitenierle While hobbled the mare reared fell on hec Jiead and died from hemorrhage of the brain Irish Princess was by King Kufus Alannah by Salvadan Cuirasotte by Cuirassier1 It is stated that on the opening day at Rand ¬ wick one bettor laid 20000 to 5000 on Desert Sold and 25000 to 10000 on her for the Craven Plate WednesdayThe on Wednesday The AVest Australian relates that a woman in ¬ vested a iOicent place bet on a horse in the first race at Goodwood stipulating that the l et and win ¬ nings should go on a specified horse in the next race and continue till the last nice The seven horses she selected all got a place Unfortunately for her her IxHikmaker stipulated that there was to be a 725 limit But for this the woman would have collected 950 950AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN RACING GOSSIP GOSSIPPoseidon Poseidon is the only horse that M far lias won the two Cups Grace Darling and Shepherd King eacli won the Caulfield Cup and ran second in the Melbourne Cup and Dewey and Uncle Sam with a first in one and a third in the other didbest of the remaining horses which competed in both races Poseidon was a threeyearold when he won both races and another of that age in Waterfall was first in the Caulfield CupThe Cup and fourth in the Melbourne Cup The grass track known at Randwick as the magpie was dressed some time ago with sand and is to be further coated in that fashion after the grass has grown through The idea is to make it a wet weather track as Randwick has always been somewhat Nhort of those the only one available for fast work after fairly heavy rain being that known as the cinders though it is really a sand track trackThere There were 151 starters for the ten races at Canterbury Park October 2 close to a record for a SydneyThe suburban horse meeting in Sydney The first of Australias great races the Mel ¬ bourne Cup was run in 1851 and was a sweep ¬ stakes of 100 each for runners with 1000 added Xowt it is worth from 28000 to 35000 to the winner alonev alonevThe The records of former and present champions in Australia up to October 30 are Carbine 43 starts i3 wins 6 seconds 3 thirds and once unplaced stakes won 147380 Desert Gold 48 starts 34 wins 9 seconds 4 thirds once unplaced stakes won 109i70 109i70Biplane Biplane was recently October 12 offered for sale with a reserve price of 30000 The best bid was S17000 and the son of Comedy King Air Motor goes back to New Zealand with the Green ¬ wood lot When Sir Hercules Robinson was governor of New South Wales he had his colors carried in five Melbourne Cups namely by Fitz Yattendou 1873 Speciilatioh unid Fitz Yattendoji 1874 Kings borough 1S7C Clifton 1875 and Emily 1S78 1S78The The leading figure among Australian owners now ¬ adays isG D Greenwood whose gelding Glonniiug has just won the Australian Jockey Club Derby During the few years Mr Greenwood has been rac ¬ ing he IiaKwou tin Australian Jockey Club twice the Victoria Racing Club Derby once tliu New Zealand Derby twice Great Northern Derby twice New Zealand CUD Canterbury Cup and Met ropolitjin in partnership wHh ViceAdmiral and the Canterbury Cup with Cherubim which also won the bit classic Middle Park Plate twice Other good stakes falling to the stable include the Great Easter Winter Cir Challenge Ctakes Cham ¬ pagne Stakes Welcome Stakes Royal Stakes three times Great Northern Foal Stakes twice Aus ¬ tralian Racing Club Handicap once straight and one shared honors of a dead heat D edin stakes Hastings States Mahawatii Stakes twice i aj nierston North Stakes Manawutu Sires Produce Stakes Wangiuuu Guineas twice Jackson Stakes five times aiid once more in partnership with Vice Admiral Welleslcy Stakes New Zealand St Leger Wellington Cup Thomnsnn Handicap and other events of more or less importance
