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FINE AUSTRALIAN RAGING . i Immense Crowds and Betting at Randwicks Spring Meeting. err Turf Sport at Its Zenith in the Antipodes Great Performers and Their Winnings. i SYDXKY. X. S. W., October 20.- -The Australian Jockey Iubs spring meeting, which closed at the Randwick course here last Saturday, was probably the best for the sport and class of the horses ever held in Australia. The weather was favorable throughout, and even a conservative estimate of 01.000 for Derby day. 75.000 for Metropolitan day. 40.000 for Craven Plate day. and 45.000 for Randwick Plate day would mean 221. 000 for tin four days, against 170.000 last year. It would not surprise to learn that the total for the recent meeting was exceeded by a few thousands. Twenty-five races were run in the four days, drew ,371,751 in and out of the totalizator machines, an average! of S342.93S per day and nearly 5,030 a race. The five chief figures in the weight-for-age division here are in full action now. though Cetigne and Kennequliair are not what they were. lTp to date their records are: Horse. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Inp. "Won. Cetigne 7 05 13 14 9 20 27,285 Wolaroi 7 3S 15 11 4 10 98,774 Gloaming 4 19 15 3 0 1 71,7.00 Poitrel 5 22 9 0 2 11 54,057 Kennequliair . . 5 47 S 8 4 27 47,445 Gloaming may he given a try-out as a stayer at the Xew Zealand Cup meeting. At any rate, ho has, been nominated for the Oantorburv Cup, two kand ime-quarter. miles, . weight -foe-age.. Afterglow is i.lso iii the race, as i. .Desert Gold. KbssinT and Gloaming are in the G. G. Stead Memorial Cup. The Xew Zealand totalizator return for 1918-1919 was 8,002,397. From this total the clubs retained seven and one-half per cent, or .1 19.080. The .governments share was two and one-half per cent from the machines take, or 16,501. and two and one-half jicr cent on dividends, 1919.sh45,000, a total of .301. 50. The unpaid fractions or "breaks" totaled 37.28S. With unpaid fractions totaling nearly a half of one per cent, the Xew Zealand deductions from investments practically amount to thirteen per cent, which is heavier than in Xew South Wales. Here the direct deduction is eleven per cent, and the, fractions fall short of another one per cent. REPEATERS SCARCE IN GREAT RACES. Carbine was the last winner of the Melbourne Stakes and MellKmrne Cup in the same year. Sinco then, results have been as under: 1S90 Carbine First 1891 Marvel Xon-startcr 1S92 Autonomy Xon-starter 1893 Loyalty Fourth 1S94 Ruenalf Unplaced 1S9." Hova Second 1890 Disfigured Unplaced 1897 Battalion Unplaced 1898 Battalion Unplaced 1899 Mora ; .Unplaced 1900 Lancaster Unplaced 1901 Wakeful Unplaced 1902 Wakeful. Xon-starter 1903 Wakeful Second 1904 Gladsome Xon-startcr 1905 Tartan Third 190T Solution Unplaced 1907 Poseidon .Unplaced 1908 Peru Unplaced 1909 Ala wa .Second 1910 Son of the Marsh Xon-starter 1911 Trafalgar Unplaced 1912 Duke Foote Unplaced 1913 Ana Carlovna Xon-starter 1914 St. Carwyne Fourth 19 15 Traquet te Xon -s ta rter 1910 Lavendo Xon-starter 1917 Cetigne Xon-starter 1918 Magpie Xon-starter 1919 Chrome Unplaced In the last twenty-three years the winner of the Victoria Derby has fared as follows in the Melbourne Cup of the same year: Melbourne Year. Derby Winner. Cup Weight. Cup. 1895 Wallace DM Unplaced 1890-XowJiaven. Ill First 1897 Ambcrite 110 Unplaced 189S Cocos tOS Third 1S99-Merriwee lot First 1900 Malster 109 Second 1901 Hautvilliers 110 Xon-starter 3902 Abundance 104 Third 1903 F. J. A. IDS Unplaced 1904 Sylvanite 10S Unplaced 1905 Ijidy Wallace 110 Xot entered 1900 Poseidon 101 First 1907 Mountain King Kit Third 1903 Alawa 101 Fifth 1909 Prince Foote 100 First 1910 Beverage 107 Xon-starter 1911 WHart 103 Xou-slarter 1912 Wolawa 100 Xot entered 1913 Deragoon 107 Unplaced 1914 Carlita 102 Unplaced 1915 Patrobas 101 First 1910 Wolaroi 10: Fifth 1917 Biplane 10:i Xon-startcr 191S Kusebius 101 Unplaced 1919 Artilleryniaii 101 First Dead heat with Richmond Main. RARE AUSTRALASIAN TRAINING FEATS, Trainer It. Bradford, first, second and third in tin au.lieid Cup, is not an uucquuhd performance in an important race. The marvelous record registered by John Hill in the Adelaide Cup of ISSt has been overlooked by modern record recorders. Jihn Hill was the trainer who prepared Auraria for the Melbourne Cup, Broken Hill for the Australian Cup and Xewstead for the Maribyrnong Plate, to say nothing of many other celebrated victories. -He ranks as the greatest trainer South Australia has known, and before he died, a few months ago. when asked to state what race he looked upon with more pleasure than anv other, he replvl: "The Adelaide Cup of 1SS1. I mn first, second, third and fourth, and 1 dont think anyone will ever do that in a Cup .ig-im." The race went to Tofilisator. witii Rothschild second, Venus third and First Water fourth. Hill I Continued on second page. FINE AUSTRALIAN RACING Continued from first page. trn.iicd the band, and declared to win with Total-isator, and quite humorously remarked before the contest that he would not be a bit surprised I; he caught all the place money. Totaiisntor was owned by Simeon Barnard. Rothschild ran 111 the no-nina-tiou of W. Pile, Venus carried the colors of John Crozler and First Water was second string for Mr. Pile. Beacon, in the Melbourne Leader, writes that on the dny Cm field Cup was run Brad field remarked: "A bit of,. luck will make all the difference. Whichever one of my three secures the best run will win. and they .may finish first, second and third." For good judgment that is hard to beat. The scribe also wrote that the stable commission for Lucknow averaged about 100 to 0 and that Messrs. Bobinson and larks winnings were just under S50,;oo. The Caulfield Cup has lieeii a great race for those owners. They had the winning ticket in Tattersalls sweep on it when Rronzetti won in 1917. and have landed the race for the past two years with their own horses. DESERT GOLDS UNFORTUNATE SISTERS. DOro, a three-year-old sister to Desert Gold, was sent to the stud last season and recently foaled a colt to Finland. It is soniewhnt oniiMial fcr a filly to lie sent to the stud at two y:n anil It was evidently recognized at an early stage that it was little use attempting to race DOro. She is owned bv T. II. Iowry. Desert Golds owner. Another sister, the- two-year-old Acacia, recently broke a shoulder while working at Hastings. At latest an attempt was being made to save1 her for breeding purposes. If the report is correct that Acacia was even more promising than Desert Gold at the same age. Mr. I.owry is specially unfortunate. Mention of Desert Gold reminds me that she was s:iii to have looked hi alsiut three weeks ago. She nih-M-d a place in th- recent Champion Plate at. Wellington, but was caught in the barrier at the start. One of the best of the present Australian riders. F. Bullock, who won on Lucknow in the Caulfield Cup. goes to England to ride for the Jarvis stable next season. He is a irood jockey, can ride at about 111 pounds, and therein is at a decided advantage as compared with B. Carslake, another Australian who is doing particularly well in England. Bullock, who is thirtv-four years of age. went to England in 11104, and commencing from 1907 rode in Germany for the Roval Graditz Stud for six seasons. In that country he headed tlie winning jockeys list for five years. . The Wellington. New Zealand. Racing Club is having three new stands erected at Trentham a stewards and members stand, with accommodation for the public m the roof, a grandstand seating 4. ."00. and another stand seating about 2.000. They are all so designed that they can be added to when required, and will be finished some time next year. It is proposed to open the center of the Trentham course to the public, in the same fashion -as at Band wick and Flemington. Messrs. Robinson and Clark have done well in Australia with Imported horses, their wins including the Caulfield Cup King Offa and Lucknow. Fu-turitv Stakes Flash of Steel, Eudorus and Lucknow, Metropolitan St. Spnsa. Adelaide Cup Els-don, and various valuable weight-for-age races with Laliius and Magpie. James Shepherd, a well-known Australian turfman who raced Liquid Fire, Lingle. Fleurant. Cragrose and other good horses, died at Congee October 11. His turf name was J. Devon and on the day before his owners death Fleurant won the Park Handicap at Coogee. One of the first wagers laid against Lucknow for the Caulfield Cup was at the rate of ."0 to 1. Subsequentlv .quite a number of backers got 33 to 1 about the imported son of,Minoru. He won at 4 to 1. As much as 100 to 1 was laid in at least one big wager against tlie ultimate favorite, Night Watch, which started at 3 to 1. Three horses, all of which are .brothers, raced at Caulfield on Saturday. They are Royal Comedy. Roval Reserve and Kings Treasure. The first -named pair ran seconds and the other finished unplaced. The three horses are by Comedy King, dam the Wallace mare Independence. The brown gelding Kenilford, by Kenilworth Blueford, thought to have a great chance with ninetv-six pounds in the Melbourne Cup, after being iiea ten a head with 102 pounds up in the Metropolitan Handicap, was bought a day or two ago bv Sir Samuel Horden for 7,500. Kenilford failed in the Cup. but his stable companion. Sir Samuel Hordens Artilleryman, won it. KANGAROO.
