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(By "THE VET.")
FORTHCOMING TURF FIXTURES.
To-day.
Bacchus Marsh (Vic).
To-morrow.
Ynrra-GIen (Vic).
Saturday.
Moonee Valley (Gold Cup).
Ascot (Sydney).
Amateur T.C. (Adelaide).
November.
4 (Sa turd av).-V.U.C. Derby, Melbourne
Stakes, Cantala Stakes.
7 (Tuesday).-Melbourne Cup.
0 (Thursday).-V.K.C. Spring Carnival
(Third Day),
ll (Saturday).-V.Tt.C. (Concluding Dny).
Rotlrod from tho Turf:
Taurus, a brilliant sprinter a few sea
sons ago, who, in addition to several wins,
ran third to Phar Lap and Mystic Beak
in the Caulfield Futurity Stakes, has been
retired from tho turf.
Full Sister to Hall Mark:
An interesting foaling al Tarwyn Stud
(Vic.) was a tilly from llerowinkio by
Heroic. The filly is therefore a full Histor
to Hall Mark, tho A.J.C. Derby winner.
Moonco Valley Gold Cup:
A race that may have an important
bearing on forthcoming Spring events is
tho Moonee Valley Gold Cup, one mile
and five furlongs, run nest Saturday, Oro,
Jimmie Boy and Picatas read well.
Clean Sweep (1000) and Blue Spec
(1905) won the Moonee Valley Gold Cup
and the Melbourne Cup in the snmc
venr.
Stand By (1924) and Silvius (1927) %von
Hie Moonee Valley Cup and followed it
up by running second in thc Melbourne
Cup. Shadow King won the Moonee
Valley Cup in 1930 and ran third lo Phar
Lap and Second Wind in tho Melbourne
Cup.
Last year Yarramba was successful in
thc Moonee Valley Gold Cup, subse
quently being beaten by a neck by Peter
l'an in the Melbourne Cup.
Following aro tho place-getters in tho
Moonee Valley Gold Cup since 1921:
1021-Wirraway 7.13, Tangalooma 8.10,
Tavistock 7.2.
1922-Purser 8.11, Paratoo 7.0, Station
0.10.
1023- Princess Mernda 0.10, Valwyno 0.10,
Comique 7.9.
1921-Stand By S.12, Aocarak S.7, Walla
rak 7.8.
1025-Tookarby 8.1, Raith 7.2, priarsdalo
7.12.
1920-Royal Charter 8.12, Raron 7.7, Bat
teryman 8.0.
1927-Silvias 8.5, Son o' Mine 7.S, Fri
dnnnus SA.
192S-Xawallah 7.9, Mondinga 0.7, Uemost
0.10.
1929- Princo Viol 8.1, Second Wind 8.12,
Shadow King 7.12.
1930- Shadow King 7.13, Kenney 8.5,
Sidonia 7.3.
1931- Homedale 7.5, Sartarcss 0.11, Miss
Arrow 7.0.
1932- Yarramba 0.11. Havering S.9,
Shadow King 0.0.
Off to India:
Two Victorian jockeys who will maka
the ICast their headquarters are Harold
Jones and Jack RafTaele, who have accept
ed engagements to ride for A. Higgins1
stable at Calcutta. Higgins controls ono
of the largest strings in the Past. Both
jockeys will leave for India this week.
A Son of Spearfelt:
Soft Step, a son of tho Melbourne
Cup winner Spearfelt, outclassed Iiis op
ponents in this year's Queensland Guineas
to such an extent that ho looks like win
ning thc Queensland Derby next month.
Fair Sex on Top:
At Folkestone (Eng.) on September 4
the four runners for the Canal Plate were
owned by women, and the winner waa
Mrs. C. Rich's Silver Box, ridden by G
liichards.
In addition to those represented in this
race six other women owners had starters
during tho afternoon.
To Be Turned Out:
Trivnlve's brother, Treyford, who
showed much promise, has developed shin
sorness, and Trainer James Scobie bas
decided not to persevere with him at pres
ent. He will bo turned out and later
prepared for the Autumn season.
Died Penniless:
The late Pancho Villa, thc Filipino, who
beat thc aged Jimmy Wilde, of Wales,
and won the world's flyweight boxing title,
earned over £00,000 (luring bis five years
of fighting and died penniless.
Made Good:
Lough Neigh lost little time on his re
turn to Brisbane in recouping his owner,
T. J. Brosnan, to some extent for bis
failure to win a race at tho A.J.C. spring
meeting at Randwick.
Tho gelding accounted for thc October
Handicap of a milo and a quarter at tho
Q.T.C. meeting the other Saturday, and,
in doing so, made an exhibition of the
opposition.
À surprising {enturo of the race was
thc prico on offer against Lough Ncngh at
barrier rise-3 to 1. His form in Sydney
had been so good, and ho looked so well
when he went out on to thc Eagle Farm
track, that thc fact that he was handi
capped at 9.12 should not have deterred
backers.
A Golfing Story:
Irate Golfer: Confound you, sir! You
have driven your ball through my best
hat. I insist on you buying-mo a new
one.
Chuckling Golfer: You lucky dog. I
.don't mind in thc least buying you a new
hat. I thought at first that I should
have to buy you a new coffin.
Wrestling Methuselahs:
Wrestlers live to great ages.
"Strangler" Lewis, who visited Aus
tralia, is still one of the best men on tho
mnt, and they say he is about 00 years
old.
Stanislaus Zbysyko was reported to have
'; been 50 when he won tho championship
lof the world. He must be approaching
1 tho 70-mark now.
Tolo Rocorrt for Cup:
The total amoilla wagered on the Caul
field tote last Saturday was £55,408/5/.
of which £'24,204/15/ was in tho wm pool
mid £31.203/10/ in thc place pool.
_ The amount wagered mi the Cnnllield
Cup Inst year was £34,401/5/.
This year's record is £10,102/15/ better
than tho previous one.
Dream Which Carno True:
Weelts before thc Caulfield Cup weights
appeared a Kew South Wales country
client wioto to a well-known tSydncy
bookmaker and slated that bc dreamed
that a horse whoso name commenced' with
0 lind run into a pince in tho Cnnllield
Cup.
Ho wanted to back it as he thought
that thc dream wa« wiro to como true.
Thc bookmaker replied and laid him 20
to 1 Oro for a pince.
Oro'« starting price in the Caulfield Cup
was 10 lo 1 and 2V4 to 1 for a place.
Included In Working Team:
Ft. Fisher lins included the two-year-olds
Coherer (Marconigrnm-Skyline), Cale
donian (Caledon-Ednavor), and Bhoy
(Buralong-Irish Damsel) in his working
team nt irlcinmgton.
fakon In Hand:
Thc good-looking Silvado, by Silvias
from Desdemona, after a long spell, lins
again boen taken in hand by A. Jamieson,
nt Morphettville (S.A.).
A Colt Foal:
Sonic Opera, a Port Adelaide Christmas
Handicap winner, has produced a colt foal
to Tho Night Patrol. It is a full brother
to Night Opera.
This Sox Inequality:
In the squadron races nt Radcliffe
swimming baths tho seniors -won by 12
yards, and thc women by six years.
"Bolton Evening News."
"A Bitter Disappointment":
"In most respects my visit to the United
States was n bitter disappointment," enid
Austin Robertson, the world's profcKf.ion.il
sprint chnmpion, who returned to .Mel
bourne by the Mntson liner Mariposa.
"I found that
there was no one
with whom a race
could he arranged.
My hopea were
raised when it
seemed certain
that a match
raco against lid
die Tobin, the
Olympic sprinter,
nt the Chicago
World Fair, but
at the Inst min
ute negotiations
fell through. Thc
snmc thing hap
pened when I
tried lo arrange
a race willi
WykofT.
Robertson left
Australia witli
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Au» tin Robortion
tho Winooka party nhout six months ago
to defend his title against tho best run
ners in tho United States.
"When I arrived in tho United States,"
ho said, "I found that Tolan was not m
training, and lind not raced on thc track
since the Olympic Games. It is almost j
certain, however, that he will visit Aus
tralia for the Centenary celebrations,
when I will have the opportunity of de
fending my title against him."
"Although I nm naturally disappointed
with the outcome of my tour, it has been
a wonderful experience," Robertson
1 added.
"Three weeks after I landed in the
United States I covered the 100 yards in
0 31-10 sec., and felt confident that I
could have beaten 'Tolan had a match been
arranged. At Suva I competed against
the champion of the Fiji Islands, a native
policeman over 100 yards. From 5 yards,
no beat me by less than a foot. My time
on that occasion was 9 9-10 soc."
"The universities aro the homo.of sport
in tho United States," he said, "where thc
most noticeable feature is tho tendency
to professionalise amateur sport. I gave
a number of exhibition sprints and place
kicks at various universities, including the
University of Washington, and shoftly be
fore I left was approached by the Uni
versity of South California to accept tho
position of football coach."
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