THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 6, 2 October 1907, Page 6

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. By "Glencob." Pari tutu has been responsible for Some first-class work on the track lately, ami was last .Friday shipped to Hastings in charge of E. George. The Castor gelding lias a lot of weight to carry this afternoon, but ho should be thereabouts at the finish. Mr. J. George went through to Hastings yesterday ill order to see the New Zealand Cup horse run. A returned visitor from Auckland informs 1110 that the Royal Artillery mare Pearlie was very unlucky to b'e beaten by Lady Kegel in the lungsland Handicap. In answer to a correspondent I would state that Mr. D. O'Brien's Chamade is by Uhlan out of Heriot, and therefore a half-sister to Multifid, Maranui, who has been doing such good track work in Sydney, is by Malatur. out .of Gntfin, the dam of Heroism. Both the vire and dam of .Mavur.u: 'fere sired by Melbourne Cup winners, :the former being by Malua and the latter by Carbine.

Apologue is doing well in his work on the other side, and may have to bo, reckoned with in some of the important ovents at the forthcoming A.J.C. meeting. Apologue comes of a good family, and the fact that he has been kept'going in such a steady manner or .the other, side suggests that his party may possibly hold something up their sleeve.

R. Dorrett, of Riccarton, is at present in the city.

Grenadier has again gone lame, and "JPMST have to be treated to a lengthy spoil. The present trouble is a recur;x«ncc of that which put the New Z'eaJiinder out of .-iction last season after no had created such a favourable im•pression at one of the Sydney meetings.

The HotcUriss—Edith Cureton colt Ellis is doing good work on the other side, and'it is expected that his carecr ;as a fomvyear-old will be something, in advance of his previous performances. ,

A two-year-old half-brother to the St. Ijsgor winner Wool-winder recently arrived in Australia.

The news that 3tnhutdnga had dodracd his Spring engagements did nofc eom'e as a surprise to New Zealanders,, •ns tho son o( Quilt and Maude haa been causing his trainer trouble for a long time. It is quite possible that tho hOr.so will yet ho persevered with, in the liopo that lis will win some important event in the Commonwealth.

Tho New Zealand Cup favourite, Elevation, seems to be generally regarded as a moral in the King Edward Handicap this, afternoon, and it will bo a great surprise to his followers should, aiiything down the San Francisco, colt. Taking recent form as' a, guide, a better investment looks to be Asteroid for the Pakowhai Hurdles. 1

Liquid Air was among the unsuccessfnl candidates at the last Eosehill meeting.

Tho nominations for the chief events at tho Auckland Summer Meeting in* elude the names of- the best handicap horses in the Dominion, but tho ontry for the Cup is rather smaller than one would expect for such a rich handicap.

The Metal gelding Ironmould, who was boomed a good deal for the hist New Zealand Cup, and afterwards dropped into obscurity, now appears among the. candidates for the chief events at the Auckland . Racing Club's , Summer Meeting. ANTICIPATIONS FOR HAWKE'S BAY. The Spring Meeting of the Hawke's Bay .Toekey Club commences to-day, and if the weather conditions at. Hastings are favourable the. racing should be particularly interesting. In past , years the fixture has almost invariably brought into prominence tho, two ,111 a three-yenr-olds that were to perform '.successfully in the important classical: 'events Inter on, and as this year's pro- ' gramme contains several likely youngsters, backers are eagerly looking forward to the display of form to-day and' to-morrow Elevation a-nd Oxton (two /•Derby candidates) promise to start firm i favourites in their respective engagements this afternoon. The .following horses should run prominently in thedHfcrcnt events :— Tomoana Hurdles: —Kaipetipcti < and Te .Uira., .Maiden HackWallasy and Sir • Frisco. King Edwaxd Handicap Elevation 'and Whakawehi. Palibwhai Hurdles Asteroid and Creusot. • . Hastings Stakes:—Gravitation and Guiding Star. . ■ Welter HandicapParitutu and Polyanthus. . Waipatu Handicap Comedian ajid 'Babrikoff. ' Plying HandicapLoftus and Oxton. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) . Hastings, October 1. Cassiopea was scratched before nine for all engagements here. The weather is fine, and appears settled, ..and everything point's to a successful meeting. OTAICI RACES. (From our own Correspondent. ) Otaki, October 1. The following are the acceptances for ■the first day, and entries for tho Maiden .Plate of tho Otaki Maori Racing Club's spring Meeting.:— ' Flying Handicap—Lord • Soult, St. Claimer, Waihnka, Splendid Idea, Flot-itl-i, Ton :Tuhi, liatley. Maiden . Handicap Hurdles—The Voucher, St. laid lam, Alluvial, Cloudy 'Morn-, Mussen, Maliaki gelding, St. Am'oliii, Teh'iwi. Memorial Stakes —Gauze, Turkish Maid, Saga, Lady Disdain, Gala Lad. • Labour Day Handicap—Waitami, Flotilla, . William, Kosegrove, . The Stake, Moata, Rendroct. First Hack Hurdle Handicap—Hurinioana, Playmate, To' Kainui, Paparealie, St. Amelia. t • Stewards' Hack Handicap—Probability. Clem, Marseillaise, Lady Disdain, Houylinlmui, Kareroa, Ney, Golden Eagle. Welter Hack Handicap—Huriinoana, Gala Lad, PetVlic, Greenleaf, Mules. Bill. Reveille, St. Flora, Happy Maid, Pixie. Maiden (entries)—Zorida, Fond .Memory, Rawinia, BluebeJl, 'Ladv Storm, Takiri, Bonnie Doon. Contralto, Wobb, Muskerado, Truzanini, Frisco Maid, Nekeaatu, Flying Wind, Xavier.