THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 10

THE TURF.

RACINC FIXTURES. July 18, 22, and 25.,-Weliington R.C. Wlfc tor. ■ . . .... July 29.—Hawke's Bay Hunt Club Annual. July 30.—North Canterbury J.C. • Winter. August S.—Woodlands Hunt. Club . Annual. August 11, 13, and 15.—Canterbury' J.O. Grand National Meeting. August 12.—Auckland Fleet Race Meeting. September 2 and 3.—Marton J. C. Annual. September 9 and 10.—Horowhenua . Hack It.O. Annual. . September 16 a!ud ■ 17—Raugitikei R.O. bpi'lllg. ■'■'' I REMINDER. 1 In connection with tho Canterbury Jockeyi ' Club's Grand National Meeting, owners' and trainers are advised that acceptances for tho ■: .three principal events close to-morrow, which is. also the day for general entries. NOTES AND ; COMMENTS. ■ [Br Glencoe.] The Porirua team fot* the Trentham meeting was • taken to tho. course yesterday. . .It consists .of .Kunnvaka,' Exmoor,- Ghoorka,! Consuelo,:and. Swimming Belt. B. Keeper arrived from Blenheim yestor-. day, with Gleri and. Jolly Roger. The former is engaged in a fivo>,furlong hack: race, and will be ridden by' R.' W.-King. Jolly Roger is engaged in the hack hurdles races, and' will have the services of H.'Telford. ••• . In, addition to the .'arrivals already reported, Fretwork:and,Compass-were on the .; tracks yesterday. The Karamu team was to ' arrive last night, and number'of others were also expected. '.. ; Heavy rain fell at ' Trentham yesterday morning, and as a good southerly gale ! was blowing,' the conditions-ivero all against fast : work being accomplished... The course proper was open, and though a:'little water stood on it in places, the going was satisfactory. • Tupono . (Hatch) trotted round the tan a couplo of times: Liberator (R. M'Gregor) '■was sent twice round the' course proper at a solid gallop. Grand Truthful spurted.four furlongs down'the back stretch ' in 56sec. .Wailethe (Hatch) covered a circuit at three-quarter pace. .Sir Frisco was only given'.'' easy work, though lie appeared anxious ,to'gallop. Tho other members of Lowe's team wei'e not out in the morning. . ' X" ■■ W. Davies.sent Seaman along:over, six furlongs, the time occupied being- lmin. 27sec. Laudwern, Llamrera, Yosami, andvWaxy were also working. '/ The steeplechase candidates, Le Beau, Loch 1 Fyne," Pierre', St. Amelia, and Fretwork were , on the track. Frctwork\ was being, sent' threeVrounds, but after 'traversing- two he stopped.'!.to a walk, and on returning- to the,,fheds lis was bleeding profusely from the,.nose.'V; Locli 'Fyno (Cress), who appear¥"to!be. in capital trim after his travelling, r did rtwo rounds and galloped in an attractive.man-, nor., '' '; i . Pierre (Deeblo), Lo Beau (Cress),- and St. Amelia also completed two circuits) tho last two finishing ; up* with a sprint. . . One of tho best gallops was that recorded • by' tho Winter Hurdle candidate,' Scotty (Cress). Ho covered a mile in.lmin. 58see., the ' last ■ .seven . furlongs taking; lmin. 43sec., and then went another round at"a' good-half-pace.As yet he has not given',a;' , taste of his jumping ability.. /. ■. ,' ; / 1 . Compass; who looks nicer than he has dona . for some time, trotted, oiice round, and then clapped on the pace. Ho ran homo tho last mile in ,2min. 3sec.' 1 , Shrapnel was sent twice round; and hurried along,, p.verj,the last half mile. ' Useful worki was accomplished by Passive, Duart, Paragon, Lady Disdain, Spinning Flight, and - a number of others. , .•. San Fernando was to ■ arrive from Hastings last uight, to join .Higgott's: team. .. , Mr. C. Thede,' owner of Loch Fyiie, has conio down to Wellington to seo his horso competing'at Trentham. Motoa, who has been; allotted lOst. 81b. in tho Winter Cup, is almost certain to be sent south to fulfil his engagement. Mr. Fred Eastbn has had a private, track formed on his property at Moutoa,; near Fox- . ton, aiid a oouplo of Soult fillies are being worked there, under the care of L. Proctor. ■ ■ ' • ; S : ■.. . . Though Showman did ; not accept for the '. Winter 'Hurdles at Trentham, it is understood that he is a sure : starter'.in the Grand National Hurdles at. Riccarton next month. G. Price returned from Sydney •by the;.; Warrinuio yesterday, and will be' 1 on the tracks this morning, riding Seaman, Yosami, and Co. in'their gallops. A. Oliver will also bo on the.track this morning. . ' Half a dozen trotting horses came over by . the Sydney boat yesterday to join C. Piper's "Riccarton team. , The Parliamentary Handicap candidate, Maharanui, arrived by the mail train from , Hawera last night in" chargo of ,C. Cochrane, and was taken on to Trentham at ten o'clock. Immolation,' Campiire, and Lingerer also went out at the same time. Campfiro (Carbine— Revelry) is engaged in the Trial Plate on Saturday. This is his first race since the Napier Park Whiter Meeting of last year. Ho has served a season at the stud in Taranaki. '' • There is a wonderful'three-year-old on the American turf this season; in tho shape of Colin, by Commando—Pastorella. Tho youngster has raced thirteen times without even being beaten or oven extended, and is reckoned to be ono of the greatest horses ever bred in America. His owner, Mr. J. R. Keone, omitted to'enter him for the Epsom • Derby, for. which ho thought tho colt would liavo had a great chance. One of the dead-lieaters in tho last French Derby was Seasick 11, a "Soil of .tho Upas horso Elf. It is. a coincidence that Upas, tho ; sire of Elf; ran a dead-Ticat in a previous ■ contest for the same event. ,• ■A'Detroit'man,, a- practical hors'eshcer and horseman, lately brought forward an invention, -which it is thought may bring about as great a revolution in trotting times as'..did tho invention of the pneumatic sulky. It is a pneumatic horseshoe. Tho model is in four parts—a! flanged'aluminium plate affixed to tho hoof in exactly tho same manner as the regular shoe; a rubber bag .with a stout leather steel-studded casing; and an aluminium hoop that frames tho cushion and fits the flange of'tho plate.' Tho bag is con- . nected. (a writer states) with a valve, which can.be attached to tho pump used for inflation, or the inventor will supply a'set of tubes connecting all four feet with an air tank in the sulky seat. . 'The latter scliemo is somewhat cumbersome, however. Tho inventor, not being a-.'slow man, says that'it .has been tried on a trotter that improved Ilia record- 13sec. in a private trial. FEUDING JOCKEY CLUB REPORT. The annual roport of the Feilding Jockoj Club,, to, bo. presented at-the meeting to be hold to-morrow evening, records satisfactory , progress. - During tho year the " silent' total-, isator" was installed, and .was worked at' both meetings by the club's officials, under the supervision of Mr. H. Robert's. The new Gaming Act came into forco just prior to tho last Spring Meeting. No bookmakers' licenses wero taken out at that meeting. At Easter, however, there were twenty-live, licenses issued, which'brought in. £392 10s. to tho club's funds. ; The totalisator turnover ', for tho ycai\ shows an increaso of about £SOO, wfiich is considered very satisfactory, - considering that- the' bookmakers were pre- ■ sent , at- tho Easter Meeting. ' Considerable improvements have, bc«n carried out by the committee during tho year, the total amount expended being about,£l4lXl. The amount , of stakes paid was '.increase:! during tile past . season by the sum ot tSOS. this item, now totalling r £3B6o, or'!'•••" i-ach da.v's racing.' \The following . .i « retire, from office in accordance with miles, lint are eligible for re-election-: Committee: Messre.; Haybittle, (josling, and,.Worsfold; stewards:: Messrs. Levott, SaywelK and Cotterill. Mr. Curtis. Who bas. left tbq district, also retires - from the committee- '