THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 13

THE TURF.

RAOINC FIXTUREB. January 9,16, and 21.—Wellington Pony and Galloway R.C. ; January ID and 20.—Walroa County R.O. ■ Annual.. . .- ; . . ■. , . January 20 and 21.—Gore. R.O. Summor. 'January 20, 22, and 23— Wellington H.U. ; ■ Summer. ■ ■ ■ ; •January 22 and 23.—Foxton R.O. Annual. January 27 and 28.—1'ahiatua 11.0. Annual. February 4.—Karioi J.O. Haolc., Fobruary 4 and 5. —Gisborno R.C. Summor. February 4 and 6.—Canterbury J.O. Summer., February 10 and 11.—Egmont R.O. Summer. February 11 and 12.—Poverty Bay Turf Club : ':■■■' Annual. .•' '■■•■, February 13 and 20.—Wellington Pony and Galloway R.C. _ ■ _ February 17 and 18.—Woodville District J.C.

• Autumn. _ February 24, 25, and 27.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn.

REMINDER. In connection with tho Summer Mooting of the Wellington Racing Club, owners are reminded that acceptances for the first.day s: handicap events close at 9 p.m. oil Tuesday with the secretary. Mr. A. t E. Whyte. .Entries, for: the Maiden Plato, Disposal Stakes, arid Selling -Plate, are due' at the samo hour, also' final payments for the ' Wellington Stakes. ' ~ • PONY AND GALLOWAY R.C. s ; TO-DAY'S MEETING AT • MIRAMAR. A three-days' race meeting Will commence on .tho Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club's conveniently situated course at Miramar this afternoon. It ia expected that larger fields than usual will .contest to-day's events, and if the, weather continues fine the sport should bo quite up to tho ' general standard. As a special tram service Has been' arranged for from Courtonay l'laco to tho racecourse, the club's patrons should have no difficulty in reaching Miramar in time for the first race,, which is set down' for 2.30 &.m. The principal event, the . Wellington up, soven furlongs, is to start, at .3.46 p.m.' jTho recent rains 1 have'had'a refreshing effect' on the grass,' and "the grounds- should; be looking woll to-day. The meeting .will be Continued on Satnrday, Jaunttiy.jl6, and concluded oa Thursday, January: 21.. NOTES AND COMMENTS^ . Weiglits for ,th'e' first : : day's:'events at/the-' Foxton' Raoing Club's meeting are ,dua on Monday. V Armlet 'liasarrived to fulfil •■; her merits' at ',' the T'rentham . meeting. ;.. Sunglo.w' has been sent homo. :

■■■ Nobol and Nautiform- wore -aboard the Mokoia, whioh arrived from Auokland yesterday. -morning/;and went on'to Lyttelton. .

, The connections of Genuiho were .very sanguine r.s to tho black gelding's .chances in the ■ Scurry,, at Bulla last Saturday, and are said to have landod .vgood stako over tho victory. ; -

As Stratagem has not recovered from hor fall at tho Auckland meeting, ; slw' has been sent home to Riccarton, and will, not be .a starter at tho- Trentham fixture. E. Cutis has only four horsos at Trontham for the present. ' ' ''' ■'

i"',ln England in November : Frank Wootton rode four.consecutive' winners at,a .meeting, and a similar feat was .accomplished; at' DanneTOko last month by tho localiighvwoight, R: Hatch.' l Neither-of theso performances is a record, howovor, for at the Wairoa County. Racingv.Olub'S/.me'ofcMg tff6 '.; yeai's Hastings-jockoyj: Wv Kirky rode soven '.conse* - The Wellington. Steepleoliase winner, Nadador, is shortly ,to; bo placcd 1 in work again, so, that we. will: most likely: see' the'.,chestnut ; compotin'6 of .the iwinterj meetings. shipped to' Sydney' yesfefaay! by. the mootaki,; ana in'.addition to these the stallion Stebbineton was-,aboard. iHe is intcnded .for, stnd duty 'in New South'. Wales : i When -F.' Davis rode Bobrlkoff rto; victory in: the,,, Auckland- Plate,' ho; made his 'last appearance. as a. professional jockov. Ho thus raoes.at Ellerslie. ■':.'.

Tho ; various olubs undor tho jurisdiction of tho Wanganui Jodkey Club will probably appoint delegates .to;'meGt'next, month 'and. fully disc'uss -tho question of 'stipendiary'-'stewards,* • Tho Musket horsb Torpedo, whose death occurred ftt- To Mahanga .Station, ''Hawke's 'Bay,;.last: Saturday^-was. fo.alcd in' 1881, .and was therefore in his 28th year. During,tho. past fourteen, yeitfa his progeny., have. won over £32,000 in.-stakes. Among the; many ...winners that were; sired-by.ihim'may'-be mentioned Tortnlla (Now Zealand Cup),Brooklofc (Wellington" Cup), Waipu (Great Northern Hurdlos)) i and Subterranean, who raced successfully; in New Zealand and .'Australia. -Tortulla and Subterranean were perhaps tho two best representatives ho had, and it seems, a pity that Subterranean did not, live to repre-; sent his ' sire' at .the. stud. Torpedo's daugh- ' tors are, nearly all proving very' successful at tho stud, • Tortulla,; Waikahay Poarlshot, Basilisk; and . Waingongoro being notabloexamples. : \ Y-,'.' -Y-'Y

Prior to the,departure of the "Moeraki for 6ydney.;yesterday, I-h4d a further-interesting, conversation with Mr. J.. Burton.. Referring to tho Auckland Cup mooting, ho •said tho management - of- tho'• -.nxturo struck him. as ..particularly good, but the' system of sending the horses ,out twenty\minutes.before,tho,start-of each racewas ..not, in 'the- best' interests -of owners,.' trainers, and the.horses thomsolvos. Twonty minutes on the track would often; ruin, the chances ,of. highly-striing.horses,; and whenthere was' any...delay at." jtroiibl9'' was .accentuated.:-. At, tlie ■ tho. rule mußt bo very har.d, on'.'. 7 thb>.jockeys, especially those. riding. .a^ t few; -pounds below ,their •> walking - weight* , v ,The whole question 'seemed to. hmgoYon .tho .matter of tbtalisator '.the .theory that the public : would 'not tet until' they ]li ad seen the preliminMy gallops,; arid'owners' ;'of 'valuable horses had to suffer; on this account. Ho thought: that the: public could be educated to make their investments, in good time, even if tho horses were sent out ten minutes 'later, provided 'the 'accommodation at tho totalisator house was sufficient. - : In; Australia the horses went . out,- galloped ■straight to the starting. point... and, were sent! off with very little delay. -. ' f; :

• It appears that I slightly misrepresented Mr. Burton in yesterday's . issue,: where I made him out, as. stating that Broadsword was only a moderate two-year-old, What t-h» Randwick; trainer actually said was that Broadsword .did not Btrike him', as. a-likely Derby colt.' ; Disoiissihg Australian . horsos, ;he'"gavo lt as his .opinion that King's ; Crosse (Grafton—Crossfire), in Payton's stable, was going to bo a good ono. Like Achilles/ Downfall, Alawa, and ttany otbef big perfonners/' •this. :hors©' is out' of a Goldsborough mdrd. He had been expected _ to nm .well in tlio Melbourne Cup,' out. failed to gain' a place, though on tho third and fourth days of the meeting he won the Veterans' Stakes, ono ;mile and a half, and the Racing Club' Handicap; one mile and three-quarters. Iri the' Veterans' Stakes he,established a track, record for Plemington. , ~ ;

I WHANCAREI RACES. V (111 TKtEdEAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) , Whangarcl, January 8. For the .first, day of the Whangarei raccs there was glorious weather; and a good at tendance. ..The course' was in perfect' order. ■Results aro as follow: —. ,• • . i; RAILWAY HANDICAP—PauI Beaver, 1; Denhies, 2; Wftiruhe, 3.: • HURDLES.—Mozart, 1; Quoboo, 2; Loo liar d, 3. ■ . WELTER.—Wollcast, 1) Gipsy Queen, 2j Sweet Mario, 3. , CUP.—Manapouri, 1; Kaitangata, 2; Quebec, 3/ Won by a length. Time, lmin. 55 ,l-ssec. : SETTLERS' HANDICAP.—Regain, 1; Discoverer, 2; Denbies, 3. PUBLICANS' PURSE.—JoIIy Tar, -1 ; : Nervine, 2; iStveet- Marie, 3. -.. • . i PLYING ' HANDlCAP.—l'tttil Beayor, It Sweet Alice, 2; Kaitangata, 3. ,