THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 7

THE TURF.

NOTES ANDfCOMMENTS. I ~ fßr GLESCOK.I . _ J. W. Lowo is to arrive, back from Aus-* ttalia/to-mprrow ;with Artillerioi; . .T. ; Todd leaves for' Sydney on' Friday with tho bay pony, Maid ol' All Work, who has several.-'times competed : successfully at. tho Minmar meetings. ; * Black l'earl, who is engaged in tlie hack races at.the Trentham meeting, is an inmate of J. Ayers's stable, and is by Lakeshell from Victorme, by Derringer from Nectarine. r / ■Acceptances for the first day's-events at the ManaWatU Racing Club's meeting close to-night. , • Kiltie Lass, who. won the two-year-old raco on tho first day of : the Wairarapa Racing Club's meeting, will not bo raced again until'the spring.. ' •> At ■ Wauganui ? WV Price has recently broken in the Field Battery—Katerina filly, .which shows promise. ■ The New Zealand-bred mare, Pretty Maid, who has won' several race-s since going to ■Australia, lias finished her racing career and goes to the stud next seasoni . j Wharekura was so'badly injured in the hurdle raco. on the first day of tho Australian Jockey Club's meeting, that it ir> feared that lie may yet have to be destroyed. At latest advices the Eton gejdihg was an inmate of a veterinary hospital at ltandwick. Sandix was entered for two or three ©vents at the MaimWatii Racing Club's meeting, but lio is not likely to mako tho trip to AWapurii. Arthur Oliver, the Well-khown lightweight jockey, is arriving back in Wellington tomorrow tnorning, and will, bo riding at tho Trentham races, Where his feviCeS should be in keen demand with owners. ' • Geo. Price arrived from Watigariui last night, in order to ride Ballarat in th? Thompson Hahdicap. • ; Provided Letlierih stands up to his work satisfactorily, ho will be a competitor in the jumping events at Wanganui next month; '.: Burti'n ]<j' beirt'g schooled over the hurdles at Wanganui in- preparation for the Marlbor-, .ough, meeting; Another hurdle horse, Rend-' rock,. who' is - engaged at Blehheim, is', reported to' be' doing well oil tho beach at Otaki. ■ : Mr. D. Buickj M.Pi, arrived ih tho city last night, in order to see AberbrOthock race at Trenthim ;od' Wednesday ahd Saturday. . Llanwern, who lias been suffering With a bad • cold;, is making satisfactory ; impl-ove-ment,; but', it Will- bo some time befdi'o the Pilgrim's : Progress colt is fit -to : race' agaittv , Mr-' W- Davies, who'refused an offer of 1400 guineas for' Field Battery ■ last August, w'as very pleaded "to hear of the prices realised by the Field Battery yearlings, wliichMr. G. M. Currie shipped to Sydney, last month. Mr. pavieg contended that Field Battery: was 1 ; a great racehorsej and : ho has high;hop6B that jfche soh-of Hotchkiss-will get speedy -racehorses. - '- Otira, who 'his in the pa-st been- an-iiiilucky performer'for D. J. Price, made up for past failures by a - braco of victories at .Easter time. On. April'lo, tho Officer mare woii the Easter Handicap, ohe mile, at Epsom races, aiid on tho following Monday she annexed the Easter Cup, one mile and a quarter, at the Wllliamstdwri meeting; - - Mr. Lan DiincaU, who shipped eleven brood mares to Sydney the week before last, ro-' oeived a-cable yesterday evening to etato that the lot had been sold at auction. The best prices, realised .wereA'stolat (Roval-Airtil- : lery—Bellioent), 310, guineas, and'La Gloria (St. 200 guineas, . At tho .same,sale, Court Beauty (Royal Artillery— Tres Belle) realised,29o guineas, and Saritita (Sa.nt. Illarid—Soa shell), 130 guineas. The last': tap were: sold on account of Mr. J. B. R-eid, of Canterbury. ■ Nominations fof the Wanganui Jockey Club's Winter'meeting closo on, Friday next. . , Christ-' cmircli states that, owing to a mishap to the' S.S. Mararoa, R. J. Mason is unablo to bring JPprle. d'Or. and Miss. Misohief. to. Wellington' to-day for- -tho first day of tho ■'Wellington! races. It is not'settled yet whether tho horses will bo brolight up t-o fulfil /their en-' cagemehts on,.tho.,second day, this will detract a little from the interest in the two-, year-eld race to-moi-row, as many were anxious to see the. high-priced Perle d'Or racing against the juveniles in thiß island.

TRAIHINC NOTES FROM TRENTHAM. About ,50 horses- were oil tho tracks at Trent-ham yesterday,' and sonid interesting work took placed but nine of the engaged in the Thompsort Handicap had not arrived. Several of these', however, put ill an appearance last evening.. A'sharp frost made th« morning air rather keon,.- and tho track was faster after breakfast than before. Most of-the work was done oil the outside of the.course proper. Husbandman was the ■first horse to workj ho being sent two rounds, on tho grass at half-pace, Flitaway Went round, at threc-quartof pace; pulling hard the Wliolo way and finishing with a fast ■sprint.. Taskmaster and Thistledown sprinted a furlong together,, ajid Kilwinning took trotting exercise oh. the tail.. Martyrium cantered round, to tho three furlongs post- and .brushed hbme.ill 40sec, Miscast covered half a mile in 55sec., without being, extended/ Bollili and Diamond Star did a round together at a solid three-qilarte'r pacej Sir Tristram performing a similar task alone, white WoodJioy finished up a steady round with a sprint over three furlongs.. All Red (Jenkins) held Diabolo (I'\ E. Jones) quite safe over five furlongs, which occupied lmin,,-- 4Jsec. Exmoor did a strong mile with Jenkins in tho saddle. Master Soult (R. E. BroWn) easily kept in front of Elysian over five furlongs, run in lmin. 4sec.j Master SoultYperformance being particularly pleasing. jßoosvelt Went onCe round on the tan at a good threequarter pace.

. After breakfast Czar Kolohol (Chapman) and. Provocation (L. Wilson) were associated ill a six furlongs gallop. Provocation drew away from the start and, ghllopiiig boldly, ran home two lengths ahead of Czar Kolohol in lmln\;l6sec.. Siinbonnot (M'Grath) and Consolation (Wilson) then hopped'off together from' the seven furlongs post, and, keeping together all the way, finished almost in lute, the watch recording lmin. 29£scc. Nautiform (Carruthers) did a circuit at three-quar-ter pace, and then trotted on the tan. Los AngeloS was restricted to half-pace Work. Advantage did a slow'circuit, finishing with a sprint. Sea Queen did tWo,rounds on the tan, and Royal Guard sprinted over two furlongs. Effort, with a lightweight in the saddle, shaped attractively 'Over a six fur. longs run in lmin. 16Jkc. Knight Commander beat Black Pearl over a seven furltmgs run in- lmin. 33sec., neither" carrying much weight.. ' Ballarat alono galloped a mile, the last seven furlongs taking lmin. 33J-sec. Ukraine finished in front of Togo and Chauvelin - at the end of six furlongs, Ingoda. Eurus, Kairoma, Rialto, Xylophone, Gipsy Belle, Masterful, Lace Collar, Whistie'craft, Merring, ahd a few others performed useful tasks. ■