THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 570, 27 July 1909, Page 7

THE TURF.

RACING FIXTURES,

July 28.—Hawke'e Bay Hunt Steeplechase. July 29.—North Canterbury J.C. Sports. Aug. i— Woodlands Hunt Club. Aug. 10, 12, and 11.—C.J.0. Grand National Sopt. 2 and 3.-Hartou J.C. Annual.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

U3t Glycol! ] The animal mooting of the Hawko's Bay Hunt Ciub takes plaeo at Hastings tomorrow. , It is probable that the Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club will hold a raco meeting on Wednesday, August 18- ' The Auckland horses, Grenadier and Wairaka, are oxpected to pass through to-night on tho way to Riccarton. F. Howard is to ride W,airaka in tho steeplechases. Recent roports from Hawera'state that thero appears to be good prospect of Kilmarnock" going satisfactorily through his preparation for tho Now Zealand Cup. Bookmakers wisb'ing to bet at the Woodland? Hunt Club mooting next month will bo licensed at a feo of five guineas. A number of now ponies have entered the local stables, and tnore will bo a lot of fresh material competing at tho next meeting at JVUrtimar. At tho Waikanaq Stud on Thursday last, Tortulla slipped twin foaja to St. Ambrose. Mr. C, O'Connor, tbo Wellington Racing Club's starter, returned to Auckland by yesterday'a express train. ' Diplomatic), it' is understood, will go to Riccarton, and will start in the Enfield Steeplechase on tho first aay, not in the Grand National. ■ Mr, J, 3. Williamson, owner of Irish, retwnod to Auckland yesterday, but Irish has been sent on to Riccarton to compote jn the Grand National. Dawn has now been sold to an Auckland sportsman, and will loavo for the north later on, Muskorry is not likely to, go to Riccarton for tho Winter Cup. 'Wjmmcra,'it is stated, will be Mr. E. J. Watt's representative. A. Oliver goes through to Hastings to-day to ride in tho flat races at the Hawko's Day Hunt Club's meeting tomorrow. He gges on, to Riccarton nest week. R. Barlow now has five horses in work at New Plymouth. They are Cavalry, Commonwealth, Hot Volt, Golden Loop, and Cyreno, ' ; The Auckland trainer, T. Williams, who now trains St, Maria and Tanekaha for Mr. Hikaaka, will shortly bo given charge of Wftiari^ Kirsty was placed in work at Hawera a little time back, but it was not long before tbo Sylvia Park iilly wept lame, and she had to be spelled, again. Bon Cyr is now doing duty as a hunter in tbo Tnrunaki district. Hβ is in the caro of J. Fryer, who /also has another promising hunter in his stable. Mr. Buddo, Minister for Internal Aifairs, has informed Mr. J. T. Hogan,, M.P.. that he has no intention to cancel the totalisator permit transferred to the AYanganui Trotting Club on tho demise of. the Mastcrton Club. V. Collello yesterday returned to Hastings, as ho has horses engaged at the Hawko's Bay Hunt Qlub meeting to-morrow. Ho will bo back in Wellington on Friday, when Nadador and Oorazon will be shipped to lliccarton. ■ A number of horses wore shipped south by the Maori last night to compete at the Cantorbury Jookoy Club's Grand National meeting. They included North-East, Mundio,' Hilariati; Deerslayer. Irish, White Cookado, Chief Lochiol, Glonijold, and others, Mr.' Bidwill's horses for Australia are to leave Wolhngton on Friday* August 27. A. Oliver will go across at,tho same time, and in addition to, riding Provocation and Tribulation ho will have tho mount on Mundic m his Australian engagements. Mundio will probably be shipped to the other sido immediately tho Grand, National mooting is conoludea. ' . i 'An appeal to tho Racing Conference has been lodged in tho' Tauriki caso, in whiohi tho Takapuna Jockey Club took some twelve months to com© to a decision. It is probable that the judges appointed to deal with tho appeal will meet jn Wellington. Tho Wellington Pony and Galloway Raoing Club intend to introduce a system of fixod colours at their meetings in order to do away with the confusion that is sometimes caused by owners ohanging their colours at ehort notice., Under tbo new system about twenty sets of colours will bo selected, ae distinct as possible from one another, and will bo numbered from I to 20. No 1 in a raco will always carry tho same colours, No. •2 the same, and so on. A notice boaid with a description of the colours will bo placed in a conspicuous place, and so a spectator, after backing his fancy, may refer to the board, make a mental not© of tho colours carried, and be easily able to follow any horeo through a race. Tbo system mayhavo some disadvantages, but the v management intend" giving it a trial.