THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 13

THE TURF.

RACING FIXTURES. Aug.. 10, .12, and 11.—C.J.C. Grand National. Aug. 2G. —Amberloy Steeplechase Club's Annual Sept..l and 2.—Marton J.C. Annual. , September i and 11.—Wellington Pony and Gal loway R.C. ■■■■ Sept. 8 and 9.—Borowheniia Hack R.C. Annual Sept. 15 and lG.—Ashburton County R.C. Spring .Sfept. .'ls and'■••l6.—RnngitikeU R..0, Spring. ■ September 23; and - 25.—Wanganiii J.C. Spring October 2 and 9.—Wellington Pony and Gal loivay R.C. -...... i

AND COMMENTS. / •> . '■:'■:'y. : ~' '-. .'"■) rtt'Gi,ENcoß.i ":\r:.\ : - L ,"■; The Woodlands'' Hunt; blub','.Steeplechase ideetdng takes place on Wednesday: nest on ; tho Paiiatua'7iiicecoUrsei..- V- . !.■, !-,■".' ; .Trainer Maurice,M'Grath', o£ : Mastcrton. was apasseuger whioh left for Sydney .-yesterday.-,,,. >. .;:': v : '.--' " -Corazon, Nadador, 1 ■' Merrie Zealand, Com-pass,-and.Stay toy were shipped to Riccarton by the Maori .last night, '■ A ■.; '.'.' vKing' Post will be .taken...south,'for the . Ricca-rton meeting -on 'i Wednesday f.next. . As. yet; na'.Hdir'J.hhs been.^engaged,for him in thi):. Winter Cup.,' ;,-":". ; ;■'/>■. A /■■\;;V; -v. v : . ', <F.'Luhn, who has for some time been studgroom at Stonyhurst r iß' entering!. Mr.; lan IMncan'Siomploy at Waikanae, where he' will have chargo of the two 'sires -Bezohia'n and ilchillos; : ..."Andrew. Cochrane is :;- still>"' studgroom ;'at Waikanae. ''A'..A'■■'■'.-]A} "'V"-.; '■■"-■ .'.■;":;.;. A\ jackpot,.while;being.worked on.thoHast-. track one' morning recently, threw his "rider, arid'the- lad sustained'a broken collarbone.',';: ..':.■'';,'''/v.'''", '■.■■v-.'v'.':'. <■■ v..'''.''.y!■■:■■ ■■ v California, he has been withdrawn', ifrom his Australian engagements', is ; . ready to bo; given, a, preparation, and '. will -."probably .■figure,' in all■ the prihcipaJ Spring handicaps. ;in? the'. Dominion,' ■■" -~';: ' .... .. A,, : ,■•;-;.' '-. , :The; Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club;- notifies.traihersand jockeys'that applications for'-'permits and licenses must ■fo'vthevmanagißg'-steward; ; (l][ri' ; J.-''>M.';,Cnm-! ming) ; on or before Wednesday,- Augustll. ' ,; Kur'awaka',is \io be sent-to the stud,' and' will bo mated'with Mahakir ,The; San'''Fran. niaro,': though 'she. gave "early'■ promise' ; .:of ■ being; useful,\'has'been "rather a disappointmsnt on ;thb. tfaokjbut, bred as Bhe is, she might'dp well at.tho stud.--\ ; ".'> ; ','.A}. ■-.'■.'■■'.■,• ; Pawa, : Kuku, : .-and •-Waitarere.'-hive- heeri_ sent to levin, and will 'all be treated,'to" Jengthy,:,spells. iiWaitarere. is to be given;another chance. ;: oii ..the racing.' 'track next season., - It- is to be-hoped, that'the. Torpedo bdi'se will;then 'prove trainable) ba; it. is ;not often ioue i 'sebs i such ;a rpally.'good'jumpeK ''.I Ascot ■• Cup; is the /.name ' bestowed Pii the Cup-filly; -in; ; H.-'Jackson's. :stab!e. at.. Feilding.v' Strategists;: in, Jackson's . Stable, Ms grown 'into .a ,fiiic big/hprsej and, should be useful, in-,thd-,Spring.. -'■ -, .;/.;■ ■■

Aeolus has proved untrauiablo, and M. Carmody sent liim homo from Caulficld lo (Sydney. The Euroclydon gelding is now In the care,of P. Nolan. Mr. J. Brennan's Field Battery—Grandeur filly has been, named ' •Perola. Her name figures among the entries for the Hawkesr bury Guineas of 1910. Mr. J. It. M 'Donald was in town yesterday, and) in conversation with the writer, ho stated thai To Kahurangi was'only able to race on the first day of tho Trontham meeting, as ho is a light-framed colt, a<nd was knocked Out by his race in tho heavy going. Taiteko ,walks sound again at Levin, and will shortly be. placed in work. Before going home, Mti M'Donald was to\have visited Porirua to have a look at Tauira, the Grand National favourite , Tho Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club have decided to cotlimcnco the new sea-

'son ,with : a";two- days'.-'meeting/on l 'September, 4 and lljjiridthb'pjt^ramme'iß-published..in -this 'issue:;.",it;;.is:. anticipated,'ihat, .by.-. the beginning of 'September; the' racing tracks will; be: that,■'have it been 'loffectod >iwill! f hiiiko 'the fTacecourse Up'ib dateirth i 'alHrespidtß ( .'i'']i'p'r the" S&ienV. ber mooting', the club is placing'fiveraceß on epch day's programme, and all classes .'of; ponies are catered for Stakes are ton!.the; usual scale Nominations for both:daysj'close afc noon on August 20, with tho secretary,Mr J'M Cummmg All nomination's:.must' be accompanied mth tho necessary otherwise they will not he :"'-• Senates, North foist, North' Hoadi Federal; Gronadioi, and Gwonlolina are favourite selections for tho Winter Cup '.',, i,'.■■'' The ownGr of Waione received a;good offer last week to lpiiso i hu horse, hut he de-: clined to entertain it. i; . ; n V ~_'; Lionheart is rather backward, but he is a horse that comes on quickly, and-is such a brilliant hurdlor that he can bo depended oh to keep Tauira and Ben Jonson,, company ove rthc first milo of the National-Hurdles: - Probably Jno. O'Oonnoll will have' :--the mount on Jackpot in the Grand .National. Steeplechase ■-v-.v- . .i El Dorado had shown his trainer'a -good' trial prior to the Hawko's Bay Hunt 'Club's'' meeting, and he was well backed 1 , for .'the. First Open Flat Face, but faded; to, gain a placo '-.'.'■ -.-I;-. ~ A Oliver, F Cress, and J Sceats ;rode the winners of tho flat races at the Hawko's Bay Hunt Club's roeetinj V ! ••'-"' Gold Dust and Pikopo, in J Munn's stable, aro hotb goinn; to start in the Giand National Hurdles < :>-: -... -■'■■.' Jackpot and El Dorado, tho two Bay candidates fori tho Grand -/National' : Steeplechase, are both doing very;:tvell, in : '■ then preparations .'-.-,-' The Auckland trainer, F Macmanemih,, : whd went homo after tho Trentham: meeting, is returning for the Grand National; V

;.;..Waimoe who won the Trial Race ,at the .Hawke's, Bay Hunt Club's rrtSetiflgi lai 'spoken; of as .a very .promising' y<)afigSter."'-; '--/'O/'-'!!.'-.'. ■'' ~ Mt\ :& :Lowry's two-year-old ilultiplo . (Mtittiform-H3oult Girl) was not 'started at the Hawkejs Bay Hunt Club's meeting.: ; arrives, by train on Monday night inth Gold. Dust; Pikop'o, '. and Polyanthus, and goes onto Riccar.ton. by Tuesday's steamer.- . ■i-/A southern paper states that T. ; Cahill, who, lias: been: riding /very ..'successfully since he went, to Sydney, will, be present at the Grand National, .niectinij at, Ricartoh next ; mbnth', 'and has, some .riding engagementsitd; fulfil. ■ , •.Tho' foildwing ;have be'efi nominated for the :Board. of tlld.'.Nefc.Zealahd.TrottitigAsfeocia-. tio'n:—North Island residents, Messrs.. C. F. Mark;and J. H. Pollock; South 'Island residents, Messrs; W.., H. Denton;; R. ;0. can, W:,G. Garrard,: AV.'Hayward, C. S. Howollj.AwL. Myers, H. F. Nicoll, and:P. Selig,.;-; ~;;>:/ '. ' i From-Auckland comes word of, the death of; the stallion Takapuna ; (by Cuirassier). 'According;to M;he'"Star," l , the horse was funning .in'a paddock' on .his owner's* 'pro-; portyin the Kaipara district, and his owner, OH. going td'ldok'at hini pile morning, found" him lying/dead, with a gunshot wound in his neck;-"; There are indications that the horso was intentionally shot.' :''■'

: ,the new;-.proposal', of the. , Wei: lington Racing Chib;t6 donate a .sum annually 1 -to the breeders of winners'. of"'certain races,/the.; Melbourne "Argus", 'says:;: Tho aggregate.'amount of the. incrbaso' of'stakes is insignificant, but .the move appears to bo one in tho right direction. Tho breeding of thoroughbred, horses is not always-profitable, a fact sufficiently, indicated by the" number of ; studs' broken up in Victoria in recent years ;'and V any movement in . the interests of breeders must be welcomed. In France a sura of £800 .is ;set,'aside for tho breeder of the winner of the.:Grand-Prix, if the horse is foaled in France; while we have iiad a/few races in Australia in which the breeder was recognised in a similar way, The breeder of 'tho-first and second horses of the, Caulfield' Futurity Stakes some years ago received-'a specified amount, as did ajso the breeder of the Onkapariuga : Steeplechase ..winner.. Tho practice- was dropped some, years. ago,. one reason, being th&. difficulty experienced ii/ fixing'; the identity of..the breeder. WANCANUI J. 0.: SPRING MEETING. Ah attractive programme has been drawn up for tho Yvangnnni Jockey Club's Spring meeting, which is to.be held on September 23 and 25Over £2000 will be given away in stakes on .the two-days, and, "as '■ all classes,'-of 'performers are provided for in tho' programme,

the'club should receive a good response from owners when the entries fall duo. Tho principal race on tho first day is the .Wanganui Guineas, for thre<j-year-olds, for which entries; have already;closed, but thoro are two open' flat raws,, each worth 150 sovs, and,' on. tho second day, tliorb is the Higgie Handicap, ono mile and a quarter, worth 250 sovs. Two hurdle' races figure on each day's programme, one for hacks, and one open' fco nil horses. The hack flat. races, four-in number, include, as usual, a maiden race,' and altogether the programme is Well w;orthi tho attention of owners. ' Nominations for both days, close at 9.30 p.m., on August 30, with the Secretary, Mr. William Hall.

: REGULATIONS REGARDING BOOKMAKERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Asanclntlon.i Chiistchurcri, July 30. Mr.; Wanklyn, secretary'of'the Canterbury Jockey Club, who' is also secretary of the : New ;Zealaud Racing 1 Conference, when communicated with regarding the message from. Mr. Buddo regarding bookmakers' regulations, stated that he had forwarded, as secre-. tary .of the Canterbury. Jockey Club, to .the Minister of the Interior regulations with-re-ference., to bookmakers, and apparently the Minister, forgetting the dual'position held by, Mr.. Wanklyn,; cariie ' to the conclusion that the regulations' had; been sent by.him as secretary of the Racing Conference. , ': GLORIOUS COODWOOD. ' ';' : CARROUSEL WINS THE CUP.' (By' Telecraph;—Froaa Asao'ciatlon.—OooTrleht.J London, July 29. • At .the Goodwood meeting 'the .following j was'the result of the race fof'the Goodwood Gold Cup, of 1000 sovs.; Two miles and a Mfe- : •..-',. ;"'.:;■■ '■~;: ;: . Mr. "H. J. King's Carrousel, by. Pieteri,' maritzburg—Cafliri, 3yrs. 1 Sir Harry ......;..ii..i. 1 .....i.......i.i......i....; 2 Haytor ,;;;;..^.;',..,, 1 .>..'.;.'.V.....i...-..(i.:. v .... ',3. ' i. [Carrousel did not; Win a race as a two-year-old. S;r; Harry won a number of. races last season, -'including the Great Yorkshire; Handir cap. ■'■ Haytor is a six-year-old by .Carbine.]