THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 7

THE TURF.

; RACING FIXTURES. Jan:'ls-Wellington Pony -and' Galloway. Jan.' IS'and -19-Wairoa"County : K.;:C.' ■"•'■ Annual.'-' -.■■;■ ■Jan. Ii) and 20-Gore U.C. Rummer. Jan. 22, 24,' and 20-Wclliu B toii 11.C.' Srnii- . inor. : " •Tan. 22: and 24-Poslon B.C. Annual. Jan, 25 and 29-Hutt Park'llacing Club. Jan.; 2<l, Feb. 2 and 5-Takapmm J. C , : . .Summer. ";.,■ . • ■'- ,Fob.',3—Ka'rioi J.C. Annual: ■';', ~ l'eb, 3 and 4-Gisbornb H.C; Summer.-,■■:' leb: .3. and 5-CXC. Summer..: Jeb;: O'and'lO-Egmont EX.' Summer.- . I'eb.; 10 and. 11-Pbverty Bay T.C. An-' v'.'nual." '■-.■ '-■■•■■ : , : Feb.' 16' and 17-Tarariaki J.C.-' Autumn. I'eb. 23 and District J.C. Autumn. Peb. 23,'!24 and 28-Dunedln J.C.'Autumn. March 3 uud s—Wanganui J.C Autumn.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

.}/;::,•'";'•;.:'-:(Br.-Glencob.): ;■',''■■ ■; ; ' ; .' .■'■■ .;'Jockeys;,A.,Oliver aiidvW.'Price .will arrive','in. Wellington to-day, and .have booked accommodation at. tho racecourse, 'I'hoir services should be much in request for., riding ;\\:ork during the'next; week. LThe.Prosser-traihed team, of. fourteen ' nurses,'will j, be..'.railed from .Porirua to" Trenthamon -Monday'." It will consist'of ■All.- Eed, Diabolp, Lady Medallist, Gipsy .8e11e,., Pakau, :Swimmmg, Belt, Tauira, Lace, Oollar.l Te. Kaliurangi, Laius, St. ■ J'efe,. Taitokp,; and , two ; others.... ./.Itis-'understobd that, in futurei horses trained by>W. Davies .will be ridden .by the ,:Wangaimi.horseman, ;W. Price. ':. It/is;stated that:.Kpran^' hasVbrokek .dowri, .and' the ..Pilgrim's Progress 'horse .mil .consequently: be turned, out. :, • ■', ~-,! ■]_fi:f Oliyerl'will;fide .-,"Ringdove ; in" the Cup.:;: ■'~;..; ... ;.:;■;., '■ cPepza;?:who": was,made such' a' strong .■'favoßrite'-iin.-- the Scurry ■ at -Paliiatua on J-bursda y) is ..only' ,a '• commoner "in-ap-'-i peararice,-;,andche : gallops, like. one.'--'Or her; form: a't'.Pahiatua she': will: never bo -.ns'f'go'o'd-'as;her"dam.:,■■'".; '■:,'.'.;; :.-':' ■'■■■,-'.\ /.The/Highdon'. 1 private -'trainer,'G.'.Price, .is .only. bnnging;oub horse,to-.Trentham, viz.,'.Boanerges,;who;'will be seen.'out on thp^hirdiiday..:of.'the meeting.:;.; .%,„;:I who : is en gaged -in tile 'Welter -■-Handicapsat ''Foxton, is :not, ■ as; would bo .generally, supposed,: a, member of. S; '■Messena's,Foxton team. ■■. He is owned 'and trained-in'Hawera.-V' y:: .. ;;:,y .?,': •■, -}'': Astfaeai:.: wbo'; was . woll supported in the,; .concluding 'event" at:,tlio . Pahintiia' meoting,',.b.roke; , down,:during the race.;,, ~r O n^Splash's;goodyshowing at' Pahiatua,' Mr. J, H, Pollock,^the'.Wellington handicapper/,.seems' ;■ to:have taken-.: a 'liberty .with ,hor.'in; tho Euapohu" Handicap at tho forthcoming,.Trencham". meeting.' Certainly the/,Wairarapa mare" did not .ben' 'auythin'g>muoh in: tho way of clnss, but .still.'.shp ,;carriod;'.a big weight; and the :timb;.:,wasygood. \'i:...l-. : :.. ■•:.'.',.■.• y, ::;•:. '■ '■'■x';; The /.Birkenhead 'gelding, Fiddler,'' lias ,bocn;.acquired,':by.-the'Hastirigs' trainer, J;:,. JJelaney, , ; and/will, raco; in. his-name .at.tuturo.meetings: ,:,; ! Y;y:y,;.;;;;,; Mf&iwKo'' won the ■■ Second:'Hur:mJ?.'■« Pahiatua; .was; given very .'little schooling, prior .to.beiiig' raced ; over'-hur-dles, ..and, .'considering this,'-his display was distinctly, good -'on- Thursday, - M'Coii-' .nonjhandled;him' : in.a: masterly manner,'' , and,: at: tho business end-.of the raco/' lie barno .away,:-frbmVhis- easily;:'i'^Gpj^Treasure/GoldyThread.'and Kau,tnkiuhavp,been: withdrawn from all en--Eagements, a t; the' Wbllingtbn : meeting.;./' •; : : l'lio',Eiccartori;-horseman, ■ R;:' W;' King ■~}Vas..inpst;junfortuiiato;in hisvehoice of mounts,; in;; the,'. Wellington- Cup/:..• Ho could have flddon;"Rihgdovc, -but lie ■ pre:ferredyPrim;,^.The .iatter ;has:now 'gone iwrpng; and;will not:be a starter, at the meeting.,;;:;:.: y.,::;:.'-:;. '.;,■;.:,,,..: ~,: . An .'Wew-Zealaiid-bred -Pearl, ya five-ycaf-bld' 03.3) .grey niare,': by, ; , Meri^hikofty':'from 1 Veaxlll; ; ran,,her, lasty.racb ,• at; Kensino--

:tonpri:January,s.',Whi!b : 'ruriiiinrr'iri'third Pi'*■??.^'4 h * ,? nlrano ' ! .:::tP;-the; straight in H 1 ? Handicap it was 'seen .that 'some-' ithing, hadgone amiss,, and she was pulled. ~up, and disniotmtedrSnbsequent examin'a- : • tipn, by a veterinary.surgeon disclosed the ■iaetihat.-lier off; hind 7hs 'v:as 'broken jnst.be.owithe stifle, and sho;,ivas shorth.after destroyed, ..Whether.justified or not',' ..^bari.had-some reputation as a galloper.'

j... News.'comos^frbm;. Lexington :of ; the' death; of .they- famous American .racehorse lenny,,whose,: great: turf rival, Salvd.tor, 1 passed" away not,long ago..: Tcnny. was by. i ioS 1 "■ : -?' °l : M? '■'' Le S-W.'. winner''of 118/9). out of-Belle of Maywood, .byVHiinter/sjLexirig,ton;,' arid he; ran for five .'sea-' Isons,-'.wiumng :many 'races;;.,of a total L.yalue.'of over-. ■i17.000/' : ::In' the Electrio L Stakes; rit.,Morris;Pbrk/Teiiriy':b'eat Hail-' ever, arid-other gpbd .hprses'whcn J jfouiSyear-old.' ,-Iri, itlie. previous seasonhe was, perhaps,' unluckv when the judge gave the':verdibt; fb Salvator'by "a nose'," but,the.form.-wtas'confirmed when they met again-as.four-year-old's; in' a' matchat:Coney ..Islantl,for;,sooo dollars a, side. with;'sooO ,added, (oie. milo ' and „ri yqiiai'ter),., I.': Murphy :ori Mr; J.>B: "Haggin's Salvatbr jbeating Mr. D.' T. Pulsifcr's Temiy by,a'lrioso in;bpite.of "Snap/ -ner"■ Garrison's;..dbsperate■.finish;on the Eayonyd'Or, 1 cplt;-;.'-;Tho;paifymet.again in the,: Champion: Stakes y.(onoy-milo ■ and a half),yySalyator/ oyer ■ the- longer , cpurse winning -.'easily: -by, fbu'rylerigtlis;;,: As, a stallion,"Tbnny',.,w'no' >vas.;foaled, in 18S6, ivasiorily'doribdc'rate'siiccess.' "'•:.':/"..','','■ y/Peers ;bs a wholbnfe 'very: poorly Irep're-" .'sented; oil 'the Turf.. There 'are . thirtyone'ydukes.*. Two-of: them—Portland ' and' ;Westminster-r-caiTy ;,' on,' itlie' .---breeding-' :studs:.'which,:theyhaye inherited,: and the Duke-of .Montrose 'has a very-.few.'horses.": .There::are thirty-seven .marquises; Lords .Londonderry and Zetland race, pr!.have racedi'/'.-.Tho ibnly;', other 'marquis, concerned : with the Turf'is Lord Cholmoh.deley.:He. may'no'doubt be described as 'a "racing man,", and. owns two or, three , platers.. ■.'Of'.earls'', there: are-altogether two .hundred and thirty, and;it is madb. /but./that'.'seventeen/ of -thorn, inoludirig. Lord Buohan,. who, has, a, bbrse; or two 'in; France,'are' racing, men. :Lord'Cavah, who 'ran' a.■: hunter' 'last '. spring at' the.Guards'- rnebting „at Hawthorn" Hill; and Lord;. Clonmell,.;who breeds, ■ are : others;, but.thb":list:.of prbminent.ownoi's.does in- : elude Lords :Cadogan (who has done substantial, serviceyto tbb country..in.lre-' land -arid 'elsewhere),' Carnarvon, ./Coventry,// Derby; / -.DunraVen (who, however, never/produces /'anything to riin' now-: ndays), Durhairi, Bllesmere, Fitzwilliam,' Harewood;;llchester, Lonsdale, and Ebsebery.', -There; hfb,. eighty viscounts, and two of them Downeand Fal- ' inbuth, Of barons, there -are, Us. ' but' a glance down the list only reveals ten patrons: of; the; national, sport—Lords, Alington,, Ebury,.(who 'has npyiiorses-of his /own, ; and has not been;.seen; on a race-. ■'bourse for; several .years,''but- aniipals belonging to :bis. relative, the Dukb of -Westmin,ster,,have.been running in his name), Farquhar,'-Hamilton of Duizell,, Howard ,ue, Walden, St., Davids, Savile, Seftori, Westbury, arid . Wolverton.-'.'.'

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB

~:. -..'ACCEPTANCES AND. ; .; 'In connection:vrithsthe Wellington Racing. Club's Summer Meeting, the following acceptances and., entries. fiayo been'. ro-. coived:— ' '..;•■'■' .-•■',.■'•.• ..''.'■-.. ■:•'•'■:;:';•: acceptances.;- '■■:■ WELLINGTON CUP, .of 1000 soys.' One \; .■■. '•• .mile and \ a quarter. ..' ...'- ; l :,•':/■: ■.■•■l-'.Vst.-IW--'. ' ■'•.;■. stlb! . A.U ; Red '...... 9.11: Paisnno' ....... :7 8. Husbandman .8 '6 Muskevry ■.;.. 7. ,6 Roosevelt; ....-8 4' Moloch ..i.:... 7 - 5 ;Ringdove ...r 8 3 -Lady Medal- '' Downfall-...".. 8 : 2 ■'■ list ............ 7.5 Diabolo ....... 8 l/Equitus 7 2 Merrivonia....'.B 0 Bollin' ......... 7 0. Waipaku' : ..;... 7 12 Kopu ...;, 7 0 •'. Crucinella' ■'~.'■ 7 12, Oriris ......;,... 6 7. ; Sir-Antrim... 7 9 Clmuvdlin ~.. '6 7 TELEGRAPH HANDICAP, of MO soys. . Six fiirlonjs. :.'■" ....-" r ; i'-■• ■'•■■;';. ;.-st.lb. ' ; •.;. st:lb. Tumut ...... 94 Mon Ami ... 7 3 Armlet, ...... 9 3 Multiple ... 7 .2 ICilindini ... 8 I Simplex ... G 13 i.Equitns- 7 13 Vi - 6 13 Woodhey ... 7 9 White , Sunbonnet".. 7. 8:•■ Cockado ... 6.10 . Full Sail «... 7 7 pWaiatu".' '.'■... 6 7 ■: Gipsy. Belle' 7 .5" '.'."[,■"■'■' FINAL PAYMENTS. ' ■:- ! WELLINGTON STAKES, of 500 bovs.,Five-, furldngs.—Ladrone, Sir ;■'Solo," Sir Laddo—We'penci' filly, Tetikura, Tribulation, ObligadcH-Te Huinga filly, Eton—

Cyrenienne colt, Eton—Cj-reuse fillyi Tenterhook, Countermine, Madam Madcap, Kuight Errant, Goldfinder, Kilindini, Conqueror—Lady Principal colt, Sea Queen, Killaloe, Madhura, Lady Ecina, St. Lawrence, Tawhaki, Jean, Kina, Danulw, Lady Medallist, Lbngstep,' Soult —Tauhei colt, Boanerges; Kohmoor, Formless, ami'Fonnby. -' ,'.-'. ".'■'■''/.■ • 71 ■TRIAL -PLATE, of 200 sovs. Seven furlongs.—Magneto, Faumis,: Royal Marine, Guiauforte; Emblem,. Multiple, Arabala, Laius, Excalibnr, St. Felix, Parula,. Genius, Pnkcwai, King's ;■ Prize, Golden Water, arid First Battery. ; , ! DISPOSAL 'STAKES,-of. 120. sovs. -Five furlongs.—Swimming 8e1t,.. Expansion, Ideate, "Splash, The'Sccr, Surmount,' Bernardirie, Bdllyshannbn.' Thera, Cyrene, Alexis, Glen,, Undecided,-Simplex, Merriletta, Mania, arid Llaiwcm. : . ' SELLING PLATE, of ~150 Sovs, .: Six furlongs—Multiple,: Swimming Belt, Expansion, Ideate,, The Seer. Surmount, Berliardine, Llanwcrn; '.-Lucretius',; Subdue, Separator, Merriletta,- Thera, Alexis, Cyrene, Undecided, and Simplex.

GISBORNE R.C. WEIGHTS

;i."-'(By/Telegraph:—Press ABsqciatipn.) .;...■ --~ '-.'' . Wanganui, January, H. -The following .weights have clnred by: Mi\ • J.-Chadwick. fpr the .Gisburne meeting;—. .. : . -.-■ ;V.'.,.:, : FIRST HURDLES '.. HANDICAP; .One mile arid a half.-Tyrannic; list. 5',b.; Te Arai,■ list'.-' lib.'; Reservoir, ylOst..;: 131b-; ;Kairbma, 10st.-'121b.; Te Kainui, 9st.;;and Rawliiti, 9st.y . , .':..' ■:■'[' :'■;■■' ■ :' ' '■■ '•:■ FLYiNG 'HANDICAP. Six'• furlongs.— Ironui; Ost. '51b.; :jlundie, , -Bst.■'.;. 12tb.; Auldearn; -Bst. 41b.'; -Lady Robiha,':.Bst. Jib.; Earata, Bst. 21b;';'-Lamsdorff, ;-7st: lOfb.; 'Mayflower, 7st. 01b.;' Obscurity, :7st.-"Blb.'j Dazzling, 7st,:-lib.; Pluck, Ist. '■tlb.';'Millennial, 75t. ! .31b.; Durability, 7st.; and Erin,. 6st. 71b. . . ~:..,; '■'FIRST'. HACK.,-FLAT'- HANDICAP. .Seveiufrirlongs.—Continuance,"; 9st. 31b.; Tho, Squatter, Bst.: 71b.; Sleacombe, Bst 21b. ; Kaumoana, ;Bst. ,21b.; TJkuia, Bst.; -Maghotb, 7st.- 121b.;. Niwaru,'7st.,Blb.; ;'Cap ; taiu Jingle, ,7st:.Gib.;:Ardfert, 7st. 51b.; Merry . Lawn,: ,7st. 51b.; Ainato,■'• 7st.; Master. Stent, 7st.;■ and' Centaur,.,7st. : "y ,'GISBORNE EACINGCLI'B'S HANDI,CAP. ..One mile and -a quarter.—Paisano, 9st,;,' Iranui, ■ Bst." 01b.; .;■■' TVuganini,.' Bst. 51b.';'.Bally-.Heigh, Bst. .31b.;.-.Lamsdorff, 7st. '21b.;'Dardaniis, 7st.; and .Dari: Lenb, ,7st..':'-■'-- .-■'•. .?-:■■.•.■,y.;:::y:..;y.".' : .■': :-... -'; FIEST : COONTY;.STAKES:,HANDI : CAP. : .., Six ■'■'■ furlongs.—Auldearn, 9st.; Spate, "Bst- i3lb.j Eyra 7st: 101b.;.Hirini, Tst.yjlb.j'.Waimabri, 7st:yßlb.-;')Fort 'William, :7st.: 31b:; Tho.'Chef, ; 7st./2lb.j and iVaultress, ?st.■■":--.-, d.-.-..'■:..-■.-•; ■ ',*:,■; . :, WELTEE,; HANDICAP/■;. One.'; mile.Cbntiiiuarice,,9st. ,131b.;: Illustrious, 9st: '41b,;.-DaiiLenb, (Ist. lib.; Millennial, Sst. ?131b;;y AVaimaori, Bst.y9lb.;' Sw'ai'thmor, ■:Bst.".'SlbJ;■■■'Merry/- Lawn.y Bst.-: 31b.;-- Ease' Lethe, 'Bst. 31b;,vAninto,'-8st;';; and. Inuo■cent:.',Bill,;''Bst.'';/;^::'i''.vV.:':»:.;:'■■( :,:'.■;;;•' STAKES,HANDICAP,',- Seven furlongs.-rlrhnrii;.*■ !)sti;.- :i'friiganini,'. Sst. ,91b.'; Muridic,"Bst/'Blb.;'Ballv, Hoighi'Bst; 71b.; Spate,;Bst;. ! :llb.'; Ob's'curiry,-7st. 51b.; ;Baldbs,'7st.-21b.'; Dazzling,-65t..131b.; and Durability; Ost; 101b.'-' «'«"!'.;■':;'" -,-':