THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 6

THE TURF.

RACING 'FIXTURES.

Jan. 22, 24, and 26—Wellington R.C. Sum-

mer.. ■Ton. 22 and 24—Foxton B.C. Annual. Jan. 23 and 29—Hutt Park Racing: Club. Jan. 29, Feb. 2 and s—Takapnna J. C. Summer. ■' - • - ; Feb. 3—Karioi J.C. Annual. - Feb. 3 and 4—Gi.sborne E C.-Summer. Feb. 3 and S—C.J.C. Summer. Fob. 9 and 10—Egmont R.C. Summer. Feb. 10 and 11—Poverty Bay T.C. Annual. ■ • Feb. 1G and 17—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 23 and 24—Woodville Disfcrict J.C.

. Autumn. . • Feb. 23, 24 and 26—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. March 3 and s—Wanganui J.C- Autumn.

GALLOPS AGAINST THE WATCH,

AT TRENTKAM. - Track-work at Trentham was delayed an hour yesterday morning by ■ rain. There •' was a heavy shower at daybreak, which - continued till 5.30 • a.m. when : the gallops commenced. Another. heavy shower came on before 9 o'clock, but by that time most; of the work was. over. The effect of the downpour on the tracks should be - beneficial. Before breakfast the work was done, on the trial gallop and the tan, but as the former was rough and: the'tan track was slushy, trainers Prosser, Cutts, Farmer, M'Donald, Koss, and several others decided to keep: their horses in the stables .till after breakfast. In the the secretary, Mr. A.' E. Why to was' cdmmimicated with arid permission was received: to work on the outside of the course proper after breakfast.- ' All, the: trainers were very 'pleased with this/arrangement. . . All- the Cup candidates worked, excepting Sir' Antrim, Waipaku, and Equitas, who had not arrived. Eopu was the first Cup candidate to appear and did slow work' only. •' Bollin did two rounds at three-quarter-pace. Ringdove (A. Oliver) and Roosevelt (Bennett) ran a mile to-' gether -in lmin. '48sec. Roosevelt, on the outside, finished half :a" length' in front' but he had a big-pull in the weights: Chauvelin ran a' niUe 'in lmin; ;49sec. He, was assisted over the .'last-'part by : Ukraine.' ; Osiris' (L.. Morris), and: Moloch. (C. Emmerson) covered seven furlongs, finishing together: in lmin. 35sec.All,:'the' above horses workedon; the trial' gallop inside - the: rails. Husbandman .was the, first of the Cup horses to gallop after breakfast. He. covered a mile and a half, on the outsideiof .the course proper and ran the "last round in 2raih; 21sec.— a ■ good gallop.,-' ; Lady ; Medallist . (Buchanan), All- Red (Jenkins), and Diabolo (Hatch) -were companions in a. mile trav-. ersed in lmin. 45sec. Lady Medallist, who finished-in front gave, an impressive performance, while'AH -Red . finished satisfactorily. Downfall, Crucinella, and Muskerry'did half-pace work,-Muskerry finishing her-,task, with- a sprint.- over five Eurlongs, lmin. BJsec.: Merrivonia ran. six furlongs in -company .with Full Sail,, the last five furlongs taking, lmin. ssec. Paisano. (Buchanan) was the last of .the. Cup horses to work. Ho equalled Lady Medal-'-list's, time by running, a mile, in. lmin. 45sec., "'.V ■

Several of the. candidates in the Telegraph Handicap .did smart sprints. 1 Before'breakfast'.'Armlet (Bigby) ran three furlongs in 37 l-sscc. Federal (Mussen) broke. into a gallop shortly after the half mile post and ran ..the lost three furlongs in. 30 2-ssec—tho >best "sprint during the morning.., Tumut (Cairns) and Sun-, bonnet (Oliver) covered five furlongs together in lmin. ssec. JVoodhey did light work.' All the above 'worked' on the 'trial' ga110p... ; Kilindini, Multiple, and. Vi did easy tasks'on : the: course proper; Multiple finishing, with a sprint.. Gipsy Belle (Buchanan),'. Smmming'.'Belt 1 (Hatch),"'!: and Lace • Cbllar "(Jenkins) .finished' in 'the order named • over five furlongs run Vialmin. 4 3-ssec., White Cockade ajid Montreal dashed' over' five furlongs, in lmin. 33-ssec. ,-,... '.■/ : ; -- ■ i The 2-year-olds, Tribulatibii .(Olivor) and Killaloo (Gray), galloped half a -''mile; with . Silkweb (Cotton). ' They ■ finished in ' the order..named,in sisec... Saxifrage. (Chapman) and' Tenterhook' (Paul) covered half a mile in 50sec. Other half-mile gallops w«ro: —Waiwarewore beat 'Warlock and Stepalong in 51sec. Gold Lace beat Sea ,Queen,' s&lsec. Sonite; and First. Battery took 52sec; The' best - six-furlong gallop went to the credit of Broadsword, who ran "lmin. 16sec.' ■ Genius (Douglas) =and Tavrhaki. • registered lmin; ■ 19sec., '"but G«mnß could "have improved on the time. Effort covered the journey, in lmin. 18sec. in : nice style. -Sir 1 ' Tristram, :':Parula, Formby, Polyanthus,: Ideate, Iranui,' Sir Frisco, Truganini,- Golden Water, Wimmera; Chanteuse,' Bobrikoffi and: a.'number: of others also worked..

•SIR ANTRIM SCRATCHED. " < Sir' Antrim :,was from the Wellington' Cup, one mile and a half, at 4.5 p.m. yesterday. . ' GORE RACES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) • Gore,. January 20. The' second dayof tho Gore , summer meeting'was held in fine weather; There ,was 'a' very good attendance, the' two days being a record. The totalizator figures were,.,£9858, being.^£l739■ better,than last year. Bight bookmakers wore ; licensed, ■i'he' following are the results:—, GRANDSTAND HACK.—My lawyer, 9st. ,51b., "1; 'Fulmar,' Bst." 121b., 2; Taieri, Bst., 3. Won by three lengths. HOKONUI HACK.—Torohunga, lOst. 21b., 1; Royal Step, 9st. 51b., 2; Port Fire, 9st. 3. -Won' by a short head. - RACING. CLUB HANDICAP. One mile and. a distance.—Oivoi, 9st. 131b., lj Waiju, -7st. • 131b., 2;, Ofhce Girl, Mist, 8. Won; by. half;'a length. ".Time, lminJ; 5S : . PROGRESSIVE TROT.. One mile and l a half.—Repeater, lGsec.,. Is Bell i.Child, 12sec., 2; Hindoo,-llsec.,. .3. . Won - by three lengths, the-, rest nowhere. .Time, 4min. 47scc. . -~,' \ SUBURBANHACK "WELTER. Five fnrlongs.—Redmond,.: Bstr 21b.,' 1; , Vagrance, Bst. 111b.,' 2; Blue Bell, Sst. 71b., 3. Won by half a length. . Time, lmin. 3seC. 5. ' '' v.- - r- ; ■' i ■ : PRESIDENT'S .HANDICAP. Four furlongs.—Cute, Bst. 21b., 1; Lupulite, 9st. 131b.,2; Octave, Bs't. lib., 3. Won by half a length. Time,'49sec. . TELEGRAPH TROT. One mile-Lucy Dillon,- 17seci, 1;' Regina Bell; 12sec., 2; Sir Lex,. 13sec., 3. Won- by, six lengths. Time, 2min'. 39sec. • '• ■ BOROUGH HANDICAP. -. Seven furlongs.—Ohsono, } Bst.T 81b., 1; Balaclava, 9st. 61b., 2;i Eous, Bst. 81b., 3. Won easily. Time.ilmin.. 29sec; ■ : .

NOTES'AND COMMENTS, *

(By Glencoe.)

The Wellington.: Cup and the Telegraph Handicap .will be run at Trentham tomorrow. ' ; ; '. ..' .. '. * ■ Eacing will take place at Foxton on Saturday and Monday. Keeper' 'arrived from Blenheim yesterday'.,wdth. Glen.-irho .is 'engaged, in the Anniversary Welter' tb-inorcow. ~ : ' . B. Gilltett is, bringing two. horses 'from Blenheim to-day. G. Price's team for the Wellington. Cup meeting arrived at Trentham yesterday afternoon. Stanley Beid will, 1 in ■future, do all the'light-weight riding for W. Davies's Trentham stable. ' i It is stated that the recent summer meeting of the Auckland Eacing Club will result'in a profit of v Bobrikoff i"s not engaged in any event on the first day of the Wellington Eacing'Club's meeting, but'he'is located at Trentham and may be seen: with the colours up before the meeting'closes. The. cross-country,. horseman E. J.' O'Brien had a narrow cscape from what might have been a serious' accident at I'lllerslie, on Tuesday last, when Don Quex fell with him. 'The horse turned a complete somersault, rolling bright over O'Brien, who fortunately got off with a shaking ,and a .bruised'arm. Jena a halfsister'to Soultline, is among the horses engaged in tho' Ruapehu Hack. Handicap at Trentham to-morrow., She has arrivod, and will: be ridden ■ by the Auckland horseman, .E. E. Brown. Jockeys A. Oliver, Luke Wilson, F.D,. Jones', F. Cress, and J. Buchanan walked from Potone . to Wellington yesterday, with the object.of reducing their weight., The' five horsemon' started from -yPetono railway; station together,' and the first to reach the tram terminus at Thbrndon Esplanade- was 'A., Oliver, .whoso, time for the distance was lhr. timin. j

. Miss. Mischief, .who went amiss after winning the Summer. Cup and the Goodwood Handicap at Ellarslio, is still located'at Auckland, in charge of E. J. llae, : the daughter Of 'Treadmill not having sufficiently recovered to be shippedsouth.' An effort was.made to,secure the services of B. Dealey to ride Paisano in the Wellington Cup, out the Auckland horseman will not be able " to ride until February 1. Up till yesterday morning no jockey had been engaged for Paisano. The Auckland Metropolitan Committee held a special-meeting'last Tuesday , to consider the suspension of the jockey B. Deeley. Deeley was successful with his appeal against the sentence'imposed: upon h{m by the ; 'l'akapuna Club last December, but since then the North Shore body have reopened the "case, and imposed a twelve months' suspension.' Against this decision an appeal has been lodged on behalf of Deeley, and . the Metropolitan Committee 'decided to hear the appeal on February. .1, . DeeleyVlicense to be suspended in. the meantime.' . ■; . In connection with the Hutt 1 Park Racing Club's -meeting, pony 'owners are reminded that acceptances for the first day close at 8 o'clock this evening, with the managing steward; Mr. R. Coneys, at his office, Columbia - Hotel Buildings, 34 Cuba Street. Weights for. tho second day's events will -be declared on Wednesday next. »' ■ , ... 1 .

On the first day of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting, the principal race is the Wellington, Cup, of 1000 sovs.,. one. mile and a half. Probable starters. and riders in this event are: All Red,' 9st. 111b. (C. Jenkins);,Husbandman, Bst. 61b. (F. E. Jones); Roosevelt, Bst. 41b. (H. Gray); Ringdove, Bst. 31b. (A: Oliver); Downfall, Bst. ■ 21b. (L. Wilson); Diabolo, Bst.- lib. _(R. Hatch); Merrivonia,' Bst. (E. Lowe); Waipaku, 7st. 121b. (W. r Price); Crucinella,. 7st. 121b.' (W. .Ryan); Paisano,; 7st. 81b. (- —).; ' Muskerry, 7st. 61b. (F.. Cress); Moloch, 7st. 51b. (H. Price); Lady Medallist, 7st. 51b. (J. Buchanan); Bollin, 75t..(-H. Watson); Kopu, 7st. (W. Bennett); Osiris, 6st: 71b. (L. Morris); and Chauvelin, 6st. 71b. (Stan., Reid). ,

Owners; and trainers are reminded that .nominations -for v the . Taranaki Jockey Club's, autumn (Cup) meeting■ close' with the secretary/, Mr. E. P. Webster, on' January 24. '. .. . '.. , -. . ' ;