THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 April 1910, Page 4

THE TURF.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. / AUTUMN MEETING. * . i ACCEPTANCES FOR SECOND DAY. Following are- the acceptances for the events to be decided at tho-Wellington Racing Club's meeting at Trentham to-morrow — SECOND HURDLE HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. One mile and a st lb si lb Longnei 10 9 Gold Bird;.-.-10i .2;. Exmoor 10 r > M005e■........;.; 9 8. v Hjdiant 10 1> Chasemab, ...;.!),. 0' HUTT HANDICAP.' "of '150; sovs./ '"One jnile 'i..: ..;••■ .: . ;_...;'! st lb .-•■' stlb. Trueamni 9 9 Mataari. 9 0 Bolhn 9 i Adria .... : 8.13/ Hilanan 9 2 Aboriginal ....;;8 .7/ Swimming ' ■' ;:■'■'■!'■• ■'' Beit 9 i .rx: ; .;i;'i;::^L:;.:: MUEITAI HANDICAP, of 100 s'ovs; '. Seven furlongs. '.:.-' stlb '-,-:... : w : r .V«st;lb.r: Hilannn ' 9 0 St' Felix-..„ :-776:; RoulManne 8 0 Explosive .... 1-i Succession 8 0 Ukraine- ...:;.',.7. 2'-,i Idcilism 7 7 San.'Lass......-6. 7 Leahbra '7 7 '-r. -,..-.-•.•-' •"■■■-; AUTUMN HANDICAP, of 400 sovs. /One : ; milo and a 'quarter.-....'.. ■' - r stlb ~-v :\- ;: ■.■■st.-ib'.'! Eqmtas . 8 9 l L'y:Medallist 7' s'- 1 Effort 8 9 Bridge ......... 7 ,4: Husbandman- 8 0 Osiris' ........... 7 '3 Diabolo i 8 8 Adria ;*....>....": 6 ; 7v ■■■ Sir Tristram 8 0 , Cronstadt. .... ■'. .6 7 , PACIFIC HANDICAP, of ;200 sovs. -Five •-.'."': ''/:■' furlongs.' ! ,-;::' ■'"..''.;".;. '. : ':!r.^.^:.-5t.1b. : . C:. ; >;;-:. ;: .it;lb.: : '■> 9 S British Maid 6 "10 : Ernblem -...: 811 Dearest ■;■..:...; G 7. '■• Golden Loop .;8 ,8 Deploy. ....... 0 .7.'. '. Lord 'Kelvin \ 8 5 Complexity- - 6 ; :7-.' '.King.Sourt ,7:9 SUBURBAN HANDICAP,';' of. 200 ':.-■.■■'-■:■/.■: :.-. Six furlongs. " ' ' ,' ■ V/.l" '-'.■- : .-'.,'.'"■ • 'stilb. ■■'':NorthtEast' '9 8 Ballarat . .... M . .Tumut ..... 9 0. Gipsy Belle ..7 .2 • Kilindini: : ■„.■ -7 13 Advantage ':,: 7 0..' Perle d'Or 7 8 Mon.Ami .„ G 12 Sharpshooter 7 8 Parula .:... G/7' BELMONT HANDICAP, of 100.sovs. Six . furlongs. ;■"• v'/-.-";':"''-. st lb .'■•'■•' J '.stlb. Magneto 8 4 Rongoniai "... * 7 5~ Faunus ... 8 3 Explosive ... 7 5 Kma 713 Penza ......;. 7 1 First Battery 7 12 Undecided ;.. 6 13' Leahora .... 7. 8 Laius '■',. .»...; G. 7 NEW: ZEALAND: ST.-LEGEB STAKES^ of 400 sovs Tor three-year-olds.' ' Colts,' Bst 101b:; fillies, and geldings, j Bs't. .71b. One mile and three-quarters;.;.,... ;;. .: Sir Geo Clifford's b c. Kilwinning, by Kileheran (imp }—Sueeess.' { .' . Mr G P. Donnelly's ch. g. Golden Water, by Geld Reef (imp.)—la.: , ; : . Dr W. K;7Fyff»V and- ..E. Hughes's b.'c. Marengo, .by ■; So'ult (iiap.)—Dodona,'..;'-v'.^ , .:.;. ,, ;j-: '.;'."-.•; ■ Mr. A Ellingham's. blk. ■■ f. Glissade, ,by .. Soult (imp.)—Lissadurn:.; ;'. l- :; ilr T Preston's .b.f.. Milan,, by St. Am- , brose!(imp.)—Waiwhcra. .■','/ ' Mr D Rutherford's ch. f.". Ingoda, by Stepniak—Arinigera.: V ■,/ ~:■;

l SOUTHLAND RACES. r (By Telegraph—Press Association.) • • Invorcarglll, April 7. Si -The Southland Racing Club's autumn Meeting was ; ooricluded to-day." - The • weather. was showery, _ and the attendjince Tho'ftotalisator returnsfor .-the' meeting totalled £8446,' against '£6572 ' last year. Nine , bookmakers • were'again -licensed,' the total fees for ;ihe moating , being £354. The results were SECOND HANDICAP HURDLES. • One mile, and a half.—Coy, ljlHomo- : ward, ,2; Royal Shell,< 3: Won- by a 'and a half. Time,, 3min. 6sec. : NEW. RIVER CLASS; TROT. . One mile and a half.—S.M.,l; Belle'Childe, :2j Damn, 3,; • Won by thirty yards. ; Time, 4rain. ~2sec. .. AWARUA HANDICAP. , One mile and a distance.—Stratagem, 1; Obsono, 2; Astrakhan, 3. Won by four lengths. Time, 2min. i 4-ssec. . MYROSS WELTER. Six furlongs.'Officipus, 1; Radiator, 2; Sombroro, 3. Won 'easily by three lengths; ' Time, ■ lmin.. 22sec. .; . PRESIDENT'S WELTER, Seven furlongs.—Strathfillau, 1; My-Lawyer, 2; Riflo Range, 3. Won. by three lengths. Time,: lmin.: 36 -2-sseo. ;- ; SECOND' COUNTY • HANDICAP. Ono mile.-rWairakeij-1:; Baron Northburn, 2j Grafton Laddie, 3. Won by ..a length. Time, lmin. 52sec. ■ DASH - TROT. One mile.—Burly Bob,-1; Lady -Merlin, 2Dreyfus, 3. Won easily by fifty. yards. Time, 2min. 47see. WINTER .OATS.: . One mile.—Warsaw, 1; Cuirosetlia, 2; Adage, 3. Won by three lengths. Time,, lmiii. 49 4-5 see. ■ . ■ ■

REEFTON RACES. :.y RMfton, April f. .' The Reefton races were concluded today in. fine weather, , and there was . a good attendance. Results:— TELEGRAPH HANDICAP... Pour furlongs.—Coxswain,- Bst. 71b., '1;. Montague, 9st. 91b.) 2; Millionaire, Bst. 81b., .3; Also started: Supplement, Masterful, and Featherstone. Won by half • a head. Time, 50 3-osec. v ELECTRIC HANDICAP. Five furlongs.—Blessbak, Bst. 111b., 1; Mangrove, 9st. lllb., 2; Divorce, 7st. 121b., 3. Also started: Millionaire and Platinum. Won by a noso. Time, lmin. 4 l-ssec. DASH TROT.—Rita H., Usee., 1; Fiction," 19sec., 2Sweet Eileen, 18sec;,' 3. Eight started. ' Won easily./ Time, 2min. 47 2-osec. JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP. One mile.—North Polo, lOst. lllb., 1; First . View, Bst. 81b., : 2; Fandango, 6st.- 71b., 3. Also started: Hillspring. Won by a head.. A great race- . Time, lmin; 41 1-asec. :/ WELTER HANDICAP. ' Seven fur- . longSi—lnvestment, :.Bst. 71b., 1; 'Contingent, Bst. 131b., 2: Miss Gift, Bst. 91b., S. Also started: Ellerton, Wairarapa, and Gracilis.' Won on the post. Time, lmin. 32sce. REEFTON TROT—Sweet Eileen, • lOsec.,'l; 'Fiction, 42sec.', 2; Dunollie, 20see.;' 3. Ten started. Time,; smin. 40sec. 1 ■ : FAREWELL HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Montague, 9si, 1; Supplement, Bst. 31b., 2; Mangrove, 9st. 41b., 3. Nine started. "Won by a-head. Time, lmin. 17 3-sseo. ~ The totalisator investments' for the day amounted to £2019, and £4199 for the meeting, an increase of .'£765.'

NOTES AMD COMMENTS. I TBt Gt.iskcos.l Tha 'Arondata Jockey Club's meeting eommencw an Saturday. . Caralitro, who vas just beaten bj Rod M'Gregor in the Steeplechase at the Auckland Itncing Club's meeting, will be a starter in 'the Avondale Steeplechase, to' bo run on Wednesday Bext.' i'our fresh horses Trill be racing in

the hurdle race at Trenthain on Saturday. They are Gold Bird, Hydrant, Exmoor, and Moose. , 'Mr. Hartlan'd,. secretary, of the Auckland Racing Club, and Mr; E. W. Alison, the well-known' Auckland sportsman, arrived in Wellington last evening,' in connection, with tho sitting of the-Racing Conference Appeal Board. ,J. Fryer has in'work at'Hawera a brown, gelding named To Kuna, by St. Paul from' Rcleaso. .As Rcleaso is an own sister,to Thirlmero, Te Kuna is almost full-brother to Waiari, winner of Auckland Racing Club's Easter Handicap. . ' Exmoor was taken to'Trentham yesitcrdaji-: :He will: bo «' starter in tho Second. Hurdlo Handicap to-morrow, and 'will bo ridden by H. . Cairns. ..Boanerges returns to Awapuni without starting at' tho,Wellington Racing Club's meeting. If he freshens up dur.couple of days he will compete at the Manawatu Racing Club's "meeting next week. First Mate, who has been spelling for a: couple: of. months in: Hawera, is 'again in work. . After competing at the Auckland ■Racing Club's .meeting, Waitapu was given a schooling task over hurdles one morning at. Ellerslie. He shaped'fairly well. "Mr. J.' Brett," owner of- St. . Felix, returned from Sydney by the Manuka 'on-Wednesday . night,; and went on to Dupedin last night;. H. Gray, .who rode Emblem to victory at Trentham ' on. Wednesday, re, 'turned' to 'Auckland yesterday. . He will ■ride Antoinette in the Juvenile Handicap at'the "Avondalo Jockey Club's meeting to-morrow. - Audax and '.Whatakura,_ who filled the places behind Longner iu the hurdle race at'TrehthanT riri'Wednesday, are not among-the/acceptors for the jumping 'event on to-morrow's programme.

' "The Grafton mare Alfalfa, who proved a racing failure , after 1 training at Hawera last season,:has a.fino.foal to Sir Laddo."'"V ' ;".'- '■•■• '"■"'

It is understood that some of the yearlings purchased by Mr. E.J. Watt in Sydney may be handed over to the Melbtmrne . trainer,-D. J. Price, and prepared for racing in the Commonwealth.

Mataari, who got a bad start m tho Thompson Handicap on Wednesday, will be ridden by A. Oliver in tho Hutt Handicap, to-morrow. At the summer meeting at Trentham, Mataari won a mile race, welter weight!, and covered the distance under lmin. 40sec.,

Tho Racing Conference has two appeals to deal with at the present time, and the appeal judges appointed by the § resident; will sit in Wellington to-day. i:.Deeley, the Auckland-'jockey, is appealing, against the'disqualification imposed on him by the Takapuna Jockey Club last' and the Dannevirko Racing Club is appealing against a decision of the Hawke ! s Bay Metropolitan Jockey Club in, setting aside a fino that it .had imposed on the trainer of Full Cry, who refused to start the horso-a'second time in the-hurdle race at the.club's December moeting..

.Since Lethean'became the. property of "Mr. M'aybin" after, the. Stratford meeting he has won sufficient in stakes to. pay his.; purchase price. three times oyer...^rom.,eight'.,'startsi'JJie has been first'.three on two 6thcr. occasions.'Thersum'of £415 has been won by;him for his"present stable.

.Mf.':E.. Conrick/; writes an, instance of : how handicappersiand. sportsmen 5 generally might ieasilyvget confused in the'performances of horses, 1 would like to draw- attention to an error that appears, in the- last New .Zealand Turf In, ; the report of the WellingtonTClub's summer; meeting, Sir Antrim is credited with winning the SummerHandicap, one.v mile,.., and defeating among others. Sir :Eri3c6, Aborigine, and Sir Tristram. < A* handica'pper in looking ,'fpf Sir s- : best performance o£.last season, would undoubtedly fix on this race (if ho. relied on the Turf Register), for'Sir/Ahtrim was ; in receipt of 81b. only from' the;brilliant Aborigine, . and' the time , for.; the' mile was lmin.- 40sec. . As a-'matter of- fact, Sir Antrim (I well.remember)' finished ab.solutely last in this event,' and' the real winner was Sir Tristram. . • ' ' ,

Tha Gentlemen'RiderV.Association of Hungary sportsmen this year.by/ari-innovatio'n'-that created a profound.'sensation.';-'' Ail the prizes Offered by the'association'will'bo "open to all horses:''.,-Hitherto'horses bred-in England had very few chances, as most of the: rates ;h,ave been open-to Continen-tal-bred., horses only,-with complete exclusion of Er'ench-bred ones, but in future all EnglishandFrench horses are admitted, although carrying a penalty. Practically this : innovation means international racing, and already in consequence, of it Mr. Negropontes, a Rumanian gentleman who used to fill his. stables with horses bred in England and France,' has transferred all his horses from Rumania to Tata, in Hungary, where they are under the care of Davies, while Mr. Negropontes himself will apply for'a license as gen-

tleman rider. , A 1 new. export market is' opened to: English stock, and there are hopes. that .the, list.■'.- of ■ steeplechasers may- be augmented by considerable importations from?'. Great • Britain. Already.-the two chief' events"of the Alag spring meeting, .the .Great Alag Steeplechase and .the Rakps Hurdle Race, havei closed splendidly, especially the 39 entries .of the <hurdlo record for'this-event. Some English and French horses.are amongst the on-gaged.-rLondon "Sportsman. ■ "Subscriber" asks "if the thoroughbred stallion Paddy's Land'is still alive and at stud,, and if so, who is the owner at the present, time, and where?" [Perhaps one of our : readers could supply the reauired-; information.!

SOLD TO GO TO QUEENSLAND. By Teleerapb-Prcsa Association-Copy riKhl . Sydney, April 7. The New Zealand horse Downfall lias been sold for 250''guineas: He goes to Queensland. RACING FIXTURES. April 9—Wellington E.C. Autumn. April 9, and 13—Avondalo J.C. Autumn. April 13 and 11—llauaivatu II.C. Autumu. April 20 and 21—Nelson J.C. Annual. April 20 and 21—South Caiitci'bury J.C. • Autumn. April 27—Manaia Sack E.C. Annual April 27 and iiawke's bay J.O. • Autumn. M»y 1 and s—Marlborough R.C. Autumn. May 11 and 12—Egniont E.C. Winter. May 12 and 13—Ashburton County E.C. Autumn.' , Hay 24 and 2C—WaTiganui J. C. Winter, i juue a and 4—Duneum J.C. Winter.