THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 7

THE TURF.

... -—.. NOTES AND COMMENTS. fßi UtBNCOB.) Nero, was-:schooled over the steeplechase fences at Hastings oil Saturday, ■; and. acquitted himself well. He pulled up ; quite sound, and-' is. to- be shipped. froDi Jinpicr on AYednesdayi . :i Th'e:'Hutt trainer, .C. Pritchard, is ship- • ping'his team tor XHccartou; on Wednesday-: nights V : - • The -Porirua team of jumpers for Ric- : carton .went Soutn last night, and all / looked well, v This applies, speoially. to - TauiraV-Mvlio looks, all the better for his race in. the Winter Hurdles, and who -promises to start favourite .in the South. Waiono is again quito Bound, and Lov- ' ell's v .condition' is pleasing in every respect. By the same; boat J. H. Prosser 'and , : H. -Telford also took passage. . - Prospector, |in charge of C. O'Neill, . and Bercola (W. Telford) .were shipped to VLy.ttelton ■by ' the Maori last night. r The former-'seems to have lightened up -."..a good deal, and :the last-named is an improywl horse, and should run. well-at the'■ C.J.C. meeting.--* « . : .The New\"Zealand-bred Waihuku won i the/Plate, six furlongs,- .at the recent Epsom (Victoria). meeting. - The! ; San Fran- gelding was ridden, by a jockey named'O'Reilly. He. was not heavily ■ supported. •. • It was recently stated .in this column that 'Tawhakr had yet to win his. first race.. 'His win .in .the Maiden _Hack ra<Je at the Rangitikei Racing Club's 6pring*meeting was for the moment overlooked;- • The race mentioned; was not of; sufficient vilue to render the Menschi- ; koffycolt ineligible for the Trial Plate 'at Trentham. - v . ;it transpires that Ataatiua injured himself while working- at Caulfield, hence •nis withdrawal • from the Australian hurdle',race/' : ;The ttahaki gelding, 'has certainlyy. been " very unfortunate 6ince going to -'Australia. • . , • Tha, Woodlands- Hunt Club''meetii®,' : -will; be'Aeld.;on .the Pahiatua llacecourso ■ to-morrow. *. ■ . Thiaseason'tlie conditions for the jumpers' Fiat Ruoe U t. stipulate.th'at the event is for horses that -■ have.'competed in at least five 'steeplechases or hurdle races in New Zealand; to be ridden by professional ■ hurdle race or"' steeplechase, riders . who have :in not'less, than five of such races in the preceding two years. This will mean that'l-White Cockade, Jlahuta, and _sev- ' «rar'' J ottier';Grand'/National -candidates .will iiot-be. eligible for the race. '"-At- Mr.' W. E. Bidwill's private track : ' at - Eototawai, J. Farmer,. j trainer, ■ has five :horses ■in work. Provocation; who is now a four-year-old, looks , wonderfully well. ;! 1 The two three-year-olds Tribulation and'lnspection, are members-of the team,.and also a couple of;two-year-olds, Ovation and another. It is not definitely - fiied/.when any of . the team "will first sport'silk, but.prdbably it will be at the wiinganui spring meeting. .. " Tho well-bred New Zealand galloway, - Ora Pinsent, who is ;by Merriwee,. wored her first!success in Victoria at Richmond . on .Jiily. 25,'' when she'started favourite for .the seven furlongs Novice Handicap, arid won all the: way from .Meddlesome and; : the"'West 'Australian fram: ; She Was ridden by W. Oliver. Though they may not-exactly look for ■them,':l. fancy some trainers who prepare 1 horses at Eandwick will add a pony or,,two. to their teams (says a writer in the Sydney "Referee"), if the proposed alteration'to. the .A.J.C. rules is carried, and' certain it is they trill permit their' apprentices. to, ride whenever: opportunity. , offers. ;'• "It , will, teach them/to be alive' 1 at'.the ; barrier," remarked one trainer, ;. an3j. if'nothing'else is .attained, it should have'. that effects-' However, apart from, consideration of. their apprentices,' the chancer of landing, a. tidy sum in wagers will appeal to some trainers, as the ad-' ~ missionof the "horse" bookmakers will strengthen the ringlat unregistered meetings, and fdr, a: time,''_at. any;,raie,' ; petition,-will, be; sufficiently keen'to as- ■ sure liberal,.prices..-.. .... . At a meeting of tho committee of'-the ' Manawatu 1 Racing-'- 'Club;'-on-' Saturday ' ; 'night ! (mys a*-Press Association telegram from : ;Palmerston_-,'North), "a - resolution : wascarried''eliminating hurdle races from. Christmas meetings, on the grounds 'of ;the .hardness' of the going; the dumber. 6f accidents, and .the necessity of having'uniformity of. Hurdles. . The. resolu-' tion-will-have effect till uniform:hurdles are?adopted' ; by' the "conference. It was : also decided that , the Wanganui Jockey ,Club be.;asked. to call, a meeting of all .clubs-in its .metropolitan area, with a ' > vieiy vto . mutually.; arranging; for a possible reduction in'the'days of racing to comply'with 'the 'desire of' Parliament. . AUCKLAND RACING CLUB; , (By Teleeranh—Press Association.!' . . >. Auckland, August ,1. < ■ 'Tho-,annual meeting of.members of the, ; 'Auckland '.lacing.. Club was held this af- ; ternoon;,- the' Hon..-E. Mitchelson presid- ' ing. -.-;■ Mr. .J.F.. Hart land (secretary). submitted /the'-, annual- report. and; balance-, sheet,' setting forth that the club had. had.- , .another, successful year. ■- .The amount, given in -stakes -last season , 'amounted to, .£29,215, being increase' .'over.-the/preceding.-year- 0f,,£3i)30. The '. surplus on.thervarious meetings was well- : up to that of, the season 1908-9. After ■ writing ".off the -.whole of,, the improvements account, ,£2978 19s. (and a largo sum 1 fori depreciation of buildings, fencing, furniture, and plant, 52576 18s. Gd.), . there remains ah amount of ,61607 2s. 2d. 'to be' ; carried to'capital account. In the 1909 session of Parliament increased: faxa- : tiotf was imposed on racing clubs,, which first-took effect at the autumn meeting,. , and which would.-mean extra expense to the club, equal to from',£2ooo to'.£3ooo per annum. The report was adonted. -.The,-Hon. E.fMitchelson'and Mr. H: T. ' Gorrie, ' being the. only, nominees for tho .- offices,of:president,and vice-president irejpectiyely, were deolared duly elected. Messrs. S. Bradley,: IVEarl, O. Nicholson,. H- O. Nolan,. G. W. S. Patterson, (retiring -members), and Walter 'Davies .wore elected to the. committee.. FIXTURES. ' August 3.—Woodlands Hunt Club Annual ••-Steeplechase. « Anenst,. 9. "U, and' 13.-C.J.C. Grand ; National. • ; ,