THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 9

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. ~ fflv GtBNCox.! Nominations, for the Jiangitikei "Racing Club's meeting cldso on Friday, next. Tne llanawatu Hunt Club's Steeplecliase. meeting will be held on. the Awapuni liiicecourse to-morrow. .'.".,. Weights for the first day's events..at. the Hofowhenun..Kacinj; Club's meeting, will bo'.'.declared, on Friday.; ■■:..■. .. Mr.' J.'E. Henrys,' the well-known""han-dicappt'i, will have no imiiledinte business worries when he. has franiod the New Zealand Cup ; handicaps,. so ho intends taking a holiday trip to Sydney. He will probably leave.bv next Friday's boat. . ■ ■" ; Coir, who broke his nw.k while coinpcting in tho Victorian Grand National j Stecplecliass, was a member of D. J. ■Price's team; ■■"■■•- •" ■" • Corazon,' who was taken home.to Baitings.yesterday, will probably be. "turned out until lierf February, when V. Col-, lello will taWe'him in hand for next, winter's jumping events. A private letter.-. from Buenos. Ayres states that the thoroughbred horses shipped from Wellington on tho New Zealand Shipping Company's Otuki arrived at their [destination -in first-class condition. Wlii-n the last mail left none of them had,been submitted for sale! ■ By tho Mararoa,* which arrives from Lyttelton this morning, a large. number of racehorses will lie brought home.from tho Grand National meeting. Amongst them are tho Auckland horses, Capitol, Totika,-Master Paul, nnd Blectrakofl. This (luartet will . not reach. Auckland until Thursday evening. . . Mr. N. V). Wilson's ex-hunter Lovcll continues to -run with ill fortune,-and this year lie has been-placed second thr6e times in big steeplechases. He-is to be given a spell duHiisr tlio summer months, and will be' sent home to' .his owner's placo at Bulls, whore he will ho used as a hack. , . •■ ■ ; ■ . - Waione was very lama after raping at Riccarton, and; most likely he will not carry silk again , for sonic considerable time. It is to be regretted that the }Vaiukii gelding is hot "e'puml, but siich a heavily-topped horso always likely to give trouble on account of the amount of galloping he requires. Grafnax, who won * the . Australian Steeplechase with 12st. 121b. on Satuiday, l'an third in the saino evsnt last year. This year" he has won the two big Victorian 'steeplechases,- a similar f«it to that accomplished by Bcllis in 1905.. G.. Price, who-has made a successful start. this season by winning two races with "Nyland, .'will, start another of Mr. Highden's candidates at the Manawatu Hunt Club's.inceting to-irfcTow.. -This is the Soult. filly. Alluremen"., a lister to \Gloss.' A Oliver will have the mount. . Tho.New Z«aland-bred' pony Doughboy made his .first appearance in.'.-Australia on July 2G, at Victoria Park,., where he rim third in -. .the Macden Handicap. Another New Zonlondor in Golden Mite, by Gold Kepf, started favourite in the U.I handicap, and won easily. Wailaacy, Anglican, Franc, and -Wiiatamata, all well-known in " this country, wcro amongst the unplaced division during the day. . . . ■', : Some'of the stewards of the Wellington 'Racing Glub have' promised to donate a 'silver • cup, valued at 1(10 guineas, for the Champion Plate, it'-the; race is retained on tho spring programme. The question will bo;decided at tho next committee meeting. Last.year, the race , attracted good, nominations, and.tho president, (jfr.- - J.-. Harcourt) donated a .silver, cup,- whioh* was-won ...by Elysian. ■The other starters were Taskiiiaster, Lady Medallist, and/All -lied,, so -ihat class, -at all oveuts, ,was.-,T'epresented... ■.■ - A great diversity of opinion exists as to how To Arai would have fared had Honest Tom not fallen, in the Lincoln Steeple , ! at. lticcartou on About six furlongs from homo it looked, as if Honest Tom.would catch tho favourite, who was' only about, three .lengths.-to' tho good; but it has to be ; remembered that when Te Arai -.was safely, over tho sodwall his rider gavo him his head, .and. ho ran right away from the remainder of' the. field. Certainly Honest Tom was down by thisvtimc, but from the stand it appeared as if Young feared the fence only and not tho horses behind him. Honfst Tom was at soino disadvantage in not having his usual pilot in. • the saddle, Cokcr having:-previously been!'disqualified. , „ . : ;GRAND;NATIONAI:; DOUBLE;,; ' In .referoiico" to .the- rumour'.that-, a protest might, possibly be lodged against Paisario's. win in the Grand Natioiml Hurdles, on tho ground that. Iho partnership of the horso was registered late, Mr. G. B. Oman, part owner of Paisano, informs us that the partnership is registered satisfactorily, and lie had yesterday received a telegram from the secretary of tho Kncing Conference, which road:—-"Partnership of Pnisanois registered in names of Barry nud Oman, to expire May 1, 1912.—Wanklyn." In re-' gard to the settlement of tho double bets, Mr. Oman, said: "1 am 'experiencing no difficulty in collecting .my bets in Wellington. In fact, Messr3. Scott and Martindale. were among the first in Wellington to congratulate me, and their cheque has come to hand." A reporter.also saw one of the principals of the firm mentioned, nnd was informed tlmt they were sending out all tlio cheques in connection with the double.; The amounts were considerable. It was costing them £2600 all t01d... . FIXTURES. Aug.' 17.—Manawatu' Hunt Club meeting. September '1 nnd 3.—Horowhenua JlaeK R.C. Annual. Sept. 14 and 15.—Eangitikci It.C. Spring. Sept. 29 and Oct. -I.— Wansjanui J.C. Spring. . . •