THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 908, 30 August 1910, Page 7

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. [By Giencoe.] H. Cairns won a hurdle race on b horse culled Field Trial at Flemington on August 20. At the samo meeting another ex-New Zealand jockey, S. Howie, rode a winner. Tho .Auckland hurdle horso Hoanga started favourite, but was badly beaten in tho hurdio race .at Canterbury Park, Sydney, on August 20. News comes from tho south that all has not been as it might bo with tho three-year-old Danubo. His trainer has been eiperieiioing a lot of trouble with, him.. . ■ . ■ . . . Waipne is to be taken to Levin to-day with the Porirua team for the Horowhomia meeting, Mr. M'Donald's steeplechaser broke down during tho . running of tho Grand National Steeplechase at Riccartoii, and is now to bo turned out in his owner's station until tho next jumping season comes round. Of tho New Zealand horses at present working at Randwick,' none is pleasing the trackowners so woll as Gold Lace, and tho Gold Reef mare is said to be showing improvement almost daily. The Porirua team for the Lovin meeting go north to-day, and will consist of St. Felix, Bourbon, Pakau, 1 Dearest, Turna, and Hawick. Their usual pilots, Jenkins and Telfordi \vill not bo Tiding them at this meeting, tho former owing to the light-.weights which tho horses have incurred, and tho latter owing to his "being still hors do combat , as a result of tho fall which he received off Tauira at Riccarton. L. Trnill will ride the flat horses and S. Pero tho jumpers. H. Curr, the well-known cross-country rider, has settled in Invercargill, and is starting business as a public trainer. ' Motuorasia (Jot d'Eau—Seraph), which was token to\ Southland along with another brood mare, Primula, has recently foaled a brown filly to Ahci (The Pos--sible-Fair Nell). A two-yoar-old filly by Malstor, froni Boresina (Stepniak—Ambush) was recently priced in Sydney, and the owuer named 1000 guineas aa tho figure at which ho would sell.* : : . The Knramu hurdle rider, A. Julian, who was hurt when Audax fell with him in the Welliugton Steeplechase," is now all right again. He was in Wellington during the last few days, but returned to Auckland yesterday. Julian, who-is at present without a license, is applying to the Hawke's . Bay Jockey Club at its meeting next week, and he anticipates no further difficulty in getting his permit to ride: -...■■■ ■ Crncinolla continues to share favouritism with Britain for the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap. In'the Derby of 1912, tho entries for which appeared recently, ' His Majesty King George V-has the following engaged:—Colt by Florizel 11, out of Loch Dopn; colt by Florizel 11, out of Guinea Hen; colt by Thrush, out of Loadamiajcolt by Volodyovski, out of Runaway Match; and colt by Lord Bobs, out :of Mirabolle. There are altogether, 3C4 entrios, including 27 made in. Now York. In, the Oaks for tho same year His Majesty has entered a filly by Flying Fox, out of April Princess; filly by Florizel 11, out: of Sweet Vernal; and filly by Martagon, , out of Mundon; Thero are altogether 209 entries, including 12 made in New York. • ■ Latona (dam of Apcllon) and Winsome have arrived at Waikanae to bo mated with the imported horse iiczanian. Thoi hack hurdler Gaelic will probably leave Mastertoii for Lovin to-morrow to compete at the Hnrowheuiia llacijiß Club's meeting. E. Dugan, the: leading jockey in tho United.States,-was. in July suspended for three months'for rough riding.. . Mr. G. M. , Currie'will send four yearlings by Soult to tho next KaniFwick Easter sales. One of these is an own sister, to Marnipouri,, and another is a halfMii to Sea' Elf. Kiltie Lass is said to bavu. thickened out a good deal since.last season, ana is now in ■ niuo condition to uudorgo. a preparation. ' : ■•' ,- ■ ■, Three : of ■ tho Highden brood niaros are to bo mated with the imported - horse King Hufiis this season. They arc Lustrous (Dreadnought—Radiant), ■ Certificate, and Vision (dam of Tho; Seer). ■'".' A colt that is ali-endy being hailed by English sportsmen as the winner' of next year's Derby is Cellini, by Cyllono from Serenia (dam of , Siberia and Electra). After a-couple of , enrly failures. Cellini struck form-at Sandown Park last nionth, and easily won tho National Breeders' Produce Stakes of 5000 sovs: There were 18 starters, and Cellini was ouo of the last to get away. • ' In Juno. lnst Thomas Patrick Johnson,' on owner and trainer residing in-Johan-nesburg, brought an action' , in the Rand High Court ngainst the- chairman of the Jockey Club of South Africa (Mr. Charles. Marx) for ,£IOOO. damages' in respect of action 'of tho club in warning him off. Tho plaintiff ,asked for reinstate■ment and .£3OOO damages. The action of the Jockey Club in warning plaintiff off was the result'of the running of the mare Merry Widow, who ran at Turffonteia (Johannesburg) at the races of the Johannesburg Turf .'Club, was unplaced in a fiverfurlong race on March 20 last, and won a race over five furlongs and a half on March 28. ' The case aroused considerable interest iu South Africa. Judgment was given for defondant with costs, At a meeting of the Jockey Club (England), held at Newmarket on July 13, Mr. Rothschild said there was a matter which' he had mentioned to the stewards, and which they had kindly given him permission to bring before the notice of the olub. . During the very interesting discussion that had taken place upon the repeal of the first paragraph of Rule 52, ho understood that it was the wish of the club that there should be more weight-for-age races, and that.those weight-for-age races should be better patronised. It seemed to him that it might be advisable, in ' order to secure this object, that ■ a suggestion bo made to the various clerks of courses that , in future in handicaps above the value of SOO sovs. there should be no penalty for the winner of a w-eight-for-ago race, saj of the value of 300 sovs. He thought that might induce owners to run their horses in weight-for-age races after the weights had appeared. The stewards decided to give the suggestion a trial at some of tho meetings at Newmarket, and if it proved successful other meetings would probably follow the example. ' ■