THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1235, 18 September 1911, Page 7

THE TURF.

NEW ZEALANDERS AT ROSEHILL, LADY MEDALLIST. EASILY BEATS A BIG FIELD. Br Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Eec. September 17, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, September 17. At tho Eosehill Mating Club's Spring meeting yesterday, a largo nuuil>er of New Zealand liortts were among tho competitors. Tho following were the' principal results: — lIOEDLE EACE. Two miles. Mr.-It. W. Clancy's b. m. Pakau, by Conqueror, oyrs 1 Home Eulo 2 Tho King 3 Won by ten lengths, with five lengths between second and third. Time, 3min. ■ISsec. EOSEHILL GUINEAS. For throe^earolds. Seven furlongs. Air. J. 'North's b:\ c. Woolerina, by Molster—Suivre Bst. 51b 1 Cisco 2 Popinjay 3 Won by a length. Peirene, carrying Sst., was beaten by a head for third place. Time, lmin. 28isec. EOSEHILL HANDICAP. One mile and a quarter. Mr. F. Morton's b. g. Didus, by Positano—Dodo, aged 1 Vice-Admiral 2 Sftudbath 3 Won by three-quarters of a length, with a neck between second and third. Bridgo was fourth. Time, 2min, 71sec. EYDALMEEF, MILE. Mr. E. J. Craven's br. m. Lady Medallist, by St. Alwynne—Diploma, syrs 1 Grist 2 Eed Knight 3 There were twenty starters, including Genius. Lady Medallist scored an easy victory, beating Grist by half a dozen lengths, with Eed Ivnight another length away. Time, lmin. 41£ sec. In the Spring Stakes, Sunbmnt and Chaste finished among' the unplaced division. NOTES AND COMMENTS. {Br Glencoe.] The partial success of New Zealandbred hors£s nt the Eosehill meeting on Saturday will be well received in the Dominion, even though tho horses which won are not now owned in these parts. The two victors were curiously enough bath sold out of the Poriru.a stable, and aro both mares. Though the stake money won was not very large, .being only .£IOO in each case, the owners of both horses are well-known operators, so that tho win would be good in more ways than one. Tho Eosehill track was apparently very fast on Saturday for, allowing Pakau to have improved ever so much,-3min. 4Ssec. for two miles is fast for the Conqueror mare, though were the distance half a mile shorter sho is brilliant enough to put up fast time. Lady Medallist's victory indicates that J. W. Noud, who also trains Pakau, has tho St. Alwynne mare very well," and it is to be hoped that sho will not go "off" before tho Epsom Handicap, which is to be run in two weeks' time. Her owner, who is a well-known stationholder in Queensland, has supported her for a huge sum, and, should she win, her victory will be a severe knock to tho ring throughout Australia. Another New Zealand horse —Homo Eule —ran second to Pakau in tho Hurdles, while -Vice-Admiral occupied a similar position behind Didus in tho Eosehill Handicap. Peirene ran unplaced in the Eosehill Guineas of seven, furlongs. The forward running of these horses, combined with the victories of tho two mares and Los Angeles during the previous week, will no doubt effect much towards advertising New Zealand bloodstock, and very possibly, the,grcafpt portion of the New .Zealand horses now racing in Australia may change hands there. 11. W. King, who does the riding for G. Murray-Aynsley's Eicearton stables, was up on' three winners on the first day of the Ashburton meeting. 'l'annhauser was made favourite for tho principal event on the first day of tho Ashburton meeting, but ho met with some interference during the race, and ran off tho course on to the inside track. Tho stewards .inquired into the causo.of tho incident, but no action was .taken. Tho North Island jockeys, E. Hatch and S. Eeid, wcro riding at Ashburton last week, but neither succeeded in winning p. race. • Five horses have been sent from New Plymouth to Auckland to take part in the Avondale .meeting. They are: Crown Pearl, who hails from J. George's stables, and who attracted favourable attention by his forward running in tho Maiden Plate at Marton; and ElectrakofF, Mangaraoko, Paioli, and Te Waharoa. All of them are trained by A. Bhodes. At tho annual meeting of the TaratahiCarterton Racing Clnb held last week Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P., was re-elected patron. Discussion took place on the Sports- Protection League proposals, and it was resolved that the levy oi .CIS to the league's fund be paid. Most people who are competent to exEress an opinion hold different views as to ov,- to teach a horse to jump, iind-in this respect it is interesting to recall a conversation which the writer had with Mr. ■N. D. Wilson at Danncvirko last week. Thoso who know Lovell will admit that the Huntsman gelding is woll-nigh a perfect jumper, and his mistake last week when he banged clean through one of the fences is the first occasion on which ho has got rid of his rider in a race. Mr. Noel Wilson, owner of tho horse, regularly hunted him with tho Eangitikei hounds, and by giving liini plenty of schooling the gelding improved to the state of efficiency which always characterised his efforts on the racecourse. Mr. Wilson is a firm believer in schooling, and dods not think that a horse can get too much jumping. His usual practice with Lovell was to tako' him slowly at his fences, giving him . plenty of room in which lo sight them fairly, but if any tendency to run them down was observed tho stick was always brought into requisition. By degrees tho paco was clapped on and at the finish of his hunting career Lovell was always in tho van. It was thero that he used to like to be, and then, jump at his best. At a meeting of the Marton Jockey Club held last Tuesday the secretary submitted a balancc-shcet disclosing a profit on the spring meeting of ,£920. Tho programme for the summer meeting was drawn up, and will presented for final settlement at tho next meeting. Tho stakes will bo over X2OOO. FIXTURES, September 20 and 23—Avondale J.C. Spring ' September 23 and 25— Otaki Maori E.C. Spring. September 28 and 2S—Wanganui J.C. Spring. October 4—Hawko's Bay J.C. Spring. October 11 and 12—Marlborough E.C. Spring. October 11 and It—Dunedin J.C. Spring. October 11—Napier Park It.C. Spring. October 2-4 and 26—Greymouth J.C. Spring. October 2G and 27—Poverty Bay ' T.C. Sprir.g. November -l, G, 8, and U—Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan." November 22 and'23—South Canterbury J.C. Spring.