THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1341, 19 January 1912, Page 7

THE TURF.

v THE GORE RACES. tßy Telegraph—Press Association.) Gore, January IS. The Gore Racing Club's summer meeting was continued 10-tl.i,\.- Kain fell during Mm afternoon and .-piiilt Hie day's (.port. The totalizator handled J;7.'i2l. coinpared with JiiVKil lor the day lii.-t vear. The total put f.hrone;li tin' nmrhino for (lie two was -iiiV.WS, c-.inpared with .flO.lilli for last meeting. The following arc the results:--GRANDSTAN'D HANIMX'.-W, of 70 sovs. Seven furlongs.—Pcortas.. I; Allreda, 2; Oilvnrin, 3. All started. Won by a. neck. Time, hniu. 32sec. A quarter of a miio from home the accident of the first day was rei>eated. Gryta fell, bringing down Obi, Larkspur, and Seokushoiv. None'of the hor*es was injured, but 11. Sparks-, the rider of Gryta, wsis rather severely hurt. He was taken to tie hospital, where he is progressing favo irabiy. HOKONUI HACK HANDICAP, of 55 sovs. Six furlongs.—Bonzowen, 1; Caseshot, 2; Spevbank, 3. Ail started. Won by three lengths. Time, lmin. 17 3-ssec. ' RACING CLUB HANDICAP, of 185 sovs. One mile and a distance.—Parable, 1; Thistledown, 2; Roubiu, 3. Scratched: Baron Northburn. Won by a length. Time, lmin. 57 3-ssec. PROGRESSIVE TROT, of 90 ko-vs. One mile and a half.--Heriot, 1; Red Diamond, 2; .Midge, 3. Scratched: Castout, Asbestol, Satinwork. Won easily. Time, 3min. usee. SUBURBAN HACK! HANDICAP, of 75 sovs: Seven furlongs.—Directoire, 1; Red, White, and Blue, 2; Buff Gauntlet, 3. Scratched: Xylodine, Quota, Alfreds, Peerless, Spevbank. Won , by a head. Time, lmin. 31scc. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP-Kostroma, 1; Grafton Laddie, 2; San SevOro, 3. All started. Won by a length. Time, lmin. 2 1-osec. ' TELEGRAPH TROT, of 70 sovs. One mile.—George M., Jun., 1; Wood King, 2; Lochend, 3. AH started. .Won by a dozen lengths. Time, 2min. 33 2-ssec. BOROUGH HANDICAP, of 80 sovs. One mile.—Adage, 1; Waikaraka, 2; Baron Northburn, 3. Scratched: Thistledown, Parable, Sombrero. Won by a length. Time, lmin. 43 -t-Ssec. NOTES AND COMMENTS. THE GALLOPS AT TRENTHAM. . [Br Giencos.] It was mining heavily when the "call" was given yesterday morning at Trentham, and it was 5.45 a.m. before the work was started. Then the riders appeared in oilskins, while coats and goloshes were donned by trainers and track watchers. Very little galloping was done before breakfast. Those who had made the long journey expecting to see some good work were disappointed. . The Chokebore team were kept in their 'boxes till after breakfast, and J. H. Prosser was the first to commence operations. He sent' St. Felix and Dirge for a six-furlong gallop on Die grass. The pair finished together in lmin. 23sec. Dearest (Decley) ran ii solid half-mile alone, and Aratiatia was galloped three furlongs .down the back stretch. The 'Karamu team were not out for time-making, and each went once round Biul then galloped a couple of furlongs across the top stretch. ~ Outward and Miscount both look remarkably well. Negative, who bears a brighter and more racy appearance than he has done for some time past, went over a mile at a good pace, but was not allowed to go at his best. '' ' Royal Marine, always a free worker, galloped seven f.urlongs well, the time being lmim 3 3-ssec. Gay Lawless (W. Young) and Semaphore (H. Lowe) -weut live furlongs in luiiu.tisee. The former finished in front. Peroneal, looking really well, was not asked to do much. Merry Frank' easily beat Big Blast over ■ six furlongs, tho last half-mile occupying. 535 sec. ■ iJeacon, who - had Decley on top, was given a, mile by himself. He moved well., After tho breakfast adjournment the weather cleared, and a host of horses were worked. . . • Bliss, who arrived overnight, was not asked to do much, her trainer being content to let her go steadily over a couplo of rounds. Counterfeit, looking the picture., of health, went once round at a. strong pace. The Stead Cup winner is a ball of muscle. Mertivonia was slightly in front of Sea Queen at the end of seven furlongs, run in lmin. 34kec. Autumnus and Winning Way sprinted five furlongs together, the latter appearing to have the better of the gallop. Submaripe easily accounted for Obligant over a half-mile poiirsc. The Highden 2-year-old, Neirene, beat ; Bronze over the ?ame distance in 511 sec. ■ Ermengarde did the same distance alone, in similar time. 1 A gallop of some interest was between Imagination, on the outside, who beat Ovation, Elevated, and Kilmore rather easily at the end of four furlongs. Otakura was to go with them, but was left badly He finished well. ; The Haweru Cup pair. Patriotic and Mendip, both looking well, were given ' steady exercise. Deploy looks really well, being more burly than previously. She ran a steady t circuit and seemed to move well. Prince fc'oult was a. centre of attraction, ~ and pleased greatly in a half-mile gallon. , He was ridden by a light, boy. and got to tho end of the distance in sHsee. : Royal' Scotch, who had u narrow escape ; from a serious accident whilst being un- ; loaded on 'the previous evening, w'as given light exercise. Except for the loss of some skin he shows no sign of being hurt. He is an unlikely starter at the meeting, and is on his way to Riccarton to contest the Middle Park Plate. Yesterday's arrivals included R. J. Mason's Byron, Canute, and tho Englishbred Vahdo (Veles-Slaveaway). The lastnamed has a great private reputation. . T , ho , from the south yesterday included Culprit. W. Young will ride Mendip in the Ouu and Eqmtas'in the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham to-morrow. Bliss is now understood to be certain to start in tho Wellington Cup to-mor-row. - The crack horseman, A. Oliver, will not have a mount in the Wellington Cup this year. So far, Oliver has never ridden the winner of this race. Aberbrothock was yesterdov supported to some extent for the Wellington Cup in which he is to be ridden by C. Jenkins. If anyone had ventured a season or <o ago to predict that Trafalgar would ever be entered for sprint races he might have been classed as a lit subject for admis- ■ sion to ii home for people who are weakminded (says the "Sydney Dailv T e l e . graph"). At that time Trafalgar's prospects of winning a short race in any sort of decant company were simply nil. ' He was too slow to get out of the way of a bus, and in his races was last to begin. But before the last spring meeting of "the ■ V.R.C. Trafalgar astonished everybody who saw him, including his trainer,' with his pace. The rate at which Trafalgar travelled over short courses ou the Flemingtou training grounds made more than one expert watch-holder afraid tu declare himself until hn had compared with another. Trafalgar sprinted as nimbly, as ii. juvenile might, be- expected lo do.'and as Walter Itickenbotliam anticipates that his old favourite, still retains that .remarkable dash, lie has entered him for the next Newmarket Handicap, as well as putting him in the Australian Cup. Beverage won tho V.R.C. Sires' Produce SUtkeo in 1910, and Wilari in 1911, and as each subsequently won l.he Vic- , toria Derby, more interest even than usual may attach to the result, of the first-mentioned race this autumn. Some people have striven of late years' to decry Bruce Lowe because, the Running Families are more numerously represented than the others (says the. Special Commissioner ot the Loudo-.t "Sportsman"). This, they argue, leads to I hi natural result that they produce more winners. There is, no doubt, a constant danzer that the Running Families umbo unduly bred in to now thai their merits are so widely known, but thov had sorted themselves out before there was any such knowledge, and in his earliest tables Mr. Hermann Gcos had pointwi out the phenomenon of the descend-

an la of the natural Barb marc producing Ihe freatcsl number nf classic winner*, though (he mnro-o of that family were eqnf.idnably los-> numerous than tho:? of sonifl others. Thi unusual spectacle of three brothers ridir-q three horses over the tflioolin;; hurillv.-i at oncp wis. wjtne;.=cd at 1.'m.1-iicld iicld one morniuq lust week i.=.iv> Ihe "Arrow"). Thcf were X. D. I.iodby on Bey Juhiinir. <'. T. llodby on Uud 'Dudley, .'ind .I'. ijorlby en a livr-.vcnr-rJ.fi unnamed gvlding. I know ii Iwel.T who always divides a share of Kir- winning.-. In Mime dcei'ving cliaritv (n riles "1,',-ipicr" in the London "1 Ununited S. and .1). News"). JJa'cUs.*, inucc.fl. has been the niean> of prjviding tens of thousands of pounds for charittablc obiccls. If repurls arc correct, it would vastly iiMonish .Mr. tftriiclniy In learn what the Jbiko of Portland lutb done with the bulk of his winnings r j n tin; turf, and the >nuie aour .'etisor redid be edified, unless these reports a.lUiselher err, bv n study of the bank liooks of .Sir Mr Ernest SchifY, and other prominent owners. A few years ago I was asked to help a charity in urgent need of funds and consented to appeal to book-makers whom I knew. Xot one of them refused, and in several eases their contributions were Far more liberal than, quite knowing they wore likely to give freely, 1 had ■ ventured to hope. B. Deeiev has a large number of riding engagements at the TreiiMinni- meeting, including Midnight Sun, Dearest, Lams, Prince Soult, and Imagination: The lastnamed is owned by Mr. Hidwill, for whom Deelev has the unique record of winning every'time he lias ridden for him. All sorts of rumours are heard at times in connection with racing, some of which turn out true, while some do not. The latest (says the Auckland "Star") in.this connection is that a well-known hcrseman received a warning during the week to look out for certain riders at the Wellington meeting, for they had made up their minds to deal with him. The warning came from a quarter that is ir-aally well informed, hut one can only smvo the rumour for what it is 1 worth. However, it would do no harm if the '.Vetiwgtt. n stewards kept a watchful eye "U sh- riding during .their forthcoming tuninur meeting. 1\ Tilley arrived from l'ordell last night with Equitas (the top-weight in the Telegraph Handicap), and Sanguinary. The pair were taken on to Trentham by the late train. FIXTURES. , Jan. 20 and 22—Foxton K.C. Annual. Jan. 2D, 22, and 24-Wellington K.C. Summer. Jan. 27 and 29—Takapuna- J.C. Summer. Feb. 1 and 2—Gisborne E.G. Summer. Feb. 1 and 3—Canterbury J.C. Summer. Feb. 7'and B—ligmont E.C. Summer. Feb. S—Te Kuiti B.C. Annual. Feb. 8 and 9—Poverty Bay T.C. Annual. Feb. 1+ and 15—Tarah'aki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 21, 22, and 24—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 21 and 22—Woodrille District J.C. Autumn. Feb. 23 and 24r-Sour,h Auckland E.C. Annual.