THE TURF,

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1357, 7 February 1912, Page 7

THE TURF,

FULL SAIL SCRATCHED. (Reo. February 6, 8,35 p.m.) Bi TeleeraDh-Preaa Afi9.eiat)o«-Oop7T»rn» Melbourne, February 6. *ii!l Sail has been scratched for the Caulfield .Futurity Stakes. NOTES'AND-COMMENTS. [Bi Glbnsob.] Thpre.. will.,be. racing at Hawera to-day when the Kgmont ,R.C: will commence its iummor meeting. Except in the Open. Hurdles, in which there, arc- only four runners, the fields throughout the day will bo of large dimensions. Proceedings will commence with tho Hawera Stakes, in, weighf-for-nge event 4 over a mile course. Amongst the runners is that useful little mare Lady Menschikoff; who .will.■lβ conceding only 31b. to Blakeney, a dnal winner at Trenthhiri. Another horse likely to run well is St. Petersburg, who has the minimum impost.' ■" : The Auckland, horse.' Black Northern, is top weiy&t in the Open Jhmlle Race, and is giving 71b.. to lluxoco. The small ence-; at Hawera will be' all against tho Auckland horse, who is used to strdight-up stout; fences, while thev will greatly favour "ii fast jumper like Euroco. The last-named will be ridden by 11. Futchcr. Silva, adonble winner at Marton, will be, the fop weight in tho Hack Hurdles. He has,.come on a great deal since the Christmas meetings, and his form in such a weak field should bo good. There are no fewer than twenty-four runners in the five-furlong Hack Race, and 16 in the "-seven-furlong event. In the Egmont-Cup the class is not by any means of a high order. The Highden filly, Bronze, is likely to. start favourite though she has absolutely no credentials for a tweh-e-i'nrlong race.. The Hutt trainer, F. Higgott, moved his team to Otaki. yesterday. W. Young remained behind in Gisborne for the Poverty' Bay meeting, and in his absence,' hfs" : younger brother, Wallace, will ride ; Te 'Whetti'and Attention in their Egißont engagements to^ay. Beacon'. ;has left .If.-Porter's stables nt Awapuni,' and has been; sent homo to Blenheim, where, he is, to bo given a few weeks' spell. He will afterwards bo taken np and schooled for hurdle racing. The lfasterton-trained:Kopane 'and Ladino have been railed to Ellerslie where they are" to- be , trained in future. The former .: will - : rare- "at : Rotorua . next .week. Another horse which will be a etrange performer at Eotorua is Ambergris, '• whom " the Wa.verley trainer, 51. Gardiner, recently sold to an Auckland sportsman. ■ ■ ■ ' The Hack Hurdle mare. Attention, will only race at the Egm'ont meeting. She will not be at New .Plymouth on the following week. It was. intended to enter her at Woodville, but her trainer overlooked the closing date for nominations and, in consequence, she will next appear at Wanganui at the end of the month. Plantation ,is now , a member of the team controlled by O. Cox atHawera. He has ati' engagement in the Egmont Cup to-day, but, like several others in the race, has not run over such a long distance previously. On the Hawera course yesterday, Royal Arms, who is engaged in the Eginont Cup to-day, badly defeated Crown Pearl in a gallop. This horse carried 9st. 21b., and won a race nt Ellerslie last month, whereas .in to-day's race he is in at 6st. 131b. C. Emerson will have the mount. F. D. Jones, who has been riding for tho Hon. J. D. Orinond for some years, intends taking a good holiday this winter. He'will'spend a couple of months in the Commonwealth. Mr. \V;- Smart denies that accommodation has been booked at Wanganui for V"decided, as stated in this columiryesterdny. ■ The Wairarapa Cup winner, Sir Knox, has been, taken through to Hawera to fulfil his engagement- in the:Ejmjßnt Cup. Owners_arc reminded that nominations [°T tho'-Darinevirke Racing Club's meeton' Saturday next with the clubs.; secretary,'; llr. Jn,nics Spiers Freeman. ■■■ ' ' ..." The Poverty Bay Turf-Club's meeting commences to-morrow. Weights for the first day's events at tho A\ oodville District Jockey Club's meeting are due on Friday. H, l V'i CUri<> " S J (sa P,,. all Bn S lish Titer) that three , good stallions by have all been, lost, in America, .viz., Juvepetely depleting this country nf that blood except through old Sainfoin, who is now too old to do much service in the coming years.- "Breeders may call to "mind; that Kock Sand's sire is own brother to Sierra, the dam of Sumlridge Hock hand is himself a "triplc-crowne? " whereas Snmlridge never aspired to classic honours, .but' for subscriptions to Sundridge for the coming season as much as fflKtens. lias been paid ■in more than one instance. ■ Imported sires have carried everything before them -in Germany this season, - }f. a W a writer in the London "Sportsman ) the utility of the Gradit?; Stud is well demonstrated by the success of Ard Patrick and Galtee Jlore, who stand at the head of theJist.of winuins sires-, hi. Alaelou follows, leadine from' Hannibal. Cains -Florizel IT, Snp'hir, Gailinule, ic\s, aud Liking, .making up the ten whose produce hnve won over .£SOOO hundridgc is likely to receive good patronage from .German breeders.

. ; FIXTURES. X'eb. 7 and 8-rEgniont K.C. Summer. Feb. B—Tβ Kniti R.C. Annual. Feb. 8 and 9-Poverty Bay T.C. Annual. : ieb. 14—Kotorua, J.C..Annual. Feb. U and 15—Taranaki J.C. Autumn Feb. 21, 22, and 24-Dunedin. J.C. Autumn. ,:•.' :■ , •, Feb. 21 and 22-Woodville District J.C. Autumn - • Feb. 23 and 24-Soutb. Auckland B.C. Annual-. ■-■'■. '•..'•.. .'. Feb. 29 and March 2—Wanganui J.C. , Autumn.;.-.'? ■•:'.* .-■•. ■:■ ;i : . ■ March .6 and ,I— Dannevirke B.C. Autumn. March 13 and 14—Napier , Park R.C. Autumn. .-. .■ March lfr-Opunako R.C. Annual.