THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 7

THE TURF.

. THE OAKS, TAGALIE RUNS UNPLACED. '8y Tolezraoh—Press Aseoclatlon-CoDrrleM London, Juno 7. At the Epsom Summer Meeting the following was the result of tlio race for THE OAKS STAKES,, of 3000 sovs., by "subscription of 50 sovs. each; for three-year-old fillies; 9st. each. About ono mile and a half. Mr. J. Prat's b. f. Jfirska, by St. Frusq,uin—Musa •'... l Mr. Leopold do Rothschild's ch. f. Equitable, by St. Frusquin—Thomis 2 Mr. Lionel Robertson's br. f. Bill and . Coo, by William tho Third—Cooco 3 (Winner trained by Jennings.) Mirska won by three lengths. Tho Iterby winner, Tagalie, was Unplaced.

NOTES AND COMMENTS,

[Br Glencob.] ' With tho defection of tapper, tho field for tho Hnwke's Bay' promisos to be very weak. Corazpu may not be started under such a big impost, and Continuance, with Antarctic, aro also likely to be missing next week. Even if the remainder all pay up they could not by any means- be classed as good. ' English owners have not been ' taking kindly to their own jockeys recently, and foreign horsemen have been freely imported for the principal races. Amongst those, at present in England is "Brownie" Carslako, the Australian rider, who has been steering Baron Springer's horses.in Austria during tho last two seasons.. . So far Eoumac has not been produced in Sydney. Twice, howevei, Captain Bill has raced, aiid twice- has he finished well in the'rear. '"

Of. the sixty horses ' nominated. for the New Zealand Cup forty-one are owned in tho North and nineteen in the South Island. The Hon, J. D. Ormond is the principal nominator, with six horses to represent him, and next on the list is Mr. G. D. Greenwood, with four entries.

Advices from Sydney show that Boanerges was leadng in the Ellesmere Handicap, and had good- prospects ol success, when he fell and broke his leg. After tho acoidwit, Trainer G. Price olitained , veterinary advice with a viow to saving' the horse foir the stud, but the difficulty of providing a horse ambulance stood in tho way, and eventually destruction was decided on. [ The loss' was a eerious one, as 500 guineas was refused for tho Pilgrim's Progress horse a few days before the accident.'

The Ellcrslie trainer, T. A. "Williams, leaves Auckland for Sydney to-day. Ho is taking four horses with him, one being that useful performer, Sir Artegal. It is a true saying that ono has to go from home to leam news, and tho following extract from a newspaper published in Snva (Fiji) is' an apt illustration of the adage:—"Mr. Mitchell, who is one of the owners of the racehorse Trafalgai, passed through Fiji recently. Mr. Mitchell said that when Trafalgar was foaled he had some defect in ono of his legs, and his owner doubted if ho would be of any use. So disgusted was-he that he determined to end tho foal's existence at once, and actually took down his rifle to, shoot. But somehow his heart would-not let him, and so he decided to givo the youngster a chance." This was exceedingly fortunate both for Messrs. Mitchell and for their chestnut champion. ■ ; .-

At a recent meeting.of the'Jockey,'Club; England, Lord Derby; the senior, stew : ard,'retired, and in doing so his lordship nominated Major Eustace- Loder to succeed him. Lord Derby is one of tho most prominent personages' in tho turf world, and has been a member of tho Jockey Club for many years. He was elected a steward in 1909, and was senior steward last season. In Major 'Eustaeo Loder he will be followed by another popular sportsman. Major Loder has been moro 'fortunate than Lord Derby! for, whereas the latter has had bad luck in the Derby, Major Loder won it in 1906' with Carbine's great son Spearmint. He was also the owner of, tho - T<mowned Pretty Polly, winner of the OmV:Tlibusan'd Guineas, Oaks, and St. Leger, a3 well as running -other noted horses. : D.Maher, who rode Sweeper 1 II to victory in; the Two -Thousand Guineas, was' not having his first winning ride jn the race. He'had tho mount on Neil Gow, the winner of 1910. Similarly, J. Koiff, who rode Tagalie to victory in the Derby, had previously won that event on Orby... ■ The Grand Prix do Paris will be run on Sunday, June 30. Mirska, winner of the Oaks, does, not appear to have been engaged in the Two Thousand, Ono Thousand, or Derby* She started twice as \ two-year-old,. running third on each, occasion. - ..

Although Tagalie was well supported ■when she won the Derby last' Wednesday, she was no outsider when sho triumphed in the Ono Thousand Guineas a woiith earlier. A leading London sporting journal did not even include her in-the list of starters published on the morning of the race and also excliideil, Cylleno from tho list-of sires,-'-who- had representatives in the event.

Unco Guid, whose daughter, Eavello, produced the Tiro Thousand Guineas winner, Sweeper. II (by broomstick), arid also jearlier one" of the best three-year-olds in 'America in Frank Gill (by Collar), had o chequered career at the stud (says a Home exchange). Ravollo, the- fifth "foal of TJnco Guid, was bred by-Mr. Beddington in 1898, and then the dam passed into the possession of the Congested Districts Board, Ireland. In 180" she (Unco Quid) had a colt-foal by Isobar, but from that time until 190 i sho suffered the degradation of being bred to hackney stallions. In that year, however,'she was rescued, from such menial work, and in 3lr. T. M'Mahon's stud she has since then produced several foals to such thoroughbreds % 'as Sandboy and Nil Desperandiim.

FIXTURES.

SFune'KT&id 20—Hawke's Bay J.C. Winter. June 26 and 27.—Napier Park E.C. Winter. .Tuly i and s—Gisborne It.C. Steeplechase. July 17 and 20-Wellington B.C. Winter. August 13, 15, and 17—C.J.C. Grand National Meeting.