THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1481, 2 July 1912, Page 7

THE TURF.

GRAND PRIX DE PARIS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Paris, .Tmin ;10. The Midline was (he result ofTHE GHAXIJ PIMX, of 12.CH0 *nv<.; if tlio fl'iimcr is foaled in France, tlio lireoder to receive S(W yovs. in addition. For tlinc-v.':ir-oliN; ro!t», !1.-t. all*.; fillii s S.-t KM). Oho mile ami , seven furlongs. .Achilla I'otild's li. c. Ilouli, ljr Liharos —Ho'siono, 9st. Uii>. (l'\ Wootton)... 1 Count do Mario.Vs l>. f. Waijrnm Jf, by I'lioenix—Liironne, 84. lillb. ... 2 Baron Jourjiaiu'.'s l>. e. Wo Viri.s by Siinouinn—Biclla, 9ft 21b 3 (Bee. July 1, 11.30 p.m.) Paris, July 1. 'L'lio Grand Prix inis run in torrents of rain. Vα Voris 'looked an easy lviuiicr until 200 .yards from tlio ]iost. NOTES AND COMMENTS. [By GiExcty.] The Gisborna liacing Club's Stcopleeliasi) nieefciugr will lake place on Thursday and Friday next. Owners) intending to bo represented at 'i'rentham on the 17th instant should note that acceptances for the first day's events and entries for th'e Trial I'luto close next Monday night, at i> p.m. The V.lf.C. Grand National meeting opens at JTlemingtun on Saturday nexr, when the bi;; liurdlo rac« will be decided. A New Zealand-bred hoi-it', in Merry Monarch, by Alerriirct , , iviio is lo bo ridden by .11. Ji. Ciiirns, is the present favourite fur tlio thiee miles event. Of tiie ISO odd horses entered for the Epsom Handicap, uo fewer than 30 of them claim Matster as their sire. Tho success of Malster's stock has been remarkable. Last season he was fourth on the list of winning sires for the world. At CiUiliield on June ii tho ex-New Zealand rider, 11. Cairns, etrutk trouljle, and, as a result of the poor showing of Kccaller in the Caiiibriau Welter, the rider in question (tojfsthpr witli the horse, trainer, and owner; was suspended for 1!! months. Thos.; concerned have lodged an appeal ivith tho V.li.C. An ijispeotion of the Trcnthmn tracks early this '.veek revealed the fact that tho constant heavy rains have left their mark, but it only requires a little fine weather now to make tho going good for the visiting horses. These should commence to arrive very shortly now.

Tho faslr'onably-bred Peter Van (Stepniak—Arniilla) has been purchased by a well-known breeder, and, next season, the black horse will do stud duty in tho Wairarapa district.

The Mcnschifcoff— Tannic pony Gaby has been nominated for the next Ascot Thousand. Tho Forilell cast-oIF should do well amongst the ponies in Melbourne.

Tho distance of the hurdle race at Clisborno on Thursday, viz., 1J mile?, should suit Paisano (list. 131b.), and bo just a little- too far for his stable companion, Dogger Bank (lOst. 21b.). Game, Omati, Baldos, Master Theory, and Prince Eddio have no form to suggest that backers should seriously consider them when opposed to such quality as Paisano. Tho raco is worth 85 sovs. to the winner.

Included in the Maiden field at Gisborne on Thursday is tho -\e\v Zealand Cup candidato Multiply—a boomed 2-year-old by Multifid from Lady Augusta. Thero has been great competition amongst tho jockeys to secure tho ride on Mr. C. J. Parker's gelding, and as yet, iio one has been definitely promised the mount. From a weight point of view the horse in question will have no pull on his older rivals as the conditions of the race stipulate that all horses must carry 9st., but tho distimco (four furlongs) will bo in favour of the 2-year-old as horses of this nge begin so much foster than older horses. '

At. Ellerslie on .Tuno 3 the Soult raare, La Eeina, with 21b. above the minimum, won Uio Cornwall Handicap (1J miles). The beaten division, included Antoinette (an Master Handicap winner), AVaiinnnmi (Aucklnnd Cup), and Jliscount (Hawke's Bay Guineas). This form did not greatly impress llandicappcr J. Chadwick, as in the Winter Oats at Gisborne (run over tho samo distance) the mare has been raised only 91b. It will come as no surpri.=o to find the field opposed to her limited in number.

Mark Ryan, who is in' charge of P. Macmauemin's team during the lattor's 'absence from Ellerslie, has rocoirßy placel Maxwell in work again.

Devastation (San Francisco—Dismay!, who is impressing track watchers at K\lerslie, is not entered for tho Avondalo Guineas or the Great Northern Guineas. Tho winner of the Grand Prix de Paris docs. not appear to have been a. runner at the Paris spring meeting in May, and up 4.LH the time that the last mail left doe 3 not appear to have been much talked of in connection with last Sunday's race. Wigrain 11, who ran second behind tho Grand Prix winner, also acted as runnerup in the Trix Greft'alhe at Paris on Jjny 12, while De Viris won the Prix da I'ontainebleu at tho same meeting. A few weeks previously Do Viris had beaten tho Bolgian champion, Cyrille, in the Grand Prize of Brussels, aad on May 18 he won tho Guineas (colts' race) at Paris. Do Viris was always ridden by J. Iteiff, who recently iron tho Epsom Derby on Tagalie.

JVWootton. would appear to have been rather i'ortunato in having the mount on JTouli when the latter won tho Grand Prix do Paris on Sunday. Iα .May \\ cotton went to Paris for tho special purpose of riding Oui Da in the Guineas, and, according to an exchange, ho was to rulu the «imo horso in Iho Grand Prix Aα Paris.

■Referring to C. O'Neill's victory on •Toe at Jtootiee Valley, Melbourne," on f 'v°-il?' tllß " :r '? lu ' ol ''' siiys:—This was lUKeills first winning ride iu Victoria fuieo ho had liis tliiili broken when riding Dobenturo in (li 6 Maiden Hurdle Liico at I'leiniiijjton in July, 1900, imil as i\ re ?J ,ot w,uc,l llf ? Wils nn inmate •)!' the Melbourne- Hospital for nearly five, months. Returning on crutches, almost crippled, to New Zenland, whence Jio oiignmlly canie, O'A'tiill made n great re-t-overy, resumed riding and training, ami a lew mouths ago lie roturnocl to Viotciia, but went to Tasmania utter a few weeks sojourn at Cnulfiekl. In tho light little ifilund" O'Neill struck form and in the. past ten weeks he rode in 2-1 laces there, winning 12 anil runnin" .second in li, while he fell thrice, mid was threo times unplaced. He is a "Sloauer " as a rule, but on Saturday ho adopted the much more rational style for ridiii" over jumps. One of O'Nei'lls most eon" spinous feats when in Australia same six years back was his "Sloauing" tlm sleepleclmser Grattan round Bandwi-k successfully, though his mount punched every teuce hard enough to bring down nuio horses out of ten.

FIXTURES. .Tilly 4 and 5-Gisborne H.C. Steenlcchaw July 17 iiDd 20-Wcllinxton R.C. IVinlw.