THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1482, 3 July 1912, Page 4

THE TURF.

<J NOTES AND COMMENTS. ■ [By Gi,r.scoi!.] The loading racing clubs have lincl such successful seasons tliat it is not .surprising lo find them paying out bonuses. Tho latest club to recognise tho services of its haudicapper is the Auckland Pacing Club, which has granted Mr. 0. Jlorso_a very substantial douceur, Accompanying tho cheque was a letter expressing appreciation of services rendered (luring the season just finished. It is expected that Crown Pearl will accompany Paritntu to Trcntham next week, and tako part in tlie Stewards' Handicap. In this race the New Plymouth gelding is very leniently dealt with, the impost being only Ust. !)lb. During the summer Crown Pearl won several good sprint races, ami, provideed that ho can act in tho soft going, he should give a good account of himself at Trcntham. Prominent people connected with the ttaugitikei P.auing Club regard it. as certain that the old club will be found holding a meeting next season, probably in tho spring. The Eclipse Stakes, the first of tho English ten thousand pound races, will lie Tun on July 19. The entries include tho Derby winner, Tagalie, and tho Ascot Gold Cup winner, Prince Palatine, and (ho meeting between tho pair should pro-

vide"tho race of tho season. Swartlimoor, one of tlio entrants for tho 'Wellington Steeplechase, has been nominated for this event twice previously, but has so far not competed at Trentham. It was intended to bring him south for both tho Trcntham and Kiccarton meetings, but, unfortunately, lio got into a wiro fence, and tho trip had to be abandoned. Swartlimoor is by Monaco, who has eired many winners over fences, and was himself a good performer over country. F. Howard, who was badly injured when Pleiades fell with him in tho AYungunui Steeplechase, is now making strides towards recovery. Howard was unconscious for nearly a month. It will be a considerable timo yet before lie call leave tho hospital. Though defeated, Julian gave an impressive display in the Hack Hurdles at Napier, and, when ho learns to jump more cleanly, he shoidd win a good open hurdle race, lie hit some of his fences very hard at Napier, and, being "green," this stopped him. On tho second day ho ran in tho Open Hurdles, but was unfortunato enough to be brought down by another horse. . Tho owner of San Pluio will probably be of the opinion that tlicro is a good deal in the maxim "horses for courses." His mare lias so far won tlireo Taces, and all of them liavo been secured on the Napier course. Tho Hastings sportsman, Mr. H. Hassal, who won tho tho Ilawku's Bay Stceplechaso three years ago with Post Haste, has now a useful sort—Morihiko—to represent liim. This horse is to be taken to the C..T.C. meeting to contest the hunters' events. The Chief, wlio was sold afler the TTnstings meeting, will in future be trained . by J. Cameron at Feilding. The price paid for the old hunter is stated to Iw [ 200gns. If this is correct, it appears to i bo full value for tho old plodder.

"When the lust mail left England, Cyl--0110 was an easy first in tlio list of winiing sires, and the subsequent Derby viewy of Tagalio would still further imirovo the position of the expatriated sou >f Bona Vista ami Arcadia. At the mooting of the English Jockey ?,lub, hold at Newmarket in tho second spring week, Lord Derby's amendment to finlo (15 of the Eulos of TJacinp, to tho jtTect that no horse three years old or upwards shall run imnamed, was adopted. With respeet to Lord Derby's resolution upon tho subject of the compilation of a ist of names registered for horses, the following was' adopted:—"That the stewirds bo requested to consider tho advisibility of arranging for tho compilation it the registry office of a list of all names low registered for horses, and therefore unavailable. Tho list to include tho lames of celebrated horses and mares ivhich, in accordance with Ruin 05. may lot be made use of Again. Such list will hj published periodically." At Budapest on Hay 18 tho big race if the day, tho Karoly, T.Y.O. Memorial four furlongs ami a half, value about 1730 sovs.) was won by the Victorian Jocco.v, B. Carslake, on Baron Springer's •olt Per Bacco, who is by tho speedy Bon Uarcho (son of Bona Vista). Carslake •ode two other winners for Baron Spring:r at the meeting, and also secured n rood handicap on Dummer Kcrl for Herr [Caspar von Geist. Kina, who is now trained by P. Higlott at Otaki, is wintering exceptionally ,vell, and has "built up" a great deal luring tho past four weeks. Mr. G. IVn'old's chestnut gelding will bo ready for mrly spring racing. If a horse has the minimuni weight in i long-distance handicap, it is of little iso unless its rider makes moro lieavilyveightcd animals feel their imposts, ;ouching oil which an English paper says: -A horse'that cannot give another 71b. iver two miles may bo able to givo a itono at a mile, and this is often forgotI!>n by the riders of light-weights in longlistanco races. There is an old racing idage that yon "cannot givo away both veiglit and distance," and wo saw this ,vhen Magic beat Bayardo in the Goodvood Cup. Jockeys on light-weights who ire afraid to force the pace at the beginling of a race almost invariably get beatin nt tho finish. Pew jockeys riding at :ho present timo in England aro good udges of pace like Tom Cannon, .Tolin Isborne, and tho late John AYatls. Sloan, 00, was always aware when he ast or slow,'oven when out by himself n tho centre of tho course, and he was marly always going as fast as tho horso ■ould carrv him. That is why he won :o many races. Tlio majority of riders lOwadays must bo next to the rails to be i Wo. to'tell nt what paco they aro going, t'hev have to see the posts fly past. A japablo jockey having b ride lieavyveights will finesse to Tednce his races ■o'if minimum distance, and ivhen ho can nduco other riders to wait about for 'brec-parls of the journey he is bound to yin, as the real "struggle is then only iver a couple of furlongs, and at that listanco he can give nway tivieo tho reisht he is set to do." Tlio stallion Pallas, by Chain Armour— \'ellie, who was at the stud in tho North "sinml last season, lias gone back to Southland, where tho deeds of his three-•i'.ar-old son I'alisado havo gained him nany admirers. ' According to n southern exchange, tho ■)ta"o hurdler, Staybnv, has boon sold by ifr"^ 7 . frossau to-Mr. C. Samson, who s using tho gelding as a hunter. The. Dunediu .Tockey Club refused tho mplicntion of the Southland jockey. _ J. Msen, for a rehearing of the case which 'iidctl in his suspension for six months or crossing at the club's winter meeting ast month.

fixtures. Tilly i and s—Gisborne I!.C. Steeplechase July 17 and 20—AVolliuc ton R.C. Winter,