THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1497, 20 July 1912, Page 13

THE TURF.

STIPENDIARY BTEWARDB,

The committee appointed 6a Thursday by the New Zealand Racing Conference for the purpose of selecting and, appointing' stipendiary stewards, met yesterday lidorning for the first time. Sir Qeo. Clifford, chairman of tho committee, stated last evening that the meeting yesterday. Was mainly for tho purpose of considering the conditions under which the stewards mil work. As yet it had not been definitely decided how many stewards would be appointed, but the committee was bout upon getting the schenie into working order with the least possible dolay', and applications for the positions will be called very shortly.

RETURNTO (By Telegraph—Prei« Asioolatlen.; Christchurch, July 19. ' W. EetteT, the jockey, who was injured At .Riccarton some time ago, aud who lias bseu unconscious at v the hospital ever since, improvod wonderfully yosterday, and had'his first return to consciousness. Hβ was able to recognise a relative.

> V.R.C. STAKES. By, Telegraph—Press Association—Ooryrißnt Melbourne, July 19. The Victoria Racing Club stakes during tbi test season amounted to .£69,273.

NOTES AND.COMMENTS.

']. /.:• , EBs GwKOOB.I A. Oliver is to have the mount on ■Mnlga Bill in tho Winter Oats to-day. The Hawexa gelding hag been-going very ■well on the tracks eiuco arriving et headtfuarters, and is Sure to.be well fancied in . "th<): open race to-day. The result of the Eclipse State, of 10,000 'save., Should come through by ciJfole from London to-day. jockey J. M'CTusky left by the Maori, ' fof Dunedin, last evening, hav- > ing been called away owinff to the receipt ' of .information that his father 1 woe dangarmfelyill. . _.- ;•■-.• .. : , 'idealism was brought to Trentham , . but did not raco on the first day, nor is- he to . bo;seon out , to-day. '. ; 't6i belle is to have a change of riders in ffio Hack Steopki at Trentham to-day, att<l in place of W; Porter, who won mi him, H. M'Sweeney will bo given the ride. Tho,latter is associated, with, the PorirUa stable, and litis 'schooled tho Torpedo geldißg'on tho.beach..'■,.: ,■.'.•'••. -. • ' '■:'lt' was' freely stated, in the. city yesterday'that iioiio of the Karantu team will fee taken on to Riccarton for the National moptiug. This yill,' not bo pleasing news to i.the 'early birds" who supported Faunus'foT the . National Hurdles and Peary "fifr'the Winter .Clip, ..' •■'. '"V . ; The, , Waifarapa-owned Nedra was given B Tbund ever the steeplechase fences at TrKnttiam on Thursday afternoon, aad jumpud well. Mr. Vallonce's maro is on the;, eiti all. side, and likely-.to'.tire under lOst.'lOlb.'in such heavy, going as will be tfc'6,order to-do}'. ■■'•'■'■'<'■■

.-..;. Owing to ■interrupted telegraphio cominunication,,the,Canterbury Jockey Club •'has" postponed the tiirio of closing of acjcoptahces and general entries in cqnnee'tioli.v with the Grand National meeting .un'til noon on Monday next.' "Bronze, Erfliengarde, and the two Charlemasiie. II youngsters that are • to carry.: "Mr. Highden's" colours at the A.'J.p. spring meeting; were , shipped to Sidney, yesterday afternoon by the Uli- , mafoa, ; The horses looked in capital condition/to, make the'vo'vage, and G. Price i should be able to.hasten them along on. the;- tracks soon after their arrival on the other eide. ;. .. .:-.:. ' Mr. Sidney Pitt, the well-known Stratford 'sportsman, left here by tne XTlimtiroa w j a brief li6haaynf ; Aultraliaj:-- *Af t ,tne present" time.Mr. Pitt has no horses in ao. ■ commission. Red Lupin and Glenterh. .Aro.both ;being well wintered/- and will not race until about November next. Id.'addition to these two, Mantle, has rin- , ■ der his care for Mr. Pitt, Master Tupnhi, who should bo useful over the battens later'. on; and < Patrooh, a rising three-year-old half-sisfer (by. Patromts) to Red ■ L'upjn.' Should Patrbori be as smart as ■lien' pony brother, she will account for plenty of races when properly placed. . In answer'to a statement made at the ■ Racing Conference on Thursday to tho effect that long-distance races would tend to, 1 iirtprove tho breed of horses, so far as . stamina was cohcorhed, Mr. E. Wl Alistated that .it was impossible for ;bwMefs to :tell how'any mating .would tosult. He knew of a case where a well- ■ bived'maTe mated with .a highly-bred horse had , produced o. pohy,,and her next foal ,by!.;the same,sire grew to be.well.oveT Iβ "hands. Strangely enough, the. pony was ,e rare stayer, and the IG-hande horse was mever anything other than a sprinter. • Mount Viotoria seems.to be improving ;irithievery gallop, and should win plenty of'racea yet before the weight Stops him. ■Deploy, who finished third behind Mount "Victoria on Wednesday, meeis the Signalman- gelding on only. 41b. better terms today: in the Onslow Handicap, in which . event Shuja,- wto separated! the pair; is motjengaged. , .- ; TOYbelte and Taiaha will have an oppor. ttinity in-the Hack »S'teples to-day of fighting their battle'of Wednesday over again. If they both go to the post in this race' their meeting should bo fullof W terest. , .-• ' -In/view of Kitaadn-'e handsome win in *h<^last 'race on Wednesday and his previous good form at Otaki, the Kilcheran colt Iβ likely ,to start favourite in- the Crofton Handicap at iTronthom to-day. Double bettors have ghown a liking for Compass and Captain Jingle in the July Steeples, coupled with The Native and' White Cockade in the Final Hurdles. Many still cling to the opinion that had Compass stood up on Wednesday he would nafe defeated Captain Jingl'o. . Kavolp, who ran, second to Kihtain in fte'.Te Aro Handicap on, Wednesday, will hot have tho latter to beat in the last naco". to-day, nor will the third house, Outward, bo among the candidates opposed to Diavolo. - ■ . . ■ Spfkrial train arrangements are again , Announced in' connection with the concluding day. ■of the Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting. From To Aro trains will mm to Trentham at 10.28 a.m., and 10.43 a.m. 'Pour special, trains will run, from Lambton. Station to the race-coiir-ip, namely, at 10.45 a.m.,j 10.53 a.m., U.s<i.tn. and 1.5 p.mi Itvwoiild, well repay the Racinß (mthrieiaats to pay a visit t otne well-known flrta of W. Wiggins, Ltd., Lambton Quay, ,«ld there inspect the up-o-date ,Racing §«»»•. includins the latest "Downing ■a. li?' f lexiblo and tTnbrealoablo Racing li K f s r hic,l the y hold the New Zealand Patent Rights.—Advt.

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