THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1611, 30 November 1912, Page 13

THE TURF.

FORBURY PARK TROTTING MEETING. (By Tolozraph—Press Association.) Dunodln, November 29. The Forbury Park Trotting Club opened its spring meeting to-day. Heavy rain fell early in. the morning, and several smart showers fell during the afternoon, making Hie track heavy. The attendance was very good, and the totalisator investments amounted to ,£19,034, as compared with .£10,853 10s. on the opening day last year. The following are the results:— FIRST AMATEUR HANDICAP (saddle), of 60 sovs. One rnilo and a half. £ Wallace Maid, Bsec ; 1 7 C.P., fcec ........ 2 5 Tugela, 6seo .'. 8 Also started: IB Highball, scr.; 8 Robe, 2sec.; 15 Floradel, 2sec.; 1 Dellahbar, 6 ego. ; 12 Bettydale, Gsec.; 11 Lord Patch, Bsec.; 17 Susanna H., Bsec.; 8 Patsy, 8 sec.; 2 Baron Adelaide, Bsec.; 14 Allison, 9seo. j 13 Bob Tracey, 9sec.; G Paerau, 10 sec.; 10 Octave, lOseo.' Won by two lengths. Time, 4min. 22 seo. PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP (harness), of 100 eovs. One mile and a half. 6 All Gold, 2sec 1 5 Lady Montefiore, Bseo 2 4 The Broncho, Bsec 3 Also started: 7-Nance O'Neill, scr.; 9 Imad, 2sec.; • 6 Sylvia, 2sec.; 8 Riverina, 49ec.; 2 Olive Child, lOsec.; 3 Glenfoot, 12sec.; 1 Woodwild, 12sec. Won by half a length. Time, Smin. 59 l-ssec. STEWARDS' HANDICAP (saddle), of 120 ' sovs. Two miles. 4 Caretta, 16sec 1 8 Little George, 2sec 2 9 Lady Lyons, 14sec 8 Also started 1 : 11 Adventuress, scr.; 7 Bellflower, 6sec.; 6 Sunshine, lOsec.; 5 Marvin, 12sec.; 3 Bowbell, Useo.i; 10 Aebestol, 16sec.; 2 Wild Lou, lGseo.; 1 Wallet, 16sec.; 7 Terra Firma, lGsec. Won l)y half a length. Time, smin. 14 PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP (harness), of 200 govs. Two miles. 6 Schoolgirl, Bsec 1 1 Prince Warbeck, lOsec ■ 2 2 Muricata, 6sec. 3 Also started: 4 St. Kevin, scr.; 5 Quinoey, liec.; 3 Maelstrom, Bseo. Won by liaJf a length. Time, 4min. 55 l-ssec. TRIAL HANDICAP (harness), of lOOeora. One mile end a half. 1 St. Kevin, Asec 1 5 Nora Dillon, Gsec. 2 3. All Jet, 6sec 3 Also'started: G Woodwild, scr.; 4 Snowdrift, Gsec.; 2 Madcap . Madge, 6sec.; ~.7 Sweet Rowena, Bsec.; 8 Paerau, Bseo. Won by three lengths and a half. Time, 4min. ssec. DOMINION HANDICAP (saddle), of 130 sovs. Two miles and a half. 8 Pitch Dark, 35sec >. 1 5 Submarine, scr 2 2 Benore, 19s.ee 3 Also started: 4 Bellflower,'lssec.; 3'Combine, Slsec.; 7 Heriot, 32sec.; 6 Observer, 85sec.; 9 Joe L., 35sec.; 1 Brown Wilkes, 35sec. i Won. by a, neck. Time, Gmin. 41sec. DASH HANDICAP (harness), of 150 eovs. One mile and a quarter. 4 Prince Warbeck, Bsec. : 1 3 Maelstrom, Gsec. 2 1 Lady Child, Bsec 3 Also started: 5 Ravenschild, scr.; 2 Princess Louise, 4sec.; 6 Silver Black, .Gseo. . Won by two lengths., Time, Bmin. 8 2-5 sec. , ST. KILDA HANDICAP (saddle), of 120 60vs. One mile. 5 Sweet Child, Bsec .. 1 ,1 Bequest, 7seo i 2 4 Motorist, Gsec 3 Also started: 3 Bermaline, 6seo.; 7 Francita, ssec.; 6 Pinewood, 7sec.; 8 Bloemfontein, 9seo.; 2 Ladv Baron, 9seo. Won by six lengths. Time, 2min. 26 ■l-ssec. ' . It was intended that an effort should be made by Emmeline to reduce her track record of 2min. 8 3-sseo. for .'a mile, but owing r to the conditions. the projectwas, •.abandoned. - ''

NOTES AND COMMENTS, [Bi Geincob.J Tho spring meeting of tho Feilding Jockey Club oommences to-day, the first event being run at 12.40: This is the Aorangi Trial Plate, five furlongs, in which apprentices only aTe allowed to ride. The field engaged is a big one, and there will be some difficulty in Betting enough riders to go round, ' In the Plying Stakes Crown Pearl (Bst. 91b.) is No. 1 on the card. The New Plymouth horse will be ridden by A. Oliver, and, if at his best, should be difficult to ■account for. Other well-backod starters will be Peroneal, 7st. 101b, (C. Emerson), and Obligant; 7st. 4lb. (R. Berry). With, these two raoes decided, the way will be cleared for the St. Andrew's Handicap, in which there are sixteen acceptors, fully a dozen of which are expected to go to the. post. Brown Owl retains her position as' favourite, and advices from Iticearton state that, if anything, she is a better mare than-when she won the Oaks. With Fashion Plate an unlikely carter in the Spring Hurdles, the public may' make Koran the favourite. The eoft going will suit' the Pilgrim's Progress gelding, who is reported to be well forward. The Hack Hurdles field contains a number of "green" jumpers, and a surprise may result. Moahau should be suited by the soft going, as, when seen out in the autumn, he was generally sore in front. .Welcome-Stakes form will assure Peronilla the position of favourite in. the Feilding Stakes. Big fields are down to contest the remaining events, and backers will probably decide to wait for events that wear an easier appearance. Sir Geo. Clifford was a passenger from Lyttelton yesterday. He has come north to see Ms horses race at Feilding to-day. The Takapuna meeting will be concluded to-day. The Gisborne-owned Birkliiie, who has an engagement at Woodville next week, . has already arrived there in charge of F. "Porter. ' P. D. Jones has been engaged to ride Vice-Admiral in the Auckland Cup. A patron of R. Longley's Riccarton 6tables has exchanged the brood mare Pas Seul. for Ladrone. The latter was shipped south by the Maori last evening, and will make his first appearance in his new owner's colours at the Dunedin meeting on Boxing Day. " ' Yesterday, at Blenheim, the injured apprentice H. H'lntosh showed signs of re;urning to consciousness, and it is hoped that, with time, he will make a complete recovery. It is stated in well-informed circles that Blcriot will not be seen out at all during 'the Christmas meeting at Ellerslie. New Zealanders, who have recently returned fr9m Sydney, are not greatly impressed with the weight-for-age horses at present raeing -in the Commonwealth. An Australian writer has summed up the position of things in tho following paragraph:—This season has already proved' disastrous to a number of our weight-for-age horses. First of all, Malt King went wrong, and could not fulfil any engagement subsequent to the A.J.C. Spring Stakes; while though Trafalgar won at . his last start at Randwick, he so closely approached a breakdown that his retirement was decided upon within the following fortnight. Then Wilari broke a blood vessel in tho Eclipse Stakes, for which she started equal favourite with Lady Medallist, and though she recovered sufficiently to run at Flomington, she did not show up in anything. Lady Medallist was next to go, running badly in the Melbourne Stakes, and being pulled up in tho Melbourne Cup when galloping in a fashion that made it oertain it would be inadvisable to keep her going for tho remainder of the trip. In the Cup Aurofodina split a hoof, which' ended his racing for the meeting. With so many, good horses out of the way, and no certainty yet attaching to Duke Foote being among tho runners, it would seem as if the Autumn weighWor-age races will be rather open, and some may. go to horses whicli havo not yet proved equal to winning in that class. One of those unexpected incidonts which so frequently occur on the Turf very nearly happened in tho Champion Stakes at the Newmarket meoting on October 15, Lord Derby's colt, Stedfast, only squeezing homo by a hend from tho outsider. Cigar, after a desperate \ race. The pair met at level weiehts, and the only possible danger seemed to be Whito Star, in receipt of 71b., who hod support at 'Wens." Stedfast apnoarod to trnvnUlnff .til wanning tta Suahea, wlitm ho out U.

and swerved to the left. Wootton gave him one reminder with tho whip, and succeeded in getting the favourite first home by tho narrow margin. Referring to the breeding of the Cosaro■witoli winner, a writer in the London "Sportsman" says:—Tho pedigree of Warlingham coinos out well in the "figures," for it shows twenty-five running and sire numbers out of a possible 32, and the outsido figures are all good of their kind, consisting of No. 7 (West Australian), No. 10 (Hampton), No. 13 (Orlando), No. 15 (Skylark),* No. 19 (Isonomy), and. No. 21 (Longbow). Warlingham is, moreover, by a son of CaTbine out of ft granddaughter of Isonomy, her dam a granddaughter of Hampton, a combination which for stoutness can scarcely be excelled. Tho pedigree is conspicuous for inbreeding to tho No. 3 and No. 11 sire lines, containing no fewer than nine strains of the one and four of the other. The latter No. 11 is Warlingham's own family, and his sire, Wargrave, is a No. (1) horse, being out of_ Warble, whose daughter, Maid of the Mint, in her turn produced no less a celebrity than Spearmint. FIXTURES. Nov. 3D—Takapuna J.C. Spring. Nov. 30 and Dec. 2—Feilding J.C. Spring. Dec. 4 and s—Woodville District J.C. Summer. Dec. 11 and 12—Rangitikei R.C. Summer. Deo. 26—Taratahi-Carterton R.C. Annual. Dec. 2G and 27—Dunedin J.C. Summer. Dec. 2G and 27—Taranaki J. C. Christmas. Dec. 26, 27, and 28—Manawatu R.C. Sum- , iner. Dec. 26 and 80 and Jan. 1 and 2—Auckland R.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2—Hawke's Bay J.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2—Marton J.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2—Wairarapa R.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2—Stratford R.C. Annual,