THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 9

THE TURF.

■/y:'<:-:,:rr—-+———■...: :■■ NOTES AND COMMENTS.

:.'■; -)';■■, ■Virßr'Gtt.KcbE.l'■."■ ,'.','. Matters', are"' beginning .. to, boom. :: ,at, l , Trentham now, and,'yesterday"morning,' . Boino fast gallops -.were, put-up. My: Law- ; ycr (R.,Berry) ,rnn a mile in lmin.' Usee., ■ arid Dearest took'a second longer. Secret, ■: • Link coveted : half; a lriilo' in 4SJscc.j; and. , Mowbray, going well within himself, took' : , ..iiOsec. .over,a; similar ."course. ' ;.'-: i -'.p M.Hqbbs.arrived from the South-yes-terday, and went; to Trenthom, last even-: ing to take chargo ofl'cg.'aiid Mowbray.' 'It'was,the- intention of 'R/J; Mason to .bring-his two-year-pl'd filly Historietto,to ; thor ■Wellington. "mcbtiug, some teason, -the trip, was abandoned. : ;',.• ■•' ' Mr. ."Ulic. Shannon has beon reappointed , . handicapper .to;tho\Wanganui /Trotting, ; .Club forvtho ! ensuing .'''; .',:=;■ : , : Midriight Sun; Ventura, and .Tattorley are being railed from' Hastings to Wei-; lington.-.on : Thursday tie St.' Tho first: named two' will bo stopped to Sydney by : Friday's, boat. ■':■: ' ,/ ' The appcaranco. of tho acceptances, for tho /Wellington:, mooting has not caused ' much. stir. ; so 'fair. ,; Bobrikoff is still favourite,'and is'now,-quoted at an -absurd* . / ly/short price; .IA some'-circles; however, . - there js a disposition to/decry him, 1 and • it is/contended, that:i.his. stable-mate /Labour Day: is : coming ,oii- fast" .with the •'■' lacrag/jwhioh/sho had at -Ellerslie, and may defeat the black gelding oh the day. Los Angelosis'tilso'highly ; 6poken of/atid ■ those Iwho.saivdiim-: finishing in his'El--lerslio'Vaces'.-'ldok.'to. him oUUa , very merry .'twelve, furlongs.' .Cerlainly; if he J wero~.ba'ck to • h,is >.- Great' Autumn,''. form,: ho Xo'uld 'account'.for the .'whole field. /If. it, were - certain .that/the/dis- ■■ tance would not trouble him,, My/Lawyer" who hat a,very-dainty '■ in for,"increased ■support.-:...;, : .: ■'■;:..,:.-" ":, V Since .he returned -fo racing,'. 1ir.Aj...15.' . Reid hashada fair -measure of, success', and has "already, won races-'with.'Mow' . bray,. Salzburg, ahd,' Bradamante, J / while , in Ngatapa'v(who has been operated .upon),pgier:.(who raced at. Awapuni .in tho Palmerstoh. North Stakes); aiul;iTean- . -not.(the. full-brother to..lan)'he' : has,'.tliree/' . , should be'.capable bi.scoring" . ."'. in any company.'r. The bsst'wns-hof.ieeh-..of Mowbray at •Ellerslie', and, later;in', "the 'season,; he' ; inay - demonstrate", .this.,. , ■'• Jeannot has,' yettb make his with the colours up, but.he ,54 describedas a (beautiful,.horse, and an, ideal cut of a. Darby colt.- Ogier gained many friends ~in' his.AWapuni.:racc, and,,.at -Duuo'dih: .''■'-, next month; he .may.be expevted to run ; / f well in, the Champagno Stakes. 'r:; ; ,.'..,,i-,-, /.A ■'■ from■'. Auckland yesterday Te- ."-.... marked to tho writer that .one would re-; ■ / quire to; have his. boots off to get on ■', Soltano Handicap'/' af Trentham/, The.colt will: certainly, see/a ,';.' short',price,;-but'','.backe'rs,'„before.' .invest- ; ';.-' ing, should", -take , note. of / what ."position he .draws at ; the forrier;'vaftd..'tnin';,i'e-. member <; that "good, beginner *and .'.as ■he is,;flst. 71b. ,isa. very, big'-weight"to ' begin - with: and successfully '■ carry, even though'the journsy4s ohly.four;iurlongs. ■ It ;is" now''stated is'to ' ride UiiclecMedVin; tho' ; Wellington Cup, ; Bothat-anothcr ho'rseman : ;will,'havo;te';l;e' found- for .'Sir'-;Knox.;'iOther;.shorseme"n ; ' :-, engaged are': r.-;D.; Jones (Bobrikbff);'"-Wv . ;;. Young. (LoV Angelos), L; Lloyd'(Soldiers''. . ■' Chorus),.A; ,olivef (Bronze);s and:'.' 8.- ;, •' Deelcy :,(Dearest).->;r >, ~•.:. ..:^y,X:: , : , : " -r;;/"/ ' \Trotting,;owners arer/femmded- I '',that : nomihatioiis "for' all'events' at, the Nelson- ■ Trqtting Cinb's: ineetinj •(I''ebruarJ;i 12) ':' close,; at- & o'clock ;to-night' with tho club's. ;..' secretary, Mr:' : J:;Oleu. •'■"„'' ; .' The: progrdmino : for'-the'.; Dah'nevirk'B 1 .'Racing .Club'iiautum'n.jneeting.Xilarqii 5 ': and 6) hasnoiv been issued.:'dominations, close on: ■■/ ■,:■;:}>• i,:';: : '■;,:;■ '■■; .',. Australian']ock«y,;P,ißullock,"iifts eslab-' ■ •, .li3hed;a';re'cord;lor Germaiiy.'.'by. tidiiiJ'SS ' ' ; winners;duri'iig : 'the. past moro: .• \ than could; bs counted 'to W.' Wariie' iii ." 1903, when: hßii'stodd. ate liM>''hsntlrt'Wfi6hß- ' list: with :88-to his credit..PßtrthjeJtolaV ■'••■' occupied "'premier"position •ambng-his.col- . ' ./.did was charii- : '-'.:/■■ pion .foh'tha'(jii'tiili|z' Stap'e.;.'/Untortunate-; . wiifl.;iy,as; -, / and^s^'.a'i good.; He.'seems/tp-,ljaVe' ;;';berome': : the : ;"Doctdr;,|'cU'v / oi;, racing-.;iii ; -..: '.;">■ :/'!^7>/;?;-,:r'/. ; ;' .;,"" r, ; ;>Moro;,good,.prices wereirealised 'at 'the : NewrharKet.Wcodstock' salei on-Deccmfor 3•(says.'the 1 ; l Lbndon' , ."Si)ortsnian").;', For, ' , Sootch;Mine; a.mare by Ayrshire, ; Stedall.received SOOgs. nud a' .Australia, l^ a'vniare> by. :Tre'ntoUij;/Two. ■ ; young maves (from Laureate•;.Paddocks ■ /,;' Stud,- ; Yvette,a'nd"Nai}sicaa,:change'd handsi for lGOflgs. ! and'. ilOOgs.; respectively.'': ;Mr../ . W. Astor sent up Lady, Cynosure, a : ;hinc-; , '-year-old' sister of ~'• i'Pplymblus, . Sir :C- ---,-.'•■' ;Qreenall purohas'iug. her - for;.'42oojs, ; Tor -. ■the'two-year-old.filly PlymV by St. Fru's- - : quin : from Lady. Cynoßure ( biddings closed l at , BCflgs.'-; Mr. W.' -M..',.0; Singer ■< sold,. ' Lischana'.'for./Ssugs.i while' AllegreUa, a ; mare\bred',in Italy, half-sister' to Galicia, the .damVof,Bjiyai'da and Lemberg,:sold for;9oogsi:ahd'Persidora, an.italian-brcd •'.- maro'/by.fPersiintno'n,- :1050g5..,':-;The ,'slre. Lally,';tn'fl;best'' : two-year-'old'. of "his -year,' l '-.;Bold. for; 67C0g's.';to : .Count .Schiebler.'. ■ ■', : .', :, vE.^MpnkjHhe'cress-couhtry;jockey who f fell wjhile'riding/on November 27, ; at'.Vin-; • cennes,;succumbed to .his' injuries, (says.a. 'Parisian ;writer).- He'.was.'picked up.'un-, : consoious.a'nd conveyed.to'thehospital in: ;.. the. Rue'Beaujbn. at Paris.'Nothing could. :be done for.hira, and he passed-away,'dn' Priday' night,,'leaving - a .young .wife and •an \infant ; son . • of.ouly.; twelve, to -,'. mourn:'his: loss.': 'He.Vasthb.soh of Va : ,; famous -jockey, who rode .'on the 1 - tie nanie' of Green for 'M. Guestier, -Greeii , had :-.flvo ;-sbhs : cross-country, riders, -and fomvout. of'; that ■ number.,have fallen vie- ; ■ tims .while riding ; in public. ,In;lS03, on tho same track at: . Vincerinesy ;Aime Itonk fell.'.with Modeste . nt the last• hhrdle; aiid'received,';siiCf ;in- , juries that ho died a 'few; hours after- ' wards., Twelve'nionths-later Joseph Monk was' killed at Bayoniie-Biarritz meeting ■'; while: riding ? Bisbille; / \Vho;>'- though -not: :;' qualified to. run, was sent to/tha post in error. ; .Three-, years ago," atVannes,-the third 'son; bad a fatal • •fall,'.,and now ' the. ■ fourth has fallen,victim to,' that /fatnlity l .'• "nhich.'seehis to hav6;pursued thefainily.. '~ The /father-has., attained -the" ago. of; 7?, and has.emplaymepit in the stable of,,lCalley. . at::Mont-do-Marsnft,', looking 'after, „;the Jiorses aiid.ridiug; exercise. The Mast'of the 'brothers is' still; riding :in 'the '• provinces over country; Henry,. Monk, with whom and Vwjthv^Vhose."aged father ,the '/ greatest;'sy'mpa'fby" is expressed as repre-' ', 6enting.a;f!|nii,ly pn. whonV/i'hi? "illegiti- ■: mate"'Turf-,has,,lai(| a heavy, tqll; .;.'v •; . ,' Owners, '.arid; 'trainers.' ore reminded' in our- advertising", columns .that-':nomina-.' '■'■,' tjons for-,:all eycht-i • for t >tne Tnranaki JockeyChib'sAutumn meeting, Ppbruary, '• ,12, and 13,, .close!with, thfl secretary,, Mr> ; ' B.: P. Webster, Box 33, ; Now, Plymouth, ; oa Friday, January 17, at D p.m. - - ■>■;

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Jan. 21and 22rrFqiton R.C; Annual.,: - ; ': Jan. 22, .23,, and ,20—Wellington.';-R'.C. •: Slimmer;'.'':"''.. :■.•■'"',;;.'' Jan./22"and'2.1—Gb'ro KC.'Stimmer.Tv ,",' Jan. '29:: and Feb. '1-Takapuna fvJ.C; ; Summer.. , : -.v .-' : *.'--.;-.'.• : .'■':-:, :"' r Feb. I—Cdnterbufy J.C.- Summer./.": ,-. ' Feb." 5 and fi—Eimont R.C. Summer," 1 Feb.:6—Te' Kuitr"Aiynmil. ■■ <, Feb. 0 an<f-7-P6verty Bay T.C. Slimmer; Feb. 12 and 13—Tnranaki .T.C. Autumn. Feb. Wnnd, 14r-Gisborno R.C; Summer. , Feb. ID; and , 20-Woodvillo District J.C. ■"-..-■ Autumn;;,; ■:■;« "'--■ ;': •:',/' i.' Feb. ID, 20," and 22-Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 21' and 22—Thames 'J.C. Annual; Feb. 37 and March. I—Wanganni' J.C. ■', ' Autumn. ' ■;• ■ March 12 and 13—Nelson J.C, Annual. ~