THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 9

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. . TRENTHAM RACES,V ; AUTUMN MEETING OPENS TO-DAY. IBY Glehtob.l ' - Somo capital sport. should bo seett at, ■ Trontham to-dny, when tho Wellington Bacing Club's Authmn meeting will com-, : mence. ''Present indications are fof ■ fine weather, and if this should result,. tho • raoing ' track and the grounds'; generally will bo at their best. Compatitors will be numerous iti the various 1 events,and doubtless tho club's patrons ;,vill bo treated to somo of those stirring; finishes for which Trentham is - becomingnoted. Special trains have been arranged to con- • "... .voy passengers, from" the city to.the racecourse, and the time-table >is : as-fo.llqws: — Irom Te Aro trains' leavo .'at 10.28 a.m. and IIUB a.m. ; from Lnmbtoii-trains leave at 10-33 Sin., 10.45 a.m.,-11.5 a.ni.,.and 1.10 p.m. ' The last-mentioned train ' should ' reach the v courso before' the; big'race is jup." "v ;•• ■■■ -y _ ■'. Proceedings will' commence": ! with" the Hack and Hunters Steeples'!of jtwo: miles and a half. In'tho. absence-of- Torbelle,who pulled up lame yesterday ( and may regarded' as' a doubtful starter; the public may find souio difficulty in est abashing a favourite'. At the' finish that position.: may be held Who is a seasoned-horse, and will have the services \ of J. .Deerey :in ; the saddle.; ' ■ . The Waiwetu Handioap, seven furlongs,; , , will see ~a useful field' go to" "the post. Mon Ami,'. Bst. 31b.;, is remarkably well in; .- and may . start .favourite, but the .blaclc mare is anything but a trustworthy" •' animal..'.Aloha'(Deefey) and Glenfinnan '(Emerson-).may Bo the horses'for a-journey like this,- as both have shown .winning . iorni-'of .late.'' i There axi-a good-lot of'two-yfear-olds en- , saged in '.-tho Plunket Nurfeery, of-fiveiur-longs. - 'Peronilla', ''9st;'" , slb.,'- :|s top-weight, arid will bh'ridden by-'K. Hatch.' Wilson .will be on Jason, and Oliver, will have the / mount oil li'umer; The last-.named is just '' now at .the' top of her; form,' tind the" fact that Oliver refused several' othenndes in race should go n.-lQUE_way.taward9 gaining public confidence. The Porirna stable is starting.:lhi;ee|:hqrses.:in this.race,' and- . all are on the-mfnihium.'Pavlova,finished in front of a 'tryout on' Monday morning. . Day Fly,, from the IvAramu stables, has the reputation of : being smart. Bradamante. is ' running -in My; J. B. Beid's colour's for the 'last time, as. she. has been.-£old-'to'a Hiiwera sports-' inaji. ■ , .■' . . Tho following;iird.'the probable starters fend "their-riders' i'n' ; tlio'Thompson' Han T ' . dicap — ' .-• —• -■ • st. lb.

. Bon-Ton (Gi'iferi) ;■ 8 11 Uiulecifled - '(E. ?;Hatch) vvi:; 810 ~ ■ / Culprit f'(AV''Oliver) 8. j2' Sea-Qiieen "(W. Price);......... 8 j0 80 / , D'eeley) .10 • ' Hcatherbrae (liknersou).7 13 Hask'iiytie (W. Ey-an) -7 12.' Cheddar - (I;.'. "Wilson) 12 ..' Bliss (il'MiilleuV '7 9'' , . * . Sir Knox (H. Watson);"...,.. >7. 9 Multiply '(- —) 7-8 • Sanguinary (8e11);'..;.,.......... .7 7 Patriotic - (r—r)' ..- -7 6 Imagination''®: 'Lowe) 7*.6; Obligant •' (Berry); .......7.'.;;;.,.' 7\ ; ' 5 Peroneal-- (O'Halloran) • 7 5 Dearest (C'pnnuest) 7 3 Awahou (Tricklobank)'.... 7 3 Piriwai {-—) 8 7Tli6 field .is;.quite .up :to the standard . Sf previous. yqai's, but,, the jmtirket seems. / to : indicate' tlmt otitsido V-'Pbtpaand- ' Heatherbras .:tho candidates hjive t only . outside chances. ; This nuiy be so,■ and. 'the form of tho ppir named is good, but in' Culprit arid Bliss they iviilmeet a pair o£ very speedy animals. Pcitoa is not a good beginner, and. this Will tell seriously''lig-aifiSt tlio Auckland ■horse.'l Tha Cbokeboi'o stable is.fight in • luck ■now-4: ycrv,'; : iiii:Boi'tan,t fac(£ii>jin racing. . .JivjiJffAtliei'toa; itphas a-r.'iiiost, . IftT summing: up .the TreadnvUr. imar6'g:;:chanpes,"-.it ;has .-/ got to.bp-iremehilwiHKl ; '''that. : Easter; Handicap at ;Eico%i!tott' l lio'.'w,as\ badly-left, * but; on ; 'tho' following - day - islio • won the Templeton Handicap with ! Bsit; 51b, on] ' her back; .and rs'gistered the fastest'gallop of the '■ meeting. ' An indication 6f how favourably she was-handicapped.may 'sio gained'-'.from'.tho fuct that althoiigh -he finished'(fourth) in, front of Bronze in tho C.J.C. 1 Great' Easter Handicap, slip was actually, handicapped'to. meet 'Bronze on 81b. j better tcrmsT iu the Thompson Handicap.i Tho Highden mare, of course, did not make tlio'acceptance. . . 1 \ - ; There will bo a big-weeding out in : ithe Challenge. Stakes field, and/it-is cxipected .that..only four runners will see ■tho post. .'Thoy- will. be Autumiius, ■ 9st. fSlb.; .Bon Revo, flst; 51b.; Bronze. Bst. •121b.j and.Ogier, 7st. lib.■ The top-weight; 'though.a really good- three-year-old, may. find it hard to give Ogier 351b. over a seven-furlong course; .ait this_ time of the year three-yearalds -aro at" their test,; but iu, a lesser de.greo does tho / same remark apply to horses a. year i younger. Ogier seems to'bo coming on with ovoi-y race, and this should lie remembored in .his favour to-day. Those at -Eiccarton; "who .. .saw . the ■ >bay colt ' ( beat .• Bertrqdit,-,' . say. ■ that had he: been'anything but. a good one .- ho would' stuck to' his woi'k , tho way he -did,vas Bertrada 'had ; him fully, stretahed'for over-a furlong, and it was nothing short of remarkable the way he 'stuck to his . task, and eventually !woro down the Highden filly. ■ Ventura (flit.) and Emperndoi' (Bst. 91b.) :Vt'ill bo the public fancies in the Eailway Handicap. Tho fP'rnW seems now at the ' i top of her form;, but some are inclined Jo think that if;sfie gets mixed up in-her field she doesjiot act up. to her best form. . Empora'lor is,, on the, other, hand, a very\ solid sort. •Ha to be ridden by Dceley,. while tho - lcatlihg :.jockej> A. Oliver, 1 will' have the leg-iip on Crown. Pearl. ■ The -t\yo~hack events are..considered open, but .the public will doubtless,make form their , guide, nnd gp strpiigly for Tetikura and Portland Lady in jthe mile ■ •' face, and Ladoga in the six furlongs. For the conveyance of horses to Palmerrton for the Jlau'awatu races, a' train will leavo Trentll3lll at 9.20 a .111. on Sunday . . next,'arriving in Palmerstbn'at 5 p.m. None of Mr. O. P. Donnelly's horses wilj'be reeni.-uridcr-'silk at Trenthrim, I'ormality , was withdrawn-frpm-..the North Inland Challenge'- Stakes- yesterday. Gladiole and Monologue have been scratched for'all engagements at the'-"Wel-lington Eacing Club's Autumn meeting. Prince Souit appears in the North I Island Challenge Stakes as 0 two-year-old, /. but were.'l)o to start ho would,,of course, Jiavp to carry,a three-year-old's weight. Bronze,.who will be iimbng ihe competitors in- the'Jioilh Iskind C|i(illeng(! Stakes this afternoon.■ won the race'fc.l .year. She then'curried Bst, 111b., and will only Ivavo lib. -mori;' to-day. The record field for Ihe Thompson "Handicap was in 1909, when Aborigine de- . fcated seventeen other starters,' 1 In 1891, and again in 1901, (here were seventeen . starters, while 011 three occasions tlfti starters have iiunihered sixteen. The best time for the faco 'stands to the credit of Armlet, who,'' iu '1910,' 'covered tho' mile in lmin.'MO.i-psce. From a weight point of view,.the'best''performance was that of AVaiuku, .who',-, in 1898, won tho : race for tho third time, arid carried lOst. 31b. homo \ fihead .'of eiglit other niiiners. . Nominations'for 'the Jiarlborough Eae- . iug Club's meeting close 011 Friday -next, April -1 A. new-idea" of impressing this ■ -upon.' owners and 'trainers . has been di~ " covered .bv the club's secretary, who linf , circularised thenr with a post-card, which of the club's spk'ndid course at .Riyerlands. The track, gallops at tho Treuthaiv course ytisterfwy morning Were-renderei uninteresting'by reason of the fact that r thick fog^iungover the valley until nearlj '7 o'clock, and prevented many of thi horses from being' timed. The whole 0 the - Thompson Handicap randidates hac arrived ■ by. the previous night. A / greo many horses were on tho .tracks, and obou the best gallop: j-ecord'ed during .the mnrn ing was .Flint by' Cheddar (Emerson), win covered'six furlongs in lmin. lCsec. r,; <&_ J: —1 —