THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1737, 30 April 1913, Page 10

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. LBy Glencoe.] Our correspondent, writing from Hastings, states tliat a lot of jumping is being indulged in there. Nearly every horse w<irKing on the Hailing-, trucks has been tried over tences. A.nnmgst the nuniber are Bravest, who pei'lormed.particularly well in a "sc-hool" over I lie big fences; Slralhmoira, who also jumps (lie country well; \i, Wlio tno battens in her stride; Pcllican, the half-brother to Corazon; It. Mickey's team, consisting of The Hover, Sunray, Slourion, Whalcaweiru, mid Chief Marshal. -The bay horse, Sir Daniel, was operated upon last week, and has been turned out. His owner, Air. J. ltobson, has a_ two-year-old hall-brothel' to him that is highly spoken of. F. Flynn, who was badly hurt off Sunray at the Feihling Easter meeting, is now mending rapidly n( liawera, and is expected to be ill tho saddle again at the U'auganui meeting next month. Mr. G. P. Donnelly's Otatara is being hacked about, but will not be put into wort again until his owner's arrival fioni England. Tho Gold Keef gelding is considered to bo about the best 'chaser in Hawke's Buy. _ Two recent arrivals in Hastings from Sydney are n rising two-year-old filly by tail- Aymer from Sirona, and a two-year-old gelding by Trentsid? from Bawling. Tlib former belongs to 11. ltickey, and is described as a beautiful iilly. The latter is tho properly of J. l(ollo. Both horses are presents from Mr. A. Itollo, who is a resident of Sydney. Mr. Geo. Hunter's speedy 111 aro Bliss is still Spelling at I!. Goosenian's. She runs in tho paddock all day, but is boxed at night. AVuiouru was sent home after' the Awapuni meeting, and is to be operated on for wind troubles. Jlr. Hubert's other horse, Sotrrh East, is now over tho firing operation, and 011 present appearances Is likely to stand a preparation. Australian files to hand show that Manakau was handicapped at 7st. slb. for the race which he won at Warwick Farm last Saturday. Sir A. A. Apcar, whose death was recently reported by cablegram, was for many years one ol India's leading sportsmen, and at the time of his death was senior steward of the Calcutta Turf Club. He took a very active interest in the turf, and in Calcutta was rarely unrepresented in the big events. He was a liboral Iniycr of Australian horses, and Ins first Viceroy's Cup win was effected with Statesman 111 1884. Subsequently hu won that race with Moorhouse, another Australian. and then with Great Scot in ll)0o and 1901; Fitzgrafton in 190 li and 11107; while Mayfowl, ono of his Old Country importations, was successful in'l9lo and 1911, and dead-heated with Brogue last year. <Ho bought A r avasor alter that horse won the Sydney Cup, and another of his purchases was Keith, for whom ho gave 2000gns. lieceutly It. M'Kenna. paid lSOOgns. for Barios on his behalf, but that colt will now be resold in Australia.

11l Australia, tho mare with most prizemoney to lier credit is Wakeful, with •£113,520, tile result of 25 wins, J2 seconds, and four thirds, and (says a writer in an Australian paper) I take it her record will not bo improved upon by one of her sex for many years to come. Gladsome and Lady ' Medallist each won over JJIO.OOO, but even Wakeful's total is small by comparison with those of some of England's most successful mares. l'or instance, Sceptre won .£38,283, Pretty l'olly .£37,297, and La I'leche .L' 34,703. dtiier big winners wero Achievement ',£22,142, Formosa i.'21,21;0, Signorina J!20,599, Seabreeze 144, \Vhcol of Fortune ,£19,540', Memoir >£17,300, Hannah ,£16,7G1, Apology ■£13,425, and , Mario Stuart <£11,545. Achievement won a total of sixteen races at two and three year old. Owners are puzzling themselves as/reappropriate names for their yearlings, and considering that over GO.OUO names have been used in Australia since 1805, it must be admitted ..considerable difficulty attaches to strikihg 'something fresh. I have (says "Pilot, in tho Sydney "Ketcroo") heard souio names laughingly taken exception to by bookmakers on the score that "it would take up too much time calling that out," but I dnresay somo would shorten-names to their own liking. The King has only really had one stickler for pronunciation, anil it is stalk! of liiiu that on one occasion when two would-be backers almost simultaneously priced a horse lie offered one a point longer than the other. "Whereupon the one who was offered the sliorter price immediately wanted to know the reason of the difference. To this the reply was: "He pronounced the name of the horse properly; you did not."

"Vigilant," in the London "Sportsman," expresses surpriso that in these days of high ices ill Knglaml for stallions ol' really -high-class merit, only 22 uf the 373. registered stallions included in a re-, cent issuo of the "Calendar" wcro advertised at KlOgns. or over. In several cases, so that they may get opportunities stallions are down to cover free, subject to 11 small payment to tho groom, while others are doing duty at a surprisingly low fee, considering their excellent .turf performances. There aro eight Derby winners among tho stallions advertised, and of these Sunstar serves at 300gns., Lcmberg and Spearmint at 250gns. each, Cicero 200gus., Minora and Orby .£99 each, St. Amant .*OB, and Sir Yisto 18gns. "Itock Sand," says tho same writer, "is at the stud in l/rance, and his fee is a long way the highest of any 'Blue Ribbon' here. Booked up as, far ahead as 1910, there are a few nominations obtainable by transfer at the royal fee of liOOgns. In view of Die easy St. Loger victory of his son, Tracery, the French Oaks success of his daughter, Qu'elle est Bello, and tho promise shown by Rock Flint, who holds a prominent placo among tho gilt-edged lot of candidates for this year's chief classic and other big three-year-old races, it is not surprising to find that breeders in Franco and England should have vied with ono another in taking subscriptions to tho 'triple-crown-ed' son of Sainfoin."

FIXTURES. April 30 and May .I—Marlborough R.C. Autumn. May 8 and 9—Ashburton County R.C. Aulufnn. May 14 and 15—Egmont R.C. Winter. Ma'y 22 and 2-t--Wanganui .T.C, Winter. June 3 and i—Dunedin J.C. Winter.