THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1743, 7 May 1913, Page 9

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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■ The Aslb'arton meeting takes plaoo to■morrow and, Eriday. ■ .

I Weights for the Wniignuui Steeplechase, Century Hurdles, and Connolly .Handicap are duo on Saturday. . At a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Metropolitan Committee! on Friday last a letter was received from the Woodville Jockey Club reporting tho suspension, for from February 19, (of Malcolm •M Donald. The suspension was- endorsed. ' At Moomee Valley last month, Yeneda, by iraquair, won the .Bight Hours' Handicap (1 mile), in lmin. <llJseo. The winner i.9. trained by the ex-Sew Zenlander, M. T. M'Grath, and Melbourne writers speak highly of him.

m ln connection with tho death of Sir ■Tatton Syltes, it is interesting to recall the following pen picture of the famous old sportsman, written by the special commissioner of the London "Sportsman" in September last:—"For.twenty-one successive years have I visited Sledmere, and always on the same, day and by the sarno train. The station-master at Slediners is the same,' and nothing as.regards the journey is changed save that this year, for the first time, I was met by a motoroar instead of one of the familiar old two-wheeled .vehicles, with a confidential horse in the.shafts. It says much for Sir Tatton's vitality of mind, as well as of body,, that he has taken , kindly to motoring at his time of. life, and I make no doubt he. has d;etrived gTeat benefit from this splendid method of getting plenty of oxygen into the systein. .At any rate, Sir Tatton, as I saw him last' week,- was a fresher,..and, I almost think,, a heavier, man than He, was many years ago. The bnirning of'his old. honso has affectcd him iiot a-whit. and he looked with interest on tho. rebuilding operations which have bow commenced. These, it is.said, will be finished within, two years, but Sir Tatton is sceptical, and is contemplating fe ,tour -in Algeria; but ha takes an' even fuller... interest in his blood stock than ever, and accompanied and: his nephew, Mr. Henry ; Cholmcndeley, not only to see the yearlings, but also right away to distant paddocks,with a stiff uphill climb before wo got there, to inspect mares and foals. It was very pleasant to find Sir Tatton in this form,, and I hope he will retain it for a number of years to come. . No. man in - this, world- was over_less desirous of advertisement .and ■publicity, but his- yearlings are always of such public interest that ho has allowed them to be written ;aboiit for these\ many years, though sorely against his 'own will in the earlier period."

The Multiform horse, Sunburnt, which •was to have gono to Queensland to be traim»dj ! is fitill at Randwick/and is now trained by A. Manning. ' / B. Deeley will have the mount on Canute in tho AshbuTton Cup. F. D. Jones . .will bo on The Cornet, and 'C. JhneTson will .steer Glenfinnan. : Mr.' H. D. .'James, the well-known West Coast; totalisatbr proprietor, is at present on a .visit to Wellington. He/leaves for the sopth 'by the Maori to-night, and will be present at the Ash button meeting to-morrow and-Friday At Pofirua J. H. Pros'ser is handling a rising two-year-old by Achilles from Bulbul. 'Phis is the only/juvenile in the teach establishment... , . Tattersall'sClub will hold a race meeting at E'andwick on Saturday. Amongst the horses entered'are the New Zealandowned Merrio Lad, Manakau, and Elfbolt. 'C. Boyle has definitely decided to leave by the Willochra for Sydney on Friday pext. , He is only taking the National jvinner, Captain-Jingle,; with him, as the two-year-old, Golden Sky, is not' sound enough yet to make the trip. • ' The Kombla Grange Cup, ono mile, run on April 29, was won by Kilineadon (Kilcheran—Couronne) in.'lmin. lljsec. Another .'New Zealand-bred animal—Wild West—started favourite, but ran unplaced. Mr. J. E. Henrys will declare the eight? f° r Jockey Jg&vfyjjS meeting at tho end of tlie present week. * Tho Obligado mare, Lady Georgia', has again resumed training at Awapuni, and, is fair-.as?can bo-seen, her burst'hoof lias got right again. " The'bay"-mare has been entered-for to principal events at the Auckland meeting next month, and she will probably be accompanied on the trip to Ellerslio by Powder Fox, who will raco jji the hack events. ' The' Riccarton trainer, E. J.-Mason, . evidently intends to be present at Ellorslie next month, for Emperador Iras bsen nominated for the handicaps there, while his stable is not represented at the Oamaru meeting, which takes place on May 22 and 23. / Nominations for. the Dunedin winter meeting close on Friday. . The chief' event in Jtlnglist racing this .week is the liemptori Park Great Jubilee Handicap, which is to be run on Saturday next. " One of the probable starters in this event is R. Wootton's Oaks candidate Waiontha, who was not entered for tie .One Thousand Guineas, run last jpeek. . • v . . • dominations foi- the Otaki Club's winter meeting, close on Friday next. The handicappers in Sydney are 'ncit making undue'risks with J. M.. Cameron's J jnaiden candidate, St. lilinn. At the Rosehill meeting last Saturday the St. Ambrose horse was weighted at Bst. Gib. in the Maiden Handicap (one mile, miniSlum weight.6s£ 71b.), but the .pen was put through his name, and also' that of Merrie Lad, who was given list. 101b. itt the Hurdle Eace,.two miles. Acceptances for the first day's events at -the Egmont Eacing Club's meeting close on Thursday.; ' ' V ' General entries lor the Auckland Eacing Club's winter meeting must be made on Friday next. . At the_ same time acceptances for the Great Northern Steeplechase and Great Northern Hurdles Jail due. . Two' instances have occurred recently which show".that horses whose winning performances have been over short courses only, can succeed over a distance if leniently treated by tho weight adjusters. One of these-'was Blue Lake, who, with fct. -lib., won-the Autumn Handicap at ppaki. The 'other■ was Peroneal,, who ran away with tho Marlborough Cup (one jnile and a-qfiarter) with 7st. -lib.'on her back, and'though raised a-stone on the 6econd day, again won over a furlong less ground. ' This indicates that it is novor safe to assume that a horse cannot stay simply because no attempt has beeii made to decide the question^

FIXTURES. May 8 and 9—Ashburton County ■ E.C. Autumn. May ,14 and 15—Egmont B.C. Winter. May 22 and 23—North Otago J.C. Winter, May 22 and 21—Wanganui J.C. Winter. May 3ly June 3 and s—Auckland E.C., Winter.; . 1 June 3 an'd i—Dunedin J.C. Winter. June 3 and 4—Otaki Maori E.C. Winter. June 18 and 19—Hawke's Bay J.C. Winter. Juno 25 and 26—Napier Park R.C. Winter. July 1 and a—Gisborne E.C. Steeplechase.