THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1791, 2 July 1913, Page 9

THE TURF.

y NOTES AND COMMENTS. il " JBr Glbncos.l Joe O'Conncll, who has been riding ir Melbourne during tho_ Inst twelve 0 mouths, is returning to New* Zealand it lt time for the Grand National meeting. e It is anticipated that there will bo o 't very big entry for the Trial Plato al '- Trenthum, as there are such a number oi u , maiden two-year-olds about. J'. W. Lowe t is starting threo two-year-olds,, G. Price 1 is bringing Adelicia down, and ,1. 11. Prosser will probably include Pavlova in P his team. ? Expect, Kilrain, and Awnhou have all i been supported for the Winter Cup. The ex-New. Zealand horseman E. Mur- « tagh will have the mount on Dyor in the Grand National Hurdles at Fleminglon on l Saturday. The Sydney horse is one of } the well-fancied division, t A correspondent, writing from Mel- . bourne, states that he sees Captain Jingle , working regularly on the beach at Mor- . dialloc, ami he .gives it as his opinion . that the National winner is as well as t ever he was, -and that even under his ; big weight, 12st. lib., he will give a" good . account of himself in the Flemington Na- ;■ tioual on Saturday week, i Ahalfrsister to Vi, belonging to T.-Wil-L son, of A-wapunt, is now- being run in a ;' cab at Palmerston North to quieten her • down. ' 1 G. Price has taken up Bronze and Ermengarde again. Tho pair of mares appear to have benefited considerably by their spell, and both wear a very robust i appearance., \ The Manawatu Racing Club has had erected oii its course at Awapuni a post and rails, and brush feiice, also a sod 1 wall and hencoop, for schooling purposes. This is an innovation much appreciated by local trainers. A great diversity of opinion exists locally as to whether or not Peg is entered . for the National Hurdles. In some papers the name given' was Pip, and in others • Peg. Probably it is the Auckland horse Pip,' as there is no word of the Charlemagne II mare being schooled over fences, though Crosbie, 'in the same stable, is being tried at the jumping business. The bona-fides •of a certain trotting horse that has been winning a number of races lately arc, it is rumoured, likely to form the subject of an investigation by the Trotting Association at an early date. The New Zealand Cup winner- Bridge .was amongst the "also started" division in the Etchmond Cup ou June 1. Bridge lias not won a race since he went to Australia, but for all that a writer in the Sydney "Referee" counsels liis readers to keep their eye on' him. The Hastings sprinter, Blue Lake, is under offer to a Wellington owner, and sho may be expected to change hands today. Her owner, Jlr. E. Lonergan, has already disposed of hifj stablss to a Gi£ borne sportsman, who intends settling in Hastings. Diavolo is reported to- be an unfikely starter 'at Gisborne. Bunkum, in charge of IV. Kirk, was shipped from-Napier to-Gisborne by tho Mokoia last evening. On tire same boat were Prince! Eddie and Loch Mabin, in charge of G. M'Laughlin. \ J. O'Connell will ride Ambergris, Stroller, and Eed Jl'Gregor in their Gisborne engagements, and W. Pyan will be oii ICeilder, the other flat horses in G. Jones's stables. .'. Advices received in Hastings state that Donzel, who was shipped to Gisborne at the conclusion of the Napier meeting, had a bad fall while schooling on Mouday niorriing, and is an unlikely starter at the meeting. Sunray lias been sent to Gisborne to contest tlie steeplechases there, and will again, be ridden by T. Mulcay, who was tho only horseman that could keep him on the coiirso at Napier. . Discussing his racehorses rocently, the West Australian owner, Mr. P. A. Connolly, said that Jolly Beggar was tlio best horse that ho had ever owned. It is high'praise for tho Doncaster Handicap winner to bo classed as'a' better horse.than. Jilue Spec;-who. bourne Gup in Mr. Connelly's-colours!' • Acceptances for the first day's events .at the Wellington Kaciiig .Club's, meeting i close on Monday next, : After tho current season,, it will cost bookmakers .£SO per-year to bet'in the' paddock at Cnullield, and £l r o per year ,On the flat, with 10s. per year registration fee for one clerk and dCS for additional clerk in paddock and £2 for additional -clerk on flut. In the new regulations club or police may remove fiiiy bookmaker betting with women, or with youths under 17 years of age. Bookmakers may also ba removed for. misbehaviour. Mr. Andrew. Eobertson, of the Allendale Stock Farm, Melbourne, has gone to England,'where lie hopes to purchase one of the best stallions available, as well as s.cme thoroughbred mares. ' Speaking of Uie racing at Lingficld on May IG, an English exchango„says: "It was a unique experience to find a journalist figuring among the riders ii( the Club Weltor Plate, and Mr. Meyrick Good (who has been on the staff of the "Sporting Life" for many years) received a hearty cheer for his' excellent display on Shino. Hiding for the first time, Mr. Good showed a confidence not often witnessed in many amateijr jockeys, and in a good fight with such tin experienced horseniaii as Mr; Gunter he was seen to much advantage." A local owner hits an own sister to Sonite.in work at Otaki. She will be a three-year-oltl in August, andwill be raced at the,'early spring meetings. ,Tho name of Soaitas has been claimed for Field Battery's daughter, and her trainer thinks ■very ■ ljighly of her.' -j'