THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1916, 26 November 1913, Page 5

THE TURF.

NOTE'S AND COMMENTS.

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There will be rairo meetings at Tiika,> puna and Timaru to-day. The Fcildiug Jockey Club's mooting will open on Saturday. Largo acceptances have been received for the various 1 events, and the racing promises to bo highly interesting. It is mudorstood that C, Giosclcr, who has been training Mr. J. C. N- Griggs team at Asbburton, has purchased Uio stables and residence bji the- Ts .ilulwrat Hoad lately occupied by W. M'Do.naid- . Gieseler is unfortunately laid U l> . ' I! Asliburton at present with diphtheria. Sir George Clifford's colt Gleiicnnnich, by Glcnnull'och— Cresset, has been sold to a West Coast sportsman; Throo prominent sires, in Carbine, Sheen, and Noble Chieftain, were, foaled as. far back as 1885, and are therefore twenty-eight years old. This age; is considerably beyond tho average gaisied by thoroughbreds, but Matchless died at tiii-rtv-tvvo. Diornod (tho first Derby winner) at thirty-one, and Touchstone at thirty. The respe.et.ivo winners of the Hastiian, German, Austrian, and Danish .Derbies this season Were eaeh sired by au Knglish-brcd stallion. Til© Danish. Derby was won by Lily, whose dam Lily Ilosoborv (Crowberry—Lost Link II), was purchased when carrying Lily lt»r 30 guineas, at tho December sales at Newmarket in I'JOD. W. Mantle arrived St Auckland friin, New Plymouth oil Saturday by the. Kara wa, with the- racehorses Bed Lupin, and Martingale—a pair engaged at lira Takapuna Jockey Club's meeting io» day. Some years ago, when racing folks frara Now Zealand used to invade AtiS-; trajia with horses, thor*>, was a disposi-; 1 tion amongst tho authorities on tfcej other side to viow them with coldness,; but, in recent years, when tlio lite Mr. G, G. Stead ami other prominent sports-; moil annually sent big teams oyer for; the Spring Carnival, this prejudice Was : broken down. Tho Loch Maben trouble, however, will no doubt- revive the ol<t. feeling to some extent, a lid tho f.W' name of tho Dominion may suffer. D. J. Price, of Caulficld, who is disqualified for two years, will bo a heavy loser over the business, for lie always lias a. largo team in work, oftd included ui" his employers are some of tho leading, Victorian and New Zealand sparteines. 7 Mr. K. Manifold, a steward of the Y.R.C., always has a few horses m. Price's stables, and so also does Mr. E. Watt, <if Hastings. At tho Springfield mooting 011 Saturday last Pukcriia, formerly an inmate, of the Pflrirua stable, but nofr owned by a southern sportsman, ran third in two events. Undismayed by their experiences 'at Riccarton, backers arc oneo more endeavouring to find t'lio winner of a race that is four weeks off. This is the Auckland Cup, for which several horses have been well supported. Amongst these is Monorail, who has been backed at long prices. Latest advices fro-in nilerslio state that tho chestnut geldinK had not been himself for a long time, and was doing little or no work on tho tracks. Mr. B. J. AVnlt's pair, Midnight Sun and Sea Pink, arc being nibbled at, mid so is .lack DelaVal winner of tlio City Handicap at the Spring Meeting. When first tried over hurdles at Hast* hi us, -Marble Head refused to attempt even tlio smallest fence, but, latterly, ho has taken kindly to the business, mid will lie ii runner in the Hack Hurdles at Woodville next Month. As Diavolo lias been regularly schooled at Jillerslio lately, it would appear that his owner intends tq start him in the Maiden Hurdles to-day, and not in ilie Cheltenham Ilamika}'. In the latter event he wouM bo competing against n fairly formidable proposition in Worcester, a winner at tire last A validate mooting, when he defeated a Warm favourite iu La Keina. They are . not a. very good tot, in the Melrose Handicap at Takapmia to-day, and, this being the case, tho public will probably entrust Selection and Dispatch Carrier'with tlvo bulk of the totalisator money. Dispatch Carrier is not a gflud beginner, but Selection has been out in front several times in good fields. It is reported that ii. D«lo,v will have the mount 011 Sanguinary in tho laying Handicap at Fcildiug on Saturday. Some very smart hacks are engaged in the fc'itjsroy Hack Flying Handicap at Feil.diug. ' Amongst t-heso may be mentioned Merry Guy, Jtotes, Adrflll, Sunbii'd, Master Lupin, Toa ''ere, and Bnrtrada. Tho presences of this lot will ensure a fast pace tiro whole wn.v. Some very pronounced favourites "ivill be addled up at Timaru ' to-day. Amongst the number are Uflierabov 111 tho Hurdles, ■Korji.uitil I*ll tlio 1 rial H?iudicap. Glenfimian'in the Cup, and Oxvh* iwpe in the. Flying Handicap.