THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1954, 10 January 1914, Page 13

THE TURF.

: ?| II \ tti . '.'v'oiiiiiici;, ownors^tiia'tvfacceptanccs^ events mill .emries for. iho Ti in!.. I'liilf,. Disposal 'H'.aki'S,. aml Seising Plate are ;duo- at .'thej iiame time! ' *. " ; .S en, - I'i nk iv asxv itti r! i. i:' f rWm'i t.|i e.: Cup .at 3.45 pjni: iast Tues.d. a yrfSfM>iSv:Was" , 'tjie^iom:v;ttt?\vhich i STfltj-i 'erlev ..was" withdrawn, from...tiio Telograpn.. ] I andioap,i'.'a nd s Ch'edda r'• f rom all engagements atstiiptWe!lingtoi-i ; ?j{«i:ing Club's,., mia WJs■took" plaeo'jjatfilp and I'oidsVwiilulrawauat 1 If.o.a'iri/f/n Tliur"-;iay.' t _'l he delectSea' I'ink from Mhe Wellington' Clips was,. probablyfduoHo his ■ trainer. Later oni.thoji.orse^wllljuo-doubt be .]>repared for|cne\of :tliO;bif:! ; autumn liamlicaps.'-'HiB 'dwner£Mrs3o/J^WaU,'left .for -Sydney- last>>:>Veiiing,: aiid'lie will also visit Jlel'Wiiirn'e■ieio/jiof'roturns Ho the arid. Culprit;, will . represent- '.tho' Hastings sports-, man in the Cup and Tokgrapii - Tinndi-esp-s dt Trfeiitliam There ■■ abroad thnt-'ljoiiVTon^.willVnot-'"accept for tlio Wellington l Cup. and 11. Grav has been offered. several. ; .tlio event, of this proving to '.he the.' case. Amolifjfefc thofJe wbo. werejaiixionsito se-. cure Gray's services .were.'';.tl'ie. : owners of Kilrain Eind ®--i The racehorse Port rua stablei'and goiic'to ■his..,o'wncr's stai tidn at Levin. - jA-s- a "twq.r.vear-old : tho Achilles colt- gavo distincts;promise,\but he has failed badlrvsiiice.'-andjwill.v'no doubt, be given pad'hick duty. .' . /. ,M. Holibs ri!t..irm:d from- Ricearion yesterday' morning and : brought <. with him Mowbray. ■ and: .the,: 1 "tWo-vear-olds Hnnosty aiici Angelina.;-.■■■The s ' ; trio..were railed to ■Trolitha.il to join Rinaldo,'Peg, ail'l Charmilla;^6; : %?i!:;f^C' ; l^i;'--i'i-v

The frtt't thai; I! - : Berrv lias engaged to ride Lndoga.itiitho Wellington Cup mertns probsbiy/ that "Rinnklo '■ will- not! run, as Berry's retainer -stipulates' that he imist' rido ail Mr. .1. B. -lleid's,horses til.""t g"t-7st. ISliv'-nudi-undM^-H^i^j:-G. Price,• Iv.it!) Bronze,'-Expect,' Er» njeiigard-e,. and Farifnrm ■ is estiectetl" at Trentliftni this day week..-' Expcetyis' being brought, down for ibi- haiKiicarw on the second, and.-t!ilrd, tlays-.; (if. the meeting, but, will. remain'iii; his. boston Cuj) day. ■ ' "■ '■ Mr. A. -E. Wliytn. secretnryi of; tbe Welliugtoii Racing Club, is-being iium-; dated with applicationsfor: and accommodation oh ■ tha club's'-pro-perty. at- Trehtliam, but he. has'had to refuse many','' tlieii.gh. in all .\cases '"arrangements have been ' made wiim-eby-tho visitors can-get boxes With; private owners. The question of putting up moro boxes is now occupying the attention of the 'jink J'

A. dozen horses from v the Porirua stables will be railed to Trrntbam on Miinclay next. ' Tha list, will, include tlsti Cup «aiididate Los ,'Angelos; the, two snrinters, Gipsy Bslle and Dearest; also, tfedpos and Pavlova, Trial Skills camiitlates; Goki-Spr:'iy,"a- trro-yeiir-ohl; and Stepney, Hansard, Beiaseii, Arati::tia, and one or two lesser? lights.: Cloudy Dawn, runner-up to Phroso on tho last'day of the Auckland Cup,meet-, ing; scored in tho first hurdle .event at Whangarei on Thursday. '. "Mathematician" writes; — "The speculator .who tries to '.pick "a little dolible" of the.£lo to ,Is.' vn.rietv on the Wellington Cup and Telegraph Handicap will probably bo interest-eel to know what tlio-otitis arfc iigainst-hiiii: Tlie-re are 5G horses handicapped in.the Wellington Cup, two of wlioni ' (Undecidcd, 1 who has goiis wrong, and. First Consul, on tlie injured . list) ;. : are' *■ impossible starters, leaving 54 possibilities iii t-he race. Tli'e 'Te-letjraph.: Handicap field numbers 07.,- By muifiplying 57 by 54 tho possible combinations in the double are ascertained., and .this works out at 1 3078. To make the chances- oq!ia! between layer ami liacker.-tlie odds should bo £150 (approximately) ' to--;ls. -.As many of the. horses are handicapped .inbath' races,. tliero will ' probably_• bo. a defection on acceptance of fully 50 per. cent,, anil theso additional clialiceS aro all in the layer's favour: Thus ■ tho benevolent, gentlemen .ivlio are. tiaiivaSsiing that familiar - proposition .-. in the fact-oiv: 'A little .double, £10 to " Is:, on tlio Cup and Telegraph!-' lmve at least 15. chances , to 1 one of getting .a 'skinner' from al' their clients. In the interests, of the guileless-a double machine on the course w'otild. render aservice."" ' - One of the most--promising -horses seen out at the Mahawatu meeting was Mr. J: M. Cameron's hurdler, Marble Hea<i, wlio.must have established something in, the way of a. record for tlie holidav fixtures.--.Tho.-gelding won the two hurdle races ;>oti - tlie first valid second dav-s and ran. ft' creditable secimU' to Hataua, to -whom..lie- was- conceding a couple of stone on the .third day. Going on to tho Hawke's Bay meeting the two jumpers' flat races fell-to his lot—four firsts 1 and-a second in a week. Marble Head, who' is a. five-year-old son of Birkenhea-d and Hippolyte, is a particularly game finish<?r> and thougli at- present a rather slovenly "jumper, 1 should be beard of irt some of tno big winter hurdle handicaps. 11 ' ..i, . Tho racecourse "guesSer".'had' matters considerably simplified 11 for 1 him during the holiday 1 meetings round about Wellington province. His method was to ascertain, Oliver and Be'l were riding, then wire these homes on tlm morning 1 of tho races as "good" As these two 1 jockeys 1 lmd about the pick of the riding ..where retainers dirl not intervene, -.-and' both; ■ horsemen were fairly successful, for oilce tho person who obtains his information from ''the horse's mouth''..was fairly correct. though his patrons'; were rather disappointed with the dividends..- ' ." With the change of luck that Gi Price has had lately it will be no surprise to find the Highden horses starting favourite in several -events at Trentham. Price has iiot had tilings all his own way for a long time, but his followers are as great aS ...over and no matter what ho saddles up they aro always well backed. A very shrewd judge of tho game says that Bronze finished ■ very well iu her second essay at AwapuUi, and he opines that by January 21 the little niaro will be back to her best form. Prior to the Manawatu Cup, she was unable to' do much on tho tracks, but -since then the exceptionally fine weather has given her trainer the opportunity to' slip her along and he has availed himself of the., continued, ...dry trafcks. . -vV-'H'- 1 '" Before any business was transacted at a meeting of tho Wanganui Trotting Club oil Wednesday, 1 tlio president, Mr. C. E. Mackay, referred feelingly to the great loss the district' in gene-ralj and the elub in particular had sustained ill the death ..of.',Mr. :: SelbytMorton,' who was secretary of tho club.--. On his motion a vote of'condolence to- tho "widow and family was-carried in silence: 11 :i- ----, Owners who 1 intend, making ; tlio - Egmtint trip next month s-hoiild isote that ■ nominations--for -,tho- Haweta- 1 meeting are due oir. ; .T!nirSda,y evening with. Mr. J- W.''Turtoii,' sind the following evening ••Mr?E.'U , .'<*W.ehslcn,will .receive, entries "for- tliei-faraiiaki '.lockey, C,lub's,jiiitumi! INC INER VI'ED (By;; , rosf}4; Association.l.:';^;:; - r Gisborno, January .0. : Naismitl'.-s 'triiininy -stablejivas totally, destroycdibyj.fire: at -2'o'clock I .this nierning. ''I hroo . ralual'le racehorses--A 1(1■gown,' Tribuiialp ; ,aiKl Looksby—perished. ,v- [ r, ns; n v ;i r o;;r-v<-ai-oi<l brov/n gelding 1 ;by; MuUifid—Onaque;i;? HojJ'be-. . longed .' ! tosplnjTM^iiG:V7^f i bunil, who son'J iioAVoo/.tviUo mwliug last to' Mr. R. WlUimmJ