THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 4

THE TURF.

. 0:. AUSTRALIAN TURF. . ~ -ENTRIES FOR BIG EVKNTS. Br Totejti-apfi-Frcis Acenbiirtloo-CiSiisrisrtit '■'..,' . (Rcc.;Jmve 3, 0.5 a.m.) : ' ; . . ' Sydney, Omro 2. 'The Mitrios fnr tlw Epsoin Handicap ■ total 205, including Ventura, Beau ■Saiilt, Ban lieve, -Bon Ton, Chorubini. Vntliallji, aiul Aiiiia Carki'iia. For tIH) thero are 194 entrk-s. in-eluding ail tlio foregoing ex* cepting Ventura. The entries for tlio Mclbeurne and j CaiiHlelii Cups were not available t<j- | "'gilt' ; MelEiOurno, June 2, Tlift entries' for ■ tlse Alelhottrni? Clip Win! 200, n& compared with 233 Inst I ymr-y for the Catiiftekl , Cup, 2-18> ai cbmpared with 230 last yenV; for the Australian Hilrdlos, 38, as compared with 01 !ii:;t year. Eaitrtcs for tlio Hurdles include M&te; Forest Prince. mul Wimraem. For the Australian I Stecpbcliaso tihore are Si entries, ilka \ same as for t,lio rwvkms ytar. Tire list i inclute Forest Priiwe. * I

THE MEETING

Hepofts- from the south state that the weather is fine, and tho WiuteiSleeting of the Duudctiit Joekoy Club will probably be a record fixture. The North lsiam.kj.Vßcd luiriiajpi should set ■;.'lto seuthorners a merry pace in the Paeifc Hurdles. Rovai will run in the big Tiandicap, - aud is likely to be amongst'tjw nine'ii-! fancied division. ClyiwiisU is mM to "bo a ecrta.B starter in the Brighten Handicap, and Palisada in the fradesmmi's irfajKUcap.'

! I\OTE6 AND COMMENTS

> I : j , fir CiiißSyira-.E.i - iAβ to-day is a iniblio holiday, na I t Mubt a very iiuge crowd will be pro-1 ; sent at Otaki, and a number who pfe - i i ter the sport of trotting will • ionrnoy iJ to Giwtmni, wlwro tiro South Wairi 1 J rapa Club will hold its anmial mwtitig. I lii« fields are engaged iti the difloreut ; oveuts Hi tiw ktter meeting, and those - Hitendiiitf to Iw present can jonriuu- >m j r b.v the 8.30 a.m. train from Laihbtoa s -istatj&n, an<( WelSiuffton can bo roaeli- > eu on the return jpimioy by 10.30 p.m. s SOME (WIkTnOTES. ihert will h$ iui«iewms ti-alns rnuHiiig to aiul ffom Otaki to-day, partij culars of which arc advertised. flu, . sport promises to bo highly interesting ; and- if only the wcatlior holds ap tfio . meeting shatikl be a record one in cvofv wa.v , J . The fields are very Jargo ia most of ; the.wer-its, but- backers,'it guided by i recent form, will pfttbab'ly. send gut » la-;v. slwrt-priecd favenrites, Tlw first event is the. Maiden Plat, six furlwifis. CJiarlctoso, Encore, ami Georgo will be scratched, and of. (tho others, Tβ Opai, Aviatiiiw, and Ga:v Guard are tho host knowii. Iα tho living ilacli Handicap, Calais, Bst, Ngßnia, 7st. 121b., aiul Ramation, 1 "st. 101b,, are the ones wjili 'the best j crerlcitfiais. j Tire, 'failwa Hack and Hunters' f Sfeciifeihftsi! slwtild be ft vftrv papular UmovtitieiH. Essotio, and Silver Monarch arc Minio scosone*! thaai any of the others, and will probably be fan* (iiwl .in titot order. llio fetakawii C'ttp-wiO fiause backers l:n' think hard. Lidy Lottisa.;' with licelpy iit tlw saddle. wiH 'prohal4y Ire tlte final farouritp, tat Piivlova ' (I, Q:;'Shoi>.) an.d.Bjroft (A. Oliver) are sure

Ii or Went? ol support. JManit.au, jVtanjii, j svnljaha, aijti Imaroso laavo t)t!(?ij ;; inost i eqnsistcnt lately, and Rend.fl-iM noi be , '.vitJioHt backers. Jf A. OtivCT rides Jlontfma, flie Ktack ■ KcMing wifl probably W ma*li sottght i after, as they" are not a fjoe-cJ lot Op- ; posed to liim, and Mr, "W. Cooper's nw'sp sTintttd always bo going woll witlii Ji! iiitnsdf. '■' ; . Ifike tho. Cap, ilic 'Rtiliai Biindicop. i fiix furlongs, premises to give bjickeirs a <tenl of trouble, Wore "Ermoiigaido. • Jit her best, she would be at a shaft price, hut silica sbo performed so con. rintiiißlv .at Trentliniti. tho Cirarkmagim II mare has run nuielt below U-cr best farm. However, »ho bi\s liart plenty of J time to freshen i}p since tim JlaiKiwMu I lrectmj!. and. if -favotirtd :\rith aysy-. thins like i good Mia,rb!p t«-d.iy -nke. shofild ijo dfl.ngpi-tws. ' jjowbray" ami SaUbur», from tho Forinta stalilr-s, will both start, and, being bwtketaj,' f-lw pair will have plenty of - S© tan. wiil PMotiilla, Jlaltara.. Wild I,iij)i»i jsnej Bradamante, whilo, if it is w<itj ' j iVoacitive and Mtmat ea.n be dc- ' • jpeud'od vipon te run. wrfl. j 'liiy's- rocitift wilj concliute mil) ; the JTirtlKb.v Hnck bolter, iu whi-rh Sfiuaro J)cal's recent form will assure blm a siroug position in public Uvant, . . . , AT KLLEfu%IE. ,Of the sever; events on the Awt-k----lmid Raeing Club's eartl for to-day, four of tlH?mi,-ai-o far jumpers. J.u tho Zhidtn &ifi.ttfln. Kim Atvi (F. TirU'hyn) mav bn favourite with Waterworks hkimrt choine. Both horses have boon paid' np fw in tho big StscplerWo sin Saturday, ;jad if Uwy' have a chance it) that race they must s-how «p to-day. : A very big field is eitgajtotJ in'the •Tervois Handicap, seton-fiVrlnugs. 'i'hfi host known of fthem is Oorheftta. hut Molis tlinl, a stable mate of Jack JDelsval. is (ha pomscssbr of a groni'private reputation. : Thw aro a pretty Cvcn lot in tl)6 Alii'flcn Hurdles. Waldtmar, by Ma. Jiaki. ivho mod to h? trainctf thaw, hns bcon porforminr Wp-It iii j>f s (■■ehooling tasks, but enteitlo of Kii-sb Wairifei tlif- others are unknown.' 'ffo-. tcp»weifflit i? Hißcli more forward than any of Uio others. It is iM«ny years since sneh a. weak finid eonypstnl the Gront Nnrtboni Hmv dies. Idr-alism may bo the final favonr* with Morrimas, Rafidv Paul, ,hu] hprcolfl flvil harked. Tire kst-namod's nrcat staying powers shcukl etawl lo luni over sue , long two and a half miles' eonrse. J The Cornwall and Members' Handii caps are both opon raws, but Lα Ifeiua I I shomd b:- invoarilp in the Jonß-dislawco •j race, wi-.h Crotvi. Poarl. fiipjy BMW' j nml CJratt.-tii occupying. similar positions I in tho short race.

I FIXTURES. I

June 3 aad i.— Otelsi Maori B.C. Winter. Juno 3 and -t.—DHiwrliM Jockcv Cub Winter. " ''. Jnne 3, 0, and B.—Auckland l| 0 Winter. June. 1? and.lß.—Hawkc's Bay J.C. Winter. June 'M and 2.l—Napier Pa-rk B.C. Aatninn. Julv.2 ami ■!.—Gisborno U.C. Winter July 15 and IS.—Wellington R.C. Win- . ter ■