THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2183, 23 June 1914, Page 8

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. [Bγ Glrscob.i The Napier Park will be hoM on ttm GreemrieaoWs course to-morrow and TiiiH'sday. Acceptances for tho GisborHo iiuieiiiig close «b Saturday night. A bow rider will have to tie found for Cloudy Dawn fa the Ahuriri Hvirdies, as y, Julian is uwJor a retainer to rido Mr. F. Armstrong's horses, and the Doiinofirkti syjortsnwM has. ttolden Water in the rac«. i The two New Zealamicrs, Con the Shaujjhrouit jiisd Mere, were ntnnere in the hfircllc race at Mconeo Valley on June 13, but both finished out of a place. The former palied ui> very sore, and will bo on the easy list for Bohie time, Obi, who is to lie riddon by F. M'Cabe in tiio V.E.O. Grand Natimml Hurdles., is the present favourite for the race. The trainer preparing most horses at Uandwiek at tao present time- is T, Payten. Be has bq fewer thaji SB an the, trfick. afld «f these 16 axe yearlings, Of the latter a Jew may be retired within tlte.iioxi few waeks, but their places will be taken by others. Ju reply te a remark that tlws present tcarii vas probaWy the largest he had. ever trained, thn owiier of X-ewraa.rket-sta.bles said; "No! On one occasion a few years ago I had cither 32 or 33 horses in work." Iu England, teams of 30 are quits am* iiien, but in Australia, as in the Dominion, even 28 is oft unusual ■ rwmhor, duct the increasing difficulty of -securing lads for stable work will assist in kee.jrtiig racing tennis vitiiin reasonable d-taen-skms but here. While at tJio Brisbane.meeting, Mr. 'E. J. Watt's horse Tatterley picked up tiefcs, and ae the stock regulations in Queenslaud arc very stringent, ho -could fiat return wrtli the rest of the team. W'lje-n. he rca.oftc-s Rnndwiek he will still i>9 trained by J. Whitworth, Jiitjajgbi Sun has been left behind <-o b<? traijie.(l for racing in Brisbane, where usually tao class is Hfii good. It was reported that Player was to he reserved for the Grand Kationd HurdieSj but his na.m-cs -appears in tihe list of acceptors lor tho A'iiiiriri Hurdles at Napier tewttfrrrc-w, pad probably Mr. IS. 3t. Gouldsw&h will aflott the Saferotflcho geldkg to v tftke his ptae m the field, .whfeh appoa-fS to bis a weak one, Gulden 'Water., who a-p.paars to be coming back to form, may be ilia roast tre-üblesewe, as he ran a really Rood race Wand Hatena at Hastings, ana ttese that fiwstel behind him inelutf«j tho firsit di3,y-'s winner, Ariiake.

lit. 0, J. D'Ath, secaretaty of tiie 01-aki Jfcori Easing €111%, write? to Say that ' : OwJnK to the name of Hau.tirafcs.ko. appearing on the forfeit list, that .horse has been disqiral-ifietj for the Flving Hack Saniicapi m» on June 3. Tiie I'ac.B will novv go to (-feergei with Merrie GaJB second, ami Sgartfa, tihkh" It is stated that Hγ. Sifai'l'a-rata. frffl appeal agaiftst the decision.

"810t, , -' in the Sydney "Referee," has the following qonw>mi:n.g R. J. Mason's tejwn«- , ""Witjj tho exceptioji of Cliw«biid, who is teing treated for a Bpiint, Mr. G. D. .Greenwood's fcar'ses far tho Sydney Sfritig meetings aie now wotkjnfl; a;t Rafiuwick ixrtdtr ,R., J. Mnsoil's slißWvisi'oi.i. B-iiftc-tcr Comely), who j» in the is a nice colt, b.ut nothing is knqitii ef hitn> iwi' of tlw!Qther Derti.v ea iiidji|rte;.Clani!Htus (M*rfciai:i— %u\y Ws.-yward 0). Vat (wila is a. etoft%-bi.i-at 6ay gelding, biyt u5-ert his best form in the Ponsidtai <to«s not ftafeo hifii out more than faiir. the- .two-year-old (Aohilles—Coin•.fag) ro-ttimds one. oj! l*oirene:, anothei;: daughter el 1 AcMHe,s, : --afld already looks well forward." , .

The New Zealand Kght-w-eight joe-fey, C. Garih-mif;, who afrived in Sydney a few weeks age, is , litfw attached to ,T. I'aykn's stab'ltt- As the traiufer iia-med l»fts- $, vcr.v torgfe tearrt, Garment will protebly got aft excefloftt ch-tiiwe of niakinfi' a aiami* tot himself if Kb riding ferra jwfftifee it.

Mr. j. B. Job! is one flf ili.e few omv t'is whb can daifti to have Woii Aβ 'whplo fcf the English classic races, ajiii lie lifts tee it ail in tlie space of ste years, Yotir Majesty tqfi ijff tv sinning the Si, kegef in J9GB, Sunatat- following suit, hy winriitep: the Two Tliqn* saiid Ciijiiiffas and Dih'by in 19|1, Jest the One fhnnsand and the Oafe hi ISIS, and Pri.rtcess Pofria turned ttt-o faeoa agaiji this yeaf.

The two-year-old CQOOgiis. %inington II -celt, who tras the cause *f a laws.viit in Ei»gl,a.n.d reeerffrly, a.rid was returned to his hroedcrs, fciwiot he. regarded as an entirely Jiepeless ca-se as a. rttoehorsfc Dfespi-to his ''roarjhg:/' ho is to be tried, and lias tee-n fifvijn ia Captain DfcTvhufst to train at Jfewntarlißfc.