THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2208, 22 July 1914, Page 5

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS. [Bt Glencoe.i Friday next is general entry day for the C.J.C. Winter Meeting. On the same date acceptances aro due for the Grand .National Steeplechase and Hurdles, also the Winter Cup. , 11. Gray, in chargo of Sportsman and Northern, A. Goodwin with .Golden Water, Tko Spaniard, and Morning, J. Gravestock with Bransfield, Amber and White, Listen, and Uncle Jim, and l J. O'Neill with. Cheddar, went eouth by last evening's boat. At the Hurst Park (Eng.) Taces on June 2,, R. Wootton. had a good.innings, winning two races, with liis own horse», Courteous Lad and the Golden MeasureCheque filly, and one with Green Falcon, ' owned by Mr. E. Hulton. A sale of yearlings bred at Ivisber, the Royal Hungarian Government Stud, was held at Alag a few' weeks ago, and the highest price realised was ,£1785, for a grey colt by Roi Herode (siTe of The Tetrarch) from Millbrook. The buyer was Baron Alphonso de Rothschild. The New Zealand-bTed Onega (St. Ambrose—Neva) a half-brother to Dauube, won tho Lawn Handioap at the V.R.C. Meeting early this month. Onega is owned by "Mr. S. A. Rawdon." . R. Marsh is credited with expressing the opinion that Friar Maipus (CiceroPrim Nun) is the -best two-year-old he has ever trained. This being so, King Georgo may have tho pleasure of seeing his colours successfully carried in next year's Derby. When Friar Marcus won the' Great Surrey Foal Stakes "with Bst. 101b. on Oaks Day, he ran the five furlongs in ofi <i-ssec., but as is generally known it is possible to make wonderfully fast.timo over short courses at Epsom. The. New Zealand-bred . horse Shuja (Soult—Sprite), winner of the Sydney Handicap'at Randwick in 1912, is now doing stud duty in' South Australia. L. Hewitt does not win many races in England, but when he is successful it is generally on. a long-priced runner. At Newbury,, on June 10, he won a two-year-old raco on Lord Cholmondeley's Pipistrelle. -The chestnut gelding Fnguo (Sir Laddo -Orchestra) has changed-hands a lot recently. He has no wgone to Queensland. Clarence O'Neill got a fall in the Footscray Steeplechase at Flemington - this month and broke his nose. The accident did not prevent the ex-New Zealander from riding in tho next race. The ex-Auckland horseman S.-Narywon the two short steoplechases' on Pladda at the V.R.C. Meeting. Pladda is trained by F. Burn, but the latter never Tides him in his races. '- , B. Price, son of I). F. Price, is amongst the first flight of amateur horsemen in Melbourne. The night before ho rodo Lord Grey to victory at Flemington he won the bantam-weight championship. The Gisbome -trainer G. Jones, with the Winter Clip candidates, Chortle and Multiply, is leaving for tho 6outh by tonight's boat., He will be passing through here on' Friday. F. C. Porter, with Raupani, will be here at the same tune. Taskmaster has finished his racing career, and was.wnt to the Stony hurst stud last week. ■'*. Tha - Gisborne-owned Grand Idea is under offer to Mr. H. Do Latour for 200 guineas.. >

DOPING RACEHORSES.

A CRUEL PRACTICE. By Telesraph—Preflß Association—Copyright London, July. 20. Whispers liavo been heard at intervals' that the practice of "doping" is- not extinct, and tho action of the racing stewards at Newmarket and Sandown Parkproves tho alertness of tho authorities. Tlio—cruel practice, it is .urged, should properly'be'made a penal- offence.'. DEATH OF ROCKSAND. .' (Rec. July, 21,, 10.10 p.m.)., •:y Paris, July. 21. : . ..The racehorse Rocksand is dead. It was insuied for; .£30,000.'' You can't afford to trifle with a cold. If you use "NAZOI." you don't trifle; the complaint is routed, before it gets a dangerous hold. Sold everywhere in bottles, Is. 6d. Get a Nazol Inhaler.—Advt. On Wednesday nest, July 29, at noon, Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. will sell by public auction a' freehold property at 'Mount Victoria, u modern house of eight rooms and leyel .section,. 32ft. by 126 ft., owing'. to the owner havipg removed to Auckland. ' • : . The annual general meeting of St. John Ambulance' Association (Wellington branch) will be held in the • Town Hall on Friday next. His Excellency ■ Lord 'Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.Y.O. (Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem), will preside, and distribute the awards. The good effects of "NAZOL" can be felt fj'oin the-first dose. No matter how obstinate a. cough or cold may be, : it will find its master in "NAZOL." Sold everywhere, 60 doses for Is. Gtl.—Advt. A Native lease'of 7200 acres in the Waiigauiu district is advertised by Messrs. T. Cooper and Co., at the rental of Is. 6d. per acie for 21 years. Price for goodwill, .£1 per acre. '