THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 9

THE TURF

. AUSTRALIAN RACING QUEENSLAND TURF CLUB. By Telegraph.—Picas Association—Copyright Brisbane, August 17. The Queensland Turf Club's Winter Exhibition Meeting concluded to-day. The principal event resulted as follows: EXHIBITION HANDICAP, of GOO govs. One mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Thomas's b h Sweeney, by CiiiTon—Delta, 4yrs 1 Mv. J. Booth's l>r h Philsri, by Antares—Lady Phyllis, ijte. 2 Mr. J. Bond's br h Goard, by GoyacBleie 11., Oyrs 3 Seventeen started. Won by a neck. Time; 2m.in. lOsec. NOTES AND COMMENTS □ST QtENCOI.I It is stated that as a result of the showing of Salzburg at Eiccartou Mr. J. B. Keid has. decided not .to' send him back to Porirua and ho is in the private sale list. A local owner is at present negotiating for the purchase of Charlemagne 11. son, and if a delal is mado the bay horse will go into a Trentham stable. Several horses changed hands at Riocarton last week and amongst the number were Cheddar, Stroller,' Banian,, and Ngatiruanui. Tho Auoklander goes into S. Trilford's stables at Timpu. It was announced at tie conclusion of the racing at Riocarton that, the Auckland horseman B. Deeley had accepted retainers for this season from Mr. G. L. Stead of Christchurch and Mr. A. B. Williams of Gisborne. , Euatangata, for whom 800 guineas was paid in June last has so far earned nothing but place money towards hia purchase money. He was running well up with the loaders in tho Spreydon Hack Hurdles oh Saturday, but a faulty jump at Cutts's fence took all the dash out of him. At the annual general meeting of the meimbers of the Victoria Eaeing Club, the question, of installing the totalisntor at Remington was discussed, but it was decided to take no action. : Merrimax, who scored in the Hurdles at Eosehill on Saturday, started favourite on the same course the. week previous but finished out of a place. The New Zealand pony -Berg filled second place iwico at .the Wyong pony meeting on August 10. The lead gives by the English. Jockey Club which advises tho holding of race, meetings wherever • possible: will probably lie aeted upon in tho colonies and none of the ; early Spring fixtures are likely to,, be' cancelled, though at onotime it .seemed likely to be the oa6e. ■ Fashion Plate .was the only Trenthain trained hci'so to win a race during the National meeting, but Merry Guy and Mount ..Victoria' filled minor :places. Of tho Porirua team. George scored once, but the other pair (Gipsy Belle and Salzburg) ran much below their best, form! ' One of the imported English fillies sold nn behalf of: Mr. W. H. E. Wonklyn at ■Christehurch on Friday is to come to the ■ North Island. This is the St. Denis', filly Heather which Mr. H. DeLatour, of GLsborne, secured for 160 guinea?, From a reliable source it is learned that tho importers fully eocpected this filly t< top thp list at the sale. ' Blague (Bobadil—Circle), who won the Adelaide Guineas for the Melbourne medico who races as Mr. .S.' A'. Eawdon, haf only started, ten times arid has won five races. , ■ The' Chokebore horse Sharpshooter (Clanranald—Weathereye), who was recently purchased by Messrs. Wheeler Bros., of Corryong, Victoria, is to take tho place at the Btud of the. imported stallion Silent Friend. : . •. ! Weights for the New Zealand . Cup are due to-morrow. ' . The New Zeala,ad-bred Anna Cariovna. still heads the Caulfield Clip quotations;. For the past season in Australia ten sires were represented by winners of over £10,000 .in prize money. .. Melster (Bill of Portland—parley) headed the list with '65 winnera'of je31;592. ■ ' Weights/for tho first day's events at the Marton Jockey Club's meeting, are duo on Friday next. Owitig to the Teguilatoin p, roh'ibiting, one-eyed horses racing 'at Eandwick, a new field had- to be found for the New Zealand gelding Kildonari isays the Sydney "Eefereo"), and he was shipped from Sydney to Tasmania a fe\V days ago, with a view to steeplechasing in the 'island State. ' Trafalgar made his re-appearance. in public, though not in a race, at Moonee Valley on August E. A charity meeting was held at' that course, and the. chest-, nut, who is said to have darkened with' age, was contered round the traok Hrcame in for a great reception. Trafalgar's weight in the Hospital Handicap, one mile, at. the meeting mentioned was lOst. ilb. To mark' Saidanaple's success in the Grand Prix de Paris, Baron Maurice de Rothschild' gave ,£l2O to the Societe d'Encouragemenfs Aid Fund, .£l2O to "the Sooietie Sportive d'Encoumgttnent's Aid Fund, ,£3O to ■ the : -Jockeys' Hospital at Chantilly, wB2O Kich to the Sporting Press Syndicate,-and ihe Pan Mutuel Pension Fund, and £iO each to the - MaisonsLafitte Charity Fund and the Prefecture of Police Aid Fundi The Mahawatu Hunt Steeplechase Meeting takes place ' to-morrow, the previous intention of abandoning • it being now' reversed.