THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS IBr Omsncoi.i The steeplechaser Silver Monarch and tho hack Charlerose arrived hack from Lyttelton yesterday. It is reported that Mr. E. S. Luttvell gave 800 guineas for Red Book when he purchased him last month. Mr. A. B. Williams, owner of Chortle and Multiply, was anxious to buy the half-brother to Blue- Book, but he was too late. Several horses met their death at lliccarton last week. Sir Lethe and Gregory both died on the eve of the meeting, Bugle broke bis neck wbilo contesting the Enfield Steeplechase, The Spaniard dropped dead during the running of the Beaufort Steeplechase on' Thursday, and Otehau broke his neck at tho big brush fence at'G'utts's while the Aylesbury Steenlechaso was being run.' ' . ' .There is a, likelihood of tbo steeplechaser Silver MoUargh being sent across, to Sydney to compete, at tho Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting. Most of tho other owners who intended being represented have abandoned the trip. •News from Sydney states that had ■Mr. G. U.; Greenwood cared to sell. Valhalla he could have,'got a price running into four figures, for hiii,. While , working ;on ..the tan track at. •■! Riccarton on . Wednesday, Winning AVay injured one of her hocks rather severely,-which will put her out of commission for somo considerable time. TBis is unfortunate for her owner,, as the daughter of Cannie Chiel and Lady Wayward was rapidly coining into'form. . On Friday, morning,. while sprinting three furlongs on the tan tracks at Riccarton,; Encore fell. , Fortunately ho escaped'injury. . Bon Ton, Bon Reve, Anna Carlovna, and Moonbria are among the horses left in the Caulficld Cup after tho first acceptances. The same horses, with the addition' of Cherubini, Sir SolOj and Jack Delaval, 'also figure in the Melbourne Cup. ■ The Programme Committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club is evidently not' in sympathy with tho recent alteration to hack conditions, as the programme tor the .'spring meeting adheres to the old definition, restricting the,se events to horses that have'not won .a race of tho value-of 100 soys., or races of the collective value of 250 sovs. The new rule extends tho ; :valuo of a race tolSOsovs., and tbo total to 400 sovs. Mr. H. Cpyie has been' reappointed bandicaper, and Mr. R. H. Skipwith. starter to the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. ■/ ■■ ■••'■- ;•'. •;• ■ The weights for tlie; New Zealand Cup made their' appeararico yesterday. Kilr'ain is top-weight with *)st, or b'lb. les» than:'weight-for-age', and it is noticeable that hone .of the contestants aro deemed lit to carry weight-for-agp. Merry Roo's two victories at 'Trenthitn have put, her well up in the handicap, but most people will bo surprised to find her giving weight to Sinapls. 'Tho 'after won the Wanganui Cup with Bst. 101b.. and now. gets in with 31b. • Icsn. Sir' Solo Bst. 71b., Sea : Pink Bst. 21b., Sir Knox 7sk 91b:. and Moutoa Girl 6st. 121b., all of whom finished behind | the New Zealand Cup winner at Wanganui, now meet her on worse terms. La Roina, 7st. 121b., has 51b. less than Bhe failed with last year. , Tannhausor, i'7st: 131b., is giving -his • 6table-mato Thrax lib., but the latter may bo the better at the weights. Balboa , and Hyefctus, each with 7st. 31b„ are regarded as the best of . the three-year-olds. That useful mare Specialform is nicely ;ill ( with 7st., and another good per formed one in Imaros'e has one pound less. Mr. E. J. Watt's, pair of threo-year-olds, All Black and Football, hava each got 6st. 91b. The latter has fur nisned into a nice horse, and it is worth romarking kerh that he was always finishing on well at the end of his raeca last season. ' ; ; AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 19, 10.30 p.m.) August 19. ■ At the annual meeting of the Australian Jockey Club the report showed revenue £165,066,. :and the expenditure £178,718. Last season £87,120 was distributed in prizes and added money, and for the current year £80,000 is to' be distributed. . /'■, MARTON SPRING RACES. , (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ; v . Marton, August 19. The Mnrton Jockey* Club has decided to hold its Spring Meeting'on September 2; also the Rangitikei Hunt Meeting on September 3, as previously arranged. ,■ . ' •, N.Z. TROTTINC CUP. THE NOMINATIONS. (By .Tele/rraph—Press . Association.). Chrlstchurch, August 19. Tho following nominations nave been received for the New Zealand Trotting Cup, of 2500. 50v5, two miles:—Adonis, Bright, Don Caesar, Eccentric, Denver Huoii, Dillon Bell, King Cole, Lady Clare, Ravenschild, Quincey, Redchild, Albert H'.,'Country-Belle, Maiickrcne, Red Mac, Aberfeldy, Havoc, Emmeline, Winsoon. WANGANUI SPRING MEETING.

TO BE HELD. • Wanganui, August ,19. . The committee of . the Wanganui Jockey Club to-night reconsidered its decision to abandon the spring meeting, arid decided to hold the meeting, and to devote the whole of the profits to the War Fund. Nominations were fixed to close on August 31. •' The club's previous decision was' not influenced by financial considerations, but simply by the'fact that jollifications seemed out of place in a. time .of war. •