THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2237, 25 August 1914, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Mr. A.. E. Whyte, secretary of the Wellington Racing Club, who has beeu. on a visit to tho West Coast, returned homo on Sunday. ■ ( This week the committee of the Wellington Racing Club' meet to pass'the programmo for the Spring Meeting. ■ 6. Reed, formerly a well;known horseman onthe.West Coast in-'tho 'ninoties, has set up as a publio trainer at Trentham. ■ He is the: fathor'of those two promising iigut-weight. jockeys, Ashley and Roy Reed'.: \ Two ox-jockeys in ]>; Hill, who used to be attached to the'Porirua stables, and T. Track, well known in Hawora and on tho West Coast of the South Island,, are leaving for the front with the next Expeditionary Force. ; Acceptances for the Marten meeting close to-night. . . ■ • Mr. J. Goring.;Johnston'has given the ivell-known mare ;Vasa.to the Expeditionary Forcei Tho, Finland mare will bo Colonel Johnston's mount at the fronts :'- r -.■'■;■■■- ■•^.■■.■ i '-'i v ; ,--i-^ ; .-.•..•'■■ A. Oliver will ride Portraiture in the Marten Handicap next week. The son of Papakura, who is trained on his ownei's private track at Cloverlea, is looking very fit, and ho should give a good account of himself at Marten next week;

The three-year-old colt Want, who is: engaged in the Eleotrio Hack Handicap at Marton, with' 7st. 101b:, has also been paid up for,in the Avondale Guineas, run later oh in the month. A raco at the first-named meeting, would do him a heap of good; and help, to fit him for his weight-for-age engagement!

Otahu, winner of the Marton Handicap last year, is engaged in the 6ame race next week. He has been weighted dt 76t. 131b., which, is 61b. more than he won with last year!- None of the other norsesengaged next week competed last year. '

The Hawera-traine4 .Tyson has 9st. 51b., top weight, in tho Electric Hack Handicap, six furlongjs, at the Marton> meeting. So far the Coronet gelding has never won a six furlongs race, and generally he'was stopping badly, at the end •of five furlongs. Mr. Morse probably had in minbf his showing in tho Members* Handicap, five furlongs, at the EJlerslio Winter Meeting, when, with 71b. above the. minimum, he filled second place, behind l Waiorewa. On that occasion the beaten division included Bluestone, a dual winner on the last day of'the' meeting, P nnce Soult, Taot, Grattan, and Day Fly. The laßtnamed' went on to Hastings, aud won tho Final Handicap, six furlongs. .

In point of condition the New. Zealand Cup candidate, Portraiture, should bo more forward at Marton than any of the othor horses he will meet in the 'big handicap, and in consequence ho Bhould 1 be better able to see out the ten furlongs than the others. The Papakura horse appears likely to develop into a first-lass stayer, for he is always running on at tho ond of his races. '■.■•.'"■..

, Most of tho,local trainers have horses engaged at the.Marton. meeting next week, and there ia a'lot. of fast work being done at headquarters on galloping .mornings. Trainers J. Scott, H. Kingan, J. Ayros, J, Lowe, H. Telford, and 0. Pritehard will be leaving for Marton on' Monday next.

: During the. past -20 years Germany has spent a .fortune in improving nor cavalry torses. With the celebrated horse authority Count Lohndorf at the head of tho Graditz Stud, nothing but the best strains would satisfy Germany, and to that end*she relieved Ireland of the Derby winners Ard Patrick and Galteo More at an outlay of 40,000 guineas. Tho Australians Cadonfa and Hyraan aro now at Graditz, and good utility service was rendered there by Carnage and Merman. Russia has been an importer of high-olass English sires since tho days of Hctman Platoff, and Musket's sire Toxophilito onded his days in Russia.

Mr. W. J. Jorgonsen, of Taihape, has presented his hurdle racer Waldomar to the Defence Department. Mr. Jorgonsen has recoived a telegram from General Godley stating that he would accept Waldemar as his own charger.

TRAFALGAR TO BE WITHDRAWN

By Telcsraph—Press Association—Copyrieht (Rec. August 25, 0.50 a.m.) . Melbourne, August 24. The champion racer Trafalgar has developed an old trouble, and his permanent withdrawal from tho turf is considered certain. A cablo from Colombo reports that the ex-Australian horso Vclsloane won tho Governor's Cup.