THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS fßr Glencoe."| The acceptances received for .the first day's racing at Woodville are exceptionally Rood and tho meeting promises' to eclipse all previous records in the matter of starters. Weights for the first day's handicaps at tho ,j\lanoiwatu Cup Meeting are due to-morrow. Acceptances for the Taranaki Club's Christmas meeting are duo on ' Friday. There is also a forfeit duo for the First Taranaki Stakes. Wednesday of next week is general entry day for tho Wellington Cup Meeting. T. Quinlivan will leave Hastings for Ellerslie on December 16. His team for the Auckland-meeting will consist of Sea Pink, Downham, Sweet Corn, and Birigform. Tho quartet are all likely to race well ■ in. • the-north: ■ ■ ■ The Eiccarton horseman, Jas. Pine, has hauded in his jockey's license and will, in future confino . himself. to training operations. . .••.■■ . ~: The Karamu-bred.. Anguish' hae teen sold to a patron of J. M. .Cameron's stables. He is engaged in the hack events at Taratahi oh Boxing Day. Bonus, who cost 400 guineas. as a yearling, but was a complete failure on the tracks, is now doing 'duty between the shafts of 'a- Wellington carrier's turnout. ■ Sir George Clifford will probably have two teams ' moing' during tho holiday season. Some of his horses are under orders for Auckland, but the destination of tho second lot is appavently not settled yet. Quarantine, Court Martial, Holiday and Boldstroke have been nominated for the Manawitu meeting, while Quarantine and Holiday! are also engaged at the Pmiedin. fixture. G. Murray-Aynsley, with Warstep and Snub; H. Gutts,'with Battle Eve, Adjutant, Don Francisco, Snapdragon, and perhaps Court Martial; E. J. Mason, with Sutala, Bimeter, Camulus, and Banksia; IV Christmas with Bee and Kilmeny; and G. Scobie, with Fabrikoff and Silver Shield, are booked to leave for Auckland during next week. It. D. O'Donnell is also leaving about the same time, taking Sauci,' Wishful, Mountain Dream, and Bonny Eigg.

F. Meagher, who fractured a leg a3 the result of Freak coming to grief with him in the TeTadale . Hurdles at the Spring .Meeting of tho Napier Park Ra<> in? Club, has so far recovered from' the effects of the accident tli.at- he has . left tlie hospital and returned to Dannevirke. : Eeports from Eiccarton state that First Flight is decidedly sore in front, andean he written out of his Auckland: engagements. ' . ' . ; 'rhe Australian-bred Multum in f'arvo, purchased by Mr. H. Taylor during his recent visit to Eandwick, is a regular attendant on the Eiccarton tracks. The Auckland Cup acceptors. Kooye, St. Blmn, and Marshal Macdonald have been paid up for in the principal handicap to be run at Woodville on Wednesday next. Other prominent horses engaged in the same race are Eewi Poto and Wild Lupin, both winners <.t FeildIng- . . ■ ; ', ' :'• ' .'.FIXTURES! Dec. 16 and 17—Woodvilie District J.C. Summer. Dec. 2G—Taratahi-Caiterton B.C. Annual. Dec. 26 and 28—Dunedin J.C> Summer. Dec.-26 and 28—Taranaki J.C. Christmas. Dec. 26 and 28—Reefton J.C. Midsummer. Dec. 26 and 28—Thames J.C. Summer. Dec. 26 and 29, and Jan. 1 and 2—Auckland B.C. Summer. ' ' Dec. 26, 28, and 29—Manawatu B.C. ' Summer. Dec. 81 and Jan. I—Groymonth J.C. Midsummer. Jan. 1 and 2.—Wairarapa B.C. Summer. Jan. 1 and 2.—Marten J;C. Summer.