THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2355, 11 January 1915, Page 7

THE TURF

v ; » ■ NOTES AND COMMENTS fBT Glßncok.] On Wednesday next at 0 p.m. acceptances for the first day's-handicaps at ] the . Wellington Meeting, and entries for the Trial Plate raid Disposal Stakes, aro duo. 1 Acceptances for the first day's handi- ( caps at Foxton oloso on Thursday next i at 9 p.m. ( Wie ex-Wellington horseman, H. j Cairns, who has been domiciled in Mel- J bourne for some time past, is leaving I there this weekj and- will be riding at the Wellington Cup Meeting. Cairns is J a capable horseman, and he should not 1 want for mounts at Trentham. ' At the Whangarei Meeting on' Frit day, the fields- were small. The Cup I wa6 won by Gloy, who defeated Vladi- ! noy and Devastation, tho only other starters. In a field of six in the Kensington Stakes, four furlongs, the Tara-naki-owned Simple Sam won after a 1 close' finish. Glenalyn. won the First ( Hurdles, his solitary opponent being 1 the ancient Bully. Simple Sam came i out again in the Flying Handicap, but ) had to be content with second place ] behind Selection. £ Warstep and Reputation have met ( four times this season, and- each is ] credited with two wins. The pair'may i meet again in the Trentham Gold Cup, t weight-for-age, two miles, ■in the au- f tumn. . t It is probable that Warstep will be i accorded a nomination in the Dunedin 1 Cup, a race that her dam, Stopdancer, 1 won two years in succession. j Flora Macdopald went wrong while 1 racing at the Invercargill Meeting. The * joint which has always given bother 1 gave way again. She mil not be a ( starter in the approaching Dunedin Cup. 1 The heavy raiiis which fell at Tren- a tham on Saturday gladdened the hearts r of the local trainers, as now that the a sting is out of the ground they will be t enabled to do plenty of fast work right s up till Cup time. 1 So far C. Emerson has not been l engaged for anything in the Welling- i ton Cup. As the Riccarton horseman i can go to scale at 7st. 21b., he is not t likely to be on -the ground while the £ Cup is being run. f The locally-owned Ladoga is coming 1 into favour for the, Wellington Cup, o consequent upon a report that R. Berry, s v/ho has an unbeaten certificate on the t Sir Laddo gelding, is to ride him in t tho big event at Trentham. t F. D. Jones, .private trainer to Mr. 1 W. E. Bidwdll, was in town on Satur- I day on his way to Riccarton, where a he has' business interests* He informed c . me that he . was quite pleased with the S ■ way Reputation' had picked up since h arriving home, but it was gathered dur- s ing the conversation that there was r little chance of the colt making the Raridwick. trip in the autumn. 1 Jockey A. Oliver is at present in a a private hospital at Palmerston North, 8 and has had to undergo a 'slight opera- € tion. T Expect is'again doing pottering work J. on the Awapuni tracks. ■' ■' Having failed to purchase suitable j hcrses either here oi in Australia, it. j, is probable that "Mr. Highden" will r Bend G. Price tp England very shortly 0 wiith a view <fco" exploiting the market j there.. ~ ■ ■ j, R. J. Mason ie, expected to arrive here to-morrow with Emperador and the a two-year-old Nones, who are to take j part in the Wellington Racing Club's t Summer Meeting, whioh opens on Janu- j ary 20. c It is understood that M. Hobbs is 1 bringing Peg, Scotch Melody, and Hon- t ; esty, all winners at the Southland Meet- i ing; to Trentham this week, I It is Understood (says a southern ex- r change) that owing to an error there f ■was; a shortage, in the dividend ..paid r out oil Ivan C. at the Invercargill meet- 1 ing. The matter is refceiving attention, t and ■in all probability, the full dividend 1 will be paid to the few who were lucky * enough to baok Ivan C. ' jAnother new device was added to the electric totalisator. at EUerslie at the j Summer Meeting just oonchided, in the f form of a magazine for automatically stamping the tickets and at the same 1 time recording the investment on the r machine. The arrangement is such that ® a given number of tiokets are .placed in J Teceptacles' provided for the purpose and j locked up in the magazine m.readiness for eaohirace. The. clerk has in front of v him a: series of numbered buttons, and I all that he has to do when asked for j; a ticket is to press the button bearing ' the Corresponding number, and fcy this ® one action the ticket is recorded,_ stamp- ? ed, and ejected on the counter in front . of him. j! " • C

AUSTRALIAN TURF. I

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright j (Reo. January 9, 7.15 p.m.) Melbourne, January 9. The race for the Richmond Purse resulted as follows: —Idaha, 1; Half Field, 2; Uconin, 3. The Five JHundred resulted: —Soratoho (Harmonist—Miss Ida), 1; Gluson, 2; Maple Leaf, 8.:. FIXTURES. Jan. 20, 22, and 28—Wellington 8.0. Summer. Jan. 22 and 23.—Foxton B.C. Annual. Feb. 3 and L—Bgmont R.C. Summer. s Feb; i and 6.—Gisborne R.C. Summer. i Feb. .6.— Canterbury J.C. Summer. ] Feb. 10 and I.l—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 11 and 13.—Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb. 17, 18, and 20—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 19 and 20.—Sonth Auckland B.C. Annual. March 12 and 18.—Napier Park R.O. Autumn.