THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2473, 28 May 1915, Page 3

THE TURF

, l WINGATUI TRACK NOTES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin, May 27. The outside of the course proper at Wingatui was placed, at the disposal of trainers this morning. The going is firm, but just a shade easy, and rather better all round than what is usually the case at this time of year., -Mount Victoria, Roumania, and Cyra were cantered, and the first-named was 1 also given several minutes at the barrier , without being asked to break away, iu 1 order to sober him down at the -post. Jloonglow sprinted about three furlongs > along the back. i John Barleycorn was finishing stronger than Lion at the end of five furlongs in ! lmih. 11 2-sscc. Both, however, were ■ travelling well. ' Bon cantered twice round. ; Cortes was much too gpod for Firmhold ; over five furlongs in Imm. 10 4-ssec. Cardiff took the sod-wall and brush i double of the schooling fences, nud afteri wards worked on the inside grass. , Lady Trent led Ogier "home at the end of five furlongs in lmin. 9sec. Waipunui and Aerogram worked over the 6arao ground in lmin. 11 3-ssec. Kiin finished the hurdles, and' then bowled along strongly over a circuit. | Hedawa took charge of her rider, and Prido of Clutha, after beginning at the five-furlong mark, picked her up at the half-mile, and ran home in lmin. 10 3-ssec. Wild Pilgrim had three -or four l»if»ths' advantage over Golden King and United Service at the start of seven furlnncts, and the trio finished together. They left the distance behind in lmin. 40sec. ' . Specialform and Buller worked six furlongs in lmin. 23 4-osec. Tolstoi piloted Prairie Grass; and the Akalnine gelding in Christie's stable over a circuit of the schooling fences, and in j all crossed twelve obstacles safely ._ Others out included Hornbeam, Simon 1 Pure, Spanish Princess, Neuroma. King : Torrent, Eusso, Zingabee, First Inn, ! Micky Free. St. Aidan. Afton Loch, Bed ' Pinnon, and Grafton Laddie. ' COMMOTION SCRATCHED. i'..ior<r«oh.—f'-o™ Anroclfition.) 1 Auckland, May 27. Commotion, was scratched for all en- ' pigements at the A.H.C. Winter Meeting at noon to-day. RACING IN IRELAND. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, May '27. The .Government has officially announc- | ed that it will not interfere with racing : in Ireland.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" ; Services.) GERALDINE RACING CLUB 1 (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) .'. Timaru, May 27. At the annual meeting of the Geraldine ' Racing Club the 1 credit balance waß stated to be .£502, an increase of .£BO on ■ last year, after spending £163 on im- ; provements and voting J8250 for patriotic purposes. Mr. O'lfalley, the late president, declined office again on account of remarks alleged to have been made by the patron of 'the club, Mr. W. Nosworthy,. M.P., reflecting on his religion. Mr. Nosworthy was re-elected patron by 17 votes to 16; and Mr. J. Kennedy was elected president. i'A letter from the chief officers of the Ashburton County Racine Club asked ! for co-operation in requesting Mr. Hugo i Friedlander to resign his, appointment on ' ■ the Racing Conference on the ground that he is a German, though naturalised. A motion to tho effect that no further action ; bo taken was carried. NOTES AND COMMENTS [By Glexcoe.] In connection with the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Winter Meeting, owners and trainers are reminded that entries close with the secretary, Mr. J. Stratton, . this evening. • The New Zealand-bred Granville, winner of the Granville Stakes at tho Rose- I hill Meeting, is trained by the ex-Auck-kinder T. A., Williams. The racehorses Killaloo and Margar- . ita, .which have been racing at the North CHago Meeting, are due to arrive here this mominfj. They are to be shipped to Sydney by the "Manuka on Saturday. . P. E. .Tones will have the mount on otrier in the Birthday Handicap at Dunedin. J. Beale has been engaged for Specialform, and J. Campbell will be on John Barleycorn. Mr. Reginald Day, who trained the Imperial stud of Germany for 6even years, says every horse-box is disinfected every time it is used, and during the last two years there had been no disease of any sort in any racing stable he knew. There were veterinary surgeons in every racecourse paddock in Germany, and if they heard a horse couch that horse was immediately ordered to leave tho paddock, and was isolated. It would not matter who the animal belonged to, or what race he was m. Mr. L. Hazlett's pair. Sister Radius and Palisade, returned to Dunedin on Tupsday, after an unsuccessful trip to Melbourne. Both horses are reported to be looking little the worse for their travelling. _and will probably sport silk at the Diinedin Jockey Club's Winter Meeting. In all probability Ronald Cameron will take out. a jockey's license to'^d" he is on a visit to his people in the Dominion. It has been definitely decided that Ladoga. is to go to Ellerslie to race, and he,will_ be sent North immediately. S Reid will ride him in his engagements. The Trentham jockey. -Ashler Reed, ■ who was seriously injured at the last Hastings Meeting, returned home yesterday. He is practically well again and •will be riding" work for J. W. Lowe in a day or two. The withdrawal of Commotion from his Northern Hurdles en"asement did riot come as a surprise. The Sensation gelding will probably race at Wingatui next week x The well-known trainer, H. Telford, was taten seriously ill at Trentham on Wednesday, and medical aid had to bo secured for him. At latest advices he was doing-well. The Canterbury Jockey Club's balancesheet for 1914-15 shows that while there was a decrease ill revenue of nearly ,£2OOO the club has survived the extreme conditions occasioned by the war satisfactorily. War was declared, just prior to the Grand National meeting, and practically the whole of the decreased revenue for the year is accounted for at that meeting. The gross expenditure is about' £2500 more than last year, but this amount is absorbed by added to tho stakes, and £1370 subscribed to the war and Belgian funds. FIXTURES. June 3 and 4—Otaki-Maori R.C. Winter. June 3 and s—Dunedin J.C. Winter. June 3, 5 and 7.—A.R.C. Great Northern Steeple:hase. June - IS and 19. —Hawke's Bay J.C. Winter. .Tune 25 and 2fi— Napier Park R.C. Winter July 1 and 3—Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase. MARAETAI BLOCK. The owners of the Maraetai Block record good business being done in the sale . of various sections. No fewer than 24 have been disposed of during the past few months, and all buyers have expressed their satisfaction with their respective purchases. Tho roading of the,estate is being rapidly pushed forward, and it will not be long before the whole will l>e tornpleted, and fit for motor traffic*. As it is, one can motor 'to the centre of the block, on one of the finest roads in the Mata Mata County. Visitors to tlio Waikato Winter Show, to be held at Hamilton during the first five days of June, should not; fail to see the exhibit of various produets from this magnificent block of land. The sole agents, jlossrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., desire to draw Hie attention of those intending to settle in (lie north to their advertisement, on Page 10 of this issue. For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Wood' Great Peposrmint Cure, Is, Gd>