THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 30 November 1915, Page 10

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS IBl' -jLE.N'COE.I Acceptances for the first day's handicaps at Woudville, also entries lor ihe Maiden Handicap and Scurry, close with Secretary E. J. Gothard to-morrow, at S p.m. Up till Friday next, at 10 p.m., Secretary J. AT. iJohnston, of the Manawatu lincing Club, will receive entries for the summer'meeting, to be held on December 27, L'B, and 29. Entries for the Stratford meeting close on Monday next, December 6. The Stratford Cup is worth 350 sots. Friday next is general entry day for the Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting. At the same time acceptances for the Auckland Cup and Railway Handicap are -due, also iirst forfeits lor the Foal and Royal Stakes and Derby. The memory of the late Mr. St. John Buckley will be perpetuated by the North Otago Jockey Club,, of which the deceased sportsman was for some years a prominent official ancl a liberal supporter. The principal event on the second day of ihe club's summer meeting will in_fu.ture.be known as the Buckley Memorial Handicap, its former title being Eedwstlo Han. dicrip, a name taken from the late Mr. Buckley's property, near the racecourse. Parliament will be well represented at the Methven Racing Club's first totalisator meeting, to 1)6 held on Thursday, December 9,-llessrs. G. Hunter, G. Witty,' G. \V. Forties, and, W. Nosworthy having accepted invitations to attend.

The Feilding meeting, which opens today, promises to be a record one as far as the .number of runners goes. Big fields ar» the order all day, and the races will take a lot of winning. Amongst the miners in the Aorangi Trial (apprentice rider? only) are Interlude, who is a smart beginner, 'Need, who was very unlucky at Ashliurst, where she finished second, and. Mr. 'J l . H. Lowry's pair of two-year-olds, Pourparlers and Bjorneborg. The pair are related to Bokrikoff, and Bjorneborg is credited with boing particularly smart. Postillion, the 9st. horse m the Flying Stakes, has not had a race for a considerable time. -Astor may be favourite, as his form at Ellerslie was good. Amongst the light-weights Happiness, a, good beginner, may go well.

Sinapis will be an absentee from the big handicap, but tho first seven on the ca'- ( ! are all certain of strong support, awl the race is very open. Tangihou wiil do better for W. Young than for a light boy, and Square Deal did a gallop on Saturday morning that greatly ' impressed the track watchers.

Aruake, the top-weight in the Spring Hurdles, appears to hold the key to the position, but Naupata is meeting-him on a lot better terms. Master Strowan is a good stayer, and may be the best of the light-weights.

The Wanganui-owncd White Plums liao it great, reputation in his own town, and ho may bo the best fancied in the Waituna Hack Hurdles, but Hexer, who accounted for him at Ashhurst, and Agatha Green, will both be difficult to shake off.

The I'cilding Stakes, five furlongs, is for horses of all ages.' It will be' interesting to see how Bimeter, who is the best of the older division, will comparo with tho two-year-olds, which branch is represented by some very smart youngsters, notably Rockbonnd, Nystad, Egypt, and Tino Atua, all winners.. -

Big fields will'contest-the Kiwitea Welter Handicap and I'itzroy Hack Handicap, and in the latter race the starter will find a 'difficulty in getting all the field lined up. Good, beginners like Tavistock, Martyress, and Pomeroy, who was very unlucky at Ashhurst, should be prominent at the-finish.

When- Pommern won- the September Stakes, Which took tho place of this year's Doncaster St. Leger, he cut out the 13mile in Smin. 55 3-ssec., but at Newmarket, «s elsewhere in England, tracks are measured in the centre, and not 2ft. or 3ft. from the inner rails, as in Australia; consequently, it is only when races are run on a straight course that the full advertised distance is covered.