THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2634, 3 December 1915, Page 8

THE TURF

«- SPORTING CHANGE FOR A "TOTE' BILL. By Telegraph—Press Asaociatlon—CopyrislH Sydney, December 1. , ~ Wales - Stato Assembly the Premier (Mr. Iloluian) stated that tile Government was against the introduction of the totalisator, but would allow a private member to introduce a Bill. BLOODSTOCK SALES AT NEWMARKET. London, December 1. At the Newmarket bloodstock sales the prices ruling were small. Three animals were purchased for New Zealand, including the colt Coslello (Marco—Perjury), which brought 7CO guineas. NOTES AND COMMENTS IBr Glexcos.l Several items of importance claim tho attention of owners and trainers to-day. General entries for the Auckland meeting are due and also acceptances for the Auckland. Cup and liaihvny Handicap. I lie Manawatu nominations close at 10 p.m., and the Taratahi and Hawke's Bav nominations an hour earlier.. Trotting folk should note that, entries for the Auckland Trotting Club's summer meeting also close to-night. Some few days ago the well-known horse My Lawyer escaped from a paddock, and in attempting to savage tho onetime jumper St. Ivooringa was badly kicked about by the latter in a running fight across tho Taicri Plain. ~ Seme surprise lra s expressed locally at a!' C r f roln tho \Voodvilie Handicap. 1(. is said that tho I i l . !ldo gelding is leaving shortly for lillerslie, so that his trainer can give him some work the reverse way. The easy win of Bimeter in the Oroua •.takes shows that the black horse would have been very dangerous in the Feilding otakes had he been favoured with « better run, and it is quite on the cards that no would have defeated the two-year-olds instead of finishing a length behind. \\hile agreeing that the Jlalster horse ff?t a bad ran, one prominent horseman gives it as his opinion that it was his own fault, for lie could have got through a furlong earlier, but no efforts of DeeJej s could make him go up between Tino Atu<i and 1' lying Spur, who were racing in front. He is a champion in a small field, but is a timid horse, and will not go through an opening. Desert Gold and her full brother Egvpt have started 25 times, and so far neither ol.the pair have finished out of a place, bine the Hiccarton meeting, Trainer B. .?. se !?, nn ' las keen confined to his bed with illness, but he is now almost recovered. There will be race meetings at Waipa in the north and at Jtororata in the south to-morrow. Jockevs Deelev, O'Khea and R, Manson have gone to Ihe'Auckland fixture, while C. Emerson will be ridinsr at Hororatn. It is certain that the war is not affecting racing iu the Dominion, for at each meeting lately thero has been an in±i ea *?,'i n turnover, while the holds have been of record proportions. _lhe contrary has to be recorded in sporting circles in England, where manv owners, particularly the smaller one's, ore dropping out of the game. The Hawera mare Avon Park showed a Jot °t pace for. five furlongs in the York btakes at l'eilding, and in the weak field she will encounter in the Electric Handicap; ( ur ' on gs, at Woodville, she will probably have a. lot of supporters. The chestnut mare is also ail acceptor-in tho Borough Handicap, seven furlongs, run 011 the same day. The Maiden Plate, six furlongs, at \\oodville, is a weight-for-age event, and in the. past two-year-olds have played a prominent part in the decision of it. This year that division will have a worthy representative .in Bjorneborg (FinlandWar Scare), runner-up to Bimeter in the Oroua .Stakes at l'eilding. , M /- H- rrne, whose death is report-' ed from Christeluirch, was prominent/-in sporting circles for many years. He was a member of the well-known firm of l'yne and Co., and was known as the Tattersall oi jNew Zealand. He was an office-bearer in the Canterbury Jockey Club for many years, and had filled the duties of chairman of the committee and treasurer of the club. He often raced horses in partnership with Mr. A. Boyle, and also on his own account. The chestnut horse Rose Noble credited him with several good stakes. • The English horse Marcanis has proved a disappointment in his efforts in the Dominion, and so far lie has not forfeited his maiden certificate. It is thought that he may do better over longer journeys than he has yet essayed. A most interesting series of topical war pictures are contained in this week's number of the "N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review." Two splendid views of Salonika, whore the Allies are landing strong reinforcements for the .Balkans, are show, while British wounded who took pni' i'i tho notable advanco made by Ihe Allies at Loos, are depicted, returning aflvr their stirring deeds. Gisborne's Grand Patriotic Carnival is tho subject of several fine illustrations, and a group of Taicri (Otago) wounded soldiers is of special interest. A series of excellent snapshots of the Takanuna races, portraits of JJ.Z/s brave soldiers, and a host of other carefully-selected illustrations go to make un an attractive issue of this widely-read journal.—Advt.