THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBt QmncoM Owners are reminded that acceptances for? the Marlborough meeting close :on Friday next. Jockey. A. Oliver had sufficiently recovered to leave the Hospital at Palmerston North yesterday. He hopes' to be riding at the Blenheim meeting next week. P. Plynn will ride Parawanui in the Hack Hurdles at Egmont to-day, and L. Traill will have the mount on Crown Pearl. The distance will suit the topweight, who is a great fencer. In the MTjtae Memorial Handicap, at Bgmont to-day, Want will be ridden, by C. Carniont. ••='.' The news tha.tdarissrnius.had won : the 2000 Guineas in England would be pleasing to' Trainer G. "Price, as Panacea, the dam of Panmnre, is out of. Quintessence, the dam. of Clarissimus: At OtaM. the steepleohaser Soporific is being driven on the road preparatory to going into, active work later on. The bay. gelding looks 'very well. The hurdle rider,. P. Plynn, onlisted last week, but' like most other hurdle riders, he was rejected on account- :of traces of the' numerous breakages he had suffered in the past. A letter received from P. W. M'Oabe by this week's. mail mentions • that the well-known, horseman lias been notified to. go into camp-on Friday next. He has accepted a ride in the Nationals at Plemington, and has been promised leave of. absence to fulfil the engagement.

Pursefiller had her first lesson over fences, at Hastings on Ml>nday, when the Lathe mare gave a capital showing, for a beginner.. At one of the fences she tried to get off and took on the sod wall, which she cleared. beautifully. . H.-Hickey has been' giving a lot of attention to the National winner, Hiirakia, since .-the- Trentham meeting. He tovk the "chestnut gelding to Auckland at Easter and gave him a schooling over a few, of ; the big.fences there. 'At Eastings on Monday he, Was tried oyer doubles and jumped well, but was very sore after it. The trouble seems to be a. splint which is forming. _and one race-may get to. the bottom t,f Mr. Lysnar's horse. Considerable surprise was expressed at Hastings when : it was- known that the apprentice O'Connell, who was having his first ride- in public oh Toki, in the. Apprentices' Race, had boon suspended for three months by the Judicial Committee for. his unsatisfactory handling of the Multifid gelding, wbich finished second to Hygia. The apologista &r the lad state that he rode to orders—though lie carried- them out too' thoroughly—in not., moving -on his mount'till the straight was reached. v , j Calais is ah - unlikely runner in tbo Hack.Hurdles at Hawora to-do v, and.iho well-handicapped Parewaiiiii (Plynn) may be a ■ good favourite. Yesterday morning Grown Pearl was schooled alone, but gave a.very poor exhibition, and has gone right out of favour. •' <

Interlude is : not much'fancied .for-.-tho Tawhifi Handicap, as she has done very little work on. the ''tracks at Waagailui since racing at Peilding. ■ C Emerson will be on Crawford in the.. 'Waih'i Handicap, Interlude in the open sprint,; and Analogue in the Welter Handicap, and Zion in the Telegraph Handicap." ; H. Young, will be on Bisogue, Eanpai, Royal Ch'of, and Henry Clay. 0. M'Carten will-ride Antwerp, who may see a-very short price, and Plying Camp. J. O'Shea, who is .-t the head of the winning list,' had not been engaged for a single Tide up till last night. , While being exercised on the road at Hawera yesterday afternoon AVant stumbled and fell right down, giving him-. self a slight' knocking about.

__ ~_ N ,'SPALFISH SCRATCHED. ■••-■ By Telpsraph—Press Association. ■■''■ •' ''" '"'. "''■'■:''" : Auck3and, "May !). Spalfish was withdrawn from ell.engagements at J;he Auckland Winter Meeting at 9.30 this morning.

' FIXTURES.

May 10 and 11.—Egmont R.C. Winter. May 17 and IS—Marlborough R.C. Au- ' tumn. ''■'"■■ May 24 and 25.—North Otago J.C. Winter. May 25 and 27.—Wanganui J.C. Winter.June 1 and 3.—Dunedin J.C. Winter. ■ June 3 and s:—OtakC Mapri R.C. Winter. June 3, 5, and 7— Auckland R.C. Winter. June 15 and 17—Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase. . . j ".'. June 23 and- 24.—Napier Park R.C. Winter. June 30 and-July I.—Hawke's Bay J.C. -. Winter.