THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2784, 31 May 1916, Page 3

THE TURF

ELLERSLIE TRACK NOtES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 30. Tlio weather was fine and tlio tracks very heavy for training operations at Ellorslie to-day. The bulk of the work was dono in the middle grass. Before breakfast Loloma, with tlie as-' eistance of Vinaka, oyer the last four, ran six furlongs in lmin. 21 3-ssec. Castnlia did tlio samo distance in lmin. 22sec. Soultikoff easily beat Tragedy ICing over n round in lmin. 55 l-ssec. After breakfast Koyal Clief galloped four furlongs in 51 l-ssec. Tattorley. heavily rugged, did five furlongs in lmin. 7 2-ssec. , Marimba went better than Multiplication over four furlomgs in 52 3-ssec. Aurore and Fisher were together at the end of six furlongs, left behind in lmin. 25 l-ssec. Bisogne and Hushman finished on termsat the end of four furlongs in Sisec. _ Multiply beat Signo over a round m lmin. 57 2-ssec. Hyginas, Kitty Bellairs, and Tepapapa finished in that order at tho end of five furlongs in lmin. 6sec. El Gnllo and Glissando went onco round, the last six furlongs taking lmin. ED 2-ssce. Lado.ieur easily beat Gold Lac over seven hirlongs in lmin. 21 2-ssec. Pursefiller and Gladful finished together and Harbour Light a dozen lengths away nt the end of a gallop over soven hurdles. Sain Pan and Idealism were schooled tiver tho l>ig country. The latter fell at tho second fence of .the double, but wns afterwards remounted and jumped safely. AVaimai. Captain Jack, and Flingot jumped the hig fences; the lnst-named was a bit slow. Westerly and To Onga also jumped tlio big fences; the latter tried to stop at the old water jump and went through tTra obstacles into the ditch on the other side. Neither horse nor rider was hurt. A lot of others were also eiercised. NOTES AND COMMENTS IBr Gi.encoe.] Tho Diwcdin Jockey Club's Win'.er Meeting will open at Wingatui to-morrow, and b'o concluded on Saturday. Entries for the Napier Park Meeting close on Friday night. Amongst the runners in tho Brighton Handicap at Wingatui to-morrow is \'olspcil, who showed smart form at tho Spring Meeting of tho Dunediii Jockey Club. Latest reports from headquarters indicate that the chestnut is back to form again. Three very useful steeplechasers in Braeburn, Spalperion, and Immensity aro engaged in the principal steeplechases at 'the Gisbornu Meeting. The last-named is regarded as an. unlikely starter at Otaki on Saturday. A. Cutts passed through hero early this week with Balttle Eve, Flying Start, and San Sebastian, who are to fulfil engagements at the Auckland Meeting, which opens on Saturday. Tho eight yearlings purchased in Sydney by Mr. F,. W. Alison, jun., have arrived in Auckland. Fire of them will be submitted at auction at an early date, vhile the other three will be retained to carry Mr. Alison's colours. .

The South Canterbury Hun't Club will hold its first totalisator meeting on tho Washdyko course on Thursday, July 20.

At the Adelaide Cup Meeting an ;r----rangement existed botween the club and the totalisator proprietor that tho latter had to stand to the figures shown on tho machine a ; t tho start oi the race, and dividends were -paid accordingly. This is a very good idea, and should no in general use. packers have a right to know tho dividend they aro getting before tho race starts, and not, as is often the case, bo leit to think they are getting a much butter dividend than is really tho case.

Daytime, the winner of the Oamaru Cup, has proved a. rare selling race bargain. After ho won tho Disposal Stakes for the Hon. J. D. Ormond at the Wellington Summer Meeting in January of lsst.;-ear, ho'was bought by Air. A. W. Rutherford, jun., for 135 guineas, and in that owner's colours. he started eight times last reason, won four races, wad second 'liree times, and only pnee -unplaced, securing just under .CSOO in Stakes.

Baritone, who won Uie To Puke Welter Handicap at the N.O.J.C. Meeting on 'I'hur'sday of Inst week, was left in the race by an oversight, it being his second start for' the day. His owner was too late to scratch him, so he invested £3 on his clinnca instead, and the unreliable son. of Finland never left the issue in doubt.

The Great Autumn Handicap winner Marc Antony is to be nominated for the Melbourne Cup, but the chances are in favour of his remaining 'at Riccarton for the New Zealand Clip.

It is expected that the recent meeting of the North Otago Jockey Club will s,how a profit of about itOfi, which will'bo given to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

Placid, who got amongst the winners at Onmar», cost his present, owner .£lO at n sale of some of tho late Mr. .T. Buckley's stock in January.

Hereford is being schooled over the big fences at Hastings, and will probably be nominated for the brush jumping events at the Napier Park Mooting and at the Kawke's Bay Meeting.

Kooya will be ridden in the Eaukawa Cup bv A. -Oliver. The Signalman .wire has already won the Woodvilln, Datincvirke, Masterton, and Hawke's lijy Cups. One of : the best gallops recorded at Ellcrslie yesterday was the lialf-mile by Marimba, in which the-Karanni cast-off badly defeated Multiplication. Considering that the latter always works n-ith Chortle when lie is at his best, Marimba's gallop was a good one, and draws favourable attention to her prospects in the Members' Handicap on Saturday.

HANDICAPPING EEKANDICAPPINCt OR FIXED PENALTIES? By Telegraph-- I'resn Assoctntion. Christchurch, May 30. At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club, Mr. J. S. Barrett brought up tho question of relmndicapping as against fixed penalties. Some other clubs had adopted the system of re* handicapping, and though the merits of these matters was a matter of academical discussion, those proficient in the science of handicapping had remarked on injustices possible under the system of fixed penalties. This was apparent in connection with tho club's Easter meeting, at which the penalty for winning the Easter Handicap was 141b. Two horses might run a dead-heat, or a horse might win by 100 yards, but in both cases the penalty would be the same, and an obvious injustice was created. In the Stewards' Handicap and New Zealand. Cup there was no possibility of this. The chairman (Mr. W. I l '. M. Buckley) said the handicapping question had been threshed out time after time, and however the question was looked at or put, there were difficulties. Tho committee of tho club had almost unanimously held tlmt the penalty system was better than rchandicapping.