THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2797, 15 June 1916, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS [By Glencoe.] Entries for tho classic events in connection with the Dunedin, Auckland, Alanawatu, and liiecartoii Meetings close to-morrow evening. The Gisborne lleqting will open to-day. 11l tlio Park Hurdles Jlarconi may he first choice, but the lightly-weighted Uodenharn, if more forward than lie was at Wangumii, is certain to receive strong support. Those who have seen tho San I'ran gelding, working at Greemneadows liken him to Continuance, ami predict a very useful career for him over fences, liecently lie was reported to have run three ..furlongs and jumped as many I fences in JOsec., which makes him out vo be very fair. . Kooya, who is to have A. Oliver in the saddle in the AVinter Oats Handicap is not opposed ■by a strong field. The Gisborne Steeples, three miles, though contested by a small field, should te a very interesting, race. Braeburn is certain to be much in demand after his AVangamii victory, v but Spalperioii and' I.ady, Bibbero will both have plenty of supporters, as will the local horse Fagot, 1 who is a very safe jumper, and won both big steeplechases at the same meeting last year. — At, tho last monthly meeting of the southland Racing Club, it was decided to appeal to the Kacing Conference against the decision of the Otago District Committee in refusing to endorse 'the disqualification of I?. Berry. Silver Monarch, who got spikefd on one •of the brush fences at Wanganui, is lnalti»B a good recovery, and it is expected :that he will be fit to race at the'Trentham Meeting next month. ' Mr. W. G. Stead was recently in negotiation for a younger full-sister to Sasanofl",. but tho .price offered, 150 guineas, was liot as much as her breeder, Mr. t;.M. Wilford, thought she was worth, the filly and her dam are now running out at J. Ayer's place at Trentham. _ The two-year-olii All Eed—Hermosa nlly, m J. ff. Lowe's stables, is a very nice mover on tho tracks. It is her trainer's intention to give .her a race in the Trial Stakes at Trentham. So far the Messrs. Eiddiford have not applied for a name for the filly. The local horseman Ashley Heed enlist-' ed this week, but failed tS pass the medical test. ■ hns been seriously ill .with an attack, of pleurisy, the result o£ catching a cold at,Otaki, but lie is now on the Toad to recovery. During nis illness J. Gibson is superintending the training of Eoseland and Trickery. At Trentham on Tuciday Prince Delaware with Arlington to give him a lead, was tried over a couple of fences, and jumped very well. At the,present time the tracks at Trentham are in first-class order, and pleatv of galloping has been done. Heavy fogs during the last couple of mornings have hampered training operations cjjsiderably. « ' Chakwana.is in',steady work at Trentham, but is doing no fast work so far which suggests that there is no chance of her being raced until the Spring Meetmgs. ' " - Mount Victoria is being kept up to tho collar at trentham, in view of tho riapier Meeting. He and Bairnsdale will be railed to Napier on Wednesday next Ihe pair galloped tugether on Tuesday morning, aiul Mount Victoria was in front at the end of six furlongs. J. M'Laughlin, who recently returned from-Melbourne, win probably set up as a public trainer-at Trentham. T Quinlivan's team for the Australian Jockey Club s Spring Meeting will con- !, ls , of Sasanoff, Sweet Corn, Gold Painting, ■ Shrill, Shclonia, and' Blackall. lhey aro exppcted to tnlco their departure early in August. Jtr. W. T. Hazlett has presented Marginal, by Alartian-Greek Maid, to tho comimtteo oi the Invercargill Soldiers' Uub,, to he disposed of in aid of the funds, and an energetic committee is liopetul of raising a couple of hundred pouiius.

BAD .YEAR FOR W.A. TURF CLUB

' LOSS OF ,00,143. By Telegraph-Press Association-Coipyriglib ■ (Bee.. June M, 8.30 p.m.) ■ vrr " ■ Perth, June 14. . •The West _ Australian' Turf '. Club'a operations during the past year : entailed a loss of tlie disbursements ini'3oM ' t ! atriotio donati ons tptnlling