THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2829, 21 July 1916, Page 8

THE TURF

SOUTH CANTERBURY HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE MEETING. 13y Telegraph—Press AsscriMiriii. Timaru, July 20. The South Canterbury Hunt Club held its Steeplechase Meeting to-day iu fins but dull weather. The going was slightly holding. The totalisator \ handled X 7553 10s. HACK AND HUNTERS' HUKDLES, of 50 sovs. One mile and a half.—s Trirene, X; X Kaupokonui, ; 3 Mescal, ;i. Niifd' started. Won by tiro lengths. Time, 2min. 56sec. TALLYHO STEEPLES, of, 55 sovs. Two miles.—l .Wellwood, 1; 5 Rolling Tide, 2; 4 Tommy, 3. Eight started. Won by two lengths. Timo, iinin. Usee. HACK FLAT HANDICAP, of 45 sovs. Sir furlongs— 3 Yes, 1; 1 Jack Syman, 2;_ 1 Prenpz Garde, 3. Twelve started. NYon all the way by two lengths. Time, lmin. 17 l-ssec. SOUTH CANTERBURY STEEPLECHASE, of 140 sovs. Two miles and a half.—2 Ikowai, I; 4 Traditor, 2; 3 Caseshot, 3. Also started: 1 Grev Renown; 5 Golden Grape. Won casify by ten lengths. Time, smin. 30 l-ssec. Goltfen Grape ran off at the last fence. WASHDYKE TROT HANDICAP, of 50 sovs. One mile and a.half.—4 Quincey Belle, 1; 3 Bridgewood, 2; 7 Mavis, 3. Eighteen started. Ben Dillon was favourite. Won by tnlb lengths. Time, 3min. 45 l-ssec. HUNT CLUB HANDICAP, of SO sovs. Three nrtles. —3 AYellwood, X; 2 Mawson, 2; I Fairy Finn, 3. Eight started. Won by half a length. Time, fimin. SSsec. HUNTERS' PLATE, of 30 sovs. One mile and a half. —2'Conipnlsion, I; 5 Miss Maronaii,.2; 1 Kaupokonui, 3. -Teh started. Won by a length. Time, 2min. 52 sec.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBy Glencoe.l

Kilboy was aboard the Moeraki, which sailed for Sydney yesterday; On arrival he is to go into the care of M. Hobbs, who will prepare him for the A.J.G. Derby and other races. If Hobbs can keep' him on-his lega he is sure to give a good account of himself. The scratching of llev.alenta for the Winter Cup was quite expected, but the withdrawal of Bisogne came like a thunderclap. It may be that the chestnut is not himself after the three races he had at Trentham. The official finding of the Judicial Committee of the Wellington Racing Club in connection with the Kooya case is as follows: "Although the evidence adduced is decidedly unsatisfactory, there is not sufficient justification to attach guilt of corrupt practices to any of the> parties concerned." An advertisement in this issue notifies that the St. Ambrose gelding Firing Line is for' sale, also the brood mare Signal March. The last-named has a very stout pedigree, and is by Bezonian from Pilgrim's March, by Pilgrim's Progress— Stepaway, by Stepniak—Kate Ureenaway, by Johnny Faulkner—Miss Kate, (imported), by Adventurer. Such a well-bred mare should be an acquisition to any stud. . Firing Line is a bay gelding by St. Ambrose from KoIciri, and is a good jumper. .Further particulars of these animals can be obtained at Box Ml, Palmorston North. Once more the racecourse at Trentham is under the command of the military authorities, and all the buildings., are in use. Under the circumstances, patrons of the club can consider themselves lucky that the •'winter meeting was' got off this year. The Auckland horseman A. ,T. M'Flinn, who is one behind I l '. Flynn in the winning list of riders over fences, will have his last opportunity to draw level at Amberley next week, where he is to go to ride Sam Pan in the Brackenfield Plate, - . The Invercargiir.;trainer P. T. Hogan has already, readied Riccarton with Korke's Drift, Canrobur, and Dalton, who are to race at the C.J.C. meeting next month. Tho successes of Boiirlaiig in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Tasmania, of Bradbury in Brisbane, and Bisogne in the Dominion, will bring the imported Bezonian into fnvour with breeders. This season the English horse served twenty, mares, and all are in foal.

A rather peculiar* state of affairs exists in connection with K. Berry's ense. He was disqualified by the Southland Racing. Club, but the Dunedin District Conmittee, in reviewing the case in the ordinary course of nOFnirs, wiped off (lie punishment. All appeal lodged by the Southland Club has bec'u upheld by tlio judges appointed by the Unci ng Conference, who held that the case was not open lo review, owing .to being Iwscd on a question of i'act. The District Committee apparently held snflieiant evidence to justify the removal of the disqualification, and hence Berry stands both guilty and not guilty r-s the result of a cast-iron Rule of Racing. At last week's conference, however, it was decided that jockeys disqualified for an "obvious pull" are to be panted the right of appeal.. If the District. Committee are still of the same opinion, Berry will, again be seen in tho saddle before long.

The locally trained yearlings have been kept in steady commission, and several of them should be ready to show their best form by the time the spring meetings roll round. It transpires that Xgatoa broke a bone in his nose when he fell in the Wellington Steeplechase, and the pros.pects of his taking part in the C..T.C. National Meeting are very remote. This is .bad luck "for Sir. Alison, for the horse was very well, .and looked certain to pick up a stake.- In connection with the "Wellington Steeplechase, through some, misunderstanding, both A. Julian and L. Traill were engaged to ride Nga. toa, and as a consequence both had to be paid a losing mount. A. J. M'Flinn has accepted the mount on Wirokino in the C.J.C. National Steeplechase. The Aucklander has ridden the son of ; Conqueror in his last four starts, winning on three occasions, and being second in the other. .To Onga has gone on the right way since' the A.B-.C. Winter Meeting, and is looking really well. Unless something unforeseen occurs, the son of Kegel will be sent south for the C.J.C. National Meeting. Tho Daiwevirke Racing Club, which used-to race immediately after the Martoil meeting in September,'will this year go forward a couple of weeks, and will race the week after the National Meeting. The Marton Club will take its usual dates in September, and will be followed by the Pahiatua and Woodlands Hunt Club -nicetings t the following week. A Press Association telegram from "Melbourne states that the steeplechaser Battlebolt, which was injured on Saturday, has been destroyed. . FIXTURES. Aug. 15, 17, and 19—C.J.C. Grand National. . ' Aug. 23—Daunevirke R.C. Steeplechase. Aug. it—North Taranaki Hunt Steeplechase. Aug. 21!—Pakuranga Bunt Annual. Aug. 30—Manavittu Hunt Steeplechase. Sept. G—Marlon J.C. Spring. Sept. 13—Pahiatua B.C. Annual. Sept. 14—Woodlands Hunt Annual. j Nov. -t—New Zealand Cup. I