THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2841, 4 August 1916, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS . !By Glexcoe.l Several Hawke's Bay trainers intended loading their teams at Napier yesterday, but the weather was too rough, and the boat had to pass on without stoppiuE;. V. Collelo, with Braeburn and Czaronus, will arrive bv train to-night, aa(l (jo on by the\Mararoa on Saturday. The -jviii'amu team will also be aboard, and will consist of Vascular, Idealism, Gladful, and Aurore. Vascular lias been giving his trainer trouble lately, but. latest ■ reports are more favourable. Purseiiiler, in charge of H. Hickey, was also to have gone on the Westralia, and she will have to be kept back till lionday. She galloped with Czaronus one morning this week, and'was as good as Mr. H. Russell's gelding at the finish.

At the annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, held yesterday, all the old committee were re-eieet,ed, and also Messrs. E. J. White, G. Ebbett, and T. E. Crosse to fill the plates of those who would not stand agaLn. ~

T. Quinlivan arrives here on Monday to make arrangements for the shipment of his team for Sydney. It is understood that Sasanoit and Eligible have already been supported for the big events at C'aiilfieid and Fleinington. If this is so, Sasauoff will have to forego his C.J.C. Derby engagements, which looked at his mercy. He is not in tho A.3.C. Derby, which is not open to geldings. Ai Hastings this week he galloped a ver.y smart mile with Eligible, and was as good as! the four-year-old at the finish.

In the event of the two Ivaramu horses, Vascular and Idealism, starting in the' Grand National Steeples, W. Bush will have his choice of mounts, and l'\ I'lynn will take the other. .The imported mare Class will this season be mated with the St. Frusquin horse Feramorz. A Press Association message from Sydney states that Desmond, the famous hunter and high-jumper, is dead. JEAN LADDO SCRATCHED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, August 3. Jean Laddo was scratched for the Winter Cup at 4.50 p.m. to-day. FIXTURES'. Aug. 15, 17, and 19—C.J.C. Grand National. ' Aug. 23—Dannevirko E.G. Steeplechaso. Aug. 21—North Taranaki :Hunt Steeplechase. . Aug! 2G—Pakuranga Hunt Annual. Aug. 30—Manawatu Hunt Steeplechase. Sept. 6—Marten .T.C. Spring. Sept: 13—Pahiatua B.C. Annual. Sept. 14—Woodlands Hunt Annual. Nov. 4—New Zealand Cup.