THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2946, 5 December 1916, Page 9

THE TURF

MOTES AND COMMENTS .'By Gkncoe.T Nominations for all ovenU for tho Stratford Meeting, to bo l'S ld on *f™ A 1 and 2, closo on Wednesday ovemng at 0 o'clock. . Entries for tho Marton Meeting closo. on Friday noxt. Tho Woodvillo Meeting takes place on Wednesday and Thursday. A specia train will leave Palmcrston North- each day, and will return after tho races. J. W. Lowe; with Menelaus Mascot, and Ayah, and H. Telford, in charge ot Marsinah. and Probation, leave for U ooUvillo this morning. . C. Pritchard is sending Mount Victoria to the Woodvillo Mooting, but will not make the trip himself. Hose Pinlc v. ill bo allowed to forfeit her engagements a Woodville, and the Kilbroney fill}; wiU make her next appearance at Auapuni on Boxing Day. J. M'LaugMin is taking Tho Golfer to Woodvillo for the Hack Hurdles on the second day. . In addition to riding the members ot J. Lowe's team, A. Eeed will also bo up on Bed Eibbou and Antwerp at A\ ootlville. Two promising recruits to the hurdling business in. Hylatus and Atuatoro are likely to be seen out at Woodville. As was the case last summer, F. Davis is now settled at Woodvillo with his toam, and will remain thore imtu he leaves for tho Auckland Cup Meeting Davis informed "Glencoe" at muling that Desert Gold was now quite herself again. The Trenthain trainer, J. Lowe, has cancelled bis boxes at Awapuni, and his sprinters are to go to the Auckland Meeting at Christmas. The team will consist of Chakwana, Seadown, . Menelaus, and Ayah. They will be railed north on Thursday of next week. A Gisborne paper reports that Mr. A. B. Williams, owner of Chortle and several other horses, lias been called to tho colours. The Wingatui trainer, C. Christie, with John Barleycorn and Marco Bello, is expected to pass through this week on his way to Elierslie. The former is one of tho 'Cup fancies, and on his Bicoarton form he must be given a chance. It would seem as if the Sarto gelding races best on a very light preparation, for when ho won the Jockey Club. Handicap at Eiccarton he used to do very littlo on the tracks, and had the run of tho paddock all day. This year he had only been up a few weeks when he raced in the New Zealand Cup, and a week latet he won the Fendalton Handicap.

An advertisement in this issue notifies the closing of nominations on Friday next for all events at the Summer Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. F. Davis is taking eight horses to the Elierslie Meeting, and S- Waddoll will have a team of balf a dozen.

"Whalebone," in the Auckland "Star, say6:—"Tho latest pest to develop on a racecourse'is a.'seller of dream tips. One individual is stated to have, dono quite a good business in this line at Takapuna, and it is really wonderful how some of the public allow themselves to be so easily gulled." The victory of Koesian in the Feilding Stakes gives him a 3lb. penalty for the A.E.C. Bailway Handicap, .which brings his weight up to fsfc. Gib. Koesian is bj Elysian from Kowerewere, and was bred at the Ascot Stud Farm, being- sold as a yearling for 100 guineas to his present owner, Mr. G. L.. Stead.

A. Press Association message from Sydney states that the- New South Wales Minister for Education, replying to a deputation of bookmakers who were seeking protection under the clauses of the Totalisator Bill) said that he would take care that nobody -under twenty-one betted with 1 the totalisator.