THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3110, 14 June 1917, Page 9

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

!BY IiLENCOB.I

Entries for tho Hawko's Bay Jockey Club's Winter Meeting closo with Secretary K. S. Mosa at B o'clock to-morrow night. Entries are also duo at the same hour for several coming weight-for-a'sro 'Events. ' Nominations for the ilanawatu R.C. Thirteenth Palmerston North Stakes, Fifteenth Maimwatu Stakes, and Tenth Sires' l'roduco Stakes close oa Friday. Acceptances for the first day's handicap at tho Napier Park Meeting closi. at 8 o'clock to-morrow night. Steu, who was formerly an inniato of It. Gooseman's stables, but who was sold to an Auckland owner some time back, is now being tried over fences. At the present time, according to the Rules of Racine, a horae is deemed to be in the starter's hands when once he is weighed out, and if lie meets with an accident between then and the timo he reaches tho post he is deemed a starter, and any money invested on his number on tho machine is lost. It has long been felt that this is an absurd rulq, and is anything but a good advertisement for the totalisator. At the coming conference tho Stratford Racing Club will move to ,navo this altered by declaring a horsu IVi the starter's hands five minutes be- . fore the advertised timo of starting the race. Amongst the runucrs in the Maiden Dace at Gisborno on Friday is tbo two-ycar-olu Impediment, by Demosthenes. This youngster has only started once. This was in tho handicap at Hastings in tho autumn, when he finished just behind Vagabond and Elocution, after getting left at the barrier. Ardent, who formerly occupied a box in the Fordell stables, will, at tho Napier Meeting, run in the nomination of two lady owners. Tho Holding is now trained bv W. Stone, at Hastings. Trainer T. F. Quinlivan is at present iu Wellington attending to some private business. He has recently broken in a colt by Athenic from .tho speedy Culprit,, and on appearances tho youngster looks like turning out useful. Tho steeplechaser St. Elmn was allowed to forfeit his Uisbornc engagements, but ho will probably sport silk again in the Napier Steeplechase. With only lOst. 101b. against his name the St. Ambrose gelding does not look over-weighted in that event. Mr. James Bull, owner of Golden March and Colorado, was in town this week to see his third son. who is going to France. G. Price, who came down to farewell K. Oliver, returned homo yesterday. Tho Highden team is at present bu tho easy list, but Price intends starting immediately on some rising two ; ycar-olds. .The imported horse Cynic made a fair showing in his races at Ellerslic, but at Gisborne on Friday he will be racing in open company, and may not he forward enough to win over ten furlongs. Entries for classio events to ho competed for at the Auckland Racing Club's coming season close with the secretary at 9 o'clock to-morrow uight.