THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3150, 31 July 1917, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS JBr Glbuooe.l The local weight adjuster (Mr. H. Coylel has been appointed to net for tho Avondale Jockey Club durinp: the ensuing season. Now that the Bawlse's Bay Jockey Club has riiwided against tho holding of n, eprin? mcetiut' there will be little olmncu of owners o/ two-year-olds to raw their youngsters until tho Wellceley Stakes at Trontham. Tho Danncvirke Club could with advantage put on a two-year-old handicap next month, and the Jfesterton Ohio could add such a. race to its second day programme. The youngsters a*e, <" course, eligible u> race in tho Maiden I.«*ce on the first day. Matters in connection with the Biccarton treble are at present very dead, and. sportsmen axe waiting tho appearance of the, acceptances on Saturday. Much interest is centred in the events Orib, St. Elmn, and Hewi Poto will race in. H Trcen, who stcored Old Munsindi to victory in tho V.R.O. Grand National Stooplcchase, received «i present, of £500 foV his successful handling of the favourite in that race. J. Olsen, who rode Cherry Blossom in the last Winter Cup. will this year have tho mount on Tip "Up- The Eon o£ AU Bed is well fancied by his. party for the big mile race. . The- Auckland Breeders', Owners', and' Trainers' Association, is agitating for the Auckland Racing Olub to hold a Spring Meeting. A deputation has , -waited on the president and the matter is hems considered. B. Deeley who will bo ridine in A.U6tralia this spring, will divide his Ecrvcv« between Messrs. Stead, Greenwood; and Luttrell, there being no hard and fast en- , Easement as to who he will rifle for. ' j Aβ none of tho Fordoll horses will he racing at tho li.icca.rton Meetinsr 0. .Price will be enabled to tolie outside pding. Ho has been booked to ride Snob and Wardancer in their engagements. It is said that space has been booied for Wojmai to return to New Zealand, alter the Oaulfleld Meeting. This is hardly likely, as he could not be started at Klccartofl, and there are no other meetings lor him, while if he is sent to Bandwiclf there are two good steeplechases there- in which ho could race. Lately there has been a disposition among racing clubs to have a day's spell between the race meetings. This is hardly a wiso course, and there aro many •wUo think that in tho (interests of efficiency all meetings should be two-day ones, and should be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays. By this means it is claimed that the largo army of -producers would not lose so muoh time. First forfeits for the Wellesley Stakes to be decided at Trentham in October arc duo to-morrow. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase, Hurdle Eace, and Winter Oup cloeo on Friday. Entries for all events at tho Harton Meeting close on Friday, Auffust 17. To Onga has been scratched for the Grand National Steeplechase, but ho will be a starter in the Hurdles, and is to bo shipped south this wcelt. Every little helps. If the Finance Minister is really keen on raking in every available penny of rovenue he possibly! can, here is a hint: Lot him—the Governments-claim all the "broko money" left over from the totalisator dividends at race meetings- At present dividends are paid to tho sixpence only, that is to say, any fraction below sixpence goos naok into the coffers of the chib. The money really belongs to tho public, and ae they aro unable to collect, tho Government is more entitled to claim it than the clubs. This "broken money" in the course of a year s racing nmorats to many thousands. A sum of £2490 has been allocated in stakes for the Maetei'ton Eacing Club a Spring Meeting, to be held in October. Innovations in the programme will be a hack hurdle event and a juvenile handicap. A Prose Association telegram from Sydney states that Bed Pennant has been scratched for the Epsom Handicap.