THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 55, 28 November 1917, Page 6

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS fBY GLEKCOI.I Owners are reminded that acceptances ? o !°. Woodvllle feting close to-night ?>? s , oc T look - At Ul e same hour Secretary w. A. Lyon will receive entricß for tho Maiden Plate. i

It has been decided to alter the startin" times of the races at Woodville, and the first event will now Btart at 11.30 a.m. each day,

An Auckland paper mentions that J. W. Lowe has cancelled one of his boxes at Ellorshe. This may mean that Si'tdcwn will be at Awapuui on Boxing Ipov,where the distance of the Manawatu Cup would suit the Downshlrc gelding better tran the two miles at Elterslio. Re far tho imported stallion lias got nothing but sprinters, though Seadown has 't.-.n over a milo and Amberdown the Queensland ohampion was a great horse up ( o a mile, At Trentham yesterday there was a lot of galloping done by the horses with engagements, at Feilding. All the work was done on tho tan which cfl'ordcd faßt going.

Blucgown alone ran half a mile in a shade under 50 seconds.

Cooing, who has become Tory wayward of late, beat Exclusive over five turlongs in lmin. lsec. The winner was ridden right out with tho stick, but finished well.

Thoughtful, who seems to be en the' improve, got to the end of seven furlongs in lmin. 306ec. The chestnut geljling was going on well at the finish. Bonny Maid was much 100 good for Battle Song over the same distance.

Probation, Matilda, and Ayah ran five furlongs. Mr. Bidwlll's mare won easily, but Ayah was conceding her a lot of weight, Devotion, Johnny Walker, and Seadown were io have galloped a milo in company, hut the former took charge of her pilot, and broke away before the start. The other pair finished together in lmin. 44sec.

Miss de Val was tried over half a mile, with Mill Queen. The former ran tho distance in 49scc. The gallop was a test to see if tho mare would stand, and after it she walked away quite sounds

Monelaus waß much too good fox Mascot over seven furlongs in lniin. Msec. The New Zealand Oup winner is to hnve his Auckland Oup engagement continued.

Ormesby has been schooled over hurdles recently, aaid the Birkenhead ge'ding is evidently intended to race at Woodville.

A. Goodman's mare Itcne has f aled a colt to Treadmill, and is to vißit him again.

Trainers at Trenthnm are now experiencing considerable difficulty in eetting Buitable boys to ride work. Training operations on galloping mornings tako muoh longer than was the case formerly, owing to the absence of riders who can manage horses when galloping.

A full brother to Palamon, who won at Tasmania this month, is now running out at Trcuthani. His dam Slinilotto was purchased by Mr. Lance Wood, at, the breaking up of the Warrington Stud.

Liskeard, for whom Mr. A. Boyle naid 40 guineas at the sale of the late Hon. J. D. Or'jond's horses last week, is a six-year-old gelding by Birkenhead—Enna, by Tho Officer—Enid. Ho has done no racing, but ho is a big fellow, who may turn out useful over obstacles provided he stands training.

Some people cannot be corjTinced that thero is anything in dreaniß (says last Friday's \"\Vairarapa Age"). A Aiadterton man,, who had one recently is £60 better off to-day than he was on Tuesday last through his'belief in them. He had a dream, and the name of a horse, a starter in a hurdle race, was so impressed upon his mind when ho awoke that he decided to back it whenever it started. Ho waited for several months before the name of the horse appeared as an acceptor in a hurdle race. In started at the Ashhurst Meeting. He hired a oar and went to the raccß. Putting £5 on the horse, he collected a good round Bum.

Owners and trainers are reminded, that acceptances for the Auckland Cup and the Railway Handicap, and general ontries' for other events to "uo run at tho Auckland Olnb'B Summer Meeting, closo with Mr. J. F. Hartlaml, at 9 o'clock on Friday night. Forfeits must ))e declared at the same time for the Great Northern Foal Stakes, tho Great Northern Derby, and for the Eoyal Stakes. On Saturday the Feilding Club will hold its one-day spring meeting. The principal races will ic the Manchester Handicap and tho 12th Feilding Stakes.

Nominations for events to be run at tho Stratford Club's one-day . Now Year mcetimr close with the secretary (Mr. A. Coleman) on Wednesday, December 5.