THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 193, 4 May 1918, Page 2

THE TURF

WEIGHT-FOR-AGE HORSES A KEViKW OF DOMINION FORM. Tlie weight-I'or-agc season practically ■ concluded with tJie running of the iiawues liay Stakes last Saturday. Aβ is geiicrully the rule in classic races, the I lielile were mostly smalt—but select, in 'the two-yeai'-okl races there was always i a larger niuuljer of starters to face tlie I barrier than there was in tho older division races. A race, which was practically to be a conk'st, for champion wcight-inr-age hoiiourd and which roimed tlie interest of sportsmen in the Dominion and Australia, was to have eventuated in the Awapuni Gold Cup, bet ween Desert Gold uml Biplane. Uiifoiiuiiuicly the match did not come oil. With the postponement of the Awapuni race, Desert Gold is still left the chain[Moil. weight-for-age horse racing in the Dominion this season. She slatted once in a handicap—lhe A.li.C. Handicap, one mile and a half—carrying the steadier of 10st. 41b., and ran into third dUick behind Multiply, . Ist. Wh., and Uyiiic, ?at. '/Hi. • An the rest of the mare's races were decided under tlie weight-for-age • scale. Durinj; the season thu daughter of All Blaok won j the following races:—in New Zealand: I Champion Plato, 'rreiitlutin; lilectric l J late, { lliccHi'tou; .Stead Memorial Cup, Iticcar-' ton; Islington mate, JiUerelie, establishing ah Australasian record for one mile— jiriin. 370-lßcc, nud the Awapuni Cup. Desert Gold was also third in both j tho A.lt.C. Handicap and tho Kelburn ! l'latc. In Australia she won lour out ot i licr Bix' rauw, Deiiig sucouu in uie oilier \ two elans. I ■Jlr. T. Jf. Lowry can be-said to have j in listliiiid tlie seuonn. best v.eiiriiUoi'-afii: horse who raced in tlie Ddihim&ii this < season. !.Tlic lioidc >.> j:: 'jdtl; Dor- '< bie«, the UiLiitci'bury Uuv,. liu: 'naiifamii ; UuiiiCU!) (cli-lcftlini; £i;)iiui:, who was not■■ at his best- at the time/, and the Hiiwera. ' tllakcs. Jutland was ).ol out ol u' place .' during thu acason, bcißg'.sccoud twice ai;d ■ third once, \lhen. Mr. W. E. Kcuiball, of Masterton, ! paid EtliUgiis. for llyinoslra at the Kara:i.i. sale, somo were of the. opinion that he had paid too much for lliu cMßtniil. Bui ! the critics proved to be wrong, as llyines-; tra has aln-arty won 2tE5 tovs. for. hw ] new owner thin scapon. He von tho A.lt.C. c lioyal Stakes, was second in the JacKsou ! Stakos to Biplane, won the Jlaiiawatu j Stakes, and finished up with the Hawke's | Bay Stakes Hist week. ■ Biplane, after his return to the Dominion, started iu only three races, winning two and finishing second in the- ■ other. I During his visit to Av.f!rsii* the Comedy King coH won live rac;* oot of six starts, including both Derbies. He unfortunately split his hoof during thn c&innaigu and • had to be returned- home. i | impediHienl, i;as provud Jiersclf the best filly compHioa in riasaiu jmca this sea-son,-and has also been very useful in handicaps. The iiemonthcMS iilly won both OaKs, tho I'aliuerston .North States, and was third iu the tav .i::a:r.ml. Derby ■and Hawk.' , a Bay Stakes. It ia ' reporttti that her owner. ".Mr. K. H. Baracii" la about to i-i-uro lrom uic .iu'rf. Im.poilitiicnt siwulil bnug a vwy feuoa price •in uie sale ■riiig. .- • ■• The locaiiy-owiicd Bonnie Mqirt caused somuthiuK oi ti sensation when she beai Jistlaiid in this U.K. St. Leger, but ,i. Ayrea's ohurgc piovca u was no lluku by "Winning the liuugburu Handicap at tho recent Awapuni. nxiuru m «■ liuuishing llnish, the milj and a quarter ueing-cui out in 2miu. 61-iscc; tlic.timc beniK a iil'th of a second outside- tlio Australasian record, held by Goldsize. 'i'lio Jlarilau gelding Vagabond won the Avomlate and U.N. Guineas lor Mr. a. Williams, and liiut'crio defeated tho opposition iu ilib lfeilaiuß Stakes, \vliicn was composed of Acre, Birkenrale, Simoiiides, Demos, and Fininark. Trainer i'. Davis had tho best two-year-old this season in Fimuark, a fuli-brotnor to Estlaud. This colt was only onue out of a place, that being in the j?e.ileli"!s Stakes Kc won the Wellington Stakes, the Taranaki Stakes, the Egmont StiiKca, the G.N. Chanipague Stakes, and fiiuhed up by winning tlie llanawatu Hires' Produce Stakes. There eeouis to Iβ overy probability of Finuiark turning out. a Derby colt ... Of the. other two-year-olds coiniivting in weightrfor-ngo races 8.0-I'ecp was the most promising till sho unfortuuately uict with an accident at Auckland. Informal was undoubtedly the bargain of tho scaBon. being sold for a mors boiie, aud winning the Wdlcsicy, Avondalc, and A.1t.0. Welcome Stakes. Almoner won ouly one race in the Doniiniou-the Middle Park l'llkte. DcinagoßUu accounted for the G.N. Foal Stakes, whilst llcnthcrcote won tlio Dunedin and C.J.C. Champagne Stakes for Sir 'lleo. Olillord. Torfreda, who showed u great burst of speed over live furlongs, secured second place in both Iho C.J.C. Champagne and Manawalu Sires' Produce Stakes. Amongst, tho older horses Croesus did well, running second' to Desert' fiold in tlin Electric J'liile, and defeating her. together'with lio-Pcop, on .their next meeting in thi: lu'lburii Plate. ' jlchelaus competed in threo wnight-for-. aw races, but was beaten by n Lowryowned animal each time. Tlie. Now Zealand Cup winner was third in the Champion Plate, and second in tho Canterbury Onp and Awapmii Gold Cup.