THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 231, 18 June 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS fBY OLKXCOE.! The Xapier Park Club -will hold their IV inter Meeting at Oreenmeadows on Friday and Saturday of thin wcok. The acceptances received are very satisfactory. Tho well-known horseman, ,T. Olscn, was to havo gone into camp yesterday, Mr. \V. K. llidwilt has purchased Doon for breeding purposes, and tho Glenapp mare, lias joined tho stud matrons at Itototawai. Moon, who was bred by Mr, ™ A \ is by Glcnapp-Clytie, bv Phaethoil—Neroli, by -Artillery—Nenuphar, by Apremout— Waterßpritc, by Traducer— Haterwitch, by Canulen from tho celebrated Mermaid. From the north it is reported that the steeplechaser Golden Glow has gone sore, and is being spelled. , Tho well-known handicappcr dir. J, Henrys) has gone on a trip to Sydney. Sydney papers to hand brine full details of the dual victory' registered by the Auckland-brcd gelding Arch Mnrella, at the recent meeting held at Handwiek. When sent out to contest the lillesmere Jlandioap on June i,. Arch Marella, who was weighted at Bst. lib., stood at a rcj niunerative price in tho betting. When tho business end of tho trip came to be entered upon Arch Mnrella shot up villi a fine rim, anil scored by three quarters of a length' from March On, to whom bo was conceding 111b.. and that tho nacc was right on the time recorded I7min. ssec.) amply testifies. The merit of /rch Marclla's victory in the Ellesincre Handicap was not apparently fully rcco;:niscd, for though he figured in the Winter Stakes with 7st. ,91b., four of the oilier contestants in the milo and three fin kings race ruled better favourites. Arch Mnrella again answered the question most attractively when he cacic !o dispute matters in the Winter Stakes, and he won ■by three quarters of a length, in 2mln. SUsec. Arch Jtarclla figures aic-mest the ontrants for the irptronolitnn Handicap, Melbourne Cup. and Williamstown Cup, so that ho will have on opportunity to earn a, lot of stake money during the coming spring should he nrove himself up to the standard. In a reference to the well-performed Auckland gelding. "Pilot." of the Sydney "Referee." says:-"There Is nothing special in Arch Marclla's appearance. He. is merely a smart-looking gelding, if anything on the smallish sido."

Tho two-year-old filly Lionskin, bv Kilbroncy from Counterfeit, has resumed work at Iticcarton.

There was an exciting incident at Riccarton on Saturday moraine during training operations. Vascular', with a! voting girl in the saddle, and Eed Book, on "the lead, brolce away from tho centre of tho course, aud made a bee-line for the scraping sheds. After several narrow escapes tho pair stopped in the ro;vi\vay leading to tho grandstand. The eirl I opt her head all through the adventure, and escaped from what might have bocn a serious mishap.

Mr. T. H. Lowry is well reprcaentad in tho lists of nominations for the his spring handicaps in Australia. Killosven and Kilhope are in the Epsom Handicap, and this pair, with Estland and Finmark, are engaged in the Metropolitan Handicap. Tho four horses mentioned figure in the Caulfleld Cup and Melbourne Oup. in which Desert Gold has also been engaged.

Braeburn, which ia top weight with !2st. 61b. in the Napier Steeplechase is reported to have' gone on the right way since to won the Wanganui Steeplechase and liis connections are confident that ho will go close to winning the bit' race at Napier, which he lias already won twice in succession. In 1916 lie won with l'st.'3lb., and last year under 12st. His pilot (J. Deerey). has alßo a good record in connection with tho event, for, in addition to riding Braeburn in both his successos,, ho also steered Glenmoro the previous' year, so he has already done the ';hat trick."

The 'Auckland owners, Mcrsrs. V. C'.i.'ey and H. Cotter, left Auckland recently for Australia. Their liorses will be shipped across shortly.

Tho annual meeting of the Xew Zealand Country Clubs' Association is to be held in Wellington, on Tuesday. .Inly 9. Tho principal business to be brought forward is to consider tho advisability of forming executives in each metropolitan district by each club appointing a delegate thereon, the delegates to meet from time to time aud attend generally to local D'atters.

An excuse tendered at a recent meeting by a trainer "who was questioned as to tbe riiilning of lii.s horse was that as 110 blacksmith was available the horse bad to start in 1119 ordinary siloes. This l'.aa prompted the Stipendiary Stewards' Committee to have a motion moved by the president that a new rule be added to Part XXVI: Tf it is intended to rim a horse-in shoes heavier than, rarlm: plates, the owner or trainer of such horse must report .the fact to the stewards prior to weighing out. Mr. George Hirst, who was killed os a result of a collision at. Feildins by train and motor-lorry, was ; the well-known amateur horseman. Ilia broiher. Itr. S. Jiivßt., is huntsman to the Pakiir.mga ]limt Club.