THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

A SOUTH CANTERBURY RACES IjYLVA CAi!I(IE:V Ol'F THE BJtt H'i'JiEl'LULiitASi:. l!y Telegraph--Press Association. Tiinaru, July 25. At the inmili Canteriiiuy limit Club's S'lteejdcchasi.' .Meeting to-iluy, ou tln: Washdyke eiuu'.-e. there was ;i gooil attendance. The weal her was line, but cold. There were small Heidi, but interesting nidus. Tile sum of .C 5965 wus invested on llui totalisator l'or, eight events, as against 10 s. last year for seven events. .Results:— ll.UlliOVr in'IIDIiKS. of 75 sovs. One mile a nil a half. 1 f'.olden Prince, Ist. i.Vib 1 2 Kilvci- Shield, lOst. 611). 2 1 Peville. 9si i Also started: -I I'rei'ra (iarite, 9st. _ Won by six lengths. 'lime, "mill. 52 I'AUEOHA STEEPLECHASE, of ICO sovs. Two miles. t Master Hamilton, list. 9lb t 2 liiiiji, lCst. 911) 2 Also started: 3 I,and A-diore, lCsl. 91b.j 4 Transfer, lust. 151'.).; 5 Across, lOst. Tib. Won I>s' a lenu'tb. Only t\io horses finished. Tinir, flmiii. 15 2-Ssoe. I,KVEI.S JIAXDICAI-'. of 70 sovs. Six furlongs. 4 TVavforin, 9st. 21b 1 1 Belgian Kin's,', 9st ! 1 2 6 I,nil, 9st. 9ib 3 Al:'o started: 1 Vlccthnni. Ust. 31b.: 5 Leaping Burn, lost. lilb.; 7 TTomb, lOst. 61b.; 2 llarley .Riggs, 9st. 91b.; 8 Vociferate, 9st. Won by a length. Time, train. 17 3-ssee. SOUTH OANTEItBUKY STEEPLEOKAHE, oT 200 sovs. Two miles and a, liatf. 2 Sylva, 9st. 121b 1 1 Bore, list. 91li 2 3 Kolling Tide, 9st. 81b 3 Also started: 4 Moroeumh ll , 12st, am. I Won by eiprlit- lengths. Tho third horse v.'as 100 yards away, jforecambe did not finish. WASIfDYKE TROT, of 75 sovs. One luilo and' a half. 2 Guynemer. 6see - 1 4 .Kins Cole, ,Tmir., Bscc ... 2 3 Higli Adnural, 6sec 3 Also started: 7 ito.val Urorse, 2see.; f> Stanley's Discovery, 3see„: 8 Vera Wood, usee.; 5 Voting Star Pointer," 6sec.; 1 Evre llci.rcss. Usee.; 9 Bright Child, a?ee. Won by three lengths. Time, 3inin. 44see. fU.iXTF.I'S' I'LA'rt;, of 50 sova. One mile and a half. 2 .lack Symoiis, 12st. 51 h 1 1 Seville, list. Bib 0 3 flay Light, list. 31b. 3 Also started: 4 Promj,*. R;mlc. list. till). Won by half a leiiKth. Time, 2min. oosce. HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, of CO sc-vs. Throe miles. 1 Kaunokonui, 12st. 2lh 1 2 Brown Joe, 9st. 131b 6 Transfer, lOst. 711) 3 Also started: 3 Luipri. Mat!3lij.; 4 (3riiicr Dutrald, ?st. 91b.: 5 9st. 9lb Won by six lengths. Time, 6min. 24 l-ssec. CLAJiEJtOA'T WELTER, of 80 sovs. 0110 mile. 6 Bellsliire, Dst. 31b j " .John Barleycorn, list, ilili. « 9 Golden Prince, 9?t. 81h "1 3 Also started: 2 Majjet i koff, "iostl" "ii'l" ii"; 3 Fieetham. lOst, 81b.; 1 Jfiero, lOst. 31b -10 Bandy, 9st. 1111),; 4 Luff, 9st. 51b.; 8 jinn lieilly. flat, lib.; 7 AVarform, 9st. 46SCC 11 11 lc " K,!l ' Timr > '"'in.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY GtENCOIi.'. Il'iinl 5 f.f d ■' l! F l , i "& nf Sleiuht-of-i . mil 111 tho National Hurdles, is eontiugeut upon A. M'Donuld—his usual ,i "t •being able lo ride him. Tho position it u> present timo is Hint i, ['Donald regarded the horse us n rmmcr in tho Steeplechase and lie en-aged for Colorado in theHurdles. Whether Colorado will be able to staifc is not .known. Some timo hack a Palmcraton "North owner leased, Glucian, but it appears that therel was sonio flaw in tho lease, and the Gluten ge ding lias gono buck to his owner at Auckland. l'urpenite is not likely to fulfil his engagemeut ill tho 'Winter Cup, but he may be cent south for tho hack events at tho national meeting The Winter Gup candidate Yolo, in chaigo of 1. Pine, joes south this afternoon. 110 will be ridden at lliccuHon by o. i'ricc. Itoso Pink, who has recently joined A. Goodman a team at Treutham, looks very well and it i« evident that, the spell during the winter lias had a wonderful effect lot good on her. Jt con bo expected that an a, five-year-old Hie Kilbroucy maro will again pay lier way. . ■ ' li, '. Iley h:lI< 3ll!l <lo a present of Mount Victoria to hiß old trainer, 0. I ntchard, who will race tho old fellow iu Ills own colours. When acting as private trainer to llr. Whitney, Pritchard won a lot of. races with Mount Victoria. The two Autumnus colts form Aema and liene respectively, in A. Goodman's Tronthain stables, appear to lio growing last and it may bo the autumn before tliey are seen .at their best. From Trentliam comes a, complaint about the inability of trainers to get boys to rido work for them. This i s tho experience of trainers in many parts, and the licensing oommittees might, with advantage, have a word to tho recalcitrant ones. l'ho Hallowmas—Merrivoma youngster in J. Ayre s stables is very smart, and quite Hie opposite of the remainder oi' the imported horse's stock. This youngster looks as a it will take timo to come to hand. Ooslition is doing plenty of lvork at Irentuam, and he looks fit, and well able lo play a prominent part at lticcarton. When he goes out to work of a morning, St. Hum regularly moves short for a few furlongs, but ho than shakes it oil. ile la doing useful work at Treutham. Local trainers complain about tiic libeence of a grass gallop at Trentliam. Since the Wellington meeting the grasß gallops have not been available,and trainers cannot bring themselves to think that the complete closing of them is accessary. 31 any of the Dominion grocers, drapers, and bootmakers would welcome racing in New Zco [and if it were carried on under the conditions obtaining in Japan, according to Mr. 1). K. Hall, Australian Attor-ney-General, who has just' returned from a visit to the land of the Kising Hun. Bookmakers in Japan are business agents for trading houses, "Until seven or eight years ago," said 3lr. Halt, "tiic people of Japan all went horse-racing. The Government said iu effect, 'This won't do; w« will regulate horse-racing.' Now a. man can make only ouo bet of 10s. on u im:e, and if lie wins, say, at 510 1. Jie v.ill get an order on the draper or grocer for £3 worth ol' goods—half his dividend being in cash. The result is that this kind of sport is now carried on mainly by Europeans."

The names of those associated with racing figure prominently in the latest ballot list, which includes:—)i. O'Donnell drainer), ;md I'. J. Curmont and J. liridyes drainers), it. TJonovau (jockey), H. lllis (trainer), P. 1). Jl/Kabb (custodian), S. Kilirar (owner), and 0. J. D'AlJi, secretary of the Otalii Club.

It is pleabiiicj to note that the popular Thompson Handicap meeting will again find a- place on the Wellington I'aciu; Club's programme next soa.ion. It will be a one-iky fixture, to be held on May 3. The dales <)£ the oilier meeting.-; lire us follow:~SpriHi;, Oetofccr 25 and 23; Sumiiier, Jnnusry 12 -and "5; Winter, ,'uly 11 and 14. A correspondent, writes taking me to t&uk for siitsKceliu;; thai. Volo and Vorm Up er.u be parsed over in assessing tho Winter Cuji chances. lie argues lhat the field is a weaker one this year than for year-: past, and lie. nrgca that a horso that tilu win a Stewards' Handicap under £-4. 1011). has always got a chance in Iho V/ialer Cup with list. 21b. Of course, this matter conlrt be debated right, tin till the ru'-c was run. but "Olencoe" will only point out, that Parisian Diamond is a better horse than Volo unit Form ITp, and he could not win with nearly a stone less than t.lK'M': horse-: arc asked to carry. Then asain. I'iery Crus-: was a first-class performer. and he could not. f:et a place last year with lOst. 9ib.