THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 287, 30 August 1919, Page 2

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS (By Glencoe.). . An advertisement in this issu'o states that entries for tho Ashburton Spring ■ Meeting must bo in tlio hands of Secretary A. A. Foojcs by 5 p.m. on Monday. Up till 8 p.iu. on Monday, Sccrctiiry W. flail, of the Wanganui jockey Club, will receive entries for the forthcoming j spring meeting of his club, ii Entries for tlio Otaki meeting are duo .1 on Soptenibor 3. a As the liailway Department mil not | carry the necessaries, it has been do- j cided to ilo without the luncheon booth at. the coming -Otaki meeting. Tea, sand- B wiches, and calces will bo obtainable oil K both days. • v Mr. A. M'Donald, of Masterton, was a j visitor 1 to Wellington yesterday. -, IJo ] 6tates that his horses Ail'ectation 1 and { Murihiiti will journey oil foot to' tlio ] Dannevirko meeting. Several other Opakitrained animals will also make tne trip. a The National- Hurdles winner Sir Solo f back to Masterton last week, and arrived nono tlw worse for the journoy. The Waikanao brood mare Purity recently slipped a filly foal to IHboy. j Word from J. O'Shcai is to the effect 1 that the A'mklftnd- horseman' is doing well in VictirM. There is not the same 1 amount of • '. * to bo had as tho Ancklander had •, ar,-Zealand, but never- 1 tlicless no • en .on'is made of returning to ■ the Dominion, wliioli probably indicates that O'Sliea is satisfied with his lot across the water. Irish Elcgance (by Sir Archibald—Clorance), who won the Royal Hunt Cup, run at Ascot in June Jast, under the steadier of 9st. Mb., is now accepted as ono of the best horses in England. The Southland-owned goldjng Eleus is regarded as pretty certain to fulfil his engagement in tha New Zealand. Cup. Already he has received a good deal of support, being one of tho first lioifoa backed for tho two-mile race. Algous, winner of the rich Australian Steeplechase, was bought for ,£2O by his present owner,"Mr. V. G. I'cnyon. Altogether, Algous lias won six events: for Mr. Benyon, who trains tile horse himself. Australian papers. to hand show that [ the New Zeailand-bred niaro Kilflinn won a seven furlongs welter handicap at Pandewn Park, in which she defeated a field of 15. Kilflinn was subsequently sent up to auction, and realised iSO guineas.« Hindi, tfho figures' in the New Zealand . Cup with tho minimum impost, it is interesting to relate, claims full-bro.tliership to Indigo, who ran a" dead-heat with Warstop for first honours in tho Riccarton race of 1914. . Hindi is a three-year--1 old colt by Mystification from the Step- , niak mare Mungista, and a' statement is abroad to the effect that lie can gallop, l and also that strong hopes are entertained that ho will stay as wcf.l as his relative. While going past the stand to do their preliminary in tho Kakaramea Hack . Handicap at the iVaverle' meeting on - Wednesday, Crystal Palaco collided with and upset Egmont Park, whose jockey, Johns,"was injured sufficiently to prevent , him riding in tho race. Egiuont Park was brought back to the bird cage, und tlio services of Rutherford, an' apprentice, were • called in. Tho boy 6lipned . tliG crimson, emerald green sash jacket • over his ordinary clothes, put tho, green cap on and went out in his everyday boots without whip or spurs. Ho pot his horse out smartly from thu barrier, and was only headed at the distance; fin- , ishing second to the smart Sea Sprite. ' After tho collision a notice was posted on the totalisator stating that'Egmont Park would not start, and before it was an- j i, nounced that bo was to be a starter tho totalisator had evidently closed,, for nil the figures wero completed on the face of th 6 machine, Egmont Park at P that time carrying only 32 tickets. When the machine' 1 finally closed .£663 more had been invested, tho total number oil Egmont Park being 203 tickets. t • The double win of Sir Solo at the Grand" National meeting, brought tlio total winnings of tho Sir Laddo gelding, to i 6070. This reeord is reniarkablg.7n'}ien o'no considers that Sir Sok- .£>on- no classical races, but earned the ; nolo ot n«> amount in handicaps, and it is 1 quite nosmblo that' the old fellow will add another few hundred to the amount before being retired, from the racing track. The victory of Stetson in the Hunt Cup at Waverley will, entail a 101b. penalty for a similar event at Martoji next week. - However, this will not prevent the grey, gelding from seeing a short price, as he •' is thoroughly trained and will be meeting a noor lot of horses. J Tt. is reported that Bon Reve has" fin-. n iVhed his-career as a racehorse, and that ir no further attempt will bp made to train llim. During the time lie carried, the. colours of Mr. H. Ncaglo the dual Derby winner-won over .£SOOO in stake?, ie The C.J.C.' Derby candidate Warplane h -n-ill be "iven his first 'race this season :r in the Wanganui Guineas, to l>c run at ig the soring meeting next moith. There _ is not' likely to 1)6 a strong field in this f race owing to the uncertainty of travel 1 «> Hie wsent time... id • The Spvin? Meeting of the Ashburton d Countv Racing Club is to be held, on ■k September 18 and 19. All nominations close at 5 p.m.. on September 1. ■