TIE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 288, 1 September 1919, Page 7

TIE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Glencoe.)

Entries for oil events at the Wqnganui mcetini? closc to-night at 8 Wellington owners who are thinking of entering-'their. horses tor the Ashburton meoiing' should note that nominations close to-pight at 5 o'clock. Entries for all events at the spring meeting of tfie Otaki Maori Racing Cluo close oil Wednesday next. The spring meeting of the Marlon Jocliov Club will bo held on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

-The cwiok horseman it Deeiey is at present iu Wellington on his way to Sydney. whei'e he will ride tor I?. J. Mason at the big Eandwick meeting next month. Tlie well-known Kiccarton trainer, li. W. Kiiis, who has been laid up with a severe attack ef pneunomia ever since the National Meeting, and who at one stage looked to have li'.tlo hope of recoverv. is now well on the way to ;?ood health.

After doing a good gallop at Eiccarton on Thursday the Guineas caudidatej Eovul Stag, pulled up lame in fronts and he will-require a short spell.

The right qf the l'fess to he represented at all inquiries held by racing c|ubs will lip ono of the matters to bo provided, in the racing Bill which the Minister of Justice is bringing down in the Queensland Parliament.

Tlie Waiknnae-bred Bourlang (Bezonian—Nerve) was successful _in the Welter Handicap at the' Williamstown meeting on August 23.

A writer in tho Melbourne "Age" states that P. Deuipsey has accepted an engagement to ride -.the Stead-Eichnioud team at Eandwick.

The ex-Australian, B. Carslnke, was running a good second in the list of fiuocessfiil' riders ill England when the last mail left. He had woi 41 races out of 127 mounts, the one above him being S. Donoghue, whose record was (if) wins out of 233 rides. Carslake's percentage was, therefore, tli'd greater. At that period of the season the Derby winner, Grand I-arade. headed the list of stake-earners, with iB2G(i, representing two wins. Bayda and The Panther had each won ono race and reaned ii-1950 and JMBSO respectively for their, owners.

. Snub has had a change of-quarters in Melbourne, and is no v trained by J. M'Qami at Caulfield, but whether ho has been sold is not stated.

. Private advices received in. Welling-. ' ion on Saturduy state that tlie Eiccarton trainer J. M'Comhe lias made a good recovery after his severe operation, and he.was taken home on Saturday. «,.Tho manner .ill; which racing clubs contribute to the public revenue waa referred to bv the lion. E, W. Alison, who presided at the annual meeting of tho Takapiuui Jockey Club. Mr. Alison said that tho amount paid by the club to tho Government as taxes during the last year was J66529 - lss. In addition, ,£495 7s. 8d was paid by the club for local'rates atid land tax, making a total of J:702!) 2s. Bd. This was just J5529 17s. •Id. less than the amount of sipke money paid by the club during the year. The Panther bubble :nay be said to have burst with a bang with the running of the Irish Derby a few weeks ago. This colt was offered for sale at two vears old. but there was a reserve of 40.000 guineas on him, and, of course, ho was passed out. He won the Two' Thousand Guineas cleverly, and for the Eng' lisli Derby was made a particularly hot favourite. The Panther, however, ran verv badly in the fievby, getting no nearer than ten!h, but his poor display was attributed to temper mid oilier causes, and the Irish Derby, which, by tho way, was worth AHOO to the winner, was looked to to enable him to .redeem at least some of his lost reputation. A penalty of 101b. increased T|ie Panther's Irish Derbv weight to 9st. 51b., and yet, in a field of eight, he started at..5 to 1, only to get no nearer than fifth to T.och Lomond, a colt by Lomond from Mfiry Melton, owned and raced by a lady. On this occasion The Panther is said to have looked well, and to have given 110 trouble, but his rider, Donoghue, said that Hie colt refused to put any heart into his work. / Lord Glanely, who is quite the most successful racing man in England this fcason. put up a fiue record at Ascot av few weeks ago. Horses owned by him won a fourth of the twenty-eight races run during the four days' meeting. Up to latest advices Lord Glanely's winnings in stakes amounted to =-218,904, while the next most successful owner was Mr. ' S. Joel, with ,£7523, Lord Glanely, it may, ho mentioned, is noted for his liberality. It wns onlv in, .Tilly last that, he announced his intention lo endow nnd sot up a laboratory for the purpose.of egri-culhu-nl research work in connection with the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College, at a cost of about .£25.000.

The Wanganui -Jockey Club has included a two-year-old event on the programme for the spring meeting this year. Tlio innovation has been made at . an. unfortunate time, as the restricted .railway service will probably restrict the field to the occupants of local stables. As a matter of fact, the stake is not large enough to tempt competitors from a distance, even, under favourable conditions of travel. There is still another objection t9 the race, September being too., early in the season for two-year-olds to be strung up for a severe contest.

Mr. W. E. Komball's recent purchase Lord Nagar won his first race, for his new owner at the Melbourne Hunt Club meeting on August 20, when he accounted for the hurdle event. At the Williamstown meeting on August 23, Lord Nagar, going out a hot favourite; again accounted for the opposition in the hurdle race.. Stan. Ifeid was in the snddle on both occasions.

According to a Press Association message from Sydney, the New Zealand liorsos continue to surprise local critics liy their, wonderful igallops. The latest topic is Spanner's five furlongs covered in linin. lseo., equalling Biplane's record. D. O'Connor ha*- accented a retainer lo ride for Mr. W. G.' Stead, of New Zealand.

The Moorefield Handicap, run on Saturdav, was won by British Arch (Snult— Sawdust), a lialf-brollicr to Kauri King, with Sandbcp (a ba'f-sisior lo Housewife) second aud Barnaway third. The winner won by a length in tlmin. Bsec.—Press' Assn.