THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 59, 3 December 1919, Page 5

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS (BY GiiENcoE.) Acceptances for the AVoodvillc District Jockey Club's Summer Meeting, tu bo held oil December 10 and 11, close at 8 o'clock to-night with Secretary AVilliam A. Lyon. , Entries for Ihe Jlarton, Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa meetings close on Friday msM' ~ , Last week tho Otah horseman AA. Bowden came down to Miramar aira schooled tho Signalman gelding Ailington over a, few hurdles. Arlington and Jingleforro, wlio will in future race as a gelding, will do the West Coast meetings during tho holidays, and AV- Bowdop will go down to rido the former in his'hurdlo engagements. liewi Polo, who broke down while in Sydney, was brought back by (ho Riverina and will bo railed homo to . New Plymouth to-dav. Tho black gelding is still lame, and it looks as if his racing days are over. . • The New Plymouth trainer R-. Johnson, who lias been in Sydney for some months, returned to Wellington on .Monday. He went to Masterton yesterday, whero he will pick up a couple of horses winch/ he will in future train at New Plymouth. The chestnut mare Damien, who went wrong some time back a/itl was fired, is now quite sound again, and will b« miied home to Now Plymouth to-day. Entries for the Stratford meeting are duo to-night. , " The Eullowmas-Crucinelln gelding teslival, one of the Fordo',l team, was heaviiv supported for both maiden events at Feilding, but lie failed badly. It may bo that Festival, who seems slow io fjml his feat, will do .bettor over ",a i longer course, as in each of his races at Feiiding lie was galloping on at the right end. The fact that Acre has been left «n tho Pjilmerfton North Stakes lends colour to tho idea that he will drop out of the A.R.C. Railway Handicap, in which lie has incurved a slb. penalty, making his weight 8»t. 131b. ' „ • The imported Catalim, for whom too Hawc-ra trainer R. Brmigh gave SOOgns. at the Christchurch sales, has been engaged in the ma-idea eveuts at the laronaki Christmas meeting, so the idea of continuing his engagement in the A.R.C. Railway Handicap has probably wen abandoned. . Rose Queen had every chance to win tlie Empire Welter Handicap at Feuding, but after being prominent in behind the leaders all the way tho A\ an«*amii mare >v<is rafiier ooniforlnhlv defeated by ArrowfieUl. The Fordell representative was advantaged bv his race on the first day and also by the longer distance- . , . Ravuda (Bnvardo-.Tessiea). winner ol this year's Oaks in England, broko down before the St. Loser, and lias be.cn retired, She will probably be mated with ITiirry On next season.. The AYaimnte Racing Club has increased the stakes for it? annual meeting to .41325, 'oo Cup being now worth .£330. Air. C. AA'. Trinsham, of Wellington, will act as stipendiary steward at the forthcoming meeting of the Greymouth Jockey Club. . Dci'nata, bv Mensehikoff —Madonna, owned by the Tlororata. sportsman, Mr. IT. A. Boyle, has foaled a filly to the imported sir? Clareneeaux. Afr. H. A. Boyle, who met with a bit of ill-luck recently through the death of the Ally by lias purchaFcd from Captain Deans a two-vear-old fillv bv Birkdalo from Bandola, W Gold Reef—Arandola. The fill.v is being broken by her owner, and will then lie. sent to Riccnrton, to be trained by R. Lor-gley. ~ ■ , Refraction, the two-year-old sister to Gloaming, is in. hand at. Fleinington with a view to autumn racing. As a yearling 19M guineas was declined for this filly. ArconHqr to a cable message from London Lord Glanely, with *630,514, heads the lift of winning owners for the season. Lcrcl Derby being second with £{*> 312 The ICing won eieht races, worth •C-4171. Tlie TVtrareh. .E27.921, heads Ihe li-;.t of winning sires, and Donoghne, with wins out of 532 staTts, was the leading jeekev, the Australian Carslako bnins second with 10(1 out of 3«. Smith had the second highest percencage of wins after Carslake. til The Great Northern Derby candidate Cienides has been nominated for the principal events at the Mana.watu meetin". but con race there and get to Auckland in time to take part in the Derby if required. T. Qninlivan was one of those wao missed their nominations for the principal events at the A.R.C. Summer Mooting, and bJs team has beon freely nominated for tho Manawatu R.C. Summer 1 of note that the Auckland Cup candidates, Red Ribbon, Battle Song, Battle Arrav, Punka, Tres-ida, Jlarrfiieteur, Uncle Ned, War Star, Client, Rose Pink, Snub, and Dusky Eve, have Cup, run at tho fame lime,