THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 253, 20 July 1920, Page 6

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

By Glencot.

The South Canterbury Hunt Club Meeting will bo held at Washdyke on ThureMr K. A. M'Keniie's recent purchase, Snnart, struck himßelf recently, and had to be caßcd In his work at- Riccarton. It wns reported at the Kacine Conference last week ttet the biK ? o«t, wageearner last season amongst the jockevii was H. Gray, whoße fees amounted to si R"id returned to Hastings yesterday with Pnrislnn Diamond, and on arrival ?o he will hand the a ? cd Oh«Hem»«i.c It gcldine over to A. M'Aulay. who has been training the other members of Mr. G. D. Beatson's team for somo weeks "while at Trcntham the Hlcnlie trainer, A. Jt. Robertson, took sick, and he *as not present at Saturdays racing. The New Zealand ltacing Conference pas cd a resolution last week doing av.ay wilh the charge of « per ""J:.."'"*' by some chibs for collection riders Ices. Amongst the visitors to Wei ington tart week was Mr. Jt. It. Ncaglc, best .known as the owner of Don Beve. He mfo ™ e „. the writer that the champion chaser was now beir.q- used as a stat nn hack, ana was thoroughly sound, while an operation had removed the trouble from his uoae. which turned out to bo an intc»nai abscess. U hecontinues on an well as lie Is doinit. tr. Neagle will aitaln nut Don Revo Into <.prk in timo for next season s winter meetings. ~ . A welcome addition to the breeding Industry in Canterbury is the iurch,ißo by Messrs. 0. Fulton ar.d W. A. Nicholls of the En<>lißh-brcd stallion Clreyfipuar. by Spearmint from Kitty tirey. The imported horse will be at. the stud at Lelfast, a few miles from Christehurch. Silent Way was made a Btrong order for the Keitor llurdlo ltace on the second day of the recent V.Tt.C. Meeting, but had to be content with third place. His jumping was of p. slovenly nature, and twico he nearly came to cricf. Two minor alterations have been made In the programme for the Canterbury Jcckev Club's National Mcctlmr. In the Woolston Handicap on the se.-nnd day tho horses are to be ridden hy licensed apprentices only. The date of hardicapß for minor events on the . first day has been altered from July 30 to inigust Z. 1 Tararu Jack, ridden by S. Jtcid, nut up his best performance to date by carrying 12st. 41b. into eccond place in the lvi-i amnion Steeplechase on the second day of. the V.K.C. Grand National Meeting. The New Zcalander led over the laßt fence, but in the run home more than met his mutch 'n the lightly-weighted Pirapara. Hose Pink, who won the Par hamontary Handicap at Trer.tham on Wednesday last, wbb saddled up to conteßt no fewer than J5 races last season, while this term she lias also been numerous times arrone the starters. A win for Ho6o Pink was fully due, for sho had not claimed the attention of the judge in first place sicce September last, when she won a race over a mile and a quarter at the Otaki Glen Canny was scratched for tho Winter Cup at 5 p.m. yesterday (states a. Chrlßtchurch Presß Association telegram).

AUSTRALIAN CURDLES AND STEEPLECHASE, (Rec. July 19.. 10.25 p.m.) Melbourne, July 19. After the first forfeits tor the Australian Hurdles twenty remain in, Including Beltane, Silent Way, Protcm, and Kilowatt. Twenty-four remain in the Steeplechase, but no New Zealand horseß.-Prcsß Aasn.