Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

THE TURF

fr- — NOTES AND V COMMENTS

By Glescob. Tlio North Tardnakl Hunt Club's Meeting will be held on Ilia New Plymouth course on Thursday of next week. Acceptances for the Marton Meeting close on Tuesday next. Though the Marton meeting, which la sohcdulcd for September 1 is only a oneday fixture, a very largo entry has been received, and there is every prospect or the gathering being a record one. J. no hack events have filled particularly well, and cluss is a strong point of the open events. Amongst the horses engaged in tlio latter class arc the New Zealand Cup winner, Vagabond, and Affectation, art Over, Mnrquetcur, Lingerie, Athens 11, Golden Bubble,' Hose Wreath, and'Kckanul. The Australian-bred Tcntcrfield, runnerup to Macadam in tlio Australian Cup, is engaged in hack events at the conunir Marlon Meeting. Scrap-o'-l'apor, winner of the concluding event at the recent Trentham Meeting, li engaged in the hack races, and the open sprint, at the North Taranaki Mooting next week. He looks certain to win a race on the .trip. J. 11. Jcllerd lias engaged accommodation at tho Marton racccourso stables for Vagabond and Gasbag. The former ie to contest the open sprint event, and Gashag will bo raced in the Electric Hack Handicap. Uaslias developed shoulder lamencs* in the autumn, but ho is quito sound auxin. „ , The two youngsters by Wolawa. from Float and La Notte respectively, that aro to carry Mr. H. E. Troutbeek's colours tins season, liavo both been spurted over two furlongs, and they acquitted thcmsclvoi well. The fqrmer, in particular, seems to S have more than tho average share of pace. Thu youngsters are trained by A. M'Aula? at Hastings. ~ , Sir George Clifford has sold the four-year-old Checkmate, by Antagonists-Win-' iiing Way, to the Invcrcargill sportsman, Mr. V. Stone. iho speedy pacer, Author Dillon, has already won £5600 in stakes. The thrcu races ho won at Addington last week carried .t/'IOO as stake money. First Line has not been engaged In th» Rangilikei Steeplechase. Glndful, who won on the same courso previously, is to bo'"» runner in the went in question. Rouen, Bst. 51J., was omitted from tho wemhts for the Marton Meeting, publutica yesterday.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19200819.2.75

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 6

Word count
Tapeke kupu
365

THE TURF Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 6

THE TURF Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 6

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert