TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1940, Page 9

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Over 400 men of the fourth reinforcements will be temporarily accommodated in the Stewards' and Leger stands at Trentham. 1 The auxiliary hospital in the members | stand at Trentham is at present accom1 modating about 80 patients from the |camp. j Lady Furst. who has been off the scene ' since the autumn, has been nominated i for the Mitchelson Cup at Ellerslie. She ; won the Wellington Handicap at Trentham last October. | Royal Minstrel, who was owned by Mr. | C. P. Haldane, Hastings, ran his last race at Marton on Saturday. He broke a blood j vessel during the running of the open ' sprint. and in spite of veterinary aid he i died that evening. The death has occurred at Hatuma, Hawkes Bay, of Mr. R. E. Harley. In J his early days Mr. Harley was one of j New Zealand's leading amateur riders, i both on the flat and over fences, especially in Canterbury. In recent years he I acted as starter to several clubs, and l for some time was the Wairarapa official . at the barrier. i Two mares were purchared last week 'by J- M. Cameron to mate with his ' Solario horse St. Boswells. One was the i three-year-old filly by. Tiderace from Oknagan, by Gascony from Aureate, a sister to Desert Gold, and the other was a four-year-old mare by Gascony from Auratum, by Absurd from Desert Gold.