TURF NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9157, 3 August 1908, Page 6

TURF NOTES.

(By "Zetland")

i Recent improvements at the Taurierenikau course include the cutting down of the willows along the roadway of the members' (i;-.v„. and ~ oress ntf i'i a of h< racing track. I. Freeth has in work at Tauherenikau Knight Commander, Swallow, and,a three-year-old filly by Merrie England—Lady Field. The latter is ort the small side, but is a very nice mover on the tracks. She will probably make her first appearance under racing colours about the end of the year. The same trainer's Merrie Christmas Will not be put into work again until he is four-years-old, by which time it is expected he will be a better stayer. W- Galbraith has Kelso looking exceptionally well at present. He is also working a fin# big .filly by Lake shell, which gives promise of paying her way. One of the most stylish horses seen out on the district training tracks for some time is Mr Robert Ross' Lakeshell gelding, Ferryman. Evenly proportioned throughout, with good bone, \and a splendid carriage, he should make a" perfect hack if he does not prove successful as a racehorse. Judging, however, by his track work he should get in the winning list during this season. At Tauherenikau on Saturday morning Kelso put in two rounds at a good swinging pace. Ferryman and the Lakeshell filly galloped once round fast, and Passiye, Knight Commander and the Merrie England - Lady Field filly were associated in a gallop of threequarters of a mile, the first-named showing to advantage. Slow work was done by Merrivonia, Lethe gelJing, Strathcoha, and Sherlock Holmes. One of the finest thoroughbred stallions seen in Wairarapa for some years is Mr R. Ross' Chatsworth, by Auric—Winifred. He is a brown horse, standing 16 hands. 1 inch, and is a most commanding animal, combining great power with plenty of quality. On breeding lines Chatsworth is exceptionally high-class, his sire being by the St. Simon horse, Bill of Portland, from the Richmond mare Aura, dam of Aurum, Aurow and Auraria. Chatsworth was bred by Mr James Redfearn, Victoria, and is now six-years-old. When he was a yearling his oWner refused one thousand guineas for him, and his dam, Winifred, by Goldsborough, was sold for 2,000 guineas. The importation of Chatsworth should have a good effect on the racing stock of Wairarapa.