THE TURF

AUSTRALIAN RACINC. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS' AT ADELAIDE. ByTeleempJi-Prees Association-Copyright . _ Adolalde, August 31. A setios of accidents happened at Tattersall's Races to-day. Many horses fell. The jockey Panowit was killed, Jockey R. Bracegirdle fractured his skull seriously, Jockey Harmer had a leg broken, and others were slightly injured. ■The injured horsemen all belong to South Australia. Bracegirdle is a wellknown hurdle rider in f that State.

WANOANUI NOMINATIONS.

(By . Teleßiapn-Press Association.) ' ', „ . Wanganul, August 31. ine following arte the nominations for the principal events at the, Wanganui J.O. Spring Meeting:— \ HACK AND HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Two miles and a half.—Te Whetu, Grit Lawless, Fond Memory, Orey Renown, General Webb, Lady Bibbero, Taroro, Coronation, Pukeroa, Waterworks, Pylos, Blackboy, Lesso, iyrannic, Loopline, Soothsayer, Darby laul, Kumalpi, Makiri, Ibhar, Bonny, Hiamoe. SPRING HANDICAP. One mile and 110 yards.—Waipaku, Mummer, Rewipoto, Nightwatch, Football, Bonny lielen, Smilax, Pas'sadena, Byron, Ratana, • Peroneal, Commotion, Kooya, Otahu, Royal Dragoon, Moutoa Girl Awahou, Maniaroa. \

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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m?i 0I ? i ? a ', ti ? n3 fox the Epsom Derby of 1916 total 463, as against 429 for next year.'' * .; i The Marten Jockey : Club's Spring Meeting will be held to-morrow.

At the Walliamstown races > on August .23, the New Zealand-bred Di Grama was favourite in the big handicap but'once again he failed, being beaten by a bare half-length by the second favourite, Nyan. The mile was run in lmm; 42sec, and the favourite was considered unlucky to bo beaten. The San Francisco; gelding St. Francis, who was off' tho scene for the latter end of .last season owing to an ■attack of thle .strangles, lis again amongst the active members of R. Hannon s team,>at Cambridge. . ,<■*• Scobie, in charge or Fabrikoff, Atfleldena, and a two-year-old,'will be on the Ulimarda, which sails for Sydney on Friday. In the Juvenile Parade, three furkngs, at Ellerslie,. on Saturday, King's Camer, a half-brother by Glengowrieio, 2 ?^ rei .decisively from Hjero and the Bezonian--Lady Hune The stallion Your Majesty, who won the English St. Leger or Mr. J. 8., J0e1; and las later sold to an Argentine buyer, was recently bought by a- French syndicate. He was to have done stud duty near Paris next season, but the outbreak of war may force the syndicate to make fresh arnuigemente—possibly to resell him in tho Argentine. ( ' "

C. Emerson arrived back from Sydney bya-hc Main Trunk express yesterday. He is going to Marten to-day, where he has been engaged to ride Mount Victoria in the Flying Handicap. • Pa! J,uranga Hunt Club meeting hold on Saturday, B. Deeley rodo the winner of both hack races. Soultano, a full brother to Colonel Soult, scored in one race and Haku' in tho other;- ■ -

• *(• oS h . 6a haa a 2ain been granted, a jockeys license > by the Auckland Racing Club,,and was riding at the Pakuranga Hunt Club meeting on Saturday. The calling of a cross-country-rider has more than a fair.share of ups and downs. That this is so has been brought home to the New Zealander, L Hagerty, who, after a run of successes, has come to grief three times out of his four, last mounts in -Melbourne. Hagerty was not seriously injured, but he received .more than one man's share of cuts, bruises, and strains. A few months ago, when he won two races in Sydney, it was thought that Don Solvo, by Earlston-Solution, might develop into a good Derby colt. «. reeent 'y beaten in a race in Melbourne, and the latest opinion concerning him is that he is unlikely to shine over a distance, though he may take a high place as a sprinter. Thero has been a singular disqualification in America. After a filly named Loretta Dwyer had finished first by three-lengths, the stewards' disqualified her because she had not carried her weight to the post"—which was a violation of the racing rules.' Mary Warren, .who finished second, was awarded the race. Loretta, Dwyer's disqualification was purely, on. technical grounds. She actually carried her weight from the start, which was made at the six furlong pole, to the winning-post. 'In this she filled all requirements and con'ditions of the race in so far as the race

itself was concerned; but she lost because she failed to carry her jockey to the post—a violation of the racing rules, but not a violation of tho conditions of the race, which called for all entrants to carry the'weight assigned over the'sixfurlong course. " B. Deeley has been engaged to ride Passadena and Ngarua in their Marion engagements. If he can get down to, the respective weights in time,_ A. Oliver will ride Parifo'rm, Bst. 41b.,' and Portraiture, Bst. 51b'. Latest advices from Sydney stat« that Valhalla had been giving trouble with one of his knees, but the rest of E.. J. Mason's team were doing well.