TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 12, 14 January 1905, Page 6

TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH.

CHRISTCHURCH. this day. The Dunedin steeplechase horse Pipi is likely to be sent to Sydney to run in the cross-country events at the Australian J. C. Autumn Meeting. It is rumoured that later in the season, towards the back end. in fact. Pallas may go to Melbourne to race there. The otago mare Wild West, by Silvermark, has roaled a colt to Black and Red, and has visited Silkworm. A Southland breeder is bewailing a piece of bad luck. He has two mares, one of which h. 4 sent to a trotting honse. and the other to Sill-worm. Cnfort„n_tely, owing to some unexplained roisc-tiance, the two were mixed up. with Hie result that the thoroughbred was served by the trotter, and his trottiirg marc by the thoroughbred. The Seaton Delaval mare Becky Seaton was priced in Southland recently, but as 250 guineas was asked no business resulted. At the Waikouaiti Club's races ou January 2 Mr Wise's Stcpaslde, after winning the Maiden Plate, carried off the Bray Memorial Stakes, the conditions of which stated that the race was open to horses that hart not won an advertised race of 25sovs or over. The owner of Trump, the second horse, protested, on the grounds that Stepaside was not eligible to start, having previously won the Maiden Plate, an advertised race of 25sov„. The stewards dismissed the protest, but the Dunedin J.C. 011 Thursday, in accordance with previous rulings givcu by them, upheld the appeal.

The report that Mr 11. A. Knight intends ti retire from rating Is contradicted. His horses wi-11, hawm-pr. bfl offered for sal? alter the Canterbury Jockey Clnb'e uier Meeting. It. J. Mason left for Wellington on Wednesday, taking with him Oolden LJly and Munjeet. He 13 greatly improved In health. The yearlings purchased in Auckland by Mcssr Stead aud Palmer arrived on Saturday. Those bought by Mr Hobbs got down on Wednesday. Mr Stead has made another addition to his lengthy string of horses in Cnlroy, a three-rear-old fllly by WaHace from Hortense, who flntohed second in this year's Westers Atstatttan Derby after fbaehtag

. a dead-heat for first place. The price paid for the filly tras 250 guineas, and the i seller was Mr Darlot, of Western Austrai lia. j Local racegoers had a most enjoyawe outing on Thursday, when the Hororata iKactng C!nb held its annual race meeting. The weather -was lovely, and the attend- r ance larg-e. and if the racing had ouJy been a UtUe more interesting the meeting would have been reminiscent of the elnb's paltuilest days. Mr Reynolds' recently-patented ItotaUsator was used, and £852 was passeu th-roufru it. against £7GS handled' at last !year's meeting. The fleld for the principal event, the Hororata Cup, consisted of TUe Mohican (8.1 i!). Secret Society (8.10). Uanburn (7.7.) and Wet Kianket (0.111. The | I race looked to be a good thin? for Ihe ! Mohican who was very well, #od vras nd!den by Hewitt, but after a capital straggle Aynaley's horse, who started favourite, iv/as beaten a length by Clanbnm, in whom liMcCracken has wrought il sreat deal of | improvement. Wet V.laiiket was a poor j third, aad Secret Society, who is in need j lof a spell, a bad last. Clanburn reappeared !in the Welter Handicap, but with 10.8 in th<! saddle, finished unjjjaced, the race falliiivs to the Reflector geiduig Calotype, who ;iii hour or two earlier hnd won the Farm- | ers' Plate, beating the Medallion horse Klili&ik Welbecfc's three-year-old half-sister, i'e:islve defeated ICing Stork with sometciiiK to spare in the Uangor l'latc. and li"r stable companion. Cathron. also by ObuIg'.flo accounted for the Haldon Stakes, in %,'n'rh Cuard of Honour llnished spt-ond, ;i id King Stork was third. Tho Ing Itace fell to the Phaeton geldin? Kye. Hcxitt had an o£f day. He -de in five races without caUihing the judge's eye.