TURF NOTES FROM THE SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 81, 5 April 1911, Page 7

TURF NOTES FROM THE SOUTH.

(By Telegraph,—Special to "Star.") OHRISTCHTJROH, this day. The tracks at Biccartdh hare benefited by a good fall of rain during the Mst few days. The change from the hard go— g IS greatly appreciated by the trainers, aa a number of hones hare been showing signs of lameness from the. effects of the hard ground. AS the Easter meeting is only a fortnight oft, the need for favourable tracks cannot be overestimated. In tile meantime Cutis has Tenterhook, Ktlwtnning, and Countermine on Hie list of lame ones, aud Nithsdale snffering from a burst foot, While other horses in trouble liftlnde Geni«s t Medallist, Formless, Coroniform, Alexis, and True Knight. - Among the local candidates for the G*eat Easter Handicap and Great Authmn Handicap that are doing food work may be men-

timed Bos* Noble, Madam Madcap, Prim. liOS Angeloe, Flambeau, Kohlnoor, Pilgrim's Way, and Colleen Mary. Many people have picked Role NoWe out is specially well treated la the Great Autnmn, while iranul and Prim are another pair that have plenty of admirers. The Dnnedln horses Obsdn* end My tdwyer, are in good request for the Great Baster Handicap, but there te a feeling that Sunburnt his only to shew hia beat form to.be dangerous. I Mr 1. B. Beld'a batch of yearlings fori the Sydney Bister galea were shipped last The latest addition to Hobbs' team is a rising three-year-old gelding *>y Charlemagne ll.—Whirlpool. This ate lt'—trther to Gland Rapids is the property of his breeder, Mr J. B. Held. True Knight, which had te he eased after the Rangiora meeting, swing to butsting one of his feet, has ieamien work, au Guns, In the Same stable, has had a light dose of physic, j Genius has been showing uhmtsta—iMe sighs of lameness lately, and is hot likely to be seen at his best fur some time. Gnlantorte, another ot CDonnell's lot, has been thrown out of work. W. McDonald la working a three-year-old by Conqueror—Bloomer tot Mr G. N. McLean. Gleuroy, the two-year-old by Glanranald —Maluku, la to be treated to a lengthy spell, and hb place ln Edinftnds' stable Will be taken of Eaglestahe, another son of CtanranSld. Roberts hat had the three-year-old allies by Glenapp from Nenuphar and Argon ridden. Perm, in th* same S—Me, is being Spelled. Sapience shape* Well — a schooling task last week.