TURF NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 27

TURF NOTES.

By WHALEBONE.

Mr. D. Grant, owner of c r-ear:c;t. trss" I ordered by the stipendiary stewards to i-ay G. Young a winning i-r losing fee in connection with hi? enca.-errent to r;d« Spearfelt in the Melbourne Cup. Froa the cable mesfa.'f received at the timt it appeared as thrush Mr. Grant had done this without bein£ orderf-d. Salmon-Trout, the winder of the Pt. Leser. has done well in hi- :'. "it season :at "the stud in England, and it is thought. S that the rather "shy" breeder. Lady ! Josephine, is in foal to him I says the ! "London Sportsman"!. The son of The Tetrarch. who has let down into an ideal stallion, has a full subscription list for 1927, and is filling fast for IKS. 1 A definite decision has been arrived at with regard to the running of Coronach aram this year (says an English writers Fred Darling states tha: the colt Las concluded his three-year--Id career, and it now seems unlikely that he w-.li ever meet Solario on a rti-vcourv. for if present intentions are adhered !■"• >ir John Rutherford's four-year-old will take rrp stud duties a: the end cf the present year. The five-year-old chestnut horse Equator, son of Golden Sun and Entebbe, br Bridge of Canny from Sγ. Yictorine, a daughter of Canterbury Pilgrim. Xo. 1 family, has been i in r.ng.snl I for Australia. Kquator won three races jas a two-year-oid. and won twice a* a three-year-old, but probably hi; be.?: performance was in the King lieorgv Stakes, at Goodwood, when he ran second to the j flying Mumtaz Mahal, and beat Top Gallant. Equator also ran third in the Challensre Stakes to Drake and Caravel. E. Moon, the Sydney norseman. who won the last Grand National Steeple on Clan Robert, and wa:- successful in the Cup Hurdle Race on Cherry Ripe at the V.R.C. spring meeting, has had a remarkable run of Inck in that race. He won fourteen years ago on Warwidsrerie, who was trained by W. Ear!, at WaggaShadow Dancer and Sartrilio are other hurdlers on whom Moon has wen the opening event on the Cap Day programme. A remarkable feature of these successes was that Moon had never previously been on the backs of the four horses. As a fact, he is partial to riding horses that he hs.s never ridden before. He thinks it is a lucky omen, and following his success in the O:p Hurdles, at least, there seems to be something in the superstition. Recently the stallion Argosy, by , Bachelor's Double, was sold in Ireland * for £12.000, but he is to remain in that ; country. Amongst the stock of Argosy t is Happy Argo, the only horse i "warned off" the Irish Turf for unruly j conduct. He »e= bought by Mr. Myers- » cough from his then owner, Mr. McAuley, i for £000, when he could not be continued in training in Ireland. Mr. Myerscough. l sold him to the American trainer Merc Brady, who won a race with him in the U.S.A. Argosy's son was purchased after t that success "by Mr. Bauoh for £3000, . and the colt won the Meyriek Purse over ! six furlongs at Belmont Park, y»T York, on Labour Day, September 6, and is now considered to be the champion sprinter in the T7.S.A- His value is estimated af £20.000. Probably no racehorse has erer had a more romantic career. , There was a. natural impression that , the Jockey Club Stakes on September 30 J ■β-ould prove an unexciting sort of race, j with. Solario apparently dominating j (says an English writer). But the unex- \ peeted happened, Sir J. Rutherford's colt r being beaten by his stable companion, j Foxlaw, to the amazement of the on- * lookers. Almost before it was realised . what had happened it was announced that there was an objection by the rider j of Foliation, who finished third, to the first two on the grounds of bumping and ■ boring coming out of the Dip. The s stewards—Lord Lonsdale, Lord Durham 9 (acting for Lord Ellesmere) and. Lord ■ Penrhyn—overruled the objection to the ._ winner, but sustained that to the second, . who was disqualified, and Comedy King placed third, the deposit bein2 returned! Quids afterwards admitted the justice of the stewards' ruling, but said ha , thought he ■would have won had he nolf been forced to snatch Solario up at & critical moment to prevent him knocking* Foliation ore - . ° For a young man who has been a four or five years in the racing game as. 1 an owner, Mr. D. Grant, owner of Spear*. L felt, has a-cbieved remarkable success c He is hisrhiy popular all who havj ; the pleasure of meeting h.— , azd Q victory of Spearfelt waa gratifying t<| t the majority of these who visited Flea*. * iEgTon on Cup Day. Doug. Grant naif n raced, very few horse:, but has wan many " races. The firs: horse to carry tha blacfe c and white diamonds was Flying Wynra, c who woTi the Maribyrnocg Trial Staiea - I and the Maxibymocg Plat*. Spearfelt : - w a s rurchased by V. O'Neill, and raced s between that trainer and Mr. Grant, Hβ 3 cos: oniy 120 guineas as a yearling, bns ' J I has proved a great stake winner for tha J two sportsmen. Xo-x '-"DoTig" ovm* c I Spearfelt outright, having rjnrchas.ed his ' trainer's share recently." Spearfelt >r credited his join; owners with the VJLG, '- Derby two years ago, and since then has o : been successful a.: weight-for-age. Ducb. o , e=-= of Blankney was another horse raced aI by Doug Grant and his trainer. Spear. <i J felt's owner formerly resided In "Met >c I bourne, but now lives' in Sydney.