THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

' (Br Glencob.) v ..RACING FIXTURES. Jan. 25—Wollirigtoii R.C. Surnroer. Jan. 25, 29, and Feb..-;!.—Talcapunn J.C. ". Summer.-. • -v.-;r. .■' r -.! ":V Jan. 29 and 30^—Pahiatua R.G.- Annual. Jan. 30 niul R.C. Annual. Fob.: G and 7.-—Mainototo J.C. Annual. Fob.O and 7. —Gisbornoß.O. Summer. /.Fob: 6 and .B:—Canterbury J!C. Summer. Feb. 6—Karioi J.C. Hack. Fob. 12. and 13.—Egniont R.C.,Summer, Feb. 13' and, 14.—Poverty Bay T.C. Annual, Feb. 19 arid 20.—T0 Aroha'R.C;; Summpr. Feb; 19 and 20.—Woodvillo;J.C. Autumn.: Feb. 19, 20; anil'22.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 22.—Wellington Pony and Galloway 1 R.C. Initial. • ■ - - • ' Starch . 5 and-7..—Wangahui- J.C. Autumn. - .March 6 and 7.—Westport J.C. Autumn. March 11 and. .J.C. Annual. March 13 and ;14. —Tolago Hay J.C. Annual. March 17 and 18. Napier Park R.C. :Autumn. » - March 17/ and 18— Grcymouth J.C. Autumn, March 25. and 26. —Taranaki J.C. , Autumn.. ■ .WELLINGTON RACING CLUB'S SUMMER MEETING. \The summer .meeting of l the Wellington Racing Club will ;bo brought to a conclusion to-day. • Veryfair acceptances havo been received for. tho majority"; of. the . .event s and / gome good fields should go to the post this afternoon... ~For the iSummer-Handicap (the big mile event) sixteen horses accepted, and ' eleven paid up in tho City Handicap, tho six furlong race, so there should be a good race in eacli ease. Several horses will be mak- - ing their first appearancd at. \the meeting to-day, and should make the events more interesting.! Tho railway time-table for today is advertised in another column of this issue. The .first train leaves To Aro at 10.18 a.m. and the last leaves Thorndpn at 1.10 p.m." Tho-'latter, will land' passengers on tho : racecourse .in timo, to see tho'.fourth race, tho Hopeful' Stakes: The Summer Handicap is /set' down to . start about .3. o'clock. The time'at which the totalisator. closes for irivestn:. Nts on each event will be indicated-, as usual on- the front of the, machine. v'; -. ■: '■ ; • ;^rrr— NOTES AND COMMENTS. Tho Takapuna-Jockey. . Club's', Summer meeting tcomniences'to-uay... Pahiatua races take place next Wednesday- \ and Thursday. • : . i.-Weights-fortho C.J.C. Midsummer Handi-V cap and Filly. Stakes are due on Monday next.'-; : ; '-' ■' " During W- Kelso's absence in England, tile : hurdler. Eclair, will bo leased .to E. GougliV Kolso.intends'to lease or sell tho'wholo of his; Australian team. '. Several ,horses' arrived/ at'.Tfentham' yesterday .from ,tho mdoting;' ■-. . ' . Prices'-at the Fasig-Tipton sales in Ken-; tucky were' very • low. for • thoroughbred stock, and advices Worn stato that -comparatively fow good: horses, changed 'hands;. A pathetic incidpnt ■of the. week's auction was the. sale of'the once luighty Lamplighter,' by Spendthrift, who was disposed of for a paltry hundred dollars. Over twelve years ago Lamplighter was-'.the idol of the American turf—he was 'invariably ridden by Fred Taral—and at one-period in- hi3'"cateer, at tho dispersal of Capt-ain^S-,'S. Bro^yn's'stud,--.Jj^r.illariir. : f,or-;-the horifes l ' -'lyon : £50,000 in stake's, having competed in . 66 races, won 29, been second in.'l 6',. and third , in 9.—-London, "Sportsman." : ■ '■■'' Volume has-already raced several times unsuccessfully in • India." r : : . A Now Zealand jockey who has spent a good deal of timo on the other side and has also seen'thb sportyiri'other'countries,' gives it as his opinion that tho average Australian jockey is a long way ahead of tho ' Dominion: rider for^the.simple reason .that ho does far more track work, and has more meetings to attend. Consequently, lie is always in better form and has • a larger experience. .' '• 'j> The ■ Southern'horse Fairsiglit, who made the trip to'Foxton, raced unsuccessfully at tho meeting., -' Petrovna is not engaged ill any event at Trontliam to-day, nor is her stable mate Sant Roseler.\ , They were shipped home on Thursday - night. • ■ Clarence O'Neill, who arrived in Wellington during}tho .-week, returns" to Sydnoy at an early ; date. .■ . . Several of- the bookmakers who<;camo to Wellington to bet at the Cup meeting have gone on to Takapuna, and will be liclding thero to-day. "' Probability, who scored in tho Herrington ' .Welter at Foxton, is owned by a well-known ofßcial of the Horowhenua Raising Club. She previously showed good form this sea-son at Clarevillo and Ashhurst. ' 'Golden Eagle ran with hard luck at the Foxton meeting. Sho was third tho li.r3t day and ran a dead heat for sceond on-the concluding day* Tho distance was-six' furlongs in each case, and the St. Clements mare seems to have trouble-in getting over tho last half furlong. The. chestnut maro Muritai, engaged in tho Trial Hack at Foxton, is a half-sister to Ana. She belongs to Mr. A. -Laing, of Wooclville. ' ' Tau-ra was a hot favourito.in the hurdle race on t-h.o second day of tho Foxton meeting, but though he was with his field at the last jump, lie' was decisively beaten in tho , run home. Mr. Wanklyn, Secretary of the .•Canterbury Jockey Club, who was in Wellington in conncctipn with, the special meeting of the Raciift Conference, left for Christcliureh on Thursday night; Mr. ''Wanklyn was invited to bo present at the meeting of racing club cecreteries which took placo yesterday afternoon','but-, did--not attend. A visitor to thc-'Fbxton.- meeting' informs mo that Penates was very unlucky not to win tho Dash-Handicap'on tho first day, as he got the worst of-the start, and was onlybeaten by tho .'narrowest of margins. Penates had a little luck at Awapuni, , though, t for. the timo when ho beat Rangipapaby a head, ho stood at the harrier qluetly . and got an excellent' start, whcire'as had no adopted his usual tactics .of ,;fr'act:6u'shcss at the. barrier ho 'would have hau 'no chance with Rangipapa. '■ ' Noithcr. Flcotfoot nor Armlet ( will be seen under silk at Trentham -to-fjay;' Aborigine and Gravitation' are at the licad of tho two-; year-old handicap. Tho ox-New Zealand horse Putty went lamo during tho holiday racing -at Flemington. The trouble was not serious, however, and he- will probably fulfil his autumn engagements alright. . In tho' January Steeplcchaso at Flemington on New, Year's' Day the wholo of the competitors either baulked or stumbled at one or other of the fcncos, and.only .oho horso completed tho journey. . Tho three-year-old -l!oriny Glen is. not likely to bo raced again. present season. / * 'l'ho seventeen horses handicapped for the Pahiatua Clin 'have all paid t.ho accpptance fee. The field includes Nora, who ran nccoml. in last year's Cup, Signer, winner of the Foxton Cup, W'aipaku, runner-up in the Ashhurst % and Foxton:.Cups, and a number

of recent winners. Signor, Lady Disdain and San Julio have already incurred penalties. :

Waipiinrv, wlio van second to Zimmerman in the;. Auckland Gup, is top weight in the Takapuna Cup to bo decided this afternoon. An Auckland sportsman informed mo tliafc tho son of'Sonit was generally 'nsgardral .as a horso that had not vet shown his best form, and one that iron Id do null in Australia, if nlsu-.fvl in rapablo Viands

Mr. H. Hayr, Secretary of the AvoWlnlo Jockey Club, who lias been in Wellington connection with tho conference .of . racing club secretaries, will leavo for Auckland.' oll ijlonday. ' . AVinning jockoys'.at- the Fqxtoiii ,• meeting wore:—'\Y.. I^. (3), 'F. ■Lirid,"." li. JJatiahay, It. Cameron, I.' O'Brien(VH.."TelIford, F. Cross, : d:'-Cochrane, Ayres,) iyfortl, 15. Lowe, Whittaker, W. Itaynor , and S. Keid. '■ ' : . r • Several of tho, local ■/. bookmaker's went through to Foxton by motor-car'oii Thursday morning and returned tho s'atnb i'nighti : Supplement showed a raro turn of speed in the Newmarket Handicap atFoxtoii, but she failed to last long enough to beat Motoo..'Tlio latter is in. good form and. will be.: racing.'at Trentham this afternoon. -AH' lied did not continuo'his engagements tvt Trentham, as one of his legs fillcxU' early in tlio week; ■Tlio trouble is'not'considered to bo anything serious. ■ S; Uad, E. Cameron, .and Sid. O'Neill left for Sydney by t/lio Moeiaki last night. ; .Reid goes on to Hobart and will just ''arri'vo '"in time to , ride St. Joe. -C'amrrbiV vwill 'bo .engaged '' witli Dusky Morn and CutaputJ, which went over .in charge of J: H-iy . ■ Boitli horses are in good condition; and: should fare well on tho voyage.; .' . _ D.'J; I'rice loolc'Munjcet. Cordnella,.,Fire-, irbn, St. /Kilianj and. a trotter, by same boat. They, are bound for; Melbourne, ,:Imt .were taken, by'.this route to shp'rtcnVWib'.sca voyage. ; ' ; .'V,'" Somo time arco "Spectator" was enquiring as to tho pedigree' of Dolly, tho dam' of Uhlander. Mr. R., Hirechburg informs .mo !■ that. Dolly was '.by Puriri. out' of ;,a; Biddies-' | worth mare, and was;bred bv Mr.'Georgo 1 Paynej of Martinborough. As the . inforri'ia-' t.ion may,be'useful and interesting.! mention . Potroyna was not accepted for ill' tfr-.day's raco as she struck herself , whilo contesting tlio Metropolitan Handicap otv 1 Wednesday.' : Lapland and Helianthes' were taken.;home on Thursday. >■ : The conference of racing club 'secrefji'ries which', took -place yesterday in- tlio Chamber of Commerce was 'attended 'by over'forty secretaries' from different parts;'of : ; tho' Dominion.' Mr. A. B. Why to, secretary-of '"'the Wellington l Racing Club/ entertained tho ' visitors at lunch in ; tlio EiriiSird', Hotel previous to tho meeting! ,