THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 4

THE TURF.

; (BY GiENCOB) , I RACING FIXTURES. , r Marohi 5 and-7.—Wanganui J.C. Autumn.' -Maroh Autumn.: <- ; March^lO, —Akaroa.County/R.p. Annual, t.March*. 11 and '12,—DannovirWJ.C.: Annual. Marcbjl3 and 14. —Tolaga Bay J.G. Annual. March.l7.—Opunako R.C. Hack. : ; Maroh 17 ana 18. — Napier I'ark R.C. Autumn. • March 17 and,lß.—'Greymouth-J:C:"Autumn. f March 19.—Warrengato J.G. 'Annual. : *.'V a vMarohMO. —Waimato R.C. Annual. March?2l.—Thames J.C. Autuinn- «<- • March,'. 21.'—Wellington 1 .- Pony, • and •• Galloway / R G Mooting ( March'; 25.—Waipawa County. R.C. Autumn; Marcl},2s and.26.- —Taranaki J.C. Autumn. • i Maroh. 25; and •, 26.—Souths.Canterbury i- J.C. • Autumn <■ > ,Marcb-26 and 27.—Masterton R.C. Autumn. .' - A^ril::l. —Manaia Hack R.C. Annual. < Aprihl. and J.C. Annual... !Apnlif7; and. B.—Manawatu R.C.;Autumn. ' » tlApnl',B and 9.—Southland R'.O."Autumn. 'AprilalO and 11.'—Roefton ,J.C. Autumn.,, -, ~ April ,18 and 20.—AVairarapn'RiC.'.'Autumn.'' ; !Aprilj 18i 20 and 21.—Auckland • R.C. Autumn , 11 •'April : 20 and.2l.—Kumara'R.C: Autumn.- '. I v April..2o.and 21. —C.J.G.'/Autumn.• ~';>• April .20 and 21.—Feildmg J-.C; .Autumn, ■ " ' lApril v 29 and May •,':2i^Wd]]ngton>^R.G.-'' .. Autumn:' ..May 6.and 7.—Hawko's Bay\J.C.--Autumn.' . May 23 25.—North Otago: J.G.-Winter. ; ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS ;:«.N Ghoorka;. . 1906, Stepdancer.;.. NOTES AND COMMENTS, • ■ The Australian Cup will bo run to-morrow. : Second forfeits for the St. Legor. and- thoNorth Island Challenge Stakes aro due this wening.'- <>:--X'V .. Acceptances for the first day's events-at tho/Dannovirko Jockey Club's meeting ■ are : «luo on Wednesday. ./:• ■■ . .. 4 ■ ... i , ; : EntneS'for; ( tho Third Feildmg'Stakes close, on Friday . Nominations for all events; at the Master- , ton ' Racing;.. Club's autumti-.-: moeting: also ; =dose*;b'ii'<'Priday''■Aebt. l ' l . I ;'rT'.-. '• . ■ TheiAucklandiliorscs Cachuca and Master Pelaval . arrived'; nr -Wanganui ..on Thursday:« last, t : ■ , Resolution and Dudir aro the only two > horses, that, -have -prevailed - on; more than ono. occasion .in the v.W.anganui Cup. iDudu . won < tho - raco rthree" times,- and' her-weight-: (9st. 21b.) in, 1890 is .the biggesfr-ympostf thrithas. yet-been carried to victorysm tho raco." ' . 8.. Deelev has been engaged to- ndo Kitchenmaid in the Flying-Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday t " u J ,:W.' Da vies:; goes/ through to'Wangaiinr.to-'. • day, with 'Ballarat' and'Sosami/ 'sTTio latterhas accepted for two / of the meeting '' f A yearling brother to Scotland is: to be> • submitted to auction m Melbourne to-day. The success ok tho Wallace horise .in tho Newmarket HandicaJ) "on ensuro keen bidding-iopiithajyoungsfceri-'Si-j l "'. ' wv.,= , R. Hatch will ride Marguerite in tho Wanganui Cup oii-Thursday - - . 'A notablo dofectinn from tho>. Wahgfaiiuf Cup is-The Rand, who was well fancied on account'* of .his running <at last J month. The black colt ?showed> oVidenco\'qf. f being a good stayor; ',but.-ths tracks 5 at|Trentham found a weak spot in him, and he has apparently not sufficiently , recovered to be raced jus't yet. : -

■ Both GlenottllocK ■: v ocen ; loft m tho : Jackson . Stakes. One or soth of thorn., will probablyf.'arriveij by theRotomabana from Lyfct-elton to-morrow. . ;

South . Star . arrived; from the-:South on ...■Thursday, and went, through to Ilawko's Bay tho same day 1 1 > " •-....The seventh contost for the Jackson Stakes ■ ... will be run on;• Saturday: next; •, In- previous years 'times, ;v ■' :by - a Porirua representative!,; and' three times : , : by- representatives from Yaldhurst. Neither Progeny, of Wallace^.acMuh^ffpr'the, three, most important events,at Fleiningtbnf oi:Sat^ ; , nrday. ' .^■j.''..'. ; .Scotlandi : :.wihneV of the'Newmarke't fendii cap, comes of'an old-fashioned-though. capitaU - winning lino,' tracing back to Sirs. Burt, by >:. / Snoozer. Key (dam of Scotland) wa3 aboui. the best, filly of : her year. Sho combined tho ..-.-English strains: brought m by Padlock with - ,- ' those of /the hardy Sappho, Sir Hercules, awl . -: - Kingston' blood.lii-u doing' wonderful track work lately, and : had ho been . :■ harder pushed, the timo recorded might havo been.something faster.'.'-Better timo has been . recorded on lour-occasions previously. Apologue's easy-win in-the Essondon Stakes l shows that l ho has hot lost tho form he cx- . , hibited in tho spring. Should ho win thoi Australian Cupto-morrow, his now owner i • .will -hav.e a cheap horse, but. tho field which ~ ... - Apologiie- meets;to-morrow, is; slightly, better . . than, tho, crowd ho defeated on Saturday, and tho son ot Phoebus • Apollo has 9st. 111b- to carry. " If the cabled- account .of the Nowmajrkefr Handicap is a clear versionvof'tho running"; ;: must have .coMjcfcrably llat'tferedj - his backers. for -half ■ : the vdisllanco, 'land; apparentlyJliad too ymiich paco forJIKo! ' Sou'-wcster gelding. Captain,Shannon'Stlces! not appear to havo got ' out': of tho -ruck at any _stagb, -but grenadier and Munjeet ran , ' creditably, ■.:/ Greinadier was: unplaced in tho last Handicap. ; He won ono i: race as'a . three-year-old, and two races as a - four-year-old, all, unimportant'events., .Thus jthe.NewtYork correspondent of tho ■ " Sportsman " For: exhibition at a fair, . promoted,, I belieye, by'the men who run the six-dayibicycle race —: and that in itself is significant-—Mr. Richard .Croker has sent over ■ . one of Orby's racing plates. 'It. will bo held tip to the admiration of Tammanyites and all other true-born ilrishnioii- here 'as an evir donee that a combination of Irish and Ameri- !.. . can blood could,.- and always will, beat the English doing anything.'" ■\ A very, curious law suit is just, about to oomo before the: Brussels Law Court, says a correspondent of' " Evening Standard," ..- which turns on tho'improbable fact of a mare . winning, a raco":for which she neverwas entered.-' Tho affair happened at Groenendael, one of the Brussels racecourses, at the /.'- \ 'autunin;meetihg''in.October last: At tho Ja-st ■ moment tho Viscount do Buissorot wrote to ■ tho'secretary of. tho Society: I withdraw all my horses Prix des-Eleveurs excopt Ramadan and rilordionno.'' / j . The race: tojk plhco, with both tho animals named heading tho list of cntrie?,-; -;;.No-.bn«!; appears to have to inquireV.wfiether ' Mordierihe had bo6ii entered ■prevljjnajy, to ;tho -. message. \fSho wbn, and tho prizi : %biild .have - been awarded, but; the owner of La Nova', : - which cajno in second, has lodged an objection on the ground that Mordienno had nevor been ontereu. arid tho affair is to bo Settled m Court, the host throo barristers in Brussels being engaged for tho suit.

The affair is further complicated by objections lodged by . th() owners of horses which ran in syccepding; races won by La Neva, from 'which sh6i.s6nki. have been, excluded if it is decided '■ thfe-i;' Sho* J? - ' deo Eleveurs, ~

VICTORIA RACING ' CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETINC. T NEWJIARKET ' HANDICAP. BY TELEQRAFIZ —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. • in (RaS*March 1, 5.45 p.m.) - • i Flemington, Fobruary 29. - ...<,Dull) • showery weitlier, prevailed for tho T #Oi/dnliig day ot tho-«\sictoria llaoing Club's Autumn week. Sovoral.-weeks of dry- weather gave tho Club considerable trouble in keeping tho courso in order. In tho early 'morning tho sky was ovcrcast, and a few spots of .rain fell.- Tho crowd increased^'until f !''tlie"Nowmarlio6, ra'bc./was witnessed iby a - bife 'as iisitlil- :Tho Governor (Sir R!' -Talbots) . and party woro present. " The , ; attendahco:.ivasi; equal!, to. last 'year's, . and .the'raoing ; *w ; 'The betting ring * did an: oxt-ra largo business'on account of ; 'thej'law/lpfohibitingi.betting elsewhere. ! looked,; splendid, and -the: courso'was'in'gd' t :? '6i , der. .i ; :- .field-turned out for tho opening ' raco," and, excepting for a spill at the jump, in front of, the grandstand, a good raco rei suited.a- Portcullis,j,. who; -foil, broke his •' ■ shonlderV, a»d. shot;; v,' :-U. ')■/ ,;. ■■■ The race for the fet. Logcr did not creato i : : -m\icb '"excitomeiltiv thoj result '.being -a -.forfr;' i: goiieVc3hclusion.'VMdWhtain' : ;Kin'g fine fettlCj and had.his own way from tho start. good pace. MountainKing tools ; thbl'le^djirom ; ' Peru and Lady pulling;:f hard/' Though tho :times best on re-' : qo'rcC.ihoy werOuyerjtgQod,'as'Mountain King iiiadp'ithe paifi^thfoiffehout;' / Tho first, two ■furjongs j :\toftlfi26§seey;'the last mile and a •half rbeing; run'in'2mm;- 36iscc. yrTwonty-iiind starters contested :tho Newmarket, a, sharp shower falling as the horses came out,, and a light rain falling during, the ..riicie.x ■' : ''•-.-j. , i • aVoJ'.the; results, . PINES HIjRDLE'rACE Two miles V:;'; i i....: .'-•:. 2 Paraloch, 10st.' ; 81b; 3 -, 'Ten others' I .started. ~';Woh by six. lengths. .Time,—,Bmin.-"47seor:-.-:",.:;.... .. THE,-'ST. LEGER STAKES, of 500 sovs. ~ ;. :.~Onoiiniloiand Mr.M'Donald's ch. c. .Mountain' King, v by Wallace —Bonnie Rosette ..- 1 Eton. 'A: vWynue's br. c. Peru, by Grafton iA-Silvor; C0ini}.A?«:;.,;; v ......,.,......;..v. f 2 Mr: C. li. M'DonalcTs' br. f. Ladv Ryl- , , . -stoniji'br. Graftbn—Lady Trenton, 3. . Mountain King,, pulling hard, passed the i stand two lengths ahead'of Peru, who was four.'ilengths in advanco tot, Lady'Rylstono.. I'/A!t''tlte. far,, side-Mbiiiitain -King was ,in frfint ofi liorUjj.-with Lady Rylstone closo jip.J.'ij'^"^pro"a'ohi.ne=.'itlier'.straight'. Lady Rylr 'siorio spurte'd.'vbut. Aloiintain -King' ran 'away : and won,-rather easily by four lengths from ■Peru,> stxi lengths, ahead of Lady Rvlstono. v(TnjiAi;j3min. 6i}sec.: .' : NEWMARKET, HANDICAP. Six 'furlongs'; I Mr., J. Brennnn's..; b.V; h. Sootlahdi ,'by. - .i ! / ;,-Wallaco^7-Koy,. l syrs., ; .Bst. 41b;-(Hood) ,- : 1 Mrr.W Kemiech's br. g... Grenadier,'.by j v 'Soult-^HdtcliijH|ia,:syre.,* ; '7so (King) -' 2 Jlr,: W. b. g.'Akim-Foo, by '• I VVBblSadil—rAlice, '4yrs., .65t.,71b. ■-y .' j>-.'.(Bolton) .3 i Traquair, .''.Miss.;Bobby, Currandooley, and Scotland were.the first to show, out from An-.tonio<and-I)usky>Morn.'!T After, a. furlong Tra-' ; : oiiaif t {^j : 4e'afl^^r^!-'North"Head,, Step •Out and Fille the'tan theordcr •.was?Fillo.'Fogi, .'i)ugky'Morn, ; i CuiTandooley, Scotland,, amdf.Tangirtfa.Coming into the bourse proper from Dusky Mom.'. •Tho latter soon .gavoirface to Gronadier and ; Akim.:-Fop, r : • lengthi,' three-quarters; of a' length between second ' and -third. !, Munjeet was fourth, and Tra-' quair last-.- 14fsec.... . . . i. SIRES' I'RQDUcI ,fsf AKES; :of ; ;400 : soys. 'A'i, / i »w fuooiigsS'r'''r'-' .1.-: : Mr. J.- V; Smith's ch. f. Alother Goose, ;. by Wallace—Morisca , i ch. c. The .... :V- Brewer, bv -Maitst-er—ldalia': 2 Mr. E. -E..D. Clarko's b. f. Kuban, by iSi fcGeisha 3

;' Barley' Brew also'started. ■ : ' Kubani'lcdnl-to the'.jlistanco from Mother 'Goose ;-siudis TJie Brewer.', - In a good raco straight*SMh6r,« Goose woii by a head, " neck betwoen second''.and third. Time, lmin. 14jsec. ■ .

ESSENDON STAKES. One mile and a half. of<Eagal's. b. h.j.Apologue, * iJ'ojfbEttfebte" Gladys, .>.» sTrs.,i^9st. v^lbj^y,l Mr. M'liDaii's 'brifJi£--T]ulkei'oo, by • Simmer—Myall Quobni syrs., 9st. 31b. 2 Mr. W.. Murray's b. .h. Booraii,' by i. grajtqn^i\fplpmi(,4yrs.i'9st. 3 "Tliackoray• ■ and -•Lady l ' Diffidence /also started;'.! ..»"V

Apologue'made most .'of the'running from Tulkeroo; Lady Diffidence, and Booran. The 1 latter got jn few strides, but then, thb ; fav6urife ; sho(i!'<>iiead,' antl (Won, easily by ;fpur.[ JengtJi,s < :( the. sam6. distance separating' second ancl'tliird. Time, 2min. 37Jsec.

BRUNSWICK-STAKES. One milo and, a ' - . '• Hon. A.- Wynno's br. 1 ci Sivori,' by Grafton^ . ■ CeJlo,|3yrs.,;.'7sti':,lllb. 1 Lady 2 Lalicastente, 7st. 41b. 3 Jack Smith, Duke of Clarence)' Delaware,. Orline, Boidol,»--Gaslunoro,—arid Cherry Lass . also started. . < ■■

Lancastc'rito.mado tlio running and at the sheds was followed by Sivori,'Sedd6n and Akim Foo. /Lancascrito led into tho straight from >SivQruand lT .S.ed4pu«; v? 3ivori| with a . goptl %pWt','%M f by : half r a length from Lady'Esris,' who beat Lancasterite by one and a half lengths.. Time, 2min. OJsec.