THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

i RACING FIXTURES. ..' To-day.-4olaga Bay J.C. Annual. March 16 ai)d 17.—-Ohinemuri J.C. Annual. March'l7 and 18— Grevmouth J.C. Autumn. ■ March 17 and IS. ' — Napier Park It.C. .. Autumn.> v i ; March 17;—Opunako R.C.- Hack. March 18. —Oxford J.C. Annual. • March 19. —Warrcngate J.C. Annual. March 19.—Waimato R.C. Annual, i . • March 21.—Thames Autumn ' - March 21. —Wellington Pony and- Galloway RC. Meeting. - , 7- i';.';;/;-: March 25.—Waipaiva County 'R.C. Autumn. •' March 25 and 26.^—South, [' Canterbury : J.C. .Autumn. • • • , / March 25 and.26.—Taranaki- J.C. Autumn. . March 26 and 27. —Mastertonß.C. Autumn. March .27„and 28.—South,Auckland R.C. Annual. - . ,• .. ~ April Hacii; R.C. Asnual. 1 April 1 and 2. —Nelson J.C.'Annual. : April 4.—North. Canterbury JIC Hack. \ - April 7 and S.—Manawatu R.;C: Autumn. ■April 8 and-9:—Southland R!C. Autumn. • April 10 and 11:—Recfton J.C.'Autumn. ; ApriMS and R.C. Autumn.' , 'April 18,' 20 and 21.—Auckland R;C. Aut- ■ amn. ' ■ April 20.—Beaumont J.C. Annual. April 20 and 21.—Riverton R.C. Easter, v April 20 and 21.— Kuniara R.C. Autumn. ■ . April 20-and -21. —C.J.C. Autumn. 1 April 20 and .21. —Feilding J.C. Autumn. . : April 2£) - and : May • 2.—Wellington . R.C. Autumni ' May' 6 and'"7.- —Hawke's" Hay J.C. Autumn.' May,6aud-7.—Marlborough R.C. Autumn: 1 May 13 - and. 14.—Ash burton County R.C. Autumn.. ' '■' 1 - ,/'-'■- '/"'•. May 23 . and-25.—North Otago J.C. Winter Jnno 3 and 4.—Dunedin J.C. Winter. .'. NOTES AND COMMENTS. ... • ' .. (Bv Glekcod.) -';•:./. ■Acceptances forthe- first-day's events at the Autumn meetmg-of-tho Taranala Jockey) ' ;< Club" close to-night. •■•.•• • '.'• Acceptances • for tho Warrengato Jockey Club's meeting are due on . Monday. : • Acceptances .for. - all. events at the .March meeting: of / the Wellington- Pony, and Gidv loway Racing Club arc. duo on Monday. night.,. l Mr.'T. O'Neill has disposed of the chestnut mare' Daisy .Paul. . The buveris Mr. 'J. Bull, owner of Belano and'Mahoe, and the' v ;' • price:<is .-. said to be in , the . neighbourhood of £300:' ,; Daisy Paul," though'a' lightly constitu- -. tioned mare, has. a good deal of pace and stays fairly well, and next season she should be fairly useful. iThe recent rains have had. a beneficial. 'eff feet'on . the Wellington . Racing Club's proV ; arid tho track :is.nonlocking ,'nico; and green. :.■/,' ■Eclogue. (Sylvia Park —Epilogue)' will'probabljr'/be racing/'ath Autumnmeeting; This lis the . only horse Mr.- T; 0 Neill has .now,, in trannng, but he,has -a. , ' be taken in-hand. • /.;;. I r 1 ■ Arclight;'']'which'now .'.races/in'/Mr/. E:, J/: ; ;Watt's nameV ran' a;fair/;race ; in. f .the v Danhe'-■ , . tept in,'!the'*rear. of the {•', . field'.untiravlato.'stiage bfi/the-jrace,. and her, - jockey did. 'rio£,appear ;of '■ : with sad- - r , - , Judging by-Royal Blue's form on tho first " day at. Dannevirke■ he .'appears to have lost thedash -which i. his 'efforts at . : - the Wellington.; Spring When tlio Merrie England l 'gelding first'started hurdle racing ho was looked upon as a future cliamV pion, but he a 'great ; ;disappointment. Tho field in tho Hurdles oil the first day at .Da'niievLrke was one oE the worst that ■ has b'Mn';Seen'for a.long 'yet.Royal. ■: Blue,was unable ,to gain a place... .. • . There seems to'bo'a wiclo difference of opin- ' ion .as 'to whether '"\Vaitapu " had an easy, ,'win ' in' the-: - ii: am ;inclined -to ' ho; had ,very'littlefto .spare,; -and aad ; ; San-Julie, had ..-a;: little ; ':more .luck i she 1 jiight'. have- caused the Foxton horse some,, vrouble. Jus'tas;:-the - San .Fran';,mare; .was; * jomihg-round the home, bend she'got a nasty Dump which . must have lost her nearly a length. - She ,a,.good' atrial- before: 'fche. : ,meeting,<arid her owner was l confident she would run a great race. '.- ' Moloch is to make the trip to Auckland at Easter, yand ■ if the Mauser - gelding-stands up to" his work" all, right in the meantime .ho should be able to'beat tho best of them .'in ihe north.. '"7 I-';. 1 ■ • Tho .Tasmanian ' jockeys, ', Dunn ; and' Jcn-' -lings;:,both;, had .mourits'on -the' first day of. ;he Dannevirke! Cup, .meeting. Dunn! : rode Aeolus in; the ''Cup ■ arid .'inthe Electric, , Handicap.' .. Jennings: rode Sandstone in,the Hack Welter... , Aeolus is; very „well as' present, but does not appear to'tfegain the pace he showed last icaso'n.''- The bay gelding will be' giveh a. . wuple'; more-chances>-on >the fiat: and if-.he fails to win he will be tried: over : the jumps. -Despite the < good form shown by Lady i Menscnikoff:in the Juvenile Plate at,Wanga- 1 nui last week- some of the bookmakers of-', ! fered very liberal odds , against her chances' ! ,'in the . Trial Stakes at Dannevirke. The 1 f horses opposed to the Menschikoff filly were a poor lot, and' her victory was never indoubt. .It .is said, 'that', the owner ,of the I filly, received-a very'tempting offer to part ! with hor at the. conclusion of tho Wanganui Cup fixture, but. he' could not'be induced .to sell ' her. , . . . . . ' j - .The' Napier Park Racing ' "Club's " takes- place . next . Tuesday. and Wednesday.- ' Marguerite,- winner of the Wanganui Stakes, was engaged in tho Park Cup with 8.13, but as She^.now-,incurs ai .51b.' penalty sho may ' not niako tho trip. 'Playmate's half-sister; Mania, was engaged'in the Electric, Hack at-Dannevirke on Wednesday,'arid her connections support- ; ed her solidly for the event,' but'she never \ loolyed,,like .winning: . Lothair,.ridden, by, A. Oliver, had a; very easy,',victory...''Oliver, is very successful; in this class of race; . . He always gets) his mount away well arid is sure . to v>in if a-horse :has any pace'at all. ' _ After Gauze won'/the .Wjelter' at Awaptini m -December . she , went' .very sore, her , owner; was under tho'. impression -that 1-er lacing days; were over! ' After a. brief, spell,. ' . noweVer, sho made good- improvement, and has won ait two meetings sirico. The Officer mare was' hitting out nicely ,at Dannevirke ' -arid showed "no signs -of: soreness. . ,: \ Osiris (San'Frail —Ismene) was well, backed when ho won tho'Tahoraite* Hack Welter on Wednesday.',: The chestnut. gelding has a good deal of: pace, but he is a lazy, animal, and Langstone : had ito ride him hard , over the last naif mile, and'then he only gained- . victory by a .narrow; margin from Turqiiet. The latter was a-rank; outsider ridden bylG. ' Price. The samo horseman , rodo Lady Lancelot to. victory, it Dannevirko t,wo years ago when tho Sir' Lancelot mare paid one of the biggest dividends ever recorded on the course. Aboriginal rah veiy badly'at Dannevirko on Wednesday, and it is difficult to believe that tho black gelding is identical with the horse :" that won the Winter : Cup two seasons ago. He looks a trifle, light now, and is'evidently feeling, tlio. effects of 'tlio gracing and \travel- . ling ho has done this season. . Truganini now races in tlio ownership of Mr. Melrose. The Morriweb mare looks very well at present, and-noW that sho has started to v.in again a good many races should fall to,; her. ~ .'■ -■ } ' ■ Thero was rain at Dannovirkc on Wednesday . 'morning, but '- it- cleared up long before midday, -and - the. Dannevirke Jockey Club ex- "' perionced nice fine :weather for. Cup' Day. Tlio attendance/on -tho course was' a record, and the. totalisator/turnover was corresp >ndin'gly large, but tho Club must have turned nway a littlo.money, as tho three old-fashion-eil machines word finable: to record all the I public's invostmpnts 4in time. Accommodation oil the course was rather cramped, but.

if ;the. Club susced, in securing tho freehold of .. tho racecourso property considerable .' improvements will, bp made before the nest annual, fixture. ' .• Tho Feilding Jockey Club lias received over fifty' entrios for'the/Third Feilding Stakes, to bo run next November. Among the.nuro-'

ber is last; year's winner,,. Elevation, and several candidates that ran' unplaced in the last two contests. There are still something like thirty horses left in tho New/Zealand. St. Leger, to be run at the AVollington Racing Club's' Autumn meeting, ( arid it looks as. if there will bo more starters than usual this N yoar: At present tho field includes Elevation, Red Rain, .Glenculloch, ■ Gold Crest, Boniform, Tho Rand, Signor, and several other .likely stayers;