THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

RACING, FIXTURES. May. 13 . and 14;—Ashburton County R.O. , viAlltUmil:,; May J 3,and 14.—Egmont:R.C. Winter. May.: .23 and!,iJs.--Wanganui J.C. Winter. May 23 ; and.2o.—Takapuna J.C. Winter. May 23 -and. ,25:—-North. Otago J.C. Winter. May 3(),,;- Junbj3;'alid: ~6.-rA.R.C. Steeplechase. - - Juno 3 and 4..—Otaki Maori R.C. Wintor. 'Junoo3 and -4;—-Duiiedin ,'J.C. Winter^ i NOTES AND COMMENTS. . "j.i.v-r' .i. fßy. Glencoe."^[ ; . , ; The Ashbu'rtbn'i.Cup will be run. to-mop, , rpw.'l There ire thirteeil' acceptors for th« v TllCCj /"I""''' I- ' : ' " '■*■ j X.he" Conqueror mare. Blue Bell, is being given a speU. ; until tho spring.. ' Mahal'a'nui' : aiid.Climax,' two of the candi*.; 'dht-ps in'tho 'Hawera Cup .to-morrow, 'were.:.' 'both'-engaged : in .;last year's race, .won by,'; "Vqliimo:- : Maharainii finished sccond,; anc-;.-■Chmas 'wa[s r< uhp!itcea.; t '. i The'.St. .Hippo ma re, ; St.-Amelia, is. look-;\ -ing'very well at present. She Was- schooled' over.. r ,tlic. Stoeplechaß.o. fences on tho Wai-■ 'kanae j.,,course,, yesterday.:, morning; " and . ; jumped.' faultlessly. ' ' ■.'• . 7 i 51r...;Parata entered" St.- Amelia . for the'*'".' ..W/ingaiiui Steeplechase, but her nanieWas ;.iibfc!among"",'the;telegraphed weights jester-:;',, .day-'morning.l understand she is sure to nlakp-the trip,-/and; all going -well, sho will. , «bg seen- out at ,th'e Tr'entham and Riccarton / jointer meetings. She showed promising.'', ,fornl ill the/spring, but went off later on. | L'.' Wilson, - with.thirty-niue'. winning rifles, is now, third oil'the list of'winning jockeys 'for tbe : present season. ■ . ' ■ ' . ' . .Sir /frisco,'/'a recent winner at Tauhereijnkan, jsin'tl Trquthani, is,..not engaged'"at . J-iawera or Waiigaiiui, hut lie will probably /.bc.seen out at Ot-ald next month. "' - Tlio" Wellington',.Racing • Club's committca . :yesterday... arranged the: programme' for the .wintermcQting, - ■ In .. several : events , tlio ' •stakes'have boen -inereased.:. \ iThe brood'mares purchased by Mr. J..G: - "Jiuncan at , Hastings, last',-'- week, wera .- 1 .brought 'down to 'Wa.ikanae yesterday. They : are Ismcne, fialnv, Bluewater, and Lady/: ■Ilcleii. '' ,/ ... .' ■ - j Ismeno (Dreadnought—Marion) is. ' a half- ' Sister to ..the,':Lochiel_. horse Strowan, and' ■''clam'" of'"Osiris and Tumut. She won the C.J.C. OaVs. ,i ''I)alny; (Stopni.ak—Sortie), is a;full sister tc';' .the. Derby, winner .Orloff, and .a direct desoendailti. of-.tho ."famous : mare Stays, by.:/. .Whalebone. ' To ' the same branch of this/ ■'family belong 'Fairymaid, : Outpost, Ambush;' / '.Tolstoi, King.-Log,, Cobweb, ,Welcomo Jack,' and-'Beresiua/ ■ v. / Bluewater." is j best known as tho dam of,-. ;SUbtei'raiieah, -who raced in. New Zealand' _as 'Submarine.. .She is by St. L'oger from "Sap'phire," arid;/ consequently,' -: a. half-sister' to '. 31ubilrc,'/-' l tbe I .,dam' ■ of./Cuneiform'. .She be-: •'• longs Wthe'/No:. \3)' faniily, arid. her pcdi- ■ grec;is;'choke.ful'of thc/iunning:jiumbers.' ' ; Mention of-Subterranean reminds mo. that :j\lr, Price, reckons the son of Torpedo ;• was ouo of: thoi best horses he 1 ever had any.'tliing to/ doV }vith. Although ho won ,'several-.gobd races here,',he improved out of'all .knowledge .-wKeri; he went' to the- other '; side, and; tho .morning that; lie did the, sensatipjiai ;track gallop' at Caulfield the boy.'.had;,'j'.strong lipid' bf. liim.. After;;winning-'jy ,'ji! couple o£. races' in .tho spring,, lie, was jjrja4e:,iaroufito for'-tho;Caulfield; Cup, but, ho . burst a blood-vessel prior to the event, and /subsequently developed, an attack, of pneu:,inonia, w)iich proved fatal. ...

: ii lEour of the''El'dcrslib brood mares which .'have been on a visit to Achilles at Wai- ■ kjinae returned to. the South yesterday. 'Tliqy are Ranee jSuna (St. George —Water- . Bprite);'■'Stei)'daiighter (Stepniak—Marion), llteel (Medallion—Pibroch),.and a half-sister <to Kisvatioiri .. - . ; /' 'Aii/tho f Victorian-.' Amateur Turf Club's ■; '•jiiee.tilig on May 2,, the New Zealandrbi-ed Delaware (Seaton Delaval—Stcpfeldt)-' won. "tlifr-prinoipal event,.,beating Banner, Akim fpbo > ..and eight'others. Ho carried 7st. . "Sib;,. and ran .the nine 'furlongs in lrain.' .'S6LSCCO.'- : :• 9, ■ AtVt'li'd r difep6rsal. s'alo ;cf' the Wambo Stud, .Nctt 'feduth Wales, last'month ' Mountain ■ .Ring's brother, Bonnie Clnel," changed hands' -for 3()0 guineas. '■ '. • . i,' I ', ;Euglish ..files to hand show that' of the twenty-four horses that ccnteswd the Live>ii>ool Grand- iNatioiiat only eight 'got. safely . 'round. -,-j« . ~/:■/ • • ":At .tho on April ;1, L. •• H.> ' winner ' ; Plate. Tlii?- was a bay . filly by. -,Forfarshire-^Oroute?, 0 11, owned by. Sir' Thoina's Dewar. Australian light-weight' see Hewitt rido j,)iis',first winner tlu's' season.' .On tlio day x. |follpwingi,Howitt..ro/l(};.a rank outsider to ■yi'ptory in tho Lingfield Spring.Foal Stakes. ■