THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

RAGING FIXTURES. \ May 13 and .14.—Ashburton Cjunty R.C Autumn. May 13 and'l4.—Egmont R.C. Winter. May 23 and-25.—Wanganui J.C. Winter. May. 23 and 25.—Takapuna J.C. Winter. ; ;May 23 and 25.— North Otago J.C. May 30, Juno 3 and' 6.—A.R.C. Stecplo- ... . chase. ' .. 1 ■'. Juno 3\and 4; —Otaki. Maori R.C. Winter. ' Juno 3 and 4i—Dunedin J.C. Winter. ■ TROTTING FIXTURE. : . , May 25.—Hawko's-Bay T.C: Annual.-■ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E:W. ! ;; (%wv- PJyinou'tiOi—Tho results ap,*pear«i twice/on January 1 and January iS.-'ln'tlie'Mter issuo they; arc quite correct. 'Lady Spec, is tho dam. of' Advantage, lienco. the mistake. - ' 'A- . Pedigree.—By Torpedo, dam Ua. ...

COMMENTS.

;•:? 1!'.! .-[Bv Cit:K;COE.I ~t;.;Ashburtonajid. t ;.;Ashburton ajid Hawora - Cups are tni _^ 4 ', ; A ; ':: '•j'The Derby winner Elevation is expected to arrive to-day'. '■ 1 '* iir' . , Tho, .Chester Vase was to have been decided' iiii..England • yesterday.- . The .Chester ■'A Cup will.,bo. run tOrdaj 1 . .; . .A'-.'j:. AA J "MH- Hema R. Te Ao, secretary of tho.Otaki Maon Racing; Chili, was m tho city on. pn- ■ vkte business yestei'dayi : -■' ; -.- ; ;In connection .with tho Hawke's Bay Trotting;, Club's meeting, .owners, should , note that A' A •tho acceptances closoion Monday .next... r;it is'- a. re.ni'a'rkablo fact' that tho"-winner:of - the.Lincolnshire Handicap' has never won tho p|ty;;hnd.Suburban, .notwithstanding that tho diptanco.'in eac.fi racd'is nea'rly'tho sanle, orio .. being, a.Vinilo andi.'.tho: other: a mile,'and- a- , qUart'or.- ' On tho .'other, hand, horses that : havfl,. been beaten 'at Lincoln have several - tiinos';,Voii'-'at.Epsom— I Thunder, Nunthorpe, ■ Jack: Spigot, and Bird of Freedom.—"Tho Sporting Times." • v ; .'-j' \x, is engaged in tho Century : Hurdle's;"',loaves-New 4 Plymouth fpr Wanganiii 'V .this"vrcfckV- .v.... : ;vW; 4 -:.- 4 engaged ' in: tho, Hawora i" •Gup.'/to-Tday /with': 7st.-: 4Jlb.y■ has; been placed • I - neariy overy time she, has started this season': , . but.-.'it', has-been"mostly, iii! tho second.,.; aiitiv •" third position. . '■ . Tho . pony. Lady Zoin:- (Benzoin —Flying Kitty) has been sold tor 110 giun&as, ana, may 'be \ sent-to the' Commonwealth. -Lady ' Zoiii is.''undoubtedly; very fast- over- four/or-. A fl-VO furlongs, but, like the majority of Benzoin's stock, 'she g ha:s sliowri signs Of lamenessoil ono 'or iwo 'occasions.. ; : '• '• Dave, Price sends me a few interesting linos from : Melbourne. 11 You- will , remember A. (ho .saj's) ivlion 1 was last in .-.Wellington' I . roccivcd' a wiro'asking me to put 'a price ou Savoury. Since arriving hero. I. have sold him to Western Australia for ;3251 guineas. .V As lie is by Simmer—Melodia, he should do -,- weill.at the stud there.,? His'.nowowner, 4 Mr.> Bliiibury,' intends 'to givo.hiin. a raco or two, , , I believe;' and' Jhei . will win ' something if placed correctly.' The team at'Mor- . dialloc are all fairly well. Members of. tho active' brigade aro Barina, Pink 'Un, Otira, , Idealist, Seafield, ; Ataahua, . Maui,. aiid' three unnamed yearlings, the < propertyof ;Mr. Payne. • Tlie trotters King Uole and Norceco will shortly be. here. , 1 would like to" untearth another Subterranean before.'.the . .spring comes round, but I am afraid that ib , 'out of the question." • ;7 A A A'.A - 4 ' v : :A' tho sale of Munjeet, Pr;co,say | s several-Melbourne_ owners' had .'ta'ken. a A. fancy to.the mare, and if sholiad not been.: sont to,lndia she could have been sold m: h'dlf a dozoii .places. - E. Turner, who usually rides for tho, stable, lias been engaged by. Mr..Apear, of India.

■At tho end of jumping season m England, / P. • Coivley and i'.\ Mason had• each ridden •thirty' winners '6ver the,. big country. Tho •-. ! average of. .the: former was a shade better than Jlason'a. ■ - U ' ... There recently died in London, Mr. Robert . - Dearie,.who.'.had\witncssed no'- less : than , eighty races for tho Derby.'' When Lord Rosebery won his' third Derby with Cicero - he; sent Mr. Dearie a cheque for .£SO. > Mep'iwee's' half-sister-,, by Sir Focte, who : - was:''sold 'as.a.;yearli'ng'for 2000 guineas, re- ; cciitly .won-:aii; unimportant v spnnt..race at. Warrnitmbool. . ; \ .-t- ;■'■ .'■{ j-'.-AiWriting.ibf -the recent', yearling sales:'.in. Sydney, ''Pilot," in, tho 'Sydney Referee,''.'.' gives?',the-..following:—Many of the .young- ... sters are alreadyin evidenco on the roads at ..\... Ramlwick, nild after a . few weeks of-.this ■ sort of work they will be minus tho beef that helped to sell them,-and,; in'some cases, ... buyers" will/be'repenting their It is.csimply wonderful how; different some' youngsters -look-1 when tho fat conies off, ! many ;who; filled the .eye in, tho sale-ring ■ .often-.being-transformed.'into most-.ordinary: looking'customers.- '• '. v ... ;• • ■

AUCKLAND METROPOLITAN COMMIT- . , n THE.,

(BY TELEOTATCI.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) i. ■ Auckland, May 12. - . The ordinary:..' monthly {meeting of; tho Auckland Metropolitan Racing Committee'' was' held 'lapt night, the- Hon.- E... Mitchfit ; . son presiding.' .'Die--'disqualification....of'Mrs.. • Ehvar.th:; ajid the ''liorso Maori" Bill for racing ■{: 'it unregistered Meetings was removed.'. The ; disqualification imposed .on-, the - horse Huke- .; rbnui J -;arid''li.H- Johnson, -A. M'lnnos, and . IniieS'"M'Jlenzie, by {the- Kawakawa Racing : . Clubi for livo years for ringing m-Te Arolia ; ds Hukorenui,- was endorsed. The suspen- > sidn 'bf 'tho'jockbi' B. Towers was removed, • and"ii ii'beiisfi j'wasgranted. At a meeting'of'tho Auckland Racing Club Committee held subsequently, tho Hon. E.. Mitchelsou presiding,; reference .wasmado to : - the recent death of Air. G. G. Stead, and tho loss the -New Zealand turf had' sustained : 'thereby# tit •> •• to' '-send- a'. -letter, 'oi . condolence to Mrs. Stead. - Th~e{fAllowing transfers 'were passed:- -W.' Percivalio S;-A.; Taylor, brown titty- by--M«r> riwjjCTTSt.'Olga; Cambria Park Stud Co. to S. ■ A,'-.'Taylor,", bay. -filly jby : Eton-^Guinovero; ■ - • TvCE. '.Ciojvry! to .J,"Williams, ..brown geldirig, 2yfs.y by{/llio" Possible—ljjidy Helen.;: John Marshall".'.to W.H; Palcrson, chestnut filly. , by . Menscliikoff—lialbiniie ; s Cambruv Part ■ Studjpo.lo'.the Hoii.'J.-Carrollj bay filly.by.. alters ; to: the Hon. J. .. Carroll, brown filly ..,..,A. statement.'of receipts^':in; connection with' ~t 1 ) 1 showing' a .substantial 1 . ; ;: profit", Vwas laid on the table. It was. Ce. cidedto chargo bookmakers at >the -winter . - • "mooting. £20 per day, and 10s. per day. for clerk'... ~ ■