THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 204, 22 May 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

TBy Gi.en'coz.l * ■ . .RACING FIXTURES. May 23_ and 25.—Wanganui J.C. Winter. 'May 23' arid 25.—Takapuna J.C. Winter. 'May 23 and 25.-Nbrth Otago J.C. Winter, ; Max;3o,.;jund 3 and G—A.R.C. Steeple-, chase. ;Juno; 3 and 4.—Dunedin J.C. Winter. . Juno 3 and 4.—Otaki Maori R.C. Winter. *J U "9 17 and, 18, —Ha\vke!s Bay J.C- Winter. Juno 24' and 25.—Napier Park R.C, Winter* July 9 and 10.—-Gisborno R.C. Winter. ' TROTTING FIXTURE, May Bay T.C. Annual. , . '■ NOTES AMD' COMMENTS. Ma-.n and Atashua were handicapped in 'tlio Federal Hurdles, two miles, at Moonco .jVallaji last Saturday, but -particulars, of tho I'ive riot vet come to hand. Tim "fibld'"included ■' several -good hurdlers and "chasers; notably Bribery, Paraloch,. Warata;h;: Argliuicnt, and'Divham.. " ',- . r-. ■'•;'jNewr.ZcalKnt]-bro.d horccs ran prominently .p.t Sandown Park-(Vic.) on May 13. Swimmer -rnn-. second - in. the .Steeplechase,. Canticle ivon tho Trial Handicap, and Natalia won t'ao Welter Purse. ■ s ■ Canticle eom'e3 6f the famous P.osalic tribe. Shn is-. a five-Vpar-old' ba'y maro by Scaton Dclava) from-the ty.dsborouch mare Cantatrico (dam -of ' Downfall and Chanteuso). Canticle also - .von'-a race-last-month on tho ■ Epsom ' course. \JTatalia is . a r throe-year-old chestnut filly' liy' Ilotfthldss from Miss Delaval. ' The latter is tin own sister-to Master Delaval, and three-year-old -vvon"thc C.J.C. Oaks, Great' Northern Derby, and New - Zealand St; Legor." ' ■ yln,addition; to BallaVat,'Yosami, and Wailcthp, the Conqueror gelding Vinco through to Wanganui yesterday, morning in : orderTto fulfil 'his engagement in tlio Electric Hack.< Horseracing is not a lucrative business in India so far as the owners aro conecriied. Tho Hon.''Mr. Apcar, who headed. the list of winning owners for tho past racing sea-, son-in Calcutta,-won .eight races, including the .Viceroy's Cup and the Indian . Graijd National, yet liia total winnings only amounted'to about - £3ooo—a email 'amount 111 com.-' pai-ison' to the. expenses .incurred ill • carrying, 011 a racing, establishment in India. Judging by .the' reports !of Malice's track work, there lb nothing- much wrong with, the Soii'-Wester gelding just now, ana lie should give a . good account'. of lii'mseif bciOte very long. 1'.... : ■ iVcnounts of 'racing ill Eliglish wappw make it appear that L. 11.-Hewitt is still very smart ,at getting his mounts first away -iroui tlie''barncr.,..,: r .. ■ iVW.: I '. Biggins, wlio-.:rides Fretwork in tlio Wingnriui. Steeplechase, lias ridden the winner of the.ofent on two occasions, Empire 111 1893 iind : :i3radshaw in 1597.i, - , -"NadiidoiyEurus, and llangitoto, the threa top-w'fcights in the Wansanui Steeplechase, h'avo-,-played prominent" parts in, l previous con.t'§stsTor'th.c cvont. "Nadndor won last year, 1 hnd !! Ran'gitoto' was .second, and Eurus won in-'l9oG'arid Jv'adiidot- was ; seecnd; : jnn v tlioC ttenty-two, contests ~siiico; 1885,' Muscatel is-,the only horse, that .lias :won outright' on two' occasions. Booties ran .a dead-beat' : 'with Nanakia in 1894, lie was rc.eond to Tivitca in 1895, and won in 189 G. BradsliW'' was: and; third, and several Otiier" .horseV'.hayo been .placed in the event oii'!mbr6 ,th'an orio, occasion.; 1 iThb' ; -irace .ranks/nest in importance to . the Grand National^.and the' Great Northern StccplcfcliaseS.. Haydn and The Guard each ivou'thc threo races,;. Haydn also won the Centriry i Hurdles,- tlio Grand. National Hurdles,.! ?,nd numerous other -important ■ The'-Takapuna Steeplechase does not CO*® o u'p ,! -fbr' ; decision \uit-il :t-he second day of t-ho. Ttikslpuria,'Jockey Club's meeting. Iho event is. usually won by. a -well-tried chaser, .tha liisb''threo'contests falliiig to Inmskillen,' Smitiirier,'and -Haydn.' This years field includes Sol, lniiiskillen, Loch Fyne, Swagsman, and Creusot. ■ ■ Ja,clj3on, i who has held .tho' position of.pri'Vato traiiicr to slr. G.:-P. llooro for tho past ~tl.irc?i ''years, . shortly terminate Ins ongngoinciit. ' punug Jackson.s with ifclio/stablo, Signer .won the Fflxtou Cup and:3t«w Zealand St. .Legor, Helen Portland the Great; Northern' .Oak's., and. .Thompson Snhteap,'; and • Fontenoy, Carisainm. Armistice; "p.'na others won many races. ..The most iimortiiht ltandic&p to fall to Arinistico was tlib" 'C.'ilVC., Metropolitori Handicap, but sho \vA45 very' unluckv in t-ho Auckland Cup of,. 1905 "and tho New. Zealand Cup of 1906, 011 both,,of; which 'occasions Jackson sent-her to tho post verj .fit,.,' :,-It .was rloiig, ago docided,.that when: St. Simon died his -skclctoii should be set up'in, tho boi *ho -has so-long occupietl. Tlio cH'ouehstono .are in a similar way preservedat .Ijfit-0n,.-where, the. .late Dilko. of West-, nuristor h.uiH'. a museum'specially ; for; their .re-. Tlio .frairio; of St. Simon will;. he'R*ovcr'j appropriate.sotting,,and for generations yet" unhoru it- will serve as a 1 reminderof brio of the;' most remarkable horsestho,-world -has cycr. seen or is evor likbly to seb.—''Sirorting Life."-;. -; - . .•■31r.i,'j.;33. Henrys left by the.Mararoa last evening; to-attend -tho North- Otago, Jockey;.. Club's au-eeting at 'Oamaru. : ~ • • , \ '' The' first lot of-Machine Gun's:foal3, som« of-'.wliiclrSvcrb' sold' 1 aloiigv with their., dariis, bt-'thb-'drspbfial "&le"6f the : Durham Oourt Staid "in March, arb 'vci'y. highly spoken of. ;. It ; - -is ; stated in'a Sydney exchange that several' owners have' refused offers for tlio foals which m'Bomo casus wero .in ndvanco tin tlio price l of the maro with th-o foal at ■ foot?.'- : ''' •'' - '■ ']\tr'. J;.H. Pc-llock will ;bo -present at: this, Wanganui Jockey Club's mestiiig, -and 'will dbcla'ro tho Otaki weights some timo on Tuesday .libit : .' ...... Says r " Goraint" 'in tho • "Manawatu. Staiiilarcl"Humour has it that PaTmer--ston-next'.season will, be tho hoiidquartcrs'of ' onefof-tlio .luggest', racing stables' 111 tho Do-. miniou.. ; , 1 uiiucrsta'nd that " Mr. Highdcn," yho.haa-.left for n visit; to thqjOld Country, Wi11,,,, piiriiia return,', mako great altbrationa and.'additions, riot- only to tho stablos at '! Iligbdcri," Awahuri, but also to the already largo residence there, and that tho stud.will bb ; one of t.ho best procurable in tho Dominipn... is not dofihit-e as to whether training .operations. trill ho carricd out at would necessitate thoifornmtimi'of a, private bourse, or at Aivapuni, but tjH^"i?..a''^rtte(iljilit^it will be at Awahuri, Mr. Higliden.takilig an. actavo interest ,in tins' in sucli close proximity to Palmerstori'will'do much to. .make,.t-ho .town the sporting headquarters its. position entitles it to,..but which tlm higii vahto placed 011 property in the vicinity of tiio'course delays.

!-V;'nWANC'ANUr 7RASNiNG- : lioTE&(BY TELEGRAriI—r!IKS!> ASSOCIATION.) : "t Wanganul, May 21. , .Tp-dny produced 'another, lovely. morning. Tho /tracks were ver.y busy, a great number . of; : visitjing horses having arrived yesterday, including King Billy,- .Woodhey, Kairoma, Kaipotipoti, '. Nadndor, Comedian, Moriarty, . Wuirok'ura..' From a. standing start King Billy ran the last ,'fiva or six furlongs in lmin. 'isec. , The looks particularly well. Nadador was given long slow work; tho mare was never in better, fettle. Hums* did a round at half, paco, ■ ; then a round over tho/fences, jumping splen-. : didly.' : Tilsou did a round and a lmlf over .tho'foncos, clearing the obstacles well;- then two grounds at half pace 011 the flat. Aeolus • shaped nicoly over the' schooling hurdlfc3. whilo Firelight showed a lot of pare over a, few hurdles..; Mahoe, Belario, and'DaisT ' I'au! ran a mile .together, the former finish'. irig in- .front, with Daisy Paul last. .Time lmin. Slsec. Mahoo had a' light-tfcaVKV \ip! - Solid work was dono by i BriMw; ' Coinodian, Compass,;. Fretwork, ;Maicln,. Rojjulsoj Crueinella,. and Chase Mali i the last pair winding up with a.fast sprint' :Caiit fl n did, a couple of rounds of the hi? TOP,;°V. e .r /our., furlongs;-. , A nuirW «a others did useful work.