THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 8

THE TURF.

! [BY Glencoe.] •REMINDERS.'', ! Owners and trainers aro reminded that entries for all-events' at the Woodlands flunt Club annual steeplechase."m'eeting close with the secretary,' tua this (Wednesday), evening at,.9 o'clock. It should be noted that tlio telegraph office at Pahiatua closes at'B p.m.'- > ; In'connection with the Canterbury Jockcy Club's Graild National .meeting; owners -aiid trainers'.are advis'ed that, acceptances .for the. three - principal ' events close- oh ■ Friday. General entries are due.on -thosame day. ; A V/IN : FOR IDEALIST. i A private cable received-in\tpwn yesterday stated that Idealist w;on' the 'July, Handicap, .one mile, at the Victorian. Racing, Club s Grand National, meeting!on. \ Saturday. Idealist (Birkenhead —.Ideal) : won the,, last Winter Cup for the Son. J. D. Orniorid, who afterwards disposed of the gejdiiig to Mr. G. Payne. After winning ; several races in the Dominion . for .Mr, ,Kjyne,;'tlie .'son-' uf Birkenhead. was sent 'over, tol Melbourne a couple of mouths ago, arid has since bee'.rnn jnmate of the stable presided'over ' by the ex-New Zealander,' D. 'Jr.Pi'ice,.. r : , : 'j.-. NOTES AND COMMENTS.' i Lady. "Disdain;* Paragop,., .and; Spinning. Flight - came up'' from "liytteltdri' yesWday morning >and went out :tb : -TretLtham. , ' Tho"Na'pier. boat - brought l .-Loch-Fyne,. -Whatakura, arid White i .Lie.V' ! V:Th : e latter- is being spelled, and will not StaiA at .'Treritham. She will •be - turned- out. at V the Hutt,. not at Foxton.'-' ' '. N " j St. Amelia arnved. frpm ;Waikiriae at;nino .o'clpck,...yesterday . morning,aji.d. . reached Trentham-. at noon. , : Lady 'Hune. did-not-, after.all, come .from Auckland. ■ rDuart was.- tiio . fourth - Aucklaiider which 'arrived' on; Monday night. :She was'on.the.tracks yesterday'."mbrriing. ; After: a'light. 1 frost there-.:was',.a .'delightful morning' at'Tronthanv'yesterday:-' Training operations copimenced ; ab6ut 'h'alf-past eight. The Winter Gallop on the course proper and' the Inner, Grass.Gallop were':bpen.-'' -' V ,; Passiyo' (Godfrey)"was.trotted .twice round the Inner Grass GallOpj '.butV the/rest of the horses ;worked on the' course'i'pro'per.;■ -The going on. the latter'was exceUe&t'i-but as the horses' .we're . working 'a - from the rails the' times .'Tecorded'-wefel- not. sonsational. 1 • ;' , Tupono (Hatch) was 'tlie7 first. : to put -in an appearanco. She leftjsfe'^en' : furlongs behind in °lmin.., in linin.. 29sec. ' '-liiberaiw-'.twice round,'jumping a couple'.bP'h.urdle'swithout, any.', mistake.AYailethet.'-.i[B[a'tch) sprinted three furlongs! down the' ; 38isec., «a good "-gallop.. The only-Mother of Higgott's team present,.was.;.Grand Myrella. She was restricted-to; half >pajpe'.work. , . ! Pierre (Hatch) was hurried . along-, over seven'; furlongs; • The-, steeplechaser ; shaped • pleasingly,--. and . covered.'.-/the;';, journey.in lmin.; 44sec. ; ''{f T'X,.- : ' 5 Two of the -.Endeavour'' ;Lodge. candidates,' Artillerie (Robson) 1 and' Whifekura - (Ryan),' were assobiat'ed, in a six'-^furlpng' gallop, - the last five furlongs , 'fl;min. • i AHillerie, -who'appeareav/.i-q Je.'only- canter-' irig," easily.beat ',Wha'rekura'; : ;' : "'';'. : •Effort' (Ryan), Flintgun .'(ifellowes), and Roosevelt' (Rpbson), covered:;-:five' furlongs : from a.standing*start. in,.lmiri.;l3sec. ; Flint-; gu'nywho had a' considerable pull ■ in the. weights," led Effort; cbnimericed ( badly, 1 but'finished strongly." i ' V". . iLo Beau (Hatch) galloped, once round:at a good 'three-quarter pace.The Leolantis gelding .will be .ridden in all...bisreiigagements at' .ihfe- meeting by...C.; Cress!fao%a /d ;I Sir Firisco' (Ryan)-ran .six.'fuj]oiigs,'alpne, in lmin;''2ssec., the; 'iri r 'lmin. 10} sec". The Sari Francisco colt -had :'plenty : of weight 'to carry, so'that the'-gallop':was a 'firstrclass. one. .V . .... .- ' . », Scp.tty,._.(the. last,- of. the:, St. Legers). was sent twice round at a good half pace. He is undoubtedly very, fit,; and'was: pulling hard, the whole way. Shrapnel v(Ryftn) • aid ' a circuit, at' an easy gallop; ( and' Duart (Ryan) was allotted, a, similar task. VBoth/were look-' ing bright after, ; the journey .from-Auckland. [ W: Davies's team did not'work until the mOr'n'ing. was, woll advanced Seaman •:was i sent along over a' mile,.the'lSst".'six. furlong's, taking him a little longer than' lmin., 28sec. i The Hawke's Bay sportsnien, 1 Messrs. E. J.', Watt and T. H. Lowry, ■ were present' at" Flemington'on July 4to seei ,: 'tlie-runnlrig ; of the Grand National . Hurdle Race. - •.! with a serious: mishap early i.i.n Jiuie, which it was thought, would keep him ,out .of - training,ior..a:long time.-..-j Siriiplex. has 'been. scratched for. the Stewards' .Handicap in the? first clay, of the' Wei-, lington: Winter Meeting.; ,Tjie ; following hava ieen scratched for all at : the ineeting :—Carron',- Oasis,' Whakawehi,. Black Reynard, .Papatu,- Faro,• Eurusj Stronghold," Virtus; and Probable. •;>.-'■ '- . .«- : A Duriediii owner'is for.-this' purchase of AVaic6la,.and it ; is'quite"possible that ■ the ■'M.ahaki imare; w-ini.S'nd ■ her': way* to the South Islarid. .- She oujglit to l.be -good enough to win-niany a race, dp^ii'there. •, Whatakura was rather, unlucky on "the first day at.Gisborne. ,H. Cairns;had the-Lethe gelding'in a : nice position -just behind Noteor--mi -in tho early stages.; W.hfen Noteorini fell,'Whatakura naturally'inet ,with some in-,, terference,, and- had his chartce's.-jSp&iled: ■: Under, the circumstances, lie ''dkHrathef:'well, to finish, second .to Resenroir;,;'-' ..'•'; D. Mullins -has been giving'•Rangihaeta a good' preparation "at-Fosrtoh. H.' M'Kay rides the chestnut in his;:gallops,: arid' .will, as usual, ;have the'.mount at'Trentham. . ' '"i; ""...' ". Winning jockeys at the, Gisborne' meeting were F., D. Jones three, yF. Porter, ,F. Wbitebouse, and J. Allen two each, J. Jones, T. O'Brien,: G. 'Murra'yV, W".' 'Wilson, and R.'Broadfield one each. ''' : In addition to 'Lord Soult'and Scenery, the Foxton- : trainer, 'A.'' Wright", 'has Master Fish (Swordfish—Kina); in ,'work. i ~lf Waipu,is. really a.good'hurdler,. lie has been given a good chance to'rigbt'his' reputation in the public eye, 'as the handicapper has : only allotted the Torpedo'gelding lOst. lib., in the: Australian Hurdles-at Caulfield.; Maui and Ataahua each'- bave'lOst. 31b. The former may riot.be class."enough for a' hurdle race over three and a-half-miles; but if he receives- such . lenient, treatment; in shorter races it' will, not be long' before he is , on the winning list. 'Ataahua and .Cachiica (9st, 31b.) have not been'unfairly dealt with, but it is'improbable-that'"either, could win over such'. a. jburriey. r lri, the-'Steeplechase, Ataahua appears, to' have treated with excessive.-care; ; '' ■

• Referring-to tho recent Derby, ;tho.: "London' Sportsman" says:—Not' sinco Jeddah's sensational yoar have 'tho -students, of racing form had such a- heavy, set-bank:'. Sigriori? iiotta simply won in defianco of book'form, and the 1 most .convincing calculations; and good sportsman as her owner, the 1 Chevalier Ginistrelii' is ..known .tbVbe,«.tho. victory, of tho filly was not a popular 0110. As the bluff,, squarely built; grey-bearded racing l veteran,' wearing • an . unorthodox broad-brimmed panama with a flat crown,. led--his -horso; in, only those nearest' the weighing-in ring raised'a clicor for tho winner!. The fact was public opinion was unprepared'for,' that stunning blow. Such a, huge crowd required something ,big to Happen to. make., its imagination .leap, and the .'victory of an' outsider produced a'numb silencothat was even moro painful and oppressive 'than 'the -tension. which preceded, tho. race.' The liamo of tho winner had never for a moment been in the public's mouth,, and'.---.'Chevalier Ginistrelii, who is .an. Englishman in. all but birth', will probably understand the feeling of disappointment which - deprived' him" of the ovation usually, accorded' to' the;'oilier, of the -Derby; winner# The' ChovalWr- has : thoroughly merited .-'his election' to ; the ' limited band of Olympians', for he is tho breeder aofwell-as trainer of\the filly. -:• •