THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 9

THE TURF.

-4—■; fßy Glescoe.l RACING FIXTURES. February. 17 and 18—Rotorua J.C. Annual. February 17' and 18.—Woodvillo District J .0.. Autumn. February 20 and 27.—Wellington Pony and Galloway R.C. ' February 24,•• 26 ( and 27.-J)unedin J.C.v Autumn. February 26 and 27.—South Auckland R.C.'s Annual. March 4 and s.—Wangantii J.C.. Autumn. .- AParch 10 ahd 11. —Dannevirko R.C. Autumn. March 12 and 13.—Tolaga Day J.O. Annu.ll March.l 3 and 20.—Wellington Pony and Galloway II.C. March 17 and 18.—Napier Park R.C. Autumn. March 17 and 18—Westport J.C. Autumn. March IS.—WarreilgAte,J.C. Annual. ; March 24 and 25.—South Canterbury J.C. Autumn. ;. . _ March 24 and 25.—'Taranaki J.C. Autumn. .: April 10, 12, and 13—Auckland R.C. Autumn: April 12 and 13—Feilding J.C. Easter. . ' "April 12 and 13—'C.J.C. Autumn] April 28 and 29—Manawatu R.C. Autumn.

NOTES AND COWMEMTS. Racing' to-day at AVoodville and a.t Rotorua: The February meeting of tho Wellington I'ony: audi Galloway Racing Club commences at Miramar oil Saturday. Returned visitors to the. Gisbbrno meeting sftv that .the Auckland jockey, J. Buchanan, i 3 in great, form at preseht. . . .: . Tho' very largo nominations : received'for the autumn meeting of tho Dannevirke.Racing Club must be very gratifying to the executive,, which placed a splendid programme before ownors. ■'The T)ahnevirko Cup and the Autumn Handicap have filled exceptionally well, , while for the two-year-old : races the entries reteived afford ample justification for the inclusion of: those events on the programme. Maiora is a.'.greatly-improved horso since being taken in hand by J. Jl'Laughlili. Rick Ferry, jM'Laughliil's other horse, is also very well at present,' Valonia, one of the candidates, engaged.m the Maiden, Plate at AVobdvillo to-day, hails: from tho Karamu .stable and is Said to possess a groat turn of speed. At the conclusion of the Poverty Bay Turf Club's meeting last week, :Mossrs. Delancy and Catlierall. disposed of tho hurdler To Kainiii; for. 60 ! guinoas. : Tino Toa, :who' showed good form at the Gisborne -meetings;-;is a, six-year-old bfown' gelding by Conqueror. ' . J. Byrne, who lias been riding in the Southland district for some years,'" left Invercargill last week for Tasmania, where lie: may take up his residence. 'While in Southland Byrne was in the employ Of tho Riverton trainer P. T. Hogan. He used to;ride in Melbourne some years ago. ' : : The peny Atirifera '(late Linkless); arrived ill Wellington by: the Napier boat-yesterday,' and-has gone out to .Miramar.- She loots on the light side , after this voyage,'but as. she' is, not engaged till Saturday week there is a little time for her to pick up condition. . Mr. J. Clark,, vice-president of the Poverty .; Bay Turf Club, is shortly leaving on a trip to England,' and has, therefore, disposed of a number of his raechorses. Whakawfehi (Daunt —Queensbqrough) realised 29 guineas. ; ■ .By the MoiVotfai yesterday:monniig, Wharfe-' kura was brought back from' Gisborne. ; The Eton gelding got . kicked at the post" oii the second day of ,tho Poverty Bay I'urf Club's meeting, othorwise tlie judgo might have been called upbn.'. : toVhoist,' his i number.' Hifini, , a. ;three-year-old -'half-sister, to Iranui, ran disappointingly at GiSboMtc, never: . getting a place. - - , '...' . ' - . A., rising,'' two-yoar-oldj .the.';imported. liorse Sb.tilt,, from Tanhei, came down - from Gisborne yesterday to join- J.;Lowe's tenni' at ■ .Tfoilthalu..Mr. F. Hall is said to have roftised 500 .guineas for .this youngster, , which is ex--peeled to prove more than useful. ' !■' JBoth ; ;B(jbr)kqff;. : an'd,-Dowhfall.\are 'getting ?thi'6ilgh llsoful -Work jit"-Greeiimeadows", and whichever of theso: horses MrMotvry' decides . to. start iii - tho; Wangamii .Cup sllotild l be "quite" 1 fit when,that race occurs. ;V, : i '. H; Fntchor will - have the. ride civ Rqolcby in tho, hurdle race at'- tho mfeetmß ■ te-day, - ,;• y. ;yy!. f,'-" y Rondrock Will probably bp taken from Foild- ■ . ing .to O taki: to-day.:-to be -trained:, along with Capulotj arid if.' tho Explosion gelding stands up to his work satisfactorily he T may. ho seen. ; racing again; towards the'■ close of-the : au-' turiiii.-' -\... "' : >^Vv..v'yy:': / . -Latest advices from.' Australia state that Signor : is going along, WeU:iii his:,worki and is bxpeetcd. to. run- woll : '"in 'the' big: raees T at :A victory for. Mr.',G.- F. Moore's horse in thd : AnStrah'an Cup . or'the Champion ■ Stakes would.he'w.ell received, here.\'. i; . A well-known patron of A.-AttwOod's Foiid-.' ing stablo haß purchased, from Mr. Donald Fraser, an .uiitried four-year-old tolt, fullbrother, to-Advantage. He is a.bit on the small side, and would Ke just the 'sort for the Miramar meetings. . : : Ronald .Cameron, who went over to Melbourne to rido .Mr, Q.. F. Moore's.horses in their engagements, appears to be attracting tho. attention of^Viotoriaii owners, for at-the Montono:races oh Wednesday last,- in addition' to riding Carissima ho also had mbnnts on Athens, Cryptograft ahd Descimina. ;'Previous to last Wednesday, Cameron had 'only been to three. meetings, at which his record had been sis mounts, once first," twice second,, and three times . .unplaced,. His win was achieved oil Athens at the Geelong races oil' Saturday week,. ■ Tho Wftliganui horseman goes to scale at 7st. 121b. at. tho. present time, and appears to be in good form. yu. ■ .- Anemone, who is engaged ih tlie WooHvillo Cup this afternoon, shotved up well in her races' at the: Pahiatua meeting,, for getting away .badly slits might : liaVe; beon returned a .'winner in one bf her races. She has'only 6st. 71b. in the "Wobdville Cup, but' at_ suoha freight: it. wiir not be easy, to find ..a jockey capable of doing her justice. The fact ■ that the Derby winner, Alawa, has been 'Withdrawn ffom his engagements at the Victorian; Racing Club's ■ meeting, makes it appear as if .'the runyiurs regarding - his unsoundness'were well founded. Xavier, who has won several hurdlo races during the past couplo of months, will most likely be given a run on the flat at Woodvillo to-day. .. " Chaliteuse was hot ridden to great advantage at the, Poverty Bay . meeting, otherwise the MerriWei filly might have more"cWsely v disputed the .issue With Ballyheigh: oilAthe. first, day. In Ballyheigh, however,' she was beaten' by. a'Colt that bn present form looks like developing into .a first-rater. . In. the tclogrßphed list of nominations for'' the Dttnnevirkq.autumn meeting, the Mowing wero inadvertently omitted: Makirikiri Haok:—Roj'al Maid. :: Dannevirke Cup:— Osiris. • Tamaki-Welter:—AberiginaJ.

WOODVILLE RACES, ' .■'„.

tDTp / TELEORArn—rufess ASSOCIATION.) . ' .' Woodvlllo, February 16. There'is every prospect of fine weather for tho, Woodville autumn' meeting,''''which commences to-morrow, . Tho acceptances constitute a record in the history uf the' club, and . the raoing . should ,be interesting. '.. The .'following horses: have been fccratehoa:—Shannon Lass iind Kobin 'Link for nil engagements. Maiden: Dolce. Hurdles: St. Amelia..:. Wliaraiti Hack: Dolce and Sylvia Maid. Cup: ■White' Mo. ■ County Hack; Burton. Victoria> Hack:. Marathon. ' ,

PONY AND GALLOWAY RAOING CLUB, j

In this issuo appears the programmo for the 'March meeting of the Wellington Pony, and Galloway ltacing Club, whiuh is to take place 911 March 13 and 20. During the two days tiio olub Will distribute close Upon £300 iir stakes, tho principal event oil each day's card being worth 40 sovs. Owners should note that the programme is dilforeut in soveral respects from those of previous, meetings. As the events' provided for ponies 14.2 and under htivo not filled very well in tho past, only one event each day is now set aside for this class,: \vhile. a four-furliing raoo has imon Eiovided for. £ouiea, 14.3.and Under. Tli^dis-

tanoe of the principal event/ on each day. will 'bo six furlongs,'instead;of sosen furlongsias previously. Handioaps for all races will bo started on a riiinimum of Bst., and any winner is likely to be rehandicapped for other events he may be engaged in during the afternoon. Nominations for botli days will bo : received by tlio secretary, Mr. J. M. .Cum-, niing, up till 4 p.m. on Friday; February 26.1 FEILDING J.C. AUTUMN ME£TINC. ' The attention, bf'owners is Erected to the programme for the Feilding Jockey Club's autumn meeting, which appears in this issue. April 12 and 13 iiro the dates on which the meeting takes place, and as the club is giv-, mg excellent stakes for all the races on e.ich ■ day, tin? result should ,bo larce entries. Tho : ■principal events are the Feilding Cuft, of 600 sow. a' half.ion the first day, and tho Easter., Handicap,; of 350.50v5.,. one mile ana a quartCr,..onlthp. second day. Each day s prbgranme .also includes « six-furleng race, hbcrally endowed, two hurdle races, and two \velter races, while a Maiden Scurry, for. horses that- have/never won a flat,, race,'is the races .to bo decided oil tho second dav,-. ~ .. .-Nominations for all race's, except Mairfrn Scurry,/close on Monday. Mnreb 15. at 8.30 "■'• with the secretary (Mr, E. ■ Entries, by telegram, must, give full particn•r.iv• tl'- ''Orse, end must he confirmed■:in: wntinrf ,afc the pearliest possible otherwise a. fine of:! sbv. will be, imposed. • -