THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 7

THE TURF.

RACING FIXTURES. May 5 and 6.—Marlborongh B.C. Autumn. May 5 and 6.—Hawko'a Bay J.C. Autumn. May 8 and , -15.— Wellington Pony and Galloway May 12 and 13.—Egmont B.C. Winter'. May 12 and /i3.—Ashburton County E;C. Autumn. May 22 and 24-North Otago J.C.NWinter. May 22 and 24—Takapuna J.C. Winter. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Racing at Blenheim to-morrow and Thursday. ' There will be a trotting meeting at Manaia to-morrow, Weights for t'ho Wanganni Steeplechase will bo declared on Saturday, Jf'orty-pne American-bred horses arc nominated for the English Derby of 1910. N. Campbell- will ride Diplomatic in the hurdle race at Blenheim to-morrow.' , The Wanganni horseman, 6. Price, will do the rising of Mr. J. Bull's horses at the Maryborough races. ' - •The aged hurdle horse, Sardonyx, is to bo put in work again at the Hutt, and will go into C. Pritchard'a stable Among the passengers booked for Picton by the Mapoorika to-day are Mr. J. Ames and' his totalisator staff, who are going to work the machines at ltivbrlands to-morrow and. Thursday. ■''..■.. i ■■■■■•■ Mr. S. .WhitwoTtb, who took Whareknra across to contest the • hurdle events at the Kandwiok Autumn meeting, and who afterwards returned to/Wellington, intends leaving for Sydney again by next Friday's boat, and will probably remain in. Australia till the springy ■....'•■' Three previous winners of the Great Northern Hnrdlea . are nominated for.-this year's event. They are Irish, Exmoor, and Waipu. - Mr. H. J. Pick, i formerly well-known in Christchurch, but now a resident of Sydney, won the hurdlo race at the City Tattersall's meeting at Eandwick on Saturday week with Mainspring; who was ridden by T. Cahill. Lady Wilde, another of Mr. Pick's horses, acted as runner-up in the principal flat race. . Among 'the winners at the Ascot Pony Racoa, on April, 21, was Royal Glen, by Koyal Artillery—Happy Valley. ' Tho bay pony Taumano . arrived from Hastings on Saturday night, and'was railed to, tho Huttj on Monday morning. Hβ is now trained by J. Pritehard. , i llleven horses were shipped to Blenheim by tho Takapuna yesterday. Among them were Playmate, .Bravery, San Fernando, and Beater. , . -■' : '■,_• ; H., Cairns will ride Tnmut, Osiria, and Aberration in their engagements at the Marl borough Cup meeting. : ' ' ..' ■ Wlien the Sydnoy Cup winner, Trafalgar, was recently shipped home to Adelaide it was the intention to spell Irhri for the winter, but the Eldor Stakes, nine- furlongs, at weight for age, would look a "soft snap" for lim, and evidently it ■ was decided .to start him again on that account. Waipuna, however, struck winning form and defeated Trafalgar... /.' : :.'. '.(.' " .. Sinoe going to the Commonwealth,, Waipuna has been unlucky in several good handicaps, sufforing, narrow defeat on moro than ono occasion. His perfonnnneo on Saturday would indicate that he is now in capital iorm,_ and he may do .something to make, up for his previous disappointments. He is engaged in the Adelaide Cup to-morrow, and is also_entercd for the principal handicap-on the third day of! the meeting. ;. ■' ' .Mountain Kkg has again been taken in land by J. ; Burton at Randwick, and if it found s that the twelve months' spell has proved beneficial to the horse's respiratory. organs he. may, be seen raoing again next spring.; "• '' • . ' PLiym-ate' was taken to tho Marlborongh meetingin charge of A. .M'Connon, who will rido-the Stepniak.gelding, -in, has engagements. Pressor's horse -has now been raoing four seasons, and is still eligible to run in the haok division. , Lavinra,, who is engaged at'. the Miramar »ny races nert.Saturday, is idontical with the St*Olomente mare Kamanui, and Petronol is" bio chestnut mare UizA nsed to race "in.tho registered ranks as Flying Wind. , A meeting of the stewards of tho Wellington Racing Club was hold yesterday, evening, Mr. J. B. Harcourt presiding. Accounts nr connection with tho recent antnmn meeting were dealt wMi and dates of future race meetiriES wore arranged.. A request that the ' disqualification of tho horse Full Cry bo reimovcd was disallowed. A jookey's lioonso' was oancolled as ho was reported to have left tho:stable where ho was apprenticed without .the permission of his employer. Permission to work in a training, stable was granted to S. Reid, who will not, howevor' bo allowed to ride work. . . the,time.ho lived, tho great English siro.St. Simon was said to have never sired anything ! that was not a bay or a brown . but shortly .after his death a grey colt by St. Simon from Pontoon appeared in Portland paddocks. : , ■ . • The railwey returns furnished to the'WelImgton Racing Club show that the attendance a t'Trentliam on t }j o day e T]j om p Son andicap was run was considerably below that of tho corresponding day of last year's meeting. : ; ■ . .. ' . •Mr. W. M.Halley, of Carterton,-arrived m towa last night, and goes across to -Bleri--noun ■to-day, to'soo Hilarian ajid Leahora run at the -Marlborough Racing- Cliib'B meetipg. .■ ... ■ . . , ' ' . -Writing of . tho gambling restrictions in the United States, tho New, York conesPondent of ..the London "Sportsman" says: :— No matter- how tho. cat jumps, Canada will benefit, and with hor usual alertness bo Dominion is going .making extensive preparation for a series of meeting's Uch cannot fail to attract the better class American sportsmen.. For instance, starting, the Montreal Jockey Club will distribute moro.-than.£Booo. for thirteen • days' racing at the spring meeting, a substantial mcreaso over last year. Other executives are.adopting similar steps, and now that renctions against thoroughbreds entering Canada have been removed there is a certainty that racing , thoro will be well patronised by owners from New York and Kentucky, as well as'tho rank-end file of the game." ' ' . • '■-; .... : Formerly one mile' and three-quarters, the Hawko's Bay Cup; distance was in 1896 reduced to ono milo and a hah , , and in 1903 it was further reduced to a mile and a quarter. This year it will be again run over a course of a mileand a half, and the fact that eighteen horses have made the acceptance shows that tho extra couple of furlongs havo not mado tho race loss popular with 'owners. The fastest timo recorded for tho twelve furlongs at Hastings was 2min 35 2-ssec., credited to Tiro in 1900. As thero aro an excellent lot of horses engaged in to- , ■morrow's race, fast time i? sure to be.recorded if tho sjoing is favourable. Tho Metropolitan Committee of the Auckland_ Raoing Club last Wednesday concluded tho hearing of further evidence in connection with the Koyal Soult oasc, and the matter will bo finally dealt with by the Racing Conforonco Appoal Board in Napier this week. Parfrement, tho jockey who rodeLutteur 111 to victory in the Liverpool Grand National is one of the leading cross-country riders in France, and is evidently possessed of plenty of grit. Writing anent Luttour's first win,in England, a Parisian writer thus refers to the jockoy :—-Parfremcot, who was a "bit lad" when I visited kis father at Steenokerseele, where he was training for iCount do .Ribalioourt, Ims shown a remarkable performance as far as enslurance is eonoenAid. Oh tho Tuesday he was nearly knocked out by a kick while riding at SaintOuen, as ho not only oame a crumplor but' was kicked in tho face by a passing horso Ho pulled himself together after having bccii convoyed to tho ambulance, and by way of hardening rodo again twico the samo day before'taking'train for and rcaching'Hurst Park in/timo to rido Lutteur 111. Ho roturned'tho samo night, reaching Autenil next day in time to ride a bonplo of .winners and a good second,' ' .>- •. ■