THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 524, 3 June 1909, Page 7

THE TURF.

RAGING FIXTURES.

;June B,—Wellington Pony and Galloway.R.C.,■ I.—Dmiedni J.C. Winter. :. i • Juno 3 and 4—Otaki-Maeri R.C. Winter. ... .. Jone 5, 5, aud 9—A.Ii.C. Great Northern ' Steeplechase Juno 16 and 17.-Hawke'a Bay 3.C. Wmtßr. ;Juho_23 and 24.—Napier Purk R.C. Winter. v July, 8 and 9.—Gisbome R.C. Stooplechaso.; Atig. 10, 12, and 14.—C.J.C. Grapd National. •

PONY RAGINC AT MIRAMAR.

• :The;Juno mooting of. the. Wellington Pony ! and-Galloway Racing Club takes .. place .at i Mwamar this ■ afternoon. ■ AH■ tho. visiting | ponies have arrived, and the various events i promise to attract largo -fields, and, with | tHlTjtrack-.in good order, tho racing should bo' very : interesting. - The first race is timod i for-.-l p.m., and, asa largo attendance of ; the putilic is expected, a special tram servico i will :commenco ; running - .from- Courtena* Tlaco-at >an early hour." Ladies will be an- j mittcd free' to all parts of the course. . ■

NOTES. AND COMMENTS.

' / IBi 1 Qlincob.l '■;;.' . - 1 . -'tßacing ■ to-day ;at .Auckland, Otaki, and Dunodin. 1 for -jbhe Napior Park- Raoing ■■■■':< ' Club'a Wintor meeting- . 01038 : to-morrov '■'K i>l'/ V - Pony owners ara - notified -by advertisoV. . iiicnt that--all nomination 'and|Acceptance vtv feoS onust bo pi)id' before pomes will be 1 iV'.--- : : .-. allowed; to :start ot .to-day's Miramar meet-. 1 ' , i t; •;.•.- -, Bonny Glen, who ran third to Zimmerman I : -initthe-Auckland Oup, .in 1007, is again ,111 ■■: ■ work 'at lticcart«n, "and is reported to bo quits sound., I At Groytown to-day, the Annual meeting 1 ■ j. • bf, tho- South .Wairarapa Trotting 61ub will I ,take place, and, as good acceptances have ; been received,■ 1 interesting sport should ro-1 y suit. . 1 ; - Since returning : to, Riccarton -from the Wangamu meeting, Snip and Gwendolma hivo ,not been given much Solid work, but - 1 -Eiinia''-aid"Nort'heni '.Star ■ havo ;be«n .kept | up to the collar,. and ■ the^former is said . • to be making daily • improvement. \ ' .'' .the fareivel| dinner given tOi tho Wa- ';; nganrli Norseman,' George. Price; on- Saturday I4St, Mr. H. M. Speed paid a warm tribute - to'; Price's'.ability as 'a rider,' but said; that ; ■■■■>■'.- vfhat V the :• majority ■■of ■ sportsmen : admired >.; • ;■■ r even" more about bira was. tho fact that ho ■ ■ set 1 such a oxample to other , riders by; bis exemplary, conduct. -.. : -:: ."Priol' to leaving;for.the Otaki meeting, ; • - . - Bunbonnet -is said to •, have got through • some j . ' f t"d()d • WOr,t' 011' tho tracks J at Opaki,; and tho f (:■ Seaton Delaval mare is said to be in better ;'. ' v;. condition: now,-than she has previously been this season. -• 1 ' . A Brown, who has 'been employed aVthe.. : t QJenora' Park - Stud, _' Auckland, :• for.. sorao ; yoars, 'has been. appointed to: a position at Mr. Sol: Green's Sniploy.Stud, Victoria, and leaves for Melbourno at an early date. 'Weights for the first day's events at tho --. v>- 'Hawko's Bay - Jockey Club's/meeting will bo declared .on Monday next. ,• Rose Noble has' been taken in hand again ; at.'Eiccarton after, a few .weeks', spell. , - V: r/Bobrikoff-s half-brother, Bulletin,is engaged m the Trial /Plato at Wingatm this aEfernfcon - ' ; " Since Kairoma fell at Ellerslie on Tuesday; r - * morning, Belario and Wffipu have both received : solid support for the Great Northorn Hurdlfes. 'Pikiho : and EapgikapUa,. from C._ Pritv- •• stable, - aro both; engaged ,in •>, j - i;Maiden Race at Otaki-to-day, but as. Pikiho - : ■ . : v also'; olaims another .engagement :ho. may be withdrawn from tho Maiden. 1 The black gelding, Purakau, which ran '".(• 'third' in the Electric Hd'ndicap. at Wanganui "v ; ]siit >,mbhth, has been: going very well on the. 'tracks since that meeting; ; . .v.: ::; 'The nominations received for the New-Zea- ' land Cup- are quite up -to the. average, ; and . ' tho,class represented gives plenty of material ' for a good race p November, next' after tbi>; "various acceptances havo been made.. At ■ 'least one of the ; candidates nominated will • ' not see tho post; and that is Jack Laidlaw. , probably the 'handicapper will not be asked ' to allot him any weight.

' CREAT NORTHERN I MEETINO,

. ' (nT WLEQEAPH—rnsss ASSOCIATION.) . v Auckland, June 2. '- The weather is slightly' overcast to-night, bufc/'.thert' seems promise of fine weather 'for. 'ttie 'inauguration <■ of .the Great. Northern 'rice"meeting' at EUotslio to-morrow. It is anticipated tnat the field for tho Great Norr tfiern Hurtllo raoe will number ten./ Paritutu MS been an absentee from the Ellerslie track for>-tho past couple. of days,' but it trans* pires that was worked :e!sowhere. > ■>.

TROTTING ASSOCIATION.

J , Chrlstchurch, Juno 2. : .-'At a meeting of the Now Zealand Trotting v Assdciation, /held this .• afternoon, the .Vic- :: i torian Trotting /Association-wrote . J stating >• ■ /• /. that, it'.'considered that it would '.Jwtdly; be. vi-:t ,^'vir^tlilfect6i^;''t6j3eali '. , by.':c6ffesp6ndehcelwith' the . subject which .it l&d' suggested should •vt'.- ,;s:;/.b6." diseased at the conference the •. *■ ■:; governing bodies of New Zealand, New South Wales, and Victoria. It was prepared to : ■ i waive; the - suggestion that the delegates /.',./ '. . should /bind their /respective associations; in . . regard to • the American standard. The Vic.v.■torian Association, exprossedithe opinion tnat /'- it iwas: too severe''for. Australasia. Several ' : „ ' . • rithor subjects . wero_ suggested for discussion, i v . . ' The president: said 1 ., that he'thought that, .•/, ifrsuch a Conference was .'to be held, '.New Zealand was the place for it, and the date of'.;the Tfotting Conference in July, might ' , . ; prove a suitablo time. - ::V- ; :V'lt was decided to-write to the.New Sonth ■ v 7- Wales and Viotorian 'Associations; to that ''/'■.'/ offect, -suggesting that if July was too early v; the conference might bo'held in Chris tchurch during August.

TRAININc' AT ELLERSLIE.

- ' Auckland, June 2. ; ; >AII. tha horses were restricted. -'{6 easy .pacing work at Ellerslia this morning. Irish, ~,, -Kairdma, and Paritutu were absentees/ but . • i no'reliablo information can bo got as to their"" condition. t , >■;: ;'-Tho course is in excellent order, and only • ,fine weather is wanted to ensure a record meeting.'..: • - \ ; . . .Moidi arrived this morning. ,■■■> ■■■,■ ' :, bookmakers have been licensed.'

BIG MELBOURNE EVENTS.

•.< (Bi-JitMiurn—russn *«ociATion-coi"ri(iOnT.l 1 , Mclbourno, June 2. I :.There are 203.entries forthe Caulfield Cup. , ' 328' for. the Melbourne Cup, 67- for.the Grand • ■ . National ' Hurdles, ■50 for the Steeplechase, '78-for tko Caulfield.Hurdles, and 84 for tho Caulfield Steeplechase, • . - -. ■ -