THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 13

THE TURF.

RACINQ FIXTURES. ' Jnly 8 and 8.-Giaborne B.C. SteeplwliaM. W'B 2 it » nd "-Wellington B.C. Winter. July 22.-WeUington Pony and GallovraY E.C. Aug. 10, 12. and 14.-C.J.C. Giand National. < ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDEHTS. . O.S. (Hutt).—Boreas won tho' Thompson Handicap in 1901. - iWagor'- (Wellington).—l. Muskorry -was .novor beaded in tho race mentioned. 2, A brown mare. , 1 i ,' ,l

NOTES'AND COMMENTS.

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Tho Grand Prix do Paris will be decided tomorrow. , , A chestnut gelding by Saracen is tho latest horse from New Zealand to join tho Jlel- > bourno stable presided over by D. J. Price. - Tho Conqueror colt, First Consul, is doing good work at Opaki, and ho will bo given a nm 'in tho Trial Plato at the Trentham meeting next month. }Mr.'R. T. Turnbull, tho popular vice-presi-dent' of tho Wellington Racing Club, loft for Sydney jestorday. Ho will return in tho Trentham meeting next month. Mr.' A. E. Whyto, secretary of the local ' Racing Club/ anticipates that tho coming winter meeting will bo a highly satisfactory one, as he is already being inundated writ > inquiries' respecting accommodation. Iftpg Post "is doing well in his work at Trentham, and, if tho weight-adjuster does not express a too-exaltod opinion of the Seatcu Defaval gelding, ho will be given a run at the Trentham mooting next month. The Wanganni Steeplechase winner, Moccasin, is acquitting himself satisfactorily in his schooling efforts on tho Hutt courso, and there is ovory prospect of bis being a starter at Trentham, and later on at Riccarton. Jno. (yOonnell, who loft for Australia yesterday to ride Waipu and Kiatore in their - engagements', will not bo back for the Trentham fixture, as tho dato of tho V.A.T.C. meeting will clash. Ho may, however, return in lime to catch, the Grand National meeting in August. Audax doos not figure among the entries ' for the Grand National Steeplechase, but the Karamu stable has a representative in the >' race in tho shape of Nogi. i _ Two previous winners of tho Winter Cup —-Aboriginal and Penates—aro entered for this ,ycar's race. Returned visitors from tho Hastings and Napier Park meetings Bpeak enthusiastically of the chances of Andrew Mack as a hack hurdler. (The Mcrnwee gelding is raw at the business as yet, but, with moro schooling and racing, ho should prove a good winner s C. Cochrane, who, nith W. Young, is at the head of tho list of winning hurdle horsemen' thk season, had tho mount on Somali on both days at Greenmeadows, but ho was unabla to lmprovo his record. J. Hall,'by his" win on Corazou, moves a point nearer to Young and Cochrane, and tho contest between these three during the list two meetings of the season promises ito bo full of interest. ' - l * The published statement that Carissirna in to bo fried over hurdles can scarcely bo correct, as Mr.G. P. Moore is averso to racing , his i horses in jumping ovents, on account or too tact that hurdle races and steeplechases entail so much risk to tho ridors. i, l * B aged golding Kabaroa is again among > a«S wj™ brigade at tho Hutt racecourse! After 'the last Trentham meeting tho' son oi ( Bylva Park was returned to his owner, as U was considered that he was broken'wmdod v Another attempt is now to be made ' k u"\ *.™ a , Wlth hlm > ' and ho mil Propawy be found among the runners at Tren- ■ 'tnam next month. BfSl ear ' a - 0^ ry , tor tho Qrand National • Bteepicchase is the largest that has yet been li, y?,* 170 ? tm *"*$- 29 horses ,k entered, 'audi last year 1 28; -whilatthis year the ,i total reaches-80 'All tho present season's winners aro included in the field. Tho entry for the Grand National Hurdles is larger than • that' reeoived 'last year,' but if is a long way 'Sk to f rc £ ord °? tr y of 69 19 "7. For the < Winter Cup the entry of 46 does not • co n i P x re f . avourob, y with last year's entry of ( _ 69. A milo race is'very popular with owners, ww, it seldom happens that fewer than 50 horses aro nominated tor tho Winter Cup liven with the present entry, however, it is . possible that tho usual big field of starters will result. Advices from Wangamii intimate that tho l/racbshot gelding, D'Nil, is again unsound, , _ the trouble being in one of his front joints • ,R - c ™ er °n continues to ride with success ra Melbourne. - At tho Montone races on June 18, ho rode the winner of tho Welter Purse—a horse called Ling Soo, who started ( a nrm favourite. 4 i Florizel H, whoso death was recorded in the cables recently, was 18 years of ago, and S™ t° tho King's second Derby Winner Diamond Jubilee. - Persimmon being dead, and iDiamond Jubileo, and Sandrinenam sold, the Royal Stud is now left without a St-Simon stallion Florizel II was ?Jpl P !fc o T ir l 0& y?J nri > iho Manchester, Cup, the Ascot Gold Vasp, tho Goodwood Urp, i and the Jockey Cfub Cup being amongst the races won by him. He also ' vlY 17 7? U x!* 5° &>*> bein B tho sire of Volbdyovski, the Derby winner of 1901, Veim'- t? ty°* Ground Gllincaa wim > er of lflOo, Doncles, tho St. Lcger winner'of 1901, ano any number of other winners. At the commencement of his stud career his feo was JOO guineas. He was insured for £15,000. ♦vllVllt a J? nua A ra P°rt of tho committee of tbo Ashburton County Racing Club reference was made to bookmakers, and it was practically suggested that tho question should receive the attention of tho New Zealand ' PhTt Conforon . co - S° far, tho Ashburton Uuo has experienced no troublo with the bookmakers, "but montion is made that the experience of other clubs has not boon so Scotty was schooled over tho 'hurdles at Ellersho this,week, and is 6a .d to have jumped vory satisfactory. During tho coming week there will bo no racing in the dominion, tho only event of importance to racegoers being the declaration of weights for the first day ot the Ureal- ' meeting' These are duo on w! a L no ?\ Tho tollowin e week tho Gisraa tsfldaMwtuj takos place, and then tho season closes with the Wellington 2i aClng d 24 r me0tl " B on Jul) ">

.CANTERBURY J.C. NOMINATIONS. \]

(By Telegraph-Press Asßoclatfon 1 \u th" Chrlstchurch, Juno 23. ine following nominations kavo been 10ceived for tho Canterbury Jockey Club's brand National meeting:— WINTER GUI', of 600 sovs. One milel'lrst Mattf, North Head, King Post, Uraeraboy, Grenadier, Simplex, North East, Aiundio; Huskerry, Wunmera, Irish Rillo, Sir l'nsco, Gwcndolma, Tikitere, Memo Zeawifk, Aboriginal, Tyrant, Stratagem, Wnlstlecraft, Zimmerman, Oxton, DaWn Longner, Chief Lochiul, White Cockade' Pikopr.,- Spate, Continuance, Iranui, St Aidan, Pukewai, Penates, Hilanan, Federal, * Ngapuka, Maiora. Rock Ferry, Sea King Guiding Stop, Lady Disdain, All Guns, SeSman, Sweet Angelus, "ttinal, Lono Star. and Wnikaraka. i$? A * D RATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, of 1000 sots Ibree miles and a half.—Capitol, Jixmoor, Pawa, Waitarero, Eurua, Northern btar, Ben 'Jonson, Wanganui, Mooshen, Moccasin, Assayer, Aorangi, Nogi, Eldorado, Halirangi, Spcciosa, Diplomatic, Stormont, Cymn, Jack Pot, Slaney, To Arai, Nadador, Xavier, Lo Beau, Lull, Irish, Maidi, Leonardo, and-Lmijcrer * ,„ G P AND NATIONAL HUHDLE RACE, of 1000 soys. Two miles—North Head, Te IJira, -Exmoor, Kingman, Bully, Pukonui, Bplario, Stronghold, Virtus, Ben Jonson, o'ayboy, Claremont, Showman, Lyrist, Whatakura, Rendrock, Kairoma, Gold Dust, Polyanthus, Pikopo, Rangihaeta, Gold .Shower, Auratus Stormont, Paritutu, Waihuka, Scottv, Contender, Southorn Cross, Cora/jOn, Kremlin, Xavior, Ability, Wirral, Bilken Rein, Nero, Inih, Compass, Snip, Lanland, and Lionheart