THE TRUF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 7

THE TRUF.

RACING FIXTURES. July 8 and 9.—Gishorne li.C.' Steeplechase. • July 17, 21, and 24,—Wellington 'B.C. Winter. July 22.—Wellington Pony and Gallowav R.C. Aug.-10, J2, and H.—C.J.C. Grand: National. • NOTES AND COMMENJS, -UN ' IBT Giraco*.! O The Princess of Wales'? Stakes,''of 6000 sovs.,' one jnile and a. half; is to bo run afc Newmarket, England;: to-day.'' : ,The field includes! last year's principal threa-tyear-old winners, Your . Majesty,, Signorinetto, Siberia, and White Eaglo. . ;Mr. •A. Liskirk, owner ; <of King! Post and' 1 Succession, went out to Trentham l yesterday, morning to witness a trial. ( Several of W. Davies's Trentham, team are on the/easy'list at', present, /but ins active brigade; has beon strengthened by. the addition of a couple of two-year-olds., , ■ ', ■ ■ •• Provided his owner is satisfied with the weights allotted him, North-East is said to be a sure starter in the Winter Cup at Riccarton. The Euroclydon gelding, has now . won half 'a dozen races in the hack division. . J. Cameron, who in, his time was about tho finest cross-country horseman in' tho Dominion,, intends to start training onhis.owil account in Feildmg. He will probably be'taking a: couple of .horses in', hand this week.; .• , • . The Great Northern Oaks winner,. Gold Lace,;is nbt'likolv to be : seenjacing until.the new season is ivell advanced., •

Nero ,is said to. be-qnito 'recovered from ,'his sprained - fetlock joint, and 1 should bo'; seen racmg-again shortly. • , : ,

Merrie Oliver, who was .taken to tho ,other sidq a couple of mpnths ago, will be started at tho pony meetings in Sydney very shortly now.

The New Zealand mare Artillene is in regular work m Sydney, and is said to be lodkmg 'very fit. • ' " ~ ''. "- ;; ; i ;..

The ;Formosan—Wcpenor filly in C. O'Neill's stable, at Palmerston North, may possibly ibeentered for the Trial Plate at the. Wellington wmter meeting. ■: » .

Among tha hundred and sixty, odd/ horses handicapped for the Epsom Handicap at tne Australian Jookey Club 8. iqeetmg are quito a number of :hotses bred in New Zealand and owned ,'hcio. ' Some appear rto have been allotted more,than their .share of woighti and sopiq. are nicely handicapped,. but none is bet} tor treated.l than the Merriwee gelding Tumutj! with Bst. 41b. It is possible that tho Masterton horse-may .find the tracks on the other side a trifle more flinty than he likes them, but, 1 if he can be given a thorough preparation, he 1 has ,been allotted a nico racing weight. His i performances through the season were :consistsnt, and, hjs victoty on the second day ;of 1 the Wellington Cup meeting was a mentonous penormance. That h?. ■ fmlod. in tho Great Easter Handicap was probably duo to his being short of a gallop. It is to be hoped that he has bccomo. thoroughly accustomed to his new snrroundiugs, and that H. Cairns will -be able to":go ov«r' to Eandwick to ride him m the spring. . , '• :iv : 'As, Roosevelt's name does not appear' among the entries: for tho Parliamentary Handicap or tho Winter Cup, it probably means that ho is to be given au easy time for a.fewMveeks; and then to bo prepared, for Ins New Zeal and Cup engagement. Taking his performances; all in all the Mensohikoff colt has been ono of the most Consistent, of .'.the .'present -Beiisoh's' perfornjer's. He was placed second at Marton imthe spring, and joined tho winning list at the Otaki meeting in .October. At the Feilding opring meeting ho> ran into places, and then won his second race. at the Manawatu summer- meeting. He also won at the Ashhnrst meeting, aud thin ran lifti places at Bulls at New Year, and .at Foxtnn on,, Anniversary Day. At the end of January he annexed the two principal i races at the Pahiatua.meeting, and then,' after i running prominently :, during the next threv l-mopths, he • wqn the Dominion Cup ■ at Awapuni, .and finished up' the .season' by.,gaining. I another victory in. the Huia Handicap at [ Otaki. - At tbo hmo o{ the Ashhnrst. mectipg, it was in these columns that he was then ono of the best-conditionitl horses in' the'country, and, considering tho 'amount\of Taoing he did afterwards,, ho retained, his con. dition in. a wonderful manner, i , ,