THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 7

THE TURF

RACING FIXTURES. July 17, 21, and 24.—Wellington E.G. Steeplechaso. ~ *' ' Jnjy 28.—Hawke's Bay Htfnt Steeplechase. . Jdly 29.—North Canterbury J.C. Snorts., - 'Aug. 10,'12, and 'U.-C.J.C. Grand National. Sspt. 2 and 3.—Marton J.C. Annual. ' ANSWER TO OOHHESPOHDENT.' PtF.D.— (Bongotea).—Sir Friseo.'lOst. 21b., , .1: Seaman, lOst. lib., 2j Dawn, 10st. ' '91b., 3. , i . ' NOTES AND COMMENTS. > ( ",' , , llh Qlkncok,] 'tie Eelipso Stake*, of 10,000 sovs., ftill bei<hin at Bandown Park, England, on Frvs * '. ' ' . i Mr. 'tJ. Shannon hae ibeen re-ttppomted haftdfcappor to the Lower Valley Joekoy Club. ■ iockey H. Telford arrived from Palmert' ton' North yeetwto mottling, ahd went on to >Trentham to school semo of the jumpers th«d. ; ifceto), who etftiolt himself recently at Tanherinlkau," arid had to be spoiled for a few days/ is now in regular work again. I Maidi\ww yostonky "soratchod for all en•g Jdmente &t the Wellington fcanW'raeb s meeting,, and Kremlin was withdrawn, from hifefiirsV day's engagements, tile accommodation that had been booked ' Wb, ffrentham 'racecourse for Aesayer was eaa.ceUod yesterday: so it looks as iftoGjd Beef gelding ™ not be seen at the meet- . Consoiation (Birkenhead-Ascension) has been retired from the racing track, and wto be-mated with the Derby winner, Elevation. Tribulation, the yearling brother to Provocation, is'to bo brought down to the Wellington facing Club's meeting in order -\M heliay become aoonetomed to the btratto and the. crowd on a racecourse. Mr',' \V. E. Bidwill's team for the, Aua'tralian" Jockey Club's spring meeting Mi « leave Wellington for Sydney during the first we4k in" , September. , , T.'Ross arrived at Trentham yesterday ink Tduherinikan with Hilarian, and a rising by\KHcheran from Prelude. ', s ' ' • fioocl news comes from Martinborough recarding the work being done by Mome Z£a the Merrie Jnglimd gelding u> ta be.'Drongnt to Tremhim to fulfil his engagtoeni in the Parliamentary Handicap, next Saturday. , Subdue and Mania (both by Conquoror) we-'now inmates of J. Ayer'fl (stable at Trerithain. ib.4 Officer gelding Defeat is now being eehooled over the big country, but iai not too eucoeiefUl at the business up to the pre--1 6en^, ' ' i 'A rising two-year-old filly by Sir Lddo, ' -.wHed by Mr. P. E. Baldwin, is betHg broken in "by V. O'Neill at Palmerston North. ' bwners are reminded that nominations for th* Hunt Club meeting clofio At 9 p.m. to-morrow with the secretary. Mr. Arnold Weston, Pahiatua. The lelograph Offi?e at Pahiatua dose* at 8 p.m. . 1 -31. M'Grath reached Trentham yesterday with First Consul, and H. Fletcher arrived with Bilkea Rein and Purakau. B'. Keeper arrives from Blonheirn by the s Takapuna this evening'with Gold Bird, and will'go on to Trentham by an early train, tomorrow. [ Adoordine to an Auckland esohange, the -Baiiway Department has discontinued the practice J6f taking horsfe-boxee on the Main ' Tnffik express, and'tho Auckland horses ttiat are' L engaged ftd Trentham will come to Now ' Plymouth by steamer and on to Wellington by-tHe ibail train. -* • \ i ( JVlahutonga;\who,Was rf ported a|tP«manently retired from the racing track, is shortly to be sent to Melbourne from Sydney /to be " given ario'tJier chanoejio stand a prepa)ration. •' ' FU'll rtsult's" of'die firs\ day's,'racing at FlemihsHoii" are flow W hand, showing that WairlkPs brother, Seddon, was amojjg the winiiets. ' , - ( i • ' Wfien .first taken to Sydney, Tumut and Osiris were .trained on one,of the suburban 1 courses, but at latest advices thej* had joined the workers at llandwick.'' id a result Of the very heavy rains during theepast.few days, the going at Trentharn is on "the heavy side, and, though ft number of horses worked yesterday) the conditions were not,'favourable to time-making. ■ Some of the 'candidates in the principal oventa may not ' T ue knt to Trertthani till iTridtty oh account oftthe tracks beiflg heavy, but aa over twenty / , visiting horses have now arrived the track / work sbdilld bo interesting from this morning / or|rfiirds.[ , t ' t . / "sriiee going to reside at the Hutt, trainer / Frank Higgott has become a keen football . / enthusiast, and has presented two gold tnedaUM the Kia Ora Club, one for the best back it the junior team and one for the best Needless to say, Higgott was among tile spectators when the club placed tho .junior championship hejond doubt at the Hiitt .Recreation Ground on Saturday. Mr. Parata, of Waikanac, has i. full-bro- , ther to-'Pikibo that is shortly to be sont down to jom C. Pritchard's team at the Huft. Perbape the new-eowor will give his " owrler a jiuicker return than Pikiho, who 'is a 'peor dder, and causes bis trainer nc little worry. , Raneihaeta and Marathon, who are both trained at Awapuni, are ksekihg very well at?',presettt, and both should run creditably when nest started. '#t. Flora is again a member of F. Higcdtt's team, and the Hutt trainer is not without hopo that the St. Clements mare will win»& race later on. Last season sho vtik' hurried in her preparation, and may not have , benefited by the treatment. G. Price, who rode her in one of her races at Blenheim, always averred that ehe had pace. iLionhettrt is said to bo coming on very fast in. his preparation - at Awapunij and the Loolantis gelding may be seen racing again before very long nbw." "News of another bargain in blood-stools comes from England. At tho Cobham sale in 1906, the brood mare Manacle (Tyrant— ■ ' Loricula) was Bold for She had been mated with Collar, but was l)e'io\cl 'not''to bo, in foal. Sho, honevcr, pio'lurcd Cithernm, who ( on May <21 last, i.on the ESumaniah Derby, by four lengths. Tbo -Victorian Amateur Turf Club ha\t r a i race,meeting at Caulfic'.d next Saturday, ' ' bill the hig-meeting, where'the Australian Hlittllee and Steeplechase ure run, doeß'not cotorflonci till August 7. £ea Siok 11, who dead-hoatod with Quintette in the French Derby last year, and afterwards ran very badly" in the Eosorn Derby, has showed winning form again in -France this season. v JValter, Miller, who for several seasons was crack jockey in America, has gono to England, where he will ride as a frco lance, In America, he has ridden for Mr. Keoiie I -and other leading owners, and during his I - career he has won almost every important rice in New York and California. During I the winter he v was fined £40 in 'Frisco, j and refusing to pay wae set down. Howovor, ' w iih tho Opening of,the Eastern circuit, ho I again put himself in good standing, and apj ppared successfully at Belmont Park, In- ' oreibiug weight is his reason for going j abroad