THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 799, 23 April 1910, Page 10

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

fBl GUENCOE]

■ ,:.■ The':.'decision-of the Appeal Court in i; the much-talkedKif;'. trespass ~r L ■■; -case-in favour,pf the Wanganui Jockey ?}; Cliib .will iift'a.bis : loadotf;the collec-' ov'tive'mind of that-body, as had it gone, ,v ;; ;the other way,.if : simpiy 'meant 1 that the ;; ;>club 'would have had.to pack up.'its ;.;,:traps, : so to,speak,;and.secure avnew ..;:•: course. ■■• Considering that' tha club has '(, ■; :.)Teoently spent maiiy r ' thousands : of ' V': Wnds improvements it would havo. . : ;been. verj-'-hard had-a change become .}: necessary.:.:- : .:'//:...■,-.■; >~.■':'! :' :.:;:;.'-.;.';; : ■ .- . Trentham trainer, J. .W.Lowe,. :'.-.will nominate several members of-his ;:.-;■■'team for the .Takapuna'.and. Auckland ;;,.;.winter.:meetings,v.and as''soon as the' ■-, /Blenheim fixture goes 1 past;; a^movewill .;;: ; i>e made _ north.'.: So . far it /has not :: Eileen .decided what horses ho will take -: ; £with him,,hut.Advantage and"Truga- ■-: ;, ; .liini are named'as'certainties.- k . ■::}'[■ ■:;' ■ .■;:•';,:; Jockey, E.-"Hatch goes to Hastings ,% .on Monday, where he has several .en- ,:-• gagements to ride,' the principal.being "* .on' Mr. G. D. Greenwood's horses. ...

-■■ '-V :■ Whe ll passing.' through Wellington' '~;. yesterday, Broadsword looked -re'mark;'y[; ably ;well, and Gutts expects tho'threei. ~.,!;year-old to show his best form iit^Hast- , xi'-ijings: next .week;, Tho Claura'nald:'colt to pace it with'the very, fastest ;. ; . ; ;lnarses.on. the tricks,, : :». [often his best' f6rm : 'in races. {;:•:. [Though; Chapma n, who generally .rides '•:':.',.pini;. m _his races,'.'novdoubt does , ..:his f.i -rwest'l'. still the general opinion:"is 'that r : jfJwith! a different stylo of: horseman'he y>.;,would do .better;., ";■• Possibly' what": "•Jβ' '/ '■:'. ■, "wanted ■is an exponent ■■ of ' the . ; - Sloan y; who' will; take- up his' lengths !; ;':;■ and-get. out on the 'colt's neck j and- if ; ':':'\4his was: tried .'l;feel/sure.'better;rei(;;;Buits': would.be "obtained.' .The son "of ;.::;;.: Clanianald is always up.in .the money, [j--'j-';ibut hot quite far : .enough; to win;■;'■■';

When he contested the Manawatu 'Stakes, AYarsong ( was slightly abovo Khimself, and tho reason of this ,waa , [that as tho black colt was growing 'so . Hast, his trainer was unable to,, give, 1 Umu enough, work to'fit him to get to ;the end of a hard six furlongs. Tho JAwapuni race will jmprovo him con- ' eiderably, and as he will meet the 6ition on much better terms in the ' Hawko's Bay Stakes, ho may be expected to sbow up at tho right end. [ Trainer F. Davis remarked after tho J race that he would not exchange his colt for any other two-year-old in tho i race, and his opinion must be respected. If ,he goes the right way ho should develop into an ideal Derby colt next 6eaGon. l At Greenmeadows F. Davis is handling five yearlings of Mr. T. H. Lowry's. L There are four colts and 0110 filly in the 1 teapa, and tho forme; are stated to be 1' , ian ideal lot, but tho filly, which is a lalf-sistcr to BobrikofF by Martian, is on the small side. Tiro of the colts are out of Madrigal and Koso Madder, 'both of whom aro full sisters to A]l .)_ Ked, another is a full brother to Kohinoor, and the last is a lialf-brothor to Loftns by Itoyal Fusilier. In the spring tho best of them will necompany BobrikoS to Eandwiok,. and this timo the ; ' team will be in. charge of their own trainer, and not sent to I. Eamshaw, 1 as was the case with Bobrikoff last summer. , At the sale' of- yearlings in. Sydney la full sister to" Lady Medallist'was sold for 150 guineas, while a full brother to ; iLatchet went for half that sum.

f Surprise was expressed locally when it was cabled to New Zealand that the Etepniak—Ambush «4re, Bercsina, who won'the Oakleigh'Kafc'when'in D.'j! Price's stables, but had been a failure otherwise, had brought 750 guineas when' submitted to auction as a brood tmare/ It now transpires that she' had Is colt foal at foot by Malster, and was jstinted'io Flavus. The purchaser was [the "well-known bookmaker, Barney UAllen, who is starting a stud on his jown account, and is purchasing several Jmares to mate with the American horso •Caimam."* '

t":-'< Matters in the sporting.World are at ■':.'' rehe.present time;on the.iqiiiet side,"and '. v rthere is nothing to engage , the : atteh« ■\.!.-pion;;of: enthusiasts tilf next. Wednes;,:■.■Way:'and'Thursday, when theHawkelß; ! ;.'. ..Bay;meeting will be held; '.'' ' '.."""" ;' ;.;., The New , Zealand-bred Ngauruhoe L-i.- , - lehanged handsrecently in Victoria,:" and v |js now. owned by a : prominent ..grain ;'• .•.';. tmerchant. , ' He is still trained •-Vy; 'his ; ■: ./Iformer. owner, W. H. Keith;' Uv'■;': The'. ! W.R.C. : Committee .will shortly ' '.v [go into the question of, the'■': penalties ; ■■ nor the Challenge Stakes, which, at .the:- :'.'■•.■ rprese'nt time have the cftccti of keeping ;y,M>ut the best horses through being overly (weighted. Possibly some difficulty will ; i'.jtbe experienced; in- dealing.. with: the, ;(. [question, which of conrse has two sides ■... [to ibjVbut:as 'this race .is■ put on the , : : ' rorogramme' vnth 'a view of bringing the ;:Vijbest:horses of all ages together, anat-- : ehould ; be made to grapple; with j ■.:'.-' (it,: a_s - the ! best' results have. : not !.. (obtained' in, the .'past. ■' '.• •'.,-" -" -, r ' ■ i.;:: ■' The local horses : which -have- been ; '■:,- fieompeting. at. the ; Nelson mecting'.'..\rill; ['■:.• .Agrrive home to-day. '.'• '-..■'.;'-;■ .'.'. j-.'..'..' Th* entries received by the WangaV ;-ißui'Jockey Club for their winter-meet- ;-.■;.. png -;. next ■ month are quite up to . the [ ; ;': ; tnsual. standard and clearly show, that ;.-';■ Hhero''will ;be V: no . dearth of .jumpers' !' ;;;this seaßon. ' '".'.;-... "■. . .;;■:•■ .-.•v V-"'-';'" ■ .'■; ;; .In: this'..issue/the West Coast.sAs'scm

,: Iciated Racing Clubs' are advertising io£ f. ..a, handicapper for the next racing sea-, f: ' eon.\ The successful applicant will frame ;.■' Ntie .weights _for, the Reefton,'. Grey- ;, ■: imooth, Hokitika, Westport and Jluimara Clubs and. he will be required to be present'.'atlall : meetings'' heldi-by ...... -these clubs. -The remuneration is 200 ,i'gns. and applications must'bo made in ' [writing and addreseed t0;.6; T. Grace, : ijgecretary, Jockey-' Club, Greymbuth. '