THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 981, 23 November 1910, Page 7

THE TURF.

NOTES and comments,

; ■ -, ' IB* Glencoe.] Canterbury Jockey Club's ■ meeting, takes'place at Timaru to-day and to-morrow. : Thk>.Menschikoff gelding Socialist, who • V in Melbourne for 400gns. f- v Baldock, will be shipped H 'W wdia in company with Aborigine, ■' aro to leave very shortly. The ■■ 1? at H. Eayner's stables at . Kandv, lc.k, is now being prepared for the , 'v -Since the .New Zealand-bred horse -. urst-.. carried Mr., Gordondhas Khattau's ; eoloUrs, lie has won two races, and dead-hf4tetl-'for another,- the prize-money for the- Hiree' totalling ,£2*50.,, : Lady L'uey- is-remaining in Melbourne, a , , '.has .goiio into W. Hickenbothaiu's ■ stable, .says the "Referee." F, Tilley had . to- ittempt to do too much with tho mare .in too .short' a .time, and conse- . she was scarcely ready .to 'do merSelf : justice in the Melbourno Cup, ' ! Achillean (Medallion—Nereid) has ar-' •, rive>d jat. Murwillumbah, where ho will stud duty. Achillean is own ' Mother, to the famo,us 'New Zealand racehorse; Achilles.. .The-'three-year-old . filly KarnaU (Field ..has again- -beeti - put into,? work at Randwiek by R. Brenna'n 2? r -:;Mr. >W. t. Nowlan,. who, has sold [Double 'Jape (Malstir—Fuse) ,to -go, to. .Noumea.. . • - ' '■ Tumut," who- has -been showing signs ,of lameness, will be turnedvoiit"at Master--'ton for. an extended spell. - ~ Tsitsihar (Stepiiialt— Tempest) - -was loffeired' for , sale 'at • auction in Christ-., ■church last - Saturday, but no business resulted.; '. . •' ■■ . , • Ho'ftier, who . has so far proved a aaiilure'/ at hurdio racing, is . entered for flat races only at., tho Woodville Jo'clcey iClub's meeting. ..... . .. i -The,.distance of the Hawera Stakes at [the vEgmont- Racing Club's -niceting- has Ibeen altered from six furlongs'to one [mile,and. the. winning- penalty for tho 1250 :sovs;..event increased from 101b. to il-Jlb. . : , At;a-meeting of 1 the 'Egmont Racing 'Club-Gotamittee held on Saturday last., , |the Programme Committee recommended rthSt'"th>:.v\Vhareroa Htirdles 1 (first dav) lahd--'Eltham. Hiirdles (second ' day) to ■ [delated 1 'in. favour q'f a AVelter and Hack' ffiace respectively. On a vote being taken [it I-was- decided that these races -be reftaine'di - A motion, to ■Tedu'cei the distance rof. the Egmont Cup:-race to''a iqile aiid Is quarter was lost. ■ CKaiivelitt (Soult—lnamorata), who has ®ot;raced, with' ,'afly' success, in' Australia,. Iss been sold to Mr. E. A. Connolly" for Uiiso.-. ; • .• Problem, dam of - Solution, recently foaljd. a, colt,to Positano, sire cf Posei-dpn,j:Mpoltan,-etc. . : v ..• ! _ -'. , Among' • the' winners ; at the. Cavilfield ' race's. 1 ast ■ -Saturday w^ek' : was ■ the : New Zealand-bred mare, .'Mary Seaton. bv SMton Delaval. : 'Thefe' w?:s b."sad' circumstrace it\ .con-' Heftiori with the death of the yoiing Australian. - jockey, :J. Tresize';; : *fhom ;. the cabhs'announced .was Itilled 'at' Newcastle on-jNoyember 12.' 'The. deceased was' in year, and. had been in thfevemploy; of' E. Connors,' ..tli'o- 'local; trainer,'for' a -few months. . He' was a son':\of .Mr. W. Tresize,' of Newcastle, nnd;; being lad.,': he was a : popular favourite with his fellow.jockeys; He jhad■;.-a" few wins; to. his. .credit, but onlythe freek before tho accident ' he ipTbMistd; his parents" that ho would connection: with the sport, and,, with thAf end in view, he.fully- intended !that; November 12 would see him for; the Jast time with . the .colours iip. •

' topic - "of conversation in spot hng circles this week .is the remarkably; j open .appearance of tho St. ; Aiithe. principal event at leading , nest' weekV,. The -prospects of. most.jof^the.,candidates appear : to ho bright. and the more one. studies the form..' the; more' hazy does the outlook be-come;..:/-Sandstreaiii, Bst'. : lolb., is No. 1 °n' t th G card, and the. San Fran gelding, though.at,;-his best in,races,a quarter of. ® (iefs,- ~must - have ,a.,.very..good, ' tteo' is nothing below";him frith,tanj. pretensions to first-class handicap ,-fprm. ' Messrs. Millers' horse is a rt"'mount to : ride,..-inasmuch as, he fnty.vlias.-ono run, and,, on this -account,. 3ie requires, to be allowed.'time 'to get ;on tq;,his feet! in the eatly • part of a Tacc. J?.-the .pace is fast from tho':liagfall,.it is . Sandstream's chances,,.but, if - «•#», is anywhere .near' the leaders .utJ -the,-turn, and has had .a quiet; passage, then-we.can look out.for one.of his well- • 3»osii':tfushes'' oyer '.the: -final furlong.' «6osevelt,,.Bst. ; 3lb., .will probably be in race. It' is, a 'noticeable fact . «bout; all; ,A. Jackson's'horses that they l6t 5 B .! 1 !:; u .P" to racing, • and ■ this makes it , 'appear-as if the Wanganui owner is very repards- toacJc -work.'- Sir too, will, .probably be backis. having his; first mce ; this and, on that 'account.' cannot bo over a 12-furlongcourse. •iv •ij- district : the; opinion is J^!d. ; tnat.he will not beready by Auck-i w h* c h -is-.{our., .weeks' ;it ter^- Trainer, Fryer will ordbably seize' »' 'raco'.on. (both days at Fpildirig, . John, Bst., will 1 , bracketed with Roosevelt,, and, queutlv, his backers; whose name is e f °ur' chances of : a divi-.sSfi'i'-PW 8 !® fo . be. an impression abroad that the. Cuirassier gelding, .was nnljioky to ; miss' the '"Fendaltori. .Handicap ot-Kiccarton. l'he writer..does, not subecribo .to. this view-. , On thecontW, - he iEW?k s that Kopu won with about 10lb' ■or v stone in hand. John had, a clear tthr whole. \ray, and the reason why e m,le P o * s ' was heeanse a -Bull oil hini,' evidently (being, of;the opinion that lie would run T,V°."i, this way. Clemora, Bst., 'fete*?*"?!? winning form''of late, ■odt- "tI f lstanc ®,, , s . likely , to ; find : him note that John! charge .has"repeatedly 'failed' in' 7st I'm " f i ,au " mile - ' Mendip, WTrt'?] made favourite last year, but .-he : failed lgnommiously. "It. was then- argued that his ' trainer I had done 11lm ' and' consequently he Wii°• fn , condition. On'the other app^rs that way, and. at no time, has he m rm llorso will nut ?'i cn we come to the two three-year-olds—Hirkdale 7st. '131b„ 1 and 'Tst, 51b. The former an? EnvV e gofc , l)ls full share, but it nini?' HitL remen ]he r ed- that,, twice run,nmgs have won this race K>re tfii^Tn birkdalc. apnears to have iiUt good'"one. ■'His pl?form ' nnces seem' to be nothing mow th/field 5 Wan Sa n "' Cud form, no;formito If we wcepb the lattervSra^l^ 3 " 5 '

RACING FIXTURES. Nov. MMdDea. I—Feildinp B.C. SprinDec.-; 7 and. 8-Woodville J.C. Summon "'