THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1531, 29 August 1912, Page 6

THE TURF.

« THE ROVER CASE. (By TelSEraph-Pross Association.) ' Christchurch, August 28. lie-stewards of the Canterbury Jockey Club heard further evidence yeslerdav concerning (lie scratching of The Hover for the Grand National Hurdles,• mid again adjourned the inquiry. MELBOURNE CUP SCRATCHINGS. Br Telezranli-PreEs Association-CoDyricM (Rec. August 28, 10.35 p.m.) Melbourne, August 28. Vice-Admiral and Allegory have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. FRANK WOTTON INJURED. (Ree. August 28, 11 p.in). London, August 28. Frank Wootton has been thrown from a motor-cycle on Epsom Downs and slightly injured, fracturing his collarbone. SUSPENDED. By Tclesraph—Press AEsociation-CoDyrieht (Rec. August 29, 0.10 a.m.) London, August 2S. Stanley Wootton was suspended at the York meeting for crossing at tho start, and reported to the Jockey Club. N.Z. TROTTING ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING. (By TeleeraDli.-Press Association.) Christchurch, August 28. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association was held this ■ afternoon. In his review of the year the chairman (Mr. P. S.clig) said ptoq{ of the progress ot the'sport in popular favour came from the extreme ends of the. Dominion. Tho position was equally satisfactory in Auckland, Otago, and Southland, where great strides hud been made. Everywhere he noticed greater activity on the part of,breeders and owners to secure tho best class of horse as a result of increased stakes offered by tho. clubs. Records were broken during tho year. Bibbonwood's 2min. flscc. for tho mile'was reduced ,, to 2min. 8 3-ssec. by his son, King Cole. This time wns equalled also by Emmeline, while Emintline's hyo niile lime (4mm. Msec.) was also an Australasian record. lioferring to recent developments, Mr. Selig said Parliament was interfering with one of. tho legitimate sports of the people to an unreasonable extent. He could not see any good reason why Parliament should take up its time meddling with details of tho control of sport. Uf late years the Minister responsible had ignored the conferences. Ho hoped to see a change in this policy. Racing legislation was responsible for the disappearance of five trotting clubs. There were now only twenty-two in the Dominion. Fourteen raced ono day only. It could not justly be said thtire was tco much trotting; Dealing .with the work of the conference tho chairman mentioned specially a new rule- making increased provision for the encouragement of pure-gaited trotters and the'.cxfension of the benefits of the provident fund to amateur riders and trainers. The Licensing Committee had issued over 2000 licenses during the season. It was now generally recognised that tho work of the committee was invaluable in securing proper control of the sport. ' During tho past season the association had reason to'.bo dissatisfied with certain conditions obtaining in Southland, and had appointed Mr. Garrard to investigate. The result.- of' the commissioners' visit was ■ a marked, improvement. Ho believed that the ."school of racecourse fraud that had been- operating for' some' years had now been' wiped out. . . ' . • It was decided that the president should bo thanked for his address, and that it should Ik! printed and circulated among the clubs.

The election of the board for tho ensuing year was announced as follows:— North Island: Messrs. C. F. Mark and A. M. Samuel. South Island: Messrs. P. Selig, W. H. Dcnton, K. O. Duncan, H. F. Nicoll, AW Hayward, \W G. Garrard, and C. S. ITowell. "

NOTES AND COMMENTS'. [DT Ulexcoe.] Weights for the Dann-svirke Racing r ® Club's meeting arc duo to-morrow, jNominations for Uio Olaki Maori R-ac- „„ ing Club's meeting close on Saturday next, at 8.30 p.m. to Capital acceptances have been rccoiveo ed for the llarton Jockey Club's meeting, li- and the fields in tho different events next id Wednesday promise to bo very large. Seal Rook, who won tho C.J.C. Great 1) Autumn Handicap in 1907, was reprcseut--16 cd by a winner (Split Rock) at the Mponce t- Valley (Melbourne) Races on August 21. 16 The Foxton trainer, A. Wright, returned from Christehurch yesterday fnorning, and went on by the Auckland mail to Pal-. I' mcrston North. " In some notes on American jockeys who managed to keep tho money'they made in , their palmy days, a New York writer ' says ho was up in the Harlem district recently, and a friend pointed out a well- , stocked dry goods store, and informed him that it was owned and run by tho former jockey, Walter Miller. Later, they met tho jockey himself, and it was difficult to recognise in the substantial-look- ~ ing business man the former little crack rider for Mr. J. R. Kecnc's stable and other large establishments abroad. Miller retired with a credit balance of over [6 ,£50,000, and besides some real estate, owns three dry goods stores. FddioGar.e rison, "Snapper," another of the old--0 timers, even before Sloan, is racing a small string of horses along the Canadian 6 circuit, arid doing pretty well, but otherg wise it is impossible to locate many of l 0 this boys who were making fame and money in America a few years ago. The Egmont-Wanganni Hunt Club race meeting will tako placo on tho Wanganui course to-day. l 9 Tho Duke of Westminster's filly Mvsj. t«ry, on whom Herbert Jones won the a Salisbury Maiden Plate, in Jul} - , is a daughter of rare old Vampire, the famous e siro of Flying Fox. That a good deal thought of Mystery is shown by her ) having over thirty engagements for this year and next in "Races to Come," and 0 although the minor forfeit of five sovs. was paid for her last March for next year's Derby, she ha? been left in tho Oaks, and is also in the One Thousand Guineas. Her dam, Vampire, was twentyone' yeans old when .Mystery was foaled, and had previously had twelve other foals to livei and only tyro'barren seasons. Of those twelve foal?.. seven ivero winners in all of -exactly £49,823 1 10s. Over 40,000 sovs. was the contribution of her best son, Flying Fox, whose victories as a three-year-old .included, among races of less note, the Two Thousand- Guineas. Derby; and St; Leger, and the three "ten thousand pounders." , There is a likelihood of. Sir T.etho going to Sydney to contest the steeolecliases at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring meeting. The fact that (lie Wair'arnpa hnr.°s has .not been nominated at, Dnnnevirko lends colour' to this theory. The first steeplechase at E-andwick is run over a 2J-mi!es course, which distance should suit the Lethe gelding to.a nicety. Mr. J. Hennah arrived at Trenthnm on Tuesday, and after inspecting his National winner—Captain Jingle—lie derided that. ho. was too sore to make the trip to Sydney, and lie is to. be sent homo to Hastings and turned out till next steeplechase season advances. Tl? will have as a companion in the paddock the Merviwee gelding -Tnlian, who is also undergoing a spell. ; The Ayr Laddie gelding, Pot Luck (leased by Mr. G. T). Beatson from Mr. - E. J. Walt) has again resumed training t at Hastings, under the care of W. Stone, j The trainor in auction hns another nse--1 fnl maiden in the brown gelding by Snn - Fran 'from Xadv Heart, who. when his • time cAnws to race, will carry tho colours of Mr. A. Stuart,'owner of Appin. 3 Sandstream will race at the Mart™ - meeting in the colours of his trainer, W. i Griffiths. The bay eelding appears to be 5 greatly benefited by his spell, and, after - a rare or two, will, no doubt, come backto his best form. ' , The steeplechase gelding Donzel has ,• been turned out, and will not be nsfed to t race again until tho next steeplechase season opens. Apparently the, effort, to train Wooloo--5 mooloo-has- been abandoned, as the Auss fralian-brtd horse is nor.- doing stud duty r at Hastings. Tho 'adjournment in The Rover casi probably means that the C.J.C. stewards _arc- going to search for further evidence.

in the matter, and they will not give a decision until the whole thing has been denied tip. The St. Ambrose hor.-e Odcsn was responsible for a very smart gallop over six furlongs at Trinllinni an Tuesday morning. In con?cr|Uf>nee of this, he i.-; now much in favour for the big handicap at M.irtnn next week. Tho imported hor« Kilbroney, purchaspj by Mr. J. B. lieid. is expected to arrive here jhorfly, and will take up stud duty at onco at Kldcr.'lie, Oamaru. Tho Hnwera trainer, 0. Cos, i> k-nving on Monday for Marton, and Inking the St. Paul gelding Timothy, who has an engagement in the Hack-Hurdles, ami .Princess Flo, who has been paid up for in tho Maiden Hack Knee. Tho Trondiam contingent for the Marlon meeting, consist i»» of D?j>loy, in charge of W. Davie.s. Odessa (C. 'Prit- . chard), and Peggy (J. Lowe), will be railed noiili on Monday morning. On tho :<nme date the Porirun team will be sent up in charge of .1. 71. Propser. The Mnidon Knee nl Marton next week will probably see Postillion carrying silk. Tilley's candidate will no doubt divide favouritism with Serenity. _ Writing from Sydney to a friend in Wellington, G. Price reports that all the members of his team are doing well at Eaiuhvick. Bronze is entered at Moorefield next Saturday, but is a doubtful starter. Phe will probably make, her first nppenranco at the Tottersall's meeting at Eandwick on September H. In referring to the race for the Eclipse Stakes, of 10,000 eovs., won by Princo Palatine on July 19, the special commissioner of the London "Sportsman" says:— The Derby winner Tagalic was at her l«st, but the fear that she will not struggle when fairly tackled was sadly verified. Drawn on tho inside, she got well away, and had the race all to her liking all along the back stretch and round the top turn, but she had to bo driven a little to prevent Stedfast taking tho rails coming into tho straight. Thnt did it, fSr though she 'came into the straight with a slight lead she promptly fainted right ont of it, just'as in the Oaks and Newmarket Stakes, leaving Stedfast with tho race apparently at his mercy; hut the fatal number 13 was against him—he had won a succession of twclvo races—and Princo Palatine, who had been taking his timo while tho leaders were pounding ahead, now loomed larg-e'on tho scene two furlongs from home. For tho first of these furlonps, Stedfast was holding his own with a bit to spare, but froni the distance homo we were manifestly.-in'for a great struggle. When tho pinch came Maher sat and suffered for a few strides to collect his horse, and at that point Princo Palatine caught him, but afterwards there Was nothing in it, and a desperately fought-out finish resulted in what most people thought a. dead-heat. Stedfast' was rather cramped for room on the rails! but nothing to justify an objection, though there was some talk of one. There is this to be faid for Tagalie, that tlje going \vas quite holding, especially on'the far side of the course, ivhero deep hoof-marks'could be seen as wo came away, and Eoiff says that he thinks he. could have finished third had he ridden her out for that place.