THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2472, 27 May 1915, Page 3

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS TBt Glencoe.] In connection with the Otaki Maori Racing Club's Winter Meeting, to be hold on .lUiiio 3 and t, owners and trainers should no to that acceptances for the first clay's 'handicaps close at 5.30 tonight with Mr. 0. J. D'AUi, secretary. Nominations for tho Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Winter Meeting closo to-mor-row night. General acceptances for tho first day's handicaps at the Auckland Club's Winter n Meeting, and final payments for tho Great I- Northern Hurdles «iro du© to-morrow if night. Bollin is reported to bo amiss, and will r not fulfil his Kllerslie engagements. Air. A. W. Rutherford, junr., of Christchurch, has a full-brother to 151 Gallo, which is being broken in at Riccarton. Later on he will join A. M'Aulay's team. It is probable that tho services of C. Carmont will bo secured for Immer in the Raukawa Cup. The Poriraa team for the Otaki meeting is being sent north on Saturday. A cablegram announces the sale of the Positain colt Naxbory for 3000gns. In the Spring his owner, P. Burn, refused ICOOgns. lor the colt, who subsequently contracted influenza, and had to be spelled. Recently, he won the Adelaide Cup of 1500 SOTS., and also got .£IOOO from the drawer of one of Tatiersall's sweeps, so he did well to hold on to the colt. While at Adelaide he was offered 2000 gns. for the colt, but replied that he wanted double that sum for him. Apparently he met the would-ba buyer halfway. Tho Manawatu Hunt Club will hold its first totalisator meeting at the Awapuni course on July 21. The programme of events is as follows:—Waikanae Hunters' Hurdle Handicap, 50 sovs.; one mile and three-quarters. Foxton Maiden Flat Handicap, 50 sovs.; six furlongs. Manawatu Steeplechase Handicap, 125 sovs.; , about three miles and a half. Kiwitea 1 Bracelet Handicap, of SO sovs.; two miles. 3 Levin Hack Handicap, of 50 sovs.; one - mile. Otaki Steeplechase Handicap, of - 75 sovs.; about two miles. Fitzherbert - Hunters' Flat Handicap, of 50 sovs.; one mile and a half. 6 Whilst being schooled at Riccarton on 3 Tuesday morning the grey gelding True s Bluo dropped dead. His owner is unt fortunate in losing the services of the i steeplechaser at the present time, as he t was engaged at Wingatui next week, and . his chances of winning a stake looked 3 very bright. 1 Bon Rain, who used to carry the colours of Mr. A. J. Toxward. and who has recently been trained at Riccarton, has been returned to her owner, Mr. B. -Christie, of Oamaru, who intends to mate her with All Red. It is expected that the Dannevirke Hunt Club will hold its first totalisator meeting in the second week in September, on the. day following the Dannevirke Racing Club's meeting. According to. the "Deutscher Sport," the Hamburg Racing Club intends the German Derby to be run in any circumstances. A London paper suggests it should be a race for submarines, first prize to go to the one that succeeds in blowing up the most women and children in English or neutral merchant vessels. _ On his return from the Oamaru meeting C. Pritchard took charge of Rose Pink (lulbronej-—Madder), which Mr. H. Whitney has leased from Mr. J. B. Reid. Tod Sloan, tho once-famous jockey, is contributing the story of his life in the London "Evening News." Referring to tho Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase, won by the New [ Zealand-bred Fireworks, a Sydney writer j saj-3 tho course is particularly difficult, . and is not only a severe jumping test, but requires a bold rider to get his mount round. Tho runners have to cross a 1 public road, and do some hill climbing, while in one part three jumps are placed in such a position that no sooner has a horse jumped one obstacle when he is faccd with another. Mr. E. J. Watt, who has just returned from a trip to Sydney, told an Auckland writer that it was cxpected the A.J.C. race meoting, which was held 011 Monday in aid of the Belgian Fund, would net close on .£20,000. Members of tho A.J.C. had donated considerably over ,£IOOO, and the peucillers had given a further .£I2OO. A doll sold at Tattersall's Club brought w£l2s, and the racehorse Danuin, donated by Mr. H. R. Denison, was being raffled on the course, and was expected to net i! 1000. Ronald Cameron, (he ex-New Zealander, who rode The Parisian to victory in the Melbourne Cup in 1911, was a passenger to Wellington by the Moana yesterday. He was accompanied by his cousin, Mr. J. M'Donald, who was in Melbournewhen ho received the sad news of the sudden death at Wanganui of his father, Mr. J. R. M'Donald. Both young men , took passage by the first New i 7 taland steamer, and went on to levin by yesterdny*s afternoon train.