THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3066, 30 April 1917, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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O\rners should note that acceptances for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting close to-morrow night. Acceptances for tho Hawera Meeting close at 9 p.m. on Thursday -next. The Toft'yand Plymouth are unlikely starters at Hastings, as. the difficulty of getting them there seems insurmountable. Should tho pair be put on the boat at Lyttelton, it would be Wednesday night'before they could Teach Hastings, and this would only give them Thursday to get over tho trip. The absenco of The Toff from tho Cup is to be regretted, as he was nicely weighted and looked like giving a. good account of himself under favourable conditions.

Mr. G. L. Stead, owner of The Toff, and Mr. B. S. Luttroll, owner of Kilboy, have both been in communication with Sooretaiy J. M. Johnston, of the Jlanawatu Racing Club, asking if. tho Uniiway Department will load horses in time for tho Avapuju. Meeting, to be held on May Iβ a?jd 17. So far nothing definite is known as tu the intentions of the Depaitment, lint it is pleasing-to note that tho southern owners intend nifilcing the trip with the two crack three-year-olds if it is possible;- The presence of the pair nasietl competing mth Desert Gold and SasiEof in the Gold Cup will be a Hg attraction*.

Paimereton 'Norfc'ii trainers state that he Awapuni trucks und enclosures are t present looking jus well as at any pre;ious time. 'On Saturday last the secretary . had all tlie iiowere picked and sold on behalf of the Eed Cross Funds.

At tho Sydney sales, the half-sister to Nyetad, by Hallowmas, 6old on behalf of Mr. Higbden, was purchased by Mr. E. •J. Easton, a Queensland buyer, for 150 guineas. The only Martian offered was the bay colt from Coleano, a halfbrother to Briesis, who has 'done well at the Sydney pony meetings. Hβ was knocked down to Mr. T. M'Gratk, the Bandwick itrainer, for 110 guineas. The Taldhurst stable will have three youngsters available for two-year-old races next .season. A brother to The Monk, by Boniform—'Cassock, and a colt by Martian—Formless have already been broken in and ridden, while a colt by Elysian-Oyinna, purohaaed at the Auckland summer. sales, has just been taken , in hand. . . Indian King, who cost Mr. B. J. Watt 1000 guineas as a yearling, changed hands recently in Sydney at 300 guineas. The son of Mountain King and Bee gave considerable promise as a two-year-old, but hie recent dinplsys have been of a most disappointing nature.. ..." • Mr. H. G.'Taylor's team, comprising Bee, Zuland, Matty, Spangle, and Sir Tarka, is booked to leave for Australia as soon as a permit can be obtained. E. J. Mason is contemplating a trip to Sydney with some of his team. It is a preat pity that Biplane is not fit to make the journey. Since he won the Wanganui Guineas at the beginning of the season, Bjorneborg has not won a race, although he has been placed on nine occasions, and has won over jEIOOO in place money. Tho Auckland horseman B. Deeley has won the Thompson Handicap two years in succession. His win on Kilboy in the New Zealand St. Leger also gave him his second.snecess in that event, his previous victory being on Balboa in 1915. According to a southern , writer there is a prospect of the North Otago Jockey Club deciding to hold a meeting on May 24 and 25, providing carriage for racehorses on the railway can be secured.' Reports from Hawera credit Styrax with being in ■ excellent trim for the jumping season.: He will be given an opportunity of earning distinction ever country aa. weH as at hurdle-racing.