THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3079, 9 May 1917, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS 18l IiLENCOS.T The Egmont Racing CluVs.' Winter Meeting will be held to-duy and to-uior-T'iie well-known jockeys, S. Eeid, C. Emerson, L. Wilson, and 0. Al Urten, have been called to the colours. Owners awl trainers are reminded, that nominations for all events at the boutn Wnirarapa Trotting Club's Meeting, to ha held on June 4, close with the secretry, Mr. W. Armstrong, on Thursday, May 10, at 10 p.m. _ Jir. (i. L. Stead, owner of The Toff, has notified Secretary Johnston of the Manawatu' Racing Club, that hie three-year-old will be on hand to contest the Awapuni Gold Cup next week. The hurdle gelding, Plymouth, will accompany The Toft' to Awapuni, and the pair are expected to pass through Wellington today. ■ ■ Word from Ellerslie states that- Pink Tie had been responsible for several smart gallops there before beinj shipped to Hnwera. The Multiiid mare, who is to be ridden by A. "Reod, may be well supported in the Telegraph iiandicarj at the Egmont Meeting to-day. .' ~' For winning two hs>ck iwps at Tren-:-Uniii the Australian-bred Hendra, has earned a Kilb. penalty for Hie Autumn Handicap at the Manawatu (Meeting. At most meetings winners of hack events are not- ' penalised i" open races. ■ There are no Trentham horses engaged at Hawera to-ilay, but several..will he sent north for the Jlnnawatu and Wanganni and Utaki meetings.

So fnr as first and second places were concerned, tho Burke Memorial Handicap, at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting on Saturday, .was a repetition, of the Napier Cup, deeided % about two months ago, both events being won by Trials, .with Multifual second.

s[r. J. B. Eeid may send one or two of his hordes over to Australia with M. Hobhs, but notliinß. Ims .been definitely decided about the matter yet. If Ifilflinn goes across to Australia it will b? interesting to see how the handicanners will weight the little filly who defeated Desert Gold'.

General entries for the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting are due on Friday night. The well-known hurdler, Kihneny, hits seen the last of the racecourse us a public performer, having been broken into harness to be driven in future by a lady. Several other TCiccarton-trainerl horses have.of late been educated to harness work for quite another reason, the imported English niave Fotlieringay, and the Australian-bred colt hv Flaviis— Lady Content .havin; paved tlironfrh the process to see if it will work an improvement in their manners.

Th" AVntlnce—Reria filly, nnrchnsfd by Mr. W. G. Stead af. the '"Rnn.-lu-ick sales, li!is arrived in and ho.s been taken chare™,of liv T. 1 , . Qiiiulivun, who is to i rniii her. Serin! dam of the filly, is a. full-si«ter to Italtiue, a good performer in Australia.

The T)iiuediii Cup winner. Rovkc's Drift, has beon tinned out for n short snell. He i« to lie nominated for th° pivnodin Jockev Club"* Jfeet-ins in June, nnd it is just nowible Hmt he wilt V asked to nln'v his" part nt Winc.itni. The son of f'ulibre and O'Rorke's Frnicy has had n strenuous time of it during the past eighteen months, as he lias ''undergone nreparntions for two Dniiedin Cups, Great faster mid Great Autumn Tlandicnns, a Xe«- Zen land Cup. and ii Winter Clin. It would be hard to name another horse entitl»d to show a record of it similar description. T. Ouinlivan wns recently approached, bv ,M». 'I'. E. Wlieleh. of Wnipukiivnii. to see if he would si?ain train EliV'ble. who is now tliouelit capn.We of standing a preparation. As the Hastings mentor's boxes were all full he was compe'leil fo refuse.

It. is a pitv that the Ewnont 'Rueiiis Club doesimt put a couple of steenleon its winter programme. Tlie club has b°en nimKW , li"d ,; nie iiml asa(n o" (hi« matter, but without sneress. and ""itlier nre any facilities in the win- of brush fe"ees granted trainers of fteeuleoliasprs. There i<= 115 d-Piivini? the fnc-t Hint liui'd'.evs nml st«»nlechas«rs nre the '""t typo of 'inrse= tliat nan be vacfil with Hip ultimate nWct of malcin? them valuable for military 'jurposes. and it \* to be hoped *-'>nt in future all clubs will rpcosnise this.

A Pre»s Association telegram from Aiuklaiid states Hint I.oyal .Arch has been scratched for the Cornwall JTandican.

Oeiienl entries a»d aoceptances for the T-.N. T'urrlles. G.N. Steeples, and the. Cornv>ll -iTni"'ioap'in the Auckland 'Raciu? Club's Winter MeoHncr; will dose on Vriday next, at 0 p.m.