THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 268, 1 August 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

—— -ft NOTES AND COMMENTS fBY ObKSCOB.'. Nominations for the minor events at, Iho Canterbury .I.C.'s National iieciiiig cio..-c on l-'rittay al U p.m. .ic.ci.'iitiiiircs for tiruiid National tturdies, liranu National htci-.pleelinse, and u'inler tiup close at 8 p.m. on l-'ritlay. .Secretary U. 11. Ji. U'anlilyu, ol ihe Cainr.rDnry Jockey Ulub, tflio lias been on a heaiili-rceruiiing trip to ihe United Mates, returned home tins week. He is treatiy lienrmeil oy liis Holiday ami went ou lo Cliristciuucii yesterday. ■ At Awapuni two very i>i-o_isiiig two-year-outs, in the jlartiau- .'.tlc-licia colt, a member ot. ihe. lliflidcii team, aim iho J)eniostncne--(!i|)i,y Bella colt, owuett by jlr. A. J. ToKWoi-U, mi! at present giviim iln-ir iraiiKi-s somt: trouble, itutt regularly iney are lame aner exercise. It was itilL-mlcd to .ship Nita south on Tuesday, nut a. l-ihcariiby lelegraplied lo delay ncr ;i day as Hie weather was very ban in the south. 'Tlie chestnut inure, in charge of Jas. Jluilmway, was scat south .vcslurtlay. Local owners of racehorses are taking exception lo the iirograiiiiuii conditions of the ftyi-ing Meeinig ot the fJannevirke ltaciog Otiib. Al present, the weights and tieci'iilanccd are oath due before the Marton .Meeting, which lulics place the previous week. Ah matters now stand an owner is compelled to accept for the Danuevirke .Meeting before lie can sec how his-horse shapes at ilarton. This is making it costly lor owners, who contend that the Dnnnovirkc Club should bold over the weights till the adjuster had received the form at .Marlon. This would make' for a moro equitable condition of ollairs, anil those owner.) whose horses do not race well c ugh at .Mai-ton lo warrant them going ou to Danuevirke. would not be put lo unui'ccsaary expense. After bis ellorts in the Parliamentary Ha iiiUeut) al Trent ham, Bagdad was «> sore that ho quite failed to run up lo expectations on the second day of the meeting. Evidently the trouble has developed, for it is now reported that he will not be a competitor in the Winter Cup. I-'. Christmas has decided lo turn Fiery Cross out for n lengthy spell, and it is unlikely that Ihe consistent son of Glenupp will race again lil! midsummer. The llawcra-oivneil Park Title was shipped south on Monday. She has been sent lo Oaniarii, where she is lo be mated with the imported Kilbroney. A sunt hern writer Mentions that ,1. Decry has b'cn engnuetl lo rale Yellow anil lllack. Cuileclor was schooled al Riccailon on Monday, but he gave a poor display and ran oil al one fence, 110 is reported lo Ijo sore.