TOPICS OF THE TURF.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9297, 26 July 1901, Page 5

TOPICS OF THE TURF.

;By " The_Sc_uire." Nota Bene, for Owners and Trainers. NOMINATIONS. To-night —C.J. C. Grand National Uiesting. Monday, July 29 —Christchurch Hunt {. lub meeting. \ ACCEPTANCES. To-night — C.J.C. Grand National meeting.

Notes.

The one time dashing light-weight jockey George Fuszard, arrived in town from South Africa this week. His appearance gives the idea that hia sojourn in the Transvaal has agreed with him, tor he looks stones heavier thai* when he went away. • He told me that he lost the run of Huatai shortly after leaving Beira. Evening Wonder did not return to Percy Martin's establishment after the Wellington meeting, and I suppose his owner (Mr D. Thomson) will for the future have'the gelding trained in the New Plymouth district, where he is now in business. Should Moifa prevail in the' Grand National Steeplechase at Ejccarton next month his will be the greatest weight that has ever been carried to victory in this event, Canard's 1210 iv 1886 holding the record up to date. Some horses quickly rise in the estimation of the handicapper. Such a one is Tirea, who tops the list in the weight adjustment for the Open Fiat Race at the Hunt Club meeting. His credentials are not nearly so good as those of Tigress, and yet he is set to give Dreadnought's daughter a stone. To my way of reasoning this seems to be fallacious. Tigress, as a two:year-old, started ten times and won upon six occasions. As a three - year - old she won twice out of seven starts, one of her triumphs being recorded in the Suburban Handicap at the W.R.C. autumn meeting, in wnich she carried 7-10 and carved out the seven furlongs in 1-29 2-sthe, scoring by two lengths andj.eating Sylvia Pari., Okoari, Boreas, Titoki, Castasho're and Red Lancer. Her latest victory the other week s.t the Park was achieved very easily over the same distance of ground as the race to be run at Hastings next week. She then carried 9-12, the watch showing 1.33 3-sth. Tirea'B performances during the same period have been—lß97-98, one start, third place in a field of five; 1898-99, no appearance ; 1899.-00, three starts, once third. Like Tigress, he won a race at the late Napier Park winter meeting, in which the opposition was not at all of a high grade, the company Tig'ess met and defeated on the same day being much more select. Bonnie d'Eau's breakdown in the Stewards' Stakes at the Napier Park necessitated his being left in that vicinity. He is now quartered at Skipwith's stables, and looks in a very bad state. It was surmised that he had slipped a joint in his near fore leg, but the injury, I think, is in the ligament, and I should think he will never be able to race again. Mr D. Pilmer has had the two-year-old son of Captain Webb and Lady Florin broken-in and ridden. The horse met with a mishap a few days back through getting cast in his box, but the accident was not of a very serious nature, j and he is now well on the road to j recovery. Claude Whale, who used to ride Horoeka, has entered George Collelo's employment. Harry Rickey'B many friends will be pleased to learn that he is gatling on all right and though it will be some weeks before he can leave the hospital ifc ia anticipated that time will assuredly put him right again. Maid Marion, who formed one of A\ r.mont's hai c n' la.t s 'a.on, is running in her owner's paddock at the Spit. Appearances suggest that her union with Mr Rathbone's stallion will prove profitable. Mr O'Donoghue had bad luck with her last year, for she produced a dead colt foal to Gold Reef. The well-bred Ironclad (Torpedo— "Rote d'Amour) was sold recently for £8 10a. It has not yet been definitely decided if X Jam and The Jester will be seen out at the Giand Nation. 1 n eeting. Both of the hor.es are for sale. Master Willie, a live year-old horse by Maratgon, put up a v_iy smart performance at the Epsom (England) meeting last month. He had 8-10 in the saddle, and won the Royal Stakes, six furlongs, in a ea.'ter in 1.7 1-5, beating sixteen others. Such a time on a level ■course wouid be a ma' ter of impossibility, ■ but the Epsum track ia conducive to fast times. Still 1.7 1-5 ia surely out ol the ordinary even for that course. "PentagraphV list of winning owners for this season shows that local racing men in the Hon. J. D Ormond, Captain Russell, Mrs Ellingham, and Messrs Watt and Bl»ke have improved their position in the list as compared with last season, as the following statement indicates : — Last This Season. Season ■ £ s d £ J. D. Ormond ... 4634 18 4 5552 EJ. Watt ... 2562 15 0 3600 Mrs A. Ellingham 261 5 0 1903 Captain Rusaell ... 361 0 0 1561 J, T.Blake ... 300 0 0 1047 Advance in 1900 was at the top of the icree with £325. This year Renown • occupies that place, the cerise bearer ".having won £3185. In 1899-1900 S'_. ,Leger headed the roll of successful stallions with £6707 18s won by his progeny, and this season his stock secured -£10,000 less 18s. Dreadnought now comes-next to St. Leger with £7515, or •an increase of £3230 Is over the amount by his offspring in 1899-1900. | torpedo's stock still keep their sire in a good place, though their exertions only : produced £74 2. more than was won by I bis descendants last season. Freedom, winner of the V.R.C. Grand | Steeplechase, was a lue_y pur- ] chase for Mr S. Lazarus, who bought him for £150 on June 3rd. Three days afterwards he won the Bendigo Grand I .A.nual Steeplechase of 150 soys, and \ subsequently ran second to Laceby at I Caulfield, won the Warnambool Grand \ ,Annual and then the V.R.C. Grand ;Naiional, worth £1520. •, | Mr VV. C. Whitney, lessee of Volody- ; -ovski, was not present to see the colt win .the Derby, business detaining him in America. It is a pity that trie American : was ..not present, for he is an ideal sportsman, his opinion of the game being summed up in the following statement which he made to an English sport ing scribe : - " Winning a great stake is & delightful sensation, and watching your own horses develop aud race a man a, more genuine pleasure than anything 1 know of. Racing is the sport of King.."