THE TURF. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1908, Page 4

THE TURF. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Australian" CJuft; miks and) a qyarteT Run 3rd M*rclv— Apologue 9.11, Tirtan 9.11, Antonius 9.1, Master .Dcku'.d 3.11, Melodrama. 8.11, Booranß.7, Puttj* 8.4, Tulkeroo 8.2, Tho Castaway 8.2, Proceedor 8.0, Melodeon 7.11, Welcome Trist 7.U, Thackeray 7.10, Peru 7.1Q, Dy^d' Ga.rmenW"7.9, CuTtaih E«c-t-uro 7.9, Mira 7.9, Gaby 7.8, Gsnymedes 7.6, L,-\dy Rylstona 7.s,.Sedd<lin'7 : 3, ladyDiffidence 7.0, Bribery, 7.0, Duk« 1 •Clarence 6.12, Boidol" 6.12, Mo?Tii 6-io, Hiehcourt 6.8, Dalliance b.9, Enchanted Btates 6.9, Delaware ' 6.7, Hereti<sre' 6*.7, Iliad 6.7, Jack Smith 6.7, White Eyes 6.7, Fiery Star 6.7, Signature 6.7/ Boyong 6.7. Both fit and well, it is hardly prohaibto that Apologue, despito his great deeds' „ 'in Australian liandicapg, , .can concede !Mas.fcer\l^alatval.^ siJoW oyer tiW^m.aos and a qtiarter. " Hpw«yer, it is' stated that the son of aeaton. Deiaval- is svrl unlikely acceptor. Patty, who manag<!d to win 'one ' second-class handicap since being taken across, has been well 'looked after with 8.4 Melodeon has so far failed to show any 'rearglimpse of what to really is capable of. Ttio Kandjcapper, Jiowever, was taking no chances, and placed him on the same mark as that slashing good colt Welcome Trist.- Seddon might have been let off with a few jiounds less. Delaware at length, after repeated failures, has got in a big handicap at .theumixu'mmn., This "half-brother to Elevation, by Seafcon 'Delaval, must lhave cost his owner a small fortune to date. Latterly 'Jus Jia§ been shaping in a. more encouraging' style. Be is not at all vt bad-looking' •horae.^anct- may- yet com>9n'Ba^e-'' ; 'Tiis - -" l^tidntT"' ' . "and triiuer. Undaunted by tha previous victomes in this even};, 6f tie ex-hurdlers ■Mirmont 6.12, and Reahn 6.13, th» IV-IR.C. ;handic^top9r' l has' stuck to his gttDE,*"jh.epco ,BxiQ«i3 l ?".«i"Pi'aja<i National ''Hiltdle" atfd li iStsßßple"wnnier, v hak 'got in j-.wasi 7.0 only. If Bribery has the uecessaftr, pttceT'fha^eighjL will, jiofc iuconveni- • encft filHL"' ( I)\iiing liftji&sb ten years the , thteeryear-old^ (Jr;eat.^cott;.Bobadil, and Co,il have pro-Toil* successful in the Australian Cup, and all three carried more than ,weight-for-'age. " A three-year-old; inythe .autumn- is' just is good as ho is ever likely to be. Welcome Trist was the only "colt iMt 'seriously troubled Mountain King m th£ springs and he lias £ nreight ip 7.11. increase ra~ the st&,k<ss bf the C.J.C. Great Easter and Autumn .Hnndic<ip_s has attracted a splendid response from owners. Both events nave record' nominations, but the sprint, with_ sistytliree, quite ouishittes the longer distance raise. Class is well represented by such as*" Zimmerman; Etevtetfl, Glenculloch, Ifiilfcifid-, Gold' Crest, and Cambrian, wfiilst otlier" good material is provided by Marguerite," Dawn,' Bucdeuch; King BiHy, All S«d, Full Rate, Kitcbenmaid, ntfd Sir Tristram. -In f act, every^ gailoiieT of 'note is entered fdr.jthe popular* se-vsil fut-long. dart. Inclijd|?d / '-'.ia ''tho; nominations., is Orloff, who wpn '^iie; C£J.t?. Derby'of ipo2.- llr.'-.iHeiii^s^wiU' fiad it a difficult*, if not iiiiip^ssiHla, task td. give some of the v niediocrities entered fd£ tlio Gretft' Autumn, a chimes with a handicap luun-ocl on conventional line?. < Sfcpl, otic neypr dm tell what sorao of owthe-,ct^^^;raßt^gx v -'l-'r'" ' |-'"-s" -s vs. ?JO . W. Holme/, one of th^' dldest and leai.iDg cross-countiy Tillers , in South Astral Li, recently lemirked that most. ' o{-j the riders viewed 'with alaim ' the iu£endod padding of stccpiectw'so 'ferice's., ls)lmes,?p!DF4def-s tljaj; more senpasi"accir . doots will . happen ■uridsi^ tho ne\r' CQndi-,, tions. Tlie rapping q{ „a fpee . alwaya m^de a horse — especially a young tfne — iaorevcfflri*fui r ae thf^folloinrinig^obituclasr a ndy"-on • ike' "other ' "hand^r a- ilidrse? always took undue liberties with obstacles whon it ur\s discovered that there jv^s -*Bny>; give in them. According to 'tho. padding of the fences will mean a great savinglo the legs of the horaeE^bijt- this end will be gained at the, eiponse"of • greater risks to the jockeys. . There is eveiy .probability of the Soult gelding Waipuna, who was bought a few Tyceksbuck ior 470 guineas, being shipped to Sydney this week, where ho will' go into lC(.l'la3-Dl C( .l'la3-Ds > baw J s stable, ( t . J'_>" Deeioyy-.v/ho'la^t .season riide,.'.for Mr., E. J. Watt, of H&wifes "BaJv'.is bAvinfe.a great run in Auckland. " Takapwan," od the openuig day; Deoky % performed the bat trick, winning ' 'Old" Celerity*.' Scotfcy, ,and Cast4dtift hi " succession.;, Deeley has pow. passed, $. „Bcid. in.-t{i» list of winning' jockeys, -'having 36vwiES to his credit. ' •'„' ' ', •'- ' The^ittle.Conqx^ror gel^bg William has been , sol d by ;^lr. J ; Mjpnk" "■for ' asatisfactory figure. '" William ' is '.Useful, ovor a. mile, and at the Wairarar/n, mee.tA ing defeated. both Moloch and S^n, Julie. The form of both these horsea'at-Trcnt-ham -makes Williain^ out a lair' "isorfc. % ',' Mt. S. Jfatllefold/^hb is . as^oci^tyd ■with D. J. Fries 'hi racing, lias tad' *' fruitless trip to the Djominion in search of "rac^horsaJs." Dur-ing life Trentham meetinc; Nettlefold priced at least half-a-dozen that might reasonably be "expected to pay their way on,- the, other side, but owners have swelled head just at pTesent, Evea for a second-class hack ops hears of five hundred guineas- being demanded. There must be riice picking in the racing game when tho market for what are merely fair gallopers is so, inflated. It is stated that Waljasey, who is still to win bis first race, fetched 300 guineas' for export to West Australia 1 . When the going_ becomes heavier, and the times slower, these prices will slump. Those who have seen Master Soult, are ' confident that he will be a slashing'three-year-old. Master Soult won a brace of juvenile events at the'Takapiina meeting, and' is by Soulb from.. Lady Hester, fullsister to Waiukn. Master Soult showed gre.it determination in bis finishing, and ■when be has furnished he will be a fino type pf colt. Entries for the Wellington Pony snd Galloway Club's opening meeting, to ba , bef d at Miramar on 22nd inst. , Will b» received up to 9 o'clock tc-nighi by Mr. V. P. Bigwood, secretary. Th» Kricbertn — Spun QoWl tolt knocked down to Mr. H. H*yr at th* «J» ■ of the Waikanaa yearlings, was purebfts«d on behalf of Mr. W. Ryan. The oolt has gone- into C. WeaVs stable. Volumt, who was sent to India, hhs not yet caught the judge'a *y: Th» eon of Sylvia- Park has not yet flown for the bigger gam©, but when acclima" tised lie- will find his way lo the fiont. TJie New Zealand Cup winner, Star Rose, has peen nominated for the hack hurdjq eve-nts at the Wanganui meeting. Dan Ofß:ien,O f ß:ien, the owner of Mnltifid DEd Marariui, has taken over the Victoria Cafo in Sydney. Mr. T. H. Lowry disposed of Loftus (Seaton DcJaval— Lissadurn) to a local owner for tha modest .price of £50. ,