SPORT AND PASTIME. The Turf RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 144, 19 June 1909, Page 14

SPORT AND PASTIME. The Turf RACING FIXTURES.

SEASON 1909. June 23 and 24— Napier Park R.O. "Wind July 8 and 9— Gisborne R.O. Steepl July n, e2l,e 21, 24— Wellington R!O. Steepl chase. August 10 12, 14— C.J.C. Grand Nation: When writing earlier in the week doubted whether the H.B. Hack Scun concealed a horss of similar calibre 1 California, last year's winner. Aft* seeing East win his race und« the heavy load of list 31b, and run tl distance in the smart time of lmin ] 4-ssec, my doubts are now dissipatec and I am confident that, in this ches nut, we have seen a horse whose futui is full of promise. For auch a strappin loose-limbed fellow, North- East ia n markably active on his feet, and whe the going is sound' as was the case o Wednesday, ho does not waste mnc time in getting his high gear to wort Mr. M*Manaway has, on .several o,ccJ sions, reiused tempting offers for th Euroclydon gelding — who is out of sister to Helen ' Portland's dam — and hi strong confidence in North East's gai loping powers has every appearance c being fully justified. The stable di not participate to any considerable ej tent in the fine dividend, not that the doXibted North East's ability to win, bu weri? afraad that in a big field of sever teen >he ought get badly avray. Wit the- (SracaiskHi of the H.B. MeetLn Mr. .MSffaS&away's horse will have foi feitedf .his 1 "hack status, and his appeal ance in cp\en company will be at I'rent bam next month. Speciosa L\ad at least one 'life" ii the Hack S&>eple. When Arohu cam his cropper a±« the first of the double he turned a complete somersault, an: as he circled, tXO-e of his hoofs struck M'Gregoi- on fSfee thigh and knocke that rider out o^ , the eaddlo. " Luckil; for Speciosa's baa&ers M'Gregor mat ' aged to wriggle ba\tk; ana he was jua in time to straigh^-en the St. Hipp mare up before the bKfflph in the straigh had to bo negotiated. After M'Grego had weighed-rn he wvw heartily con gratulated upon so suca'awfully jsignali sing his return to the wynks of activ riders, and he is a rare euample of th , adage, "while there's life, there's hopeJ The result of his fall frc\m Lull s ITeilding, two years ago, was a par tial paralysis, which defied medical stall and, after many months, ho was dia charged from tire Palmerston Hospita as incurable. B-lessed with a toug] constitution and gi»fted with a cheerfu optimism, Mac. reaolved he would no end his days in a bath chair or oi crutches, and by drat of "faith am works" the paralysis ei-adually left him and with a pluck — -bt^side which thi leading of a forlorn hojye seems a poo: thing — here he is again in tho saddle tackling sod walls as ttifll a3 a man stout brusijes, and stiff pafet and , rails - with as stout, a he«rt as of yore. Gooc lack to you — Mac.-r-and may you rid< ail the winnera yon deserve. The mild season in^Hawkes Bay 7 ha enabled trainers there.' to push on wit! their rising two-year-o.'ds, and when th spring events come up. flor decision the will be contested by juveniles certainl; not lacking in precocity. .In an rnterva befeweon the races on Wednesday, T Quinlivan and F. Davis had their team of youngsters on the track, and b; permission of the stewards *were allowei to sprint the juyveniles down th straight. Of Qninlivan's lot, the blacl filly Winning J?ost, by Merriwee fros Victoria Cross, displayed the most dash and she ran home in front of Floater a strongly-framed brother to Cork, wit] Julian, by MeTriwee-i-Maxi'na, Monti form by Multiform — Happy Valley, an< the Stepniak — Couronne colt followiu| in that order. The three Merriweea ar typical of their sire — sturdily built standing on a short leg, with grandly formed arms and thighs, and if the; make the usual improvement from no? to .Septembfir they are bound to carr; Mr. Watt's "blue jacket, white vest,' with distinction." The swell of F Davis'? pair is Kohinoor, a well-name< son of Royal Fusilier and Finery's dam Bijou. He is a -colt 'of much character and is credited with the possession o exceptionally fine spaed. His companioi ' is a symmetrical half-brothar to Down fall, called Warsong, who should maki a slashing three-year-old. Along' witl Dans's pair was a rising three-year-ol< by Multiform — Sotilt Girl and a two year-old by Merriwse — Flatter, trainee by W. Stone. If all one hears is true New Zealand two-year-olds will figuri largely at the A.J.O. Spring Meeting ii October next, for, besides Tribulation it is said Kohinoor, Fonneden,' and th< Martian — Neva colt may have a cut a' tiie Australian cracks in the C.J.C Breeders' Plate. It appears that the trouble witl Assayer in the Hack Steeple was noi caused by his bit breaking. Inj som< manner, the ring of- the bit got in hii mouth, and Paramore, realising hoy dangerous it would be to send the Golc Reef gelding at the brn*h jump while he was half-chokad, wisely pulled hin out. Assayer is a handy little • horse and ho showed his quality one morninj this week by palloping, so I hear, twt fnrlongs in 27sec, and clearing twt fences en route. Assayer has a sus picious-looking hind-leg, but he gallop; ■oundly enough, arid with his pace anc cleverness it should he just a mattei of placing and condition for him tc land a two-mile steeple for "Mr. A Stuart." / Every one was pleased to see Tomraj Lloyd lead in a winner. It \ps a big blow t6 the capable little Croftor trainer that in the same week he shoulc lose horses like North-east and Longner and for a few days he seriously cantem plated quitting the game. However, he tad Speciosa nice and forward, and h( resolved to stick to his guns, and thing! are already looking up for him. Foui of his boxes are occupied, -and as Lloyc is such a rare hand with a jumper ii should not be long before he has a "full house." THE BLADE. T)r. Robinson, of Birmingham, lecturing at Coventry on consumption, remarked that all wild*anima]s were liable to this disease if put into artificial surroundings of zoological gardens, but practically they were entirely free from it in their wild condition.