THE TURF. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1909, Page 4

THE TURF. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

West Ooast owned and trained hordes more than held their own at Dannevirke yesterday. Tho Lebel gelding Stayboy has been a long time getting out of the hack class. At Trentham the winter meeting before last — two years and four months ago— he surprised everybody by winning a jumping race. Last season he won the jumping event on the first day of the Feilding Meeting in tho spring, and was afterwards good enough to win on the flat at Feilding, Waitara (where he took the cup) Stratford and Auckland. Recently at Waverley he finished third to Regulation and Taupo, and the gallop evidently did him no harm. The best he had to beat was Ruemac (brother to Rendrock) who won both the gentlemen riders' races' at the Masterton Meeting. The winner and runner-up in the Umutaroa Handicap both nail from North of Wanganui. Te Puia, who put down a paper certainty in Golden Loop, by the narrowest of margins, is one of R. Brough's Hawera team. Te Puia was bred at Messrs. Douglas Bros., Te Mahunga Sttid by San Fran — Quiltmare. Last season as a two-year-old she did a good deal of travelling and racing. Her only win was at the Tamaki course in March, where she effected a big surprise by putting down Glissade, Daybeam, and others. The gallop she had in the Wilson Stakes ,at Waverley on the 9th did her no harm.The penalty of 10lb put up by Equitas for a wiu at Carterton stopped the half sisj«r to St. Joe. The extra weight put her above Mendip and Perolina, and she failed to concede the pair named weight. Excepting Sir Prize, Mendip, who is out j of a Souwester mare, is probably the ! most useful horse sired by St. Paul racing. On more than one occasion last I season he got to the end of a mile course, and proved a good weight carrier. This season he acted as runner-up to Bridge in the Marangai Handicap at Wanganui. The Maiden Flat went to the two-year-old Sea Eagle (Birkenhead — Rain), who was among the Welcome Stakes field at Riccarton. The winner is half sister to Awha, and runs in the same ownership. To try and make a race of the Flying Handicap, Mr. George Hunter, president of the club, started both Bliss and Reformist. The latter was left at the post, and Bliss had no chance of beating her only opponent, Voetgang, by San Fran from &gaio (sister to Tortulla). The Otanga Welter- went to Polynices (San Fran — ismene), a four-year-old full brother to Osiris. He only won by a head from King's Prize, who was giving away a good deal of weight. After running third in the Maiden, Kimmerian (sister to 'Full Rate and Overrate) was saddled ..up again for the Tiratu Dash, a five furlongs flutter. She again filled third berth behind Lady Doris (Gold Reef — Aio), winner of the Maiden at Masterton, and Needlemaid (Needlegun — Rectangle), who dead heated. The Opaki-trained. Aberration (The Possible — Kie Kie), was sent out favourite for the Weber Welter, seven, furlongs, and put down a decent field. The previous week Aberration ran third to Waikaraka attd San Fernando at Cartertonj and- thd'-gallop- at- the- -latter place had doli'e him no harm. G. Lowe rode three wins including a dead heat, and H. Gray two firsts and a second. Arthur Oliver, the well-known lightweight horseman, returned from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday after a three months' stay in the Commonwealth, during which time he rode at all the big meetings, and some of > the smaller fixtures. He rode Artillerie in the two Cups, aud was on the daughter of Royal Artillery when she scored in the Caulfield Stakes. She was feeling the effects of the hard racing, and it was not unlikely that) the Messrs. Whitworth would return shortly. He rode for T. Paylen's stable at Randwick, and was also on Aborigine in the Epsom. Ho also had the mount on some of J. Wilson, junior's, horses at Caulfield. There were so many .light-weight riders, on the other side that it was not easy for an outsider to get a connection. Ronald Cameron was getting up in weight, and consequently did not get as much, riding as some of the local men. He rode Pink 'Un in the Linlithgow, and Oliver rode* Motoa. The latter can still gallop fast, but failed to stay. Oliver thinks he was bigger than when he was here, and might win races in the autumn. Pink 'Uns brother has furnished into a nicelooking colt. The New Zealand jockey speaks well of the trainers and owners he met on the other side. He went home to Feilding this morning, and will be .riding at the meeting there. The annual meeting of the Wanganui Trotting^ Club will be held, on the Wanganui Racecourse on 16th and 18th December. All races are optional (saddle or harness). The sum of 500 soys will be distributed in stakes. The principal events are the Wanganui Cup of 80 soys, two miles; and Tradesmen's Handicap, of .60 soys, two miles. Nominations close on Saturday? next, at 9 p.m. with Mr. • Selby ""Morton, (secretary). Yankee Kate (dam of Roosevelt)' was sired by the American horse Salvadan by Salvator — Danegeld, who was imported to Sydney in company with Gilead a few years back. They were submitted at auction at Sydney, but failed to find purchasers, and the owner put them on the .boat with the intention of taking them back to America. Eventually, they were left at Auckland. Both horses have sired a few winners. An Auckland writer states that the runner-up in the New Zealand Cup, Roosevelt, was sold at auction in Auckland for,2ogns. as a two-year-old. There is a little history attached to the sale of Roosevelt. At the time Mr. J. Lynch, of CoromandeJL had two horses in work in charge of K. Heaton, Roosevelt and Coromandel. He decided on disposing one, and offered him to his trainer. The latter agreed to give 25gns. for him if he did not fetch more at auction, and was in. the yard when the colt was put up and kocked down for 20gns, but thought he had been bought in. It transpired that Mr. Lynch had forgotten all about Heaton' s offer, and instructed the auctioneer to let him go to the highest bidder, and A. Jackson secured a prize, and K. Heaton lost one. Owing to a question having been raised as to the right of Mrs. R. O. Duncan's novses to sta>rt at the New Zealand "Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting if Mr. Duncan held an official /position, 'Mr. Duncan resigned, and Mr. W. H. HartgiJl was appointed in his place. This Was Mr. Hartgill's frrst appearance as • a judge at a trotting meeting. Although Master Soult won over £2000 in stakes last season he was only fourth on tho list of successful three-year-olds, and was only a hundred ahead of Aborigine. This season Master Soult's stable mate (Elysian) sfKmld have no difficulty in topping the list. lie has already won £2020 in stakes. His record since the season" opened reads as follows : — Second Avondale Cup, one mile and A'floarto A ' Z.7t -.won by .Tattoo, ,7.3.