THE TURF.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 117, 19 May 1910, Page 2

THE TURF.

« NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By Sir Bedivere.) It seems that notwithstanding the cessation of pony-racing, the Miramar Course as likely to again prove of service. A meeting, at which Colonel Hume occupied the chair, was (held yesterday evening in Wellington, when it was unanimously decided to form a. club, to be known as the Wellington Trotting Club. Figures were placed before tho»e interested, showing th& extraordinary success which attended trotting in Canterbury, and opinions were expressed that a. club conducted on similar linos to those upon which the CanOev.bivry Metropolitan Trotting Club was run, would meet with the warm approval both of those directly connected with the sport and the public alike. Sir. j. Dykes was appointed secretary pro. tern., and the chairmain Colonel Hume, and Mr. J. N. . Pollock were appointed to act I with Mr. Dykes as ay committee, „ith i power to make preliminary arrangements. More than one Auckland critic is inclined to fancy Tui Cakobau's chance foT the GTeat Northern Hurdles,. This fullbrother to Lady Htme is gifted with a fine _ tarn of speed, as he showed by getting to the- end of a mile in tho Spring Handicap at Elkrelie last- season in. the remarkably fast time of lmin 39 2-ssrec. , He is said to be looking particubrly fit at present, and to be getting over his hurdles in capital style. His breeding is peculiar in the fact that he descends from Raupo, the mare that has always been confused with Eenga. j Instead of being a member of the Woodstock family, of uncertain origin, Hune rightly belongs to the No. 18 family through Waimea. One of the sufferers through the recent floods in the (iisborne district was Mr. Gain Carrington, who lost a very promising colt by Multifid from Pa'isano's dam Booby. As a result of standing in flood water for an hour the youngster, for whom Mr. Carrington had recently refused a- tempting offer, contracted laminitis, and it was found necessary to destroy him. Whilst schooling over the steeplechase fences at Napier Park, in company with El Dorado and Oakley, last Saturday, Full Cry came a fearful cropper at the doubles, receiving injuries which made it difficult to get him back to his stable. This was very bad luck for those associated with him, aa up to the time of his accident he had been shaping in excellent style, and he promised to earn considerable distinction between the flags this winter. Mi. W. J. Douglas evidently intends to race Mahu over a country this winter, as the big gelding was given a turn over the schooling fences at Hastings last week. He is said to have shaped well, considering it was his first attempt, but it is plain that his owner, who withdrew him' from the Great Northern, considers he will require a good bit of schooling ere he is asked to cross big fences in public. His stable mate, Polyanthus, is said to have negotiated the obstacles in capital style, and no doubt we sHaJI see her name figuring in the H'awKes Bay and Wellington steeplechases. Wimmera is reported to be getting over hurdles in much improved style. At the last Ha-wke's Bay meeting, though he showed cleverness, he lost considerable ground .at . each 01 his fences, buf his pace carried him through, and he won very easily.- If he can now take the battens in his stride he will be a tough proposition to bump up against at Wangamii. Jack Pot and 4.udax have been associated in a 'school over the big fences nb Hastings on several occasions recently, and apparently there is not much to choose between them. One day Jack •Pot. has seemed to have- the best- of it, and another Andax has pleased the niosfc. The meeting Detween these geldings and El Dorado at Wanganui promises to be well worth witnessing. RECENT TROTTING RECORD. [BY TEIiEGKAPH — SPECIAt TO THE POSX.] DUNEBIN, This D 3j . The "Fwrbury Park Trotting Club has rbsolved to present Mr. Jopp, owner of Revenue, with a trophy valued at ten. guineas, as an additional staKe in recognition of Revenue having broken the mile record at last meeting. Medals were also voted Edwards, the rider of Revenue, and to M'Comb, the rider of the pacer. It was decided to eliminate all pony races from future programmes.