THE TURF.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1910, Page 4

THE TURF.

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. CONCLUDING DAY. SEVERAL JOCKEYS INJURED. [BY TELEGBAPH— PBB3S ASSOCIATION.] SOCKBURN, 12th August. The Grand National Meeting- was concluded to-day. The weather was dull and cold, and some rain fell early, but the track was only slightly affected. Results : — LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE; three miles. To Arai, 12.10 ... P .< r ..a :*> 1 Red M'Gregor, 11.0 2 Loch Fyne, 11.0 3 All started. Lovell and Sir L&the were in command in the early half of the journey. Te Aral went to the front a mile from home, and won in a canter by 50 -yards. Time, 6miiv 14sec. - Redciiffs Handicap, 7 i'urlongs. — Penza, 10.10, 1; Brilliancy, 10.2, 2 ; Beicol'a, 9.5, 3. Scratched — Tyrant. Penza took charge almost at once, and won. comfortably by two lengths. Time, lmin 33 2-6 sec. Selwyn Handicap, 6 furlongs. — Electrakoff, 10.9, 1; North East, 11.3, 2; Los Angelos, 11.6, 3. Scratched — Brasenose. Won, by a bar© length aiteir a great race up tJie straight. Time, lmin 18 2-ssec. Hunters' Plate, 1£ miles. — Hawick 12.5, 1; Totika 12*13, 2; Spaniard 12.4, 3. Scratched : King of Trumps and Roan Banner. iHawick and Totika cleared out from the field, the former winning by a head. A poor third. Time, 2min 51 l-ssec. NOTES ON THE RACING. (By Telegraph.) j (From Sir Bedivere.) CHRISTCHURCH, 12th August. A heavy ghower fell during the night, and the day broke dull with a chilly wind blowing from the s'outh'-we&t. The going, however, had ,not .been seriously affected, and in the enclosures' it was quite dry .under foot. In ,the circumstances, however, it was not surprising that there should be a diminished attendance. Ten started _ for the opening event, in which mishaps occurred early. Tyrannic was the first to come to grief. Then Larry Lynn followed suit. Cast Out was now at the head. of affairs aijd led past the stand from King of Trumps, Laghmor, and .Oakley.' Going round the j back^Ever turned turtle at the sod wall past Cutts's and' Cast Out failed to j negotiate the first of the kennels. ! Rounding the top .turn King of Trumps ' had' a lead of fully Jialf ' a furlong. He tired to nothing in the run in, however, and collaring him at the half distance Oakley beat him home fey a length. Liberty was four lengths away fourth, eighty yards in front of Glengariff and 1 I^aghmor, the former of w.^om had broken down, and was dismounted within about a chain of the judge's box. North-East and Electrakoff were the withdrawals from the Heathcote Handicap, for which Nyland was made a rather better favourite than Sharpshooter and Wimmera. A moderate start was affected, and the first to get going were Wimmera, Sharpshooter, and Wauchoge. Four and a half furlomjs • from home Peiiates ran *o the fronjb but Nyland, who was lying close in behind the leaders, was bowling along in great style, and getting to the heai of affairs at the distance, ho won very easily by a length and a half, nose Noble beat Wimmera by a bare neck for second hoAoursj an,d the next to finj^i l ,w^ l Gold, < Braj:d, Adjudge,, and Zetland. - . . , , , In ,the absence .of 3\j[aster Paul and Mauri a field of eight contested the Styx Hack Hurdles, for which A-ppin was the popular selection. Rifle Range ma^de .the running, and was joinwd at the' home turn by Appin. and Tyrant. The last named had his opponents' measure at the .distance, and a fin?- race resulted in. his winning fairly easily by a length. "J" J "Arelight beat .Rifle Range home by half a 'length, whilst Wbito .Cockade was half a length away four&h, a similar distance ahead of Appin. Had White Cockade been handled wit'; any sort of judgment, he must have won, for after running in third position past CuttsV he dropped back many lengths and was galloping all o'/nr his opponents at the finiih. The Sydenham Hurdles was generally regarded as 'a very open ©vent, but eventually Woolloomooloo was made a slightly better favourite than Pari£utu. Master Paul set out at a great pace, and 'going up" the back he was fully twenty lengths ahead of Prophet and Pari'tutu, who were' liis nearest attendants. By the 'time the home turn was reached, however, Prophet ,was on terms with the leader, and drawing away he won very easily by two lengths. Aorangi, whose girths had slipped back, fourth, and Compass fifth. Tauira came a fearful cropper at the hurdle "near the mile post, giving Telford a very bad fall. The winner met with Tathev a hostile demonstration on his return to scale. Backers made no mistake ove-r the Lincoln Steeplechase, which the favourite, Te Aa-ai, who was taken tio tdie front 'a mile from home, won in a cant&r by 50yds. The hardest Korse he would have had to beat was Honest Tonij who was lying second and going really well when he fell at the sod wall, fi^ve furlongs from home. Kiatere then ran past Sir Lethe, and would undoubtedly have run second had he not come to grief at the brush at the home turn, bringing his Hta-ble mate Bullworth down with him. Capitol fell at the first of the stand double. It was a fine performance on the part of Te Arai, and stamped him as one of the best chasers ever seen at Riccarton. Needless to say, he was accorded a most hearty-, reception; ; The* Redciiffs Handicap proved the best of good things ( for tho favourite, Penza, who was in front five furlongs from homi, and' -wdrrasshe liked by a length and a-half. Guianforte was fourth, and Adage fifth. ; Tejford, who rode Tauira, was cut aibout the* head, and had one of his shoulders dislocated ; he was able to walk "about," however, after receiving medical attention. C. O'N-eil, who came to grief on Waitapu in the National on Thursday, had tfote point of his left shoulder broken, and received a bad cut on the back of the head. Report states there is likely to be ■trouble over the ownership of Paisano, tho name of one of whose part-owners has, it is alleged, not been registered. j Anyway, the bookmakers niro refusing to pay out over the double until the question, ia satisfactorily settled. , ' T. Pritchard, who rode Kiatere, got a bad shaking, and 'had his breastbone fractured. He tells me ho thinks Bullworth put a foot on him,. ' Electrakoff was the popular selection for the Selwyn Handicap, which, after being last four furlongs from home, he won easily by a length and a half. No doubt the softer going was to his liking. North East was running second as the half-mile post was left behind, but he seemed to get 'interfered with and dropped back a couple of lengths. Los Angelos was badly placed as heads were turned for home, but was finishing well, and was only beaten by half a length for second honours.

The meeting concluded with the Hunters' Plate, which was said to be good for Totika. So it was, but his rider was over confident, and when he passed Hawick he allowed his mount to steady down, with the result that he was beaten by half a head. Since racing on Thursday the aged Catastrophe gelding Cast Out was sold to Mr. J. R. M'Donald for a considera-tion-of £127. t Among the thoroughbreds to be offered for sale on Monday is Nautiform. This makes it fully evident that there is very little chance of the colfc from Seahorse's sister Rattler standing another preparation. Oakley, who won a doiible at the Grand National meeting, is now the property of Mr. J. C. N. Grigg, who paid £150 for him. Ab this figure the Explosion gelding seems to be a cheap horse. The Manawatu Hunt Club's Steeplechase meeting will be held on the Awapuni racecourse on Wednesday next. Applications for bookmakers' licenses close with the secretary (Mr. G. F. D. Watson) at noon on Tuesday.