THE TURF. FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1911, Page 4

THE TURF. FIXTURES.

;<Sept. 20*aad"23— Avondale* B.C. Spring. 'B£pt. w and 25-Ot»£i Maori R,c. Spring. ' ' ' $ept.- 28, and 29— Wangaaui J.Or Spring;' Oct.. 4— Hawkes Bay J.C. Spring, Oct. 4 and 6— Mariborough B.C. Spring, Oct. 11— Napier Park R.C. Spring. Oct. 21 and 23— Wellington R.O, Spring.' pet. 23— Waverley .R.C. Spring. < DANNEVIRKE RACES, CflrMtSafUfflH— £fitS9 ASSOCIATION.] ' DANNEVIttKE, 13th September. The sum of £5833 wae passed through the'totalisator, as compared with. 1 £4654 < for the first day of last spring meeting, Remaining result*:-* Raumati Welter, of 80bovs; one mils and a. quarter— 4 Ariom 9.4, 1; 1 Epeom Lews, 8.9, 2 j 2 Gold Circle, 8.13, 3. , Also started— s Amato 9.9, 6 Projectile 9.8, 3 Waipunui 9.8, mi- 7 Golden Water 8.7. Time, 2mm I4sec. . • Dannevirke Steeplechase, of 150bov»; three mika— l Pleiades, 10.8, lj 2 Sir Lethe, 12.6, 2; 3 Connecticut, 9.9, 3. Al«o atarted—6 Wiraal 11.9, 8 Lovcll 11.8, 4 Wiiriata 10.7, 6 Maidi 10.4, 10 ffkmmgo 9.9, 9 Whimper 9.8, and ? TheChief 9.8. Time, 6min 68* ed, ~ Open Hurdles, of SOsovsj one mile and thPee^quarters— 2 Te Whetu, 10.8,I } 4 Merry Lawn, 9.8. 2 j 3 Donael, 9.8, 3. Also started— l' Windage 11.3. Tima, 3min leaee. Hunters' Steeplechase, of ?ssovs; two miles— 3 Reckless, 11.0, lj 2 Commodore, 12.13, 2 s 7 Elwell, 11.0, 3. Also started— l Sylvia Maid 11.8, 5 Lord Wlm 11.3, 0 Tally-ho 11.0, 6 Stockman 11.0, 4- Pukeroa ILO, and' 8 Review 11.0/ Time, Maun l&sec. , Umutaoroa Hack Welter, of 65sove; seven, furlongs— 6 FJeetWeek, 7.9, 1 ; 1 Salt Pluie, 9.2, 2i 8 Flctfeftee Sightin-' gals, 7.7, 3. Also started— 4 Scots Fufedter 8.10, 6 Mere Mere 8,9, 6 Queen o' Scote 8.8, 3 Bonnie Boy &3. 9 The tfut'7;iO, "2 Tee*e 7.10, '2 Ifctoek 7,7, 7 F4trile»4.?, 8 Pipeclay 7TV7 Tuatahi 7.7, and. 10 Mallabj; 7.7* 'Tim©, lmio, tfOTESQKITO RACINa 0 [fiS TltEeßA^,] 1 (P«3n Si* fiediwre',) < Bottw-one s»M jtret after the fitst race ,{«ad been itm s "It i« too hot to 'Jaet j . t^re ate in, for taift belof© the' day > ie ■H>titt)Ugh.' J He w*i * tcue p^ophat. At the moment to* stift- was ehmtfig ferilliantly. and rdft seeffled td be a« far off , as*. C&fKfcmas.. After four «ieirie h«d ,b«nra< decidod, howewsc, black clouds «o!ttot€med to gather o^erheaii^ and the hurdle moo ww son. mv a 'dr«Kiitig shower. Tl» oondrtions we*© littU impfoAsed when, thelfemters' i&septahase, Vfsm decided, bafr fortail»tely the tveather cleared at 9 {us* *nd th« final event, the etatt for wMch Bad been postponed, wm go* off Qatar comparatively pie*sattt cooditiotM. Gksidmly speaking theinMtumL rteeptechaso meeting may, be voted a dfctdnet ctnoMt, Th«r» wa« a good' attendance, sad thoogh falls were nnmtsmm no seriooi Accident occurred. The country waa far from being s&vere, and it was mainly' dtio to the fast pace. set that so 'many of the competitors c4m« to grief. Sir Lethe was unlucky itt tli» prffldpai ««it, for Wirral fell in front of him «t th© sod wall half ' a fflil« from homo, and badly interfered with him. Hie rider/ Raiji Thompson, Wa« right out tattfteett hit ears at the moment of the mishap* but made & flna recovery. The • mix-up seriously pre* judioed Sir Lethe's <!haftees, and Pleiades averhauled him at the home turn, and teaihim easily by three lengths. Con* nectrctit/ was one hondred yards aw»y third, Whimper foarth, aad ' Winiata. fifth, LoVell, who- bore tthat was for him a rathw waswd appeamr^e, fell at the brush After a mile had been twkvw«ed. Flamingo ran off and dislodged his rider at the ewnd double, The Chief turned turtle over the ia«t fence, and Maidi who promptly commenced to tail right ofE wa» pulled up. On, rcttUHiteg to scale- the roan mare -was very lame. Sylvia, Maid, who stripped well fcae a better favourite than either Sitaitangi of Jackmart fbr tfie opffiing ©vent, but «lib nev«r looked dangerou*, Jackman Hiider the ruimmg, and half way down the eteaight he looked a certaifi trinaet Kescdt then' came with a fine rim, however, and, got home kt the last stride fey, Half ahead. Kauroars half brother, whom 1 have pneviotiflly tefesred to as <aBfofldsing eort,' k mot nearly . tuned j up, yeV"fta^ he' #fiotikl' further distiilguish ttiUMßtf. fttmttttiiirtta fell at the flret' hurdle bringing down, Himiwogi with her<? TSbm l»tfeE?# 0. O'N-eil, escapett - unhurt,, bnt Taylor, «Jio was 'pttoting/|£ttatafliwha got a slight eat, or'er"iae '«ye, ' »nd had hta right boot, completely 'tdm off, hk foot being severely ", bruised j in the process. . -Gienffiore ■> wa# the popular selection for W'< Maiden Steeplechase, for which 1 Cooyiodwe' <wi£ found to be ineligible atldwas recalkd after having done his.' prdimhisry. The field set out at a. breftk-neck speed and both Watershed, » -rather fine powerful, gelding by, Waiuku, and, Soman came to grief at the first fence. GUemmore put his supporters o*rf> of court by running, off f at' .the, second; of the stand dodble*. Wirinana'was then left with* d good many lengths lead from The Plough, who made up * bit of gcound round' the back only to fall ato the head of the final turn. Wirihana then won, in a tcaflter, whilst The Plough was remount, ed ami «ecured second place. After, the good form she had. shown at Marton it was not surprising that Epsom Lass, win* had been rehandieapped to carry 9st 81b and wa* ridden by W. Young, should be the mosti admired of those that turned otiti for the fiaumati Welter. Both .«he ami Projectile 'looked? afl the better a& a. result of their exert^Mis at. M«£fcon, whilst Gold Circle, who is now- -a very ■handsome colt, was full of muscle. Ariom, Waipuntti, and dohlen Water stripped in nice order, but Atnato looked very light and ragged, Ariom waj tfio fiflst to get going- and led round the back from Golden Water and Gold Oirel«» At bite home turn Epsom Lass made a forward move, but she was unable to get up, Ariom beating her comfortably by half a length. Gold Circle was thrse lengths away third, followed by Golden Water and WaipunaL The Open Hurdle race was complete lj spoilt fchrottgh the favourite, Windage, whipping round at tins start, ana taking no part therein. This made matters easy for Te Whetti, who led throaghont and won a« he liked by flva lengths. , Sylvia MM* and Coflifflcdore carri&dth» bulk of Dtie money for the Htrtrtertf Steeplechase, only two^ of the contestants, of which- namely the Ufirifc'faVour" fte, Recfctes*. Md- ■Commodore coat*pJeted ttte cott»e without, mishap. Lord* UlKtt' was going great' gjios whea he felt at then second ,of tie 1 tbubieTatrthe* back ofthft coarse. This left Sylvia. Maid: itt front, bttt Eeckless passed- h«t-as-the top torn was negotiated, and. was. not* afterwardg seriotaty chaflenged. Both Sylvia Maid and Elwell came down »t th§ las* f««c«, but each ww t i# remounted and finished. , The final event proved a. bit of a boil over. San Pluie, on whom Oliver hsd the* mount, was the nuickfet to move and going up th« back otie<»n of Scots was her flearesv attefidaht. The latter

turn and Fleetweek appeared to gel Into difficulties. Here Ihe Meniwce gelding soon got going again, however, and making his ran on the ontsidr-, he got up in time to -win v fine rat* by a head, his #upporters thus receiving by far the biggest dividend paid at. ttie meeting. .Florence Nightingale was * length and a*hal! »way third, and Tiia* tahi fottrfcb. WEST COAST STARTER. [*I MK,«C«IAStt~ 2SESS ASSOCIATION.] GEKTMOtJTM, 13th September. Fifteen applications were received for the position of starter of the West Coast Country Bacing Clubs at a meeting of delegates of the clubs interested, lield'laeti night. The applications were first reduced to the following six :-«• Messrs. B. R. Maedonald, A. G. Wood, H, Thompson, R, E. Jackman, H. Bubkndj and 3. T. Armstrong. The reduction, to three resulted j Messrs. Mac* donald, Wot>fl, and Thompson. In teducing to two, Messrs. Macdonald: and Wood were left in, and in the final vote Mr. Macdonald was unanimously elect--«d. Mr. Macdonald, who hails from Ctaraldine, Canterbury, is a horseman of wide «xperience/ aad is highly* Tecom*. -mended* MUZIANO SCRATCHED. %9f *Teiegr*pb,-*Pfe«g A66ociab'oß.-C«Mrittit. SIDNEY, 13th, September. Muziano has been, scratched for the Derby. ( The programme for ths summer meeting of -the Wairarapa E'acing Club has been drawn" up and will be tie dam© as la«t year's except for an intnrease in tho WateaJapa Cup, of £25 (now £356), and in. the Basing Club Handicap on tie efceond day, of £30 (now £230). The l*fcter face will in future be known as the Taubsrenikau Handicap, thus attaching the name of the wsecouree to the second principaf event of the club's wografttffte. The. total amount of- stake* ■Tor #ie meeting will be £1930. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. The weekly meeting of the Manage" meat Committee of the Wellington Football Association was held last evening. Mr. B. L. Salmon presided. A letter was received from the New Zealand Football Association, asking *or a guarantee of £175 for a visit of a New South Wales team, in 1911 .—Consideration! was deferred. Heesrs. A. Williams and C. X, Dick were delegated to represent the aesocia*i tion •at' the' conference of all amateur spoits bodies to be> held at the V.M.C. A. Building to-morrow. V.M.C.A, were declared winners- o£ 'Xh& Sixth Division competition. It was decided, to severely caution Ivee, a Corinthian player, who was ordered off the fbld- last Saturday; and stipend, him till 3lsb March, 1912. •Ten entries have been received; for the Boy.S couts competition, which will be commenced nest Saturday. •The meeting decided to hold a smoke concert oil the 20th September for tho join* purpose of farewelling Mr. H, N. Holmes, chairman of the association, and presenting trophies won daring the past season. AODINGTON STOCK MARKET. i i m [Vt, T*L£G»API3— SRSBS ASSOOiAWON.] CHRISTCMtJUCH, 13th September. At the weekly stock gale at Addington th^re wad an average attendance, and, with the* exception of the fat and store sheep , SBctfeftffi, ttar*Btbek. -.ofUfifeg were about the same As at. late «ales. With regard to fche increased yafdirrg of fat and store sheep, thero was unusual interest taken in the sales of these elas^s, aftd the stoi*e market was decidedly brighter. Store sheep: All classes we're well re* presented, and the entry consisted of about; equal proportions- of ewes, wethers, and hoggete.: 'Jihe demand rwas firmer 1 than afc last week's sals'f.b> rtH>eft*s, fcttt no actual advances on late, rates qan ba. recorded. Ewes, medium, 2, -'4, and 6 tooth sorts, madelSs to 14s 9d5, 1 2, 4, -knd 6 tooth ewes, with kmbs, Bs.gd;jto 9s 9d, all' counted} aged ewes J with good lambs, 9s, Very forward weth'ers'wflre sold at 10s 9d to 17s sdj and'mediuffl, 12g"to 135,. Wether hoggets fetched up to lls, -ewe hoggets -to 13/t, and .oneyt^fa' good Kne toie to 16s 2d. Lined of malg.«e3tes rn^de from 10s lOd to 12s lid. Souad'fflOTlfcE.jaerifia .wethers made 7s 4d, antl~«bantf*mouth merino ewes, in lamb, 6a ,6d.' Fat lambs; Ab.6at 70 of the new seft> fort's kmbs wefd penned, the number being more than double last week's total. The average of (jaality was wide, as will be seen by the peices gained, and, in fact, some of the lots did not reach the owners' reserves, with tho result that they were passed in. Th# demand was very fair for all reasonably good stuff, but the poor stuff was neglected to a certain extent. The prices ranged from, 7» 6d to 21s. Fat she^pf Canterbury, Southland, and North Island sheep wets tepresented, tha Supply, being 1 in excess of requirements, aficf though opening weak the sale got weaker, with prices Is below, late fates. The fanga of prices was; Eifcra prime ff ethers, to 30s 6d } jwinias, 21s 6d to 245; ethefs, 16s ,10d to 2lsJ Jfriirte ewes, 17s 9d to 245; others, 14s to 17s; merino wethers, 15s 5d to 18s 8d; and hoggets, 16a to' 17s 7d. .fat cattle: There was. a yarding of 264 fat cattle, the bulk ft offi the North Is* land, about 30 less than last sale altogether. The whole sale was of a much firmer tone, but no quotable advance in prices can be noted. There was a good number of lots," passed, owners waiting for Qgnj?' Pf iee P' Steel's realised £7 7s 6d d £13 2s 6rt; Mtbts, £5 17s 6d to £12 10s : dry cows, £3 to £33 10s. ■ Prime steer beef ( fetched 27s to 33«; extra, to 365; pedium, 25s to 265 ; and cow and inferior beef, 24s 6rf per 1001b. .Store rattle: The yarding was not large, but the quality shewed improvement, and th e demand wa« better. Yearlings made Tli.ii 8 ' -k5k 5 to 18 months sorts, £2 10s to £3, 115; 2 ; yea? steers, £4 8s to £4 18s; Z-year heifers, £3 7»6d to £3 13s; 3-year #ers, £5 I2s 6d'to- £6 fe; 3-year lieiirs, £629 6d; and dry cows, £1 10s to £3 10s. -Dairy cqwss A limited yarding, mostly poof quality. For the best, class there W|Bgood aetaftnd, and prices ranged from XtplOS tO ill 15S. Voalors: There was *n average yaTding °tl fa *i ca « ! wtth little change in the demand. Prices ranged from 7s 6d for very small sotts .to £%Ssfor well-grown animals. pigs ana \ wealtef dfemand, prices weakPl *t , /i*l!H market. Choppers fetched to £4 fi; heavy baconers, SSs and Si ttHM^sK 11 ' Heavy workers made 32s 6d to '37s 6d, and iighter degeftptions, 2Ss to 30s (or equal to Sid to Sid per lb). There was a large entry of store .pigs, and tho demand easier. Large gfcows mado 22s to 255; medium, 18s to 21*j and sffldll sorts, 1& to 16s. freanen were in full supply, jrnd changed hands at -ovto'as* "NURSE ÜBfi SAtS YOtT- CAN'T" BEAT IT, In a recent letter from the Lake View l Hotel, Bailarst, Victoria, Nutse Ure ■yP^»lr"T 0 ™ canlt Wt Chamber'jams Cough Hemedy for children. It is absolutely the best I have used in my professional career, extending over twenty years. Numerous cases ot eronp, whicß its «i most dreadful complaint for children, have come under my notice. and I never hesitate to recommend Chamberlain's Cough Itemed}-, for it means absolutely the end of the disease ftftcr three or foiir doece."— Advl. Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure, tot a,\x(f\i6 and cfclcU, tiov«t f»iU, 1». W,~-