THE TURE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 123, 21 November 1911, Page 2

THE TURE.

FIXTURES,

Nov. 29 *iid 30—Feilding J.C. Spring! Dec. 6 and 7—-Woodville J.C. Sumiri Dec. 26, 27, and 28—M*nawatu R> Summer. J Dec. 26 and ?.9. and Jam 1 wd2—Au> land B.C. Summer.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

(By Sir Bedivcre.)

Fairly authoritative. news, ho* peswl mo to the effect that, as reported, J. Pranks has tendered his resignation private trainor to Messrs* W. G. and G. Stead, and that It. O'Doiuiell is to the position. Q'Donnell, it, will ho mombered, v concluded train for Messrs, Stead during" R. Mason's absence in England. He p pared Boniforw for his lost race, vJ the Great Autumn Handicap in 19 which he won under 9,1.

Master Wairiki, Monoplane, and. Ls Lvioy have already been .withdrawn fr the Auckland Cup, the field for. wh will probably dwindle dw'ii to one small proportions. As now. cpnstitut it hus o, very long tail, and whon next payment qf feava folk duq. on December, a largo number pf the jig weights will no doubt be retired. lranuvwho was re-commissioned af her retirement from the Turf had b< announced last autumn, has,, it is n stated, run hep last race. Sho did i carry silk as a two-year-old, but. dur: the five seasons (including the presi one) that she has. been in training, « has contested 74 events, of winch she i won' 20. Many of these hay«'been J over fairly lengthy courses, and she \S be all the better for a summer at gr before heiug put to the etudi A cable was recently received by t Sydney Sun to the- affect that the fa ous racecourse at Sheepshead Bay, x\i Coney Island, is to be cut up into bui: ing sites. If' this be true it affor conclusive evidence of the irreparal damage the American turf has sustain' by the passage of the recent • gamil legislation.

Valols, an own Bister to Nantes (di of Prim) and Marguerite Was' so]d 1 Mr. Lan Duncan three or four years a and sent to Australia. She Was: tit in foal to Achillea and her offspyiti now known as. Lady' Valois,' was st! cessfu) in tho Maiden Plate at the reed meeting at Broken Hilj. Siye'went <\ second favourite and beat the aotu favourite Celerity, whose owner, was dj gualifled for twelve months' fqr lnsuj ing the starter, by. two lengths.' •'.'■ 1

Spark, who won the.Arc Thousand last year and ran third in t same event this month, was bred by I George Clifford und ia a h»lf : hrother Treadmill. He is now ten years old a gaining a place mider.lOst Ulh he p up a great performance. Dpughhpy, w won easily, is a half-brother bv Glut to Gojd fop, his dam Gold W«b bei by' St. Hippo from Cobweb, the dam Bilkweb.' He was bred at Glenova Pa by Mr. Walters in 1907 and knock down as a yearling to Mr. J. J, Cas lor 105 guineas. The Auckland pv lican, Mr. Victor Carnegoi, wlm w said to be hb real owner, passed hi in. to Mi*. Edwal-d Cooper, who to him over to Sydney. There he'vac Without success and Mr. Cooper so 1 him to his present owner, Mr. JV Dii can, for 100 guineas. Mr. Duncian to] , slt'm' , t : &^Melbourne ,l Ab > CAit" A fl{tpen moi-.t I ago, but it Wa# not until this spring ihj the horse began to show form. Afo winning a race at Ascot, for which I started a rank outsider, ho was solid supported for the Ascot 'Tlic-'usa'hia a: started a' good second favourite. Prior to tho commencement of t racing at Flemingtou, My, R. G.. Cast chairman of the V.R-.C, took occasion address the riders jookoyfl' room on the of fc [ riding. In the cpurse of his renuirks said : ■—" The cpmments winch had a peared in the public l J rege Jmd not be without justification. The stewards the races in which it has taltep '.. n}ac( he added, "have npt been apl4 t° 8 X t exact amount of guilt on any particu} boys, but I want you all ib underst* that and during tlie meeting t! stpvyaixls arp going \o bo epqcially pai fid to sep that every jpck'ey gpts hj pmy. *We are taking, special steps watch the races and to s,6£ that eve jockey rides fairly and does his dul »qt only ,to his ownea 1 , -but .to eve owner in the rape. If tlipr© is /my fc riding we expect any sufferer tq let know. We do nob want, any of tl liusiness of protecting one another. Fc riding is most dangerous, and may U ony one of you. We will do/bur utm< to protect you against any Ipoye w: may threaten you for reporting it, a; any boy who uses euch greats will a good show of losing his -license, j am not addressing t u e3o remarks mew to the younger boys, but.to,-the eld onep as well* who ought .-to but who,, niifpi'tunately, dp not. .'I do] want you to pass this over, as, ,a thi to be laughed at. Wo intend to ha fair viding and decent fair play for- evci body. 1 ' •■;•/■ 1

Mr, E. J. Watt'* mare Scotia, dam Grand Slam and Bridge, icceiitly pi duced a colt foal to tho tJaliinul© b All Black.

L&dy Luay w&s withdrawn from j her engagements ai the Auckland Q Meeting at 2 p.m. yesterday.