TURF ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1912, Page 2

TURF ITEMS.

(By fiir Bedivore.)

Owners and trainers are reminded thai ivcceptanccfl for tho events to bo decided on iho opening day of the Wellington Autumn Meeting are due tomorrow. Entries and further payments a^e also due to-morrow in connection with other clubs' fixtures. T. Pritchard, who flufl'ewd a broken leg as a result of Mr fall off Leolantcr on Tuesday, i» progressing ac eatisfac ■torily ae' could bo desired. Ho had a good rest, sleeping soundly, on the night. Following his mishap, and yesterday morning he appeared to be quite cheert ful. On measuring tho distance between the spot where the hurdle, stood and the placo where Pritchard lauded. I found it to be twenty-nine yarde. Let anyone step off so many paces from a given point and look back, and he will get some idea of tho space Pritchard covered ore he struck tho ground. His leg was broken through coming into contact with the guard rail, and Pritchard states that ho waa awaro of this im* mediately. On being brought back to seal© after falling at the conclusion' of the Hakombe Welter, Ladrono was very lame behind, and it wae feared that h<» had sustained serious injury. Yesterday morning, however, he appeared to have almost thrown off the effects of the accident, and hie trainor now hopes ho may b<i able to compote at Trentham. In the concluding event at Feilding the field crowded together in a most dangerous manner as tha bottom bond was met with, and it was inarvellouß that Clemoes for one managed to retain his feet at all. He got a terrible gruelling, being forced on to tho rails and badly galloped on and cut about, and it is feared he may never be able to race again. Crucinella, who went ami 6» in ,Aus« tralia, is, Mr. M'Beth tells me, in foal to Alawa, and is due to produce early in the spring. The offspring of such a union will be regarded with considerable interest. Silya, who won tho Kimbolton Hurdles at Feildiiig in most decisive style^ is an exceptionally fine cut of a 'chaser. He is, however, unfortunately, a bit touched in the wind. Those who imagine there is somethbig in the unlucky number may be interested to learn that Ladrono, who fell at Feilding, had drawn No. 13 position at the start. F. Higgott, by tne way, is deserving of all praise for the immense improvement he lias effected in the Sir Laddo geldingi Ladrone has only been under liis guidance for about two months, and during this time he has started in four events, finishing twic« first and twico second. Lady Volga, who scored easily on the second day of the Feilding meeting, is a three-year-old brown filly by Vladimir from a Merrie England mare. She has a fine turn of speed, and promises to hold her own in better company than she met this week. Overtime is fast racing into form, and should land a stake or two this autumn. Another competitor at Feilding that may be expected to improve is Awa Hou, a relation on his dame side of The Native, who is quite green at present, but managed to finish second to Rectoi Girl in the Maiden Scurry. The seven- fur-Joiig! posfc.'afc J?eu<Ji,ijg -Js ; io be removed to a new site, which will allow of competitors' getting a. straight a'un out of nearly a furlong in length. The work should be completed the spring meeting come* round, and will const itut3 a grcob Improvement. Many horses that took part at • the C.J.C, Autumn Meeting, including J. H. Prosser's and G. Price's teams, arrived back in Wellington this morning. Trentham will now begin to look a busy spot during training hours, but, in view of the large amount .of racing that horses have done recently, it is unlikely that any really fast work will be accomplished until ( about Monday next. Mr. O. S. Watkins received intimation yesterday to the effect that hie yearling filly by' Charlemagne 11. out of Sea Queen's dam had broken one ofjier legs on being taken off the steamer at Sydney, and, had been destroyed. Though sJie was insured for 100 guineas, it is any odds that she would have realised considerably more than this sum, and j the loss is therefore a severe one. ' Mr. Pollock has issued his handicaps for the Wellington, meeting, and so far as I am able to determine they have been well received. Big weight though 9st 31b is for a three-year-old, filly, Counterfeit strikes me as being one of the most favourably dealt with of' the Thompson Handicap candidates.' According to the weight-for-age scale she is assessed as being 21b inferior to Los Angelos, lib inferior to Eqiu'tas, lib better than Royal Scotch, and 21b better than Bronze, and only 41b better than Boanerges. Some of the less heavilyburdened division, inducting Sir Knox, who meets Khamsin on 71b better terms than he did at Feilding, Effort, Heatlior-

brae. Xcv Queen. Khamsin. The Hover, and Mira will probably be more or less fancied, but personally I have the highvst opinion of Counterfeit, and "if she woes the post, as I hear is not. unlikely, I should not care to name anything to bwit her. Los Angelos and Er[Uitas appear to bo properly doal't with in being placed on tho same mark, for it ie fairly safe to UAsumo that the former is now «, better hov&G than when he mofc Advance's daughter in tho Islington Plate at Ellorslic Royal Scotch has got off well enough in only bcin^ naked to carry an additional 51b for hi.s success in the Great Easier, more particularly as h© vvillonly meet Byron on 21b worse terms. The latter, however, is probably better over v niile coutMi than over 6even furlongs. Bronz© is set to meet Royal Scotch on 71b more tul> vantaigeous terms than *he did this week, and there are l«*m judges who aver that but for getting hemmed in until the distance wo» approached, when Oliver found an opportunity to, pull her ■out, sh© must have been amongst the money in the seven furlong event nt Riccarton. There is just a chance tint the much-dpftired meeting between Bronze and Counterfeit may after all be brought about in this event, and although Mr. Highden's filly may not now be quite so highly regarded tw she- was last week, a battle between th© paiv at 2lb would create intense interest. • Bandiera, who is a exceedingly slippery customer, seems to bo nicely placed in tho Railway Handicap, which, however, may take a lot of picking. The following winning payments were made over the C.J.C. Autumn Meeting : —Sir George Clifford, £1478; Messrs. W. G. and G. L. Stead, £940; Mr. E. J. Watt, £840; Mr. G. 13. Greenwood (who leaves for England .this week), £555; Mr. F. Hall, £425.