THE TURF FIXTURKS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 2

THE TURF FIXTURKS.

March 25 and 26.— Rangitikei R.C. Annual. April 2 and 5. — Maatenon R.C. Autumn. April 11 and 13.— Auckland R.C! Annual. Apvil U and 13.— \Va4rarapa R.C. Autumn. April 13 and H--C.J.C. Autumn. April 13 aud 14,—Feildiiig J.C. Easter. April 23 and 2j.-~ Wellington R.C. Autumn. April 29 and 30.— Manawatu R.C. Autumn. J'.iy 6 and 7— Marlborough P..C, Autumn. May 6 and 7.«-Hawkc* Bay J.C Autumn. NOTES AND COMMENTS (ify Llr Bedivcrr.) . Acceptances for rII rvcnU to bo »**; cidpd on the opening clay of tbe Master' ton Meeting are' due on Friday. At the rftle oi somf of the late X:r. William Hcndrie'r, horses &t Toronto, Canada, the other day, the stallion Dantl Garrick wan s^itl for the mare tt'iHi> of hi io\a. Now seventeen years oW, that .-on of Hanover And P«a Vo&iiiP-km won the Chester Cup it> lliOl fov vlie tete Mr. Pioire J*orilhml, tarry nig B.IC. "lip nova «? Vahivti having fonlud nn ovttv cieti'r to The 'Petrarch ¦*«*« iv^e^y puiiliohcd here In writing of l)»jp event the .Special Commifctsionor remark,'- i Vai«*o;j. on thp morning of 27th January, foaU*i o, magnificent <nvu fcibUr to Trie TottMi'cdj -quafly good looking and, powcrh 1 tW a foal as lie was-, A\ipa?c >t,fy tiip tame colour-- -at all events, tiio wiiue tviour -if, iw was at Inrth. 'There are tw otiii') 1 good parly foaJs at tho btraftan Station Stud— viz.. a brown h)ly by li. Kiusquin out of Miranda. owiw.Ss-fcW 10 Pjvtty PiM]y. This i s tile prapM-l^ of Major Lndet 1 . The other is * u>lt by Nucge out ol Sweet \Wtfv, the property of the- German Emperor. The value <n the aster to The Tetravch it would be mdepd difficult to coumate. The South American horseman Domingo lorterolo, who will be well remembered a» riding in England some yeava ago, headed the list of winning jockeys last season in the Argentine) with W cesses. David linglander finished second with 81, and Daniel Cardoso third with 7'/ wins. Therp is flat-racing in that country all the ycttr round. \t a full executive meeting cf the Koxton. Conservative and Unionist Aikociation on 2?th January* a unanimous vote of confidence wao passed in their prospective Unionist candidate, Mr. R. 8. Sievier, accompanied by musical honours. Mr. Sievier was to hold a public meeting at the Shoreditch Town Hall on Thursday, sth February. The death is announced of Mr. John Hunter, formerly chairman of the New Yolk Jockey Club and the oldest owner in the Eastern States. In the early nineties, says the Sportsman, he became the- president of the Board of Control, and when the Jockey Club was organised in 1894 he became chairman, retiring at the close of the following year. Born in IRo3, Mr. Hunter started as an ownpi 1 before the civil war,' and among thu earlier bearers of his colours uero Nicholas the First (by Glencoe) pnd Kentucky, the latter twice a vvmnei o^ the Saratoga Cup and other high»cUiL.j races. Kentucky he afterwards soid to Mr. Jerome for 8000 8OV&, an enor-, motts price in those days. Another lanioUb horse he owned (ahd bred as well) was Alarm (by imported Eclipse <Hit oi" imported Maud, by Stockwell). Alarm became the sire of Himyar, who ih tut tt aired Domino for Mr. Hunter's great friend, Mr. J. It. Keene, and Plaudit. At one time Mr. Hunter, in conjunction with Mr. Belmont, Mr. Travel's, and others, raced as the Annieswood Sta,ble. On the appearance of the weights for the Grand National, to be decided on Friday, " Vigilant " wrote :—" CovertI coat haa been allotted 12st 71b in the Grand National, or 151 b more than he won under last year, and he iB at the head of tile handicap. It might have been expectp,d that the hero oi 1909, Lutteur 111., who is reported from' Franco to have recovered his best form, would have been given the post of ' honour, though Mr. Topham had a dini' cult task, and may be said to have given general satisfaction in framing the weights. Ballyhackle ,has to concede the runner-up of a twelvemonth ( ago, lush Mail, 21b, but he issboth a jumper and a stayer, and only has 31b more to carry than when he refused on the last anniversary. Rory O'Moro is considered lib better than Another Delight, Cott/revcu 11., Carrigrue, Twelfth Lancer, and Bloodstone, the last-named having drop> ped 141 b; doubtless with age he has lost much of his brilliance. _ His Majesty's' gelding won the Champion Steeplechase under list 121 b last April, and now appe*»'s nicely weighted. I hope to nee him make a bold bid at i the end of March. Lord Derby's Carrigrne, in the same stable, appropriated the Becher Steeplechase with Sib more on his back, and may also n»n well, Judging from the large number standing on the Ost 71b mark, their prospecto Beem to have been dismissed by the handicapper, ard ce^p tainly it is from . among the lop divbap^ that the winnei 1 ntay be e;;poctcdJJ^^ The French candidate, LiHWur 111., mentioned above, was wifely landed in England during the lirst Week in l'«'ii ruary, and went into Kscott's siahlc His owner, Mr. James Hennessy, tln>i» expressed himself a3 hopeful in reyarr' to his candidate's dunces. The result of last year's Grand National was : Covortcoat, Hot 61b, 1 j Irish Mai), Unt 41b, 2; Carscy, 10st U>lb ! (who liad fallen, but was remounted), 3. There were nineteen other starters. o f whom fourteen fell, four refused, and one w,as pulled r.p. Martagon, sire of Martian, died at Newmarket on llth February- Ho was twenty-seven years old, and since being at the stud he had been represented by 198 winners of 317 races, oi n, collective value of .€lol,os2— this including stakes won by his progeny outside England. His belsl son was Woolwinder. who won the St. Lpgei in 190?. He was a buy horse, by Bend Or— -Tiger Lily, and cost 2800 guineas as a yearling. When the last mail to liaml (13th Feb. inary) left England, CtiUibert was favourite iov tUo Lincolnshire, with S»'r Martin and Bonbon ROI.O uc.vl i>i demand. Covert Co?t an-1 LntiHir 111. disputed favountirtiH for the Grand National. Did you see the start? You would sec much better with a pair of good prismatic binoctilavs. O'Connor and Tydeman, Palmerston North, sell them from £5 10s.— Advt. ARRIVALS IN SYDNEY (By 'telegraph.-- l'rexs As>socinUoti.-~ Copyright.) SYDNEY, 24th March. Sinapis, Bon Ton, Bon Reve, and Blackall have ariived by the Willochra. CONTINUANCE DEAD SYDNEY, 24th March. The racehorse Continuance, which was injured while schooling at R&lidwick, is dead.