THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 52, 29 August 1914, Page 10

THE TURF

FIXTURES. August 29— Amberley Steeplechase Aaaual September 9— Dannevirke R.O. Steeplechase. September 2— Marton Jockey Club September 16, 10— Avondale Jockey Club. September 24, 20 — Wanganui Jockey Club. October 10— UawkeB Bay Jockey Club October 24, 26— Wellington Eaclag Club. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. S.P. (Pahiatua) — Want is a colt. His weight for age in the New Zealand Cup is 7st 61b. NOTES AND COMMENTS (BT "SIR LANCELOT.") The records of the past go to prove that the jumpers actively engaged in the winter season, when the ground is soft, last much longer than when prepared for flat races at other parts of the season, when the tracks are hard. It is no unusual thing for competitors to laet four or half-a-dozen seasons, and in a few cases over longer periods, when spelled during the summer. On the other hand, horses that have to go through a preparation for long distance flat races like the New Zealand Cup seldom appear a second time. One- of the exceptions to' the rule- is Sinapis, who, if all goes well in the meantime, will be making her third appearance "next November."' No horse has been successful in the New Zealand Cup on more than one occasion, and only one (Knottingly) has won twice since 1866, when the race was known as the Jockey Club Handicap. Midnight Sun trained on and won ao Adelaide Cup. He goes to the stud on one of his owner's etations in, Queensland this season. Bridge, who also carried Mr. Watt's colours, never did any good afterwards. ViceAdmiral failed to stand another preparation, " and has gone to the stud. Lady Lucy was * sent to the other side after winning at RiccaTtan, but could not reproduce her form. Downfall wa« another Cup winner that failed to win a race afterwards. Frisco did nothing after his Cup victory, except to inn a small sprint race at Marton. Star Rose never won' a race after fluking the New Zealand Cup from Multifid. Noctuiform was no exception to the rule, and after his three ■ successes at Riccarton was taken to England, but failed to strike form. Grand Rapids was another Cup winner that never won a race afterwards, although tried in Australia, where ho carried • the colour* of Mr. John Wren. Canteen's only successes afterwards were a double at the old Forbury course. He was a great disappointment in Victoria, where he brought, 3000 guineas as the result of good track form he had shown. He carried tue colours of Sir Rupert Clarke, and must have cost the Victorian sportsman a lot of money. In the case of Halberdier, he was an aged horse when he won at Riccarton' and could not be y expected to do much afterwards. All the same, he raced through the season and two moire, but his nder, strange to say, never saluted the judge once afterwards. Tortulla was one of the few that did not finish with the New Zealand Cup. She /• afterwards won the Manawatu Cup and the Wellington and Wanganui Autumn Handicaps. She also won at Wanganui in the spring, and was favourite for the Cup won by Halberdier, but failed to get a place. The dead-heaters, Fulmen and Ideal, both won races afterwards, and were among the field that finished behind Tortulla a year , later. Seahorse, that good son of a great sire, was beaten in the Great Northern Derby by Miss Delaval, but won the Auckland Plate. He was at his best at Riccarton, but never showed the same form afterwards. He was taken to Australia, in the autumn, and ran. Unplaced in the Australian Cup. He was taken across again in the spring and ran his best race in the Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield, in which he was beaten a head by Kinglike in 2min 22sec, which was an Australasian record for the distance (one mile and three furlongs). This reminds me that latest reports from England concerning Major George is that he has improved in health. Tirant d'Eau was another winner ;of the race that went into Tetire. ment without another success. Waiuku was a great constitutional gelding that had don© a lot of racing before he 'iron, the New Zealand Cup, and afterwards Won the Thompson Handicap for the third time. Lady Zetland was another aged performer, who finished up with a. win in the Canterbury Cup. Euroclydon was practically ,an unknown quantity when he scored as a three-year-old. He trained on and demonstrated that his win, was no fluke by acting as Tun-ner-up to "Lady Zetland in both the New Zealand and Canterbury Cups twelve months later. Impulse was aji-< other aged performer to score. He raced ia the following season, but never won a race after the Cup. Rosefeldt Taceti a goodxdeal after she won at Riccarton, but only managed to dead-heat with Dreamland in the Burke Memorial. St. Hippo was only three years old when he scored, and, although beaten in the Derby by Stepniak; showed that he -was a great colt by returning home and winning the Auckland Cup, Derby, and Plate. Judging by the acceptances received for the Mad-ton Meeting Mi-. G. Morse has made an excellent start for the new season. In the seven handicap events the acceptances total 163, an average of 23 per race. Vi, who is only in a flat lace at Dannevirke^ Hereford, Diavolo, and Lamsdorff, were allowed to forfeit their engagement in the Hack Hurdles. Taurangi was the only horse above the minimum that went out of the Hunt Cup. Northern and Bonny were the only horses of importance that dropped out of the Hack Steeplechase. Sir Moseley, Mummer, Black Lupin, and Adroit are missing from the Railway Handicap ; Redloh, who may be seen out at Dannevirke the following week, was the only withdrawal from the Marton Handicap ; and Chillies was the only horse among the top weights that did not pay _up for the Electric Handicap. The Maiden Hack Piate, seven furlongs, has filled well with a field of nineteen. Most of them would be better suited by a shorter distance. Owners and trainers engaged at the Dannevirke meeting on the 9th inst. should note that 1 nominations for all handicap events and entries for the "Trial Stakes, of 75 soys, six furlongs, close on Tuesday next at 9 p.m., with Mi". R. Takle (secretary). The. Waikanae. sires Bezonian and Achilles caoh have a representative in the Avondale Stakes, to be decided next month. A bay filly from Lady Hune (Cuirassier — Hune) is Bezonian's contribution, and the Achilles youngster is a chestnut filly named Sliprail, from Pearlie, who was the only progeny of Margott (Stepniak — Marion) by Royal Artillery. Pearlie won a few races up the West Coast, but was rather a disappointment for such "a well-bred mare. Sliprail is trained by P. Conway at Ellerslie, as is also her first foal, a three-year-old blown filly by St. Paul, named Zamora. The Lady Hune filly is trained by F. Stenning at Ellerslie. The British Blood Stock Breeders' Review for July is to hand. It is published quarterly by the British Blood Stock Agency Company, Charine Cross-road,

London, and is devoted to the English thoroughbred. This issue contains articles on : Adular and Aids, Heredity of Grey Coat Colour, Classic Races for 1914, Continental Derbys, The Late Count Lehndorff, Death of Ladas, Car- | bine's Career, Calcutta Racing Season, Australian Stallions and Yearling Sales, King's Premium Stallions, and Descendants of Gramachree. The progeny of Soult have been successful in the last six contests for the Avondale Guineas. The St. Simon horse has no representatives in this year's race, - as the last of his progeny are now four years old. On four occasions the winner of the Avondale Stakes (Nonette, Elysian, Miss Winsome, and Merry Soult) has also been successful in the Guineas the following season. Mr. Fred. Hall [ has won the last two races for the Stakes [ with Merry Roe and Castalia, and the Guineas with Bleriot and Merry Roe. This season the Gisborne sportsman is represented in the Stakes by bay filly by Penury — Erry Roe (dam of Merry Roe), and bay filly by Marble Arch — Tauheri (dam of Raupani). Castalia, who is his only representative in the Guineas, is reported to be moving freely her gallops at Ellerslie. The Masterton Racing Club has applied for a second day for its Spring Meeting. Should the application be successful, it is the intention of the Opaki Club to devote the whole of its profits to the Patriotic Fund. Seaton Delaval's progeny will be racing this season as two-year-olds. Three of them claim engagements in the Avondale Stakes. The. progeny of the son of Melton — Rosedale, have been going a. long time. His stock won the^ Auckland Welcome Stakes six years in succession, which is a record for the Dominion. His record of five successive wins in the Northern ' Champagne Stakes equals that of Apremont in the Canterbury Welcome Stakes. Stepniak has had six wins in the Riccarton race, but only in four successive years. Miss Delaval, who was racing as a two-year-old in 1898, was one of the first of Seaton Delaval's progeny. The youngsters engaged in the Avondale race by the old time Sylvia Park Stud sire are chestnut colt from Serita (Cardigan— Lady Cecilia) ; bay colt from Analogy (The Officer — Anadyomene) ; and chestnut colt from Porirua. The latter entry is probably incorrect or incomplete. Porirua was a son of Seaton Delaval. The Serita youngster, who has been gelded, will race as Sea Lord; and the Analogy youngster as Worley the Knut. Both are members of F.< M'Menamin's Ellerslie team. The Avondale' Guineas candidates Castalia, Penury, and Chime are engaged at the Pakurangi Hunt Club's Meeting, held this afternoon. The North Island performers Stockade and Sunrose are engaged at the Amberley Meeting, held to-day. Doris has indeed been a wonderful brood mare, and Mr. J. B. Joel is fully entitled to the great admiration he has for her (says the Manchester Chronicle). Foaled in 1898, and bred by the late Mr. H. Waring, she ran in the name and colours of Mr. S. B. Joel, for whom she won a juvenile selling race at Epsom, being subsequently bought in for 300 guineas. At the end of her two-year-old days she passed into the hands of " J. 8.," who retired her to the stud. Her first foal was Little Dolly, by Sir Geoffrey, but in 1903 and 1904 she proved barren to the same sire. Her filly by llill of Portland, bred in 1905, was sent to South Africa, but returned •to England, and was named Portia IV. ; ir> 1906 she had a colt by Bill of Portland, which was called Selsey Bill, and in 1907, again put' to Bill of Portland, she produced Lady Portland. Then came her brilliant time, for in 1908 she was introduced to Sundridge, and her progeny since that year have made turf history — Sunstar, White Star, Radiant, Princess, Dorrie, and Bright. There's no "hea.vy going" with one 61 O'Connor and Tydeman's chronographs. Sweet and smooth they run — dead on time to the tick. From 35s at The Jewellers. Palmerston North. — Advt.