THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 92, 15 October 1914, Page 4

THE TURF

FIXTURE? October 16 and 17— South Canterbury J C. Spring October 24 and 26— Wellington R C Spring October 28— Warerley-Waitotara R.C. October 27 and 28 — Grey mouth J.C. Sprinp October 26 and 27— Gore R.C. Spring. October 29 and 30— Poverty Bay T.C. Sprinj. November 4 and 7— Auckland R.C. Spring. Norember 7, 9, 11, and 14— Canterbury' J.C. , Metropolitan. November 18 and 19— Marlborough R.C. Spring November 28 and 30— Feilding J.C. Spring NOTES ANIMWMMENTS (By Sir Lancelot.) Owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for the first day's handicaps and final payments for the Wellesley Stakes at the forthcoming meeting of the Wellington Racing Club close tomorrow, at 9 p.m., -with I^»*, A. E. Whyte (secretary). Renown and Reputation are the only horses that have won the Wauganui and Hawkes Bay Guineas races. The South Island sprinter Palisade recently changed hands, a-nd will ia future carry the colours of Mr. L. T. Hazlitt. A Christ<shurch writer states that it has not been definitely decided whether Warstep will be taken to Wellington to contest the Champion Plate, but the chances are in favour of her being re- J served for the Metropolitan fixture at I Riccarton next month. Some members of M. Edwards's team, which arrived from Sydney yesterday, competed at the last meeting of the Australian Trotting Club. Dillon Bell put up a creditable performance by finishing second to Grace Wood in the Flying Handicap. The New Zealander was conceding his opponent 65 yards' start, and was only a length behind at the finish, the winner's time being 2min 19£ sec. Adelaide Direct showed to advantage ! by appropriating the A.T.C. Handicap, j The winner started favourite, and from 80 yards behind got to the end of .the mile and a half in 3min 3£sec. Handicaps for the O.J.C. Stewards' Handicap are due to-morrow Since her performance at Hastings on Saturday last Laboui Day has come into request for the New Zealand Cup. She has not won over a longer distance than a mile and a quarter, although she was placed in the Wanganui Stakes, one mile and a half. Tfoe dam of Labour Day is connected with some well-known performers that have done well over a distance. Ednam (dam of Labour Day) is from Maude, dam of Mahutonga, the winner of the Auckland Cup. Hilda (dam of Maude) produced Lady Lucy (vi! won a New Zealand Cup). Mr. A. G. Wood, 'who has been appointed to succeed the late Mr. Harry Piper as starter to the Canterbury Jockey Club, acted as deputy at the winter meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Hb officiated at the same club's meeting last week, when he was appointed to act for the season. In this island Mr. Wood, who was known as a dashing light-weight for Percy Martin's Hastings stable twenty years ago, acts for the Marton (New Year), Napier Park, Waipukutan, Gisborne, and other clubs.. Sir Rupert Clarke and Mr. E. E. D. Clarke, who are visiting the Dominion to do some trout-fishing in the South Island, are well-known Victorian horgeowners. The Wallace horse Wolavta was the last good one to carry Mr. E. E. D. Clarke a colours. They have a number of three and ' two-year-olds by the Flying Fox horse The Welkin to carry their colours this season. One of them, Lady Isis, is out of La Carabine, who won^the Champion Stakes twice in Sir Rupert Clarke's colours. Blague, winner of the Caulfield Guineas, is among the horses left in the V.R.C. Derby, to be run on the 31st inst. Only on three occasions have the Caulfield Guineas and V.R.C. Derby been taken by the one horse, viz:— " I 1891 — Strathmote.. 1895— Wallace. 1906— Lady Wallace. Iri 1896 Newhaven, after running second to The Officer in the Caulfield Guineas, came out and won both the Derby and Melbourne Cup; docos, second to Bobadil in the Guineas in 1898, won the Derby, and ran third in the Melbourne Cup ; Maltster, third to Kinglike and Finland in the Guineas in 1900, won the Derby, and ran second in the Melbourne Cup ; Sylvanite, second to Demas in the Guineas in 1904, won the Derby ; Alawa, second to Parsee in the Guineas in 1908, won the Derby ; Prince Foote, second to Malt King in the Guineas in 1909, won the Derby and Melbourne Cup; and' Beverage, third in the Guineas in 1910 to Danaus and Desert Rose, won the Derby. Woolerina, winner of the Guineas in 1910, could finish no nearer than" ninth to Wilari in the Derby j Burrawang, the 1912 winner, was fifth in the Derby to Wolawa; and Andelosia, last year's winner, was third m the Derby to Beragoon and Radnor. Mr. John Wren., of Melbourne, has purchased the three-year-old s colt Garlin for 2000 guineas and contingencies. Garlin, who is by Linacre from Ai'gea (imp,), hy Chevening, ran second to Portrush in the A. J.C. Epsom Handicap, and subsequently won the Clibborn Stakes. The colt is in the Caulfield Cup at 6.9, and Melbourne Cup at 6.10, and he is also in the V.R.C. Derby. Mr John Thompson, owner of the Widden stud, and part-owner of the premier stallion Maltster, died on the 7th inst. in a Sydney private hospital. Mr. Thompson came down for the races, but was stricken down with hemorrhage of the brain, and was at once removed to a hospital. He never regained consciousness nor recognised the members of his family, who were all with him to the last, in training the winner of the Wanganui and Hawkes Bay Guineas, the first time he saddled up a runner in the races named, F. D. Jones ha* done well. I was not present at Hastings to see Reputation win, but from the way the Martian colt shaped at Wanganui, I formed the opinion that he would furnish into a good horse. He ie a goodwinded Colt, with tremendous reach and plenty oi determination. With these qualifications, it will be surprising if he does not earn further distinction as a three^year-old. His next appearance will be in the Champion Plato at Trentham. Mr. J. M. Lightfoot, for some years treasurer of the Taratahi-Carterton Rac^ ing Club, has been elected a steward of the Marlborough Racing Club. W. Oarrett, trainer of Sir Solo, write* from Melbourne that the trip out from Wellington was rough. Sir Solo soon recovered in Sydney, and was landed in good health and condition to x finish his preparation for the race. It will probabiy be found that the time was not quite sufficient after a long sea trip to wind the horse up for such, a hard race to win as the Melbourne Cup is Mr. "J. Birks," the new owner t>\ .Valhalla, alfio, purchased Cherublni from

Mr. G D. Greenwood. T. Dwyer, formerly of Mastertcjp, cicts as prirate trainer for the Sydney sportsman. The fact that Ventura's name waa missing from the list of entries for th» Melbourne Spring > Meeting probably means that the brilliant Traquair mare has failed to train oh. She has been, withdrawn from her engagements at Tattersall's Meeting to be held on Saturday next. v The withdrawal of Chortle from tha Shorts Handicap at Trentham means that the Winter Cup winner is being reserved for the Stewards' Handicap. My Lawyer, winner of the October Welter Handicap a* Wingatui, was sired by Blackstone (Grafton — Consistence), purchased in Sydney as a yearling, and brought to Dunedin at the same time as Blackpool At the stud in Otago, Blackstone sired some useful handicap performers. He was sent to Melbourne for sale, and did stud duty in Victoria. Last season half a dozen of hie progeny en the other side won £670 in stokes. This season Mintstone, one of his progeny, put up a mile record for th« Menione course. Blackstone was repurchased and' brought back to the Otago district, where he is now at the stud. WELLINGTON WEIGHTS Immediately on the conclusion of th« Hawkes Bay meeting, Mr. Coyle declared the handicaps for the first day of the Wellington meeting. , Master Lupin (9.5), who heads the list in the Rimutaka Handicap, seven furlongs, must be nearly out of the hack class. George (8.10) is another that has been put back in the hack class after racing m open company. Alecto, Arlington, Montana and Gararice have won over that distance this season. Master Achilles and Gold StTeam have won over shorter distances. The winner may com© from one of the top-weight division. This race last year introduced -Ladoga, who won the Pearce Handicap on the second day. Unfortunately, the Sir Laddo gelding met with an accident recently, and will not be seen io action at the forthcoming meeting. In the Hack and Hunters Steeplechase, two milee and a half, Fashion Plate (11.9) is conceding half a stone to the next three on the list. Waiwetu, a winner at Otaki, looks well in with 10.0. H« ran second, to Grit Lawless at the winter meeting. The Wellington Handicap field in eludes Undecided (8.12), Haskayne (8.10), Awahou (8.6), Byron (8.2), Indigo (7 3), and Maniaroa (7.0), wlw have already shown winning form this season. Byron, with only 41b more than he won the Higgie Handicap with at Wanganui, is -well treated Recent form points^ to Indigo as the best of the light' weights. Those two good sprinters, Benie Roe and Postillion, head the list in the Shorts Handicap, five furlongs. The stake is only worth 95 soys to the winner, and therefore does not carry a penalty in the Stewards Handicap. The Soult mate finished up with a win in the Farewell Handicap at Hastings, carrying 9.0,/ and heat Postillion (8.13) by three parts of a length. Poetilhon Went on to Wanganui, and won there, carrying 9.1. Playoff (8.2), a winner at Wanganui, Pavlova (8.0), and Beldame (7.12), or Tete-a-Tets (7.10) may be the best of the others. The field engaged In "the Wainui Handicap includes Royal Arms, Lady Laddo, and La Reina, who filled the places twelve months ago, also Sea Pink, who acted as runner-up in the New Zealand Cup. This pair are engaged next week. Last year Sinapis was only raced at Masterton, where she ran second in the Cup to Expect, before she won the Cup. Sea Pink had his winding-up gallops in the Spring Handicap at Hastings and the Wainui Handicap at Trentham, in neither of which he got in the danger zone, before competing in the Cup. This season he has been seen out at Napier Park and Hastings, and should therefore be forward enough ta run out a solid mile race. Labour Day, on the same mark as Sea Pink, looks nicely in. Austin, a double winner at Wanganui, appears the best of the loft below 8.10. With a pound more than he won with at ' Wanganui and a furlong less to go, Ardent (8.8) looks the pick of the Dash Hack Handicap, five furlongs. Chakwana (8.1) and Lady Black (7.13) are a pair that are nicely placed. V.A.T.C. SPRING RACES ECLIPSE STAKES WON 'BY ANNA CARLOVNA. (By Telegraph.— treat Association.— Copyright.) MELBOURNE, 14th October. For the second day's racing of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club's Spring Meeting the weather was fine but dull, and there was a big attendance. Results: — Emo Hurdles, of 250 soys ; two miles —Clontaft, 12.3, 1, Lasso, 9.0, 2; Mountain Heather, 10.13, Z^ Nine started. Mountain Heather led to the last jump, and then Clontaft and Lasso came away, the former winning by three-quar-ters of a length, with Mountain Heather three lengths further back. Time, 3min 51isec. Mona Nursery Handicap, of ( 650 soys ; four furlongs and a-half. — Celosia, 8.5, 1; Nicanor, 8.3, 2; Colonel Light, 7.13, 3. Twenty started. The winner led throughout, and won by two and a-half lengths, four lengths between second and third. t Time, 55fsec. ', Eclipse Stakes, of 600 soys ; weight-for-age; one mile and three furlongs.— Anna Carlovna, 1 ; Rathlea, 2 ; Newberry, 3. Also started : Aurifer, Sir Alwynton, and St. Carwyne. Newberry led to the mile post, and at the end of ' another furlong had twelve lengths lead from "Aurifer, Rathlea, and St. Carwyne, with Anna Carlovna just behind the field. Five furlongs from home the field closed on Newberry, and rounding the turn Anna Carlovna ran up to Newberry. Then Sir Alwynton and Anna Carlovna went to the front, but at the distance the latter drew away and won by a neck, Newberry being a head be-^ hind Rathlea, while Aurifer was fourth and Sir Alwynton dropped back last. Time, 2min 13|sec. Australian Corinthian, of 200 soys; one mile.— Winnipeg, 10.7, 1 ; Grand Charm, 10.9, 2 ; Craganour, 10.3, 3. Ten started. Flavadore led to the straight, but then dropped back. Won by a length, two and a-half lengths separating second and third. Time, lmin 45£ sec. Coongy Handicap, of 300 soys ; one mile and three furlongs.— 'Sylvanmore, 9.1, I 5 Eubulus, 8.7, 2*; Remuneration, 6.7, 3. Twelve started. Sylvanmore took command at the distance, and won by half a length, three-quartera of a length between second and third. Time, 2min 24isec. Moonga Handicap, of 250 soys, five furlongs and a-half.— Gold Brew, 9 13, 1; Yarrien, 7.11, 2; Amata, 77, 3. Fifteen started. A great race from the distance. Won by half a head, a length between second and third. Time, lmin 7sec, equalling the Australasian record, JOCKEY DISQUALIFIED FOR LIFE (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) , SYDNEY, 14th October. During the race for the Ken«ington' Spring Cup five horses fell, and Yarrum broke a leg and had .to bo destroyed. M'Grath, the jcxtkey, broke a collarbone, and four otbfiM w.crs m*

jured. Gaynor, rider of the winner, was disqualified for -life for foul riding. AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB (BY TBLEGrUPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, 14th October. The Auckland Trotting Club's Spring Meeting opened in splendid weather today before a large crowd. The sum of £9315 passed through the totalisator, being £1198 more thaji for the corresponding day last year. Remaining results :—: — Spring Handicap, of 150 sove ; two m il es — Mr. D. Nyhan's Fashionwood. 2sec, 1; Alf. M'Kinney, 2sec, 2; Lady Wilmington, 7sec, 3. Also started : Stop It scr, Clive scr, Prince Rufus, lsec. Wallace 2sec. Won all the way. Time, 4min 39 2-ssec. Onehunga Handicap, of 100 soys ; two milee.— Mr. W. A. Price's K. Dillon, 14sec, 1; Hava. llsec, 2; Kirikiroa, 7sec, 3. Also started : Wereoa scr, CM. lOsec, Resurrection 13sec. The two placed horses led all the way. Mountain Trot Handicap, of 100 soys ; one mile and a-half. — Mr. B. Shadbolt's Perole Bells, 13sec, 1 ; Todd Bells. 6sec, 2; Marvin Downs, 13sec, 3. Also started : Gray W. scr, Autocrat 3sec, Rothsohild Lad llsec. Won on the post. Time. 3mm 46 l-ssec. Stewards' Handicap (saddle), of 100' soys ; one mile. — Mr. C. Nicholson's Goldconda, 7sec, 1; Ben F., lOsec, 2, Selkirk, lOsec, 3. Also started : Taihoa 12sec. Won by a length. Time, 2min 24sec. October Handicap, of 100 s6vs ; one mile and a quarter. — Mr. J. C. Montefiore's Golden Rose, 6sec, 1 ; Master Ham, 3sec. 2; Walnut, 2sec, 3. Also fltarted : Stop It scr. Silver Black 2sec, Grampian 3sec, 'Annoyed ssec, Wallace M. 6sec, Choam 7sec Won by a head. Electric Handicap, one mile. — Messrs. Stone and Haver's Jungle, 4sec, 1 , Aotea Roa, scr, 2; Ben F., 3sec, 3. Also started : St. Trella scr, Copper King 3sec, Ballot ssec. Good Friday ssec. Won by a nose, after an exciting race. Never mind about the other man's figures — check the race time for yourself by getting a reliable chronometer from O'Connor and Tydeman, Jewellers, Palmerston North. — Advt.