THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 16, 19 July 1915, Page 4

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS (By "Sir Lancelot.") ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT, - "Nemo" (Otaki). — Chortle won the Pou> kawa lHack Handicap on the first day> and the Ohito Hack Hurdles on the second day of tlie Hawkes Bay Autumn Meeting, 1913. Ownei'B and trainers- ol horses engaged at the Pa-hiatua and Woodlands' Meetingsi on the 28th and 29th instant are reminded that acceptances close to-mor-row with 1 ilr. Arnold Westoit (secretary). Tliere arc no less than twenty Qhristchurch horses engaged at' the Waimate Plains- Taotting; Club ; s Meeting, to be hdld at- Hawera- on the 28th instant. M. Edwards and J. Bryce, who have the largest teams in commission in the Dominion^ have' each engaged) five horses; It is thought by some persons that in awarding Chortle 12.? in- the Grand National Hurdle Race Mr. Henrys was somewhat- harsh, on the Mnltifid gelding. There is an impression, that there was 1 »■ maximum weight in the Hurdle Race* the same' as- in the Steeplechase, but that is not so: For such •a. solid- performer Chortle's/ weight is' not an impossibl<y onei When' Redord 1 Reign went to Riccarton he> had never competed in a hurdle race. In the Maiden Hurdle"' Race he carried 12.12 to victory. In the Grand National Hurdles he carried the saitie impost, which included' * 71b penalty. Record Reign was not as. good a performer on the flat as Chortle. The latter lias^ also a hurdle r race 1 Up his credit. ( He did not win. by v lengths, but by a- furlong. The writer cannot agree with those ■ . critics who are of opinion that Chortle got more' weight than he was 1 entitled to. At tha present time A. 'Pringje t (22) is leading J. Bryce (21) for the position of the most i successful horseman in trotH/ing' events for the- seaitttti.^ Pfirrgl& has engaged' Bon Ami (a winner at South Canterbury,) at the Waimate Plains Sleeting, where the premiership will' be" decided^. He will' also 1 drive and ride some of. thei other Canterbury dompetitors. The wWeY of the Hack Hutdl'es at> Pahiatua- will not have to carry a pen-, alty in the Grand National. . The Riccarton candidates engaged' are_ Multiply, Diavolo; .St. Ehnn, and Maniaroa. The winner of' tlie . I*aniatua Handicap will' have to put up' 61b extra in the Winter Gup. The TioTrses engaged are* Lady Louisa, ReMe, ' Plunder, and Chillies. The winners of ,the Konini Welter and ■ Telephone Hack Handicap will not be' requn'ed 1 to' put up any extra weight at f Ri ! ccaT)!on. Tne Cup candidates ew- , gaged are Iliad's' Heto,, Glenroy; Mount ' Victoria", and Prints" Lad Ho. The Grand' National Steeplechase candidates- en* gaged are Glenmore (who is in the Hurdles), Tirohanga, Stockade, and Captain Maekay are in the Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase, which _ does, not' Carry a penalty in the more important event at- RiddaVtom Bandalero", a Grand National Steeplechase- entrant, is engaged at the Mana-watu and Wood- , lands Hunt- Club meetings. Prince. Laddc, Stctebade", Lady Louis*, Diavold, Iliad's 1 Sei'd, Rene, St. Elmn, PlttndeC, > Mount Victoria, ChilEeS, and Sam Pah ' have all been engaged' at the Woodlands Meeting". ; Priiun .(Valiant— ; Fraulein)', and on© 'of his progeny, Prinzora (a winner at ! Mauawa6u)i are engaged at the Waimate Plains 1 Meeting." Mr. G. Spriggens, of Wangantti, will have charge of the totalisator arrange- ' ments at the PahiatUan afld Woodlands Meetings, on' the 28th aaid 1 29 th inst. Myrtle Palm and Bobalink are the only Petone! horses engaged a* the Waimate ' Plains" Meeting. \ The Wairarapa. horses', Halo,. Monsoon, an& Tango, ar» entered. The promising Prudent- King colt in, A. Hall's stable at Wanganui has had the name of "Turangapito" bestowed on him. was jumped at Trentharo.' on Saturday morning, and gave s. satisfactory display. Seaton Dale and St. Bill, "who have been off the scene for some time, are engaged at the Pahiatua and Woodlands Meetings. Compass, the Grand National fftrrdlo Race winner of 1909, is engaged at the North Taranaki Hunt Club's Meeting. Compass was foaled in 1902 and is entitled to a place among the veterans. Ik is reported that the Gisborne horse, Rilapani, one of the fancied candidates for the Winter Cup, will be ridden by S. Reid. The Great Northern double winner, El Gallo, will not be seen in action at the Grand National Meeting. Since he faced at Ellerslie he has been troubled with' an enlarged knee. After working 'od Thursday last it was considered impossible to wind him np sufficiently to compete at- Riccarton, and he was withdrawn for all engagements. Iliad's Hero, who is engaged in the Winter Cup, was among the unplaced competitors in last year's race. On the concluding day of the meeting he scored in the ' Selwyn Handicap, six furlongs, for which he was sent out favourite in a field of seventeen. Among the horses- handicapped for the G.J.C. Meeting were Player,' Leapuld and Cloudy Dawn, who sustained injuries which proved fatal since tbe closing of the .nominations. . In the Grand National Steeplechase Player was handicapped at 10.1, Leapnki 9.13, and Cloudy Dawn 9.V. In the Hurdles Player got 10.5, Cloudy Dawn 9.6. • AUSTRALIAN TURF (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— CopyrdghU) SYDNEY, 18th July. The following was the result of the Broken Hill Cup. — Jarwan 1, Holy Friar % Greek Fire 3." MELBOURNE, 18th Jttly. At the V.A.T.C. races at Caolfield yesterday, the principal events resulted as follow :—: — Leamington Hurdles, of 500 soya; two miles one furlong and. 64 yards — -Lord Grey 1, Manatta 2, Klinger 3. Twelve started. Lord Grey won on a protest against Manatta. Time, 4min 6jsec. ' Godfrey Watson Steeplechase, of 500 soys; about tivo miles. — 'Rayond» 1, Flash Jack 2, Ungala 3. Thirteen started. Won by a length, with five lengths between second and third. Time. 3min s,lsec. ' Merrimax has been scratched for the I Australian Steeplechase and the Australian H ordles. The Victoria Amateur Turf Chib has decided to give to the patriotic funds all the profits of its race meetings until the end of the war. The Victorian Racing Club distributed the sum of £76,849 in stakes during the pa«t year, while the sum of £14,455 was handed to the patriotic funds. CHORTLE SCRATCHED OHUISTCHURCH, 18th July. Chortle was scratched for the Winter Cup and -Htordle3 at, \\ nV.lnek on Saturday.