THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 11

THE TURF

FIXTURES.

June 14 and 16—Gisborne B.C. Steeplechase June 22 and 23—Napier Park K.C. Winter.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BI "SIR LANCELOT.")

The reduction of F. Davis's team njay mean that Mr T. H. Lowry has in view a trip to Australia in the spring with Desert Gold and two or three other members of his string. Desert Gold has been engaged in the Melbourne Cup. Egypt and Bstland may also be taken across.

Tiniroto (Glengowrie—Lady Bell) was successful on each day of the Auckland Meeting. He is a five-year-old gelding and may win a good jumping race before the end of the season.

Red PennantT who has been, engaged in the leading' Australian spring handicaps, is the hill-brother to Bunting: Ho accompanied his stable mates to Sydney last winter, but returned without sporting silk there. When Bunting (All Black—Red Plume) won the Brisbane Cup, of 2000 eovs, two miles, on Monday, he was making his first appearance in Australia. Demeranthis, who ran second, was carrying 9.10, 31b more than Bunting. Demeranthis won the race last year, when he carried 8.7. This was Mr. B. J Watt's most important win'in Queensland. Two years ago Sea. Pink ran second in the race, and the previous year Moonbria ran third, and was afterwards similarly placed in the Melbourne Cup. The Queensland Meeting will be concluded on Saturday, when the Moreton Handicap, of 1000 soys, one mile and aquarter, comes uj> for decision. In that event Demeranthis was handicapped at 9.10 and Bunting at 9.9. The latter will have to put up a penalty, and may not start.

StJ Elmn (St. Ambrose—Maude) raced consistently at-Ellerslie. On the opening day he ran second 'in the Great Northern Hurdles. On the second day he got third in the Great Northern Steeplechase, and on the concluding day was successful in the Winter Steeplechase. In the last-named event he was in receipt of three stone from El Gallo, who was beaten by three lengths. When Bluestone won the Farewell Handicap at Ellerslie, he was meeting Croesus at a difference of only lib hi' weight. This performance added to Bluestone's excellent record at Auckland Winter Meetings. He has won the Farewell Handicap twice, and filled third place on another occasion. He holds al similar record in connection with the Members' Handicap. He was algo first and second in the York Welter on different occasions, and second in tho Corawall and Prince of Wales Handicaps.

Pierrot, winner of the Fitzi'oy Handicap on the concluding day at Ellerslie, is a three-year-old gelding by All Black —Mimic (Merriwee —Palaver). Mimic is also the dam of Mummer (by Gazeley) and Mocking Bird (a sister to Pierrot). The total amount put through the machine at Otaki was £534,584,- as against £39,457 last year, a decrease of £4873. The Queensland Cup is worth 1400 soys to the. winner. This brings Bunting's winnings this, season up to 2840 soys. He and Desert Gold—two four-yenr-olds sired by All Black—have won 5765 between them tin's season. "

The Riccarton trainer, Murray Hobbs, has been able to book space for his team by a boa.t leaving early next month. Kilboy, Kill'em, Kilflinn, and Good Day will pi-obably be included in the team he will take across. -.''■,

It was reported that Mr, W. J. Ralph intended to send El GaJlo to Australia for some-of the Grand National events. His. name does not appear among the list of New Zealand horses which were cabled across. After tho excellent performance he put up in the Winter Steeplechase on the concluding day at Etlerslie ho would probably be well taken care of by the Australian ha-ndi-cappers. The Trentham-trained' horses Bairnsdale and Blairfinde both failed to get in the money at Ellerslie. J. M'Laughlin returned' home with them yesterday.

Hopfield was sent out favourite for the Cornwall Handicap and York Welter —the only races he contested at Eltersliei So far the MaJtster geldiag has proved an. expensive purchase, and as he is now six years old he ma.y not reproduce the good form he showed in Sydney. T. Pritchard was in town yesterday, taking delivery of Totaranui, who will in future be trained at Opaki. Pritchard informed me he was sending Brown Study (Tribulation — Good Thought) home for the winter months. The latter was lucky to beat Tuticorn in the Hack Scurry at Mastertpn. Tuticorn is one of the late Sir George M'Lean's breeding, by Sartc—- Chinook, and is full brother to Tuticorin, a winner in Tasmania, and JSarook, who has won races at tho Sydney pony meetings.

Mr. George Hume, who was among the Wairarapa visitors at OtaM, tells me that Martian Princess has- a colt by Marble Arch. The name of Prince Hal has been claimed for the youngster.

■ Percy Johnson intende taking Sandy Paul, trained, at New Plymouth, through to the Gisborne Meeting.

The successes of Lady General and Rose Pink at Otaki place them on. the list of four-figure winners for the season. Both performers named have won within a few pounds of 1100 ••?. Nystad and Sweet Tipperavy view, other three-yea-r----olds performing";^ Otaki, but they failed to add to their winning account. Slipstitch, on whom L. _ H. Hewitt scored a win at EUerslie, is one of the horses selected in Ireland by Sir James Carroll for Mr H. D. de Lautour, the Gisborne owner. STpstitch is a four-year-old ftlly by Henry tKe First (Melton —Sime,na) from Quickstitch, by Ladas— Ntedlecage, by Common. Henry the First, who did stud' duty in Prance for three seasons before returning to England, is also represented in the Dominion by Cynic and Henrietta. * Trentham-trainer C. Priichard has been laid up with an attack of sciatica srtice returning from the North Otago Meeting, and was in consequence unable

to be at Otaki. The Wairarapa-owned horses . Tnoughtful and Advanceful have gone into Pritchard's stable. Mr. G. D. Greenwood lias decided to send his Teviotdale stud up to auction during Grand National Week at Christclrurch.