THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 32, 7 August 1923, Page 11

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(81 " SIR. LANCELOT.")

The distance of the Homeby Steeple-

:hase at the Christchurch Hunt Club's Meeting is only two miles, against three aid a half miles in the Grand National. Whipcord, who scored at Riccarton on Saturday, will have a stone less on his oack, and is well enough bred to stay the distance. He defeated eight National candidates on Saturday.

The balance-sheet to be presented to members at the annual meeting of the Wellington Trotting Club, to be held on 12th. September, is of a very satisfactory nature. The club's assets,'including cash :alances, £2244 7s 7d, amount to £3396 .b's 7d, and there we no liabilities. The principal items of receipts were: Totalisitor £3292 2s, nominations and acceptances £488. gates £617 11s 6d. The sum o= £1567 10s was given in stakes, and '.axes-amounted to £1818 10s Id.

Many Colours, a double winner at the Poverty Bay. Runt Club's Meeting on Saturday last, is a five-year-old gelding by Heather Mixture from Gay, by Gaze!y—Amusement (dam of Chortle). A fulljrotherand sister to Many Colours were

-lamad Gay Raiment and Glamour respectively. Cheer Up did better on top of the ground at Riccarton than in the heavy going at Trentham. He ran two good :aces, finishing next to the placed diviion here, and could have been relieved if his engagement on the concluding iay. When he won on Saturday he had behind him ten Grand National candidates. In the big race Matatua' meets Sheer "Up on 51b better terms, and has i chance of reversing positions. By not engaging Cheer Up in the Trial Hurdles his owner missed a good chance of picking up a stake just double the value of the one he won on Saturday. He had the same weight as Rowan on Saturday, md as the latter also has the same weight in the Trial Hurdles, it may be assumed that would have been Cheer Up's impost. A 71b penalty would have brought his weight up to 10.4. Both prior and after the Wellington Meeting Cheer Up was in the private sale list at 500 guineas, and it looks as if he would not have been a dear purchase at the figure named. Cheer Up is in the Jumpers' Flat Handicap with 9.13. . Soult's. sons keep on bobbing up as winner-producers in different parts. Fort George, winner of the Maiden Handicap at the Poverty Bay Hunt Club's Meeting, is by Fort William, by Soult—Siminia, winner of the Hawkes Bay Cup. ; Carawock ran'his best race to date in the Kennels Hurdles Handicap at tho Cbnstchurch Hunt Club's Meeting. He ■was beaten for first place by Roniform, by Boniform—Replete, a useful performer by Lethe, from whom Roniform probably'gets the ability to jump. Roniform is in tho Grand National-Hurdles with the.minimum weight. John M'Cann, the Victorian trainer, y<ho was recently on a health trip to the Dominion, won the Kanibrook Trial at Caulfield recently with Correct Trim, by Cooltrim—Petury, beating False j*larm,' by Finland or Demosthenes—Gossip, and twenty-three other.s.

Mr. C. Yates, who was for some rears associated with the late .Mr. A. Hathaway in the management of the blasterton Racing Club, is acting secretary of the club. " ■'■*" ' , •■■-•:••■ J

The hunter Ehoboro must be a cut-ind-come-again sort of customer, carrypg a good deal-of condition. After alluig third place in the Hunt Club Steenlechase, two miles, a<. Eiccarton en Saturday, he came out later in the day and *on the Lawford Steeplechase, two miles, beating among others Tokomairiro winner of the first-named event. As his name suggests, the latter was bred down Dunedm way He is by Crichton (Lochlel—Melissa) from a daughter of Euroclvuon. *

After wmnine the Learning Hurdle rtace at Canlfield on the 2nd instant, •Mazw (Mazagan—Booran's Sister) was expected to show up prominently in the •Australian Hurdle Eace on Saturday last. He had only 9.0 to carry, and man ev«P' tV nS except Le3 Paddington, 10.9. The last-named is by Paddington —bkopo, and won the Australian Hurdle Kace at Eandwick in June. C. Emerson, the South Island \rcher ■was second to M. M'Carten on the list ot successful horsemen last season, with 45 wins, which was five more than the next on the list. Emerson won the last Winter Cup on Sunny Loch, and in the forthcoming race has accepted the mount on Bqadicea, owned by Mr. W. Nidd, ■formerly'of. Wellington, and trained by K. Emerson, father of the well-known horseman. In the Brabazon Welter, seven furlongs, at the Christchurch Hunt Club's Meeting on Saturday last, Boadicea pet and defeated nine Winter Cup candidates. Purple Spur, who has not done nuich raciig since he returned from the Chatham, where he did stud duty, .was favourite, but failed to get in the money. Boadice^ has won over a mile and, a quarter. Her dam, Peronilla, was a sprinter, better over five than six furlongs. Peroneal, full-sister to Peron'illa, could gallop up to ten furlongs, but Cochineal (by All Red), one of her progeny, is so far best over short courses Westendale (Birkenhead — Windlass), •who has competed successfully in jumping: races in South Australia", Victoria. .and New South Wales, is. lasting a long time. He recently won a race at Sale (Victoria).

Cool Time, by Cooltrim—Gertie, winner of the second division.of the Flying Welter Handicap at Rosehill recently, is trained'by George- Price. The little man's many friends in the Dominion will be pleased to know that he is turning out ■winners, and going the right way to get a No. 1 license in the near future.

We were advised by cable yesterday that the peculiarly-named Muniiaz Mahal, who scored her" fourth successive win in the Molecomb Stakes on the concluding day ot the Goodwood Stakes, is regardel as a wonder horse. She is similarly marked as her sire, The Tetrarcli, ■tfho was known as the spotted wonder. Mumta? Mahal is owned by His Highness 'the Ag% Khan, and cost 9100 guineas as a yearling. When she won the Spring Two-year-old Stakes at Newmarket on IStli May she was credited with running five furlongs in 58sec. She •was bred at the Sledmere Stud in York(.Mre, and is trained by E. Dawson. Whits Eyes (Buckwheat—Bob Cherry) a two-year-old half-sister to EurythmV is competing unsuccessfully in the Sydney pony ranks. Backers of Alleyne in 'the Hunters' Plato at Eiccarton oli Saturday received v double-figure dividend, but not half «o much as supporters of Primeira received ill the concluding event Primeira i-. n tnree-year-old fi)]y by Bonny Glen—Prim (dam of Pnmum) . and was" bred by her owaer and trainer, Mr. G. Murray Avn«Jcy. ' Shiran a couph of times earlier in the! season, but did nor siiow any forn-' fhero was an alteration in the order % tivants- at the Christchurch Hunl Llub s Jleeting on Saturday last. Ao (Xii'din^ to the official programme publianetl sn a Chn3tchurch paper the I'lyi!)g Hack Handicap was the seventh and tbf) Hnaicrs' Plate the concluding event. IiJB ortlet* of running of these two events was reversed. It is stated that Alleyjiß \\-p.z v/ell supported in Napier. Acuaoo was among the winners at the Tovovty Bay Hunt Club's Meeting on ..lUurduy, making four fiTsts out otfivu sta:\s this season. The brother to Eleus

is missing from the Stud Book, but it is licked this oversight wili bo. corrected in the next volume to be issued.

J. W. Lowe came hack from South on Sunday, and returned last night, taking Star Hunger with him. The A.J.C. Derby candidate will thus be under his trainer's supervision, and get the benefit of any grass gallops in use at Riccarton.