THE TURF

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 12 December 1923, Page 12

THE TURF

. • • FIXTURES.. b«o»rab«r 15—Waipawa R.C. Annual." Deoember 26—Waipukurau J.C ' I Becember 26 and 27—Taranaki J.O, Chrittmai. December 20, 87, and 29-Manawatu B.C. .December 26 and 27—Dunedin J.C. Uecsmber 26 and 27-\Ve ß tland H.O. Exhibition. December 26, 28, January l and 2—Auckland R.U. January-X and 2—Stratford R.C. Annual. January 1 and 2—Wairarapa R.O. Annual. January 1 and 2—Hawkea Bay J.C. January l and 2—Marton J.C.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

FBI "BIR LANCEIOT.") The Wellington Racing Club's Summer programme will be the same as last

year, with the addition of the gold cup

that goes to the owner of the winner of U-r. the principal .event.. . The wiiiner will re- ;.- ceive 1400 soys. the second horse 4CO : soys, and the* third horse 2CO soys. „: The Canterbury-owned Ahuriri has won - the. Waikato. Trotting.Cup. two.years in ;.- • succession. He -was nominated for the :;; Auckland Trotting Cup, for horses thai :;:; have done 4.36 or better in a race, but ■■•■■ as he could only dp 4.37 at the Wai- --. kato he failed to qualify. :. Pilliewinkie's withdrawal from the ,y Auckland Cup may mean that he will ;. be at Awapuni at Christmas. time. He v--- carried 7. II when he won the JMetropolitan, and beat a good.field. In the ;'•;- Auckland Cup he had 8.6, a rise $i 91b, -■;•; and was on the same mark as Mark .-'.- Time. In the Manawatu Cup the lat- '■:.'.. ter is top weight with 9.0, Piliiewinkie 'j- being in, receipt of 31b. He allows . Bonetter, who was runner-up in the :, Metropolitan, 61b for the three lengths' ■;'■■' beating.' . ' •; A Melbourne writer states that J. .-.".-■ M'Cann, whose health broke down on „ his return from the Dominion, is im- ■-.- proving, and he will shortly leave the ..v. private hospital and return home to '■: ':■■;. Caulfield. Five-Eighths: and Etta, who were shipped to Sydney a few weeks back, were ..".engaged a,t_iheßosehill"Meeting on Saturday last. Ballymena and Murihaupo have been coupled up well for the Auckland Cup and Railway Handicap double, but the writer does not consider the first-named fired in with 7.6, although it is 31b under weight-for-age. The best performances of .horses of that age in the Ellerslie race were by St. Hippo, who •won with 8.9, and Crackshot, who won with 8.3. Three-year-olds , have only ■won the race on five ■ occasions, the others to succeed being Welcome Jack, an old-time champion, who carried 7.8, Pegasus, who carried 7.5, and Nestor, 6.12. The last-named, who won in 1897, was the last three-year-old to win. Half tbi horses "• engaged are in with the lightest weight, and there is always the chance of some of the 6.7 division bobbing up. Half of those engage* in the sprint event are also in with the minimum. Murihaupo has 8.3, and is within a couple of pounds of last year's winner, Royal Blood. On the. Stewards' Handicap running wherever Murihaupo is Mireusonta should be. The latter has .been- raised 21b and Murihaupo dropped - apound. v- • ... ; .-. ■

.^.According „t<ta; Napier'scribe, Crown .'i:;:S taV'.,^°.> was:' among the winners at • Waipukurau last Boxing Day, will again he among f the competitors " there this month. .. • ... ; New Zealand-bred'horses were successful at .the Woodend (Vie.) Meeting 'this month.: They were Aroha Nui (Lucullus —Maheno), who won the Sunbury Cup a week previously, and False Alarm, by .Demosthenes or-Finland—Gossip." The latter is closely related to Suomi, by Finland-War Talk,' who recently won a mile race at Caulfield.T The- race won by Bonaparte (Bomform—Desmme) at. Caulfield last month was worth 500 soys to the owner of the winner. "Touchstone.", in "The Australasian," states that the colt came at the right end after being hopelessly out of it, and shaped like a stayer. When he bought Bonaparte Mr. G. Tye was on the look-out for a Derby cfcolt, and it looks as if he has got a likely one. Knocklyn (Solferino—Bella Donna) who was among the winners at Methven on Saturday, is evidently a good sort, and should not be long winning her way out of the hack class. She ran first and second at South Canterbury a fortnight previously. 6 • A remarkable thing about Jovial's two wins at the Bay of Plenty Meeting was the difference in the price he paid. In the first event there were only three runners, and he paid less than level money. In the second race there were nve runners, and he paid nearly four times as much. . Royal Box and Tarleton are each nominated for three events at the Waipa Meeting, to be held on Saturday next. Ixalston and King of Hearts have been entered for the Wairarapa Jubilee Meeting, and wdl probably race at Tauheremkau at New Year time. The Manawatu Racing' Club's Summer Meeting will take place on Wednesday, ■po]h rm y' al? d Satur A d*y, 26th, 27th, and 29th December.. Acceptances for the first days racing close on Fl . iday