TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 38, 13 August 1935, Page 6

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

The C.J.C. Grand National Meeting will be continued on Thursday and.concluded on Saturday.

The Beaufort Steeples will be . the principal.'cross-country event on the middle day at Riccarton. All the Grand National-.. candidates are engaged,' as well as - possible newcomers in Aberfeldy, Parasang, Makeup, Manawatu, and High Speeds ■ "

There will be two open events on the fiat' at Riccarton- on Thursday, the Islington Handicap, \\ miles, and the August Handicap, 7 furlongs. 'The TrenthamV four-year-old Arctic King will make his first appearance at the meeting in the Islington. . . ,

Mr. H. R.Sellers, secretary: to the New Zealand Racing Conference, has been unable to make the trip south to the Grand National Meeting thisiyear. The. Westland Racing Club has 'been granted permission to drop its oneday meeting scheduled for April 15, and it will now add the day to the Christmas Meeting, which will, be a three-day fixture, on December 26, 28, and'3o. ■ . —

The Otaki Maori Racing Club and the Napier Park Racing Club have agreed to interchange their spring dates, and this has been allowed by the Racing Conference; Otaki will now race on September 28. (instead of October 5), and Napier will race on October 5 (instead of September 28). : Mr. F. J. McManemin, handicapper to the Auckland Racing Club, returned by the Mariposa last week, after a brief visit to the United States.

A private message from Melbourne states that K. Voitre intends leaving for England, despite his great success in Australia, says a Dunedin writer. The letter adds that Voitre's success has resulted in other riders paying rather more attention to his mounts than to their own.

Australia's crack hurdler Greensea is being eased off preparatory to a holiday, which ,he has earned. It is certain that he will not/.be asked to carry, the 14.0 over hurdles in : the future, .but just how and where he will be raced when he comes back to work, is equally uncertain -

Brigadier-General ' John Lamrock C.8., V.D.,: who died in Sydney- recently, was widely known in racing circles He .was secretary of the Moorefield Racing Club from Igl2, with a break while he was at: the -war, where he had.a^ brilliant, record, and he* also acted for other .Sydney, clubs as judge. He was 76 years old; and he-had been in ill health for some time.

Jack Homer, who won a division race at the Geelong Meeting last Wednesday, is a three-year-old colt by Captain Bunsby from Cherry Pie, dam of Chief Cook and Cherry King and he is one of the team taken across to Australia by S. G. Ware for Mr. G J Barton. Jack Homer cost Mr. Barton 100 guineas at the 1934 Trentham sales He was ridden by W. Jenkins, who is having a. successful rim in [Victoria,