TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 13

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Masterton weights are due on Mon-. daNominations for the Wellington Spring Meeting are due on Monday. First acceptance for the, New Zealand Cup and entries for the Stewards' Handicap and other principal events at the C.J.C. Metropolitan Meeting close at 5 p.m. tomorrow. . The C.J.C. Steward*' Handicap this year carries a stake of £800 The opening day of the Manawatu Summer Meeting this year will^be on Christmas Eve (a Saturday), December 24. It is a unique departure and may not be popular with a number of racegoers Alyth, who is now back at Ellerslie, will have to do all her future racing in open class. A recruit to the hurdling game in Jan Ridd will return to that branch of the sport at the Ohinemuri. Meeting on Saturday. His Only outing, to date in the role was iat Pukekohe in" the early Winter, when he gave a promising showing, Off the minimum, he is liable to be in the money at the weekend. •..->■■•• Maori Maid faltered and was pulled up during the running of the hack sprint at Geraldine last Saturday, and it appeared as if she might have broken a leg. It was later ascertained, however, that' the damage; was in a ligament; which was rather badly strained. The Geelong Racing Club's Centenary Meeting, to be held on Monday, October 24, > promises to be an outstanding function. The owners of St. Alban's Stud, Geelong, have donated a valuable trophy for the' Centenary Cup. Events will be named- after men who figured prominently in the early days of v Geelong.