THE TURF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12472, 1 October 1902, Page 2

THE TURF.

oouree. It would be a good idea if the olub would bestow a little extra attention to. the track before the ground becomes hard and difficult to work. Several horses are in active commission, at Oamaru, and claim immediate engagements at the Kurow, Dunedin, and Oamaru meetings, and the olub would be conferring a boon on. the local trainers by increasing the ordinary current expenditure on the tracks. Morris Evans has a. quartet in hand at present, 'and they are Tsaritsa, Petrovna, Poltava, and Floradora. The first-named has done a lot of work sirfce she was taken up some time ago, but is still on the big side, but she races well in that condition, as instance the Welter she wou in Oamaru last spring,' when, to the casual eye, the mare appeared to be as beefy as a' bullock. Petrovna is backward or l not so forward in condition as her full sister, 'Hie weather is he

It was a beautifully fine morning at Wingatui yesterday,- but the heaviness of the tracks prevented anything like fast work being done. Tlie ground, however, is drying quickly, and, given fine weather up to Hie forthcoming meeting, 'the going will be quite firm. During the morning a few of the horses working galloped over the new ground at the Bottom Of the straight, and a visit of inspection paid to the spot afterwards showed that the horses had not got deep into the ground. Whon the heavy roller has been put across the made-up places they will probably be quite as firm as any other part of the track. The plough is at present in the best of order, and in a couple of days should furnish excellent going. R. Ellis commenced operations by slackening out St. Denis over four, furlonga on 1 heplough. It was the first fast work I have seen the chestnut do this season, and ho shaped fairly well, but he is a trifle thick in the .wind at present. Canteen, who is daily improving in appearance, was escorted over the first three furlongs of a mile byDonna Rosa, and Glenelg nicked in at the six furlong mark, and brought the grey home. Glenelg is improving, and galloped in a mere taking style than usual. H'e finished in front of Canteen, but the later was not hunted along. It was Donna Rasa's first fast work, and she is comporting hersslf in a more decorpus'f ashion, and not so fiightily as when she first joined Rutledge's team. Pampero, looking the picture of health and condition, was accompanied by Vladimir over a seven furlong go on the plough, and both horses shaped well; Lady Rosslyn was shapiug much better than Noblesse at the end of a six furlong flutter, and Red Gauntlet and Ayrdale strode over the same distanoo in a pleasing manner. Edelweis ran along over six furlongs by herself, and others who did useful work during the morniug were Sarohodon, Invieta, Amazement, Goldspur, .Tutto,. Abercrombie, and Hawthorn. Ardnarff was not out on the track, and is said to be suffering from a touch of rheumatism.

An esteemed correspondent drops ine a chatty ajud interesting letter about matters "turfy" in the, White City, and states that tho recent bad weather has retarded training operations, besides being responsible for tho cutting-up of. the tracks on the Oamaru oouree. It would be a good idea if the olub would bestow a little extra attention to. the track before the ground becomes hard and difficult to work. Several horses are in active commission, at Oamaru, and claim immediate engagements at the Kurow, Dunedin, and Oamaru meetings, and the olub would be conferring a boon on. the local trainers by increasing the ordinary current expenditure on the tracks. Morris Evans has a. quartet in hand at present, 'and they are Tsaritsa, Petrovna, Poltava, and Floradora. The first-named has done a lot of work sirfce she was taken up some time ago, but is still on the big side, but she races well in that condition, as instance the Welter she wou in Oamaru last spring,' when, to the casual eye, the mare appeared to be as beefy as a' bullock. Petrovna is backward or 1 not so forward in condition as her full sister, 'Hie weather is held responsible for her backward appearance, but the filly appears to be sound again. Poltava is by Stepniak, from Tempest, and is being worked for her engagements at the

Kurow meeting on Thursday next. She is also engaged at Dunedin. Poltava is from the dam of Secret Society, and displays a fair amount of pace ra her work. Floraciora ie a doubtfully bred half-sister to the flying Goldapur, and is out of Rosespur, and returned as by Stepniak or Gipsy Grand. Floradora has grown into'a big mare, and boars a striking resemblance to her wellknown rolativc. At present she is a trifle soro, but is doing useful work. George Robertson ha 3 only three horses in work at present, but it is hoped that bofore the season gets muck older he will have a much stronger team in his boxes. The trio at present in hand arc Fighting Mae, Happy Home, and a trotter by the imported American horse Del Paco, out of Grasshopper. Fighting Mao is in good heart at present and putting in good work on the tracks. Ho should, run well at the Kurow meeting. Happy M'omc is a three-year-old chestnut filly by Euroelydon, out of Little Paradise, who was by the imported English horse Cheviot. Little Paradise was bred in New South Walee, and her dam Paradise was got by Lord of the Hills, out of the imported mare Mainstay, who was by Peppermint—Mambrace, the latter being also the dam of the mighty Fisherman, so that Happy Home is stoutly enough bred on both sides of the house, and it is to be hoped that her performances will not be at variance with her breeding. B. M'Bldowney is training Mr 0. R. Wire's brace of two-year-okls—Molly Dear, the filly by Gipsy Grand, out of Molly Darling; and the colt by Euroelydon, out of Broadside • (by Goldsbrough—Powder), the full sister to the Melbourne Cup winner Arsonal. Molly Dear is engaged in the CJ.C. Welcome and will probably make her debut at the Ashburton spring meeting. The Broadside coit is growing fast, and may not b© seen under silk until the back end of the ocvason. J. Ward has St. Elmo and Senior Wrangler in practice. Both are doing useful work, but are backward at present. It is to bo hoped that the genial J. W. will get a lucky turn out of Fortune's wheel with his charge* before the season closes. Mr H. Goodall had a colt by Euroelydon from the Ringleader mare Aura in work, but a sprained 'shoulder caused him to bo put by for the present. St. Ronald is in work, and tbe winner of last year's Kurow Cup is a sura starter for the same meeting this year. He has been doing good work, and is expected to fun well. E. M'Kcwen has some trottei-3 in work belonging to Mr J. O'Brien, and Barnes is keeping Three Cheers and the rest of his lot up to the mark. In addition to the above-mentioned lotß there are, a few hacks in work for the minor events at the. forthcoming meetings. — The Gore Cup, one mile and a-quarter, which is to be run at the G.R.C. autumn meeting in March, of next year, has a prize of 80sovs attached to it. . — The Carbine colt Pistol was sont out a 7 to i on chance for the Durham County Produce Plate in a field of five at the Stockton (Eng.) meeting on August 21. Pistol had 9.12, and finished fourth. — According to latest advices Wakeful was at sevens in tho Sydney market, and tens in the Melbourne market for the Melbourne Cup. — Nine yearlings, tho property of his Majesty the King, arrived during the latter end of August at Egorton House, Newmarket, to be trained by R. Marsh. — At, Wolverhampton (Emg.) on August 19 Chain Mail, by Chain Shot, defeated five others in a maiden two-year-old race. — The American horseman J. H. Martin, who steared Ard Patrick to victory in the English Derby, broke his collar-bone on August iG, whilst riding in a race at the Redcar meeting. At the time of the accident Martin on the list of winning horsemen for the present season. --Flying Lemur, the full brother to Flying Fox, has broken down, a,nd was not expected to sport silk again as a three-year-old. Flying Lemur has been a costly failure up to date. — Carbine hod three representatives running on the concluding day of the Redcar (Eng.) summer meeting, and each of them had to be content with second place at the finish of their races. Pistol wae beaten by a neck in the Great National Breeders' Foal Stakes, of 'lSlsovs, one mile and three furlongs. The two-yoar-old Salute finished second in a ;fivefurlong event. .— Yesterday morning St. Draiis was slackened out for the firßt time since being taken up, and shaped fairly wetl in a fourfurlong flutter. — Ardnarff is amiss and said to be siiffering from muscular rheumatism. — Pampero is going on in his work as well as one could wish., aid Canteen is daily improving in appearance. — A correspondent of the London Sportsman says that on the principal Russian racecourses not only does a largo official chronograph show the time for the full distance of a roco, but for each quarter of ft mile. By so doing, it can easily be seen which part of a race was run quickest. For this purpose a maris stationed at every quarter of a mile post, and as the head of the leading horse nasaes each, post, the man presses tho electrio button communicating, with the chronograph above the judge's box, and, unless interfered with by ohange of weather, the times have proved correct. — The following is one of "Javelin's" latest "condiments":—A teacher in a Sunday school, situated in the centre of a great sporting community in the Old Country, woe endeavouring to explain to his olass the evil? of gambling, "One of the worst and most ruinous forms in which it can be indulged," he said, "is backing horses! I beseech you, never be tempted by false hopes to do that. It is a' pernicious practice and means both ruination and degradation." . "That's wot my ole man's alius cli-uramin' into me," said one of the soholars, a bookmaker's son. " ' Let the inugs try to pick 'em, Bill,' he says. 'But you alius lay 'em, my boy! Keep on a lay in' 'em till the cows come home!' " >

— The London Sporting Times writes of Sceptre:—"Her form is as difficult to piece together as a Chinese puzzle or a lyddite catastrophe. Sooptre's form is really funnier than anything that has ever appeared in comic paper, musical play, or statute-book." — The Australian mare Wakeful has worn seven luces in succession. — Of the £14,539 distributed in prizes at the litfce A J.C. spring meeting, Victorian-owned horses secured £2001, Bay Eagle earned £355 for Tasmania.. Lord Monmouth £320 for Queensland, and Footbolt £60 for South Australia, leaving £11,803 to be divided locally. — St. Michael is reported to bo quite sound and doing good work. « —Prior to being scratched for the New Zealand Cup Ideal was an absentee from the track for over a fortnight. —At the Kempton Park second summer meeting on August 13 the City of London Breeders' Pool Plate collapsed. The stake was of the value of 1500sovs, lOOOsovs to th,e winner, 200sovs to ''the second., and 50sovs to the third; 20sovs to the nominator of the winner, and aOsovs to the nominator of the second. When the bell rung there was nothing to oppose St. Windelinc, by St. Simon, and tho filly want, t othe post accompanied by her four-year-old half-brother, Martaban. The pair cantered over tho course. — The New Zealand-bred gelding Volcanic, by Tornedo— Maid of the Mountain, recently changed hands in Sydney at llOgs. —At the meeting of the Durban (South Africa) Turf Club, held last month, seven of the eight races were won by Australian-bred horses. Finnigau. won the Thirteen-thvee Handicap, of £50; Truthful, the Galloway Handicap, of £50; Newry, the August Handican, of /P1.50; Waterloo King tuid Yeeta, the PoDy Handicaps of £50; Cast Iron th« Flying' Stakes, of £100. — Tho report and balnawo afoeet of the Victoria Amateur Turf Ohib has been published. It shows that th's gross nevenuo received from all sources this year amounts to about £37,000. The club paid away in stakes £2*5,730, being £1100 more than last yerir. Notwithstanding the increased, amount paid away in stakes and improvements, the assets now exceed the liabilities by £11,052. The balance sheet shows the club made a profit on six of the. 11 meetings held during the year. — Advices received in London from. Toronto on August 14 stated that it had been decided to purchase 500 horses annually in Canada, for the British army.

— The Victorian crack fancer, Colonel Shilinski, is troubled with a leg, and Mr A. Miller intends to send him to the paddock for a long rest. — At the sale of the Cobham stud in 1881 Stivltese Cross (cohered by Wild Oats) was sent into the ring, and at 35gs she was Imoo.ked down to an Australian bereder and shipped to Australia. In due time Molteae v Cross, pro-d-urea" a- colt, Gozo, who, as the sir© of Gaulus and The G-mftet, has the unique record of sirring the Melbourne ■•Cup winner two years in succession. San Fran, by Gozo. is the latest important addition to New Zealand's blood stock.

— When, the mail left England the six leading jockeys were:—W. Lane, 108; D. Maher, (U; J, H. Martin, 56; "VV. Halsey, 55; P. W. Hardy, 50; G. M'Call, 42 wine. — The Auckland-bred pony. Clansman, who has won several raoes about the Sydney 'suburban trades, has been sold to go to India. — A couple of winners on the first day, August 8, of the' Lewes (Eng.) spring meeting were in a great hurry to get to the end of their journeys. Arabi, a colt by Bay Eonald (son of Hampton) out of Merry Miser, won a five-fur-long race with 9.4 up in 59sec, and a old mare named Indian Corn reeled off the five furlongs of the Do Warrenne Handicap, with 7.0 up, in 57Asec. Amongst the field behind thd first winner was a colt by Trenton out of Great Dame. The world's record for five furlongs is 56? sec. — The Carbine colt, Lord Carbine, add«l another good stake to his list of wins recently by annexing the Lewes Handicap of 437sova, one mile and a-half, in 2mm 35 3-ssec. This season the colt has won four races, the most valuable of which was the Grand Prix d'Ostend. The ex-New Ze&lander, Screw Gun 8.3, was amongst the field that finished behind Lord Carbine. — The Sandown Park Eclipse Stakes, to be run in 1905, closed recently with 233 subscribers, including eight made by his Majesty King Edward VII. —On the first day of the Kemp ton Park summer meeting a three-year-old gelding carried 6.7 and won the August Plate, one mile, in lmiu 32sec ' '

— Mr Arthur Coventry, the official starter of the English Jockey Club, recently resigned that position after occupying it since 1890. Mr Coventry, who is a cousin to the Earl of Coventry, was a woll-known gentleman rider, and ■was taught tiding by Tom Cannon. — On tho concluding day of the Kempton Park summer meeting a filly by Ladas, named Vittel, and another horse named Castlewiße dead-hoated in a'five-ifurlong race, nm in 59500. In the run-off the Ladas filly -won by two lengths in 59 l-ssee. — L. G. King, who broke his collar-bone when Roller fell with him on the second day of tho fmaru meeting, left the Timara Hospital on Wednesday of laat week. King, according to doctor's advice, will have to carry the injured arm in a sling for over three weeks from the date of leaving tho hospital. — Gold Medallist's half-sister Cyclamen is a filly who can show a great " burst of heels " for.half a mile. In hor win at Gcraldino she ran half a mile from post to post in 52aec, and, even allowing 4or a flying start, it must bo considered a good go, as the track was extremely heavy and Bhe was being eased 'up at" the finish.

— Magnificent 1 was on his best behaviouT at ' Geraldine. In each of his races he jumped into tho collar at flagfaU and kept his opponents busy throughout. "While not considering that hiß wins indicate New Zealand Cup form, it may not bo out of place to state that a six-year-old by St. Loger out of a half-sister to Nonett-o'e dam may bo entitled to a chance in the Cup with a feathorweiglit on his back. — Most of the races run at the Geraldine meeting were started well behind tho starting posts, so that some of the times put up are discounted by being made from flying starts, — Two New Zealand Cup candidates in Magnificent (by St. Leger—Lr Daupbine) and Punarnu (by St. ■ Hippo from Explosion's dam, Jadestone) scored at the Geraldine meeting last week.