THE TURF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14439, 4 February 1909, Page 10

THE TURF.

Uy Skstinei.. TUB DUiNKDIN* GUI' MEETING. The numerical Mrengt.li of tfic nomination., receive! in connection with tin* ])unedili Cup meeting las excited considerable comment in sporting (lirclcs, and, indeed, (ho Diiiiedin Jockey Club have, every voiieoii to bo proud of the lilieral niannor ill which hoi><Mm\iier.s have filled up the various event* on their Cup program mo. Tholist, which luimaents about 11)0 more «'iitrius th.ui what wm received in coruiecfcion with the i.L.L Dune-din Oup uieitiny, is icallv tpiile formidable in apiiearance, and willi ordinary luck should provide far and away the bet i.ioetin- ever held at, Wingatui; in fact, the Ixvjt Hireling the club have been able lu L'ivc their ]>.ittons .since the days when Otago was the premier racing centre of the Dominion. Not only is the list .strong from a numerical point, of view', but quality is also largely represented, and further than that is tiie pleasing fact that Xurl.li island owners have liccn altraclcd by tins value of the stakes v/liich form the chief prb.cw on the programme. The excellent, nominal.ions form ail object-lesson of the valuo of providing a.-well-endowed programme. The commercial side of spoil is nowadays far too strong to 1*! ignored, and ample evidence could Ix) advanced as to the wisdom of giving prizes well worth winning. ]f the nca on tht: Dtimxliii Cup iirogiummo did mot, provido for an ample margin of passible profit over llie expenses of running for them horse-owners would not be found ho generous wilh their entries. The cluli have only to bear in mind this fuel, and Duncdin will soon regain its lost prestige us a racing rendezvous, if, in fuel, it, dues not go ope better and bccome a bolter allcaterer for racing- than it Ims ever jwn in the past. In tho bygone davs the Dunedm Jockey Club gave good slakes for the principal items on their programme, but a different policy is now adopted, and tho .prize money ift more evenly spread over Iho card. Still, the patriot ic sports Would, like to «ee our prineipal nioes more on with their former financial status, and with a continuation of the existing current of .success the day should not, bo fur distant when the ambition should bo suctxfssftilly realised. In order, however, lo stay the opinions of some of the un■miiMmable critics of our programmes, it ana.v he worth (minting out that a random glance through a Cup programme of 10 years ago discovered two selling races of 20sovs on Iho list. The Diitiedin Cup of llimk year was worth 500sovs, und (he cotf.ly Eclipse Stakes of 500sov» was also on tiie card, but collectively the prize-list, of our forthcoming Chip meeting compares very •favourably wit!) any hung up in the pasl. Excellent progress has been recorded by the club during recent years, and there appears lo be ample material on hand to furnish us with further incenlive for more .progress.

IN A NUTSHELL. — Tnlimm Park entries aio due on Saturday.

February 12 is entry day for the Great Hastcr and Gre-4 Autumn Handicaps. — Tovoliungn's form a-t Tapanui discounted the good opinion previously held about hi-ni. — A three-year-old colt by Pistol from the .Melbourne Cup winner Auraria is in work •Ht Flemingtoii.

—At Wci'iiißton Park, in 1802, 17 yearlings wore .sold for TUliigs, which ranks as Iho record for New Zoahind.

— Humour bath it that an attempt was made to "fix'' one <jf tho races at Tapanui, but the sc'licnic fell through. — Xiio total amount paid to joclcoys for riding fees ai.ti pcTcerrtttgvs in connection with ibe Traitluuii fixture was X'7B-l ss.

— 'Weights for Iho first day of the. D\racdin Cup meeting are duo 011 February S und accopfcarcos are due 011 the 13t-h.

— Golden Slipper, Maltiue, and .Scotland wo the ruling favourites for the .\'ewma.r|ict Handicap, which is to be run on the 27th iust

— Carbine's most successful descendant Jast Beasoi* in tho Old' Country was Glads who raptured stake lnouev to the extent of A' 2900.

— Goklen Slipper was booked to leave for Melbourne to take part in the V.li.C. autumn meeting when, tho last mail to hand left Sydney.

— Advices from Iho tracks nt lituidwiek nay tli-nt Poseidon looks in such capital order that lie will probably be ready to race in (110 nutiiimi.

— Vologda has not apparently suffered any damage by her journey to the Gore meeting, as ?ho is now doing excellent work at I'iccartou.

— Tho Q.T.C. lias given effect to a Tccent decision to appoint a stipendiary steward. Tho salary attached to the position is £400 per annum.

— Signor has been awarded il.-t in tho Australian Cup, and is in receipt of 21b from lolaire, who figures at the top of the handicap

— White Cockado is doing good work nt Bicearton, ami lias evidently thrown off tho effccts of being galloped 011 when lie last carried silk.

— Prim and I'elrovnit galloped u. mile and ■-quarter at Hiccarlon on Thursday lust, ami the latter was beat by 10 lengths in 2inili Usee.

—At tho Tnkapuna Jockey Club's meeting on Saturday ;!G bookmakers were doing business, their fees enriching the club io tho extent* of £150.

— AHhotik'li The S(v>r was a winner last week, lie scetns to have lost some of I lie dash and brilliancy which he displayed a couple of Ecasous back.

— Al»wit, the winner of tho Victorian Derby, is causing his trainer some trouble, und ho may not, l>o seen out at the Australian autumn meetings. — Thoro are two GOsovs hurdle events 011 the Southland Racing Clubs autumn programme, and -the principal events 011 tile flat are worlli lOOsovs and fiOsovs each.

—AViviju gave an indifferent display in the Grand Stand Handicap at Tapamii, but 011 'tho second day lie rom[K\*l over the modentto lot. ho met 111 the G!eiii:ennich Hack'.

— Optional is thriving 0:1 the travelling «ud lacing to which ho lias been treated, and a I Tapanui looked heavier tlmn the writer has previously noticed the colt.

— The Sydney trainer, J. Bryan, arrived in Cliristcliurcli last week with Britannic and Lady Owyhee, who will bo raced at tho New Zealand Metropolitan autumn meeting. — Liza's win at Tapanui was easilv accomplished, and she had a good margin in her favour at the finish. The form dis■l'luycd i'v those behind her was by no means good.

— After Ilito won the (mirth rare on tho eecond day's card at Tapanui lie was allowed ito remain on the course for, the rest of the day, ami played the part 0! spectator to a whole day's programme.

—Mr l'\ Wallis, honorarv starter to the ('.ore Racing Club, officiated at Ihe barrier at Hie Tapanui meeting hist week, and invuriably had his fields well in lino when tho horses were tent awuv. '

— Says ftu English pa[>cr: —"There is no in the world so calculated to turn a sweet-tempered man into a savage as that of the starter of racehorses."

— Allside, who won the principal event 011 itho first day's card at Tapanui. was formerly in training at Hicearton, but was sold by 3iis then owner because the gelding was supposed to he injured in the back.

— A two-vear-old filly by Multiform from Kovitiate has been put iu work at IJrisbane. Kovitiate, who won tho Perth Cup of 1903. ■was. one of the very few mares sent from Australia I" lv mated with Multiform.

— Golden Slipper has been awarded 8.1 in the Newmarket Handicap and 7.1U in tho Australian Cup. Other Mew /ealanders in the Newmarket are Idealist tU. C'hamado 0.7, Idyll C.7, I'cle.rhoi 7.5, Pink 'I'll 9.13, lVr.ates 9.5, SeJilen 7.!', and Smiltline D.il. — Walter Buddieomb has Speculate under 1113 charge again, and has also two others •du Sobc.rsidos and lady Clare. It will he remembered -that UmktiooiDU was responsible for Speculates condition when this gelding displayed excellent form hist year by winning ■tho Gore Cup.

— The two-year-old colt Calvcritc, by Grafton—Gokldiist-. who cost -ltVgs as it yearling in Sydney last Faster, has so far proved unequal to the strain of a severe preparation, lie will be put aside now for nt least a year before' any further attempt is made to train him.

— The Obligatlo gelding Taicri, who won the Trial. Plate at Tapanui, may be found developing into a useful sort. 11l his race 011 the second day he ran over a lot oi ground through l<eing on the outside of the iic'.d, and this probity nitule the diffeteuco between a win and a lose.

—If got. inlo good lfiro would bo a useful sort down this w-ay, particularly as lio in being fairly well hawlieappcd. lliro is a well-bred horse, as he was got by Cyreman (St. Simon—Daisy Chain) from llipiiic. by Sweet William (sou oi Sir Medrcd) from Tho Thorn, hv The Barb.

--- Motoa., who a lev.- voeks cost Mr K. Manifold IUOOgs delivered in Xew Zealand, li'.i'l a run in the Epsom 'Welter Plate just bciore Ine mail left. All who saw him at Epsom say that he was too much above himself lo fhow his true merit ss a galloper, and hi? turn may not. conic Iwfoie the — Tho Maniototo Jockey Club meeting takes piaco on Thursday and Friday of this week, and promises to he a fairly successful gathering. The C.J.C. midsummer takes place ou Thursday and Saturday, and fhoul'l shed n light on the form likeiy t'J he displayed at tho Duiiediii Cup meeting. — Flitaivay was uot allowed to drop mto an idlo grove after: her return from Wellington, aa on Thursday last she put up ail oxccllent gallop at Riccurton by easting seven furjoiigs behind in the smart time of Imin 29sco, whilst 13ioadsword finished weJl at '.be cad pi sis fuijMgs iu Jmin 111 2-6acc,

— Prim is Rapine well in her work, uml lias been galloping ill ji'.caairijj style over 10ftirloiiH journeys (hiring the past week. — The well-known Wellington -trainer J. Lowe has engaged (our boxes at .Wingntui (or till) Dumxlin Clip meeting. U>we was for many years associated with Mr H. Goodman, and his many southern friends would like to see him rapture a good race at the Cup mealing. it some of his icain should pay us a visit.

— Last week the cnmmitlee of the A.R.C. dealt with the injunction lodged by the owners of Master Sudt against the "stakes attaching to Ihe Itailway Handicap being paid to the owner of l'toyal .Soult. The committee decided in favour of Koytl! Sou.lt. hut the stakes tn'e lo he withheld until tho mutter is finally dealt with.

„7" ,rho Gore Club mode a profit of 55. r >sovH over t'lfiir rcccnt meeting, and this amount ninkes i\ total profit of for the reason. This handsome surplus should more than rtxionoilc tho club to Iho progressive policy which they adopted when drawing up tho, season's programmes, and further pro* should he on hand next season.

— A meeting of the committee of the Ashburton County Racing Club was held on Saturday afternoon for tho purpose of confirming the programme for meeting, to be held in May. The two principal events iu the programme are the Ashburtou Cup of 200aova and the Autumn Ilttfldicun of 150FOV8.

— Alhury's dual win over sprint course 9 demonstrates that there is a particularly )>ad lot of horses in training at present. In f;u:t, the He'd which the 'chafier defeated in the Kelso was one of the worst tho writer has ever seen under silk. Albury w;w off the mark like a two-year-old by A. ,\t'Kuy, and -that had a great deal lo do with thu wins.

— Nominations aro due on Saturday next for tho TaJmna Park Trotting Clu'o'b autumn meeting. Tho programme is the best the club has ever issued, and should meet v;:th liberal patronage from liors:owncrs. It is to be hoped that the two MOsovs stakes will attract somo of the topuotchm to the meeting in oxdev to give our local race-goers a look at thcin wLoa at u s[K;ed."

O. •). Price will have a big team in work for the autunm meetings iu Australia, as Bribery, Ala Ahiu», Maui, Saltaire, Marsovia, and Idealist, who have been enjoying a spell, urc iu active commission again. Qtira, *hy The Officer—Arcthusa, won tho Goodwill Handicap tor Price at, a meeting at .Sundown Park, near Melbourne, ]ast month, at a benefit meeting got up on behalf of Mrs P. J. JJinlcy.

— The St. C! air mare Emmeline supplied two of the winners at Tapanui, in the shape of 'i'aieri and My Lawyer. Kuime'ine was a fair performer in her day, und her pedigree suggeftts tliut she should be a goed producer. She was got by St. Clair from Ladv Emma, by Yattsndon from My Fancy (imp.), by IMair Athoi. Tuieri was got by the imported horso Obligado, and My Lawyer is by tho Grafton horse Blaekstone.

— Ingoda,, a two-year-old daughter o! Stepniak and Armigora, is evidently a smartish !il!y, as sho is reported to hove b;-aten Caspian by two lengths ovor five lurloiu-s in liuin 3 'l-ssoo at Riccarion hist week. Caspian, howevor. is a sluggish worker. Ingoda's dam was got by Hotchkiss (son of Musket) from Aruiilla, by Casket from Nocklaw, by Musket. II or sire was got by Xordenfoldt, a son of Musket, so that there is a regular armoury of Musket in her pcd : gree. — The (our trotting events on the Tepamti programme attracted fairly good fields, and were Hie Iwst, betting races at ibe nKofins.'. A Rothschild mare in Lady Arena w<« ilie l'irst- Tivt with a liberal margin in 2min Msec, and anotlwr easy win was score! when Dairymaid (by Goseoouj won the District 'hot. Oil the second day the Texas mare K. 11. N. iron the Second Open Trot after a good race with Sit Lex and Touey. and M'Cnrtney made a run-away affair of the Dash Trot.

— According i« the Australasian, the A.J.C. is to be paid the compliment of having the office for the registration of horses established in • Sydney, but it adds the officers will be under the control of the several Jead= ilig clubs. Tile same paper also remarks that presumably ibe St-ud Book, wbeu it becomes official, will be compiled from the A.J.C. office. The A.J.C. and Y.l'.C. are understood to be quite willing to pay the price asked for the purchase of the copyright of Hie Sttid Bcok.

— Octave, won her tiist race at Tapanui in a comfortable manner, which suggested thai she was next door to a moral for the fouiiurlong dash 011 the second day's card. She, however, stumbled (probably from a bniup delivered with malice aforethought), and lost two or three lengths at the rise of the barrier. .Her rider then hustled her to the front, and made the pace so hot up the hill Hint the inare was in Iruublo a furlong from home, and finished last in a field of four. Another case of the more haslo the less speed at the linish.

— Before Mr W. Lyons l-ett Sydney he leased the Eiirocly-dou gelding .-Kolus to Or Watson for 12 months. The Auckland pcnciller this week received a cablegram from Or Watson giving a month's notice to terminate 'his lease, owing to his fc;oing out of racing. Mr Lyons has now before him the interesting position that his horse stands engaged in the Australian and Sydney Cups at tho instance of the lessee. There is reason to be'.icve that Mr Lyons regards tho Cup engagements of ,'Kolus as quite of the out-of-bounds order; but (says "Phaeton") still he has this to rejoice over, that Dr Watson left hiui out of the Champion Stakes.

— Nominations close on Saturday for the summer meeting of the Ashburtou Trotting Club. Tlw nrogramnw oons'sis of seven events each day, anil the various races arc as follows:—lntroductory Handicap. cf flOs-jvs. ]j| miles; Wnfcaniii Handicap, of 555'jVs, 3 miles; f,ongbeach lfeidicup, of IDOsovs, 2 miles; First Amateur Hantlic.in, of 25sors. J a miles; AHiinton Handicap, of oOsovs, 11 miles; Telegraph Handicap, of 45»ovs, 1 roilc; Advance Handicap, of SOsovs, 1} miles; Mitcliam Handicap, of 55fovs, 2 mile.;; Ashbtirton Trolting Handicap. of HOsovs, 2 mileß; Second Amateur Handicap, of Sosovs, 15 miles; Autumn 'Handicap, of COsovs. 2 miles; und Farewell Handicap, of oDsovs, ljj miles.