TURF TOPICS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 212, 12 October 1914, Page 11

TURF TOPICS.

An accsunt of a visit to R. O'Donuell's Yaidhurst training establishment will be found on page 5 of this issue. There will be racing at Timaru and Mastertdn on Thursday next, when several New Zealand Cup candidates will 1)0. seen under silk. During the progress of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting on Saturday, nt the instigation of the stipendiary stewards, an enquiry ..was held into some interference which took place in the IFJaxmere Hack Handicap. As a result of the meeting of the stewards the race was awarded to Sea Lord, Allen Doone being placed second, under the Rules of Racing, Part 31, Rule'ls. Though not opposed by a very strong field, Reputation enhanced his Derby .prospects by beating the opposition pointless in. the Hawke's Bay Guineas on Saturday. Though rather on the email, side, Mr Bidwili J s. representative is a great weight-carrier, and he should be quite at home over the Derby course. The form displayed by the New Zealand Cup candidates that sported silk in the Spring Handicap at Hastings on was hardly reassuring fpr their' November prospects. In getting eecond place under 9st 91b Expect registered a fair performance, and he is evidently ,on the improve. It is eert.ain that the gallop will do the "Cup favourite a ; lot of good, and by next month he iehould' be at his very best. ' Sea; Pink and Kooya are still backward, but they «an be relied on to make vast improvement in the next month. The biggest disappointment of the race wad Multiply, who lacked nothing on the score of condition, but was never prominent No fewer than five first favourites prevailed at . Hastings on : Saturday, •while at Wingatui four prime fancies got home. ..-■■•_.•• ■••••■•" Several of the competitors at the Dun-; edin Jockey Club's meeting will have to put up penalties at Timaru as the result j of their successes. The penalties are as follow:—Otaio Hurdles: Kingsway. and 1 Ngatiruanui, 51b each. Trial Handicap: Findhorn, 101b. Shorts Handicap: Mount Victoria, 51b. South Canterbury iHandicap: •My Lawyer,-. Slogan, , and Moonglow, 101b. President's Welter: Sir Hamilton, lOjlb. Flying Handicap: Speedometer, 161b; and Mount Victoria, 101b. of the Riccarton-trained liorses that competed at .the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting returned home after the first day's racing. The balance arrived by a special train yesterday. ." : Evidently the stai-ting of "Mr A. 6. "Wood at the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting found favour with the r officials, and h,e hat been appointed to act for the rest of the present season. 1 ■ "The New Zealand' Metropolitan Trbt T ting Club' is' invitiiig ' applications' I '' for two stipendiairy stewards, at • a salary oi £IOO a year. - -. s . .-.,-. .; ■'- Prior to starting in the Ranfurly j at Dunedin on j Palisade was purchased from Mr W. j Robertson by Mr L. C. Hazlett. The «onsideration is reported to run into! four figures. ! \, Red Charm, the half sister, to Pali T j . sade, is -a particularly smart,filly, and :: it, was only lack of condition : that brought about her defeat in the Trial Plate at Wingatui on Saturday. When ; more seasoned she is sure to earn wrh : ning brackets. •Mi- W. Menzies, the V.R.C. handicap' per, has been seriously ill for some time past, and in consequence the weights • for the V.R.C October Meeting were compiled by Mr J. K. Maitland. .- Mr E. J. Watt's winnings at the A.J.C. meeting amounted to the respectable sum of £7969, and it looks as if he "will have another successful innings at Fleinington next nionth. Mountain • Knight figures in the Derby and most of the weight-for-age events; Del Monte is in the Juvenile Handicap, Tatterley and Moonbria claim engagement in sev-; eral of the important handicaps, but Ventura's name does not appear in any! of the events. J.. Stewart, a successful hurdle and tross-country horseman in the Dominion and Australia, is among those going to the front with the Expeditionary Forces. He rode winners at Randwiek, , Flemingtpn,. and ,Sputh Australia,, where :»e won the Great Eastern Steeplechase :.at 'Onkaparinga on Matchlock. ,_,- So. far the Royal Assent has not been .given tq Mr Hunter's. Gaining j .'.nient Bill, and ; the probabilities are j ..that, the additional, permits,.granted un- , .eyer "it will not be available this year. . possibly,, says a southern. writer, the Minister of Internal Affairs : (Hon. 11. D. Bell) .prefers not to make a -move till after the elections are held, for fear : of offending clubs that may have their < requests turned down. Mr Henry's adjustments for the Stewards' Handicap are. due on Friday next. Parable was evidently in a sour mood at the Dunedin: Jockey Club's Meeting, .and her fencing on both days was of a slovenly nature. The Spring Meeting of the V.A.T..C. will advance another stage on Wednesday, when the Eclipse Stakes, a weight-for-age event with penalties, will be decided. ~ ■'., The American mare Eager Eyes has, been entered for a, race each day at the South .Canterbury J.C.'s meeting, and will be along to fulfil her engagements in the course of a few flays under the care of trainer W. Rattliff. ~,,,,«. From America comes word that the legality of oral betting at, ar race track, Erovided no money: passes iwhen the et is made, has r upheld by Justice Madden in Court in Brooklyn. The findings sustain a similar decision rendered by Justice Scudfler a year ago. - 'TEMPLAR.