TURF TOPICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 4

TURF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa").

Maranui is reported to be unsound. Madame Melba has decided to, go hi for racehorses, it is to be hoped that her prads will not be " muaical" ones. Wliat a lark! Mr. F. Tilly nscently sold the how broken down horse The Lark to Mr. Albert Jackson for the nuulusl duiu of £100 and £25 out of the tirst wiu. The latter contingency borders on thf improbable. All lied touud no favor in the Horow hernia Cup and rail accordingly, nnishing a bad la»t. L'hlaudo, Wee Trinkt i and Cavalry are not badly treated by itw haadioapper at Wanganui. Dolce proved that Marton form was all right by scoring again at Horowhenua. Hector Gray again rode the winner. Gray is riding well at present and cVi go to *cale at a low weight. He promises to be well up on the list of winning riders this season — that is if be leaves the risky business alone. Only two first favorites were first past the port on Wednesday, Imey and Captain Bell being the lucky ones. Sir 'Frisco was a warm order in the Cup, but had no chance with Aberbtotnock at the weights. Aborigine continues to., please the touts across the 'water, and is rapidly making friends for the iSpsom and Caulfield Cup. The Maorilander has caught it hot from 'Stralian handkappcra, but ia a really brilliant horse up to a mile and * quarter, and appears to stay all right. Mr. E. J. Watt has conferred upon the Merriwee— Victoria Cross filly the racy name of Winning Post, probably because that object is always "there" at the finish, but he should remember that nearly every horse passes the winning post in the run home! The Stead Memorial Cup, of 18-carat gold, must be a handsome affair and well worth winning. At a. Maori meeting once a brown gentleman was handed out a massive silver cup after his geegee had scooped in the Grass-Fed Handicap. Gazing wistfully at the silver- v arc bis nibs remarked, "Py corry, th.it to good cup. I tink he hold te long peer orlright. Kapail" i;i"y let down a large following at Marton last week when the going was against her, but at Horowhemia she made amends for her defeat by winning a double in good style. Iney will wira again shortly. The rank outsider in the Welter field on Wednesday, the Kenown horse Notorious, took charge after going three furlongs aad was never troubled-after-wards, winning hands-down by half-a- j dozen lengths. The race was timed to have been run in lmin. 29 2-6 sec., which is what the lack call "a terrible good go'" for seven';,furloiJgs. . ; It is somewhat strange that alter C. j Jenkins has ridden Captain Bell into I second place on three consecutive oc- J casions the Officer gelding, with W. I Young up, should just beat Jenkins'! | mount, the Poriroa-trained Lace Collar, ' in the Maiden Hack race. ! Lace Collar can fly for four furlongs, but in the Maiden she was stopping in the last bit, and Captain Bell, vigorously ridden, just snatched a head victory on the post. Lace Collar, under a heavier] scale of weights, and meeting Captain Bell under 41b worse terms, won the Final Scurry on Thursday from the rise [of the barrier. i MarenQ was responsible for a surprise in the Wereroa Hack/ Handicap, win- > ning by a narrow margin from the wellbacked Te Roti. Tile annual report of the committee of the Wellington Racing Club states that the profit* on the year's working amounted to £3724. The stakes' distributed totalled £17,170. Lord Soult proved that he was not a back number by easily accounting for the Levin Handicap. The soft going was all in the old fellow's favor, and ' he was allowed to pay ft' false price. The champion jockey, R. Hatch, was again to the fore at Horowhenua ,on Wednesday, wiaaing <*a Iney and Purskau, aad steering Sir Frisco into second place in the big race. Purakmu, » buck gelding by SancttaLola, showed any amount of pace at Trentham, aad went oac better on Wednesday by accounting for a good favorite in Waiari in the Electric Handicap. Waiari tried to win all the way, ■>* at Marton, but Purakau, who aad been running second, moved up at -the <h tance and won fairly comfortably. Aberbrothock showed , improved . form by winning the big race on each dayat Levin. The chestnut ran a' good rfece to Dolce at Morton, aad would have won had the course been anything but a swimming bath. He won both liis races at Horowhenua in good style, finishing strongly aad gamely, and many punters made a note of him (or future engagements. Tommy Burns, of boxing fame, intends figuring as aa owner. During his vteit to the Dominion he purchased, for 200gs. a two-year-old filly by Soult from Boxana, by Cuirassier from Vieux Rose, by Hippocampus. • The jotmgster is -expected to arrive in Sydney in a few d^ys. and as Burns would scarcely have bought her unless well advised, it it) possible she may turn out really welL Burns' brother-in-law, L. R. Bleating, is already trying his luck on the Australian Turf, but not as an owner. As a bookmaker he is on much safer ground. Owners must be hard up for names for toeir horses. In nomination lieta one notices such names as Bunkum, Happy New Year, Prizeman, Haka. Wild Oats, Waterworks, etc. Just consider the name of Rua— are you a — horse!

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