THE TURF.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144086, 3 May 1913, Page 8

THE TURF.

(By Field-glass.} FIXTURES. 1 May 8 and 9—Aslihurton Comity R.C. Autumn. May 14 and 15 —Egmont Racing Club. Mav ‘22 and 24 —Wanganui Jockey ‘Club. Mat 31, Juno 3 and s—Auckland5 —Auckland Racing Club. ' May' 22 and 23—North Otago Jockey Club. I Juno 3 and 4 —Dunedin Jockey Club. ; June 15 and 16 —Najiier I’ark Racing i Club. | July 3 and 4 —Gisborne Racing Club. \ Local sports are looking forward with ■ interest to tbo annual winter meeting ! of tho Egmont Racing Club, which is fixed for May 14 and 15. The arrangements are in a forward state, and present indications point to a most successful gathering. Since going out of Mr. S. Pitt’s hands Glen fern has performed very > consistently. Throe wins and two j seconds have fallen to the horso lately, i Bay Prince has undergone an operation,'and has been turned out for a few months. Tho St. Clements mare Bow Bells .■ was shipped to Sydney by the Victoria on Monday last. Slie. gave a bit of trouble before she was got on board, but eventually was induced to enter tho box. Bow Bells performed creditably in Taranaki last season. North East is in solid work, but ho I has not been entered for anything at the Wanganui mooting. He will proh- . ably bo .sent to take part in the Great Northern meeting. B. Dooley was in groat form at the South Canterbury mooting.'riding five winners during tho two days. This was his first appearance in a professional capacity at Timaru, of which town ho is reported to bo a native, though ho left there for Auckland at a veryearly age. Tho Egmont weights have been declared, and the handicappor, Mr. G. Morse, seems to have tho winners well concealed. Several horses nominated have been ofr the scene for some time, and it is rather difficult to handicap these, considering they have no performances for the season, but on the whole the handicaps are .very satisfactory. It. J. Mason is now handling two of Mr. Greenwood’s year!ings._ They are a sister, to Orton, by Obligado—Kitiroa, and a half-brother to Emperador, by Martian.—Lady Wayward 11. Mason has also taken in hand tho Vasco — Silkgown gelding Counsel, who was operated on for roaring last November. Lloyds, tho one-eyed Monaco gelding, is entered for both the Great Northern, Hurdle Race and Steeplechase. This equine is, Says a Northern scribe, looking well, and if tried over tho big country at headquarters ought to give a good account of himself. The only descendant of Soult engaged in tho coming Great Northern Steeplechase is Stratbmoira, while Master Theory and Admiral Soult are tho only Soult horses carded for tho Great Northern Hurdles. Master Theory is reported to be going along nicely at' Ellcrslie. G. Clarke, who rides Gnome in_ his [ .schooling tasks over tho hurdles, is a diminutive apprentice in W. Clarke's stable at Riccarton,' and goes to scale at ost. 71b. ’ I Obligant has been in a bad way since ! bis return froth tho Manawatu meet- | ing, and his trainer. Lowe, has receiv- ; ed instructions to .send him up to Gis- [ borne, where lie will be turned out. j Mr. T. 11. Lowry’s colt Soltano, by I Soult, from MonoquiJ, beads the win- | ning two-year-olds for tho season. He | won five races, was second onco and third once, tho value of his winnings being £2190. The other horses to win over £I.OOO are Mowbray £1725, Percnilla £1595, and Nigbtwatoh £1165. Mr. J. 13. Reid’s five winning two-year-olds, • Mowbray. Rinaldo, Salzburg, Ogier, and Bradaraantc, have, between them won “thirteen races, their total 'winnings aggregating £3840. Malt King.goes to the stud during tiio coming season. His fee has ,been j 'fixed at 50 gns. j When J. Cltaafo returned to Auek- j land from 'Taranaki last week ho I brought hack with him Waiari, the! winner of the Easter Handicap of 1910. I Tho St. Paul gelding is reported to be [ looking hcnlthv and well, and should j bo ready for hia engagements at tho i A.R.C. Winter .Meeting. Tbo black champion Bobrikoff, writes a Northern scribe, is at present in the best of health, and has thrown off all traces of snrene.s.s. Bobrikoff is! to be given an easy time of it for a month or so, when lie will resume work again in view of Ins spring engagements. Christmas Rose,'tho full-sister to Santa Rosa, has recovered from the injuries .she received at the recent A.R.C, Autumn Meeting; Several would-be purchasers have priced the daughter of Soult, but were met with tho reply, “Not for sale.” Mr. G. P. Donnelly lias disposed of tho Formative—Pursering yearling colt half-brother to Gold Thread, to AyW. G. Stead. The youngster has been operated on, and will be scut south as soon as ha recovers from the effects of tho operation. Merry Land (Memo England—Nai Nai), owned by Mr. C. F, Vallance, is advertised for sale at £SO, It is said that Alastor Paul, who won a hurdle race at Timaru under a heavy impost, may bo sent to Melbourne shortly in quest of hurdling honours. After being schooled at Ellerslin on Tuesday morning, says the Star, Okai- I ban was walking a bit short, and his trainer will probably have a difficulty in getting him to the post fpr the big jumping events ahead. Spearmint, who cost Alajor Loder 300 gns. .as a yearling, and won for him the Epsom Derby of 1903, last season earned 7250 gns. at the stud in England. E. J. Rae, with seventeen, ’ as the largest string of horses in training at E-llerslie, and there is a likelihood of still more finding their way into his stables. To give some idea of the comparative totalisator records of Tasmanian and Now Zealand trotting meetings, it may be mentioned (says tho Sportsman) that tho Hobart Trotting Club, which is one of the oldest trotting institutions in tho Commonwealth, at its last fixture, registered only £3283 os. and gloated over the fact. Now Zealand’s poorest trotting chib would think it had a bad day if such small figures were registered. Coromandel’s name does not figure amongst the nominations for the Wanganui meeting, the Menschikßff gelding having gone amiss. Ho was ex-pected-to figure in the Century Hurdles, so well had he performed in his

few spina over the little sticks. . It is to be hoped he will be all right again soon, as ho might to win a race or two over hurdles for A. Jackson before the sepson ends. ( According to a correspondent ■of the Dominion, writing from Hastings, .a lot of jumping is being indulged in there. Nearly every horse working on the Hastings tracks has boon tried over fences, Amongst the number aro Bravest, who performed particularly well in a “school” over the big fences; Strathmoira, who also jumps the couiitry well; \ r i, who takes the battens in her stride; Pellicnn, the half-brother to Corazon; H. Hickey’s team, consisting of The Borer, ciunray. Btourton, Whukawcira, and Chief Marshal. I The lady who races as “Ah', lligh- [ den” has not had a very successful season, and in the Referee an announcci ment appears that Lockwood, Mallard, i Neirenc, Adolicia and Gcrberga arc (or J private sale. This is doubtless with I the intention of making room for the j rising two-year-olds. The latter,. who I are said to be very promising, com--1 prise a colt by Tlonilorm —I’arera (a | half-brother to Xyland and Boanerges). ( a filly by Martian —Truce (Grafton — j Kavarino), a filly by Dentiform—AAaitcI mata (a half-sister to Kamo, Sir Frisco I and Lockwood), and a filly by King j Rufus—Our Lady (half-sister to Bronze ! and Beau Soult). The four aro said 1 to look really well, and a more succcsaj'ful time neat season than has been the ] case this year should be in store lor I the bearers of the bine and buff, j The once brilliant performer AA’aiI riki, which has been in a bad way for I some days past, died at Or.ehnnga on I Aloud,ay last. Dr.ring his career on j the turf AVairiki was a fir H-class per--1 former, and few will forget Ida victory in the Auckland Cup of 1008, when he beat a good field with 0.8 in the saddle in the good time of 3.09 4-'i. which, has ! only boon beaten three times in tlic \ history of tho race. The following j year AVairiki was scut to Australia to I contest tho Melbourne Cup, for which | event with 9.T to carry nc was sent out favourite. An unfortunate accident, which finished his turf career, settled his chance of winning, and a fractured shoulder resulted. Tho injury was patched up, and the horse brought back to Auckland, with one leg shorter than the other, an artificial hoof being strapped cm when bo had I much walking to do, and since then he 1 lias been at the stud. , Although not altogether a qualified succors at the stud, ho sired a number of useful horses-.