TURF TALK.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12545, 7 July 1905, Page 8

TURF TALK.

(BY "MULTIFORM.")

FIXTURES FOR THE MONTH

12th and loth—Wellington R.C. Winter

Last week Mr. T. R. Lowry took 500 •t0.5 about his filly Sweet Helen for the ■Jf.Z.^Cup. Cairo changed ownership the other •-day, Mr. P. Neagle having purchased Gipsy King's eon for hunting purposes. C. Neill left last Friday night for Gisfoorae, under engagement to steer Jack-o'-Lantern in the Steeplechase there. H© has. also 'accepted ia retainer to pilot Slom Tom in 'his efforts at Welington .and' Rieca/rton. The first appearance of Pretty Polly this season will likely take place in the ' Cup at Epsom, after which she will tak& a: hand in the argument over the Gold <3up at Ascot. A five-year-old full brother to Evening is one of the latest additions to R. "Gooseman's string at Hastings. Mr. E. Blano's Flying Fox colt ■Jardy won the P<rix Daru (produce stakes), at th© Paris meeting in May. He started at 11 to 4 on in a field of ■three and won in a canter. The value -of the stakes was 2379 guineas. Gold Seal who is under th© guidance •of T. Jones, is looking well land shows no sign of the accident that laid him :aside a couple of months ago. The Possible, who fractured one of bis pasterns a short time back, is in a bad way, and fears are entertained that he will not recover from the effects of the -mishap. Through the vagaries of a telephone attendant in the Dannevirke district the entry of Bill Bail©y for the Grand National race did not reach th© secretary of th© C.J.C. until 24 hours after the advertised time of closing. Mr F. Armstrong was so annoyed over th© matter that he bad serious thoughts of quitting "the racing game for good. There is a large number of hurdle aspirants in work on the local track. Old Halberdier apparently likes the game. Slow Tom had a bad fall at Riccarton recently. H© cam© down «b the first fence of th© double and Scoullar, his rider, had a collar bone broken, and bus. tamed other minor injuries. Slow lorn -was none the worse for his mishap.