TURF TOPICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1244, 19 February 1914, Page 12

TURF TOPICS.

Master William, by St. Paul, pulled up lame at Rotorua- * Miss Livonia, who won the Rotorua Cup, ran second to Miss Winnie there three years ago, and won the Arawa Park Handicap. Punters at Rotorua appeared to forget that Kotiripo, before being put to jumping, showed a bit of form on the flat. * * Veil and Field Veil, by Field Battery—Regret, are names that appeared on the correct card at Rotorua. Veil is by Field Battery from Meriveilleux, but did not compete. H. Robinson rbde three winners on end at the Rotorua meeting, thus performing what is known as “the hat trick.” * « « * Gallupin, by Lupin from Chiffon, which gelding ran in the ownership of R. Hannon at Rotorua, did not take kindly to the course, but may do better left handed later onRosea has never been an easy one to get to the post, and she worked herself up into a great state of excitement at Rotorua before her first race. However, when got to the barrier she jumped away all right, and started satisfactorily in her second race.

Obdurate failed to race up to the expectations of some people on his second essay at Rotorua, and this cost them some money, and they held a tangi to relieve their feeling. A difference in weight and company brings changes. « * * Wanganui ' will be the Mecca of sportsmen at the latter end of next week, the Wanganui Jockey Club’s meeting and the Wanganui Trotting Club’s gathering being the magnet of attraction. The W.J.C.’s meeting takes place on the 26th and 28th inst., while the trotting carnival will be decided on the 27th inst. and March 2nd. The Railway Department, as usual, are issuing excursion tickets to visitors to the racing carnival. These tickets will be issued to Wanganui on the 26th, 27th and 28th inst., and by morning trains on March 2 from Hawera, Taihape, Palmerston North and intermediate stations, and will be available for return until March 3. On the 26th and 28th inst. passenger trains will leave Palmerston at 6.45 a.m. and 7.10 a.m., arriving at Wanganui 10.43 a.m. and 11.30 a.m., so that racing enthusiasts would do well to make a note of this fact for their own convenience.

North-East was shipped to Sydneyon Monday under the care of TJones. Mr. D. Thomson went over with the gelding on a holiday trip. * * • ”• Jolly Beggar and Popinjay, two of the best horses over their distances, have shown good form in Austra'ia during the week. Maharajah, who ran second in the Federal Stakes at Caulfield, is a halfbrother to Our King, King Billy, Maori King, Aborigine, etc. He has been placed several times. The world's half-mile record was put up at Buenos Aires this week on the Juaretz track by Ironmask, by Disguise from Royal Rose, who covered the distance in 44 3-5 sec. The cable says that he was led by two horses. Starting barriers formerly used by the Avondale Jockey Club and erected on substantial posts were in use on the Rotorua Jockey Club’s course. It was quite expected in Auck and that the disqualification imposed on the southern trainer McAuley would be removed when the fact was clearly established that patrons of the stable had backed Oxenhope for the event in which he is alleged to have been suspiciously ridden.