TURF TOPICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1325, 16 September 1915, Page 13

TURF TOPICS.

North-east won another small race in New South Wales a fortnight ago.

Mr. Albert Glover, M.P., thinks that tote fractions should go to charities.

How many times has the jumper Sportsman fallen? Don’t all speak at once.

Two Lights, an Australian importation, seems a fair sort, according to some people’s lights.

Wishful was a good odds on favourite for the race he wen at Ash burton.

Th e Richmond Plate, run on August .30, was won by the Calibre galloway Silver Bullet, bred near Ashburton.

Eternity is such a good sort that some racegoers think it would pay his owner to have him operated on for a throat ailment.

£5O was got in the sale of tickets for the gates and cards for the Pakuranga Hunt Club’s Point-to-Point Steeplechase meeting on Saturday.

To-day (Wednesday) signalises the opening of the racing season at Avondale and the opening day of racing in the Auckland province for 1915-16.

Ruapani was withdrawn from his Avondale engagements in consequence of having contracted a cold. His defection dates from Wednesday morning of last week.

The Common mare Roscommon, the only one by the English Derby winner in the Dominion, has foaled a filly to King Rufus at Mr. Currie’s stud near Wanganui.

Hamadryad, by Even from The Dell, has foaled a colt to Elysian at the Ascot Stud. Attraction, by Monoform —Syren, has foaled a filly by Robert the Bruce.

W. Adams is likely to give A. J. McFlynn a good go for the jumper riders’ events this season. Both have done very well during the past few months.

It has been erroneously stated that Toatere, who has been winning races in Australia, is out of Lady Fisher. His sire. Maniapoto, is out of that mare.

Carillon, who won a race at Dannevirke, is probably the makings of a useful colt. Two races in one afternoon in the early spring is plenty for one of his age.

Tangiwai’s supporters at Dannevirke got a bump. The tangiwai is an almost transparent greenstone. The Tangiwai race mare does not appear to be a genuine article, at least some backers think so.

Mr. W. Casey, one of the owners of Colonel Soult, leaves for Sydney on Monday next, to be present at the A.J.C. meeting. J. Williamson is another Aucklander who is also going over.

Signor was not a success himself until he got past the three-year-old stage, though he ran a few decent races. His progeny may do well with age. He has net many descendants, but Welcome Nugget and Spain, recent winners, are useful.

Nita, who recently won at Dannevirke over country, is a daughter of Juanita, a descendant of the Arab mare Bella, ancestress of Elsa, her son Audacity, Princess of Thule, Hautapu, Christmas, Grey Musket, and no end of useful performers on the flat and over hurdles.

The Takapuna Jockey Club having purchased land which will cost £6OOO and a very considerable sum to improve so as to get it ready for the extension of the course, is not going to be in a position to do much towards patriotic funds for some time from present indications.

Prominent amongst those motor car owners who gave a helping hand in conveying wounded returned soldiers from the troopship Tahiti to the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday last was Mr. J. M. Johnston, secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club, who journeyed down from Palmerston North especially for the purpose. Mr. Johnston’s kindness was much appreciated by those in charge of the transit arrangements.

Mr. C. B. Pharazyn, a well-known Wairarapa owner and breeder, who sold his “Longwood” estate some time back, was a passenger to Sydney by the s.s. Manuka, which left Wellington on Friday last. Mr. Pharazyn bred Plunder, a New Zealand Cup candidate, and there is every probability of this mare taking her place in the big Riccarton event in Novem-

ber next. Mr. Pharazyn expects to be away for three or four weeks. Previous to leaving for Sydney Mr. Pharazyn made arrangements for the Trentham owner-trainer A. Crawford to take over a number of his horses. The list comprising the deal are the two brood mares Spoil and Good Intent, who will be mated with a fash ionable sire; the bay mare Longstep (Stepniak—Good Intent), a three-year-old filly by Elevation —Good Intent, and a half-sister to Plunder by Elevation completed the number.