Turf Topics

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1522, 26 June 1919, Page 12

Turf Topics

Weights for the Wellington meeting are due on Monday, June 30.

Planet, brother to Day Comet, was sold in England recently for 1300 guineas.

Poitrel has won more money at Randwick than any other horse this season.

What, royal prices Ohinewairua and Gold Kip paid at Napier Park last week.

The Port Pirie, with the thoroughbred Arrowsmith, is not now expected in Auckland before the 30th inst.

Irish Elegance is not in the English Stud Book, owing to a bar through Clorane, the sire of his dam, Sweet Clorane.

J. O’Shea landed Snub home a head only in the Sandringham Handicap at Flemington, at 20 to 1 starting price.

La Crosse, one of Mr. J. B. Joel’s two-year-olds in England, is considered very promising and so far has not suffered defeat.

The estates of the late Mr. J. W. Larnach in England were valued at £342,260. He left £5OO to his trainer, Walter Sanderson.

Jack Rice is as good a ’chaser now as he was a hurdler last season. With 12.12 up he won the First Steeplechase at the recent meeting at Randwick, covering the two miles over the brush fences there in smin. 29% sec.

Mr. B. Brewer rode White Ranger, winner of the Ladies’ Bracelet at Napier Park. White Ranger is by Foremost.

The breeders of the winners of the Avondale Stakes and Avondale Guineas are to receive 25 guineas as heretofore.

Honey Bee, as the name suggests, is by Hymettus (a mountain famed for honey). His win in the Settlers’ Hack race was largely anticipated by Napierites last week. The death of Mr Percy Martin, for some years in business in the hotel line in Hawke’s Bay and a long time respected trainer, is recorded from Hastings.

Multive came to light again as a jumper at Napier Park, and showed that his defeat of Cynic was no fluke at Gisborne. Multive was followed home by Municipal, who was also got bv defunct Multifid.

In Mr. J. Daly’s absence through illness the handicapping for Tattersail’s meeting at Randwick was done by Mr. G. F. Wilson, who will adjust the weights for the A.J.C. Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps.

Hallowmas is expected to sell well in Wellington next week. The Martagon blood is valued, and Hallowmas should make good as a sire.

Two Riccarton horsemen in W. Holmes and W. Emerson, who have only been home from Flanders a short time, have volunteered for service in Samoa.

Polthogue fell on the first day at Napier Park, and that probably took some of the go out of him on the second day. His stock has dropped a point or two as a result for future events. All the same he is a useful ’chaser.

Mr. F. Ormond’s rising two-year-old Cate Pa, by Merry Moment (imp.) — Parula, is learning the rudiments of the racing business in W. J. Donovan’s stable at Hastings. In addition to his wins on Explorer and Sir Prim at the V.R.C. Birthday meeting, Stan Reid rode Katwyk, winner of the Marlbprough Hurdles on the second day, and was third on Gladful in the Prince of Wales Steeplechase.

The principal winning owners at the Gisborne Racing Club’s recent meeting: Messrs. F. J. Lysnar £540, W. Arnott £430. C. J. Bennett £330, W. J. Williams £215, W. Howard £lBO, W. MacDonald £145, E. Pardoe £145, F. E. Loomb £ll5, A. J. Pozier £ll5, C. Melton £ll5. The most successful trotting owners in New Zealand during the present season, which closes with the Poverty Bay T.C.’s annual meeting this week, and the amounts in stakes won by them, are as follow: —A. Brown, £2435; Bryce and Cross Bros., £2300; B. Jarden, £2120; S. Wootton, £1495; J. Parkinson, £1477; H. Green. £1359; W. H. Norton, £1280; A. Allen, £1275 10s.; J. B. Corrigan, £1229; T. Roe, £1145; W. Rankin, £lOl6.

The Avondale Jockey Club have received a satisfactory response from owners in the way of first forfeits for their spring meeting on September 27, for the Avondale Stakes and Avondale Guineas.

Foeman, who won the two leading steeplechases at Napeir Park, is a bold jumper, and has probably been getting seasoned since the Wanganui meeting. He did not stay on the flat too well, nor did his brother Postillion, but fast thoroughbreds that do not stay on the flat sometimes prove good over fences.

The report that was circulated that H. Gray had been engaged to ride the Auckland-owned mare Ohinewairua in the Stewards’ Stakes on the opening day of the Napier Park meeting and that he had been taken off at th elast moment and the mount given to P. Brady, has no foundation whatever. From the outset Brady had been engaged to ride Ohinewairua in her Napier Park engagements, and succeeded in winning the Stewards’ Stakes and piloting the daughter of San Fran to third position in the Winter Oats Handicap on the concluding day.

During the recent A.J.C. Autumn meeting at Randwick, there were on view in the members’ pavilion several paintings by the well-known Sydney artist Martin Stainforth. One picture was that of the sensational finish of the A.J.C. Craven Plate, when Cetigne scored a narrow victory over Wolaroi, Estland, and the champion New Zealand mare Desert Gold. Only heads separated the quartette, and the race was run in record time. The painting is almost a replica of the race itself, the horses, colors, and jockeys being easily recognisable.