ANTICIPATIONS FOR NAPIER PARK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 12, 9 October 1907, Page 5

ANTICIPATIONS FOR NAPIER PARK.

(By; "Glencoe.") ~ -j Tho following aro some anticipation!) < for the Napier Park races, to bo held j < to-day:— | Greenmeadows Hurdles—Golden Comb' ' i and Te Rakui. i Trial Handicap—Commander and] I Hippolytus. i j laradulo Hurdles—St. Albert and i Pushful. \ i 'i County Handicap—Comedian and j Sarilla. . '■ •'■•.-; Park Stakes—Ellcrton and Uenuku.■'■'.-' \ Juvenile Handicap—Kopu. - .1 < Akuriri Handicap—Pytchloy and North*' i Head. ' 1 Railway Handicap—Are Light anil' j Golden Gate. i i - .-' v "■7"! ANTICIPATIONS FOR OTAKL, ( V J The following aro some anticipations'' ! for the Otaki races, which take place, •! to-day:— " . • ■ > Flying Handicap—Toa Tubi and Lord ; Soult. ' (-,/ l Maiden Hurdles—St. Amelia and ' ] Voucher. V Te Hiwi Memorial Stakes—Saga and- j Gauze. • ■' ; Maiden Platii—Bonnie Doon and Con<» j tralto. ;.' ',; - j ■ ! Labour Handicap—William and The l ' i Stake. ''■■.; , • ■ :'] Handicap Hurdles—Playmate and Te- 4 •;.?• Kainui. '•>■-. A Stewards' Handicap—Golden Eagle and 1 Pixie.- - ■■ 't Welter Handicap—Peaiiie and Happy ) Maid. , ■--.-..,! . NOTES AND COMMENTS. .\ i Yesterday I .had a. long talk with the ..'j well-known legal luminary, who races ■•' under the nams of Mr. "Lance Wood." i Ail enquiry as to how Ukraine was pro-- j grossing and .whether sho would bo a ' starter in tho Wellcsley Stakes brought ' fortli the reply that she was doing ','■ famously and. was pleasing her trainer -■ in every way, but.sho was not, being. '. ' pushed as she was growing 'very fast '.'■'; and even now stands nearly 10 hands. I-.'■'; pressed for a definite statement as ,to ! whether or not she would start, but was unable to'get one as Mr. "Wood" had ■'; not made up his mind definitely. In- • cidcntally I gleaned that the filly had ''} been sho ivinggivat aptitude in henwork, -1 though so far slio had done nothing to '! justify her bwiier in thinking'she could ' win a race. / , : . If St. Albert can be. beaten in the--, 1 Taradalo Hurdles to-day, the writer will i be prepared for anything in tho future. ■■ A Bonnio Doon promises to start a hoft > favourite in the Maiden Plate at Otaki-. i to-day. On Wanganui running, it looks ' j an absolute certainty for her, though rc< ! ports credit the Sylvia Park mare Con- i tralto as being.very fast. '■'.). i .That good little horso Melwood is j again in work on' tho Hutt tracks. -I J am. very doubtful about tho St. Leger , :i horso standing a preparation, but should.! ; ho do so he will win a few races, oa"i■'■! ho can both sprint and' stay. ..'.- /,. i After Apologue's forward running .ad ,1 the A.J.C. meeting, his chances in tho j Cnulfiold. and Melbourne Cups IooLJ ] .very rosy. In the first-named ho hat' .' 7s.' 131b., and in the Melbourne Cup hist 'j weight is 7st. Mb. i- i

Tho A..T.0. meeting will bo continued .i to-day. Needlework and Mferriwai aro' ' 1 ,ongaged in tho: Seco'mr Hurdles,' Count .-. Witto, in the Grantham Stakes,' and '' ! Armlet in the Gimcrack Stakes. The 'J Craven Plato will also be decided to-day, At- tho Napier. Park meeting to-day, ■■" Comedian (Sst.) reads well in tha/'j Comity Handicap, nnd should run much tj bettor than ho did ;at Hastings, as the ./■] racing he has had would improve tha ''! black colt who was very big and grosa ." at Bulls and Wnngamu. . .;-.;-. .'^ Sivori,: who ran second in the New ; j Stakes at Sydney on Holiday, is a full brother to tho colt wliici Sir. B. O'Brien > ' purchased, in-Sydney a couple of months i ago, Sivori won tho .Three-Year-Old, -'i Handicap at tho Canterbury Park, meet-' ". iug the last week in August. v '.'■'■■ Local backers pronounced in favour of ' the Now Zealaud candidates at tho ''! A.J.C. meeting on Monday, and . tho •] bookmakers had a good many bets to -:l settlo over the Yaldhurst'candidates fill- ' ing places. Armlet was much • fancied :'i for the Breeders' Plato, and on this'-.".'"i side of the water'-.it .was geuurally au-i '.{ licipatcd that the Mensehikott filly would '■■■' ■'.( start f:ivourite.';Thc.comparatively long • i prices which; she and Count- Witta j started a ore consequently an agreeablo. .\ surprise to the many who hacked tho \] pair for places: In the past wo havo ':'-.'.! hoard la good deal about the short pricbrj.. i laid by, Sydney .bookmakers," but MpuV\-''"j day's experience points to a. different -.'■] state of .affairs. ; '' ■■'■• ;;•;) When Count Witfo annexed- the. Cham. ■ J pagno Stakes at the,autumn meeting of. .'; Che. Canterbury Jockey Club ho created- "'£ a very favourable impression, and it was '■■'..) tho general opinion thut ho would be in , '; the nrst rank n» a three-year-old. The :■] black colt was 'unlucky to bump ut "; against a good one like Mountain King, and though ho may be unablo to win -! on the other sid)!, he should prove moro : i than useful iu New Zealand. "-, ■ ; . - "'..j Apologuo, who performed .so well on ■! Monday at liandwick,, has not boon a largo 5 stake winner up to'the present, but ho j must have given.good proof of his gal- :> loping ability before being shipped to > tho other side. As a two-year-old 'the ' : - colt was successful in the Nursery nan- : ] dicap at the Auckland Summer meeting, •'■-; but ho ran throughout the next season i without (i win. In his fourth year ho ■• :j won the Birthday Haudicap at the Auck- - laud I'acing CluVs Sprjng meeting, and-. .) the Spring Handicap at Takapuna..". .'j Shortly after he was sent to Sydney and ; placed in Earnshaw's care, he j has made marked improvement in tlu last two months. It was a good .effort N jl by which he finished second to hif. stablo mate in the Spring' Stakes, and. } his guod display in.tho Metropolitan with Sst. 71b. on his back. proves that '■•' j his form was gonuino. ■■.';