NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 5

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

■Advices received from Christchurch yesterday state that Seal'Rofik is an. unlikfily starter in uho New .Zealand Cup. Those who behove in tho theory of "borses for: courses!' 'should , not-'-'require' any, incentive to back' Apa to-day.' Tlic Addington- and, Muriwat has started si£ times on the Trentham courso, and on one occasion only has ho been further away'than second'. On Cup day, January; ■ 1906, : lie won the' Tongariro Hack and next day ran second to Lady Wayward. At the Autumn-Meeting 1 the same year he was sccond to .Mystil) nation in the Thompson Handicap, but on t'io second day 'he was unriblo .to ■ gain a -place. His other 'appearance at Trenthani' was at . tho last Cup meeting, when; he rail second to Achilles' on two different" days. . ' Matakokiri ■' is usuallya; good ' beginner, but-.when last seen out \at Trentham lie did not display his usual' dash in this department. "Ho scenis to tako well 'to tho jumping' business,"' however;' "and,"MP 'ho commences well to-day, ho should'bo'very hard'to boat. Apollodoris ran two good seconds, and 1 fully expect the bay.colt to improve on,'that form at Oamaru; : '; "Arbitrator" writes" to; mo" stating; that, lie fancies, the following horses will'tun well forward' in th'eir.'rospeStivo 1 onsageniorits to-' day : October. Hurdles.' Royal Blue;' R.iinutaka Hack; Saga; Wellington Handicap, Ulanchattan; Wainui ' Handicap, f Seaman; Spring Hack,- ;Ney. Petrovna appears-'to possess a'great" chance' in, tho'' Flying Handicap at Oamaru : to-day. The chestnut marc, : in .spite'of her. age, is j n great' sprinter, and _is ehvajs among tho; first to "leave the'baTrier.. •; ■ ' if Glunullin does,not run well at.Trentham to-day and Saturday; he.will be sent home, and will .not start in the New Zealand Cup. ' Apa was. on, the track 'yesterday' at Tront'ham, and 'did eaßy--work. * Ho looks very well, but lias -not quite shed -his winter coat. ■: ' '. ' ! Apa and . Martello 1 have been working at Wanganui during tho last fortnight:; Tho. Hotchkiss .horse recently 1 defeated ; Frisco ina very decisive manner in a gallop over six furlongs: Hc.is irt great'heart, and Uisrparty iiro very sanguine about his chance in:the.' Stewards Handicap. ' His owner, js understood to be not averse".to. putting, up so it can- bp very ; safely reckoned that ho will bo .very i hard .'to beat in. the' Shorts Han-, dicap. to-day .. and ' whatever .-ho starts in on Saturday. '• .. .. ■' fi - As was. the case list year' wli'en'St. Joo beat Martello ■ in' tho' New Zealand ,Cup, : '-so this year Frisco, might finish in front of tho much-fancied Apa. . ' : . :.Th<j owner 'of' idealist 'has '"supported hia horse in" doubles for. a good stako with dif-/ .ferent candidates. . - Asteroid and.Frisco will be shipped-to Riccarton next week to-join the other members of'filloy's .string taking part.in tho CJ.C.meeting..', . ( . " They say Lupulito can run six furlongs in ltnin. l-lscc. If that is so liis chance in the' Stewards' Handicap must bo second to none. Ho was' very big when ho , won at Dunedin, and will bo .a greatlyimproved horse by November '2. ' " ''' '"' . . ; At Wanganui oiie morning last week'Apaarid Maniapoto galloped one mile and a quarter., The former hold the Soult horse safe,,tho whole way, and is suro to start favourito in the New Zealand Cup. Tho weights 'in' t.ho gallop in question :were about the same, cseli having.light boys up.- .