NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[Br Gi,enco£,] Tlio Gisbornc . sportsman,, Mr.' F.. Hall, owner, of Gold' Lace, left Auckland . last night -en route , for Sydney, fa see. Ms mare run in tile Epsoni Handicap qn Saturday week.- ; . , Mr,, H;'. M'Manaway, .owner ,„of, Nortjr I East, was. present at Avond.alo to . pod his horse run in tho Cup. He returned ,'home to Ilunterville. yesterday, but.it is understood, thafcrhej.wU go.norwvfbr the second. . day's ' racing, ; Imports from ■ Auckland" state •••-.■ thatthobig ' sua of ' Euroclydon .. is , under, offer to a' Melbourne ■ buyer, whose identity,.: how 4 ever,. has', not yet been disclosed., Antarctic, winner of' the Avondale Steeplechase, vis an'artificially-got horse, and is owned ■ in' the Waikato district, The only other horse'jcacing in Now Zealand who/ was got in s the fsaifte way .ip Notcocini. • *' Waimangu, the. third horse ■' in the Avondale Cup, did not get a clear-pas-sago in'.,the-,race, and, jn' addition to. this, "he was badly'chopped out at the harrier by,; |lDi'th:..past, .who''ran''right across him: ,' The' Auckland 'horse had ; done a record, gallop, over seven fMonls at Ellerslie'before the meeting; and his supporters . were ' quite prepared ;tg see him iwin,, A peculiar feature! of the rope for the Avondale. Stakes was. tliat,, out' of tho seven contestants, not a ..'colt ; was; produced. Five of the fiejd were ' fillies, and the remaining two. were geldings. . Miss Winsome, winner of the Avondale Stakes, is a 1 .bay filly by the .defunct sire Soult, from Winsome, by Cuirassier, from Winnie,' The youngster was bred and raced by Mr; Donald M'Leod, "and is a full-sifter to his other Jjprses, Puhi and. Kakama. During the Avondale'meeting on Saturday four , jockeys, met .with accidents, but, fortunately, only one was at' all serious. In the first race: Caedhioir fell, bringing" 1 down Blackbird: -D'Shea,' the rider, of the .former, escaped with; a .slight '; shaking,, ,but Phillips, the rider l of Bliickbird, had,'a pasty fall, 'and was Carried unconscious •, to the' "e&sualtyroopi.. After, examination' by;: Div Carolari, lie Was taken to the hospital; Where on. inquiry yesterday his condition was reported as improving. In the hurdle j race Tui ,-Cakohau' fell, .but Jones,' his rider, escaped with a shaking, and, after a short rest, was.'able ..to get about again. When the field was at the post for the Avondale Cup,- Young,, tho nder of ..North East,' was kicked on the leg. by Waimangu. He was able to ride in j'ttoe. race; although suffering some \pain;. The tower Valley Jockey Club's meeting takes place nt lfar.tinborough : on' Thursday and, Friday nest. . .. . To-morrow, the principal . event. to -be decided at the Avondale '. Jijckey. ■■ Club's meeting, is the.Avondale Guineas.'. At . latest 1 advice, Prince 'Poote was favourite for both the Caulfielil and MeU bourne Cups,; • ■/ ; Comethup, in T. Boss's stable, is said' to. i be coming on; nicely now,' and. will be' a starter in the Bracelet event at 1 Martin-' borough on Thursday. .. 1 , l At Sandown Park, Melbourne, on September 7, Waiata would have easily won a six-furlong race, but for meeting with interference. . , ■ I Tho fact that California-.and North East ran .first and second in. the Avondale Cup on Saturday once more makes it. appear that the horses from this part of the island are much superior to those competing at meetings in the Auckland district, - .: Cruoinella and Gold Lace both ran unplaced in the Tramway Handicap, six furlongs,' at. the Tattersall's Club meet.: ing at Randwiek, on September 10. The event Was ' won by Malt King. '• A glance at the original list of entries suggests that it is possible that it was only a moderate field that opposed 'Gold Lace in the Camollia Stakes, at Eosehill on Saturday last. Te Utuatu, who showed good form over tho big fences at the Wairarapa Hunt Club's meeting last month, is engaged in the cross-country ovont at Maryborough' on Thursday. Maltino is still favourite for the Epsom 'Handicap at tho A'.J.C. • ineeting, and Patronatus is favourito for the Metropolitan Handicap. ■ Nominations for the Wellington Bacing Club's mooting close on Monday next., Artillerio is now mentioned among the Now Zealand horses doing satisfactory work in Sydney. In England this year, representatives of Bruce Lowe's No. (1) family accounted for tho One Thousand Guineas, Two Thousand Guineas, and St. Leger. The Now Zealand jockey, J. Stewart, has been unlucky in Sydney on his present trip. He rode another second in the hurdle race at Rosehill on September 10. , , Longwood, one of the candidates for tho Flying Handicap at Martinboroufjli this week, is favourably spoken of in aowe quartos.

On the day. that 'Doughboy won the Trial Handicap at tho Ascot (Victoria) meeting, another Noiv.Zealand-bred horso in Flying Spark (Clanraiiald—Catherine Wheel) won a race, . The race won by Qold Lace at Rosohill on Saturday., was the samo' event in whiph Soultline secured a runaway victory two years ago. Soultline was. subsequently beaten in the Epsom Handicap pt Rnndwick, but won a six-furlong raco on the.second day pf tho A.J.C. meeting.