NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 959, 28 October 1910, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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The Masterton Racing Club's meeting commences: on ;the' Opaki' racecourse today -the principal, event to be decided beingi~the Masterton,. Cup. . ■ ;•■ ;".; At Flemiligto'ri to-morrow the'..Victorian Racing Club's ■■spring/ meeting opens. Among the .events. to be • decided ..the MaribyrnW Plate,., V.E.C, Derby,, .and. the Helbouroie Stakes., Several New-Ma-' land, horses, are. entered; for the .last-, named event. - : -/.-.\ : >' ...../. _ :■-.■'. .

'■■ Tho eeoretary.of-the Dannevirke Bacing Club telegraphsto.eay.that, in the list of ■ nomiriafions.-' published ..; yesterday, : Amato was erroneously included in the Rnahine Hack Welter. His name .should have appeared -among-, the. entries lor.tne .Spring Handicap. :.;-;v; ,-, ... liiey,' formerly an inmate of: J. Lowe s Trehthaiu , stable, ! was heavily • backed tor the County 'Stakes Gisborne yesterday, but she , failed to gain a place.. ... ; -~;•,. ■■On ,the ■morning: that the Caulfield-Cup was-'run,' Go%hp produced' a filly, foal to' Flavus,- anC thus the-youngster is- a fuil sister 1 to FlavihiDS,- winner of tlie ;Caulfield Cup. ,". ~-. :■• ■.■■■•■'.■;■:. , ' :: After working at Flemington on- Thurscfay Mt..Week,. the .New ZeaMd -tiare Efforti'was bleeding at-'.-ine nose.' : ;:.'.-

'i. When, Lady" Diicyßegistered a'iew tract record for a.'mile arid a quarter at Flemington last, week! shef.was; lightly shod; and was" eaid'to.be "all out/' but, nevertheless, the gallop, created;a very favour-li-^r-,':'■■■! .-w 5;k;.;! i bhristmas Daisy / and "irustapha',."'who' were'respectively-first and. second, in tho Cambridgeshire Stakes on '.Wednesday,oorc r oupied/ similar vppsitionei in vlast. year's Contest^for..the',same-event. ~: : • . •■■■■ •-.'•.

', The.local awner, Mr. J,-Monk,Will have three horses, to^cafry. his. colours at: the C.J.C. in«etiflg.V' One'of -his team—Diain 'strong' demand for' the eydn although :his exhibition at' Trenthato Was far from- satisfactory. Gipsy Belle and' Swimming Bolt are the others. The former will contest the sprint-events,i while Swimming Belt, will be out in-some 'of !the?lesser handicaps.- :■;;■-'• :■'■'. '•;■'■ ■■•..■,■■:'■•'

.". First' Mate,' 'who .was;■ formerly. trained by H. R. .Telford at Awap%ni,;.biit is noii a member'Of "B. Nichol's Stratford "team, is.again.'in i?bfb:alter;.a" twelve , months spell. ! He is;' amongst ■'the.;'emrahts; for: the Dannevifkp meoting. ".; ;"",". ' '.■;.-.•'

':'.Th'e\". Birkehhekd—Miss' : Penelope,, colt, whiohwas sold by the Wanganui breeder, Mi'.'-G. F. iMoore, at the. last Eandwick ; Easter sales,, has been named Buoyant, and.is now racing in Western Australia.

'-. A liberal.- response . has.. been made, by owners to the; call for nominations-for the Daririevirke.meeting.next month, and,, with the class,engaged, there.appears to be the : material for one. of- the most 'successful,! gatherings, yet. held , : by this 'Club..: ■"'..V- -.'-I- -■■:.r-xS. :■-. ■■■:>■-.■; .;■■:■- '■-.:

Continuance, who won the hurdles: at Gjsb6rie yesterday, has'buiLt up a'good deal'Binco: his enforced , spoil from' racing, which.'-wns -dnW-'to influenza, at'WangahUi in .May. last.-"He is 'now looking '.mrich more .'robust; than- he', did' ■last He is to accompany Paisano to the A.R.C. Spring tnceting, which opens next'. Saturday- week: -' " . :

■Idealism obviously '"turned 1 it' up" while 'contesting , tho : : Selling : Eace at : Trenthani, arid it seems r as if the Birkenhead gelding's: only chance of winning a race .is .to' strike a field which will not contain anything capable of' pacing it ivith him over tho,'first couple of fur-'. longs.--;'.:■;;'•.'VV''.■;•'.'.'.' : ; ; ■.■.-'. .-.'' : '■■./

'■:■ Providing that there .is:no, : recurrence •of Jbleeding,'. Daunt.'golding ;Teotane should soon "get his head in fi'oirt in a- good' handicap. • His _ two races at .Trenthani will ; shaTpon him up -consid-' erably.'aiid the tracks are nowi assuming: a-state somewhat , more :.to his liking; ;

, The Porirua' apprentice;.L. iTraillj- has' gone to' Mastertbn specially, to fide Long--fitep in the Dash Hack Handicap. This willVbo. the last'time that Mr. C. B. will.sse his filly run ere no leaves on .an. .extended, trip ..to England, ■arid tho Continent. ~ : ... . ~' :

Blenheim people; aro. very sanguinp' about their chance in at -least one ,race of the big C.J.O..tloublo, and that is tho Stejfards' Handicap, in which'- Glcnspring. ,'Will represent the. Marlborough capital, lit the Clip, .'Lawn Rose will-do battle, but. her chances are not. seriously considered, though it must be remembered that sho ran a great race last'year after being badly'left at the start. • . .'

Ecsults of classical events in New Zealand this season have; so far; proved oasy : to pick. In Australia the reverse has ibeen tho case, and some very heavy 6dds-on propositions have been defeated.. The A.J.C. Derby was won by a rank outsider, and Alawa, who was . a hot favourite in tho Caulfield Stakes and also in tho Octobor Stakes, was beaten in both races.

C. Emerson, who rode Outlander to victory in the Great-Autumn Handicap last Eastor, will have tho mount on.Mr. Grigg's horse in tho New Zealand Cup.

B. Deeloy, the Auckland jockey, arrived home from Sydney on Sunday last, and in an interview with an Auckland "Star" reporter ho gave some of his impressions: —Taken on the wholo (he said) tho handicap horses werobetter .than those racing in the Dominion, but their weight-for-age horses wore no better than ours. The three-year-olds wore fair, the A.J.C. Derby winner, Tanami, being a real good sort. Blairgour, Mho lms been boomed as a champion, was very fast for three or four furlongs, but w.is a sour brute, and curled Up quickly. The Phoebus Apollo golding Annapolis, who earned such a reputation in the West, was eufforing from influenza, and Wds not seen at. his best. Master Soult, who only arrived at Caulfleld at midnight bofore the firsl; day'e racing, was unable to bo Started ■ in ■ the Caulfield Stakes, but was produced on the second day, and won tho Eclipse Stakes. His victory was not gained so easily as most people thought, and Olivaster had him hard at it, and it was only in tho Inst half fnrlong that lie got tho best of it. In tho Caulfield Cup, he wns.lamo after doing his preliminary, and although ho got a good run, ho never had the dash to tako advantaee of several openings.

Under the circumstances, he ran well, and was only about six lengths away from the winner, Flavinius, who had to fight throughout tho race, after being one of tho last to leave the mark, aiicl any opening ho got ho had to make himself, ra his win was a most'meritorious one. Britain, who finished third, also ran ;i good race, nml his trainer, the ex-Aucklandcr, P. Nolan, is confident of his putting up 11 good performance .in. tho Melbourne Cup. In tho race won by Advantage, ridden 'by B, Dceloy, tho New Zealand-mare had a lucky run on the rails at tho finish, and lauded tho stake by half a head, there only being a neck between the first four. Eefcrring to tho jockeys he saw on the other side, Deeley gavo it as his opinion' that W. H. Smith was the best, but Hickey, Foulsham, and Jl'Lachlan were'all good riders.