NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[By Gi,encoe.]

Matters are now beginning to liven up at Trenthain in anticipation o£ the spring meeting, which opens on Saturday next. Over two dozen visiting hovsvs have already put in n.n appearance, including fourteen from Porirua, four ftom Waikanae, two from Uala, and the Highcloii .antl Longlands to.un. Ji. Kins brought Lilly Volga and llnnr.irnniu, on from Opnki, i\ni both horses 'arc to raco here. The former looks very well, nml the race fit Mnsterton evidently did hor good. Hnmuraniu is ft Trial Stakes candidate. J. Scott has Aema, Nauumi,. Mount Victoria, and Tiu-iiu with him. The latter is as usiinl very sore, but he seems worse since arriving at Trenthaiu, and may not be , started how. J. Pressor's team ineludes threo two-year-olds, viz., Dithyramb (Achilles—Strathsjiey), a very big colt und a nice mover, Ijut a trifle sore in front. Hoopcu is a very smart lookiiiijf, well-grown iilly by Arhiile<i. from Bulbnl. A btriking cliaracteri.-l/n 1 poH-es.s-od by this oruitliolo|;icully iinmeil iilly is the rescinblttiicc sl\e Iwars in tlic forepart to her sire. There is also a Charlemagno 11-Stcpka filly, but the .latter does not appear to bo as forward as the other pair. The loose-boxw at (he racecoiirMi at Trentham are already fully booked up, and late-comers will have to bo uccoiuimidatiHl elsewhere. In the near future the copiiuiltce of the Wellington Racing Club will have to face the question of erecting another couple of dozen boxes. It is improbable thnt Adfllicia will Iμ. laced, at Irsatlma ia, the, KeUeelw..

Stakes, but will most likely to reserved for the richly-endowed Welcome Stakes al Kiccarton. Surely no one will argue that the honours of the Caulfield Cup contest rested otherwise I linn with Lady Medallist. To bo beaten by half a length only in 2inin. SJsec, when conceding the winner 2s(. all but n pound, show,s that the daughter of St. Alwynne put uo a splendid fight. Judging by the report of the race, Coimell handled her to perfection, and no fault could be found with his riding. It was simply a case of meeting a better horse on the day. The winner is by Unne'.l States from Molly. The former was a good performer in his day, and as «. two-year-old was a remarkably big colt, and won many races for Sir Kunert Clarke. Plantation, who went wrong after the last Auckland meeting, is now quite sound again, a..id is working on the Hawera tracks. The grass gallop at Trentliam is to be thrown open to-morrow morning, and f-onie interesting work should be seen. Taskmaster has developed a splint, and lms bo&a cased in his work. It is unlikely that he will be seen out at Kiccarton at the Cup meeting. Good nominations have been Teceived for the several events at Kiccerton, entries for which closed last I'riday. The Welter events have filled specially well. Those who have supported Allegory for the New Zealand Cup will not he pleased to hear that when paying up for hiin'in the Cup on l'riday last his trainer also nominated him for the Spring Plate, run the sanie <lay, over a mile course. This may mean a lot, nml it may mean nothing. ' „ -Wording to -the Invercargill writer, bir Modred," tho Martian horse, Soldiers' Chorus, will be sent to Biccartoa this week to undergo his final preparation for events at the Canterbury Jockey Club's Metropolitan meeting. At the present time Soldiers' Chorus 'claims engagements in both the New Zealand Cup and the Stewards' Handicap, and, as there is not n great deal of difference in the prize money attached to the two races, it has been thought that Mr. Hymer might elect to start his horse in the spriut race, in which the weight would,permit of his usual jockey- (A. 11. .Wilson) taking the mount. Now, however, it is stated, on fairly good authority, that the handsome little son of Martian will bo sent for the New Zealand Cup. It is interesting to note that last season Soldiers' Chorus won six races out of thirteen starts, and showed some staying ability by winning a solidly-run mile with 9st. 121b. in the saddle. His victory at Wingatui in Hie Electric Handicap last week was easily achieved, and the general opinion was that the son of Martian looked better than at any previous stage of his career. Looking at the' 1 crowd at Randwick on Derby Day, most people thought there must have been fully 50,000 present, but the turnstiles disproved that supposition by nearly 7000. Still, it is not so ago that 20,000 was a big attendance for Randwick on Derby Da>\ and 50,000 for any occasion was regarded as out of the question. The latter total was reached on Metropolitan Day, and as the-official return for Wednesday last was 20,000. the above figures show 133,000 for the fliree days. That number actually paid for admission, and this afternoon's crowd will probably put the total for the four days well on the way to 150,000.—Sydney "Arrow."