NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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There will be no racing this week* but next week sportsmen will have the Timaiu. and Marlborough meetings to absorb their ■'■ attention. .Acceptances for the Marlborough meeting are.-due on Thursday evening with : Secretary L. Griffiths- ■ 'Weights for the Feilding- meeting .are■ .due to-day, .and acceptances close on Sat-' unlay next. . •Nominations' for theWoodtilk meeting'' .close on Saturday.. Owners are reminded that hSminatibhs; ■for the Rangitikei Racing Club's ■meeting: - close on Friday nexb '] Those present at the- Riocaf ton meeting j hold, the opinion that it was' a. 'tajsitajS;! to start 'the Welcome . Stakes. pinner J Peronjila in the Irwell. .Handicap, in .whifth she had the.heayy impost.of '9st>.! 'lib;, as it jeopardised her chances in'' ih© j Electric Plate'on Saturday. This is Jirob-': .ably the case as.in tUeilatter. r'aceth&.filly . showed,4i : lot. of pace over : fhe first-flrreei fu.rloiig's, but was unable to see .it'.ou.t,,indicating that her face on So'u'day'bad: tried her to .'her limits,.',' Luck plays' ah important part" "in all; branches of racing. Apropos of.thte; R.i; .Berry-, who rode • Stard'ancerf (one of the: ■ dead-heaters in the" Stewards' Handicap),, was only engaged for the ride two.morn-, ings before the race. It-jiappehsdi' in-this: .wise; Berry had been,, engaged to ride' -■Sea ping, but was then asrad to .stand. '.-flown.:, in favour of' % Donovan. Trainer; ■■ Murray-Aynsley heard of this .as he. was on i|the,. point' of ..engagan'R...another. tider?' I !,btfi' .^Jobk.:BOTi v iSgtgaft.;'''rit' 1 > ™W* w " SUltis weji'-Enown. ! Gay Lawless -been regularly schooled 1 ov«r fences, at Trentliahi. of late,,'.and' ■ jumps in a. most proficient .manner; Sh«. is to make- her. .first .public app>ara«ce' : over fences,at the Eei.ldjn'*,meeting: at the end pi -the: present njontli;. ' ' . '•'.■"„' returned-from the south, oh: Sunday morning, and pushed on north,by the Main- Trunk express the .same even.-. ' ingv' -He' is ■ returning next; week tp do '.■ the Blenheim uxture, and has .already.; beeft'engaged fo*..eacK. l wco..«n, the .nrst: day. Other jockey's going, to .the sime . meeting ar.e£, Emerson, ,S; ReM, and. A-< . : Oliver. ..... .' . s . . ■ ' When tJncile' Bam won- the Caulneld Cup ■■ it was his- fifth.consecutive win. .Melbourne. ■ .sparling papfers, declare ■ him to .be a . stayer of tno first, flight, while it _»,. argued that the ex-New Zealand, horse Royal Scotch is', not a true stayer. ' By comparison with tho Doncasto.r sales the'sales: in ■ America :aro .beggarly indeed (says, an ErigtisjL writerU At tho Iwsn-. tucky Sales" Company's fall sate W. September. ;i33 -yearlings. «re' sold fpr n a total. of je777Gi an averags of only »£SB 10s. Un . the.' other handy Brazil is going ahead in . : buying Woodstock direct from England through, the iristr.umentali.ty of'Mr, afar- ; tin' Mhddock and others.. Thrco darling's were.shipped oh'board-the s.s, and tilled nio.ro yearlings, together; with the tvood riiare ■ Daft foal, to ; Flotsam and with a foal .bv Whyto Melville, were shipped by.s.s.;Ai*h!,!h«des on October 5- ' ■ So long, as buyers, of yearlings rush to ■ give sensational prices for the descendants of Gaio.piii Ho One can justly blame ' public breeders for supplying such a de-j. mand (says the special conmussione.r or the London '■'Sports.nvan''). Even,in these circumstances, however, shjns of h how dawn of Reason wer6 not wanting at Doiiy • castor,.when .lto?. prices wcrp fiven.fpr tho first stock of that Brandly-briid 'and, very, good Herod horsi;,' Hoi Herodfi. Mr, : ■ Kehiiedi' is ftrtunatodn the p.ossessionsof. ■ him" at' this, time, when, Tagalles ' .Thousand and Derby victories have sufficed . to, bring. .grey. oolour into. f ashioiii. ■and no horse is'likely to do Wore g00d;.,, in renovating fiur in-bred stpclc than .is this one. Buyers of yearling's: should, ! pause and consider that now for soine, years past tho Galops malo line has ceased to-'domiuate the position JJ the: classic rates. "We halve seen.. the Stockwell fine, strongly rfvived through tylleno and 'Rock Sand, while NeWminster has come.to the front again tlirou&hi Baynrdo. . I am Very far from, suggesting that Wo.- . pin blood is played-out, but these signs . So .certainly point, to Nature« revolt •against a surfeit of, it; arid the more fresh blood wo can 'reintroduce the better for the'i-future of the British thoroughbred. ' ... ' Mr.E. J. Waifs .colohrs have been », ricd to the fore .at RiecartonMft the *ew Zealand dip twice, tho Great Autnnin Handicap twice, and tho Great Easter . once. • . _~,, - 'The New Zealand Jlo.tropplit.&n Tropins ■Cluh neatly reached tho .hundred thousand mark last week. The prrtparty at Addington has recently added t£ .« fi grandstand second to uoivc. in the Do- ~ minion, 'PerMits: vvho havo visited. America, and we therefore ,in *fe»■»<•«. ■ tion to express a" apuuoiXj say ™wf ??■ nothi-nff. outside of. America .to equalflt. ■ One thing that pnrtiexv arlX stru.ckjn* wrUer w<k the prompt fade. wtfh. which the totJitisator dividends aro annomlced.. ■ .- Vlmost befofo. the horses have returned, to tire paddock tho amounts backers haye ; to receive' are .hoisted,:o;n the top .of the.;. '■ ninclumv'.lto .fighro. .being largo enough to bo- seen frojii- .tho back of tljo. courscv Wet. Weather .on tho. rfa,y prior' J°, tf "! meetiiift .made tho tfitck heavy,,.but. it . drfedhu very giiitkly.. In the 4J100.0 Clip , flie threo .placed, horses wcre.aU sired by. : Rotlisthild: l ? i*b. Holmes, the. weluknown.' trainer Of fialldpers, heady won ftofe''endj i-tft'oiid witli-RaVcrVswood, In -tho last 100 yards Albert B. shot but and won with ■ something to spare. A.-HendrikseiiTilsp, won tho last-nice fh'o'first day with'l.ua; ', tawi' and. flu? Blohheim spftrtsriisn. hn;.d a good win oyer the double. A' feature, of the meeting'was: }ho success of A: Priiisle, private, trainer for. Mr. .'H. V. .. Sicol. The Kie.fc-.niarkers Wore set almpst; :.' impos'sibie taslcs, but 'Mii'ricat'a' raahaged,,.,, to- rim 'Mcoii'd from scratch;, aiid ihitn.o,;;; ■ concluding event Em'melino .had.. ter:dd'.' ' : bettor tliatt. Sm'in. 1.35ec to beat Raven's-,:' c,tiild\ Of tho' slxteeji runners.for" tie. : " Cup. only,.two. of thoru—Bedohild , and'.-.! trotters. The.latter won,]:-; the big' ■race on,' the second day, .when ho, ■' defeated Gleiidalough (sister to Dan' ; ' Patch), Shortly after, the start of the., 'i Gupi.Pringle, driver.of St.. Swith'ih, who 6tarted favpudte, ."was , knocked, put of : : ] th» sulky 'by Gold- Belli driven '.by' .%. ■ .

M'Nae. The stewards • might well;. Have'■: held .an inquiry ..iiifp :thfe.. .■■;of.HhS. collision. Gold ißell and-his stable, matoy ■Our George, wont out neglected /every," firtifi they started, but may be. expe'etea: trt do better at Auckland' at .Christmas', time. Mandarine' was .another. North'.. Islander tlrat raced disappointingly.. Jingle (the full Brother to Gojd Bell), won at G'reymouth. the prcvjq.as- tfeck, ;and' had to improve on his. previous. showings:, ■to score on the, second day. Hisstable. mats, Croesus, failed to repeat his. last, year's success in the Courtehay. Hnn'dirj cap. Mr. H. W. Kitchinghaih, owner. o'f '. Hie torses named, 'has dono a. good deal: to popularise 'tho sport in ■Greyino:uth> His fiorses w '" ' n future 'be '■trained on a private trabk in the .lUc'carton.-; .district,, where he has pu:rchase.d:. : .:a;:firm,;'and''j'n-' tends to. breed for thV. : marKet He;, prirr chased Merry Bell (dam';bf Gold.Bell and' .Tingle),, pud, cent her tb'Capita'lisif.b.ut'.nnifortunately she'proved' not to'fo'i'n foal-. The duel, between Our Kin's.andy'llonor' rail for trii'rct .position, tii..the "Grea.t Northern Guineas created ■ a :lptyof interest amongst the 'connections ■6f:';th'e.;,pair,. and also to. those- acqtfa'infe^' : 'i?.ith' the' condition's ' under which they weTO meeting.' Atthe recent Gisborn:?.meeting; a'Controversy titok place .between ttic : o'wn. era as to. the merits'of their respective' colts;., with, tne.'.'resuW that .a side Kafeer w4s. made ori. their running, in tjia Great' Northern Qp'}iie.a's. .At.the'turn.forihome, Out Jungfe owner lobked to. ;h'a.ve..a.ll"tli« best of. it, but ■MonoraUi'.put'ting'in a bit of telling AvotK in tho;ru'n. to the.iposti: : just 'caught-Hi's.riral. (who. , 'tirM : ;.:haaly) i . aiid iustined' his. owners', Auckland ."Star." .. ..' : .'-.. : .".'".f'i-':.'":ii?l''

A VISIT TO COLDSTREAM LODGE. - During the Christchurch Carnival Week a partv of North and South Island sport* men, including Mi. A. M. Samuel, presi- ' dent of the Wellington Trotting Club, Mr. Orion Stevens, and Mr. W. Mowbray, of Wellington, spent "an enjoyable afternoon ■ at Mr. Ronald Duncan's Coldstream Lodge .trotting «tud farm in the Fendalton district. The Australasian record-holder, \ ! King Cole, who is regularly driven to Christchurch' by Mrs. Duncan, has been given an excellent chance to make a name for himself as a sire of speed. The ' Wide of the place is Sal Tasker. by Rothschild—Jessie, with records of 2min. 16«ec. and 4min. 40sec. Her fonr-year-old son, Coldstream Bells, by Abbey Bells, 1 last week, ran third in the £1000 trot at ' Melbourne. Sal Tasker has at foot & chestnut filly, full sister to Coldstream 1 Bells. The imported American mare, • Norice, bv Charles Derby, record 2rain. L 2flsec.. is 'the dam of Lord Derby, sold for £M. She has a black filly at foot 1 bv King Cole. Vanquish, by Vanclc-Te— . Victress, record 2min. 26sec., is the data s of Van Trorap, sold for .£250. She has , at foot a bav fillv bv King Cole. Jolly - BelU, by Abbey Bells-Jessie, half-sister 5 to Sal Tasker, has a bay filly foal by > Rothschild. Lady Derby, by Rothschild— I Novice, has a bay colt foal by Harold Dil- " lon. Marie Xarelle, by Eibbosvrccd—Van- - i quish, record 2min. 191-swe., will join , the Coldstream Lodse matrons at the coc- • elusion of her racing career.- Duchess cf Rothschild, bv Rothschild-Duchess, a fine stamp of brood mare, is harness purposes by Mrs. Duncan, as also is the- champion pony stallion Duke of i York. Calvanitn, by Galindd—Vanquish, record 2min. 28sec. Runaway, by Rothschild—Vanquish, trial 2min. 2?sec, and a sister and brother to ' the first-named. Vanilla and Vandyke are rising four and three years respectively. Ma Belle, bv Abbey Bells—Jessie, is a two-jearold half sifter to Sal Tasker. There are fo;ar yearlings by Marvin Wilkes, record 2ram. 12=ec—two "colts and two fillies. The fillies are Marvinette, from Duchess of ■Rothschild, and Annio Wilkes, from Lady Derby. The colts are Mark Time from Vanquish and Renegade from Runaway. It is Mr. Duncan's intention to lay down a track on the farm, build stables, and have annual yearling sales.