NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 22 October 1913, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

CURRENT DOINGS AT TRENTHAM. [Br Gi.encoe.] The Poverty Bay meeting will open to-morrow, and will co'ncltido on' Thursday. Nominations for tha Marlborough meeting close on -Monday. . Another payment 'for the New Zealand Cup is due on Friday night. Tlio only gallop of importance which ■was registered at Trenthainv yesterday was a niile by', Kilraih, who, carrying a light. T>oy, got to the end of the distance in lmin. 44} sec- 1 The Kilcheran gelding revels in soft going, and promises to start favourite in tlio big haiir dicap oil Saturday., r A. Sliearsby, with Byron, Makara, and Adroit, and 11. Barlow with Patronale were amongst the arrivals at Trentham yesterday. Soltano has .picked, up, a good deal 6ince his arrival from Sydney, and the few days' Test'which he lias had during the abserico of F. Davis at Napier appears to havo done hiin good. He had his first sprint at Trentham yesterday, and got over four furlongs ill oOsec. Bleriot ran,a good soven furlongs in company with the Cup candidate La Reina. at Trentham yesterday. Tlio pair finished together, well within themselves, in lmin. 31Jsec. , Bsldamo, who .shoived great promise as'a two-year-okl, ' hut could not bo trained as a three-year-old, forms one of the team brought by F. Davis to Trentham. She was only given halfpaco work yesterday; and does not appear ready. The Hague, another member of the same team, has not furnished much, but the Varco colt has developed into a very fine two-year-old. Ho was •much admired yesterday. Chime, who is to carry Mr. T. H. Lowry's colours in tlio Wcllesley Stakes, was sprinted down the straight. He is a very big colt, and,, on looks, seems likely to be well served by time. The Auckland two-year-old Castalia — I a dual winner at Avondale—was on thecourse at Trentham yesterday, but was not given much work. The Marble Arch filly dof's not begin very well, but she is a, good'finisher, and the long straight at Trentham will suit her. Several Wairarapa horses arc arriving at Trentham this morning. R. Knox is bringing Overrate, T. Higgins -has Top Note, G. Neich Suratura, and J. Farmer is in charge of j Imagination, | Consultation, Reputation, and Vocation. So far H. Cutts has not put in an appearance, at Trentham, but ho is exSocted to-morrow witli Autumnus and iotanist. R., O'Donnell will probably , arrive at the same time with Bon Rove, , Som'niform, Prelusive, Bandiera, and Jargaron. Gerberga has been sold by "Mr. Highdeii>," and is now an inina'te of R. Barlow's stables at New Plymouth. Autumnus, who is engaged in the Champion Plato at Trentham next Monday, was among tlio candidates to work at Riccarton yesterday. Ho did a' round on the plough at a good solid pace (so advises our special correspondent). 1 Mowbray (R. 'Berry) registered the

, i • hest gallop of tho morning at Riccarton in running a mile and a quarter on the plough in 2inin. 17 l-ssec. The MenschikotF colt rattled over tho first six furlongs at a good pace, and though ho was doing his besl al.thu hnish ho made a lot of friends as a result of his display. ; ' Quarantine and Stevedoro were sent a mile and a half on the sand at Ric.carton yesterday and they ran the last ten furlongs in 2iriin. 17scc. Half-way down tlio straight Quarantine was being hustled along, but ho finished well, and at the end was going just as well na his stable companion. Stevedoro , went -well all through and' tho'iigh uei- , ther colt was overburdened, the gallop jnust be reckoned a good ono (says our j correspondent), j. Another useful gallop at Riccarton , was that in which Thrax (O'Connor) de- j feated Tannhanser (Norrie) over a milo j and a quarter run in 2min. 18scc., the last nine furlongs occupying 2min. 2} sec. Tannliauser had much the worst of g tho weights and could havo been close? to his stablo companion at tho finish bad he been persevered with. FIXTURES. J Oct. 23 and 21—Poverty Bay T.C. Spring i Oct. 25 and 27.— B.C. Spring , Oci 27.—iWaverley-Waitotacx R.C. Annual Oct. 27 and 28—Gore R.C.'s Spring Oct. 28 and 29.—Qreymouth J.G. Spring J