NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

. [BY GLSN-coi.] Tlie A.R.G. Spring. meeting will be concluded at;, pjjerslio', to-day... Big fields ..aje. engagtd.'iiv most, of theevents,. The principal handicap-is tho King'.Edward Memorial (oiio mile and a'half), in which Prince Merriwco (Sjsij. 71b.) and, LO3 Aagclos (Ost. 21b.) are probably tlio .best horses engaged. ; Tlie. Riccarton Carnival will commence to-day. It is regrettable that circumstances" over whicli' the club .had no control have tended, to lessen the-inter-ost in the.meeting. ■; • The M'aitiigannj; wh.i.ch',sailed'fof.L}-t----tetton.last evening, was, crowded With passengers, and accommodation was taken up. Somo thirty horses were also aboard the Vessel, including three Cup candidates, and several for tlio Stewards-' Handicap, but it is extremely doubtful whether any of ■them": Will face .the barrier, toidajv •: The meeting will open with tlie Spring 'Hurdles, two iii-i'les,' This rase was referred to'yesterday.'' It is Unlikely that there wilt he more than four' ruiinerß, and, of these, Co-ronetted has capital credentials to recommend him as one likely to take tha distance 'well.

About ten runners wiii be found in tho Spring Plate. The black gelding Bewi Poto has been lauded at Ricearton via Kaiapoi. He will be required to give weight to Jeannot, who has been galloping.as wqll as anj-thing that works at Riccarton, and is undoubtedly a co.lt of merit. Once again the , Ricearton Welter event promises to he a hard race to" win. liord Reiiown, who is to be ridden by W. Young, will be well fancied, and so .will Cherubim, E. J. Mason's Derby representative.

. The following . aro the -probable starters and their riders in .the New ; Zealand Cup:— Midnight Sun (L. Wilson) ......... 813 lion Rove (H. Gray) S G La Reiiia (J." Buchanan)' 8 3 Undecided {F. E. Jones) 8 2 Haskayne (W, Ryan) 8 0 Kmperador (W. Young) l ". '8 0 Tannhaii.ser (R. Berry) ; .7 13 Quarantine (B.- Deeley) 7 9 Th'ra? (J. O'Sliea) 7 j Sea Pink (W. Bell)* f 3 Royal Arms; (— 6 13 I.ady Moutoa (K. Lambess) ...... fi 2 Ariom {— —) 6 9 : Quarantine and La Reina are still greatly fancied, but Kmperador has a host of supporters. Mr. J. F. Buchanan will have two representatives in T.mnhatiser and Thras. The former has a Dunedin Cup run in record time to his creditj-and, if, in. the same condition to-day, he must he- a very dangerous candidate. . - • 1 •. '< ■ Marsa put up a record gallop for the season over half 3 mile 011 (Thursday, and this will be the means of making' Mi'- C. G. Dalgetyfs filly in. big demand for .the Welcome Stakes.- Honesty (Martian—Success)'has also been doing well on the tracks, and should show up better than she did. at Trentham. Qf tlie runners in the Apprentices' Plate, Royal Marine has the best credentials over a mile course. The chestnut son of Culroy was a dual winner at the recent Greymouth meeting. Tlie Stewards' Handicap will "be'contested -by a big. field,, and., appears to be a most difficult result to. anticipate. W.irsiep (W. Bell) can be depended upon to go very fast under her light weight, and AVi-nniiig ..Way is another, filly that' appears to be back to: lier best form. .