NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1949, 5 January 1914, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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Hie cliestmtfc RoWing,'' Kilts,' started in two vaccs in succession tit the AVaikptiaiti mcctiligon'.-'New Year's Day and won both." Kostromo, runner-up, to Kilts in tho Bray Memorial"- latc.V on came out and wori'the'Hawke'sbury Hniidicap. ■'-'."'.'. '.' ' Ocier, who 'was recently disposed of bv Mr. J. 11. Roid, credited his new owner,.'Mr; W.'Ci'ossnaii, with tho President's ' Handicap' at tho . Vyndham meeting on New Year's Dnt\ Ogier is trained by the veteran Harry Goodman, who has been out. of the game for some years past. It is expected that Warstep, Rinaldo, and Pep; will arrive at Trcittham tomorrow and remain there until- after tho "Wellington Cup nicotine;. Tho local vet., Mr.'F. Cmssley, was sent to Alarton to attend to Undecided, who ruptured a muscle in one of his shoulders while racing in the- Marion Cup. ' It will probably take a six months' spell to get tho. Meiischikoff golding .sound again. ! ' '. ' '. Wellington owners did well during thcholidays, and the Manawatu, Taratahi, and Wairarapa Cups were all won by horses owned, in the City. In addition, -Pavlova (2), Stepney "(2), Kouuiania, Sartovna, Martian' Princess, Lady Vladimir, Ilig Blast, and Makara won . minor events. It is not often that there is a wiilk- • over in a race .nowadays, but this was tho case, at- Cheviot on New Year's Day when Gbldsecker was the only horse to face the starter in tho hurdle rare. The samo horse wns successful-in the Ctitl later on in tho day. •' Mr. Lanco Wood was not prc-

sent at Tauhoienikau when, his lilly Sartovna won there, hut lie was :iplii'ist'd by U'lcgram al ToUaami, where lit* is tniiil fishing, of (lie 1 iriiilt I lie following da.v. •Sarlovnn looks likely to fill tin* place* of Khamsin, who was put. out of action by an accident wln*n at thr* top of liit form. Sartovna i.-; not. a big uik>, li\it what, then* is of her is cooil. llor si ro, Sarin, rauLl stay well, but Mist was a sprinter pmv ami sinipk*. Alisl foaled Vladimir, who won over all distances, including the C..1.C. Stewards' Handicap twice, tin* Winter Cup, Hit* Great Easier Handicap, and tho Great- Autumn Handicap. D. J. Price, who was placed under the han h.v flu* V.lt.C. a few weeks ago. in connection with the Loch Million case, has sold his hou.se, .stables, etc., at Caiilliold to K. Cailskill, a member of the Victorian hotting ring. Price will, it is understood, enter business as a hotel proprietor in Melbourne. Rencontre, winner of Hie Great Northern Foal Stakes, was badly left in the Royal Stakes, anil her chances wen* thus spoiled. There was a fine finish in tlio latter event between Myelins, who defeated Tatterley by a head in tho last stride, and Churmilln, who was only u neck away, after being earvied very wide in the straight. U. Deoloy. with live wins, was the most successful horseman at the Auckland meeting. Next to him came It. Berry with four wins. It is rather unusual for the Chokebore team to fail to annex a single race at n Metropolitan meeting, lint, this was the reetlrd at- Ellorslie, and it seems that unless Autumnu.s strikes form quickly Sir Geo. Clifford will have a very bad yeur. Already Expect has won two big handicaps for Mr. Hidden, and it looks as if G. Price had all the best of tho bargain when he gave ullpgiiit. for tho Advance hovse. Kxpcef is a four-year-old brother to Effort, by AdvanceEndeavour, by St. Leger—Cuiralba, by Cuirassier—Albatross. This is, a family that has proved very successful for the lHghdcn stable, I'arera, the dam of Nylaud, Boanerges, and Pariform, being 11 sister to Cuiralba. .