THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 3

THE TURF.

'NOTES. AND COMMENTS..

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i'lic Gfaud National Hm-dk winner Bercoln is a runner in the hack flat oveiifc at-Egmdnt to-day.. He is verv ionviud, and should bo. ready to race fts sown as he arrives in Sydney for tho Easter Meeting at Randn-ick. Avamiee lias boon accepted for in tho Wajpnwa Hack and IHyiitg Handicaps at trio Kgme.nt meeting to-day. but the Advance tnaro will be "a runner iii' the- open event, and will be ridden by J. Conquest. Sir Moseley has arrived at Hawera to fulfil his engagement in the- Egmont Stakes. Ho looks well, and goes on to tho Taranaki Meeting after racing at 1-lavrcra. Zotes is the eleventh-hour favourite for the Plying Handicap at. Hawera. 'J'ho brown gelding looks a mUch-im-proved harsc for tlio racing bo had at : Stratford, where ho carried Bst. 121b. and ran six furlongs in limn. 14'3-Sscci Ngatiruauui has done a considerable an'ount of schooling lately, and has dene it well. Ho will bo started at Hawera to-day, and will ho riddon by B. Copestako. P. JSva lias shifted his tea-m from Awaptnsi, and is now located at HaWcra. Ho has iivo horses in work. Promefiad-sr. by Advance—Clipper, the property of Mr. T. O'Neill, of Palmerston North, dropped dead in the paddock recently. Monologue and. The Great Mogul are j3ow trained by T. Georgo at Awapuni. . A considerable amount- of rain has fallen at. Hawera, but the tracks will afford good going for to-day's racing.