NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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There will be racing at Nelson and Gore ta-moiTow'and on Thursday. Owners are reminded that acceptances for the first day's events at the Masterton meetmg close on- Friday next • .Acceptances for i the first day's'handicaps at. the. Napier Park meeting must be made to-night. An English writer, in a recent reference to the defunct Carbine, says it is a curious coincidence that • whereas the Melbourne Cup winner was fifteen years old. when he sired his best son (Spearmint), Musket was fifteen years old whan he sired. Carbine.

Disoussmg Croesus yesterday, a wellkeewn horseman,'gave, : .it ( :as;hiß opinion that Husheen mighlt go just' as fast as the crack in the Flying at Napier. He points out that 321b. is a lot for one thrse-year-old to concede, another, and , the Eecramu filly has just run two good -races at Wpodville. The horseman, named thinks Croesus is always'a better horse after a race, and to bear this out he 6ays tha/t Ladogeur had him doing his best in the first part of the Trial-at Trentham, and up fill the half-mile was reached Deeley;_wats uncomfortable on him. Then the weight began to pinch Ladogeur, and CroesUs i ran, .on,-', which, ;of course, he should have done in. hack class, and with only 7st. 41b. on his back;

Vocation, who .was, sold after the last A.uckland.: meeting,- "will make his 'first appearance in his-new owner's colours at this Southland meeting this month. '.The old . hurdle gelding Whakaweira, who has a Northern Hurdles to his credit, is again in work .at Hastings,. and his trainer thinks'' he will 6tand a preparation.. '

- ' Maniopoto was. offered for sale at Wanganui, but he failed to change hands. The Manawatu Racing Club has, inoluded in its autumn programme a weighit-for-age race worth 500 earn, which iB to be Tun over a mile and a quarter. This should be' the means of attracting a number of first-class horses to the gathering. The Multiply appeal case' came before the Hawke's Bay District Committee on Friday last. and was referred back to the Gisl>orne Club, as the Judicial Committee, which originally heard the case, had not been properly constituted.

The Randwick'trainer, H. Rayner, who has Mr. E. J. Watt's Athonic in his stables, and who used to train the oldtime champion Bungebah, was recently asked' to - his' opinion as 'to the speed of the pair. He places Athenic very .close to Bungebah, but says the lat ter was the 1 fastest. Most people will agree with this view, for'Bungebahiwon the' Newmarket Handicap, with 9st.. 31b., and Athenic failed with Bst. 13lb. :

The owner of Land of Song refused an offer of 6000gns. for him after he had won the St. George's Stakes at Caulfield. , A well-known Sydney trainer was recently approached to see if he'could find room -for Reputation in his stables; so apparently' Mr. W. E. Bidwill is still considering sending the little fellow to race on the other side.

A half-sister to the Melbourne Cup winner, - Kingsburgh, by Mazagan, only realised '80gns. :at the recent Melbourne sales. The Victoria Amateur Turf Club 16 advertising for a handicapper at a salary of .£625 per annum. This is to fill the vacancy caused by tbe'resignation of Mr. R. - Keily Maitland. Writing of the Es.wndon Stakes won by the imported horse Land of Song, a Sydney writer says: "It was a peculiarly, run race. The tactics adopted pointed to Killorh, on Land of Song, and ■ M'Laohlan, on Di Goma, each having received orders tc wait on the other, the result being that the first half-mile took lmin. lljsec., and the first six' furlongs lmin. 42sec. From that out,' however, the pace was a cracker, the concluding half-mile being out out in 47} sec. An average of slightly under 12sec. for each of four furlongs is something to talk about, and it is not surprising now 'that Di Gama- was able to give such a good account of- himself in ithTee handicaps at Flemington in the spring. It was a terrific tussle, each m turn appearing a winner, but the imported horse just got. there." Sir Wm. Cooper, who raced Mr. E. J. Watt's horses during the springy had a winning turn with one of his own horses at. Flemington on Australian Cup day, when- his colt Colutro, who is by The Welkin from Mrs. Pejgotlty, scored in commanding stylo. Coluro was bought *>T his present owner for 775fms. at the sale' of Mr. A. T. Creswick's horses last soring.

Discussing Mountain Knight's vicitor.v In the V.R.C. St. Loser, a Pyrin ev writer says: "At different times Mr. Watt has made some good investments in horseflesh, but. none more profitable than Mountains Knight, who, costinsr 210 ens. as a yearling, has now won five races, run second in a similar number,, and third in two, while he has only missed a nlnce three-times. Assuming the value of this year's V.B.C. St. Leper works out much the snme as that of last -rear, Mountain Knight has now credited his owner with i£8550 in prize money."