THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS fßr ijLKNCOE.I Entries for the NewmarSet Handicap Australian Cup close at the V.R.C. offices, .Melbourne, to-day, at G p.m. AcccpTanees j'or the J-loxton meeting close on Friday next. , Ml ft p.m. oil Friday next Mr. i I, ".Me. secretary of the AVelliugJon Juicing (Jlub, will Uke acceptances jpr tho first day's haudieaps at tho Wellington Meeting, to be Jiekl on Thursday, January 20, Saturday, January 22, and sf°. n ? a & January 24. Entries for tho •t ual I late and Disposal-Stakes closo at the same hour. rp^w!! 01 ; 11 wus intended to race iu the -Ina* Stakes at Trcntham, but as liis vieWnigatui put him out of hack class he will now have to rue© in the Ivuupoiiu Handicap. t in charge cf J. Jeiferd, have already reached Trentiiam. i'lio first-named is a doubtful starter in tho Cup, and will probably bo reserved for tho Waterloo stakes, run ou tho same day. Snub and Paninuro aro still the ruling fancies for the Cup and Telograph Hau{iicap at Trentharu. Hearts from Hastings stato 'that Indigo is doing well on the tracks there, and can be relied upon to run a good race m the Wellington Cup. Last venr Uio chestnut gelding was only beaten by a noso by Pavlova. After racing at New Plymouth on (ho in'sfc day ot - the Christmas meeting, tho (-■yrus filly High Jinks pulled up 601*0, SO tho remainder of her engagements wero cancelled. as many admirers for the Wellington Cup. , With Sat. 2li>. he has not been overburdened by tlio handicAnP". and will havo K. Hatch in the saddle. The latter can bo depended upon to do the bUick horse justice, but tho previous- form of the New Plymouth candulate hardly warrants tho suggestion that he will win over a mile £»ul n half in mut-class company. His backers declare JV IS fibbing better than anything else ?r i £o °* ie Summer Handicap at Marton. Ho certainly would want to it no is to win a Wellington. Cup, for nothing that finished behind liinv could score at Trentham. Master Lupin was probably the best of tho others, and he is anything but a good one when it comes to carrying a bit of weight. Rewi Poto has only tried to win ono race "over a diswas tho Wanganui Cup, in winch he had Bst. 71b. His trainer and owner were very confident he would win, a ? ?}, ®° r k of rumours were afloat about tho great trials he had done, but in tho race he was one of tho first horses beaten. This is not a very good augury for his success on January 20. Judging by events in the city yesterday, Snub, Indigo, Itewi Poto, mutu, Pimildo, and Welcome Nugget are all certain starters in tho Wellington Cup. liinaldo, Bst. Gib., looked a greatly improved horeo at Awapuni to what ho did (it Biccarton, but Welcome Nugget accounted foi> him comfortably, though Ao reversed tho position on the second flay, and it was then given out that Kmaldo had been unlucky in the Munawatu Cup. As a mattor of fact, tho son ot Demeter is consistently unlucky, antl his "ivin in the Liverpool Handicap at Awapuni was the first gained by him sinco carrying Mr. W. Duncan's colours, though he has been placed in many important handicaps. There is not inueh excuse for getting a bad run on tho Trentham course, hut the Fordell horse may find it a sovero task to concedo Snub 161b. The last-named will b e ridden by JI. Young, and C. Prico will havo tho mount oil Rinaldo. There is a disposition locally to overestimate the form of Taringamntu at Tauheienikiiu, and on this account somo of her followers think she- is practically thrown into the Wellington Cup with 7st. 71b. As most people who visit Tauhevenikau testify, a sprinter is often successful over a distance 011 the Wairarapa course, while he or she would have no chance on a bigger track. Tho Wairarapa track is all turns, and it is a case in most races of first out and first home. Tarir.gamutu won in this fashion on' both days at the New Year meeting, and of course slio could do no more than win, but the close proximity of Want to her 011 the second day took the gilt off the performnnco. The question then arises: Would Want bo handy in a Wellington Cup with the minimum ? He might bp, but his past public performances do notleadone to suppose he would. In tho Jfanawatu Cup Taringnmutu did not show that staying was her forte, and on figures Welcome Nugget should again finish in front of her. Sipoo the holiday meetings Panmure has pleased his trainer, and ho will he one of the team G. Price will brings to the Wellington meeting. W. Bell will ride the imported horse in the Telegraph' Handicap.

FIXTURES. Feb. 8 and s—Gisbome R.C. Summer. Feb. S.—C.J.C. Summer.