NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3080, 10 May 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Several nnfancied candidates.scored at Egmont veaterday, and altogether it was a day of surprises. A feature of tho meeting was the good return given by Rewi Poto, who, ajfter his form behind Seadown and Chortle at Trentham, looked to be the best ofgoodtbinge. The tivo-year-old filly Kilflinn, who, in the North "blond Challenge Stakes at Wellington, unexpectedly brought Desert Gold's long soqnence of v,-ina to an end, is to 'be raced in Australia, the Eajah of Pudulcota having purchased her from Mr. J. B. Reid through tho agency of' Messrs. H. Chisholm and Co. Sho will be taken over to Sydney by Murray Hobbs, who may train her during his stay there. At the Jloorefield Meeting on April 23, the hurdle winner Cdmpromiee was jidden by the ex-Wanganui horseman, F. Coleman. The bisr handicap at thesamo meeting went to Lady Isolt. ivho is by Mountain Kin? from the Taldhurst-bred Osia winner,' Isolt. The oivner of Lady • iKolt has decided to retire her lo the j Ftud, and next neason she will bo mated i with the JJow Zealandrbred Reputation. ! Mr. W. Reid, of Uncle Sam fame, a reFident «f Sunbury (Victoria), has offered i to Die patriotic funds tho ueo of GO acres of land, as well as the manure and feed wheat if the neighbouring farmers Tvill put in the feed and farm it. .It is anticipated that 1000 bushels would be | grown. The Farmere'- Union has ac- j cepted the kindly offer.. ' ■ I • In France recently, a. prominent sport-- 1 ing pressman comjiiled tables shoiving j the average distance over which the | ' progenv of various stallione won race. , ; in j that country from jail to J9J4. In all I 357 stallions are included in (he tnbler. and as » (-ire of stayers thn Ausi.rnlinnbred horse, Patron (Grand Flnnour— Olga)'. we on top. his son, Philippe 11, having won four races, in 1913. of tno average distance of over two miles and three-qnertere. Among his four successes were the -Pris GladiaUor (run over three miles and seven furlongs), and two other races, eac ,, . of two milns and a. ; half. ■ • • . ■ . The hro-year-old coll, Fisher'." Hope (Cbmpdy Kine—Lady Fisher), owned by Mt. E. J. Watt, has. been.Eent.to Brisbane, and it is not improbable that.Pro Tern and Silt Tress, in the same ownerIs&lp, will be given a trial' in the north-

ern capital. If so. the latter ma.y tomain there in charge of P. Nailon. Tho Wellington C«p winner, Bunting-, in also destined for.the north, his special mission being thn Brisbann Onp.

Wflterfovru,. Gladful. Sensitive. Sarah Grand, and Settlor have nil earned 101b. penalties at Manawaiu for their wine at. Hawke's Boy, while HiiHifnal and G'azique have both earned Alb. penalties. Jlullingar, who was off the scene, during the autumn meetings, has resumed work. Reports from Auckland state thai. 11m son of Marble Arch is in nice order to commence ,i preparation. El Gallo iR reported to be doing good work at Ellerslie, and be should be well served for condition by the time he 'Homes to tackle- Ithe Great /Northern Hurdle Handicap and the Steeplechase, pronded his owner essays * tho task of winning this "big jumping double for the third time. Waiinai, who won the Grand National Steeplechase Inst year, is in the lx>sl of health and is getting through bis tasks at Ellerslie in fine style. He gave a finished display of jumping one day last. week. ■ Jockeys P. Healey and A. Ward, and Trainers o.' Cox, V}. Mpntle. and D. irCauley tvere called up in the last ballot. Tbe death is reported from.Sydney of the brood mare Diploma, by Medallion. She wee best, known to followers of tho eport in the Dominion as the dam of that good mare, Lady Medallist, who, when carrying J. H. Prosser's colours, won many good handicflr>s. and afterwards was sold in Sydney for 1000 guineas. Her new owner won ten times this I amount -with her, including a Craven Plate and Caulfield Cup.