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NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBr Glenooe.l Cliakwaiitt did better on tlio second day at the Manawatu Meeting than sho did on (ho opening day when trying to get a distance. In the Borough Handicap, six furlongs, the Iliorarch mare was prominent with Croesus to the turn, where the lop weight faded out of it. Tlio Trentham. mare then had to resist challenges by Centre and Bramblotyc, and after holding them off sho went under to Lady Black, whom Emerson handled with a lot of confidence. Chakwana and her . stable companion, Johnny Walker were taken on to Wanganui yesterday, and will race there and at Otaki before returning to Trentham. A very popular win at the Manawatu Meeting was the dual success of Lady Black. The All Black mare is owned by Air. A. Cameron, a prominent Wairarapa sportsman. On both days she won nicely, and seemed quite at homo in the sticky going. II r._ G. L. Stead has.left on a. health recruiting trip to New York, where he will consult with a famous specialist. Bo expects to return here about October. It is believed that Indigo strained the muscles of his shoulder when he came down in the Hawke's Bay Cup. He will probably require a lengthy spell before lie can race again. Mr. T. H. Lowry has decided to toduce his string considerably, and practically all the horses now in work are to be offered tor sale by auction if not disposed of privately in the meantime. ' War Tax, who was recently operated upon for throat troubles, has again ■ joined C. Morse's team at Gisborno. Beltane, who was sold by Mr. T. H. Lown' after the Hastings meeting, ran in -Air. H. M. Campbell's colours for the first time in the Longburn Handicap on Thursday, and he gave a creditable showing. His new owner looks certain to get an early return of his - purchase money. P. Mason returned home with Bimeter yesterday, so it is safe to assume that the Marker horse will not be a winner at Wanagnui next week. At Wanganui Record is pleasing the track watchers by the way he is schooling over the big fences, and ridden by K Copestake he has given two excellent displays. His trainer expects him to give a good account of himself both at Wanganui and Ellerslie. Leonta is now trained at Wanganui by W. Rayner. The big Conqueror gelding has incurred a 101b. penalty for the Century Hurdles to be run on Thursday. At Awapuni no horse could have stripped better than did Plymouth, in fact ho stood out amongst tho moderate. lot of jumpers seen out at the Manawatu Meeting, but his displays were very poor and ho seems to be a complete failure. His owner was lucky in getting a useful stake with the Grafton gelding at Ellerslie when Fisher fell in the Brighton Hurdles and allowed Plymouth to win. C. Scott, who has been associated with, all El Gallo's victories in jumping events, will have the mount on Fisher, who is at present a warm lavourite for the Great Northern Hurdles.

L. Wilson was engaged to ride at tho Awapuni Meeting, but he had to cancel tho engagement and hasten to Wellington owing to the serious illness of one of his family. Wilson has failed to pass tho medical test, so will be freo to attend the Wanganui and Auckland fixtures.

Mr. George Morse, the well-known handicapper, who underwent a serious operation in Auckland a few weeks back, has recovered sufficiently to enable him to return to his home at Wanganui. That Mr. Morse may speedily regain his wonted health is a sincere wish that will be expressed in many quarters. Tho fact of a number of horses figuring in the Great Northern double being engaged at Wanganui will invest the racing at the latter place on the 24th and 26th instant with much interest. A vic.tory in tho Century Hurdle Race or Wanganui Steeplechase would carry a penalty for Ihe Great Northern Hurdle Race. and Great Northern Steeplechase respectively.

As the principal guest at Uio 146 th annual dinner of the Gimcrack Club, in Kngland, Edward Uulton, in his speech,

said some interesting tilings on (be subject of selecting racing sires. "The ideal test of merit is the fast mite," he declared, "and tlio horso that can succeed at this distance -among tho best class, and in tho best time, is the horso that is wanted to breed from. It will bo found that the best stallions have proved their speed at about one mile. Tlioy may, of course, hnvo subsequently shown that they could stay longer distances as well. But no great sire lias lacked speed, Jt is the esseutial. Even though they have won the best long distance races', pure stagers—l mean horses of one pace, but without speed—have never been successful sires. My point is, it is not the pure stayer, with only one attribute, that makes tlio stallion."

The Chokelore yearlings have not been asked to do anything on the (racks yet. Most of their education has been on the roads to get them used to the traffic, etc. They have come on well since being broken in, and on looks are quite up to the standard of former batches from Slonyhurst.

Jt was reported at Awapuni that the felling price of the. Tvilbroney filly Kilfliun, who unexpectedly defeated Desert Gold at Trcntliain, was 1000 guineas.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 9

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NOTES AND COMMENTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 9

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