THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3123, 29 June 1917, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS In Iwo of Iho ovcntH ill. KnuUnRK loilny them .will bo only ono dividend jiaid. lint in tlio remainder biff fields aro dowu to fii.no tho BUU'tcr. In tho Hank ai«cplechaso fourteen horfies hitio accepted, anil tho three tojMvcighl-n may bo tho most. lancicd. Owironus -will Im ridden toy J. Bccrey, Thompson will ho on Jiodenhiim, antl A. M'Donnld will bo on Kerry Jack. Tho latter carao from <i long way buck at Napier, and appeared to bo unlucky not 1" defeat Hoflenham, who ho now moots ou much hotter torms. Grey Guard is not too sound: it tho wind, and Babi'onui lacks pace. A fairly Blronc llold will contest tho Hack Hurdloa. Iceberg is an improving horeo, but Mummer may be a strong favourite, as ho jnudn a. bold showing nt, Napier, and after tho rnco kls rider had to interview tho stipendiary. is coming , on lrllli mcing, nnd has Trecri placed several times of lato, without winning n, raco. Blaclt Heart wna placod third in tho onen mco on cooh day qt Grconmcadows, and tjioujfii his wind i 3 not too good, this form entitles him to a. ohance.

Tlioro aro only fivo acceptors in tho Hawko's liny Hurdles, but they aro a good lot, and a lino raco should iceiilt. Oii Wanganui form lion Rovo and Sir Visher stand out, but tho top-weight, has since failed badly at Ellcrslio. However, !io was racing tho wrong way round, and this may not liavo Buitcd him. Ho may bo favourite to-day, and may rctriovo his laurels. Sir Fisher likes tho going soft.

Tho big Rteoplechaso is a Tory open ovont. llecord may ho favourito with the public as he was winning by a good margin at Napier when ho fell at tho last fenoo. Ifarton Is ft very Bafeconvoyanco, but Soporific, usually a good lopper, has got into tho habit of chancing the obstacles, and fhls got him into tronble last week. Bt. Elmn does not seem to not in the going, but Merry Lad i 3 coming on with racing, and Buch a bold jumper eHohM bo on land at tho huslnes end.' Nita, Jacltman, Fagot, and Burgess appear to be outclassed.

No fewer than twenty-three runners are carded for tho Winter Hack Handicap, run over a ten-furloni? course. Most of them will be sorely troubled to Rot tho distance, but Sir Ralph 6tays lvcll, and ■ffiis second in open company at Napier. Dinglo is another thdt should be suited by the distance. '

In the amateur evont Sleight-of-Hand and The Summit are rated aa equal. Overtwelvo furlonsa tho former may not ho ready, but Tho Summit is well seasoned ■with racinp, and well handled should ■have no difficulty in seeing out the journey.

Tho top-weight in the' concluding event is tho ituprorinpr Parisian Diamond, who defeated £ good iicld at Ellerslie. Ho may be favourite to-day -with Sea Lord, Otara, and Kinpr Oliiara all well baeked.

Entries for all ovents at tho Wellington Mooting close at 9 o'clock to-night.

Entries for the Winter Cup and Grand National Ktecples and Hurdloa, to bo run at the 0.3.0. Meeting, ■which will bo held in-tho second week in August, close tonight, i

A Press Association cablegram from Melbourne Bt.iiU'3 that tho first acceptors for the National Hurdles inoludo Gold Wave, and for tho National Stceulecbasc.-Waimui.