NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3180, 3 September 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

rut GLENCOE.I Mr. 0. J. D'Ath, secretary of the Otaki Maori Racine Olub, will take entries for tho one-day Spring Meeting to-night. ■ North Island owners who intend being represented at the Ashbuiton Meeting should noto that entries close to-night. The approaching spring venture of the Marton Racing Club should turn out a

financial success for the club, for owners are providing £500 10s. towards the 1270 | sovereigns allotted for stake distribution. The Gisborne trainer, W. Olive, arrived j at Marton on Thursday last with the ! horses Tatimi and Glucion. Tho latter is very well, and is expectcd to show lip'at the meeting. This month there will bo only eight days' racing. This is ten lees than thcro i was in tho same month last year. Mr. F. Armstrong, of Akitio, has claimed tho following names for sorao of liis homebred juvenile thoroaighbreds:—Miss Mary, i bay filly, by ilira—Lady Teazle; Mararoa, bay filly, by Mira/~Kotiri; Mumble, grey 'filly, by Mira, Ghaitteror; Yellowhammer, i grey, filly, by Mira—Yellow Bird; Mlraele, Erey filly, by Itira—Wonderland mare. Mira, who sired tho'above bunobj. ia a fullbrother to Iranui ana half-brother to Hirini, Waiorewa, B/uapnnui, Bewanga, and Colonnade. Though her leg is still enlarged, Comely appears to have suffered no serious injury in tho accident that befel her at Easter. She hafl oome to hand quickly, and is now galloping at Biccarton as well as over sn© did. There was a, lot of fast work done_at Trentham on. Saturday. Tho All M filly Trentham Rose, unassisted, ran h[uf a mile on the trial graas in .49 Msec. Tnis was easily the best gallop'of tho morning, and the filly w«nt very fast oyer tho first two furlongs, one watch makinc her run under 23 seconds. # Menelaua (alone) ran six fnrlonss at his bo3t paco. Matilda, who is to go to Marton 10-dojr, for the Trial Stakes on Wednesday, caiuy beat Mascot over four furloncre m 52 seconds. Bonny "Staid was too good for The Golfer over . six furlongs ran in Imjn. 19sec. Ba-im&dale and Mystic Lijjit set out for a five-furlone trial, but Uio former jumped away "in front, and his companion, ttalh going on well at the finish, could not rcach him. The time was Imm. 4scc. Bhiegowu and Pertolo finished together at tho end of four furlongs which took JOsec. Both mares galloped well. Ohakwana was stretched out .over Eto furlongs, tho last half-mile taking 51sec. The mare -went alone, and her gallop was. Thoughtful, who looks all the hotter for the racing ho had at Bicoarton. e&lIope<l attractively over tour furlongs, which took 51Jsec. That good galloped Blairfinde took lmia. sscc. to cover fivo furlongs. _ ' (Rokeby—Roeo Red) and Hill Queen "(Treadmill-lire Queen) ran three furlongs in 37sec. p.oso Pink beat Archia over half a milo tu 51sec. i, Probation waß given stronc ™ Tinvntion who looks very well aftei nei spell, was restricted to cantenne a couple of rounds. . . .. Detroit -will be a. runner . « b>| handicap at Marton, and -will be uddon by Q. Clarke.