THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3181, 4 September 1917, Page 11

THE TURF

— g NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY GIiENCOE.I

Exceptionally largo fields will bn seen out in tho diffcreut events at the Marton Mooting, which taken placo to-morrow. The course is a mile round, and in tho Trial Hack Handicap apd Tutaemil Welter Handicap tho draw tor placed at the. pont .will play an Important part in the decision of the races. In the former event tho'dintance is • five furlongs, and there arc twenty-eight acceptors, all of whom aTc expected to go to tho post. Thfi field only gon.s a Bhort dißtanco when a bend has to bo negotiated, and the outside half, of tho field will have absolutely no chance. H Coolpan, Piano, Impediment, Lady Beaufort, or Eela draw a position near tho rails, it will materially affect the support accorded them.

In tho Hack Welter Handicap there are over thirty acceptors, and though raaoy of them haro engagements earlier in the day, it being a one-day meeting, moat owners'will run their charges twice. Tho same thing applies In this race as in the Trial Hack Handicap, though in a more pronounced degree, for the aoven furlongs is right' on a bend, and tho inside, horses have a big advantage. If a smart beginner drew the inside position it would gain many lengths inside a furlong. Of course, on a. racecourse tho draw for positions at Ihe barrier in posted up for the information of tho public, but atay-at-home followers of the snort have no such guide lo steer" them.

Tho Trent-ham horses which urn engaged at the Marton Meetine to-inorrow were railed through yestorday.

Prominent sporting enthusiasts drawn in tho last ballot include Mr. Jag. Gleeaon, part-owner of. Colo**3 Soult, and Jookeys J. O'Shca, V. Lee, and L. M'ltandall.

The AH Red marc Ayah, who has been undergoing n- lengthy epell owing to hfiring developed knee troubles, is again a member of J. W. liowe's team at Trcntham.

After donating £500 to various patriotic funds, which makes a total of £1983 10h. since the war began, the Napier Park Ttacing Olub mado a profit of £172 17b. .6(1. on Ist season's working.

Twenty-eight tlioroiipflißrctls were burned to clcatb recently in n fire that eonsunied the stables of McHSra. L. I'arponß and H. K. Knanp, ,at Belmont, Park. U.S.A. The horses were valued at about £30.000. Tho owner of tho Hiishden stud will bewell satisfied with the prico brouqhl, by the Martian-Oolaeno colt, at yesterday's sales at Sydney. Tho youngster is a halfbrother to Briscis. a crack pony performer in Bydney.

Tlie Auckland horseman H. -Robinson is t.o rido Lingerie in the liailway Handicap at Marton to-morrow.

H. Tapp will have tho mount on Cclmbu6tion in the Hack Hurdles at Marton. There is a biff flold engaged, and as the chestnut gelding i 8 not a good beginner, be will havo none the best, of matters. though ho scored in the same 6vent last year. I L. Traill, whohas been incapacitated for some months through a broken shoulder, received when Crown Pearl fell with him at EUcrslie, is applying for a renewal of his licence, and if it is granted at the committee meeting to-day, ho will have the. mount on Need in the 'Hack Hurdles at Martofi to-morrow.-Among the .iockcys called in the tfnth ballot is P. Flynn, tho well-known hurdle horseman. SALE OF THOROUGHBREDS SYDNEY, September 3. At the sale of thoroughbreds a New Zealand-bred Martian-Celaeno colt fetchcd a thousand guineas.' On behalf of Mr. Q. M. Currle, Common Law brought 190 guineas. and Earwis, 160 Kuine'ns. On behalf of Mr. Tf- E. Bidwill, Inclination brought 100 Kuineafi.-Prcsa Assn.