NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3188, 12 September 1917, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

TBT GKNCOE.I The spring meeting ol the Dannevirke Bacing Club will be held to-day. Good sized fields are engaged in all the events, and the racing should be interesting. In the Trial Stakes Signorclla, runnerup to Rude at ilarton. may be the public choice, though T. F. Quinlivau's pair, Noir and Cynthcria. are =ure to bo well supported. The flrst-namsd always showed a lot of pace in his two-year-oid engagements, but lie did not stay. None of the three-year-olds will havo any the nest of matters in having to meet tho older division on even terms. The National winner Sloight-of-Haud is No. 1 in the Jumpers' Flat Handicap. Ho. Maniaroa, and Iceberg, should provide a. keen finish. Blackall will be having hie first race, and may be short of work, but Want is a' likely sort that has been kept up 1o the collar during the winter. In the Spring Handicap the useful Lady General, Bsl. 101b., is at the top of the list. ■ Generally tho Opaki Mnro fails when carrying much weight, as she is on the small side. Tho majority of the runners are backward, but Mcrrie I'oto and Hushabyc are a pair that have raced well lately. Twenty-two horses have been paid up for in the TJmutaroa. Hock Handicap, six furlongs. Tho two top-weights. Comment and Nobleman, are both useful, and were seen in a favonra.blo light at Trentham. Several of the others can muster up a hit of pace, but arc likely to bo troubled by the distance. /Form points to Colorado in the Hack Hurdles, with Golden Glade and Tatimi prominent of the others, ilr. J. Bull's horse has so far not ruu a had race, but he has not, been lucky. Golden Glade lias also had his share of bad luck. Kurapai, runner-up to Master rltrowan at Jlarton. and Jferry .Ta_cl;. who is thoroughly seasoned, are expected to show up in the Hack Steeples. The Marion winner Coalition will have to put 'ip a 101b. penalty, making his weight lCst. 41b. Elocution may be allowed to forgo her engagement in the Otanga Handicap, in which she has earned a 71b. penalty. Multiply has been off the scene for nearly twelve months, and may bo passed by. Croesus will not find the distance to his liking, but 6uch a good performer should go any distance in poor class. Cltucklo is the most likely of the others, as the full sister to Chortle gave rromise of staying when running as a two-year-old. The Hack Welter Handicap contains the names of several horses with engagements earlier in the day. Maraecotara and Dusky Eve, both of whoai como from Hastings, have previously ?hown that they are able to get the distance well.