NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 25, 24 October 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY GIENCOE.I

The form of Ohuckle at Trentham was so poor that it was decided to_sancel. h.. Ellerslie and Eieoarton engagements. Tho full-sister to Chortle received a severe kick on the 6tiflo at Masterton, and it may hai.i ailccted her at Trentham. _ Among the two-year-olds who competed in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes, doraded -it Fleinington a fortnight ago, was, bteel Wings, a sister to Biplane. It is reported that the will of' the late Hon. J. D. Orraond dircctß that the y-hole of the racing stock at Karamu is to tie Bold at an early date. The Poverty Bay Turf Club's Meeting opens on Thursday. Most of the leading jookeys will be riding at the meeting, including H. Gray, G. Clarke, and tne Becd Brothers. Gray will ha up on Mr. H. do Lautour's team, Clarke will "dn for J. H'Laughlm, and A. Heed will be on Marimba and Mr. P. Halls horses. In the Junction Handicap, the cuiiokbeginning Blairiiude may not sec- out the flvo furlongs as well as Marimba and Malaya. , Zeus and Otara are newcomers at the hurdle gamo that are well spoken of. me top-weight, Carlatour, is not meeting a good lot in tha Hoseland Hack Handicap, and though 9st. lib. is a big weight, it may not stop Stowo s mare. Ily thread and Perfidy are the most.forward in condition of the Spring Handicap field, in which Oynic, if he be ridden by Gray, will have to put up 101b. overweight. The Golfer, who is petty well now. may be well m the maiket lor the First Welter Handicap, which ;s run over the Australian gelding's labourite distance. Considering that he is eight years old and is racing for the fifth season, Oolonol Poult saddled up remarkably well at Trentham, and liis owners were uleased with hiß efforts in the Wellington Handicap, iu which he ran a good wee jiftoigetting badly away. I'he hoult gelding has been allowed to drop out. of tlie New Zealand Cup, as he will bo racing at EI-, lerslle next month. Informal, winner of the Wellesley Stakes, is engaged in the Avondale Stakes, to be run on Saturday -week, and the A B.C. ■Welcome Stakes the following week. Having had a couple of races, the Demosthenes' colt Will have a big advantage ovei the other two-year-olds in tho noith. Nottata has been sent home to Shortlands, and will not be a runner at fte "Meeting. ill*. 11. J. Watt 8 filly galloped well enough, at Hastings to cause her trainer to pay up for her in the J>ey Zealand Cup, but. her public form at Trentham was very poor. Mr. P. J. MacManemin, the newly-ap-pointed handicapper to the Auckland Sacing Club, was present at the Trentham Meeting to witness the form ere lie makes,, his Ellerslie adjustments.