NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 46, 17 November 1917, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY QIBNCOB.I

Owners and thoso interested should note that acceptances for tho Foilding Meet ins close to-night at 8.30 o'clock. Final, payments for the Feildjng Stakeß are due at the same time. Tho Demosthenes-Gossip colt Kipling, in F. Davis's stables at Woodville, is regarded by many good Judges as the best-look-ing of the imported horses stook. Ihe -_ youngster is a half-brother to Bobrikotl. It is reported that a Wellington owner lad tho refusal of Form Up at WO guineas somo time baok, but he did not go on with the deal. Tho Stewards Handicap' winner would have been a cheap horse jit.twice this flguro. Horses owned by Mr. T. H. Lowry have only visited two meetings this season, but already they havo won £5000 in stakes. On' appearances the Hawkc's Bay owner will again be at tho head of- the list of .Winning owners this season, It has'been deoided not to raco Finmark in the Feilding Stakes, .and tho next appearance of tho full-brother to Estland will be in the Great Northern Foal Stakes. It appears that Biplane split his hoof when he contested tho V.K.O. Derby, and when he won tho Linlithgow Stakes he ran with tho injured member bound up. ■It is probable that K. J. Mason will now remain in Melbourne for:the big autumn meetings, and then do tho Randwick fixture /m the way home. The' now' owner of The Toft" is Mr. O. Irwin, of Adelaide, and tho price paid for the Boniform gelding was 600 guineas. Folly Queen, winner of the V.K.O. Oaks, is by Comedy King from tho New Zea-land-bred Cross-Battery, by Stepniak. She ,was ridden at Flemington by B. Deeley. ■ There is still a lot of controversy about the result of tho City Handicap at Ellcrßlie. Most people maintain that Ohortlo actually won the race. Included in those who argue in this fashion are soveral riders, who took part in the race. The owner of the horse must be regarded us unfortunate to miss such a good stake. 1 Que Sera, tho winner of the Hallway High-weight Handicap at tho V.E.O. Meeting, was one qf a consignment of English iiorses which rcaohed Victoria in February. On their arrival, a well-known Sydney trainer went to the representative of the owner, and' said he would like to leaso Quo Sera's companion. King Arthur. "No, can't let you havo him; but you can take Que Sera," was the reply. "Take a horso like that!" Bald tho trainor. "I thought

Wootton was a good judge; but when ho fiends out a tliiiiß like thnt to Australia, it makes a man change his opinion." This conversation was vividly recalled when tho trainer referred to backed his horse for the Railway .High-weight, lost his, money, and saw tho'despiscd Que Sora win. At tho Wluton Meeting this week tho big handicap each day was won by Kanwhoro (All Ecd-Rcplote). Tho .winnor. who was ridden by 0. Emerson, is evidently a very u«ful horse, as lie also won a doublo at Goro last month. . Trainor P. Davis generally keeps his team at Woodvillc in the summer and (it Napier in the winter. Ho is negotiating for tho purchase of a property at Woodvilla, whloh makes it look aj if he intends permanently residing there with his family.