NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 256, 17 July 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

j fEY GMNCOE.' j On tho first day of the V.R.O. Grand NaI tional Meeting, John Bunny finished third • in tho Maiden Steeplechase. John Bunny , is owned by Mr. AV. 11. Windsor, who also I sent Gluepot to Australia, where tho Great Northern winner unfortunately died ' after being schooled over tlie sieeple- ' chase fences. ' Tho rnee meeting of the South Canter- »'»* Hunt Club will be held oil the • iVashdyko racecourse on July i! 5. • Karahquong, winner of the V.R.C. Gland • National Hurdles, is by the A.J.U. Derby winner, Amberite, aud a grandson of Car- . bine. Though, he was pract-ioally milliard j of before his victory, ho clipped JJsec. off tho provious best time for tho race. A | Sydney writer points out that Na-rahriuong . ran the three miles over fifteen' flights of 1 hurdles in smiu. 42sec., while tho im- [ ported horse Lanius won the last A..T.C. . Plato in smin. 37Jscc. Narahquong was i running at the rate of 14.', sec. to the fur- ; long, and was jumping a hurdle every s second furlong. The Iramco Welter Handicap, at tho > Flemington meeting on July 6, was won j by the Wellington-owned Bardol, who had H. Cairns in the saddle. Bardol, who was ! at one time a. fancied candidate for tho f National Hurdles, is a member of Maurico | M'Grath's Oaultlcld team. At the conclusion of the racing at Trentham J. Fryer returned to Hsiwora, but ho left Collector here, and the National ; candidate accompanied Sir Fisher south last night. Tho pair wcro in charge of M.' Hurley. Tho owner of Moddito and MeKchikolf altered his mind about sending the horses south: and the jumpers named ere r.ow under orders to do tjio National meeting. Chatting with "Oiencoe" after the Wellington Steeplechase, Mr. I\ 8. ISaeton, owner of Master Strowan, raid that it never entered bis head that his horse would fall in a, race, as lip to date he lias not ' made a mistake of any kind, whether schooling or racing. Mr. TCaston always instructs the rider how the horse is to bo ridden, and he insists on his rider giving the horse a clear sight of a fence, while lie will not have him go up on the inside of a- horse for fear of being run off ' at'a jump. Tlimfc who witnessed tho racing at. Trentham v.'.il agree that these instructions were carried out-. Now that I'ursetiller has gone, wrong, anil Polvdanion shaped sr. badly here, Mr. F. .T. Lysnar will ju'obably decide not to go further with till proposed trip to Iv'andwick and Flemington. One by ono tho Dominion owners are. dropping the Australian trip, and when the big llnndwick fixture opens the burden of represent.ing New Zealand will fall solely on the shoulders of Mr. T. If. Lowry, Tt is understood (write.-" "Sentinel" in -tlio "Otago Witness") that tho owner of C'ftthc< dral Oliimos is prepared to malcli the son of Four Chimes against anything in tlm world. An effort may be made to measurn , hii-i agniusu some American crack, and. if it should be arranged, the contest will very likely take place in Melbourne. Yho Americans would find it- very hard to f select a horse capai,'J2 of heating the com- - bination of Cathedral Chimes and J. t Bryce, over, say, tv;o miles, on a good dirt tiack. Of the New Zealandcrs it may bo said in American terms, "Some horse, . some driver!" The Victorian cross-country jockey. ,T. N. M'Gregor, who has just resumed riding after a term of military service, has had 150 falls in races, and his major injuries include 17 broken -collarbones, tlirco broken legs, one broken arm, and fracture of tho i skull once. I It is common talk that, action may to taken against a metropolitan club for xe- [ gistering investments on horses after tho : barrier had risen. There is 110 suggestion of fraud jii connction with the occurrence, but it is against the law. The Auckland-owned steeplechaser Glueipot, who died recently in Melbourne, had a ruptured heart and bruised liver. Tnis state of things was revealed by a post ; mortem examination. A nalo of trotting horses was held at Invcrcargill on Saturday, on account of Mr. A. Ilisset and tiin estate of the late Mr. fl. Doegau, to close a partnership. Tlie marc Merce, by Galindo-Authoress. in foal to Lagan Pointer, was purchased by Mr. Bisset- for 73 guineas, while the geldintr Brookbell (Bellman— Drootiwave), realised 14 guineas, aiH the gelding The Tank (Young M'Kinney—Siberia) went for 2-3 guineas. With .tho Wellington meeting over the eyes of the Bporting world are turned towards Christchurch, where tho Grand Nationals aud tho Winter Oup are shortly to be run. Horses are already gathering for the big meeting, so that from now on work on the lliccarton tracks will bo most interesting. On Saturday tho tracks there wero open for fast work. .leannot, Brambletye, Adjutant, and Gamecock . v/ere among thote who did half-mile sprints. ■ Bore and Majestikclf galloped seven furlongs in company. Bore, with a. big advantage iu the weights, was going very. 1 easily over tho last part. Hylaus got to tho end of a mile at a sound pace. His stable companion. A scaleplius, covered six furlongs. They both shaped well. Red Cent and Jingo went in tho best Btyle in a five-furlong sprint-, showing too much pace in tlie early stages for Kimboiton. G. Jturray-Aynsley treated Disdainful, Scornful, aiui Algidus to half-mile sprints. Thft firstrnamed pair had done no -fast work previously since their spell. A. M'Aulay will make a start with Daytime this week. The Havus yearling, in this stablo, has been gelded, and will hp-ve a. speli. The profits of the Victoria, Haciug Club for the year totalled £27,254. 'l he is to bo 'given to the patriotic fundsPress Assn. Mr. J. Henrys is to make his adjustments for the Grand National Hurdles, Steeplechase, aud Winter Cup by 1 nday. Tho Wellington Steeplechase winner. Master Strowan, has been a, great bargain for iiis owner, Mr. F. S. Boston. Mr. laston only paid 40 sovs. for the gelding, who won 700 sovs. for his owner last season, while this season his earnings in stakes amount to 2150 sovs. From the Wa.lrarapa it is reported that Mr. A. Cameron's mare Lady Black lias finished her racing career, 'l'ne daughter of .All Black was a useful stake-winner for lier owner. Tho second and third or Coalition at Trentham brought- the total of stake money earned by Messrs. V. and 13. l'iddiford's team thin season to 5799 sovs. Three descendants of Carbine have won tho V.R.C. Grand National jlurdles during the past seven years. 11l 1911, Arquebus, bv I'istol, was successful; last year Pistolier, by Carbinier, scored, while a week ago Narahauong. by Amberite (wi'o won the V.Ii.C. and A..T.C. Derbies and the Caulfield Cup), was at the head of the field when the post was reached. Tho Grand National Steeplechase, run lasf, Saturday, was also a descendant ot "Old jack," tho winner'being Oobraiu, by Bundook. Gluetanus, who claims an engagement ill tho National Hurdles, is said 10 bo. striding along nicely at Ellerslic. Ho ia to make tho trip south provided tho weight suits.