THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 260, 22 July 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

notes and comments TBY qmncoe.l Several horses with engagements at Jucenrton aro down to compete >it tlie !m, . , H Hunt Club's meeting en thursday next. The principal fteople'«o nules and a- half, jias drawn a • i . ,V • '"eluding IJorecambe, jtoru, ulantcr Hamilton, and Vascular. The lirst evcul, will bo run at 11.50 a.m. Although Ilijilaini proved himself vastly superior to the liorsca he met on bis last . wsit to Australia (writes "Iroquois"), the wdght-ror-age scale will' probably make Ills task harder in tho coming .season. (;oti e |lß (9st. 41b.}. Linelo (9at. 4th.), Thana, (Est- 9lb.i, aud dher horses in the Craven I'latu at liaiuhviil: 111 October he carried 7st. lllb., but lie will meet the, cider horses at tho approaching spring carnival on a, very different rcale of weights. If he ' tackles Cetigne, Liugle, Wolaroi, or any of iho other matured horses at a mile under weight-i'or-age there will bo only 31b. Ictwei'ii them, up to a mile and three furlongs 41b., and at. a mile and a- half and two miles 51'j. and ulti. If lie meets Desert "old at a mile she will have Bst. 121b„ as against his 9st. Over a. milo and less than a mile and «. half slio will have au advantage of lib., but at a. milo and a. half Biplane's weight will bi- 9st„ and tho mare's 9st. lib. Many good judge? consider that the wcight-for-age scale is too hard on a. four-year-old earlv in the ceasmi, but jt is safe to say that if Biplane strikes hi; best form tho extra poundage will not alfect his brilliance.

The light-weight, jockey. 0. Clarke, who has been associated with the Jlighdon stable for some time, will in future ride as a free lance.

Trainer Sid. Reid, who was recently before tho Medical Board, has been cJasacd Of the % horses engaged in tho Grand isntional Steeplechase, no fewer than 16 ikm-o been handicapped ut 9at. 71b. Only once in the long history of tho meo has the minimum impost been carried to victory.

Though Colonel Soulfc hjis been licpt in easy work at Kilerslie ninco last racing, tho fact of hia not having ben schooled suggests that ho will not be sent south for the Grand National liimllen.

Imported horses promise to play a leading part ill racing oil Australian courses next season, and their presence is likely to be felt in the contests for leading events. No fewer than 46 imported animals have been engaged iu the Melbourne Cup, while 49 have been named for the Oaulfield Cup.

Moro than half of tho horses engaged in the Winter Cup have been handicapped between 9st. and Sot. 41b. Were this lot handicapped in a similar race by themselves it is quito probable that it, would reriuiro at least a stone to bring them together.

John Barleycorn is reported to bo getting through good work at Wnslidylie. Ho will be a. competitor at the South Canterbury Hunt meeting on Thursday, after which lio will bo' sent to Itiocarton tor the Winter Cup, a raco for which ho has some staunch admirers.

Tlio light-weight jockey. D. E. Cotton, who served his apprenticeship in an lillerslio stable, has taken service with the Jliccarton trainer, F. D. Jones.

Tho racehorses "Multaine, Ciladful, Wishful, Sir Solo, Master Boris, Brown Joe, Sir Agnes, and Iliaro were aboard tho Mararoa. when that vessel experienced suc-h a rough trip last week. They all landed without mishap of any kind.

It is said that a schoolgirl is j.art owner of tho V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles winner, Narahquong, and had a sharo of bets totalling £1750 to £30.

Mr. J. P. Eeid has a full-brother in Mood to Sasanof. a rising yearling by MartianRose Red, for whom, it is said, 1500 guineas was recently asked.

Mr. 11. Neagle, owner of Bon lieve,. donies tho much-publishcd report that liia horse was amiss, after the Wellington meeting. He states that tlio sole reason for withdrawing him from the National Steeplechase wa-s bceauso he had dono enough racing for tho season.

A Press Association telegram from Cbi-istclim-ch states that Arrowficld lias been scratched for tho Winter Clip.