NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 281, 16 August 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events to bo run at Marton Jockey Club's spring meeting close with Secretary A. Way at 9 o'clock tonight, Whon the Hiverina sails next week there is expected to be 011 board her a valuablo team of horses going to Australia for tho spring meetings. Tho team will compriso Desert Gold, Estland, Pinmark, and Killowen, and will go over in charge of F. Davis. It is cxpectcd that these horses will be stabled at J. Whitworlh'a establishment at Itandwick. J. O'Shea is lo go over later to ride tho horses in their engagements when tho weight suits.

Sir Solo can truly be said to be an unlucky horse. The old follow ran another socond iu tho National Hurdles yesterday, 110 having filled that position last year. The year 1916 saw tho Auckland Cup winuor finish third to Art and Master Kegel in the same race.

St. Elmn's luck has changed! For running second or third in big jumping events his record will be hard to beat. Tho St. Ambrose gelding has been second in the Great Northern Hurdles, the Grand National Steeplechase (1917), Beaufort Steeplechase and the July Steeplechase at Trentham. His thirds include tho Great Northern Steeplechase. Itawko's Bay Steeplechase (2), July Steeplechase (H. 8.), and the Wellington Steeplechase. His win yesterday was long overdue.

Master Strowan has been added to the list of horses who have been beaten by their big imposts in tho National Steeplechase. To give 2st. 101b. to a horse like St. Elmn was a. big undertaking for any horse, and it is not surprising that 110 should fail when giving away so much weight. Master Strowan has not got another engagement at the meeting, his express mission south being the big steeplechase, in which lie honourably failed. Tho surprise of tho race was Waimai running second, after his bad exhibitions of jumping 011 the tracks at Iticcarton.

The Soult gelding, Kauri King, who won the Grand National Hurdles yesterday, is a recent recruit to the jumping game. He started over the email fences live times last season for two wins, a> second and third. In some quarters thej'e were doubts as to .the Auckland owned horse seeing the distance out, but yesterday all . doubts were dispelled. Kauri King's time for the distance was three-fifths of a second better than Sleigiit-of-Hand's, and a- little over two seconds better than that registered by Art in 1916. P. Ellis, who rode Kauri King, was been associated with the gelding in all his essays over the hurdles. When Bedford won the Winter Cup yesterday, it was Auckland's second fucccsi for the day, Kauri King appropriating the Hurdles for the- northern province. J. Tapp, who piloted the Bttnyan gelding, was in the saddle of last year's favourite. Parisian Diamond, who finished second to the outsider, King Star. Australian papers to hand by the last mail pay tribute to the ex-New Zealand horseman, H. Cairns, in connection with the win of Fastolf in the Australian .Hurdle race. One paper says that Cairns can he said to bo the best all round jockey riding in Australia to-day, he being eiiually as good over the sticks as on the flat, I'. J. Mason has not been giving the Comedy King colt, Biplane, much fast work at Bandwick, but on the first Salurday in the present month the dual Derby winner was allowed to stride along over «, mile, tho last half of the journey being covered in 53 seconds. A half-brother to yesterday's National Hurdles winner. Kauri King, in British Arch (Marble Arch-Sawdust) finished third in a hurdle race decided at Moorefield (N.fl.W.) this month. When the lastanail left- Australia the most fancied horse for the Epsom Handicap, tho Metropolitan and the Caul field Cup, was Ainadis. Amadis Is by Malstcr from Otterden, and is therefore a halfbrother to those noted performers—and now sires—Martian and Boniforin. It is reported that Lingerie is to carry the same colours as St. Elmn in future, and that she may be taken across to Australia. Mr. W. Hiclimond lias also tho Demosthenes mare,' Impediment to carry his colours in classic and handicap events this season. The first foal to make its appearance at, Elderslie Stud this season, by Winkic from Arai-tc-Uru, i 8 described as a good-lookiug filly—the best the dain mentioned has so 'lar thrown. All (he Elderslie mares Winkie has served, with the exception of Iberia, are in foal. They include the imported Driseilette and Honesty, and Charmllln, two mares that had not previously bred. The Wanganui bred Margalo (King B.ufus-Bronze) was a winner at the recent Menagle Park meeting. At the Tainworth meeting Walkabtt (Martian-Wet Day) was also a winner. M. D. O'Shea, the light wei[;h_t joclicy. who was injured whilst exercising Informal at Awapuni in the autumn, has been ma-king satisfactory progress of late, and he is expected lo be back iu the saddle in a couple of weeks. At tho recent meeting of the Ronebcry Club, New Zealand bred horses won two events. The horse? were Lady Elysinn (F/lysian-Powder Puff) and King Curio (King Knfus-Mamla). A Press Association mcssa.ge from Sydney states that Kilfo.vlehas been scratched from the A.J.C. Derby list.