THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 296, 3 September 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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0 Reed is to ride Matatun. in .tho Trial Plate,at Jlnrton, and A. Heed *iU be on Mascot and OoutMleld ni their engageinciile. Torolilight ivae accepted for in the Hack Welter Handicap et ■ Ma-rton. but he la not to fulfil his engagement. Hie stabu companion; Sabiiio is expected to contest. tho race named. Blended, who is' engaged in the Trial Plate at Jlarton. is a three-year-old filly by All Black from Lilywhite. As a. two-year-old rilo was taken to Sydney with Mr. W. 0. Stead's torsos, but she weetoo flighty ot the barrier and could not be .raced. She now rune in tlio colours or Mr. G. U. llcatson, and is retorted to have quietened down considerably. Tho Porlrua team for the Martoß Meeting consist of the Mahaki Relding Gtvynne mid the- fouv-ye»«-old. kilbroney mare Blighty. The last-naspcd is,owned by a well-known sportaoian, who » now. lit tho front. .-. .■ .~ ■■• ■ It ie now Riven out.tnht the new owner of Moddite is Mr. J. M'Bormott, formerly a Wcll-knowa trotting enthusiast. The Adelaide Guinean, run on Alifeufet ir. was won by Stagegirl, a dauqhtcr-pf Comedy King .and Petriwia. who va\ bought as a yearling for MOgne. Petruvia, the dam of Stagegirl, iUs interestinir to note, is Identical with the New l*&-lartd-bred mare of that tiaiho. She was cot by Stepniak from lUneo Nwia, ana thus ranks aa a full sister. to Indian Queen, who gave the turf two Rood performers in King Billy and Aborigine.

All Over ie onjneed in two races at Marton to-morrow, but the ni<hcalibne are that he will start in the ttai way Hw« ■ cap, six furlongs. This wae the distance he was successful over at Riccarton. add Fran, who vai a eeVeti-year-old sod of Sah Frsm and Fniry Gbld. canle td hie end at the establishment of hie trtiuertrainer, Mr. E. Pope, at. Bemuera oil Wednesday. The cause of death is said to havo been some iutohial comp amtTh* black geldinr. had done all .-.hi. tietaß Tinder tile riieiltorahip of E. l'ope, at first racing in the • ownership of, a stable .natron and latterly in Pope's nomination. Gold Fran displayed peculiar symptoms as a result of a trip to Buslines in .Tune, but whether his demise was a. result of the complaint he contracted on the vi t &*»*:?? hurdles lie credited himself with at Hamilton last February. If favoured with anythimt like a teaSf^, M « 3 n f^t s ffl^ B S Fopcrin private, but he has not been fortunate in his races. _ 0 Pritchard, with MaUtua., and J* γ-owc, with "raecot and Oourtfield. lea™ Trentham tor Marton this niomlne. It is the iritontion ot J/Ayrce to have Battle Array (Sienor—Oarissima) scnooim over hurdles. Undecided, who Is eiiwed in the Hank Hurdles at Marton, E ojlop«l particularly we! at. α-nmttatt on Saturday. Hβ wml with Trickery and Revocation _ over Jive furonire, atid finislied up well in front. IT Grav will bo riding at Marton tomorrow, and will have the mounts on Cadet iadv Luiiisa, 80-l'eep, and Hallow.