THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 302, 10 September 1918, Page 9

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY GLENCOE.I Tho Dannevirko meot-ing will take placn to-morrow. Tho first event iB tho Trial Plate, for-which tliero arc forty-two entrants. All the contestants are to carry Bat., nn<l the race, which ia run over five [ furlongs and -a half, will start at 11.30 a.m. A.-Goodman, with I'rcface and Rumania, O. I'ritchard with ■ Preparation, and 11. Telford with Fisher, left 'frentham for Dannevirko yesterday. . Preparation, who is engaged in ithe Trial Stakoß at Dannevirko, 'ia a hallsister by Provocation' to Whakatina. Her party assess her chancos highly for Wednesday's race, as in her work at Treta. tham aho iB close up to Matatua, . who won so convincingly at Marton. Pre. 1 paration haß already had a rate with the colours u,p. This was in tho Trial Plato at Trentham, in which she was - ridden , by T. Pritchard. After ho had raced at Marton negotia- , lions were again entered into for tho loaso of Colonel Soult to go to Australia, but as tho old fellow-had pulled up-lame at' Marton the business was cried off.■ If present intentions are adhered to tho flaatingß trainer, V. Oolello, will take. a team to the Avondale and Auckland Bpring meetings. His • win at Marton brought tho earnings of Gladful up to £765. His present owner gave 510 guineas for him in November, so that he is already even on Ilia purchaso money." Gladful is engaged in '■ the Jumpers' Flat Handicap at Dannevirko, ' and ho may be found closer up at the finish than most people expect. Bccause ho did not do much racing on the flat there seems to be an impression that ho has not got much pace, but this may provo to be erroneous. The Irish-bred horse Cynic, who has i been a failure since coming to tho Di> minion, iB Bhortly to go into the stable of F. D. ■ Jones. at Eiccarton. It is his I owner's intention to have him prepared I for the New Zealand Oup. _ . The name of Arihio. is prominent I amongst the horses engaged in the Trial i Stakes at Dannevirke. The Trentham horse iB not eligible to compete, as ho won a . raec at Foxton in January last. "Pilot," in tho Sydney "Eeferee.' bewails the fact that-'no owner in Now-South Wales has- yet come forward to announoo that his horse will race in the interests of any patriotic fund. The Auckland Racing Club's committee recently decided to raise the stakes of the Brighton Hurdles, run at the Easter meeting, from £350 to £500. This is a move in the right direction. A private message reoeived from Sydney states that Desert Gold and the A.J.O. Derby favourite, Finmark, went a mile . at Eandwick on Saturday in lmin. 4Sse«> A I'resß Association message from Sydney last night Btatcs that , first _ accepti ances for tho A..T.0. Epsom Handicap inI oludo Bimeter; Killowen and Kilhope, and

or- the Metropolitan Handicap, 'Estland, lee, Bunting, Arch Marelto, Killowen, a^d

K Jfemlbers of tho Wellington Trotting

Club are reminded.- liy advertisement of the annual general meeting to be held at 'the Commercial . Club . rooms, Nelson Street, Petone, to-night. - .| . —