NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 305, 13 September 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[Br GMSNCOB.I Moorabbc. winner of tho Trial Plate at Amberley yesterday, is owned by the exWelllngtonian, Mr. W. Nidd. The Vasco lllly was ridden by 0. Emcreon. Melee, who won the Amberley'Cup, is a three-year-old liy Martian from Formless, and is owned by Air. G. h. Stend. As ii .two-year old Melee won once at Timaru. Ilia owner was very confident of the colt's ability to score yesterday. Onslaught started favourite in the Trial Plate at Ambeiley yesterday, but his backers got no return for their investments. Tlio Antagonist colt had been galloping well on the tracks,- but U was against him that lie had had no racing experience. . Backers of Mandrake in the Trial Plate at Daiincvirke had something to support their investments, for prior to the meeting the chestnut colt had done a lot better than Killowen in a gallop at Urcenmeadows. \ It was intended to race Almo and Good Day at Dannevirke, but their acceptance waa overlooked by Trainer 0. Jones. An unsatisfactory feature of the Dunnevirkc Meeting was the delay in the starting times. Owing to the failure of Die totalisiitor staff to compete with Hie business offering tho races got behind from the commencement of the programme, and the lust race was run seventy minutes behind the advertised starting time. Lust year a similar state of alTairs prevailed, ami it behoves the committee to look into the matter. Maioha, who won the Haclt llaeo at Danticvii'kc on Wednesday, is raced by the trustee}; of thn Into W. J. Douglae, of To Mahanga. He is a well-bred three-year-old by the imported Jliillowuiass from Ffliry Gold, who was a hill-sister to Gold Crest. The colt bears a striking resemblance to his doughty relative. Mr, 0. G. Dalgely'a mare, Lady Disdain, by Tho Ollieer—Orillamme, lias fo.iled a colt to Mnrtinu, and will be mated wiili Bonny Glen. , The youngster is a brother to Snub and Bee, and a half-brother to Disdainful and. Scornful. It is Mr. 0. li. Stead's intention to leave for Sydney by the next .steamer, in order to witness tho Spring Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club, at which his tliree-year-oldfl. Almoner and Kilmoon, will bo competitors. The well-known Rieearton horseman, I'. IVmnmld, figures amongst the list of those wounded in tho recent oflensive in France. The executive of the Owners' and Breeders' Association in Cliristchurcll has received intimation from J. Brycc that be is prepared to acnil Cathedral Chimes against Our Thorpe's niiln record of 2mhi. oi-ssw;. at the Patriotic Trotting Mectiu? next month. Modtlite, who was recently piiivliased by ,r .M'Dormott, is being kept in steady work in view of contesting the Waitanci Sti-eHlciiliase at the Kurow Jfeeting. Other iliccartoii trainfll horses, in Morecainbc, Merry Lad, and Vascular, arc "tigagwl in the :ame event. The Hastiiis-i trniner. JI. Ilickey. whose iii'iiit'ipal patron is Mr, V. •!. hysuar of Oisljorne. is shortly shifting to the latlcr town, and will in futmv virt-iuti-i: his charges there, tt ij reported Unit 0. .Jnnes will shift from iV"iiier '" llaslings, and 'takiMi over Ilickfys stables. Trainer 11. King and Jockey 11. Jl'Swremy wi;ut into camp at I'catlu'rston s'cs :