THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 310, 19 September 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS TBr GLENCOE.T ' , O'ho Kgmont meeting, whieli onens today, has drawn bis flelile in all the events, and tho success :of the innovation seams assured, and the club -will doubtless retain the flxturo in place of tho autumn trathcritiET. Tho openinc event is the Hunters Flat Handicap, in which tie useful Flying Camp seems a- better class than tho others. Timo was when lloltin would havo made tho field look cheap, but the old,fellow has shown no form for « very lone tirao. For the Tongahoc Hurdles Faraoß, is top-weight, and well handled, ho should bo able to concede 111b. to Lord Aiuslie. On top of the eroiind tho , latter is. very useful, mid the contest between the pair should bo interesting. Tho Auckland horses, Dunrobin, Tirau, and Jacandm, would aippcar.to hold a very strong hand in tho Hunt Olnb Cup. They are more seasoned than any of tho others, and -will bo q\iito at home over the distance. Kowi I'oto, the 'ton-weight in the Tawhiti Handicap, has not had a race fora ions time, irhich will tell against tho. black horse. Hyginas and Glcnroy havo both shown good form of late, and the pair may bo the best placed in the race. .

Hying Damp will most likely be saddled up a. second timo in the Bracelet Steeples. He has been hunted, all tho winter, and is reported to bo a. proficient jumper. H started he may be a good favourite. Tirau is a better horso'over two miles than>a longer journey, and King's Park is another horse with a chance. It ie reported that H. Gray will rido Alteration in the M'Rae Memorial Handicap, for which the big golding may go out ,a better fancy than Depredation. Alteration always had a lot of pace, but he was not genuine. However, he has been gelded recently, and sharpened up by the race he had at Dannovirkc, where he appeared to be unlucky not to get a place, ho should do ft' lot better to-day. In the Waihi Handicap the •lot engaged are not strong, and Robur, who ran a. mile at. Wellington in January under lmin. Uecc., may bo favourite. Royal Park in also in the race. There is a big field in the Telegraph Handicap, flvo furlongs, but the four top-weights are a grade above the others. MadaM Ristori is reported to. bo very well, and the distance will suit the l'aranaki mare.

At Ashburton to-day Crib is not meeting a good lot in the Hurdles, and as the top. weight is such a lot better class than the others ho may carry his big burden successfully. The lighter fences will suit Hylans, who was winning easily when he fell at Bipcartou, and Vascular seems to be returning to form.

Scornful,' 9st. 51b., is engaged in the Braemar Welter Handicap. It is a big weight for a three-year-old, but the clase is not strong, and unless Belair is back to form the Dunedin Guineas candidate should show up.

Thcro may bo a rush to get on Heathercote in the big handicap, but the Boniform colt.will require to be dressed in his lieet if ho in to defeat Killjoy and Hose Pink. Killjoy was right up . with the placed horses at the finish of the August Handicap at Riccarton, and Rose.Pink cot stopped several timee when she won the Otauga Handicap at Dannovirke, so the 'performance was full of merit. Braid and Badial are two very smart hacks engaged in the six furlongs race, and they are euro to go out of the barrier too fast for the rest of the field. Thn Chokebore representative Sir Fanciful may be a, big order in the Hack Welter Handicap, but want of a, race will not assist 'liin to Ret the seven furlongs, jand tho locallytrained Arihia. may finish on belter. Many of thoBC present at Dannevirke declare Arihia was unlucky not to score, in the Hack Welter Handicap, won by Sabine. Long Range, who hae been galloping most freely on the Kicoarlon tracks, may be at e, very-, short price in the Spring Handicap, and of the others Pyjama, a. winner at, Amberley, may be the most fa-noicd.

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