THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 October 1918, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IDY GLKNCOU.

The Kmw Meeting will lake place tomori'on-. jlmuiifc'sl iliose dowii lo compete is t'ue ivciiingtuii-owncu Jiosu l'liiii, wlio has .von at Irt Ihbi tnvco starts.

Tile well-Known hurdle horseman Stan, licirt was nefnrc a medical board again laslr wttcu, Uul oncu more he was classed IS.

Tile Porirua team for the Buncdin Meeting will lju snipped south on wntiivduy in etiurgt! oi J). l'rcKflM. It is reported that If. Gray was offered big money lo go lo Australia to ride one (it the fancied camlidaica in tlio Oaulfleld Cup. Gray's experience* in Australia have not been happy, aiid he is not likely to go over again other tha-u as a spectator at races. Mr. W. li. Komball recently informed a Jlastertoii writer that he offered ISCO guineas lor Jrinma-rk, before- the son ot Finland won h, race, but, .Mr. T. XI. Lowry turned the oiler down.

lioyal Prince, who it is reported broke down at Dnmievirke, will in future 1)0 trained at Trenlham by li. Kingan. Some da-ys ago a Wellington buyer was negotiating for tho purchase of the Auckland horse, but the deal fell through'.

Meuelaus is looking: a perfect picture now, and the race he had at Ot-aki lihb certainly domi him no end of good. On Saturday morning ho ran six furlongs in lmin. 17s'ec, and though he wua. alono ho did his work well.

On Saturday morning Battle Array, who has an engagement at ilasterton, was tried over a mile course with flattie Sons, and for seven furlongs the maiden waa going ns well as his stable companion, but the next furlong found him out. The journey occupied lmin. 46sec, and the gallon was a good one. flattie Array, who has been jumped is much sounder now than he has .hocn for some time, and he seems to bo un improving sort, J. Jt'l/aughlin's maiden fled Signal, carrying a lot more weight than Matatua was alongside the Marton Trial winner over four furlongs, which took 52seo. Eed Signal looks like getting on the winning list early. She is one of the -useful All l!ed tribe, and is jointly owned by her trainer, and Jlr. If. \V. Brown.

The Xew Zealand Cup candidate Ifnscot was far too eod for Bieinsha-m over a mile, the winner getting inside lmin. 46scc. Kisingliam has not improved in the manner expected of him. Twelve months ago he was regarded as tho best two-year-old at Trenth.im. but. up to the present time he has failed to win n race. A rumour was current at Irenthatn on Saturday that hoxes liavo been reservedIliore for B. -T. Mason. This looliß as if filoaniinpr' and Biplane will be racing at this month's meeting. The unliyslty Fisher is lo maltn his next appearance in the Bracelet at Qpaki. So. far no rider has been secured for Hi" Mttiiionotn gelding; who got to the end of iiov»n fnrlonei ou Saturday in lmin. Mfcc. Jtiss do Tal U nsrain in work n.t Trentliam. lmt Iβ not hitting out at all freely. :uitl local track washers have tlieir rtouiil-i about- the All Keel mare standing a nropnration. ' . . Oooip" has gow lame, and hnr trip to Ona.l;i lias lieciv cancelled. J. TV- I/iwe m taking Jfrncliiue. Mascot, and three, two-year-olds to the meeting named.