NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 9 October 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fjBY GLBNCOE. - . Owners who intend doing the Avondalo Meeting bol'oro Die Auckland Guillens Meeting should note Unit nominations close on Friday. > . Acceptances ior the Maeterton Meeting close on i'riday. ~,<.- ir , The Duncdln Jockey Clubs SprmiMeetiilg mil be held on iMdny ana Saturday next. The M'Lcau Stakes lor two-year-olds and the Guineas are uolh run on the "'judging by" the work being allotted Monskiu at Hiccurton the Kilbroney Hilly is to represent tho Ohokebore stables in the C.J.C. Oaks. , „, . , Algidus, who is to contest tho Trial l'iatu at Duncdiii on Saturday, run a very fiinnrt trial at Kiccarton last week, when lie (,'ot to tho end of six furlongs in liniii. lßseo. Algidus was runner-up to Moorubbe at Ainberlcy, and his supportors may Bond him out a, hot order on Saturday. It is unfortunate that (Uoaimng was not entered for the Craven I'late, as a meeting between him and taert (iold over a milo and a Quarter would have thoroughly tested the capabilities of both. Judging by the engagements mado for Tho Welkin's son, it seems probable that even his trainer had not quite gauucd tho gelding's capabilities up till his runaway victory i;i the Chclmtii'ofll Stakes. l'oitrcl, who unexpectedly donned Desert Gold in the Spring Slakes at Uandwicl;, is uoi, engaged in tho ij'nivcn l'late 10day, 60 tho mare will not fct the clianco of again meet-big the. St. Alwyne liorso. TIIO hard race 1-oitrel had 111 tho viight-for-ajio event on Saturtlny ii'iet have upset Mm, for ho failed badly in the Metropolitan Handicap. Kilbarrou, cabled from Syi'ncy as a New Zealand entrant for Itio A..T.0. Derby, was bred in Wew South -Wales by St. AhvyncKongaloon. Tho Caulfiold MeoUng will o|ien on Saturday next, when the star i! em will tie tho (Juuilield Ouinciif, one mile. Amongst tho runners is The WeiJtln crlt, Outlook, who limy go out favoitfitc. Wedge 13 In some of tiie weight-for-ane races at Flcmington, ao tl:nt Desert Gold will have an opportunity of uunginc her defeat by tlint Jior.se in tho Fnurlty Stokes at Oaulflcld. Another notable Victorian in tho contests to bo run under thu scalo is the Caulfleld Cup iavouritc. King Ofia. St. Elmn has not been .vt-icd for any of the jumping events'at the V.H.C, i'eetinff, 'so ovidently Jtr. Kichmoml's team will return homo nfter the itandwick Itceting. Arch Marclla; who tnisliod Bii'ond to Kennaquhair in tho A.J-O. Metropolitan Handicap, was also runner-up to Dick Measlier in the big handicap at Hiiwkesbury tho week previous. Some time ago it ens i\jr.rtcd (hat Wolaroi was unsound, lm<, his term in the .Shorts Handicap on Monday shows that thcro is little wrong with the animal that, many consider the best horse in Aistralia. If ho contests tt'e ('■laven I'lato today, bo is sure to be a formidable 01 ponent. for Desert Oold.

When she won tlio IVdlington Oiip and the TV.E.C. Handicap, He:-, was ridden in behind the field for the Ri-tatcr v.art of tho journey, but in most of her races in Sydney she is set to do the psice-inaliing. Under tho circumstances it i 8 not surprisinic that the Martian mure is regularly beaten.

6. Price, wlio has l-.ecu on furlough eiuce liis rctiiTji to New Kotlnnd, weut soutli yesterday to resume tivly.