NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 19, 17 October 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

rBY GLENCOS.I Tho sprins meeting o£ the Jlasterton tacmg Uluu ivm be hold in Oiiusi tola y and. to-morrow. There is a, very big field in. the- Trial Stance, fcve furiong», aim tno list includes aw to a nuniuer 01 two-year-olas, lvio will bo getting a little education in view ol the Weiiesiuy ana Welcome lotuses. I'ivo luriongg is a tmlo iar lor Horses of this aze. and unless there is a really' forward ono amongsc tnem tno elaer aivision. are siiro to beat mem. I'iie imported filly lionny Briar will have an allowance, and if sho draws an inside hercn, Bhe ivill be one of tlio popular selections. S. Waddell's representative, Indrula, show,cd a lot, of pace as a two-year-old, and sho is reported to have improved considerably. Genskua was runner-up to Pennon at ffawera, and Kestful showed pace at Otaki. Tlio cream of the Dominion's sprinters are engaged in tlio Flying Handicap, but it, can safely bo assumea that several of them will not be 'tuned up sufficiently to •win. Croesus shaped well at Dannevirke, and on top of the ground 'to-day he is sure to better that performance. Of tlio other top-weights, Menelaus, Acre, and Kanna read.--.the best, while Itoynl Chef lias been talked of since tho Egmont meeting. Uaßsification reads the best of those •weighted in the Lady's Purse, while Gwynne, who liails from the. Porirua stables, is another liorso tliat is credited with having come on a lot lately. Of those engaged in tho Jlasterton Hack Handicap nothing reads hotter than the Derby candidate. Active (H. Gray). Mandrake may J)o next in demand. Two useful liaclffi in Wapping and Hastie are at tho head of the list. Tho last named is racing in tho interests of' the Soldiers' Hostel Fund, and until he is raffled Mr. E. Short will raco him at his own ex-

pense. » ■ ■ Tho Masterton Cup is expected to go to ono of tho light-weight division. Depredation and Bronk Dclaval havo both raced well, and Mascot has done well on tho -tracks. Snub generally -races well when fresh, and Mangamahbo's form in the Cornwall Handicap at Ellevslio entitles him to consideration. It can bo taken for granted that tha handicapper regards tho Ruamahunga

Hack Handicap field as a weak one when ho putj Cooing at the Head of the list. Her form last season was very poor, and so was that of Woodlark. Gold Problem has been in a place several times, and so ha 3 Matatua and '/ela, whilo Tigritiya was runner-up to Maioha at Danucvirke. Bayberry is the Bayardo four-year-old that cost his ownor, Mr. W. Duncan, 700 guineas as a yearling. Tho Opaki Welter Handicap, one nine, has fourteen acceptors, but several of them will'be missing. Form Up has a big weight, .but on top of the ground he is a. smart horse, and can bo depended upon to show up. Devotion is set to concede 201b. to Sardinia, which task looks to be beyond the black marc. Twenty horses have been paid up for ill tho Dash Hack Handicap llvji furlongs, and in such a. good-sued field tne luck ol tho draw at the barrier will may a Btrong part in aborting the result. An inside position for Ka-wakoro kiplins; o Oratress would mean that these hoi sea would start favourite on tho machine. A parado of two-year-olds was held at Ellerslio last- Saturday. The youngster were given a run over three furlongs, and ho following Is the result of tho various heats'-Pirst heat: Phy lono, Hy««nWenona), 1; Finkop (Finland-l'mcry) 2; PriMess Charming (Charlemagne 11-Vcr-n,.?ifj Time Msec. Second heat: Princo °Cffieroi (Sntl 1; No Mlstako (Bezoniaii-Wmsome). 2: J« Bruce (Hobert the Brueo-Sflnnie), 3. 1m c, 39 4-SSCC. Tliird Heat: Glen.Oanmo (P stolBridgo of Kosesl. 1: Arati (King'KufusT.adr Neville, 3. Time, 40 l-ssec. lonrth & Ca nowindra (Popinjay - »«noy S?air). 1 Dixie Lam! ■ ?■ Hanoi' Queen (Marblo Arch-Claie). a. Time 39 «scc. It will be noticed, that winters of the third- and fourth divisions Wre bred in Australia. Auckland touts Ibiiik that I'm. best of th« being trained St Bllcrslio is the gelding Pnnco TStr at the Tasmania,. Turf Club's fixture on October 5 was the «-lirccmvoodwncd Kilowatt, who was sold pr vutely | when It. J. Mason was in Austulw, last 5 Ab"w.-M'Lachlan was put up on.Kenua, m hair in tho Metropolitan Itauajcap m oace of W. Barnctt, who had been ongage\ the owners had to allow Barnct a winning mount, via., £189, an* ■»L-Lachlan will get tJio same, besideß being hud u substantial amount. . . ~ While Gloaming was winning the A.J.C. DerbV on October 5. his brother, . lf«ro Baton, was beinir beaten in f au un.mportant raco at Perth. . .. The American liorso- Sun Briar (Sun-dridge-Swcet Briar), who was reported mouth to have established c ; world's iword for a milo on a.cuculai' track having run tho distance in lmin. 6 .put up.nnother wod Pertornianco. fer, and covered tho course in 2mm. 3 \» 6C Sm'endid general entries, both in. respect ! toTua»y and Quantity were »v to the T.K.O. Spring Meeting. Iho K ra , n « total reached 1101, as compared with 1074 a war aw The entries for the weight-for-.S'emts give 3S Zealand ana »™ ff ana i' aS manian a b wtV^Sa a ga d insttheYi, three races in Buccession at the Adelaide m « o W'f filly by DemosthenesS^g|wh^gtoWng S St,aVaVtd I cA'Uof Luminary. reßa o£ the Duuedin i iCK horaa appears to be at things u ' r l . I^? s ll l "hiWi -ivinner, Qutiook, Meeting next month. ino laßl handicap run at man, a colt by. ArtillcryBattery (btapmal. T grecross, man wa i boiuiht lor uw h tho shipthere from Sydney.