NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 33, 2 November 1918, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY GLENCOE.I & At latest advices the weather %.t wet aud there was littlo clmucc olhw Improvement for to-dnv'B races ai Atoi d. o. Ac Uelds aro bis in all the 1 at ovnit . and witli tlio weather unsettled -tbcro u, a likelihood of a renctltion of a similar Uβ of aUair» as that which prow ted at Trwitliam last week, when tlio iawimlieu were vegularly beaten, and outsiders urcvailcd in the majority of tlio oveiilk. •ihl Maiden Haiullcal). Bix furluiißS. in which thcro mb 35 acceptorß. will start a noon. The Held in not a strewn one, and Borbnps Gatherer, who showed a bit of form at Jlustertoii. may be. the best "ilie Grey I'J'U" Uui-di™ has drawn an acceptance of eeven, amongst-whom is the «i!tci-an Crown I'eaVl. 'flic old u-lloy was very prominent in the Winter Hurdlos, at Trentham. and in such n weak held lit•mould bo. ablo to show a bold lroiit. 1 con be taken for Krautcd tlmt li« would mil be litre unless he had opine on n Kieat deal since the Trmilham Meeting Tho two-year-olds which raced at 'lientliam will have a We iliill on tho ptliers in the Avoudale Stakes. Amontat the number is Vardrai.el. who hung oul at tho Wellinston Mectiiiß, but us the koiiib i.s righi-haudqd at Avoifdalo it.(.'(ln.lie reckoned that it will.be all in favour of Mr. K. Short's ttcldiiiß. Alirfs Love has also been sent north, and Mr. \V\ U, ■Kcmball has bWoii ifislriictione that she i& to bo sold after racing at this mectliig. . Had the going been firm Tcka. would have been favourite in tlio Avondalc Cm). ns he is ■ reported to be back'to form, but he i« never much good in soft eping and a more likely one would be All Over, who ran Detroit, to a head at Otaki. /Elocution and Hyßinas can both handle themselves well when tlid going is heavy. Ilopyo in an unlikely starter hi the Hack Steeines, in which at. Jl'aoveucy will, ride Tho' Channel, A. M'Dnnald KurnalDi, 1. Fiyn'ii Tiran', nhd S, Keid Poncton. The last-named is supposed to bo very fast, but has not done much racing. Form points' to Kuninlni. who was a winner at Egmoiit jn September. „.,„...„ ,„ The Winter Clip winner,.. Bedford, will probably bo rnseryed for the Henderson Handicap, sbven furlongs. Ue is a Rood horßo in the mud. and may be; the best backed of the runners to-day. Htllub also goes well in soft Eoi'uit, ajid tho distance will suit the chestnut horjso. Perfect Day is art unlikely starter in the Unck Welter Handicap, and in his ab-

Bcnco War March (H. Kobinson) may bd the best backed of the runnore.

Theie is another biß field in the Fine? Handicap, but if Hoynl.Chef and Liehtning ace favotii'cd with srood poeitioni; at the barrier they are not likely to' waat foi Supportcra.

When tlio final acceptances for tho Xow Zealand Oup closed the naines of Maiißiiinahoo. Depredation, and Hronk Delaval were missing. Cynic, who wab-under a. cloud a few days aco, bus been paid up for, but Kißard, who is still Icent in, is reported to be an unlikely starter. Probably the cup Odd. will number about eighteen. The defections from the Stewards' Handicap are Torfroda, Deuioo. Sweet Tippotnry, irytlue, liionskin, Pennon, Oralrcse, Braid, and Onslaught. A big field is.euro to go lo the barrier-probably .twenty. An Auckland sportsman who witneescd tlio'running' forthe Caulfleld Oup statcii that the nlglit bofore tho race -7 to 1 against Kiue Offa could not find a. taker, but when he took his placo in the field lie was at a very short price. ■ They bet long odds against him in running, for he was badly placed and' looked to liave no chance. Then he put In a great run, and, quickly suiothorlnst the leaders, won very easily. A private letter from Melbourne utatcs that both Desert Gold and Estlahd-will fun in the Melbourne Stakes at Flemington to-day., . The withdrawal of Demoß from the Stowards' Handicap wan unexpected by many,'.but after all it r,hould not I Jiave coroo as a complete surprise. . Up ib the beginning 'of ; iuaust 8 Pinophito liad ridden 47 winners ont of 179 mounts in England. This Iβ a, reniarkal)!c average if ho maintains' it to the end of the Benson. , The Australian rtdet Ti. Cnrslnko rode 28 winners oijt of 131 mounts, and Is second on ttio list. A rwo-year-old colt by Merry Moments 'scored first award in the tliorowbbred stallion class at the Manawatu. show. Demos, the winner of the Shorts Handicap- at Trenlham, ran seven- times as a two-year-old, nnd won twice. He was placed in all his. other races excopt-one, and hisjform niarkod him down tin emnrt. Demos was cot by Demosthenes-from Miamio TTArc, b" St. Andrew (brother to St. Leger) from MoTitdrraiV bv AnremontMartyr, by Daniel O'Rorke-Eaupo.