NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 54, 28 November 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Glencoe.]

The Feilding Jockey Club has postponed its meeting, which was to liavo been held on Saturday. Tho club announces that tho meeting Vill now be held 011 December 18. . Nominations for all events to be decided at tho Manawatu Trotting Club's meeting close 011 Saturday at 5 p.m. Owing to tho restrictions 011 racing inalt6r owners and trainers will have to make their nom\nations by post. Tho career of Devotion came to an end suddenly last week; Tho l.ilack.marc was at Iticcartpii waiting for shipping spaco to return to Trontham, and was being kept in-'6teady exercise. After, working one morning she had an internal seizure ami died. Devotion was bred at Kototawai by Mr. W. E. Bidwill, and was a five-year-old. She was by All Black from Culmination (San Francisco—Stepfeldt), and her most important successes wero the Now Zealand Oaks and tho Metro-

politan Handicap at' Eiccarton on November 9. Her loss is a bad one for her owner, and also for tho Trenthain trainer H. Telford, who had just got tho daughter of All Black into winning trim. I'rior to. the running of the C, B. Fisher Plate on the last day of the

V.E.C. meeting an offer of .£6OOO was made for .Ivennaquhair, but it was turned down. Seeing that the chestnut won tho raCo in question (in record time, aiid after leading all the way), his owners were fortunate in not closing the deal, and there is every reason to believe that the Metropolitan winner is ' tho best stayer in Australia at the'present time. Most Australian writers consider that ICennaquhair was very' unlucky to loso the Melbourne Cup, in which raco he was interfered with more than once. Tho locally-owned Cyresian and Form Up, who went north for the Avondale and Aucklalid Spring Meetings, arc to remain at Ellerslie until the Christmas fixture is decided there. '11. Eva, trainer of tho pail - ,- has returned home to Tauherihikau for a couple of days.

J. O'Shea, who went to Australia to ride tho Lowry-owned horses, and subsequently severed connection with that stable, is expected to return to the Dominion about the middle of next month, and _ will bo found riding at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Nantes (dam of Nanna) has foaled a filly to the imported Nassau, sire of tho Welcome Stakes winner, Surveyor.

From New Plymouth comes the report of the death of Mr. ,1. M'lCean. Tho late Mr. M'lCean, who came from Auckland, raced Madam Bistori, Primato, and Pia'no,. and was very popular with followers of racing. Tho imported sire Tressady, whoso stock have done well in two-year-old rnces this year, .provided the winner of the Nursery Handicap at the Queensland Turf Club's meeting this month in For My Lady. For My Lady was sold for 310 guineas at the Sejjenhoe dispersal sale last January,- and is out of Formulary, who is by Multiform from Sagitta.

Seatonella, dam of tho AJ.C. Winter Stakes winner, Arch Marella, has foaled a filly to Thurnham, and will visit the imported sire again this season.

A Press Association message from Sydney states that Mr. A. P. Wade has purchased Fhmiark. The price is not stated.

Wardancer, who has been running out at his owner's stud since the autumn', is to.be taken up shortly by G. Murray Aynsley. In the meantime the active workers in Aynsley's stable are the two-year-olds Starland (Nassau—Stardancer) and l'rimum (Nassau—Prim), who iire not ready to race yet. Two others of the same age, Warlove (Martian—Stepdancer) and Nantvillo (Sanquhar— Nantes), have been turned out for n spell. Papers that' came to hand by the lait Australian mail contained forecasts by some of the Australian writers that Desert .Gold on her return to New Zealand will be retired to the stud. This seems to be very' unlikely, as Mr. Lowry is sure to let the sporting- public knowwhen he. intends to. retire his brilliant mare. Desert Gold has been freely nominated in events to be decided at l'lllerslie at Christmas time, and the public idol will probably be sent put to try and win the Islington Plate for the fourth year in succession. Desert Gold is also engaged in the Auckland Cup, in which race she is top weight. Up to tho present Desert Gold has had fifty starts in five seasons, so it cannot be said that tin; mare has been over-raced.