THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 2

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS fßY'UtacuE.l Till) interest, generally attached hi til' , issuing of the weights for the Aurlilllud Cut) Hint Jiuihviiy Jlomlirap was not (in keen lliis your iis l\«S been tho c;iho in past KOiisonn, the. reason undoubtedly boms tho influenza epidemic. But nevertheless Urn handicaps, issuciL on Wriliieiidiiyi. JKiro by now been discussed in ''I'jJl .sporting circles. Willi Ortioii Hold engaged in tho Oui), Jif, 1 , . J. srihuicmin did , not have. ti> look far for a top-weight, mid ho nrcnriMngly placed Mr. Lo.wry's nmro «t i.lio top of the handicap with ?st. 811). —two pounds more than she carried into eighth place in iho Melbourne Cup. H cannot bo said that, tho nwrii (loft lli'Gll hnrshly. treated, and It Will ilot be. Bill'-: prising if Mr. fiowi'j , htnrls his nui'o ill tho event. Fnr his two' wins n.t. llii:w ;i Urn Sasßtiot has bpi-u iillotlcil ■ Vsl. iilii. (four pouudu over wi'-iglil-for-use), and Uus weight, fhiViilU he-enough lo s-Uip Hie little, fellow. To Kstiaiwl "the handicapper .warded 9st. 411 i., but tie the lirown Uorso has been Fold, he can bo left, out of calculations. • The mime may lie Enid tor Finiuark, who roccivert Bbl. Jib., which U eight pojinds over weight-for-niio.. Hvideiitly Snub's winning performance )at liieenrton iniiircsfird , Mr. .M'Muililmill, US' ho gave, the Jliirlinit KeUling 9»t. 31b., bill, on provliiliH handicap ncrfornmimi Mr. KcinljiiU'K gelding may be left out of. consideration. Meiielaus and Client, Bst, Ulb. each, can l)o Raid to be Iwnditanned on their merits. Wilji 'i r.iUiiluf weight Mcni'lnns wal- Illird ill liii- Sew /Ipajmid Onp earljr I.HK month, whilst Ul'.vnt, ■with frti.li , '. pounds more, was omongst llu> Blso , started division. Of tho Bail , Moilelaus has so fur proved to be the Belter over lira twice, and lie mnv ftgain ihiish ahead of Client :it Kllerslie. Tho next three in the list, Hnlliuifiir. Volo ond Gazinue, 7st, 101b. each, lire doubtful slayers. Bonny Maid won nl Auckland in the auUimn over a course of a, mile and three-quarters with Bti. Sib., po with seven pomide off her back the Honlform mare, secnia to hoeiOsi" n jiootl phancr. Kilnioolt, 7sl, Ml;, nhil Iteii liibbon. "St. 71b., itrij Voted the best, handicapped horses In tho race, but on the 'lay Kilmtioil should be the better of the two, as U is unlikely that the chestnut (BaW will cot a race before Hosing Bay, whereas Kilmoon has been racing , since September. Depredation, 7st. ?.lb., has threo pounds less than he carried when ho won iu 1916, but us the Camnllro (tddins has been showing very disappointing, form, lately, ho iR not likely to bo. dangerous. Cllendowur. 7st. 21b., cfmics from the same slnblo i>3 last J'ertr's w.iiiiier (Biery Oross). who wte Hot nominated this year. Tho Trentuam-lniined Kose Pink bus been lob lli nicely with 7st. lib.,- and Bpoi'tßlllpn arc sure not to let her,second in Iho. bis Kiccurton two mile event bo forgotten on the day. Then; arc thirtythree horses weighted below 'Ist,., and possibly one of tho light-weights may effect a surprise. Hut on present nppearanceu it seems unlikely. In the Hailway-Handicap, Mr. M'Maneimn placed Biplane, at tho ton of Hiehandicap with 9et. 111b., but -as tho Comedy, King horse has keen turned, out lor a lengthy spell, there in no necessity to consider his chance. Kins Lupin, Ost. 61b.. Croesus, 9st. 711)., Hymnostra, 9st. 41b,, and Form V]), Bet. 111b,, have all good chances (on a dry track), but it-lie .last-named three will ha-vo nn advantage over King Lupin, as ho lias not raced since last January, but nevertheless his chances -are sure to bo well ■ liked iu the north, Killowen, (Set. 71b., lias shown in Australia that ho is ft speedy ciistonici', but hoseoms lo have, neon a, little htirehly. treated. Inah, Bst., ajjd Onslaught, 7st. 131b., have shown win. ninj; fot'tti, of. lato, whilst 80-Peep. 7st. 101b., mid Kipling, 6st. 91b., are nicely in. There arc thirty horses on the minimum. It is interesting to note that Arrafr, v;ho defeated Desert Gold in the Groat Northern. Champagne StaltCß at the. Auckland Aiitunin Meeting in 1915, is placed at Iho bottom of tho Railway Handicap, with 6st. 71b., whilst Desert Cold is on top of the handicap of the Cup with 95t..81b.l The, death occurred nt Dnnnevirkc on Wednesday of IFarry Watson, tho wellknown Donnpvirko jockey, eldest son of Mr. W. A. Watson, 'storekeeper .at 31angatcra.. Deceased travelled . from the New' Zealand Cup Meeting at Hic«irton on the samp ferry steamer, as tho lato Mr. W. n. llarlgill, and it in presumed that he contracted" influenzal on the passage, ncrons. He arrived .in. Dainu-virlto suffering, from the complaint, ond although everything-was dono for him he was unable to shake oIF his growing weakn'ess. Deceased was .'well known at Hastings, where lio was, for 12 years attached to the late Hon. J. D. Ormond's stable at Karaniu. "Ho'had'a most creditable, career on the turf, and was amo;i{.'3t tho Dominion's bost ridpj's. This year be ■won tho Cup. at the Jfapi.pr..Park, meeting on Mr. L. Mackenzie's Ladoguor, and lie also piloted Mr'. AT. D. Lysnar's Cleft into first place in the Gisborno C-nn. He had thp" mount 'on Mr., G: Hunter's MaKama at tho Wellington Mo»tiiig. He rodo Maioha. for the Douglas' Estate in the Avon Welter at the last lliccarlon Meetirifr—his last win.- Deceased'was α-singte man, 26 years of age, <ind news of his death will be received with deep regret by the -sport-inn. fraternity.. .