NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 252, 18 July 1919, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

A rising Iwo-year-oKI iull-bot er to lixligo is one of w " 6 Jffi workers «t Hustings. He" " t*™ 'in colour, and the track watcher:, ate greatly taken with .bis IH'Ospects. worker Warplnne is again a regular worker at Awapuni. He lias .11! oil oua ot, and looks like developing into »n ideal■ Derby edit So far his tasks have been pt wu gorier, but there 4s no *gn ° the lameness which u*td to make lweu site that Mr G. D. ■ eatso.j h«P«chased Statuette and the Arch Marella is to .I">VV C KTe The price is not stated, but it i- ? *uie tohave been a tall one «s 1 offers were refused for Hie fill) '» tlie "ttprMserhasdeciMlhatitisu* less 80i.. R ou *ith Gold and Ihe good-looking son of (..old Uf l did leased for stud purposes. God Sr It cm a light «ason at he siud. Ast Portland Lady and Choir Gnl. owi ied> the Porirua mentor, are m Joal to me brown horse. . . ti.--_i.kam, After their poor showing.at J'~ u Torchy and StunUe wen" s-»lhome, will not be raced at Hiecai on. Gaekwar pulled up very lame "n uie concluding day at Trent ham, and Kellv, his trainer, decided Jo take. him tone to Palmerston. North instead ot or. to Uiccarton, as ovwiiwllj inteHieu. When riding work at Jliccarton on lutf day morning, C. Emerson f-ot a nas£ spill off Primmn, who fell and roneo. ever the jockey. ■ rT t . After the racing at lrentham, C. Jack son journeyed hack, to Hawera, left Polthogue here in J. Ai s, and later on the Patronus fielding mil be taken to Hiccarton. • . rtou Amongst the hurdlers at K'« alt ™ f X dwmpion steepkehasff J«mai was shipped to LyttelUm -Isst■ evening, ond wilt walk to Hiccarton- to-daj. Euripos has teen thrown tut ot < wm mission. His off foreleg is swollen, and P. D. .tones has deeded to give hint a good spell. , , No fewer than U V raud ,vl nllo v,fluU r didates-Collector, Sam Pan, n"• Dardanelles, Graftella, Arlington, Torchl, and Manaw— o lolaim engagements in. ■the Hornby Steeplechase at the Christchureh H Club*. Meeting. Quito apart iron the substantial prize ottered, the n ce should provide an excellent school tor those unacquainted with the Miccartoii fences At the sale of Mr. i.G. telnisiios Ralloners at InvercargiK' last week, the Mystification gelding Bnrranfoag .•hanßed hands for 510 B uineas. The P««*JfJ«J wad Mr. W.. Swale. kilm:edy brought 33.) guineas, and is now uvned by Mrs. AV 3. Cowie, of Winton. Mr. J. B.Eeid has made an offer to give 150 guineas for the Kilbroney mare/ at die close of her racing career. ,„'',.; , • George, who hit himself while working at Trentkam, is on the easy list for few weeks. , , ~, ' The biggest stake winner ft handwick for Ihc past season was the four-year-old Poitrel, whose total . was ISill. Gloaming was the,, most successful three-vear-old with .£5(11, being \u>llowed by Viiimark with £2191. , • • The late Mr. A. W, Cox won .£183.?30 10s. during his 33.years on th" Unglish Turf. His first important lliree-year-old success was when he won the .''ivo thousand Guineas with Galcoilia in 1595, and his .first. Derby winner was Lemberg in 1910. His other classic winners were Bavardo (1909 St. Lwrer). Gay Crusader (1917 Two Thousand Guineas. Derby, and St. Le<rer), and. My 'Dear (191S Oaks). The 'New Zealand-bred gelding Ireland (lulehernn—Savannah), was recently drowned in the. Upper Swan (Perth). He was a good performer in Yietoria and West Australia. '. ; ;