THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 296, 10 September 1919, Page 9

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS ■'

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•Phe; spring, meeting of-the Dannevirlce : :Club will commence to-day. The weather is.,line, and tho going will bo good, but the scratchings will be very numerous duriiiL' the- afternoon. Proceedings start at 11,80 a.m, with tho Ashcott Hurdles »n event for hunters. Red Cent. Metalluin. and Colonel Paul will be absentees, and.as Toruea makes a lot of noise, favouritism. may rest with Sluniix,'wuo goes tairlv well;.' Sail Home is ineligible to start, . •Tho six furlongs Hack Handicap comes next, and Old-Gold is top weight with flst. 91b..- He has been working well, but, hns not had a race, and his big weight mav tell on.him, though he seems to be a better class than the others, of whom Magistrate may be the best. Penurv Rose will not runner In tta big handicap, which will be a onedividond race; Favouritism may rest between The Speaker and Rose Pink. Lucid is backward, aiid in any.case has a big weight for a three-year-old at this time of tho'year. With Sleiffht of Hand scratched, form .Doints to Mattock aud First Lino in the Dannevirke • Steeplechase. They ran prominently at Morton, and both are eood and safe conveyances. Two promising three-year-olds in'the Maiden Plate are Speeclimaker and Kilispur. both of whom will probably come in■ for; solid support to-day. Stetson and Silenus will have a duel in tho-Hunters'Steeplechase, for wliich Cor'nolian; Argo, and Colonel Paul will bo non-starters. Croesus. Affectation, Hetaua, Murihiku, and Dribble have been withdrawn from the Otango Handicap. This event Is verv open, but Lady General may be favourite, as she has galloped well since arrivine at Danneyirko Birkenvnlo nnd Gold Problem may both have a big following, as they raced well at Marlon in Koine wliich did not suit them. Warlike may be favourite in the concludihif event, for which there i 3 a very weak field. The eeneral entries for the A.J.C. spring meeting total 831, compared with 822 in the previous year—Press Assn.