NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

■ ■ (By Glencoe.) Acceptances for the- Masterton, meeting close to-morrow night. . The second two-year-old classio event of tlio season was decided at the Hawko'e Bay meeting yesterday with the running of the Hastings Stakes. The winner turned up in Mr.-A. U.Williams's chestluiit cult Humbug, who won the Juvenile Handicap at Greenmeadows Inst Saturday. Humbug is a half-brother to Pennon and Yarraldool (who was successful in the •ilejubers' Handicap at Kandwick yesterday). . Cantabile, wno was second to Humbug yesterday, also filled that position at Napier. He is. 'by Blackguard, a' brother of Tete-a-Tete. Eight and Left, tho third place-getter, is by : Merry Moment from En Parole, and carries Mr. T.- H. ■Lowry's livery/ At Bandwick yesterday. Now Zealandowned horses won tho two richest events ami one was placed third in another. In the Craven Plate, Gloaming, - at -weight-for-age, proved l his superiority over Wolaroi, Rebus, Sasanof, and Prince Veridis, who finished in that order. Seeing that Wolaroi won. the Epsom on Saturday with 9st. 81b., and Eebus the Metropolitan on Monday with 9st. 101b., Gloaming's performance in winning co easily speaki! for itself. It was in this race last 'year that Cetigne, Wolaroi, and Bstlnnd were in the places, and Dessrt Gold was for the first timo in her.career unplaced. Tho timo on that occasion was 2min. 4Jsea Yesterday the timo was.2min. ajsec. The Giincrack Stakes; for two-year-old fillies, was won by Mr. W. G. Stead's Delight (Demosthenes—Sunlight;, who cleared away from, the field at the finish, winning easily in the good time of lmiu. OJsec. The Members' Handicap wag won by the New Zealand-bred Yarraldool, a half-sister to Pennon and Humbug. In the Sydney Handicap, Afterglow, when well fancied after her Metropolitan running, could only finish third. When Wliitefield won the Suburban Handicap yesterday it was the first race he had been! successful in since he won the AllAged Stakes in 1917. Two /Australian horses in Kennaquhair and Ard-na-Eee appear amongst the nominations for the principal event of tho Auckland Racing Club's summer meeting, Last spring Kennaquhair was considered to be tho best stayer in Australia, but he failed to run up to his refutation last autumn. It is a long timo since Austria lian owners have nominated in.New Zea land events, and it is hoped.that tho horses will come across, to fulfil their engagements. "■ '■ ■ ' Natatane, winner of the County Hack Handicap at Napier , ' Part last Saturday, is a half-brothel by Merry Moment to ■Parisian Diamond and Sauci. He carries Mr. Hi M. Campbell's colours. Thelcolt Dunediu.(Linacre—Boyal Silver), who finished second in the Breed ers' Plate at Eandwick on Monday, is owned by the New Zealand sportsmen, Messrs'.' Tlwne.and Gleeson. • From south comes the report that Compulsion will not race any more. He broke down in the previously-sound foreley whilst galloning, and recently the trouble, it is stated, seems, to be very serious. He was n. good horse of his class, and brought the half-forgotten sire, Crichton, into some prominence. The following foalings are reported at Okawa'(Mr. T. H.'Lowry's) :-Trebelli (by B.iricenliend—Cnntfttrice), a brown filly; Landrail (by Graf ton—Langrel), a brown colt; War. Scare (by Martian-Gossip), n chestnut colt; d'Oro (by. All Blacks-Aura. rius),'a bay colt, all to Finland; All's ■Well (by Hotchkiss—Miss Annie), a bay colt to Egypt; Selene (by BirkenheadE'os), a brown colt to King Mark. The lastnamed mare is the property of Mr, F. Ormond, and is on a visit to Finland. d'Oro is tho three-year-old sister to Desert Gold, and was mated with Finland as a two-year-old. At Meeaneo (Mr, G. Jf'Donald's property), Lady: Progress (by Pilgrim' 9 Progress-Lady Heart), o brown colt' to Iliad's Hero. The Eiccarton trainer, E. Emerson, has ideas of bringing Moora'bbe and the' two year-old Fabrinade (Fabrikoff—Pasquinade) to race at the Wellington spring meeting. Owing- to the- filoppv state of the Eiccarton tracks, neither of them has done a great amount of fast work, .and a final decision will not be arrived at until immediately prior to the meeting. • Mr. G. L. Stead's team for tho Dnnediii Jockey Club's spring meeting, consisting of Melee, Golden Crozier, Bonnetter, Starland, Orange Bitters, and Glenlake, went south on Tuesday in charge of It.' O'Donneir. ■ , ' The German Derby, which was run for'on Saturday;. July 5, was won by the uraditz Stud's Gibraltar, who easily beat Mr.; P. 'Lena's Thor by four lengths, with nine others behind. The winner, who y<-a3 ridden by. a jockey nanied Kaisor, is a Nuage and Granada, the latter a mare by Aid Patrick or Hannibal from Girton Girl;;;by Eoyal Hampton. Girton Girl was bred by Sir J. B. Maple, ana sent to, Germany in 1904. Gibraltar covered the course in record time, viz 2min. 33 3-10 th sec, or just 3-lOth of a second faster than /Ariel took in 1914.' Ample; by Eokeby—Miss Dalrvmple who formerly carried, Mr. G. L. Stead's colours in the Dominion, won the first , ls !? n . of tlle fl'chraond Cup, seven nnd a half furlongs, last montli: In the run off Ample, lost., wns 'beaten by a short neck by Wongaburra, Bst. 91b. It is understood, says a fiou.thern exchange, E. J.. Mason will only remain in Sydney for three days of the Australian Jockey' Club's .spring meeting, and that he -will leave about the end of next week on. his return' trip to New Zealand in charge of Gloaming, Afterglow, «• •w t ?i inll take E °s' ftl Miss Mimic, Winter Wind, and Counterkroke, and G. Murray-Aynsley Wardancer, Warlove,. Nantville, and Orange Mart to the Dunedm Jockey Club meeting The following entries havo tan l e CupsDetroit Sea Sprite, All Over, Omalm, Carrael Arch, Tirana, Salute, Vhito Blaze, Orates Marqueteur, Huehman, Welcome Nugget, Alteration; May Morn! 'fin { °}l omn Z h«™ been proposed to fll wii- re ? va, e, ncl . es f or stewards of J, W. G. Brodie • K. D. Duncan. D. M. Findkiy, Lieut.-Colonel H. ,T M'Lesin and E. Vivian Riddiford. The ele 5Tn «'UI take place.on October 22.