NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 18, 16 October 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Glencoe.) '

Tho Spring Meating of tho Masterton Ef.eing Club ivill hj'held at Opnki today. Tim couißo is'in splendid order, and the weather promises tine.. The opening event is tno Trial Stakes, h'vo iurlongs; there is a big Md engugod, but scratchings will be very num'erops. Thu dvaw will play ia'n.important part in. the decision of this race, suiil if the two-year-old Askiri gets.a position.near Hio ruilj ho is sure to run'a >,ood' race. Ho did not jump out top well af; Hastings,, but that race will do'him good, and he should have no difficulty in. gettins to the end of the distance,' .• • ■ . ' For the Flying Handicap, tiie, welltreated Chimera may not he roadv, and Lady General, has .-/riot been gailopiuif well on the track. • Kipling ■ will be "at home in the limg .shaijjnt, and may bu iavourite. MiiriliikiT was a good two-year-old, and won ovsr iivo.i'uriongs, .6i> with a year on to her ?ge t-lio should uot experience niugh difflnutty in foing anotnei- Juvlong. . ... In the Milo Hack Handicap, Sir Fanciful will be ndtlcii by A. Oliver, but thq liokeuy gelding may not be seen at his best on ti liarii track. Kii/jour may b? iuvourite, biit l.lio distaiicn may be ft tviile. lar. lor him; - .'• 'Uio : light-weight, tuaeiis.is coming on with racing, and is always noticed .finishing'"oh well in her races. '

The New Zealand Cup candidate Aicoutation will not.la.jk supporters in Hit. (Jup. lift is veiT forward in condition, and in this respect.he -.'ili have an advantajo over most of!■ ihe ether runners. 'JL'he Levin winner Olynthus ivill also be in- demand. ■ ■ •

Rosewreath, who is ut the head of ths Ruainahunga 'H.indicnp, has won at her only start this season, but she has a bit ot weight to tarry, i>nd may 'find it impossible to jive ArcJi Lassi'o and Lord Astolat such a big 'allowance. TJio latter is a very big gelding, and he may be too much of a hiindtul for a. light boy. • ■ . .;'. ■'' • ,

Most of tho- ru'jiriew in the Opon Welter Handicap will be in want of a race, but not so Sonnino.who is very forward. Hu is to contest a jumping fvenl; on Saturday, and may bo favourite. The unreliablo Zeus is in at the lottom of the handicap, and improved by the racing he has had latoly he should be able to see out tho distance.

The concluding event is the Da6h' Hack Handicap, fivv> furlongs,' and there are Rome very smart liagks engaged. Tho finish iiiny be between Nursing Sister, T.'ho begins very smartly, Black , Mark, ur Parorangi. The last-named was pretty smart 'as a • two-year-old. ..

Acceptances for the. first day's handicaps at tho coming Wellington Meeting close to-morrow. ' ". ■ '

Red Ribbon is reported to be gallopinn well at Opaki., ~.

Stan Eeid rode Beltane, -when .the Elysian gelding won tho First Hnrdlo Eiibo at Eandwick on October 4.

The Catmint hm ,: e Catalina is an P.n;!-]ish-bred iilly foaled., in the Dominion. Her dam, Symbolismi was got by Symington from Amphora,. an own . sister to Snndndgei. -.. . . '

An offer of 1000 guineas is said to have Tieen recently, refused for the Demosthenes—Lady Celia'colt Gasbag.

A horfe named Sinirle G, recently established a new world's record by pacing three heats in 2.0,. 1.591. and 2.0 J. '

Emilius haa been purchased by a patron of J, Bryce's stable.

Bager Eyes, the dam of Listening Pnst, was lirought out from America, with Mohawk and purchased by.Mr. Eric Russell w;hen sold with the rest of Mr. Wlipntcrol't's.phipment to Sydney. HprSolferino geldinsr, who shaped so proniisingly at Dunediu last week, had, to; .race undor the disadvantage of being niiovt of work owing to contractinir' a cold, which kept liim idle for a coupln of wi-eks. ■ Listenin» Post has only bo?n clear of th° trouble for a littlo over a week, and fihaped well under .the circumstances. Eaeor Evei has again been sent on a visit to Solfoiino.

Tn the PndHnsk Handicap, six fur]ipcs, run at F'eniirttop on, October 4. Fvmestra, carryinfr list, Sib., wa' beaten three-quarter.? of a .'pusrl'v by Denncre, vhn was recoiving 251b. from Mr. Kemuall's horse. ' ; .

At Hie V/R.C. Octnher, ilep+iiiß.* W.ikefnl's son, NiVitv'!>tf]i, wnn thp October Brakes. At Caulfiplil Inst Saturday ho RRain prnverl too cri/irj for flho opposHion in the CniiHW'd (Unfa*. Ai n. rp'iilt nf these two wins. ln?t venr's Melbourne . Cup winner is now. tT>? fa»nv for tlio Cnnifield Cup, run on Salurdnv. "Poseidon," of the Sydney "Run," thus dcwWhe.i Hip vace-fnr.tiic . Peril's Ptalcc at Ttandwid;, in whioli Pn.ifrel downed Ginnmjn; l>y a hnndi—"T.hn niiffhtv Glnani'n? hud to strilcf liis colmirs to Poitrol in tho Rnrinj; Shkes.,' Tliore w ro nntrioli'm when picldntr winnws is involved, mul so thn Nov ZpalsimUr ' . n'lis ft solid fnvoiiritc. Rnsn.nof led Glniimin.2 for Hip. first, six furlmi.7. , ;, bit vrit'i six furlonrfi to sro nionminir wont tn the front and stayed thi"-o h wiWi 20 yards nf the winninjr pn«t. Thp field ■was bunchpd early, and with a mile tn bo sis 'leirrtlis would hr.ve covered Hip lot. At tlii= ptii?e a Fpn'onpd rncin? jnati PxnrPF.ied the opinion ti'mt-thp v?r.<) W"B not warm pnnncli for Th" wk crhinly rci rlnprd pnfprinjr tli" strnwht. fnr, G'onmiii'r. Princp' Virulk ■ Sn«irtinf. Inn 'Or. an;'. J"pnniif|uhair were in ndvpncp nf h'm -t t'hi" ulna*. But once in thp .=trni,srht 'he rump with n. trenipiuloii* vr.Hl". and nt the di'tnncp wn? sp.poml to PHonmiprv Thou br-th «ptHH /'own to it. Slowly hut fively Glfwuninp'* wlvntusp wna rpfliircd, and with nprhnps 20 vn«fa tn so thft nnir wero towtlier,- • wlft frloim'i.c <.ii thp rni's. A siiprenip efnrf l(\ndp(l Poitrel a winner l>v a 1""yl. vis rhircp lenstlw pwn.v thirtj. while th" fourth horse, K"nnp"ii! , .ia , 'r. woe f O"r l"ni'B I«">»t1is haclt. S»»n,iof ;vni Prince Vi.ridic wp.? .voll plncpd pnteW"" fi'o ,-i-nisriif Iv 4 d-" 1 ' , "ot pace it with tho other.? at the fifiiOi." , After the A.J.C. Snrin? Meeting the following were tho five leading Aiistrnlnsian stnlte Vinners;—Carbine, £2SA'Si Cotigne, -623,457 j Desert Gold. .£23,133! Wolaroi, X 15,816; Poseidon. J;19,J98,