NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 22, 21 October 1919, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Qleitoob.)

R. J. Mason was able to land his horses off tho Rivorina by i p.m. yesterday. They had been standing up for' five days oil the trip from Sydney, and wero naturally a bit weary. The team will be railed to Trentham this morning.

B. Deeley arrived at Auckland by tho Moeraki on Saturday nighti. He is expected at Trentham on Thursday.

H. Gray intended returning from Sydney by tho Riverina, but ho was unable to obtain a passage. He is now expected on tho Maheiio, which will arrive in the stream to-morrow.

Sincere sympathy will bo felt for the Hastings trainer, V. Collclo, whoso wife died on Saturday night. Deceased leaves ono child, a girl aged 11 years.

Sporting men were yesterday trying to recall a feat similar to that performed by R. BraUfield on Saturday, when he trained the three placed horses in the Caulfield Cup. On one occasion tho lato G. G. Stoad, for whom R. J. Mason trained, started threo horses in tho Champagne Stakes, and they filled the places, but thoro were not twenty run!ners, as was the case in Saturday's Caulfield Cup. Contrary to expectation, Golden Bubbla and Taunaha wero not sent homo by the Rivorina, but they are expected from Sydney by tho Malieuo on Wednesday. It is understood that the formation of tho Jockeys' Association is, on tho whole, being well received, and as ono wallknown trainer remarked, it is a wonder that it has not eventuated long ere this. Tho secretary reports that he was well rcccived in the south, and he is at presenii interviewing prominent racing men in Wellington, and laying before them tho aims of the association. Increased riding fees is to be the principal plank of tho new body. . Visiting horses are now arriving at Trentham. Trainers T. Long, W. Dwio. van, G. I'rico, and J. Coylo were amongst ihose that landed at headquarters yes. lerdny. Entries for the Ashhurst meeting close on October 28. C. Emerson is at present kid \.p at Ricearlon, and he will be compelled to mis.- Ihe Wellington fixture, but lie will 1)0 riding at the New Zealand Cup meet, ing. Acceptances for the Turatnhi-Carterton meeting close on Friday next. Acceptances for all events to be run on the first day of tho Poverty Bay moiling cuise on Saturday next, at 9 j).in. Excellent acceptances have been ro- (■■!'. ■<! .■ 'lie Ills; day of t'.ic Wellington meeting. »liicli opens on Saturday. Vimfnrs to Trenthain will be pleased to know thai spccml (rains will run as in (ho l»i--w;ii' days. The fortieth Caulfield Cup, run on .Saturday, was won by the Lngli-h-bred

horso Lucknmv, by M.inoru (winner of tlio Derby and Two Thousand Guineas) from Ampliora (dam of Suudridge, sire ol Sulist a v and White Slur, also dam Symbolism, who was purchased at tho Elderslie salu this year by Mr. T. 11. Lowry for 775 guineas). This is Lucknow's second big win (or Messrs, Kobinson and Clark, ho having won the richly-endowed Futurity Stakes on the same course last March. Tho second horse Night'.vatcli, a son of Hukelul, won last veal's Alelbmirno Cup, and since then has won, among other events, the n iluauisujii n Peace Cup and the Caullieid Slakes. As u resulu of Saturday's raco Nightwateh is sure to play a prominent part iu the 51ell)ourne Cup, which is run on November 4. Chrome, who finished third, lias done nothing of account oi late, through having given Ins trainer trouble. F. Bullock, who was on Lucknow, won ins second Caullieid Cup, having won on King Olfa last year.

Poitrel, who has beaten both Desert Gold and Gloaming over a uiile and a half, has won Jill.llli ill stakes. According to iiTio latest Australian mail he will uui contest the weignt-for-age events at Flcmington next month.

Sire honours at the Ashbnrton County Pacing Club's meeting last week were divided between. -Martian and his halfbrother, Boniforai, who secured between them seven races, or half tho galloping events on tho programme. Slarhke, Tortrix, Flight Commander and lioyal Star won tor Martian, while Donii'onn's winners were Bonciter, Bon Spec, and iteathercote,

Jlr. W. H. Paterson has sold the stallion Xloiioiorm to Mr. A, Fcnton, of Te Puke, where the horse wiil be stationed this season. .

It is not often that a stable supplies tho top weight and bottom weight in a handicap, buu this is the position in tho C.J.CI. Stewards' Handicap, Jlr. T. Ji. Lowry owning Desert Gold, which is weighted at i)st. 1111;., and SpeuuiiniakiT, wmcii is in at 6st. 71b.

Tho mare Isingarch was sold by auction at Auckland last week, being Knocked down to Mr. W, J. Wilson lor LI) guineas. The daughter of Marble Arch has gone into the charge ol' E. Pope.

Tho Australian-bred folding Hopiiekl dropped dead whilo working slowly in the centre of the course at Ellershe on Saturday morning, iloptield, whicli was liy Maisler from Circe, was purchased in Australia, where be wai a good performer, by Mr. J. E. Thorpe, who still owned him at the time oi his deatli. Since going to Auckland Hopfic-ld has been something of a disappointment, and his sudden death would give the opinion that inward troubles were the cause of the horse failing to act up to his best form when expected to.

The prico paid by Mr. Seiffert for the two-year-old colt Lucullan is said to have been 1000 guineas, As' S. G. Lindsay only gave i 2 guineas for the son of Lucullus as a yearling, lie did well to let him go at that figure. Lucullan showed Mr! Seiffert a good trial before the Avondalo meeting, but his new owner dccided not to run Jiim in the Avondale Slakes, but to keep him for tho Wellington Welleslcy Stakes.

Tho chestnut: gelding Henry Clay (Signor—Amni), who recently went to Sy<tney, has been sold to a West Australian sportjinau.

At the A.J.C. meeting Mr, Or. D. Greenwood's horses won .£3113 in stake money. Air. W. G. Stead won .£IS2G.

Tho Auckland-bred Tararu Jack put up a good performance at C'auliield on Saturday when lie won the Steeplechase with 12st. 101b. up. S. Reid was his pilot.

In tho percentage allowed by tho rules B, Deeley received i; 178 7s. lor his riding at Ruiulwick.

"It i 3 rather significant that the average water-content of samples of butter taken for tho year shows an increase over that of tho preceding year, the average for 1918-19 being 15.09 per cent.," says the director of tho dairy division of tho Department of Agriculture in his annual report. "Tlie.ro appears to be overanxiety on the part of certain companies to incorporate as much water as tho law will allow, and in this attempt some coneignmeiits aro bound to be above 1G per cent., as the tMt for water made at the factories is not always thoroughly reliable. It is, of course, impossible for the graders to take samples from every consignment of butter which reaches tho grading storw, as this would entail too large an amount of extra work. Moreover, it is not desirable to interfere with tho contents of the packages by taking the numerous samples which such ft procedure would mean. Nevertheless, it is most important to prevent tho export of any butter which does not conform with the law in this respect, and it would seem essential to ask for heavier penalties for these offences, in the hope that it would have the effect of making the dairy companies more careful in this branch of their work."