NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 33, 3 November 1919, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

By Glencoe.

It is reported that mi offer of IOOOgs. wa.3 recently refused for tlie two-year-old Gnslxi.fr, by Jloniosthenes—Lady Celia, a stable companion of the unbeaten colt Humbug. Silver Link has been struck out of all engagements at the A.K.C. Spring Meeting. Bonnie Heather lias won three races this season, worth ,£355 in stakes, and has earned a 71b pei.alty for the New Zealand Cup, bringing his, weight lip to 7st. Wnrlove is enjoying a snell in the paddock. The sister to Warstep was knocked back a lot as a result of her trip to Wingali'.i last, month, and as there seemed little chance of having her at her best for the approaching meeting at Ricenrtoii, it has been decided to give her a spell. Sim Briar, the four-year-old by Sundridgo out of Sweet Briar, equalled tlio world's record lime in winning tlio Champlain Handicap of nine furlongs at the Saratoga (U.S.A.) Meeting on August fl. Tie covered the distance in linin. nfi'ec., which had previously been accomplished by Vox Populi at Los Angeles in 1908. Brown Prince covered the same distance at Newmarket in 1917 in 1 min. 50 2-ssec. English papers announce the death at Mcntmore Stud of Lord Hosebery's stallion Neil Oow, wlio succumbcd to n.n attack of haemorrhage in August. By Marco out of Clielandry. by Goldfinch out of Illuminator, by Rosicrueian. Neil .Gow won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1010. As a two-year-old ha won the National Breeders' Produce Stakes at .Sundown, the Champagne Stales nt Doncaster, and the Imperial Produce Plate at Kemptmi. Apart from bis Guineas victory, as a. three-year-old ho won the Craven Stake s , but only finished fourth to T,eml>r-rg in the Derby. Later, in the Eclipse Stakes, he ran a dead-heat with Lemberg, and was then relegated to the stud, wheTe altogether he is credited with winners of 25 races of the total valuo of J18331.