NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 52, 25 November 1919, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(]3Y GLUNCOE.J

A final reminder is given owners that entries fov till pvoiifaj ftt lil'ttiittvfl-tu Pacing Club Summer Meeting close to ; night. The Taknpuna meeting will be concluded to-morrow. At Feeding on Saturday tho first event will start at 11.30 a.m., and tho last raw will 1 be run at. 4.30 p.m. This jivill enable "Wellington visitors to catch the 5.10" train from Palmerston North and reach home the same evening. .' Mure than ordinary interest attached : t» the - appearance -of'-the'- weights. ;for tho Auckland Cup th's> year, as a lot of. sportsmen were anxious to see how Mr. ■MaoMcnamin would assess Gloaming and Sasanof.- Few people were'prepared to see him start, at. such n high, scale, and fewer.still expected Gloaming to .con-' cede weight to Sasanof. The former has never yet run over a two-mile course, for tho sniple reason that, he has ncvet tried to,' but up' to a mild-and a half he has proved a champ'on; and the handicapper was probably right in his esti; mate of the pair, though he could have quite easily started on. a lower, sonic. Sn far - none of tho progeny of The Welkin have tunipd out to 1» stayers,'and maybe E. J. Mason will not prepare' Gloaming for the big. Ellerslio event, and with Sasanof :sore it will probably be found' that the two top weights will.be missing when the first payments beccine due. Vagabond and Mascot are assessed as Miliar, and with' this adjustment nobody will compla'n. Tho pair are lucky in' having the two top weights handicapped, for it kept a few pounds off their, backs. If there is a fault in the-handicap at all, it is probably in the case of Affectation, who seems remarkably well treated with 6,18:'.' Mr. -MacMenamin seemsto have relied entirely on the book, but' everybody who waff at liiecarton knows Lucid was very .fortunate to defeat Affectation in the Canterbury Cup, while at two milos he was not within a length of the Klbrony colt. The next few days will probably-see a marked movement in favour of Affectation, 'and be is likely in bo quickly installed in the jwsition of favourite,- and to retain h'a.place until the liekl goes to the post. Well seasoned by tho racing he has had during tho spring, the Op.aki-traiued animal should ship a very lit three-year-old by Boxing Day, and with such n light impost on his back he should be able to jump off in front and lead from end 'to end.

Now. that .the weights .for the Railway Handicap have 'made their appearance, some alteration may be .made in the eanu paign mapped .out for Hyiiipstra. The chestnut ge]ding.-.:'s.:ve.ry nicely, weightedwith BSt. il!b.'iirthe'Pailwa,v Handicap,*' no perhaps his owner may prefer not to race him. at Fcilding in-order to aypid the risk of ..n penalty.. In the Cantala Stakes, at Flem'ngton Hymeslra ran third.at. the end of a mile which.was run in. linin! 38.1-ssec„',.so'.that..it'..would;'seem as if he is coming buck to form.

Avstr.alian writers; referr'ng to Surveyor, ment'on that the'ehestnuCcolLtt'as vcry.sorc' when lie raccd in tlic-Batman Stakes at Flemingtoii/ No dtnbt' the soil of Nassau was feeling the elrcct of his campaign* but "he is 'always more or less scratchy, and yesterday.he appeared to be little the worse. for his trip, j;o that he will be able to rare at Ellerslie. Delight also was a trifle sore, and it is too, 'early, yet „to Www whether she will bo .'fit to p»ea at. "Christriiis. Her full, sister, Lady Ball, went wrong early in the trip, and will have to go into tho paddock. Nothing definite, is known yet . as. to. Xfr. Stead's iMent'on re Snsanof. The llclboiirne Cup winner was quite sound when he came off the wharf ye--, leiday, but it ifi ulilikely that ho would: stand «notlier preparation, so his v;wner will doubtless pension' him off; The teamwill 'bo railed to Napier to-day. 1 That good-lcoking'lutUi bores-Bou'rlang,. a half:brpther by". Bezonian to Balboa.vlio has won several race.-'iii Melbourne ami Adelaide, met. his end at C'aulfiek! til's month; when lie''foil' in tho Ozone iiiiiulicap. lie fractured his shoulder, and ihe injury subsequently necessitated hifi destruction. Bourlaiig was bred at ' ffaikanae, and was sold as a yearling at the Sydnev sales. Amongst thu--winners-at the recent Willjninstown meeting was the New Zea-land-bred' Prcbat'on. . ■ There might easily have been an unpleasant sensation a.-~oo\ti.rd with the Melbourne. Cup, this,year. After the, competitory had left the enclosure Lu.iknow returned, and the incident, which caused (he start to be delayed, is llius referred lo in a Melbourne paper: "Tho reason far the return of Luekiiow to the weighin? enclosure was.-tho discovery that in saddling him up the lead cloth had been overlooked. The stinemliarv stewards incmired into the incident, and they made Hie following announcement: "R. Brad-, field was severely ceiistiF>d for his carcin omitting the lenl cloth when, «iuldl'ng un Luc-know for the (Melbourne. Cup. and lie. was fined .£2 for sending fix. lions* l.ib to the jywt'" . From Ricc.irl'on it is reported that Fiery Cross is nutting 011 condition al a Teat.rote, and should be ready trrace e:."lv A . Press Association telegram slutes that the following names were omitted fr'oii! (he Winloii Jockey Club's acceptances:—Trial Plate: lied Pal, Sst. 71b. Flying lkmiicap: Biiller, Bsl. 10lb.