THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 308, 22 September 1920, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS By Glencoe. There will be. racing at Wangamii and Aflhburton on Thursday, at A6hburtun on Friday, and at Wanganui and Avondalo on Saturday. Grotesque (Absurd—Bronze) will be J. H. Jefferd'6 representative in the Avondalo - Stakes, and Lady Thurnhain, who in a-half-Bister to Statuette, will carry Mr. G, D. Beatson's colours. - The two high-pric'd Martian youngsters purchased at the \Va ! liaii:ie sale in January last by Jlr. B, Ij. .Toll are to havo their first race at Kapier next month, and the following week they will race In tho Hastings fctakes. • Depredation and Prodigal are engaged at Wanganui and '/vondale, but the pair are going to the Wanganui meeting. Ad usual H. Goldfinch will bo in tho saddle. The Takapuna Cup will this season be worth 1500 eovs. Fulsome, the full-sister to Humbug, iB to bo given f.er first outing with tho colours up at the Napier meeting cn October 2. After tills alio will be sent to Hastings for the big two-year-old eveuton October 6. Trainer Fred. Davis l.as allowed Aureate, thp full-sister to Desert Gold, to remain in the Hastings Stakes, but she ltai not been entered for the Princo of Wales Stakes, which is run at Kapier a few dayß earlier. All Mr. G. L. Stead's horses will be Bhipped north to their owner's new establishment in the Waikato district next November. Trainer It. O'Donnell vill continue in Mr. Stead's service at the new quarters. * _ Tho English-bred Counter Attack, who is eugaged in tho maiden events at Ashburton this week, has been nominated for the big handicaps at Dunedin next month.

The victory of Finmarlt in tho Kosehill Handican on Saturday Bhows that the New Zealand-bred lior«e is back to form. Bin win draws attention to his proßjjects in the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap, in which ho has ruled as favourite for some time pa6t. Finmark v.on tho A.J.C. St. Leger at the Easter meetin? at Bandwick. That there is no royal road to success on tho turf lias long since been recognised. Though Hiß Majesty's team _cf racers include many animals, only minor events—and they are few in number—have fallen to the Royal colours this year. S. Beid, who has been training Mr. B. Joll's horses at Hastings, leaves with tlio team on October 8 for Hawera, which town' will be his 1-eadquarters in future.

Only, eight horses have been entered for the principal handicap at Napier, against fifteen in a. similar event at the Hastings mooting. Wirrawox, who von the liofehill Guineas on Saturday, did a fair amount of racing as a two-year-old. He only won one handicap, but he was placed on other occasions, and he was purchased by his. prcFeut owner in the ai-tumn at a big figure, in the expectation that, he would develop into a good performer. October, the tiro of Wirraway, is nn imported horse by Rock Sand from Octoroon, by Hastings from Ortegal (sister in blood to Mnrtagon. Ormonde, and Ornament, tho last-named the dam "f Stieutre and Collar), by Bend Or from Lizzie Allies. WAHGAHUI TRACK WORK. By Teleuranh—l'ross Association. Wanganul, September 21. The weather waß pull for training operations. Hose Queen and Farce ran sit furlongs in lmin. 20sec

Bonetter and • Little River finished together at tWe end cf soven furlongs, run in lmin. ~32bc<n , ... Warrawee did six furlongs m Imm. 19isco., and Tcntcrfleld in lmin. Msec., Vasilkov and Oatalina ran five furlongs in lmin. Slsec. .Chimera took lmin. ssec. for the same distance. Bon Bolt was ahead of Duo at the end of a mile done iu lmin. 45 3-ssec. Ilacoful covered six furlongs in lmin. 22sec. Hymestra, Zola,, Simon. Crucelle, Trespaßß, Rebuff, and Humbug , did usef ill work. , A number of two-year-olds sprinted nail a mile, tho hest being Panache, Rational and Kick Off.