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NOTES AND COMMENTS

' Bt Glenooe. Tliere is great interest in the comimr ; meeting of the Wellington (lacing Club. • and it is expected that thiß ?.ears apring ■ future will eclipae all previous gathennga. : Splendid acseptances naye .ecu received • for the lifferent handicap events, while the Wellesley Stakes has also drawn the winning two-vear-olds Mermin, Rational. Ton, ■ Taua, and Fulsome. The Avondale wuin'er Jlaunu waa not entered lor the race. Mermin and Rational have already won two races each, and there is great interest in the duel between the pair. . B. J. Mason with the three-year-old Vespucci, was aboard the Ulimaroa. which arrived from Sydney yesterday. Vespucci, who looks none the worse for the racing he had at IMhdwick, is expected to be a, runner in the Champion Plate at Trentham The event named looks like being a bigger Buccess fiian ever. Amongst the older horses are Amythas. Arrowsmith, ' Surveyor, and Karc, The (hree-year-old division will comprise Humbug, Vesnucd. and Delight, which will make, un a truly representative ficM of the weight-for-aso d Mr l0 H. M. Oaiftibelrt colours will be carried at Trentham on Saturday by Bagdad and'Elateddfod. The lasUamed In u, promising three-year-old ny Birkenhead From Mis* Winifred. The pair are trainid by 6. Waddell. and will arrive at Treuthain on Wednesday. ■ • ; . Accrinston. runner-up to Ennflunie » the Caulfield. is an English-bred halfbrother to the great Comrade winner of the Grand Frix. worth £12,500. Accrlne- ™ £2 for a long time In B. BrndfleW. etableß. but he was culled, out, and old tor 250gns. Accrington ib credited with being a good stayer, fio he, should pobscbs finance second to none n the Melbourne Cup. in which he will only have to carry 7S For crossing over too soon after taltuiß tho lead in a hurdle race at Mollmirnc the well-known horseman Stan. Reld was suspended for a month recently He will be bank (n the saddle for the Melbourne winner of the Caulfield Cup. had for weeks post dominated the market, 2nd he ruled"as tho hottest favourite on record. For Borne weeks past the hookmakers had refused to lay. against him, and thev confined their operations to nlflce-bpttlng Enrythmic has now won eleven out of the last twelve races he hai n °Mr J.'Cameron has been reappointed Judge to the Etrmont •RtioiiiK Olub. , The Egmont Racing Club has decided upon' a £12.50 cup for Its Bummer mectin-r. and the had; events will be endowed with £305 as slake money. The open sprint event on the first day will be worth £500 which amount also figures opposite the two welght-for-age events. O. .Tones, with Surveyor. Delight. Truthful. Mermin, and Prince Fervuz is due at Trentham to-morrow. I. flrav Is to ride S;irvi>vor in the Shorts' Handicap. Vlaitora ar? already putting in an anpearance at Trentham. J, H. Jeffcrd has arrived with a team of six horses, ana "I erdav fi. Price brought two horses, an did J. Coyle, while J. Brown brought BailAncrtr 9 n splendid«ho ff Ing in the Spring Stake*, in which he finished boh nd th; dend-hoat'orß Poltrel and Kennanuhalr at practically level weljMs nnr■ nalurally have expected Mr E. J. Watt a Perahore to have started favourite In the A' 3 0 Metropolian Handicap, more especially as ho had 201h. low to carry. How. ovor tho ox-New Zcalandcr Finmnrk was » better fa,vourite on-the day. and he.ran n bold race to the turn for home, but he thon faded away, and Pershore went on and won. Finmark would Becni to lack staying ability, and he Ib not likely to bo seen to advantage In any <>f the big eventa at the Melbourne Cup mooting. It. J. Mason returned from Sydney by ( the THlmnroa yoaterday.

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 20, 19 October 1920, Page 8

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NOTES AND COMMENTS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 20, 19 October 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 20, 19 October 1920, Page 8

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