NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 34, 4 November 1920, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Bt Glencoe. The Y 11.0. meeting will be continued today, and will bo concluded on Saturday. Oil Saturday the New Zealand Cup meeting opens at Riccarton. In addition to the big two-miles event the Welcome Stakes and Stewards' Handicap will bo d< The ed spring meeting of the Auckland Racing Club will be opened at Mlerslia on Saturday, when the A.1t.0. \\clcoma Stakes and the Mitchelson Cup will- bo decided. .For the former event Mr.' 11. E. Troutbeck'B Wolowa gelding may be favourite. a.nd liord KemlwortU will have plenty of supporters in the Cup. The withdrawal of Gasbag from tho New Zealand Cup docß n?t mean that there i« any thing anuss with the Iren tham winner, but liie owner. Mr. A. U. Williams, is keen on winning the L)crD>, and he intends to keep the son of Demosthenes fresh for this event. The C.J.O. meeting- promises to be a record fixture. There has been an unprw cedented -rush for accommodation ;jin Chrißtchurch, and the south boat is loaded with travellers each evening. Hie die event bears a very open appearance, and few people care to try and uatne the fav« ouritu. According to latest ncwa from tho south. Oratress may occupy this position. The Demosthenes five-year-old mara has her good showing in the Wanganui Cup to recommend lior, and as she was 'adjudged unlucky to bo beaten, she look! certain to run a great race, Her owner, Mr. S. J. Gibbons, is very; confident, nnd (Icelares that his mare will get the distance a lot better than the majority of the runners. , ' 0. Kmerson has been retained to no© Sunny Corner in the Stewards' Handicap. It. freed is to have the mount on \agabond in the New Zealand Cup. A. Reed will be on Imaribbon. and C. Keod ou Glen Canny. The treble winner MernuH may be Inv. ourite in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes, but good reports concerning Meteorite ara coining from the south, and the Martian colt may stretch Mermin. Tho chestnut gelding Precious Metal, who used to. carry Mr. 11. Acton Adams a colours in steeplechase events, met his end at tho Gore meeting, whero ho fell, and had to be destroyed. Amy thus will not be started until tho third day of the C.J.C. meeting, when ho will contest the Canterbury Cup. That wonderful horse Poitrel. whb has met and defeated .all the best performers in Australasia, uoth in handicaps and at weight for age, put tho seal on his fame on Tuesday when he Bcorcd in tho Melbourne Cup under lObI., .while his stable-companion, Erasmus, filled the role of runner-up. Poitrel, who is by St. Ahvynne, sire of I.ady Medallist, ie an example of the wisdom of not racing too much as a youngster. He was bred' by his owners, Messrs. IV. and F. Moses, who save him every chance. In addition to not racing until ho was a three-year-old, ho was also well , looked after as a four and five-year-old. and though hs has won plenty of races in Sydney, this Is his first visit to Melbourne.