NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 41, 12 November 1920, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

The Metropolitan Trotting Meoting will be concluded to-dny. b Tho 0.J.0. spring fixture will be brought to a conclusion to-morrow. It is becoming Increasingly evident ns eachmeeting goes by that tho breeders of the Dominion made a big error when thev allowed the imported Demosthenes to co to Victoria, where ho is now doing dutv At the Kiecarton meeting his progeny won' the New-Zealand Cup filfed first andVrconS in thg-Derby, and nil three places in tho Canterbury Cup. With Duo, Oratress 'ind Delight engaged in the Stead Cold Cun to-morrow, there would seem to be a cool chnnco of Demosthenes providiij" the win tiers of the four big events nt the (It. turc. Karamu, who won' the Queensland Cun on Wednesday, with 7st. 51b., is a New Zealand-bred colt, being by Woiawa from Marty, an imported maro by Marlauon. Seremond. who ran second, had previou«lv won tho Albion Thousand, and the Queensland Derby. He is one of the progeny of Seremond, a Bon of Desmond, who is doing particularly well in Queensland Evidently Refraction iB not in the same class as her redoubtable brother Gloaming, aB at Flemington last 'week the filly could only run. a couple of thirds. Her breeder. Mr. B. F<. D. Clarke, niU6t now he sorry for not accepting the big price that was offered for her when she was « yearling. Biplmio is again training at Unndwick. It is noarly two and a half years since the once-brilliant son of Comedy King won a race. Mr. T. IT. Lowry bought a filly by g un . star fioni Teal (Eager-Wild Duck) at the Doncastcr yearling sales, and sho has gone into the charge of S. Dnrlinsr. If tho filly is found to bo good enough, Mr. Lowry intends to race her in the Old Country Absurd, whose two-year-olds this season have been sweeping the bonrd, has ulroadv bcfii booked up next season for 200 guineas. Carbine with £29,476. Oetigno with £26,616, and Poitrcl with £26,127, are liow at the top of the list of stako-winnerß in Australasia. Gloaming is expected to start, in the Electric Plate nt Tiieaartou to-morrow, nnd though lie will have, to curry 9st. lib., taking a Hue through his recent track

work, (ho Eoldins should make things very interesting for National and co. On t ho Hist day of the Ohrinlchurch yrarling sales tlio top price was realised-by a bay colt by, Kartian from Hose Red, for which Trainer I'. Hazelman had to pay 850 Ruincnß. The youngster Is a rullbrolhor to Ilaseful. and a half-brother to HisiuEham mid Hlr Utilph, and a lullbrother in blood to Snsanof. lioseKcd beinga sister lo Ukraine. The next best price was 475 guineas, which was paid for a rull-brolher to Moluihi (Murllaii-Intclll-fence). Inlormation has been received from Bulls of the death of the one-time brilliant racehorse Advance, which occurred at Mr. Duncan Frascr's, Paiawanui. ybarlingT'sales By Telecranh—Pr»«s Association. Christohurch, November 11. The yearling sales were concluded today. Tho principal suJoa Averes-Oult by Gay Lad—Dnlichlck. A. P. Hyinea (Hastings!, 2!iop:iis.: filly by Ati?ur'd=7ormles3. Sir 0. Clifford (Christehurch), 3Cogns,; Ally by Donlform-Glcn Helen, W. Losan (Kakaln), 325srnB.j oolt by Bontform—Philomel, Vf. I!.. ICemball (Mastcrton), ZOflirus. Two-year-olds and others soft at follow:—Kilfnnc, .T. Dclarpey (Southbrid[re), 32Scns.; Solfa, P. I). Pearson (Christehurch), SMgns,; Kildcre;, J. B. Pearson, 3Meus.; Solstice, H. Gnisford (Dannevirke), ZWgyji.