THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 62, 7 December 1920, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS By Glbncos. The Woodville meeting will open tomorrow, and will bo concluded on Thursday. A final reminder is given all concerned that cnnies for all events at tho Stratford meeting close to-night. Those interested are notified that entries for nil events at the Wairarapa meeting close on Thursday nexii. On' Friday evening entries for tlio Marton and Ilawko's B;<y meetings arc due. Acceptances for all, events at the Dannevirke meeting close on Friday night. Melting .Moments has been leased by the Opnki trainer 13. Burgess, and wi'l racc in his interests at tho Tauherenikau meoling ut New Year. Duo is now trained at Woodville, where tho trncks aro more suitable at this time of the year. Duo is to race at EUerslie at the Cup meeting, but ho is not engaged in either tho Cup or tho Derby. Whilst returning from tho Ellerslie meeting Toa Taua got hurt, and for, somo time it wns feared that some of his ribs were broken, but he is again in irork tit Hastings, and if be continues on the right wav lie will fulfil his Christ- . mas and Now. Year engagements. ! Weights for the Manawatu" meeting aro duo on Friday, and acceptance closo on Tuesday o£ nexi! week. ■ O'flane. who is top weight in the Hack Hurdles at Woodville to-morrow, has tho distinction of having won at liis Inst three starts. Tho Highden • two-yoar-old • Panache showed a lot of pace in vbe Feilding Stakes, and it will 1m a surprise if G. Price does not win a race with the Panmure colt'during the holidays. Trainer E. Davis has nominated Aureate. for the'handicap events at the Auckland meeting, and the full-sister to Desert Gold has also been left jn the Great Northern Foal Stakes, so it looks its if she is to undertako the Ellerslio Irip. To have a chance of success In the north Aureate will have to show some form at the Woodvillo meeting this weolc. Despite his failure at Aiilihurst. there is every r&ason to think thatf Kouen will race well in tho open sprint event at Woodvillo to-morrow. ~ ~ Chummy (Campfire—Forget-Mc-Not), who has not raced since the winter meeting at Trentiliani, is being railed from Porirua this morning.,and will bo a runner at the Woodville • meeting., Ho goes north in charge of H. Burt, who will ride him in his engagements. Tigritiya, who is engaged in the big handicap at Woodville, has not', so far, won over tqn furlongs, but as a three-year-old she got n mile successfully in hack class. In the Fendalton Handicap at Uiccarton i Tigritiya made a pood showing for a mile, and Bhould bo hotter for tho race, , ■ Owing- to the illness of his wife, K. Bracken, ilhe Australian horseman, will be unable to make the trip across to Auckland for tho A.R.C. summer meeting. . Bracken, it is understood, •w ns ™ liavo ridden several of Mr. G. L. Stead s horses. and may have had the mount on First Saluto in tho Auckland Cup. 11l is interesting to note that only two of tho Auckland Cup acceptors, Glen Cannr and Blue _ Cross, arc' regularly trained at Ellerslie. A Press Association mcssago from london states that 5000 sovs. will be added to the noxt Grand National, making it worth about 7000 sovs., which exceeds the value of tho Derby. trotting meeting postponed. Bv Teleeranh—Press Association.' ■ Timaru, Decembor 6. Tho South Canterbury Trotting Club, which had fixed'ft n March 10 for its next meeting is compelled to postpone it to April 7.