THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 68, 14 December 1920, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

By Glencoe.

There will be racing at Danuevirke and Taumarunui to-inorrow, and at Waipa on Saturday. Owners are reminded that acceptance for the Muma\vu, , tu Meeting closo to<night. Weights for .the Wairarapa Meeting are due 011 Friday next, aud acceptances close on the following Thursday. At tho conclusion of the Danuevirke Meeting L." Wilson will go on to Auckland with a team of five horses. _ - " From Napier comes word' of the ae.ith of Iliad's llevo, which was n useful former in his day, and which has been 1 doing stud' work at his owner's place for a few seasons. ... The racing at Ellcrslio will 6tarr. at 11.30 a.m. on Boxing Day and succeeding days. As a general rule clubs are now going in for an # early 6tart, which means an early finish, and gels thß people -from a distanco home at a rea* sonable hour. , Trainer W. Mantle was very pleased with th© two eiforts of Silver Link at Feilding, and he fully expects the speedy daughter of Achilles to win one of th» important -sprint events at Ellerslie. ' llr. J. 13. Gaisford has claimed the namo of Marl: Time, for his two-year-old colt, by King Mark—l3y-bye,. also I rojeetor for a feiding by Projectile—Nipple. When Asterina won the open sprint event at Woodville it marked tho tirat success of A. Oliver as a trainer. Tho New Zealand-bred Fimnnrk, whose stake earnings fall far short of the J23000, which he cost the New South Wales sportsman, Mr. A. F. Wade, has several important engagements at forthcoming Sydney meetings, but in every instance ho is called upon to carry a stiff burden, In the Summer (Cup (one mile fiv« furlongs). Bst. 121b. is opposite Finmark's name, itnd in Tattereall's Cup (one mile and a half) lie is called upon to carry- 9st. Tho Australian-bred colt Dunedin continues to Bcorc for his new owner, Mr. W. H. JCemball. The latest capture registered by the good-looking son of Linncre was the Oete Handicap,, of £300, at Woodville. Dunedin having won four of tho five races he has been called upon to contest since ; passing into Mr. Kemball's hands, the Masterton sportsman has good reason to rejoice over the purchase of the bay colt. Statuette has now supplemented Arrowsmith from the. position of favourite for the Railway Ilnndicap at Ellcislie. The report is going the rounds that H. Gray will.rice hfr. and the rumour is probably correit. If the imported horse is successful lie will have to improve on his many fine performances before ho could concede a brilliant mare , like Statuette 361b. When the pair met in: the Telegraph. Handicap at Trentham there was only 191b. between them, and while Statuette won Arrowsmith finished out of a' place.

Maioha has teen freely nominated during' the holidays, mid liis name figures in the lists forAwapuni, Mnrton, Auckland, and Hastings. Though he has not been a success on the Ellerslie tracks no far it is probable that he will be given another chance there, and it' ho does not do well he can bo railed hack in plenty of time for th(j Marton Meeting.

TROTTING HANDICAPS CORRECTED. Bv Tclccronh-Vrens Association. Auckland, Decomber IS. V.ln the Auckland Trotting Cup handicaps, Partner, Rangitata Lass, Gleaming, and. Vice-Admiral appeared as 3G yards behind, instead of 24 yard 6 behind, the correct handicap.