THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 134, 2 March 1921, Page 9

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS By Glihoob. The Daruievirke meeting will be opened to-day, and will conclude to-morrow. Class is not well represented, albeit the open sprint event will see the two leading threey ear-olds. Duo and Gasbag, in action, but as the pair have been spelled recently it is not likely that .they will be forward enough to show winning form at the, meeting. e , , -rr 9 Signysian, who is top-weight in the Hack Hurdles l2st. 11b., won like a good horse at Woodville, and though the distance to-day is two furlongs further, the moderate lot opposed to him may not be able to extend the fine jumping son of Elysian. The maidens are a very poor lot, the best known of them being Sunbath, one of A. Shearsby’s team, Miss Elva, who has been placed on several occasions, and the Demosthenes gelding Ducalion, who hails from Hastings. . , , None of the three top-weights in the President's Handicap have raced lately, but Murihiku showed winning form at Woodville, and appears to be at the top of her form just now. The unreliable Bonnie Briar continues to gallop well on the tracks, but cannot be induced to repeat the form in a race. . Verbosity is the best-performed hnck in the Tahoralte Welter Handicap, which has drawn a, singularly weak field. Idle Talk is top-weight in the which will give an indication of the . strength of the field. Pente ran a good race in th/; open welter handicap at Trentham, and ngaln at Hawera. If she has gone .on the right way, the full sister to Karo should account for the others, of whom Sycorax and Scornful may be the best. „ ■ Fulsome, the full sister to Humbug, is to make her reappearance in the Juvenile Handicap, in which she meets the dual Woodville winner, Soldier’s Love, on equal terms. The pair may be fully extended by Amorel, who was not lucky at Wanganui. , . Prince Martian may be at a very short price in the open welter handicap, tut he mav encounter very strong opposition from the useful Handy. Admiration reads well in the hack welter handicap. The Nelson mr.'tintr will take place today, and some thirty-five visiting horses were shipped by the Mapourika on Monday last. The Trentham pair, Insurrection and Royal Exchange, were sent across, though neither look like wining a race. Mntntua and Sir Fanciful will be well backed in whatever they start in, and so will In the Pink and Barleycorn, who carry Mr. J. J. Corry’s colours, but the top-weight in the Stewards Handicap may find it a very hard job to present Trentham Rose with 341 b. , NEWMARKET YEARLING SALES. /Rec. March 1. 7.30 P-m-> Melbourne. March 1. At the first day of the Newmarket yearling sales 105 lots realised 18 627 guineas. Competition was not keen.- and prices generally were below last year s level., Mr. E. J.' Watt nald the top price. 950 guineas, for an All Black—Auraria’s Daughter colt, and 500 guineas for a Stanton—Princess Aura filly. A Cyklon-Deneb filly 700 guineas, and a Welkin —Blairc filly 625.—Press Assn. CHATSWORTH STUD AUCTION. (Rec. karch 1. 7.30 Melbourne, March 1. In connection with the recent Chats- : worth stud auction, forty-one lots were offered, of which twentv-nine were sold, realising a total of 11,230 gumeas.-Press Assn. DATES OF VICTORIA RACES. Melbourne, March 1The Victoria Racing Club Committee has anottneed the following dates for the nntumn meeting:—March 5, 8..10. and 12. The Amateur Turf (Hub meeting will be held on March 19—Press Assn. VICTORIAN TRAINING NOTES. (Rec. March 1. 5.5 n.m.) Melbourne, February 28. At Flemington tho going was soft. Coq d’Or. assisted by Vinchilla. did six furlongs on the grass in Imin. 20se<\. Earl Simon three furlongs in 3835ec... Paratoo four in 52!:sec_ and Rathillet easily beat Admiral Collingwood over six furlongs on the grass In Imin. 191 sec. Bon Vue ran nine furlong* in 2min. lOsec. Lancer Plume Aid a strong mile, and Duntulm did nine furlongs in 2min. ssec. At Caulfield. Tressady Queen beat Coolstone over six furlongs on tho grass In Imin lllseo. Lisnnvn.no did six furlongs In Imin.' 16scc.. and Goldtie six in Imin. I6jr.ee. Clever Jim bent. Tmpeyan over plpvnn furlongs in P.ffiin. 30sec., nrul Giute? Maid ran five' in Imin. sscc. Mufti beat Defence and Star Comedian over thn furlongs on the grass in 2min. 15scc. Mililome ran eleven fnHongs on the grass In (imin 33r00.. and Whi-’o did six ii' Imin. l«Jsec.. Cetigne bent Vlctrola over five furlongs In Imin. iWaec. 'f’cntilla brat. Kin" of th" Sea o-er eleven furlongs, run In 2min. fflsno. Rostrum beat. Eusebius over six furlongs in Imin. IRsec. St. Amans rnn five furlongs in Imin 2Jsec.Press Asan. V«R.C. SCRATCHINGS. (Rec. March 2 O.lfl n.rn.l Melbourne, March 1. The following scrntchin’gs are announced: TVewmarket Handicap—Yoorala. Paratoo. Admiral Cdlingwocd. Australian CupAdmiral Collingwood. Snndule. M'Connell will ride SaHtrns. who will return to-nlcht. A. O- Walker will ride Treaandv Queen in the Newmarket Handicap.—Press Assn.