THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 160, 2 April 1921, Page 8

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS By Gi.xhcox. Owners are given a. final reminder that acceptances for the Wellington meeting must be in the hands of Secretary A. E. AVhyte by 9 o’clock to-night. Tlie Australian Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting will be concluded to-day. Tho Greymouth meeting takes place today. The Autumn Meeting of the Avondale Jockey Club will open to-day, and will be concluded on Wednesday next. Racing will commence each day at 11.30 a.m.

Blackmail got galloped on during the running of the Great Easter Handicap, and she could not start on the' second day of the meeting. She will be an acceptor for the Thompson and Railway Handicaps, but a decision will not 'be arrived at until the day of the race whe; then the chestnut mare will start Or not'. The two-yearteld Rational has been suffering with a slight cold lately, but he is all right again, and is to be a runner in the North Island Challenge Stakes and the Pacific Handicap at the Wellington meeting. Two-year-olds will comprise the bulk of the field in the Challenge Stakes at Trentham, but it is quite probable that the elder division will be represented by that smart performer, Silver Link. Amongst the runners in the Juvenile Handicap at Avondale to-day is Tireless, one of Mr. Alison’s Australian purchases. Tireless had his first outing at Ellerslie last week, and surprised his conections by finishing close up fourth in a good field. , , . j Tho Australian Jockey Club is advertising for a judge, nnd one of the conditions of the appointment is that the successful applicant must possess eyesight sufficiently good to. pass ft vigorous test This innovation should find favour in New Zealand, for sportsmen do not possess much confidence in judges whose eyesight is faulty. Occasions arise when keen eyesight is essential. Mr. AV. R. Kimball was at the head of the list of winning owners at tlie Wairarapa meeing, with 4549 opposite his name. The Wellington owner. Mr. F. Blundell, came next 'with 445 a, which sum represented the winnings of the Mtelowra filly Canyon. A large number of thoroughbreds were submitted to auction by Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., nt Christchurch on Wednesday, but there was little demand for them. Amongst the sales effected were: All Serene (AU Red-Saranges), io Mr. F. Costello at 25gns.; yearling filly W Corenceaux—Ventalera. to Mr. F. E. Shaw at 20gns.; Adopted (Elysian-De-iania). to Mr. J. Bell at 27gns.; Ambtm< cade ' (Stepniak-Ambush), to Mtt J.. B. Reid at 18gns.; Northern Light (Stepniak —Belle Clair), to Mr. S. Smith at sgns., fillv two years by Mr C. 0. T. Rutherford at 9gns., Litiile ’ Owl (Treadmill—Glenowlet), to Mr G A. Duncan at 21gns.; Jeamerette (Ki'lbroney-Iberia), to Mr. R. J. Flemrag at 22gns.