NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10613, 11 June 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Carbine.”)

The Mastcrton owner, Mr TV. R- Kernball bought the 'Linacre colt, Dunedin, last week. Royal Abbey. wht> won on every one of the throe davs of the Auckland meeting, has been -galloping well on the tracks for some time, and his successes were expected by the cany track watchers. lie is by Quin Abbey from Uranium.

Solfanello joins H. Telford’s stable at Trentham. The Messrs' Biddiford hare sold him.

C. Emerson has again , struck winning form since his return from England, and the other day saluted tho judge at Dunedin. F. Ellis, who was out of the saddie for months as a_ result of accident, also got on tho winning list. Tho New Zealand Racing Conference will. sit in Wellington next month, and the Wellington club’s, representatives will be Messrs J. O. Duncan and O. t>. Watkins. This year’s meeting will be of more than ordinary interest,, and.it several changes in the conduct of racing are not made at least, there will be efforts to . secure the adoption of proposals that have received a good deal of publicity lately. Even ■ the election of officers may bo interesting. C. Millen is now well established as a trainer at-Awapuni. Millen has a num: bor of tho Dwan team,, and one belonging to Air George Laroom under his care, and. as ho is a very painstaking man with horses, the- stable should hav© its share of successes. _ The older of Messrs Dwan’s string include Lord Desmond, American Beauty, and Sweet Tipperary, and among the others is a particularly fine youngster hy Demosthenes from Roe© Shield. H, Gray will do the riding for the stable.

Descendants of Carbine were well to tho fore on tho King’s Birthday. Glencanny won the Cornwall, the chief fiat event at Ellorslie. . Depredation, was sec ond in the Eaukawa Cup, and The Digfer won one of the minor events. In Ingland, Spionkop (by Spearmint) won the Derby.

Gold Kip, who ran so promiently when brought south last winter,. is. coming back to form. News of his. track work is that he is doing well, and his third in the York Welter on Wednesday indicates that he will not take long to get on the winning list if he is carefully placed. The little fellow is no champion. but is a useful miler in the mud. He Iran vorv consistently last winter, but was rather unlucky. 'At Wellington he was beaten into second place by Battle Array, who has done little good since,- and in the TVinter Cup he lost by the -barest margin to Gazique. In fact, many wore of the opinion .that the verdict should have gone to Gold Kip.

Should the seven stone minimum pro posal not get through the Racing Con ferenoe . ,tins; - year ' even, the tenacious Dunedinites can -be forgiven if they give up- in despair; for the hardy annual, looks a certainty this time. Dunedin has stuck well by its pet subject and the reverse it received a year ago was a surprise, for in 1918 it was heavily supported. . This year almost the whole of the. i-acing public looks to tho Con. farence to effect the reform Dunedin has fought so well for. Tho arguments for tho change overwhelm those against it and most of them are too. obvious to make. discussion of them worth while. While being worked at Ellerslio the saddle on Ring Lupin slipped,, and getting rid of his rider, he galloped about for. some time before being caught. He. knocked himself about a little, but his injuries were not, regarded os serious. • The question of /bracketing- horses trained by one trainer was discussed at length at the annual meeting pf the Canterbury Jockey Club. This rule is embodied in the rules governing trot--ting, and it -was eventually decided that it was a matter for consideration bv the New Zealand -Racing Conference. A cable message from Brisbane states that Bunting has, broken down and is not likely, to pace, .again. .'