NOTES AND.COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 7

NOTES AND.COMMENTS.

(Br GLCNCOE.] It was a beautifully fino morning at Trentham yesterday, and a lot of horses wore on the tracks, but no' work of any importance was done. Both the Courso proper and the trial gallon aro in good order—tho local trainers state that they 'wero never better—but a few light ' f-howers beforo tho, meeting- will- not do any Tiarm. Yesterday the red discs marking tlio distances on 1 the course proper ■wero to. bo llainted, and new'triangular discs'-were to bp'erected on the tan track, so 'that the work of : lifting tho horses this'-week will be-made a-little easier'. The only Cup candidates present yesterday, were Iraniii, llerrivonia, and Goldfinder. Tho last : named, who is a very lazy" track horse, was shaken up t.o a pace on.tho tan. A couple of ..the'..candidates. for' the big; race were expected last- night, and .seVeral will: arrive to-day. • There still appears to be some doubt as to whether Hiss Mischief will start or whether the stable will rely on Lady Reina, but.ild doiibt as soon as the owner of tho pair arrives in tho city he. wilt take the, public into his confidence. • • 1 . - : " ■ The bulk of the betting .yesterday was for Los Angeles, who shortened in price, wine .Miss Mischief stretched, a-point, but. still remained' favourite. The following,are considered to be the probable starters and riders:—Los Angeles 9st (\ Oliver); Iranui, Bst. 41b. -(W.' EvanVMerriyonia, Bst. lib, (XV., Ryan); Gold:finder, 7st. 13lb ' ® Doeley); ,Miss' MisSiu ef '/ \ „ I,® - ® ta y) •' Mendip, 7st. Sib; (—);" Parable;; 7st. - 21b; • (C. Brown! • Vi, 6st. IMb. (J. Kemp); Lady Reina, Gst! ™ Emorson) ; and Penza, 6st. 71b. (M. :Jl Donald)., ... nS' ; who comes north to rido Obsono m the Telegraph Handicap, is a very .capable horseman/ aid already ho -has- ridden twenty-four winners 'this season.. . . .:.. ■ • Ronald Cameron, writing from Melbourno; on January 9, informs the writer that ho had just returned from the Perth Cup' rteeting. ' Ho ,had not the good fortune to rido'a winner in tho West but lie states, that lie. enjoyed the,.trip. Effort showed signs of slight bleeding 0)10 morning -last week, and that is tho reason of her withdrawal- from the Telegraph Handicap. She may not bo a starter on any day of tho Trentham tnecting. It is stated that Danube, is destined for Australia, in the autumn, provided all goes well with, him in the meantime. -When tho trainers of horses in'the Great Northern., Foal- S takes were fined ■last month for hnving, -tho horses! late .in. the birdcage, it is said that tho first intimation which they received of tho affair "was a messago" after tho race that the . stewards wished to f.eo them upstairs/' They all jumped to the conclusion that they wero being called on to celebrate the twenty-flftli anniversary of the race. Imagine their surprise when, instead of finding champagne, they wero each fined ill. * In'addition to the Cun horses'mentioned above, the following horses-Were pre■eent" on: thd; Courso at Trentham yesterday:—Dearest, Gipsy Belle, Hereward, Laius, St. Felix, Peter Pan, Aloha, St. 1

Pejersburg, Lady Medallist, Iranui, Effort, Gold Lace, Turna, iliro, Lambton, Septimus, Sinipis. Daunton, Nithdale, Big Blast, Counterfeit, Colleen Mary, Dazzling, Lady Kilchernn, Bracken, Whitcstoiio, Pa'ssive, First Battery, War Quceu, Souite, and others. Acceptances for tho first day of the Foxton Racing Club's summer, meeting, and onfries l'or the Trial Hack Race (first day), and Maiden Hack Scurry (second day), close with' tho secretary to-morrow. At tho Wairio Races on Wednesday last, Sergeant was given a preliminary jump ' piior to tho hurdle race. He failed to • clear the jump, and broke his nock, while his rider received a severe shaking. The race was afterwards won by the Birken-' head gelding Erl King, formerly wellknown in this island. Nominations for the Wanganui Jockey Club s meeting eloso next Tuesday. Gipsy Belle, Obsono, St. Tonoy, and Mon Ann, who aro engaged in the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham, have all been accepted for in the Electric Handicap. Penza, a Cup' candidate, is .engaged in tho Open Welter event on the first day. _ Thero were only .three contestants in the 2.32 Class Trot at Richmond oil Monday January 9, but they represented valuable horseflesh (says tho Melbourne "Argus"). Tho imported American gelding, Dan Burns (latq Harold Boy), was afwavs a solid favourite, and started at odds" on. The Osterley horse Commotion, and tho great pacing mare Sal Tasker, from NewZealand, were only moderately fancied. Tho latter made her first appearance on a "Victorian track, and was greatly admired. She began slowly, as is, her wont, and 10 to 1 was quickly on offer against ; lier. Sho .speedily warmed to her task, aud was. moving at about a 2.12 gait to the mile, when .the favourite parsed the . winningpost with a lead of 25 yards. Crucinella lias beep entered for the Hobart Cup to be run. nest month. At tho Mentone Races, 'Melbourne,. the Merriwee mare, Magneto, started at a good price, aud won . the .-principal handicap,' thus supplementing the-Hanging Rock Cup victory lor Mr. Middleton Melrose. Magneto covered the mile in lmin. 425ec.," and her owner is credited with having a substantial win over tho race. W. Price will ride Sea Queen in.theTeler graph Handicap on Saturday at Trentham. Recently sportsmen'have seen a couple, of glories of the past in Lutteur 111, und Christmas. Daisy, of. Cambridgeshire famo' (says the Paris correspondent of an English '. paper). The .latter has coino across the . Channel to try what Fortune lias in re--serve for him between the flags over hurdles which are far easier than those which have ; to be negotiated in England, and per- : haps continue his training during the' winter, taking good gallops in public with the French cross-country cracks. When Hogan, who rides, has had the neccssary experience over the different courses he has -. r.n negotiate we inay perceivo the proof ofthe excellent judgment which prompted. Mr. E. A. Wigan, in whose name he may take part, in the Prix de Monto Carlo, to . ?eud him across the Channel. Lutteur 111, like Christmas Daisy, had to be contcutwith third position in their respective races! He was sent out . fit and .well by Batchelor, but, as before remarked, speed is not so much the forte of tho . Grand National winner as jumping, and tlio'.class' lie would have to meet at Nico bas caused other representatives of tho stable to be preferred, while it is more than possible that noxt year ho-may again undertake the journey to Aintree.