NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2128, 21 April 1914, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

r,Br Olekcoe.] ' ' . . ' TRACK GALLOPS ATTRBNTHAM. Yesterday's track work at Trentham was not very ■interesting'. A great many horses w«ro ou tlife tracks, but only, a few were extended, t/igat,-- showers feH at intervals before breakfast' and after breakfast steady rain comraeoeed to fall.

Valhalla, who is one of.tnc-\fa.vourites for .the Thompson Sandicap, , covered half a mile in. 60 2-s^ec. Emperador, in company with Gherubini and Histotiette, toot.a fifth of a sttoad longer over the same distance". Expect, with Oliver in the saddle, finished a length behind Parifofm (BeU), who got to the end of tteee furlongs in 37s€c. . • ■ ' Bleriot■ and; Merry E.od'.covered two roiittds at a steady pace.- .■ - ; Royal Arms (Boll) was beaten by several lengths Tny Crown Peatl (Oliver), who covered sis furlongs itt Iniin. 18 sec. Ladoga yrxi given good half-pace exercise. Chakwana : galloped four furl.oflgs.in. 51sec. Ermengardo and Raupani were associated ja a gellpp over sis furlongs, which were covered' in lmiJ>. 19see.

Grit .lawless and The Stroller Were givett jumping tasks attd both shaned satkfactovily. ■ Useful work was ajso accomplished by Chudicj Silver Shidd, Bertrada, .Confirm, Bronw, La Favourita, Eeue, Mar" tiaii Princess, Afliiigton, -Ineuru, Tiora-, Gipsy Belle, Pavlova, Itrtettigibie,' ettus, Ivamiiiohe, Dowp.ham, Kiogform, and a large injmher of others. ' The New Zealand'ked steeplechaser, Wanstead, was a, recent w-inneif iii- Adelaide. Some of those present at the Ellerslie meeting give Gipsy Belle a mors than outside chance in the Thompson Handicap, for she was finishing as well as anything at the end of the Easter Ban- ■ djcap. won by Ventura. Her admirers say that after beiiig beaten for ttoee in the first part fib© w»s running" on, at . the business end. This way he so, but it ia tho contrary to. what has been seen of the Stepnia-k -niare in the paist, i fof she was always a good beginner «n.d two year? ago wcii the Thompson Hail' dieap fwsfti end to -end with Sst. 41b* on hof back. However, she is getting up in years sow, aftd- it is quite pos- - t£at- sho ma* not bogin' with her usual pace, and iu <?<tnsequence, Would finish on hotter.

Haskayce, a good Jri«d perfaniJer. will ho ridaeM bj , C. Ca-rinont in tho Thotupscn Handicap, hat HyettUSj who has an engagement in the North Island' Challenge Stakes, will have- W. -Ryan in the saddle, Gknfinnan, who w»n the Ashhurto-ii Cup last year, is entered'for this year's race. . ■'•■ Jn4ging by , his tract- uork, Crown Pearl has com* on a- lo'fc since tie Auckland meeting. At EEers-lie 'iftoyal Arms used to account for. him very comfortably on the traclss, bttt at Trentbatn yssterdey Crown Pearl, badly defeated his stable companion.

' The Gisborne herae Stta'Uer may to one of the favourites in the Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase oir Thursday. K© is a fine jumper, -and lias pjsftty of pace. It is worthy of n&te that in the Hack Steeplechase 4 Gisbbrne in July it was getterally considerM' that Napper Tandy was fortunate in defeating him. there, is act'.much doing loftnlly on the Thompson Handicap, but if it were known for certain thai Valhalla would run tho Hierareh gelding wmdd doubtless be the favotirit-db «olectiwj. Ho«fcver, as ilie stable lias iilso Eapcradoi , in the same rase- bfß'lrttfs.-aro waiting, off until the'day of .the pee.. At the preseiit timo Expect, ValbalJa, and Bkrkt. aro aqual favourftesj wMle Red Bod{; lias also many adnvirofsi In tho gallop eves' half a mile at ■ Trcnlhasn yestertoy, when Histonrtte, : (. herubinij a«d Empamdor went in ■coinpaHj-, the first-«amed was doing her very best, bvit tho two weight-for-agD horses finished- wH withiii themselves, and tboir efforts Wcro tlistinetly good. The KomiiiatioMs ■ for the. various ovefrts at the Hawke-'s Bay Jockey Club's Autunrn Moiling aro very Rood, and tho gathering promises to bn highly satisfactory. Mr. H'. Ceyio Wiil witliess tho form at Trent-ham on Thursday, aud issue his wcigbts tho following ■day' _ R6MIND-EBS. Otvnots are giren a final rouiiiider that ftcceptaKos -for tho-first day's events at tb* Manawjit-u Rnci-ng -Ohib'siutumn Meeting miosis at -10 o'oiodt tentght, with the club's-, secretary. (Mr. J. M. J-oliiiskiii). Palmcrston North. At tie' eam-e time, final jmvnwnts .are duo. for tho Sixth Maiiawatu Sites' Produce vStfl-kes and for tho ; Tentli Mnnswatu Stakes. . , , In (ib'iwicctioii w-ith the W'anganui Jockey Club's Winter _Meet!tvgj owners should note thafc noiniiiiitiaiis close on Friday next, with thu dub's secretary, Mr. William-Kail. . . ;