NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBr Qlescob.l L . v The . Napier Park Racing Club's Spring - Meeting, will' bb .'held on the ' >; Grepn- ; meadows Course to-day. Amongst the ij- runners in ; .the Trial-Emdicap; five fur- . longs, is Mr. F. Armstrong's Pearlform. .' The bay gelding .was 'unlucky enough to ' ~ get left, in the ' Maiden ( Handicap ; at . Otaki, and then finished close up third.; ; Handicap ■ wili ■ see several .'NewZealand Cup candidates hav- ;.; '-ing their first run this season. . Amongst v. the number; is Blackall, 7st. 71b., who •! will be ridden :by C. Emerson. Hylatus, ' who is popularly supposed to be the .Karamu Derby candidate. is in. with 6st. 111b. In Open Hurdles, St. Blmn will • have the services. of S.:Reid. On his showing in the Sydenham Hurdles at the S. ' National meeting : the St. Ambrose = geld- : ing is suto of 6»lid support. . Botanist is top weight , in the . Ahuriri Haxik Handicap, and as he is meeting, a lot of half-ready horses he will not be ' tmduly inconvenienced- with; the 51b. pen--alty for his win at Otaki.. • The King's, Guest—Kilworth filly, owned ,by P.' ; Davis, will be a runner in the Juvenile Handicap. She is credited with •being far superior to Lady Elysian.in private, ajid as the latter was a winner at . Avondale the'. public; may send out the ■ ' firit : riamed as first choice. .The Spring ..Meeting ;of;the Australian . Jockey Club opens at, Randwick to-day. Tho Dominion has'several representatives . engaged, including Dia.volo;in:the. Hurdles • and; Colonel Soult ':in':the "Epsom Handicap.'.The. latterfs; special mission is eupposed, to. be the .Metropolitan.; Handicap,ono milo' and a half'. to'-be ;run on Mon-

day. . For the A.J.C. Derby,. Wallace Isinglass is at a very short price, and though, there is a bi'( field engaged, including the Aucklander Housewife, the concensus of opinion is that only Westcourt (M'Lachlan's mount), Eoyal Parade, i and Cettinje are capable of extending, the favourite. For the Epsom Handicap, one mile, only.Wovrak, Garlin, and First Principlc al-c inquired for, and the firstnamed is likely to retain his post as favourite' until flnjrfall. At the Rosehill meeting he carried 9st„ and won the Spring Stakes, one mile, in lmin. 40 3-ssec. .Ho is such a smart beginner that he will 'be able'..to. get .a. position probably .a break early in tho race. The attentions of Mr. T. H. Lowry's team are "evidently .to be divided: In November. Desert Gold and several of the Okawa juveiniles are engaged in the classic events at the C.J.C.' Metropolitan meeting, while Slarco Bello is to be sent to Aucklandfor. the Great Northern Guineas, : That is unless something, unforeseen occurs- in . the; meantime. His trainee (P. Davis) will send up the King's Gnest—KilwoHh filly, Lady. Kilworth, whom ho purchased last autumn for SO jruineas, to contest the .Welcome Stakes, if her fqrm at Napier and Hasting is sufficiently encouraging. After'seven' years'/absence from Australia, L. H. Hewitt made his reappearance in the "saddle at the recent Bosehill. meeting, when hb had the mount on Flippant, 9st. 31b... .who 'finished out of a place.in the-Spring Stakes. A fiill-brnther to Pavlova. l>y Charlemagne ll—Stenka, is among the horses in : training at Victoria Parki Sydney. | He ranks-as a five-year-old. the same.ogo as Pavlova, ■ having been foaled on July 23, 1911.. ■_ .'. Taringamutu has been- left in the • Fawke's BayGuineas,and'all goin? well Mr. G. Nash's filly will bo sent to Hastings to throw down the gauntlet to Desert Gold. If Nones starts in the Dunedin Guineas she will, have to put up. a 7lb. penalty. The present intenti on; is to start the filly, and ehe will be ridden by C. Emerson. ■ Weights for the' Masterton meeting are duo on Monday. Entries for tho Wavorley meeting close on. Tuesday. * Handicaps for the Eawke's Bay fixture will; be decLarM'on' Monday, and. acceptances' close the following Wednesday.. . C. Pritchard too!j- Cyna and Rose Pink to Napier; oh Thursday.; ■ The former has ■been staying on better lately, and. he, is expected to run well in the Hack Hurdlos.