THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3028, 15 March 1917, Page 7

THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS IBy Glencoe.l Visi tors to,the Alaslcrton meeting funny will )>o ablo to sefcuro excursion tickets on (ho railway, available for jcturn until »Sa(.ur<lav. Tho mail train leaves LamT>lqn «t 7.50 a.m., and will mm j» se t down j)assengoi\s. J no Jirst ovont is I lie Maiden I(aa\ live furlongs, ami tho start will bo delayed until J;ho arrival of tho train. Tho field in tiie opuning event includes several two-year-olds, and as (lie youngsters aro well ablo to £o iive furlongs at this tnno of the year, tho big pull in tho weight should enable one of them to score. The best performed of tins ago to date is tho Jligliden gelding Birlconyale, who lias several placed performances to his credit. At Wnnganui he was narrowly defeated by Silver Tongue, but ho will have OK Clarko in the saddle to-da.y as against an apprentice at lyangamii, tho change should be beneficial. Miss do Yal, the top-weight in the March Handicap, six furlongs, shaped disappointingly at Napier. Sea Ltncl will be absent, and Potentiality seems to have lost; all form. Nystad, Menclaus, an< l }y a i° lft toa aro all on the same mark, and the race between this trio and Lady Black, 7st. 51b., should be a good oile. iavouritism may be divided between Menolaus and Nystad. Sixteen horses are likely to face the starter in the Masferton Hack Ivace. Tho topwciglit, Perfidy, is a very smart maro by Multifid, and in her races at tho Gisborne and Poverty Bay meetings she carried all before her. She will get the distance bsttor than a lot of those opposed to her. Ararat. Tango, and Devotion aro the most talked of in connection with the Cup. Tlic runners named are all at home on tho top of tho ground, while tho' Foxton horse Maniaroa, who will carry No. 1 saddle-cloth, generally goes better in soft going. Devotion, who is to bo ridden by A. Reed, has a nice pnll in tho weights. Battle Song, who iron the Trial Handicap at Napier last week, is at the bottom of the handicap iu the six Inrlongs hack race. Ho will bo ridden by tho capablo light-weight, G. Clarke, and may carry moro support than any of tho other runners. Tho Bracelet candidate Lord ' Nelson was narrowly defeated in a similar event at Hawora last month, but on that occasion ho was credited with having all tho 6ad luck, of tho Tace," so to-day he may be expected to do much better. The field in the Opaki Welter Handicap includes Mistic, a winnat' at tho Poverty Bay meeting. At Napier on Saturday tho Gisborno horse wn? i\\ade favourite iii tho Welter "Handicap, but his chance was spoilt by his getting left at tho post. Even under this disability ho was in the fighting lino half way down tho running. Maniaroa has been scratched for tho MastertouCup. Tho Waimate meeting will bo held today. Tho Westport, Opunake, and Ohinemuri meetings will take place on Saturday. Goner,nl entries for tho Auckland Racing Club's Easter Meeting close on Friday night. Owners should note that nominations for the coming meeting of the Wairarapa Racing Club close on Friday. Acceptances for the first-day's handicaps at the .Rangitikei meeting, which opens on Wednesday next, are duo tomorrow night. Weights for the CJ.C. Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps are duo tomorrow.

The two Australian-bred youngsters, Arrowfield (Cardinal Beaufort—Collarine) and Jtudo Cheeky) have recently "been geldedi and aro at present running out at Fordell. E. Mauson, who was drawn in the last ballot, turns out to bo under the standard height, and will not be accepted for active service. ■