NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 241, 29 June 1918, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBY Glencoe.l

Wellington weights arc duo on Monday, and considerable Interest attaches U> allots niciit-s for tho Sleeplcchase, the Held for which includes Master Strowzn, Collector, Walmai, Bon Heve, and last year's winner, Crib. lies,tli lui,< taken a. heavy 101 lof New 'Zealand fencers of Kite, and Ghicpot is the latest tn go under. Tho Aucklandcr was not in tile front, rank of New Zealand steeplechasers, but was a fair sort. The luck of northern owners has been right out this week. Besides '.lie death of Gluepot there were I lie losses, in the Wimuiera. It was reported that flymeona, would probably rate among the ponies on the other side, and tho Maorilauder would, have taken a. lot of beating in the sprints. Informal, also, though no champion, was very useful. Ho ran away with a. raco at. Trentham, but wa.a not a. match for Ihe crack juveniles. Volo, who may lie ono of the early fancies for the Parliamentary Handicap at. TTcntham, is doing well in his training. Handy has ricked a, shoulder, and in consequence will not. compete at the Wellington Winter Meeting. While running in tho paddock on Tuesday. Slogan in some unaccountable way broke his near hind leg just above, the hock, and was deEt.royed. Achilledas ri=kod his off front fetlock joint. tJio last time lie was schooled, and, has been on tho easy list, since. The Achilles gelding will not go to Trentha-m. but. may raeo at the Bouth Omterbury Hunt meetiug. Fiery Cross nnd Glendower, who have lie ji physicked, arc to bo placed in work again. Riccart-on, which was not very strong in jumpers this stason, has lost four t sefnl sorts tills month. Kirkby, Wellwood, and Slogan are dead, while Jlanian broke down at Ka.pier ,la.st Saturday. Tha Maryland House of Delegates has made American sportsmen happy by rejecting a Bill that, was designc-d to abolish betting at all the racecourses in Marylaud. The question has been a. muchdebated one in Maryland for some time, and the defeat of the Bill means that tho matter is settled for at least two years, as under the General Assembly rules the same subject, cannot _ bo consklered again at the same session. As the "New York World* states: "Those interested ill the breeding industry and in raciftg as a sport heard the nows with ken satisfaction." Opinions differ on the point, but. I cannot Bee that Biplane has changed much since he was here in tho spring (writes "Pilot" in the Sydney "llcferco"). His neck has thickencd, and he may linvc grown a shade, but otherwise it is almost impossible to note any alteration. Gloaming and Molyncux, who accompanied Biplane, are respectively bay and brown in colour. Both are a bit in the rough yet, but Gloaming, who is a. big fellow, looks as if lie will carry weight if. ho should develop galloping ability. It is probable 'he promises well in the latter direction, as otherwise B. J. Mason would not have brought him over. The Stepniak -Madder stallion, All lied, will take a, prominent place in the winning sires' list at the close of the current ■ season, as, vp to tho .present, his .pro- | gcuy Ti'i'VO won <■£4349 in Rltikes, t\vCDty-ir o I of his representatives having won thirlyI one races. It is also interesting to toto i that his descendants havo gained placemoney on no less than seventy-four occasions. His best winners arc: Vermilion, £680; KauwheTo, f®s; Eedowa, £516; and All Over, £595.