NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 269, 7 August 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

By Glencoe.

The Moeraki, which arrived from Sydney this week, brought the 6tallion GreyFDear. who has been purchased bv a Canterbury owner, also the Im"?. 9 ivrm.n'.wnr winner of the b\dnev lnou S, and-BuShboT. The two latter are to 50 into J- Bryce'e stables. The -trottine stallion Admiral AVooib. winner of tho New Zealand Trottiuc Cud. was uHipped to Sydney 1 esterda^. Ho to take un stud duty. . . Present indications noint to there lie ine a. larec number of irentham horses nominated at the Avondale fixture next month, and Trninevs Telford. Lowe, and Howe are all working various members of their teams the reverse way . ■ Rlackheath, tho three-year-old half-bro-ther to Bobrikoff, liaß grown fine horse, and is imurovmc daily, lie looka Übe beine a cood stake winner for Mr. W, HiKStina this Beoson. While schoolins at Ri'warton. oil Tuesday, Slowcoach was m two. mnidfi as t" whether to so on or not. but atlei. a little ncrsuasion he was cot to comoleto the course. The Australian-bred lierformev can at best, be labelled doubtful as a 'xightraider is exnected to make a. bold bid for victory m tho inter Cup. lilt Choke-bore renrssentative has been raw ig consistently of late, and he is 'i,,!;'?, part of the handicap where the winnel generally comes from.. Isiulitraider lias been causlnsr his trainer eomo trouble rturine tho week, but lie now seems iiuite "Iho Martian—Grand Opera two-year-old in J Lowe's stablns Una be«n eelded. Do has been nut into work at Trnntljara, but is not asked to do much pendiue his trainer's return from lucciU'ton. The Jlasterton jockey, K. does the Unlit riding for Mr. R. Ken ball's stables, has returned to tlio ominiou after a holiday snent in QueenslnAt'WaiiEanui. W. Bayner is ecttims I.istowel ready for the WiU j ffa ""'""mjf, which is to lie run neyt month, lhifl year tho wcicht-for-age event should not be. difficult to win. as the best of the three-year-olds -will be at Avoudate. which niecttnjr clashes with the Waneanui^ that the WauMnul Jockey Club lias uprecd to Ihe Wa\crlejWaitotara Raeins Ohib b annual meetniK on Labour Day bemtt held on the \\ anaaiuit courio. the manaeement .of Hib meeting to be in the liandß of tile Wane H Treiithani; A. Ooodmali has in work a verv neat Ally by Treadmill from the Soult. mare Gold Top. The yoimcßter can act under the nonv standard, and should command a- stood fissure in bydney. ■ A Press Association messace from l.ondon cintea that, a Buenns Aires breeder has purchased Tracery for £53,0M-a. record price. Since Tracery went to tne stud his proKcny have won sixty-three races, ■