THE TURF

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 248, 14 July 1921, Page 6

THE TURF

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB WINTER MEETING TO-DAY’S RACES AT TRENTHAM Bv Glbnco» All roads will lead to Trentham today. Given fine weather it is expected that a record crowd will he present for the opening of Jhe Winter Sleeting. The first event will start at 11.30 a.m., an/1 special trains will run from Lambton every five minutes from 9.48 a.m.

A new race, in the shape of the Steeplechasers’ Flat Handicap, will be the opening event. It is run over two miles and a quarter, and probably the distance is the cause of such a small field compared with the other events. Omahu is the best fiat performer in the race and he, Alattock (who likes the going), nn| l Coalition will all havo plenty of supporters. Bindle was scratched for the Stewards’ Handicap at 9.20 a.m. yesterday,. This will leave a field of twenty-six. au<r. the issue is most open. The top-weighl(a can be written out, for those at ..the « Irettom of the handicap will set a /very fast pace and have the top-weig’;.t.s extended ajl the wav. Good horfsas who have very little weight to cqirry are Battle Knight, Tari, and Bonriy Briar. Some of the runners in l.he Hack Steeplechase are also engaged in Hie big event on the second day. Daddington Green won at his first atte.mpt over brush fences at Hastings, but Ires a big weight to-day, and Yankee Jack and John Bunny may Iwth extend him. Paddington Green will not school on the tracks, and some of the fences may find him out in such heavy going. Sartoline is a good safe jumper and stays on well. „. Demagogue. Sweet Tipperary, and tor Agnes are all entitled to respect m the ; Vittoria Hurdle’. The last-named revels in the mud. Wild Pilgrim is another good horse in mud, but he is a long time in hack company, which docs not snv much for him. . There is a good field of twenty m the Parliamentary Handicap. The Ellerslie double winner. Strategy, has been talked about a good deal, but the his- ( tory of the race is all against the success of a three-year-old carrying such a big weight. Molyneaux, list. 41b. goes well in the going, but his weight will hamper him at the finish. Royal Star is a. first-class performer and must be counted on to shape well. Bonny Maid the mud, bu;. she may not be ready. JNO thing has been galloping better at Trentham than Jock, and his light weight should assist him to get the dmtanc , while all his past performances of any merit have been accomplished on a heavy track, Arch a ?. d are others with light weights that should have no difficulty in getting the distance. For the big hurdle race the public will be divided in their support, and Multive, Sir Fanciful. Sea De 11, and Penurv Rose will all have a very large following. The first-named has a very big weight, but he can handle it well, and he likes the going on the soft Side Sir Fanciful, 9st. 131 b., may not get the distance, though his pariy express no doubts on this score. Still there was nothing in his flat form to compare him with Multive. Sea. De’il won two races at Ellerslie, but Gladful was up with him on the last day, which form does not read very well. Penury Rose is a rare mud lark, with little weight on his Wk, and he will get a lot of support to-dav mainly on this account. Hawke’s Bay will have three repr sentatives in the Trial Plate in the two-year-olds, Grotesque, Pataiki, and Hinime. It looks as if the race may again to the Bay, per medium of the firstnamed but to Ditehley, Txird Martian, an“Edendale, he will meet strong oppois another big field to finish up jKThis is in Te Are Hand^P d Once more the top-weights can be passed X with the exception of rnrpc well in mud. Bonny Broqs. and Passenger’have, aiso e ’ r gallop to heavy going.

Trentham Visitors—We extend to you an invitation whil6 111 tow . l ' ° w/nis visit to our well-known store, Mil Street. Herb. Price.-Advt.