NOTES ON THE RACING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 4

NOTES ON THE RACING.

THE SUMMER HANDICAP. Opinions were very divided as to the probable issue- of the principal event, the Summer Handicap, for which, however, Effort was sent out favourite. Advance's daughter stripped well, but not a_ few people refrained from supporting her, in the fear that she might again, as she had done more than once previously, break a blood-vessel in her nose. Such misfortune did not happen to her, and she was beaten fairly and squarely upon her merits. Los Angelos put up a sterling performance, and fully vindicated the opinions of those who have always held that a mile course is -more to his liking than an extended journey. In consideration of the big load she. ■was hampered with,, Lady Medallist did right well to finish fifth, and were it not that she is a slow beginner/ and thus became badly placed during the early stages, she would have been even closer up to the winner. Full Eatealso ran a remarkably fine race. - He was by no means the first to get going,- and before three* furlongs had been traversed he apparently met with interference, as he dropped righfe back. He then had to run up on the outside, and although he got within striking distance of tie leaders at the home turn, the effort had told its tale, and half-way down the running he was a beaten horse. Genius died away after six furlongs had been traversed, and his form again upset the calculations of those- who maintain that if a horse can carry 9.0 and run a mile in lmin 41 4-ssec in second-class company, he should be able to cover a similar distance in faster time with 2st less upon his back, irrespective of the fact that he is pitted against opponents of superior class. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP. Iranui's form in the Cup was bo meritorious and she herself was looking so wonderfully fit, as she walked around the birdcage, that it was not surprising to see her sent out favourite. Once we had seen her move down in her preliminary, however, some of us began to elsewhere for the winner, as there was no denying the fact that she [vfent scraichily. 80. to a certain extent, she invariably does, but yesterday afternoon she undoubtedly moved with less freedom than she had done on Saturday. Sir Tristram is another of those that prefer the sting to be out of the ground, but his action was not so cramped as might have been expected. When it came to racing, however, he- did not do nearly so well as Iranui, who, after acting as whipper-in for the major portion of the journey, pufc in a fine run, and ultimately finished fourth Parable ■won easily^ but if is 'at last doubtful whether m other circumstances she would have beaten Vi'r : The latter be",gan well enough, but ehe lost her place in the backistretch, and, -with three furlongs to go, she was absolutely last. She then put in quite- an. extraordinary good bit of work, however, and in getting up into third place she registered her most noteworthy performance to date. THE OTHER EVENTS. I In winning the opening event,- Bracken was exceptionally lucky. The favourite, Colleen Mary, got badly .away, and when two furlongs' had been traversed .she was absolutely last. Then she commenced to creep up, and Oliver managed to take her through almost on the inside.' Aunt Sally was even more unfortunate, as "after being last to leave the mark, she had to cover a lot of extra ground' through going up on the extreme outside. True Knight was another that with /better fortune, might have shown up more prominently, a§ after being slow to 'move, he ran' up fourth at the home turn,' when} however, he appeared to get into difficulties, and faded 'away amongst the ruck. Kharpshooter, who had a very bad passage on the second day of the meeting, when he was jammed on to the rails, was selected as the pea for the Melrose Welter, and he duly pulled his backers through. The event proved not nearly so good a thing for him as many people anticipated however, and Jonee-had to keep fairly busy on him in order to land the money. Fasnakyle was thought to have finished third by those seated on the grandstand, but it was only another instance of the angle of view being deceptive. As a matter of fact, Peacemaker, who was wide out from the rails, came with a late run and got up in ample time to beat her decisively. Aimwell, who is a fidgettylittle customer at the post, was bleeding at the mouth when he returned to the weighing enclosure. One of the most interesting races of the day was the dicision of the Hopeful Stakes. Those who had selected Byron as a high-class colt, may now natter themselves upon the accuracy of their judgment, for there is no longer any doubt that in him Martian has sired another really good one. His condition is still susceptible of improvement, and by the time the valuable special weight events that are to be decided at the back-end fixtures comes round, he is likely to hold his own with the very best of his contemporaries. Bootle is scarcely the gelding some of us who saw him race earlier in the season expected him to be, and to-day, apart from the winner, chief honours .rested with Bronze. The, latter began smartly, but in having to maintain her position or run the risk of getting chopped out, she was a trifle unlucky, as the task kept her busy from the outset*! and she never appeared to be comfortably balanced. Peter Pan, a half-brother to the brilliant Armlet, made his debut in this event, , and for a 'green one he did not shape at all badly. Nicely turned colt though I he is, however, it is to be feared he will I never be anything like the equal of his j illustrious relative. ' All Guns, as was anticipated, proved ] the best of good things for the Selling ' Plate, after winning which he fell to Mr. F. L. Kerwin's bid of 110 guineas. I Morejkoff fell at 'the 1 top turn, and, ' unfortunately, hk rider, Fitzgerald, who acts as head lad in. P. M'Laughlin's establishment, sustained a badly-frac-tured collarbone. His injury was promptly attended to by Dr. Fyffe, but it will probably be many weeks ere he is again fit to be given -a leg up. Contralto found no difficulty in disposing' of the moderate lot that .«he met in the Kaitoke Handicap, and the final event, namely, the City Handicap, turned- oat to be the best of good things for Obsono v Right throughout the three days Mr. O'Connor's work •at the barrier was worthy of all praise. He had more than one exceedingly.- awkward horse to deal with, but his despatches were uojfoqp-

ly even. Mr. Hartgill, as usual, proved the right man in the right place, and many complimentary remarks were to be heard in reference to Mr. Pollock's adjustments. Everything went off with a swing. There were no unpleasant hitches, and the meeting may justly be regarded as having been a conspicuous success.