THE SUMMER RACES

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 14, 16 January 1918, Page 8

THE SUMMER RACES

NOTES FROM TRENTHAM

(BS "SIR LANCELOT.''^

'A numberof visiting trainers put in an appearance at the track this morning.

J. Coyle,- who arrived the previous afternoon with Nobleman, sent the Cup favourite, who was ridden by H. Young, a circuit of the tan track. Nobleman bears a solid appearance, but was not asked to go fast.

H. J. Jefferd gave Chortle a strong round on the grass track, spurting down the straight a couple of times. He ■walked away showing little signs of soreness. The present intention of his trainer is that he will run in the Cup and Vagabond in the Telegraph Handicap. The latter did a round of the tan, and Sheila and War March, the other members of Jefferd's team, did light tasks.

R. J. D. O'Donnell spurted the two-year-olds Almoner and Cyresian twice down the course proper. The first named was seen to advantage on both occasions. Almoner has not yet Taced in the Dominion, but scored two wins out of three starts ih Australia. Wishful, Koesiau, and Bon dOr had light tasks. K. Quinlivan exercised Elocution, Silver Tongue, Demagogue; Simonides, and Piraeus, who is slightly sore. It is intended to start both Elocution and Simonides in the Telegraph Handicap.

Multiply is in charge of A. W. Quinlivan. Ho will be ridden in the Cup by H. Gray, and is standing up to tho work well, for an aged horse. W. Kirk rode Parisian Diamond work himself and also sent the two-year-old, Asterial a round of the tan. '

The Chokebore Lodge two-year-olds Heathercote and Lionskin sprinted down the course proper. Ayah is to etart in the Trial Plate, and!, A. Reed will have the Mount on Parisian Diamond in th» Telegraph. Rajput and Blighty galloped home from the six furlongs post, and finished in that order.

Battle Song and Bonny Maid were together at the finish of a. similar task. Alteration, the Taranaki Cup candidate, arrived overnight. He is reported to be a great track horse, and will probably be galloped to-morrow. All the local horses galloped the previous morning did half-pace work. A wire has been received at Trentham from J. M'Combe cancelling the accommodation he booked for Bclair and Subterfuge. One of them got hurt. This is bad luck, as the latter appeared to have an excellent chance of breaking her long sequence of seconds in the Apprentices' Plate.

A. Goodman brought back from the West Coast a mare named Lady Phyllis (a full-sister to the Auckland performer Rebel). Trentham Rose was among those exercised on the tan circuit.

, "R. J. Mason, Mr. G. D. Greenwood's trainer, arrived, from the South this morning with Eleus, Lovesick, Missouri, and Thames. Eleus and Missouri are maidens, and hardly up to the class the well-known trainer is generally associated with. The Maori was delayed by the fog, and the horses did not reach Trentham until this afternoon. With reference to Biplane's visit to Australia in the Autumn Mr. Mason informs me that ho had entered the colt in the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup, and was awaiting the appearance of the! handicaps. The Comedy King colt was not in either of the St. Legers, arid he did not think bo v/as likely to make tho trip across. The difficulty of getting stable attendants was more acute in the- South Island than in the North, where } there were more meetings. It was an easy matter to get employees to look after first-class horses who could win . big races, which meant additional remuneration, bat for the poor class horses that could not win a. race it was hard to get attendants who were up to the work. Chatting over the trip across to Victoria, Mr. Mason informed mo that Biplane occupied tho same atone box that Lurline filled when Mr. Mason visited Melbourne forty-three yearn ago.

Very satisfactory acceplances have been received for the Foxton Meeting on Tuesday next. Waimatao, who is engaged in the Telegraph Handicap at Trenttiam, has been engaged at the Wesfe Coast Meeting.

Sir Geo. Clifford's two-year-old Long Bango will be shipped South to-night.