NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 45, 21 February 1918, Page 5

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(81 "JIR LANCELOT.")

Desert Gold's engagements at the V.R-C. Meeting are the Essendon Stakes, one mile and a quarter; . C. M. Lloyd Stakes, one mile; The Governor's Plate, one mile and a half; and The King's Plate, two miles.

Lingerie ia credited with being at the top of her form at present, and she is expected to race prominently at Wanganui.

While competing in the Hobart Cup Le Noir (Traquair—Koscommon) fell and broke his neck. Le Noir was bred by Mr George Currie at Wanganui, and cost 1025 guineas as a yearling, but was rather a disappointment as a racehorse.

For giving unsatisfactory evidence at an enquiry into some bumping that took place in the Atkinson Memorial Stakes at Hawera, won i>y Volo, an apprentice, N. M'Donnell, was suspended for a month.

Impediment scored her sixth win in the Flying Handicap at the Egmont Meeting. , She has won 1655 soys. in stakes this season.

The well-bred Lockfonn (Multiform— Marvel Loch) was among the winners at the Wellington (N.S.W.) Meeting this month.'

Matty is back at Riccarton after competing at some of the North Island Meetings. She captured ono race during her trip.

R. Emmerson has an addition to his team in a nice-looking horse by Varco, who, when ready for racing, may turn out more than useful.

The St. George's Stakes, won by Desert Gold, after paying 50 soys late entry fee, was only worth 300 soys to the winner. The "Futurity Stakes, run on Saturday, ia'worth 3000 soys, of which amount the winner. receives 2000 soys. If Desert Gold wins this event, she will have beaten Carlita's stake record.

The Maltster filly Agnestes, who competed successfully in the Auckland district as a two-year-old, recently won a fourteen-two handicap at Victoria Park. Imported White Star, who went cheaply at the Shipley Stud dispersal sale, was represented by two-year-old winners at Sydney and Hobart on the 9th inst. Trombone, runner-up in the Ladies' Purse at Egmont, is a five-year-old gelding by Zimmerman—Orchestra. He is therefore a half-brother to Cornet, Tympan, :Fugje, .and other performers. The sectional timings in Margeririe's ■Dunedin. Cup were : —First half-mile, 50? Ec;ec; mile, lmin 43 4-ssec; and this leaves 50sec for the third halfmile. : " . ■ ,

Robert Bell went sore after his trip to Wellington, and had not recovered sufficiently to be able to race at the Dunedin Cup Meeting. The Dunedin Cup, run last week, was the 47th of the whole series, and the 20th since the club moved to Wingatui. The field this year was the largest ever stripped for'the race.'' numbering 18. The previous largest was the 15 in Pungawerewere's Cup in 1876. There were 14 in 1877, when Fishhook won, and the same number in. Prim's year, 1909. ■ ■ '

Although Chortle has only scored two wins this season, his earnings amount to 1220sovs.

Kilflinn was seni out favourite for a mile race at Sandown Park on the 9th inst., but was beaten by the imported horse Jack Annandaie^ by Valeus— Overrated.

Red Pennant, the full-brother to Bunting, wens from Sydney to Melbourne in charge of F. Davis. Nominations for the Brighton Hurdles, Easter Handicap, St. George's Handicap, and Autumn* Steeplechase, to be.' decided at the , Auckland Autumn Meeting, close at 9 p.m. to-morrow.