NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 36, 13 February 1919, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Sir Lancelot."!

The Gisborne winners, Multifual and Multive,. are engaged at the Wairoa Meeting next month.

Besides purchasing Kilbroney at the Elderslie Stud sale, Mr. lan , Duncan secured for the Waikanae Stud the brood mares Killena (Kilbroney—-Ena), in foal to Sunny Lake, for 240 guineas ; Esther, an imported mare by Santry—Persepolis, in foal to Kilbroney, for 500 guineas ; and Rosyth (Charlemagne ll.—Ailsa), in foal to Kilbroney, for 200 guineas; also a chestnut filly foal by Sunny Lake— Showano, for 150 guineas. Messrs. E. and V. Riddiford also bought five lots. They got the sister to Kilboy (Kilbroney —Gyre) for 360 guineas, and went to 600 guineas for a brown colt by Kilbroney from Symbolism (by Symington —Amphora), for whom Mr. T. H. Lowry gave 775 guineas. They purchased privately a bay gelding by Sunny Lake from Murcia, and went to 300 guineas for a brown gelding by Kilbroney—Ruthful. The last-named is a brother to Jeff, who is winning races in New South Wales this season. The other purchase of the local'owners, whowere represented at the ringside by Mr. ESrie Riddiford, was a bay filly foal by Absurd—Marsala, by Field Battery from Holyrood, an imported mare by Symington. Marsala is the dam of King Curio (by King Eufus), a winner in Sydney this season..

Paraoa and Golden Grafton, who finished first and second in the Ohawe Hurdles at Egmont yesterday, were similarly placed on the opening day at New-Ply-mouth. They i were handicapped on similar ternis, at a difference of 101b in the Westmere Hurdles, two miles, on the opening day of the Wanganui Meeting. Paraoa will now have to put up 101b extra, which will bring his impost up to 12.6, top weight. After winning the principal event at Taranaki, Afterglow paid a fair prioe in the Egmont Gup, in which she was nicely weighted with only 21b more than she won with at New Plymouth. The writer did not hear what happened to Afterglow in the Douro Cup on the second day at Wellington, but she must have been very unlucky to finish out of a place. Perhaps Deeley met with some interference. Yesterday. Afterglow was a slightly better favourite than Dusky Eve, who filled second place. He ran two good races at Awapuni at Christma_ time, and had not raced since. H© is in the Wanganui Cup with the handy impost of .7.3. Afterglow is not in the Wanganui Cup, but R. J. Mason has Karo in with 7.5. Both fillies are by Demosthenes. Sunglow (dam of the Egmont Cup winner), is by Multiform —Otterden, dam of Martian and Boniform, so that it will be seen that Afterglow is well enough bred for anything. It was Mr. G. D. Greenwood's second success in the race, which Emperador won in 1914.

Only Gloaming, Desert Gold, and Croesus started in the Egmont Stakes, and they finished in the order named. It was unfortunate that Desert Gold should havo met with interferehce through Croesus stumbling. Probably backers of •Gloaming at Ne,w Plymouth will consider they were unlucky not to collect there. The result of yesterday's race makes the Jackson Stakes look a fairly good thing for Gloaming, who meetDesert Gold on 71b better terms.

Fulica'and Cotillion were both withdrawn from the -Meremere -Hack Flat. Metallum (All Black—Winning Post), who ran second to Philomela at New Plymouth, scored from Hallow, also a winner at Taranaki. ' ■'

Army Service was not produced in the Ladies' Putse, which went to Spinifex, by Foremost (sire of Fortify), from Calceolaria (a mare by Recluse from ■Daisy Clipper), who was a-more than useful performer some years ago. Spinifex is a four-year-old, and as his dam was the same age _in 1900, she has been a long time getting her name on the winning list as a producer.

Birkenvale (Birkenhead-^Strathspey) scored his first win this season in the Flying Handicap.' He raced on both days at Taranaki, being placed behind movement and 80-Peep in the Farewell Handicap on the concluding day. BoPeep has raced consistently throughout the season, but is just good enough to get beaten with the weights she is asked to carry at present. Both horses were handicapped for the Flying at Wanganui on the same terms at which they met yesterday—at a difference of a stone. Birkenvale will now have to carry 71b additional. "Birkenvale paid a great price. Since racing •at New' Plymouth, Birkenvale has been purchased by Mr. Percy Nash, of Palmerston Noi'th, and" was making his first appearance in that owner's colours yes? terday.

Philomela •-was heavily supported,, for the Waipapa Hack Flat, but the weight and distance were too much for her. The consistent Tiranga (second to Robur at New Plymouth) was similarly placed behind Perfect Day (Guianforto —Country Picnic), a winner at Waverley earlier in the season.

Backers went for Active (with Gray up), in the Whareroa Welter, seven furlongs, and it appears that he was unlucky to be beaten by the New Ply-mouth-trained. Paddington Green, who has the reputation of not being too reliable. H. Gray has generally ridden •Paddington Green, who has not won a race for over a year, and declared at •Trentham that he would not ride him again. That horseman would not be too pleased at the chestnut getting., his h'ead in front of Active. ,