NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1922, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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The Poverty Bay Turf Club's Meeting will open to-morrow, and will be concluded on Saturday. Queens Up will again be ridden by Ryder in the Welter, and gets 31b allowance. The hardest she will have to beat will be Correspondent, who won over the distance at the Gisborne Meeting. The distance .of.the Hurdles will suit Crosswords better than the shorter journey. Whanoko only' conies in on 101b worse terms, and may win again. Black Lace, who did not race last week, may be the best of the Telephone Handicap lot. Although raisedi 151b, Perfect Day may again fiilisb. in the Tauranga Stakes in front of horses he defeated in the Gisborne Cup. Hookah was ridden by an apprentice in the Gisborne Cup, and will have O. Browne up to-morrow. Jovial, who has won in his last three starts, will be ridden by R. Reed. Ruruwai has only to equal her form of Saturday last to bo difficult to dispose of in the Summer Hack Stakes, a weight-for-age race with penalties and allowances. Rippling, who ran two seconds on the first day at Gisborne, will be favourite for the Maiden Scurry. R. Reed will be on Good Sport (a two-year-old, by Pqlydamon), who finished fourth in the race won by Landbird'. If Correspondent incurs a penalty in the Members' Hack Handicap, Westerner, with apprentice allowance, may beat him. Previous form points to Royal Blood, with R. Reed up as likely to take, part in the finish of the 'Flying Handicap, especially as Caricature is an- unlikely starter.

Golden Bubble and Absurdum, winners of the sprint events at the Takapuna, Meeting, were both, sired by Absurd. Absurdum had not won a race since he scored on the concluding day of the Avondale Meeting in the spring. The Gisborne apprentice T. S. Fanning is to join R. J. Mason's stable. ; At -a sale of thoroughbred stock at Gisborne on Friday last, Our King (Multifid—lndian Queen) was passed in at iOOgns, and .Kingly (Our King—Lady Ainsley) at 300gns. On several occasions this season, owing to unforeseen circumstances, Ashley Heed has taken the place of his brother Roy in the saddle. Owing to the postponement of the Takapuna Meeting, Koy was unable to wait for the second day, having to leave the previous day for Gieborne, and Ashley had the mount on Absurdnm. Admiral Codrington showed signs of soreness in the Gisborne Cup, and at the finishing post there were only two horses behind him. He was not raced the second day. H. Hickey has had him out on the Waikanae Beach every morning and may have him freshened up to run at the Poverty Bay Meeting. Epj' P>eed has been rather unlucky this season in connection with horses owned by Mr. W. G. Stead. In the spring he was suspended over Absurdum, when riding The Hawk in the Hawkes Bay Stakes. Shortly after he reappeared, when he was riding Maioha Truthful fell in a race nt Hastings, and the rider was stood down foi a further terra of three months. When he reappeared ho won the Kotorua Cup on Truthful, the horse that had caused his temporary retirement. At Takapuna Beed was again on 'the carpet over his handling of Radiant Light, and got off with a fine. Caricature (Absurd —Carmania), who was credited with running six furlongs in lmin 13sec on a circular track at Gisborne, has been sold, and will be shipped to Sydney to compete at the associated meetings.

Wiriwhata (Sarto —Similette), formerly trained at Trentham, has had his name changed to Simulate, and is now owned by Mr. D. J. Barry, of Gisborne. It is stated that the native name was changed because it was that of a prominent member of the Opposition benches. ' Trainer J. H- Jefferd engaged some of his team at the Hamilton Meeting, but after four days' racing on the East Coast decided not to make the trip. , The veteran performer , Gaisique would appear to have seen his; best day, as he was tailed off last at the finish of the Gisborne Cup race. He ihas been engaged at Opotiki. Cuthbert Morse has also put Jovial in at. the meeting named and at Tologa Bay. Chrysostom (Demosthenes — Golden Ball), who has not raced up to expecta-' tions for some time,, has been sold to go to Melbourne. Delivery is to be given after the Poverty Bay Meeting. \ On the opening day of the Giaborne Meeting, A. Dixon, the successful apprentice in J. H. Jefferd's employ, won a race on Miss Itoseland, trained by his father. This brought Dixon's number of wins up to thirty, and he will not be able to claim apprentice allowance in future. Messrs. K. S. Williams, M.P., and A. B. Williams, on account of urgent public and private business, were unable to be present at the Gisborne Meeting, where their colours were carried to the fore by Caricature and Landbird respectively. . There will be racing at Gisborne and Dunedin to-morrow, and both clubs hay« ■been favoured with good acceptances. Large Holds at Wingatui. will include the South Island's best performers as well as a fair representation from the North, mainly consisting of Mr W. R. Kemball's contingent, Vasilkov, Vagabond, Trespass, Bumptious, and Martian Miss. Until Vasilkov won at Ric-ca-rton on Saturday' last the Wairarapa sportsman had been off the winning list for some time, but it is expected that the team will pay expenses in the South. 1 The1 Dunedin Cup has drawn 19 acceptors^ with Amythas, 10.5, at the head of the list. Elens, who ran third in the same event last year, has been scratched. With all his weight the big Demosthenes gelding will have a strong following, and his recent track work suggests that, the Cup is not out of his reach. The Wellington Cup winner, Insurrection, on form at Trentham, does not appear-to be overburdened with 8.13, and the same may be said of Palestrina, with 8.5, including a penalty for the win at ■ Riccarton last Saturday. Winning Hit has 81b more than he carried. in the'"' Wellington Cup, in which he failed over the last part of the journey, and hie performance last Saturday— just beaten by Trespass for third money—will have to be improved upon if a plnce is expected at Dunedin. Vagabond 8.9, and Trespass, 8.3. will be bracketed, and both should be prominent. Too Chow has taken a long time to satisfy his supporters, and the field Vm this occasion looks too gopd. Some of the lijrhtwei«hts, who include Purple Spur, .Mazatna, and Tin Soldier, may do well, but at the business end it would not be, surprising to find Amythas, Insurrection,! and Vagabond or Trespass doing best. A good parade will take place for the

Publicans' Handicap, in which Royal Mac, Silver Peak, and Songbird, and Bon Spec,, the top-weights, will have plenty of supporters. Con^Rigs 8.1, and Pyjama 7.7, have been very well treated, and if both are .in form they should be in the picture Mantua and. Tatau Tatau are engaged, but will have to improve on recent performances. The distance may be a little short for Martian aiiss, why finishes strongly. She got a bad .passage at Christchurch. Last year Silver Peak 9.9, and Pyjama, 7.14, filled second and third places. Barrister is well placed in the Hurdles, and Mandrake, after poor results in recent flat events, may make amends. The Trial Stakes field includes Weird and Vice-Royal. Vasilkov, Filigree, Angelo, and Liqueur appear in the President's Handicap. The first-named is also in the Stewards' Welter,' in which the opposition is stronger, including Palamon, Sembric, and Mythology. All British and Madam Chiron may reproduce form in, the Berwick Handicap, the field for which also includes Filigree and Liqueur (engaged in another event) and two good ones in Royal' Admiral and Nunerrant. It is probable that Prosperity will not contest the Champagne Stakes, in which case Triermain may be able . to demonstrate that he is worthy of the confidence placed in him at the recent Canterbury Meeting. Veil, v however, will be hard to beat. Nominations for all events at the Dannevirke Autumn Meeting close on Friday, at 8 p.m.