NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

CH "SIR I/AHCKLOT.") North Island owners are well represented in the fields on the opening day of the C.J.C. Meeting at Eiocarton tomorrow, although Auckland stables are not represented. The lot in the , Spring Hurdles, two ! miles, includes Sir Rosbery and Cer- ] berus, who ran first and second in the | event named twelve months ago. Kosebery should again get in the money, and the hardest he will have to dispose of > may be Sir Fanciful and Locheon. Soliform and Barn Own may be the best of those in the Spring Trial Plate. The Polymnian, runner?up in the Dunedin Guineas, may see the mile out better than some of--the.others. ■ The Rangiora winners, Gossard and Swallowflight, are in the Linwood .Handicap. Glaive may. be the best of' the j North Island contingent engaged, j So far as is known, all the Cup acceptors are likely to take their place in I the field. ■ "The probable starters, with their riders, are as follow: — Scion (A. Oliver), i Roseday (A. H. Wilson). | Boyal Star (C. Emerson), j Deucalion (F. E. Jones). ! Rouen (M. M'Carten). Palestrina (G. Young). / Vagabond (C. Reed). Scotch Mixture (J. Bavry). j Muraahi (L. G. Morris), j Quest (C. Browne), i Pilliewinkie (D. Cotton). I Little River (D. R. Gunn). | Kilbird (T. Metcalf). j Kilgour (W. Bagby). | Kukunie (H. Buriis). j Happy Warrior (W. G. Paterson). i Auckland (D. Butler). Dame Straitlace (0. Voight). Most recent form points to Roseday, j who may be actual favourite on the ma- ! chine, Muraahi and Pilliewinkie. Palesi trina's form, at North Canterbury was j-also good "enough to give her a place i among the probables. The writer ex- ; pects the winner-to come from one of : the quartette named. ! The Welcome Stakes may come to this I Island by the aid of Killocra or Inferno, I both of whom are unbeaten. The best of ! the S^uth Island lot arc-probably Count , Cavour and Lava, both of whom were I successful at Dunedin. | Barmaid, who won at Rangiora, and i Frisco Mail, who was second at the same i meeting, . may show up prominently at ! the finish of the Apprentices' Handicap. ; Many Kittle is unlikely to start in the ! Stewards' Handicap, the big sprint race, ! the field for which is likely to be made | up as follows:— I Glentruin (M. M'Carten). ! Rational (A: M'Cormac). ! Gold Light (D. Cotton). « I Mireusonta (C. ReedJ. ' ! Murihaupo (R."S. Bagby). ! Razzle Dazzle IF. Waddeli) ! Tukia (J. Barry). | Limelight (0. Voight). i Gazeworthy :(C. Browne). ! Peneus (H. Dunn). ; Lovesign (E.'-Lowe). | Parody ( ). | Lady Fingers (W. Bagby). ; Refrigeratioji-f^-T-ii. .., „.. .„ I Wink lA. GfTJowiandsj/'" "' ":'r w Barn Owl (H. Burns). The top weight, Glentruin, has not had a race for some time, and that may tell against her in a hard finish. Rational, whose connections are quietly ! confident, may be the best of the heavy ; weights. Th B three-year-old division is I particularly well represented on the pre- \ sent occasion by Murihaupo, Razzle ■ Dazzle, Tukia, and one of them may ' ? et, the .best part of the stake money. | Lady Fingers, Gazeworthy, and Barn . Owl are others with recent winning form. The last-named scored with 8 4 at Dunedin, but the company was not the same as she will meet at Riccarton | Ardour may be the best of the Riccarton Welter field. Gay Juliet, who is fairly well up for a three-year-old, and Zouave may also take part in the finish It is a class of race that might suit the last-named. The Auckland Meeting also opens tomorrow, and will be concluded on Mon- « day. The principal event is the Mitchelj sDn Cup, in which Stork and Musketoon irfiay prove too good for Mark Time at 'the weights. 3 The form of Motley and Son o' Mine | earlier in the season entitles them to be I considered the best in the Welcome i otakes. \ The presence of Reremoana and Sue i gestion in the Guineas will make the j contest more interesting than if only I local competitors were down to run 3 Pompey and Queen March are the best i of the local three-year-olds, j A high-class programme, of six eventa at Flemington-the opening day of the i Ar" -j 3£ l eetln S—is made up of the | Maiden Plate, one mile; Maribyrnong I £ a. te > for. two-year-plds; MelWrnf j Stakes, weight for age, one mile and a j quarter; Victoria Derby; Cantala Stakes, one mile; and Hotham Handii cap, one mile and a half. ■ [ Scotch Mixture was yesterday ment;°»ed to the writer as a New ZeaTa^d j -the next day he was second with 8 10 | over a m.le, m lmin 40 3-ssec, -being two I wi^nH frora Bwrier- wh° "°» 1 nrf «"ili ??,T 8 b3d third t0 Sun" art (9.12) with 6.11, in the Liverpool ! KnTh {n^\ im'l^ S\ at MunK | qua ter) the official verdict was Kinsem | (8.9), Sunart (9.6), Scotch Mixture (7 4) ! neck, half-length; 2min 6sec At the | same meeting he- won. the AJdworth Tim m i?f Camed tßi> wd he^- Mark , Time (6.12) over a mile- and a distance-. ! His next win was in the Gisborne Cup | when carrying 8.13, winning in 2min Osec He won over six furlongs with 9.7 that Scotch Mixture can muster some speed. He won the Feilding Gup (one i mile and a half), with 7.124. in 2min 36 9.1) and at the same meeting captured the Easter Handicap (one mile- and a quarter), with 8-10, ir. 2min 9 4-Sssc His iwT °l th». se ™™ wa«-in the Prince of Wales Handicap at Manawatu, when he earned 8.9 and beat Quest (7.11) half a. length ,„ Imin 53 l-ssec over nine furlongs. Askari (7.4) was third, and the unplaced lot included Little River (8 3) bepfceh -Mixture, it will be soen ha ' s fairly good form up to a mile and a . M/'^' J A ? { nh°^ W3s'"nable to attend the A.J.C Meeting, but, having since disposed of his Wan.gamii business, was able to leave for the South last night to see Munhaupo race at Riccavtmi. He was naturally disappointed that the colt did not make a better show in the A.J.C. Derby, considering that he afterwards ran second to Shrapnel (run-ner-up, to Ballymena) in the Clibborn Stak.es in lmin 3Ss.ec. Murihaupo won at Riccai-ton;.last spring, beating Razzle Dazzle at a difference of 51b. That was not the first occasion that the French grey haß been to the fora at Riccarton.

Two years previously Oratress, half-sis-ter to Murihaupo, won the New Zealand Cup. When Mr. Gibbons raced as F. Preston he won the Stewards' Handicap with Equitas (dam of Murihaupo) at Bridge's New Zealand Cup Meeting. Other members of the Muriwai family to run in Mr. Gibbons's interest at Riccarton were Apa, who ran second in the Metropolitan to Master Delaval (who was runner-up to Frisco, owned by Mr. Gibbons) in the New Zealand Cup, and, St. Joe, who' ran third to Star Rose and Multifid in the New Zealand Cup, and won the Fendalton Handicap on the concluding day. One of file first of the Mystery Girl family to which Rangipuhi and Muriwai (grand dam of Murihaupo) belonged to race in Canterbury was Conundrum, by Opawa. He was owned by the late Mr. W. (Billy) Weston, a well-known old-time bookmaker, and was a useful performer at Canterbury country meetings. Ridden by the late Jack Huxtable, who did good service for R. J. Mason's stable, he won the Peninsula' Cup, and was also successful at New Brighton, Geraldine, and Heathcote. At the meeting of stewards of the Wairarapa Racing Club, it was I stated by a member that the road from Tauherenikau to Greytown was the worst stretch in the Wairarapa, and getting almost impassable. The remarks were endorsed by another member, who said that ho was not going to Masterton •, again by road. Apart from the rough ride and the damage caused to cars,| the road was dangerous. He compared this road with the roads in Hawkes Bay, which are in splendid condition through the use of the road grader. I Veil was going well at Wanganui prior to leaving for Auckland, -and the sister to Rational is expected to show up well in the Shorts Handicap, in which shehas the light impost of 7.0. ■Red Admiral and Lochson were placed oil the same mark at Ellerslie, but at Eiccarton, where both horses will be racing, there is about a stone between them. According to a Christchurch correspondent, the Otago horse Roseday, who is one of the favourites for the New Zealand Cup, is under a cloud, and he may not be a starter. He only arrived last night, and he was to have galloped, nine furlongs with Dame Straitlace this morning. He soon dropped back a few lengths, and though he improved his position at the end of half a mile he; was then eased up. According to his rider, •A. PI. Wilson, he was never going so well as he should have done, and realising that something was wrong he pulled up after half a mile. The horse was very sore when he cooled down. The trouble is in the shoulder, but the extent of it or how it was caused is not known. His owner, Mr. J. Richardson, stated to-night that unless he was all right on Saturday Eoseday would not be a starter in the New Zealand Cup. The nominations for the Ashhurst Meeting total 210, and are a record for' the club. Those in the principal events are as follow :— y Pohangina Handicap, 6 furlongs.— ! Alabama, Lord Astolat, Still Sea, Happy Days, Good Sport, Civilfprm, Pitch, Prince Hall, Jackaroo, Santonio, Birlie,: Mangawhero, Queen's Tip, Big Push, Waipat'u, Backsheesh, Hytinus, Valley Rose. Ashhurst Cup, 1| miles.—Lady Kotiripo, Bonnie Heather, Helen Rufus, Paonui, Bumptious, Cochineal, Kareao, Detroit, Pantler, Haurangi, Kahikatea, Megan, Bitters, Stream, Zircon, Doleful Ditty, Beloved, Battle Song, Explorer, Admiral Codrington, Hallowroz, Crucelle. ' "