NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BT. "SIR LASCILOT.")

JVith the recent spell of dry weather the\course at'Trentham was getting very hard. There was a good downpour on Friday night- and Saturday'•'■ morning, ■which gave the tracks a thorough soaking. The lain was very welcome, although it caused the early morning work to-be postponed. The trial grass gaJlop -was open alter breakfast, and most of the: trainers with horses engaged at forthcoming meetings allowed them to mil along.

Koyal: Divorce covered seven furlongs in-j-lmiir 33 '2-ssec. Tlie imported' horse is •improving;'-arid should be nmong the winners:before .'the end of the season.

Gaze>yorthy covered a mile in lmin 47sec. _- She- is probably carrying, more condition now than at any. previous time, aid. with-ordinary luck should be heard of -during'the, holiday meetings. „ Scion-, who is not a good track worker,;'took lmin 47 2-ssec to go a- mile. Judging by his recent efforts, he is not a Weight-carrier.

(Juest was also given useful work. The quartette mentioned leave this week for Woodville in charge of T. F. Quinlivan. They are also engaged at Bllerslie, and •will go provided the handicaps suit". . ■ .. ',:" '. '--v'■.':'.'.' .:: '■.-'.'

Printemps _ (C. Butler) went well. in a try-out' with 'Stream over seven furlongs, which took -limn 33 2-ssec.

jackaroo and Zero Hour,,were given ■ome praotic'e at the barrier. .They afterwards galloped four furlongs, and finished ;in the'order named in 50 3-ssec. A. Goodman leaves for Feilding to-morrow ■with Printemps, Jackaroo, Stream, and Rene Mavis.

The only _ other Trentham representative for Feilding is'Otauru Kid, who will be ridden in the Hurdles by P. M'Brear*y-. -. He -did a round on Saturday morning, and moved -fairly well, going in company with Elmorz.

Kilroyal (C.~ Reed) and Carawock were associated over seven furlongs, taking lmin 36sec for the distance.

Slump,.'La Reve, and Pleasant Surprise were .in the,, order named at the end of three furlongs in 38sec. La Reve could have been closer to the first-named at'the finishing post, only" his rider was instructed to keep,, with his stable mate. Ayes .went pleasingly with Vindictive in >a half-mile sprint, which took 51sec. - Last Crust and Idanoe were to have goife seven furlongs together, but they did' not .get .off on even terms.

Bonnie;S6cks and Piquant -were finishing- in 'tHat-'order at the -end of half a mile inT'si V2-ssec. ..." ' !"'!. '.'.'.'.".. '■' :'."

Basso .arid; Sunshot ajso^vfent well in a gallop^in company. -■■ ■■ Solfanello, in front, was amongthose but, but'was not asked to do.much. "••v;';X'.(T. '\■';'.'.'•..^■■.'.'. '.:.'." \

Bright EyeC.Fas associated ;;v?ith the Martian—Violetta filly,- :the pair taking 52s'ec for »foufifuriohgs. -'The latter, carrying a" light.weight (W. Pickett), had the best of the try-out. Kilmar, alone, ran down from the three furlongs post in 39 2-ssec. Jlalston and King of Hearts were together in a sprint home from the fouriurlong post, taking 53sec, without being ridden out.

Kilminster. and Salamis slipped over half a mile in a tick over 51sec. ' lilanchester, - who--was doing better than Wheel, at the finish,, took 52 l-ssec fojr'ttfe same.,distance. , > .. ; !,f h* Timaru double-winner^ Integrity, "m among the- unsuccessful performers ■iatSßificartbji "earlier, in,.the month. She is;pne of Mr. John Grigg's breeding, by Saxby, the imported horse that died recently at Longbeach, from Honesty, daughter of Martian arid Success. She isja half-sister to Liqueur (by Winkie). Another half-sister by Kilbroney is racing, successfully, at . the Sydney pony 'meetings. She is'also named Integrity,and it is a pity this duplication of names could riot be avoided. The Riccarton filly is trained by T."H. Gillett for Mr. W. Brown.

-Muria's name appears .among the hdrsea left in' the Feilding" and Oroua Stakes. She is unlikely to be at Feilding, as she has been paid up for at ■Takapuna. ■ - :

JThey must- have been a, poor lot of hfirdlers at South Canterbury. Likelihood, who won on the first day, was unplaced with 9.S on the last day at Riccautori. Bon Spec appears to have gone from bad to worse. He was unplaced in a-mile and a half race won in 2niin SOsec on a fast track. Likelihood is by Probable—Mavis, and is the cut of a steeplechaser. Riccarton form was found worth following in several cases at Timaru. Warhue (Solferino—Warstep) had the same ■weight at Timaru as he won with at Riccar'ton. Another Riccarton winner I ■wSs Mantua, who had only three oppon- j eiits in the. mile race on the second day, and was in with the lightest weight. At Riccarton she won over the distance named with 8.3 in lmin 39 3-ssec, and at iTimaru had 7.11, being in receipt of 171b from Boadicea. Sprinkler (Winkie —:Waterspray), who divided a race at Iticcarton, won outright at Timaru. He is- evidently am improving sort, as he cairried 151b more than his Riccarton wgight, and ran seven furlongs in lmin 27 2-ssec—good time for hacks. Baurangi, who has previously raced in sp.'r'inf.'events, is to be tried over a journey at Feilding, as his name appears among the acceptors for the St. Andrew's Handicap. , 'Miss Minerva; who conceded Balasor ■weight and a beating on the concluding day at Timaru, is a four-year-old mare by.'Winkie from Lady Minerva. At the R?mgiora- Meeting on Labour Day she rari second.to Swallowflight in the Trial Plate,-and later in the day came out and •wqb tlie Oxford Hack Handicap. Lady Minerva is by Martian from Lady Lilliiin. ' . .The.new tea kiosk, now being erected on;,;the Wairarapa.Racing Club's course atJTauherenikau, is Hearing completion, arid will be ready for use at the New Year Meeting. The erection of the new grandstand will not be commenced until early in January.