NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 109, 4 November 1925, Page 12

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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November 7 and B—Auckland R.C. Spring. .November 7, 9, 11, and 14—Canterbury J.C.

Metropolitan. November U and 19—Waikatoi R.C. Spring. November IS—Aabhurst-Pohansina B.C. Annual November 18 and IS—WJuton J.C. AnnualNovember 21—L«vin R.C. Annual. November 26 and 28—South Canterbury J.C. * Spring.

November 28 and 30—Takapuna J.C. Spring. November 28 and 30—Feilding J.C. Spring. December 26 and 20, Jaauary 1 and 2— Auckland

. R.C. Summer. December 26, 28, and 29—Manawatu B.C. Sum' mer.

Ashhurst handicaps are due to-mor-row, and those for Levin on Friday. It is stated that C. Emerson will ride Gaillard in the Stewards' Handicap. It the chestnut could be relied on to do his very best all the way, he would set the rest of the- field a very merry dance. As ho defeated a number of smart sprinters in the first division of the Flyiiig Handicap at Wanganui when ho drew a bad position at the barrier and failed to jnmp out smartly, he may prove- to be a reformed character. There is no doubt about his pace; he has raced well at Riccarton, has a good handy weight, and a rider who should get the most out of him. If he had not run a number of very bad races last season, he could be recommended wholeheartedly. As it is, one would hesitate before taking any risks with him.

C. Emerson has not a ride in the New Zealand Cup. Other mounts" besides that on Gaillard on the opening day at Riccarton will be Assurance, Paper Rose, Cqch-y-Bondhu,- and. Winkle's Best., :

J. Beale will ride R. J. Mason's horses at Riccarton when the weights permit. He will ride Deucalion in the New Zealand Cup, and Nincompoop in the Stewards' Handicap. Beale will no doubt be the pilot of both Sartist and Chickwheat in their engagements. It is reported, in the South that R. J. Mackie is to ride Peneus in the Stewards' Handicap and Red Fuchsia iv the Spring' Plate. ' '; The Auckland lightweight, A. Driscoll, has been engaged to'ride Winsome Boy, Cawnpore, Uralla, and Right arid Left on' the opening day of the Auckland Spring Meeting. Cawnpore is an Auckland hack who is' expected to show his real form very shortly. He has been galloping well at Ellerslie.

Good reports come from Te Awamutu concerning Phaola, who is reported to have trained on well since winning the Avondale Stakes. Phaola is sure to be one of the popular fancies for the Weicome Stakes at Ellersiie, and her form at - Avondale entitles her to be. '

■„ Master Doon raced exceptionally well 'at the last' Auckland Cup Meeting, winning the Railway Handicap and running second to Count Cavour in the Derby. At Ayondale in September, looking still above' himself, he showed plenty of speed in the open sprint, but faded out in the final pinch, -He has been working attractively lately,, and it will be • surprising if he doeß hot soon return to the winning list. Barometer, seems to have puzzled the critics in the North, and he is said to. have run. a patchy Tace at Te Rapa on Labour Day. He has been given a great chance in the Mitchelson Cnp, a ra.;e he would have won last year if a spectator had not run out on to the eourso and collided with him.

„.. Muskctpon will have plenty of friends at Ellerslie on Saturday. He is a class horse, and even with 9.5 in the Mitchelson Cup he will make his presence felt. , Brushwood Boy, who is by Nassau from Mountain Dream, and therefore a brother to that good 'chaser Erie, is being worked at Ellerslie by J. Buchaiian. " He sho\ved some pace in the Great Northern Derby last. New Year's Day, and was subsequently sold by Mr. Gerald Stead, at auction, to Mr. C. Montgomery for 390 guineas. Brushwood Boy may come all light, but at present ■ on,e. vcanj)ftt f se.e.,.njm turning into a , very He has; yet to win' a face; 'in, fact, he has not yet. been : placed.- /'.'..' ' ■ '.

At various. periods! extending over a fairly long range- of years efforts have been made; to'secure the legalisation of*' -the ' toialisatbr',.-in the State of Victoria, but 'so far without success. However, .according., to reports from Melbourne,'.the State Cabinet in that quarter of the Commonwealth has at last decided to introduce a Bill with the "ob.ject of legalising the use of .i the instrument within the territory. over which it exercises jurisdiction, and, though there will no. doubt be some organised opposition to the measure, it is fairly safe, to conclude that heads have been wall counted for the Government to take the lead. Members of some previous Executives in . the State of Victoria have at times professed themselves to be quite in accord with the views .of those agitating for the legalisation of the totalisatot", but the present is the first occasion on which the State Cabinet has been iound courageous enough to come, right out into the open . and boldly announce its intention to father a Bill on the. subject; In New South* Wales the deductions made ' in t.otalisator receipts amounts to 12£ per centj —9 per cent, going to the Government and 3£ per cent, to the clubs. It will be interesting to note whether the Victorian Biir-will be cast on different lines in regard to the percentage to be deducted from receipts at the .machine. .

The details of the results of the big. autumn double in England, the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, should make interesting reading. Both , races were won by the American, Mr. A. K. Mocahber, who races chiefly in France. II is reasonable to suppose that the Fors^ti-Masked Marvel doubled, would take no little amount of,money out of the ring. When Romantic finished second in the Musket Stakes at Ellerslie last spring he gave promise of being useful, but he subsequently proved a very way■ward customer, and ran unplaced in each of'his nine succeeding starts. Romanlic has had' only one outing this season, and was again unplaced, but lately ho has settled down a good deal .and liis track form indicates that he is on the improve. On Saturday, atKlterslie, he ran the best six furlongs of the morning. Mr. IT. Friedlander gave a big price for Romantic as a yearling, . but may yet have the pleasure b£ seeing him turn out useful. The following from an Australian exchange would suggest that Heroic has exhausted the patience of most people in the Commonwealth :—After the Caulfiekl Cup Whittier jot a great reception from the croya, and deserved it. Like Windbag, he is honest as well as brilliant, :and he doesn't require a Press agent to explain and excuse bad manners and va^nvies of form. . '

■ The* result of the Melbourne Gup was a triumph for class, and it was i.i evevy way a remarkable result. 0n» would bavo .to search the vecoi'rts ewluUy to £ai j, siarilw twd& to- tint oH ynlex.^

(BY. "VEDETTE")

day, for. Windbag, Manfred, and Pilliewinkie have been more in the public eye than all the rest of the Melbourne Cup runners together. Windbag and Manfred have been the favourites for a long time, and no doubt after his success in the Melbourne Stakes on Saturday Pilliewinkie would have come strongly into favour. Windbag,' by his victory with 9.2, has set the seal on his fame, and he must take rank with the equine stars of the Turf in Australia. Manfred has justified all the good opinions expressed concerning him and his defeat by a horse of the calibre of Windbag was no disgrace. Pilliewinkie did not lose caste by his effort under 8.13, but so far as his battles with Windbag are concerned the balance is now very decidedly on the side of the son of Magpie. New Zealand can take no small amount ■of credit to itself out of the result, for Windbag has been prepared by the New Zealander, George Price, while Pilliewinkie is a real Dominion representative, ridden by the New Zealander, George Young. In practically all respects the Melbourne Cup of 3J235 will go down as one of the most noteworthy in,the history of a race with an abundance of incident.'

The success of Windbag in the Melbourne Cap yesterday, with 9.2 on his back, will give heart to fcha supporters of Te Kara,, who has a similar weight to carry at Bkcarton on Saturday. Te Kara, -although a great galloper, can hardly be placed on the same plane as Windbag, and he has a big task on Saturday. It would be a rather remarkable coincidence if 9.2 was again carried to victory! but the odds are against it. *