NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8363, 25 February 1913, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Final payments for the Wanganui Cup, which is to be run on Thursday, were made last evening, and a dozen horses are left in, all of which will probably see the post. Labour Ray heads the list witn 8.7, Mr T. R. Lowry accepting with her in preference to Bobrikoff. She is sank to be racing back to her old form, and wilt no doubt give a good account of herself. The distance is perhaps a little too far for Mira, but Bronze may be dangerous. She won this event last year, but since the early . part of the season she has not produced her three-year-old form. If she was os fit as she was early in 1912 there is no doubt she would take’ a lot of beating. Masterpiece has performed indifferently of late, and his display at Hawera the other day is not ono that brings him into favour for the event under notice- Cheddar is said to _be galloping satisfactorily In his training, but no has done nothing to recommend him since he won the Great Autumn two. years ago. so he cannot bo taken very, seriously if form is to be used as a guide. Master Laddo and Lady Monschlkoff read the beet of those lower down. Visitors to the Wanganui races may.i by catching the morning train on Wednesday, see the trots at Palmerston North, and return to Wanganui by the 4.50 p-m. train. The Newmarket Handicap candidate. Relievo, was backed last week in, for these times, rather sensational style. A commission was worked in Relievo's favour simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne, and something in the neighbourhood of about .£20,000 secured, of which more than half was for the stable. The inquiry which is being held into the running of the Hack Hurdles on the second day of the Taranaki Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will be continued this evening. 'A trainer of considerable experience, with headquarters near Flemington, is stated to have remarked that he would not care to back the best of his team to* equal Nuwara Bliya’s time, even if he stripped the shoes off his horse altogether, weighted him lightly, and told the rider,. to keep him as close in on the track us possible. That is paying Nuwara illiya, a high compliment, for the trainer quoted has charge of some horses that can muster up an average turn of pace.- But Nuwara JEliya has had claims to more than sprinting honours. He won at Warwick Farm over one mile and a quarter and 100yds, for Mr Francis Foy. and made a bold bid for Comedy King's' Melbourne Cup as far as the home turn. Chestnut, who reached Sydney several weeks ago from England, has loft tht quarantine station, and taken up quarters at T. Payton’s stables, Randwick. Chestnut, who is by Persimmon from Sweet Story, and was a good winner both on the flat and over hurdles in England, is in the private sale list, and if not sold quickly is likely to be trained again. Mr B. J. Watt’s two yearlings, a filly fly All Black—Blue River, and a bay colt by All Black—Kilindini, which were! .shipped to Sydney last weet, have goud into H. Raynor’s stable, and will be l trained at Randwick. High Pressure, by Signalman—Cartouche, is to bo put into work again next month. This half brother to Douche-' will be trained locally as his owner, Mr T. Moynihan, thinks that half the pleaj -siue oi owning a horse is the sight v 7 him doing his tasks on the tracks. Pontiff, the five-year-old half-brother, by St, Ambrose, bo Mahuta. Splash, and Rill, succumbed, to an attack of inflammation of the stomach - last week ai Hastings. Pontiff, who was the property of Mr H. McManaway, was one of H, Hickey’s pupils at Hastings, and was only bad for a lew hours prior to his death. The steeplechaser Honest Tom, who* has been qff the scene for the last coup is oi years, is amongst the entrants for the steeplechase events at the Southland meeting, which takes place on March uth and 13th, The thoroughbred stallion Paxsee, who for a couple of seasons has been doing Sind duty at Mr William Pearse's Plashett -stud. Upper blunter, has been purchased at a high figure by Mr Schmidt, an agent of the German Government, and left for his new destination last week to take' up stud duty at Graditz,, where such turf celebrities as Galteet More. Aid Patrick, St. Maclou, and oom,pany told court. Parses was bred at the Tucka Tucka stud by Mr J. B. Smith (now residing in England}, and is by Metal (imp.) from Pona, and was pur-i chased as a yearling by the, Tamworthi sportsman who races as "Mr C. Jeffries,”' for whom, as a two-year-old, the horse) won a Nursery Handicap at Randwick., The following spring he won the A.J.C. Derby in a canter, and later, going across the Murray, he captured the Caulfield Guineas, beating that great colt Alawa, who, at Flemington had his revenge in the V.R.C. Derby. One of his best performances was as a four-year-old. to carry 9st 71b in Tattersali’s Club Tramway Handicap, in which he was follow-) ©d homo by Irishman, Aborigine, Lady Ruenalf, Maltine, Hoax, and three others, and later on ho defeated the great New Zealander, Souitline, in the - V2R.C. All-aged Stakes. Ait Randwick he won the A.J.C. Craven Plate, and included among the beaten field were Prince Foote, Comedy King, Malt King, Maltine, Flavinius, and Master Sonlt, Another of his great performances was to win the A. J.C. Final Handicap (ii-min), after losing ten lengths at' the start though the trip was cast behind in the very fast time of 2min 6isec. In stakes alone he won over £7000; ho was one of the finest looking horses in Australia, and, as the above performances show, was in the first flight of racehorses. On his retirement from the turf Parsee was purchased by Mr Fearse, and his foals at the Plashett stud show that the son of Metal has transmitted his splendid conformation to the youngsters. The price paid for Parsee was 1750 guineas.