NOTES ON THE RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9256, 25 January 1916, Page 8

NOTES ON THE RACING

Tango put up a good -performance in the Wallaceville Welter, and wa.prominent in his running all through the meeting. . . ~ - - Arlington did not get set in the first race, in which It was thought he had a good chance, and' he badly disappointed his supporters. .Adjutant is a very disappointing horse. On the first day he ran last, on the second day he came down after First Glance mot with misfortune, and Vteterday in the Summer Handicap he did not retrieve his reputation. Otter faded away in the seven furlong race just after he had gone a little more than half the distance. Lady Nolan's form has been very disappointing. Many of the "punters” put their trust in her, but she remained throughout the meeting one of the "also starteds.” ... _ . . . The pace proved too hot for Botanist yesterday in the Welter. He hes been running a lot of late, and a spell may do him good. . ' Ararat was expected to win the Melrose Handicap by the way the public rushed her, but the mare got a very bad run; in fact, more attention seemed to be paid to her by the contestants than to the winning poet. The fourteen-year-old Medallist was out agaiu/'yestei-day. He could not be expected to win in such company as ha competed against. Sea Lord proved his worth over seven furlongs in the Melrose Welter. He went right ahead from the start, and never looked back- He turned up again in the last race, over six furlongs, and scoured third place in first-clase company with 6.7. Tino Atua proved her worth in the four furlong handicap. Her running on the previous day’s racing indicated that she had pace above the ordinary. Sweet Tipperary must be a filly of moods. She made an awful fuss at the start, and yesterday she got rid of Emerson prior to the start of the Hopeful Stakes.

Egypt's win in the Kelburn Stakes, over four furlongs, was one second better in time than that registered by Tino Atua over a similar distance earlier in the day. One of the best-looking two-year-olds seen out during the Trentham meeting was “Mr Highden’s’’ Sunny Climes, by Field Battery—Perolina. The filly started in the Hopeful Stakes, but she was very green.

Taringamutu once more let her supporters down in the Summer Handicap yesterday- As suggested yesterday, she cannot be well.

Egypt appeals to he threatened with the some galloping powers as his sister. Desert Gold. Ths stable preferred to start the two-year-old in the Kelburn Plate in preference to Desert Gold, possibly. or probably, knowing the colt must win. There were suggestions that Desera Gold waa afraid to meet Hyttus at weight-for-age, but surely that is ridiculous. The manner in which Egypt accounted for his field, despite the alleged bad riding of some of the horses, must prove at onoo that he is better than Hyttus. Up till the meeting of the two yesterday Hyttus looked to be the best of this year’s two-year-olds, and possibly yesterday’s race was not a fair test owing to the fact that Hyttus got badly away, hut in a contest all things must be weighed, dash at tha post, pace, and staying-power- Probably the two will meet later in the year. The price Egypt was allowed to return per investment wj* ridiculously out of proportion to what it should hav» been on the colt's formNones, better handled, might have turned up as No. 1 in the Kelburn Plate. She was going like a modern fire-engine over the lent fifty yards, but possibly the distance was too short for her.

■JL number of people journeyed to Trentham yesterday especially to see Desert Gold run. It was really unfortunate that the filly was scratched.