NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10640, 13 July 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Carbine.”) Although the weather cleared yesterday' the tracks at Treutham are heavy and will still be heavy to-mor-row. There was' a little galloping yesterday, but’ it wjjs all done on the inside grass, which soon became considerably cut about. Speculation as to what race Loohella will start in to-morrow may now have been ended, for from the movements of certain usually well-informed people in the city yosteerday it would seem that ho will contest the Win tor Hurdles. . , Slowcoach will run in the Steeplechase and now that Loohella is reckoned out of the way, he> is a hot favourite. His chance of winning certainly looks rosy. Gladful and Guanaco jumped well at, Treutham yesterday morning. They cleared five of the big fences in good style, and were together at the finish. Kauri King went a bit better than Loohella in a round on the grass. Kauri King looks very well. Coldstream, who has been accepted for in the Winter Hurdles, was again tried ■ over the ■ schooling fences. Chummy was sent with him, and ho-li did fairly well. All Cerise went half a mile m o2 4-6 sec. and Matatua took a shade longer on the same journey. , Falstaif was very. pleasing in a round of the schooling hurdles with MeltchiKoff, who also went very well. Another who jumped these fences well was Meutmore. ’ , Fisher’s jumping took the eye particularly, and bo moved freely on the flat. -. The Parliamentary Handicap candidates, Gold Kip and Dainty Step, were given only easy work. , Good exhibitions of jumping were given by John Bunnv and Notability. . Walton and Arch Salute ran sis furlongs in Imin 22sec, with Arch Salute in front at the post. Tamo Fox got to the end of seven furlongs in limn 33sec; and Magistrate and Admyra ran five furlongs in Imin Bsec. Racegoers are again reminded that an excellent railway service has been ai ranged for to-morrow’s and Saturday’s races. From about 10. o’clock on-wards-trains, .will .leave for Trentham every few minutes. ■ A cable message from New York states that Man-o’-war, a three-year-old colt, set a record for one mile and a furlong, his time being Imin 49sec.