NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10652, 27 July 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Carbine.”) Slowcoach has been doing good, work while at Trentham, and ho will be a very , fit borne next time out. The Winter Cup candidate. Braekonfiald, ran a good six furlongs at Kiccarton' the other day when he cut out the journey in good time and finished his task in good style. The. ex-champion hurdler,. Master Strowan, was sent a round of the big fences at Riccarton dn company with the Trentham ■'chaser Coalition. Both jumped well, but the little fellow from Boston had it on the Riddiford • horse all the way, and the indications are that once again he will finish in front of the son of Patronns.

The lifting of the embargo on horses was announced yesterday, and thus ends the greatest farce that has ever been thrust upon the stage of racing. The spectacle of workers’ unions striking, or noting by threats of strike; in favour of Wn who continue in employment will live many a day as the prize joke of the turf.

Gloaming beat a stable-mate pointless at Riccarton on Friday, and got to the end of five furlongs in Imin 4 3-ssec.

, Hetaua should be one of the hard horses to be-it in tne \V inter Cup. He can got fast and is. quite a solid enough customer to be finishinp- on well at the end of a mile. Bv- the way, he did the best gallop of the morning at Riccarton recently. The Trontham-owned Bonny Maid, who has been at Ricoarton for some months, is still in steady work at the headquarters of Canterbury racing, tone has been doing solid gallops and in the near future should be ready to meet the best over a journey.

Dunedin, advices state that Melee and Jock are doing well in their preparations for ’the ; Winter, Cup-

All Over, Eohu, Cal'ma, Ladoguor. Samiel, Paraoa, and Meltchikoff. who are engaged in the Trial Hurdles at Biccartdn, are '■ also engaged in the Grand National- Hurdles.' 1

Sixty horses were entered for the Winter Cup, but only twenty-four have been paid up for so far, and before the ■ day- of the race there will be a further thin out. Gazique (last year 1 s winner) will not run in- the big winter mile this year, and others who will be, missing when the final numbers go up are Parisian Diamond, Sunart, Marqueteur, and Badial. . . ,

Eoyal Star is galloping in attractive style at Eiccarton, and will be one of the fancied division for the Winter Cup. Excellent entries have been received for the .New" Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's August-meeting, tbe lists including most of the best horses at present in commission. Amongst the bestkhdwh of the 'are Beta Peter, Stockade, Albert Cling, General Link,. Agathos, Trix Pointer, Mmtson. Author, Dillon, Matchlight, Emilius and Moneymaker. If Fisher is taken on to Eiccarton be will .have to do a lot better than he did at .Trentham, or he wont be worth serious, consideration.

Kerehono ran three good races at the Wellington meeting, and he looks likely to catch a stake soon. The northerner is not very big. bub he is pretty good, and finished close up to Lochella and Kauri King at' Trentham, and fought out the last furlong very determinedly. Now that the transport ban is-lifted the imported trotter, Homleigh -Dick, who has been detained in Wellington, will be shipped south immediately. During his stay here he has been kept in work on the Petone track.

A. Sydney message states that Biplane has been scratched for the Bpsom and Metropolitan Handicaps. Advice from Melbourne is to the effect that Biplane and All Aboard have been scratched fox the Melbourne Cup, and All Aboard for the Caulfield Cup. During the past season at Rand wick, Sydney, 122 races were decided 20 days. , Of this number of events 32* went to actual favourites and in seven other races the winner shared favouritism with another runner. The session was unprofitable to backers of the first selection.