NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 7

NEWS AND NOTES.

Radiant Light has been entered for some of. the hops at the Melbourne meetings, but- as she has not been doing well she. may not be raced at the meeting. ' ' CaulfiehT to-clay.' The "Stakes, ■ Guineas and Tobrak Handicap will be ■run to-day and; the Cup next Saturday (21st). . ■ .t.. Hven Song was held .to be unlucky m the Metropolitan Handicap and The Falkiner-owned moke ;is now being set for the Caulfield .Cup. • H R. Cairns' says that Purser will go on improving- and he will be one of the hardest to beat m the Caulfield Cup. , , . ; '\ After beinV sold, to Mr C. Meyers, of Melbourne, Truthful contracted stranglqs and nearly died. It-is thought that she gave the same complaint to the Derby favorite Caserta. national's' two-yoai-'.-old brother, who is an inmate of C. >T. Godby's. stables at Mentone, -'is. stated to be' something out of the ordinary as a galloper. Cairns ihas chosen the ride on him af Plemington m preference to King s Carnival. . - ' Gloaming is iio w back m New Zealand where a lot of easy money is awaiting him. • Races like the Champion Plate and the Stead Cup are at

his mercy and are. onls^ a; matter of his seeing the post. In his final race m Sydney he. saddled vp ¥ well, while his opponent' had . lightened up a lot, but his admirers .were, none the iess confident. , Beauford,' as usual, went to the front and was afforded a clear passage on the . fence, while when Young tried to go With him the rider of Violincello took him out a bit, but' it -was not serious, as .Gloaming soon ran past him and tacked on to Beauford's wheel. This caused Wood, on the Aussie, to try and alter his tactics, but Beauford is a puller and he could not get' him behind. Gloaming was now going very kindly and they ran into the straight with the positions the same. Once m a line for home Gloaming took charge and won m very hollow „ fashion by three lengths. Beauford was getting up. and down m the same place at the finish and only just beat Violincello. It has now been decided not to take the latter to Melbourne, so Eurythmic will farm all the best races there. This will keep the latter on top of the winning list. Gloaming to-day is as good as ever he was and Mason is' certainly a marvel to have him m such order at his time of life. It is not often that one finds a seven-year-old gelding able to. beat the best of the young class as is Gloaming to-day. Violincello is a great horse and when right he will make his presence felt. A big coup similar to last year's Caulfield Cup will sure be brought off with him. He is very big at present, but looks' well. He is a great type of horse and a galloper of a high order. Cupidon got badly galloped on m the Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick and was unable to start again at the meeting. Farceur is a cot case and Mason will want a lot of luck to get.' him to the post for the C.J.C. Derby. v Close observers say that Molyneux was veiT unlucky to miss the Metropolitan Handicap and lie is sure, to do better m 'the Caulfield.Cup. There is a 1 story attached to the Sydney race that may have some bearing on the result. When Toohey arrived at the' course he had ' not . Gameron's . colors, so a fine was. paid and colors were borrowed; Bad luck for the owner of the Hastings horse for the 'colors belonged to a man that a well-known rider has no time for and when he saw them poking through on the rails m the straight he promptly sent them back before he realised that they were worn by Molyneux, whose owner, Jack 1 Cameron, is a. great friend of the jockey responsible for sending them back. Such is the luck of the game. Had Cameron Won the race, he would have landed a fortune running into £25,000. ! May be his turn "will come at Caulfield, where W. Duncan " will have charge of the steering gear. Horowhenua Racing Club's Annual Meeting is advertised elsewhere. Copies of that invaluable little publication "Form /at a Glance" are ob-tainable--free on application to Box 334, jPalmerston North. With the spring racing now pn, no sportsman should be without a Copy of this'handy book of reference. -