NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 463, 23 March 1909, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

'.. v IBT Glsncor.] : Tho, ; Tannal;i Jookeir Club's meeting coto-to-ijioiToV. . Gravitation has been scratched . toti'till.. engagements at. the Riccarton Easter fixturetfJir. Bid will still has Consolation to -represent him in tho handicap events, and Provocation in th 6 Challenge Stakes. /Acceptances for the Nelson jockey Club's meeting, close on and for the Mastert'on Racing- Club's meeting on Thursday..;,?'.', i "'■lt .was stated .in yesterday's notes that • tS^re-would be races at Waipawa on Wed- ! nesday,:- but this was an error. Tho WaipSwavOlub now co-operates with the Wai- : ptik'uraii Club and races on Easter Monday. .-'Pehaltics for tho South Canterbury Jockey : •Clfib's-meeting, have been incurred as fcl-' Handicap—British Peer, i lOjb/* .will 'carry 9st. Washdyke AVelter— i Fieldi Gun, 101b., lOst. 81b. Timarif Cup— . Fiiild.Giin, 101b., 9st. 31b. President's AYel101b., 9st. lib. Smithfield Hancli- i ctip—Miss Gal, 101b., Bst.: and Liza. 101b., 1 Bst; 81b. V :■ ';:*;Abqut this time last year Lupulite was quite jiivi ncible in the South ■ Island as a sprinteY, and at the South Canterbury Jockey Club's? autumn meeting he won three races carrying over 'lOst. in each. To-morrow he is engaged in the Smithfieid Handicap, five furlongs/' •, ;• -Ill'jthe last, contest for the Timaru Cup, thirteen? starters wont to the post, but in this yearlsj.race there will not be more, than seven .starters,., although the stake has been considerably increased. Two recent winners in Probable and Field Gun are at tho top of the handicap, and Harvest, who won the event twUuyears ago, is also engaged. :';\Vhdtiimarama, who recently won the Farolers' Plate at Hawera, is among the acccptcjreVfor the Tarariaki Cup to be decided ttf-rti6rrow. The son of- Advance originally had-a| reputation as a" sprinter, -btrt he has - lately developed staying powers, ahd will bo gjvenitfichance. (» distinguish himself among sweet-company in the mile and a quarter race'to-morrow . Bred as ho is,' the distance sliould jiot be beyond him. ;for - the Easter _ Cup and the . Reclamation Handicap at the 1 Wellington Pcmy,.and Galloway Racing Club's meeting, close -at 4 p.m. to-morrow. *' : bulletin,' the half-brother to Bobrikoff, is engaged" in a five furlongs hack race at the meeting to-morrow; .' ,;Menschikoff, who ■ won the -Stewards' Handicap at' Pahiatu'a with Bst. 131b., and juvenile Handicap at Wanganui with Bst. Üb.y will-only-have Bst. 41b. to carry in the I i.jyinfe. Handicap at New Plymouth to-mor- ' . row.V -.. • L'hlanrlo will meet'Kilmarnock on 111b.'bettcr ■■ terms in the Taranaki Cup to-morrow tljan iwhen they met in the Wanganui Cup. ?B°' Uhla'ndo ran a really, good race'-for", a mile arid a half in the Wanganui ' " e S°t into troublo when the sandy patch >was struck near the home bend. He start on the second day of the WanP?nSIS "xtiire, but he has been going alonn- ■ since returning home,' and now tracks are .'becoming 'softer he is likely, to regain tlie'form : he showed last autumn.- ; .Price and T. Jones each- rode two win--1 fle J s .at..the Opunake- meeting last week. - _Mon'-Amio, who.was faken through to th'tf laranaki\ meeting lon . Saturday, will be ridaeff. m'-her engagements by B. Deeley. JFbrth ; (Libel—Slcevolink), who used to rftoO;successfully m the pony..ranks, lias won races. in. Mtlbqurno recently. " piaster Soult, who was to have been snipped .to Sydney from Auckland yesterday. ■ is .'.destined for India. '. Mooitan, who.has been spelling in Victoria, Sydney this week/ but it is. said that- no, attempt will be made to train him just yet. .•TbS New Zealand-bred mare, Golden Slipper, .who ran fifth in the Newmarket Handicap-' is the ruling favourite for the Doncaster lianclicap. to bj decided at,Randwick next month..;, She has been galloping freely since . ™ r £!- e ' ui ' n j 10 " 16 from the Victoria Racing Uub.s meeting, and ber trainer has now got her ; |n a-proper galloping mood. .In Sydney a fortnight ago the police took action .under the new Gaming Act in regard to premises occupied by a tobacconist in J'itt bfreeo. ,It was allege;! that, the premises a . S an agonc y for the Purchase of mifiep;.tickets, and upon the affidavit of w-b-liispector Sobye, obtained from Mr. Justice.Cdhen, the place was declared a common gaming house, and a notice, in the terms of the Act, was posted on tho door. XV SNOWFOOT. I'UKHS ASS'K lATloN—rorvitlfillt ) ti v * , , March 2'2. Ihe. Aew Zealander Snowfoot (a two-year- ® *J y ' : Tf° U -r 6 n , Gre S° r ) ran unplaced in the Rosenill Juvenile .Stakes, ;V: ; ACCIDENT AT ROSEHJLL. [BY TEI.EGItAFtI—JpItEaS ASStICI f*oPTRICI(T | . Sydney, March 22. ' At tho Rosehill Taces a dozen horses fell in.- the . Trial Stakes. All Blue was killed and'several of tho jockeys badly injured' Clayton seriously so. ' / , CRAVITATipN SCRATCHED. (B7 TSl.KOUAl'll—'ritßss *sS(iriAT:.'iy- roi'Vituuir.) ; Clirlstohurch, March 22. ■ Gravitation has been Scratched for all engagements at the C.J.C. Easter meeting. . ,U SOULTLINE SOLD, Sir in.enmiMi—ii:ess ."wiunm-coi'Tition?.! .'■ (Rec. March 23, 0.45 a.m.) . •; Melbourne, March 22. Soultline has been sold for 800 guineas, ind- goes to India. .[Spultlino. who is New Zealand-bred, by Soult -"Gastoflene, and five years of age, has,-during tho snort time, he has Ijeen racing in Australia, pjo.ved to be onite in a class by himself as a sgr.inter. Principal among his wins iu Aus-tralia-was the Ivewmarkat Handicap, in which ho.oarned tep-weight (Sst. Ulb.).-] PONY AND CALLOV/AY RACING CLUB. For., tho first day's events at the Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club's April meeting, the following handicaps have been declared by Mr. J. M. Gumming:— MATAI HANDICAP. Four furlon R s.Fr.nnc," lOst. 131b.; Inspiration, 9st. 101b.; Paul Beaviar. Dst. 71b.: Mvtre. 9st.: Miss

Ivy, Bst. 101b.; Heatherlea Lass, Bst. 81b.; Mutiny, Sst, olb.; Lady Dauphin, Sst. 21b.; Trilby, Sst. 21b.; Winnie, Sst.; Lady Ath.lyne, Sst.; Lady Jlacdonald, Bst. MAIDEN HANDICAP. Four furlongs and a half.—After Dark, 9st. olb.; Anglican, 9st. 51b.; Soprano, Bst. 101b.; Recovery, Sst. 101b.; Rover, Bst. 51b.; Bobs, Bfet. 51b.; Kotiro Malii, Sst 51b.; Stranded, Sst. 21b.; Miss Douglas, Bst-.; Cornstalk, Bst.; Silvery Ocean, Bst.; Prince Roy, Sst.; Sequestrator, Sst.; Lucky Mac, Bst. EASTER CUP. Six furlongs.—Maid of All Work, list. 41o.; Aurifera, list. 21b.; Miretta, lOst. 131b.: Vcronique, lOst. 121b.: Moata, lOst. 111b.: 'Billy, lOst. 71b.; Franc, lOst. 21b.; St. Helena, lOst.; Sweet' Lethe, 9st. 91b.; lnkerman, Sst. 121b.; Inspiration, Bst. 101b.; Psyche, Bst. 101b.; Firefly, Sst. 71b.; Anglican, Sst 21b.; Recovery, Sst. GLEN HANDICAP. Four furlongs.-' Wee Nannie,. lOst.; Paul Beaver, 9st. 111b.; Merrie Oliver, 9st. 91b. ; Picotee, 9st. 41b,: After Dark, Bst. 61b.; Bst. 61b.; Soprano, Sst. 41b.; Kitty, Bst. 41b.; Casino, Bst. 4lo.; Lady Dauphin, Bst.; Wiunio, Bst. Lady Athlyne, Sst. RIMA HANDICAP. Five furlongs and a half.—Veronique, list.; Moata, lOst. ,121b.; Billy, lOst. 61b.; Franc, ]ost. 41b.: I'sycbo, 9st. I01b.; Firefly, Sst. 131b.; Miss Ivy, Bst. 131b.; San Toy, Sst. 111b.; Heatherlpa Lass, Sst. ,81b.; Mutiny, Bst. 31b.-; Miss Douglas, Bst.; Lady Macdonald, Sst. RECLAMATION HANDICAP. Four furlongs and a half.-—Maid of All Work,- list. 111b.; Aurifera, 10sC 101b.; Inspiration, 9st. 131b.: St. Helena, 9st- 131b.Sweet Lethe, 9st. 91b.; lnkerman, 9st. 41b.; Merrie Oliver, Bst. 131b.; Picotee, Sst. 101b ; Rover, Sst. 61b.; Merrimanu, ,Sst. 41b.; Miss Dean, Bst. 21b.; Anclican'. Sst.