■ NOTES AND COMMENTS. '

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 582, 10 August 1909, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

■ , The; ■\Viutor ,Cup,.ftnd; tho Grand NationalSteeplechase will be run at Riccnrtou to-day. ■ ThovVictorian- Atrtfttour Turf Club's iticotXX' iig 'will.-M concluded at Caullleld nciit Sat"XXXX^^rX^f'Xx ■ Hao'reninj, who won the;Wilgah. Steeple-. :haso-at is tt6\v owned by iVlosstts. ' . • .M'A'rthur"'and Kellpw.. Wot - ])ny ■ and .Xylarid ;-! have both:' fflado frieiidsv by rtliti! satisfactory; track w'o'rk; they X have accomplished diking theypist'.foW. days' at Hiccarton, Tim' Auckland trainer,'W. Slobberlev, has sold'/ tho -Sonlt. guiding.- -Gay .- Paris to a .Qi*. borrio _.sportstaa-u. : Xx''X V;' Verdun, >vho won the Grand Prix do Paris, : has:won' a total ■'.of..tii"carly-:JJ27;,Q00. in : stakes.. H.^Uerrdtt'is to rido tho. imported filly ;, W<3t;'':Day;jln . the' ; cart-oif tc-day. XXX: A .useful booklet is from tho': ■XX Becretaryi;. bf i-the;- Victorian >-Amateur Turf. " /'-/.Clubji'-giyihg-i.iibminations for . future."etfonts, .winners, of past events, record pei'foriiiance3,

/»y.;:-, ■■ > • Grand National • : - Steaplcehaso : vra9 lnstitiited over ,80 year;i ago,: 'The . Agent and Mutiny are tho only .". horses :that have won .it on two .occasions.', . . Pikopo has a "leg" and that, is.stated to j- bo therreasbn ef .his'fall whilo schooling tho ,' • • otker.-morniiig. • ,;/<':>■'. :y : Taskmaster lis'-considercd to bo a'doubtful ;>■ : v:' starter in tho New:Zealand'' Cup in Novem- '✓ Ixnv-He willvprobably ; !,be\roseryed.;f6r;,tho Derby. . ' " , 'two-year-old fCblt' by." will-shortly join J; Hay's "team at WangaDagoba holds the time-record for . tho ■ ■ 'Auakaliah'tHurdlel Race sinco . tho idist'ancfe. has .been three miles and a. half..: Last sea-< ' v .)^';::'wn. >^e^i; MVtheVdjstahco'ili''6mli.' r :o'\B^sec. , . . Though Federal, did the. best gallop at Biccarton yesterday- morning, : -tho . track-.'•'Xj'-f .wafchefs;: seeing to. discbunt 'his J- performances '■ v- som'o'what, 'and .'it-..is probable- that North East' will. be better' supported..to-day. than .the/Ricoarton-traihcd horse. ' . . - has'gone, very- lanic, :and is not • '. likely, to' go. to tho. post for the drawl National Hurdles on Thursday.. •J. Hall will V . now bo offered.tho-mount on.Licnheart.. ' . v Jack' Pot has.broken'down, and will not bq ; «; -'started, iu tlie Grand 'National Steeplechase.' , Our .'.' Hastingscorrespondent .telegraphs .to' . say that', advico t -has been ..received there stathig. that lie lias been "scratched for all engagements at thenieeting'.-. ;: - Irish'is also mentioned •as ah unlikely starter in.the bis steeplechase. Ho walked . sound yesterday morning, however, and may ;:• ' .possibly. ;bo T istarted in some of the minor ' . steeplechases -at the meeting. '~..v- '' . ; .'Gweiidoliha, candi- : 'dates'in.the Winter said to bc.caus- • vmg Trpmer Wi Cldrko some uneasiness, but, ; ; as. "is :,she vmll "• '' starters this afternoon. \/\-' ;V. . The.Coiiiiueror gelding AVilliam was among -'.'QV'.r"-"-ith'6l.H6rSfesVsT'tercd;ifoK:ilAo>-MOTriifigl»a.oW_el-!< ter, -at: Caiilfield. last Saturday,"" but it is not : known; yet whether...or nofcvhe^started;,i ;>• i '.y--V i J.; Stewart'got' a, : severe : fall when-' school- ; . 'nig a-hunter on Mr. G. I l '. Mooro's station' v ; about : threoJ weeks i.-Agb,.- and .Hhe . ,Wanganui ' ■horseman was cbhfinM,-to f .hiS;.bed' for'several ' • day 3 with concussion: of tho brum. He-has .now • made- good recovery, -and: was able to' , take a> couplo of brood mares through to Christchurcn last week.- .' •/..•;• . In commemoration of his first win ill the : imp6rtant:vevent.V:Baron ; Maurice;', do Roths-' - child, who won th<i Grand -Prix do Paris with • f."-:. -Vcrdunj-'gave ■ £200.'t0 tlio: •Jbckoyo' Ho 3" - ■ pital 'at Chautilly,-supported entirely by vol- , untary contributions;- a similar athotint to the Benevolent Fund of tho Societe d'Eiicour- »"-• ngement;-£Bo' to'.the Bentinck Fund' organ- . ::sed by the: Societo Sportive d'Encouragci*; ment; £40' to'' the 'Charitable Fund of the -,y;spbrtirig'-press : j':and a/:likb ; !suin the Old Ago .and' Pension Fund of'"the police: 1 Progeny of the Karamtr sire Birkenhead are doing .exceedingly well in Australia. .On v'; ;'Jblj; .31) Slischief(Birkenjb'cild^-Missi Jfever) won a racc, at; a Queensland meeting, and on the;same day Bonax,(Birkenhead—lndhstry) won his s«>ond 'raeb in jlolbourne. Two & ; days later \Vallaasey '■ (Birkcnhend —Apliro-' ditcj.wqn a. race at "tlio.'.Victoria" Park pony raoos, New South Wales. ■ <• ;.l i '.v®ere : '..was : i:;.fieid'qf'.'sixteen''when; Artil- • .. lerio rail third to' Bbrodiho-. in .tho:;-Flyiiig ; . ,i: ;;Hanclicap; at>.Rosehill:.last iSat'urday"'-'..wbek.'. ; The.'Royali.Artillory - filly ;was. made 'a;-hot , ,'. v favourite';.:'but " she - was .comfortably beaten at the-.finish. • She was .'galloped On shortly,; ..\: after..the ;start, anil.-that .nppears to havo • spoiled,.; hor'-.chancer: -An. inquiry . was held iiito jher -rnniiingj'but tho stewards expressed :• therasclyes?satisfied as far; as 'the owner waa .r xon'c'ethediv'though.'.they .cohsidered: the jockey Oaborno. rbdo-a pbor race. Mboltan, who. lias;been psrmsvnently ro'tirefl' from tho' racing trf.ck,. started alto- • • getiier ia fourteen races, of . which .ho v.-oii ■ six, --was. second'-in: five, : anvl unplaced three .. times!'. His tdtai : winnings'amounted to . • £7231. Already Mooltan has done duty at ; : > .the stud, ■ and ono of his stock,. Moldavia,' avoii a two-year-old race in Sydnoy a fort-' .. night vJ.'.fßurton,- the; veteran Randi:wick' trainer ."always expressed a high opinion v.; : ' of Mooltan,. and it was no surprise' that ho ; had -purchased: tho'fson.' of Positano in conjunction with-Mr. Samueli - ' '