NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 758, 5 March 1910, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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Wanginui ; Jockey Club's autumn Sneetrng will be concluded to-day. _The Dannevirke Cup will bo ran on .Wednesday nest. Since the Egmont Racing Club's meet. , lag, Sandstreaon has been training at Ha;wera. b . ■Idolatress, /who had such an easy win in ■the hack race at Wangaimi on Thursday, 1 ; will to-day _be_ridden ■ by the Auckland 1 ' 'horseman, H. Gray. . A.t Flemington this afternoon tho Victoria .Racing Club's meeting Mill bo l - osc ;i principal event to be decided is _ the Champion Stakes, three, miles, m which Alawa, Trafalgar, - Pendil, Lord Nolan, and Prince Footo are engaged, but the Australian Cup v;inner .C/tlhlg is not among the candidates. WaioMi has ' been raised . 141b. for his win .on Thursday, and to-day meets ilaggie_ Paul on much worse terms than when the Hawera mare defeated, him last month at New Plymouth. Maku got .badly chopped, out at the seven-furlong post .in Thursday's hurdle race, but, in the small .field all tho candidates should get clear runs. A. Oliver will rids Lady Lucy' in the Wanganui Stakes to-day, so it may reaBoimbly be assumed that the Cup winner Milan will not bo a starter. King s Prize, who had such an easy vic«ry on Thursday, should be greatly benek;Jjr *5° w*' a ? SOl "<what on ■-tho big side before leaving Awapuni. Til® .Persimmon mare p<. ro l illa . was not started- at the Wanganui meeting ou Thursday, but she will probably bo given a run to-day m the.Autumn Handicap. Although taken to Wanganui last Saturday, she was Mt intended to race on either day of the meeting, but tho heavv rain which fell at Wanganui on Cup nigh't has caused trainer G. Price to alter his plans. ■ Tumut, who finished second to North 'East in the. Flying .Handicap on Thurs- . day, is not among the acceptors for the six furlongs race to-day, but he will be a starter in the Autumn Handicap one mile. ' This afternoon, tho March meeting of the. Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club will bo held on the Itiramar racecourse. A special tram service has been, arranged, and trams . will leave Courtenay Place for tho racecourse at frequent intervals from.noon onwards. Ladies will, as usual; be admitted free to all parts of the course, 1

Acceptances for the first day's events at tho Masterton Racing Club's meeting anil entries for tho Maiden Hack Raco will close on Thursday. March 10, 1910, at 9.30 p.m. Tho Sydney Cup is overtaking tho Melbourne Cup in tho matter of value. Whon tho first ,£IO,OOO Melbourne Cup was run in tho season of 1891-2 the Sydney Cup only had. .£ISOO attached to it, advancing tho following season to .£2OOO. After four ,£IO,OOO Melbourno. Cups had beon run tho added money for that raco dropped to ,£3OOO, but in. 1901 rose, to <£5000, at which it has since, remained. Tho Sydney Cup this year carries ,£3OOO, hut 1 next year it goes up to ,£4OOO, and several other stakes have been considerably increased' by the A. J.C.

Tho Masterton Racing Club has erected looseboxes oil its course at Opaki, and accommodation has also been provided for trainers and jockeys. To-day's contest for the' Jackson Stakes is the ninth and though there is no Achilles engaged, tho race is nevertheless surrounded with considerable interest. It is worthy of noto that in the first six contests for the event, a two-year-old was only once victorious, but for the past two seasons tho race has .fallen to a horse of this age. In this afternoon's contest a couple of brilliant 2-year-olds are engaged and their meeting with a high-class sprinter like Annlet, should result in a very exciting struggle. The starters 'will probably bo Armlet, who will bo ridden by It. Hatch, Polymorphous, who will have Oliver in tho saddle, Broadsword, who ran half a mile on the track in 48isec. yesterday, Truo Shot, who had a somewhat lucky victory in tho Juvenile Handicap on Thursday, Tribulation, who is hardly seasoned yet, Sunburnt, who will carry tho Stead colours and will be/ridden by L. /Wilson, and Formby, who has proved himself tho best 2-year-old in tho Dominion and who will be ridden by H. Gray. ' Ml RAM AR PONY RACES. The following are the fields engaged in the different events at- the Wellington Pony, and Galloway Racing, Club's meeting at Miramar this afternoon:— ORIENTAL HANDICAP. Four furlongs.—Huia, lOst. Sib.;' Wee Nannie, lOst. 51b;; Axito, lOst. lib.; Miss' Ruby, 9st. 91b.; Fireiiy, Sst. 121b.; Lady Officer, Sst. 91b.; and Sail, Bst. 41b. '

TRIAL HANDICAP. Four furlongs and a half. —Merriinanu, 9st. 121b.; Axite, Sst. 91b.; Lurline,. 9st. 61b.; Emma, Sst. 131b.; Ourlot, Bst. 101b.; Lady' Officer, Bst. 101b.; Channel, Bst. 101b.; Musketeer, Bst. 81b.; Sirrah, Bst. 81b.; Bobs, Sst. 61b.; Inkerman, Bst. 21b.; and Tobias, Sst.

MARCH .CUP HANDICAP.' Six furlongs.—Petronel, list.; Pikiho, lOst; lllb.; Wharekoa, lOst. lllb.; All Gold, lOst. 21b.; Billy, 9st. 121b.; Picotee, 9st. 21b.; Lurline, Bst. lllb.; St. Helena, Bst. 91b. ; Axite, Sst. 51b.; Ourlot, Bst. 21b.; and Sunshine, Bst. 21b, PROGRESS HANDICAP. Five furlongs and a half.-Lady Paul, list. 131b.; AH Gold, lOst. 21b.; Billy, lOst.; Mermaid, 121b.; Emma, Sst. 131b.; Miss Ivy, Bst. 91b.; Sunny Land, Bst. 91b.; Bluebell, Bst. 21b.; aud Sunshine, Sst. 21b. ELECTRIC HANDICAP. Four' furlongs and a half.—Petronel, list, lib.; Pikiho, lOst. :91b.; All. Gold, 9st. 131b.-; St. Flora,. 9st. ; lllb.'; Merrimanu, 9st. ; Huia, Sst. 121b.; Lurline, Bst. 101b.; St. Helena, Bst. 101b.; Axite, Bst. 71b.; Paul, Bst. Gib.; and Miss Ivy,' Sst.. 61b. I " — STAMP DUTIES AND RACE MEETINGS. Regulations under the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, a& applied to the racing clubs in the Dominion appear in : tho current Gazette. The previous ' regulations are revoked and the new "ones contain provisions of importance to' every racing club. They are, as follow:— ■ Every statement required to bo. forwarded to-the Minister, for Internal Affairs shall be' .signed by one. of tho stewards of the racing club, and shall be verified by statutory -declaration made by the secretary or other chief executive officer of the racing, club by- or on. behalf of which that'statement is'forwarded.

" iWhero the duties payable are deposited by any racing club at any branch of the bank at which the public account is kept, a duplicate copy of the statement sent, to the Minister tor Internal Affairs , shall .bo forwarded..by the. said club to the Commissioner of Stamps, at Wellington, together with a bank receipt for the said. deposit. In all cases the amount of duty payable as. aforesaid'shall be paid within fourteen days after, tho holding'of tho race meeting in respect of which that duty is payable. . Before granting to. :any racing club a license to -use' a totalisator at any race meeting, the Minister for Internal . Affairs _ may, if ho thinks, fit, require a security for. tho payment by tho. said racing club of all duties and other sums payable by that club in respect of the race meeting for which the license is proposed to be issued. . . Every security given in accordance with tho last preceding regulation shall be by bond in ,the Form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto for .such sum as the Minister for Internal Affairs thinks fit, and entered into by' two or more responsible officers: of tbo club approved by the said Minister. ...