NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 797, 21 April 1910, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[Bt GiEseoßj The Porirua stable promises to be tjas* ticulorly, strong in-juveniles neit season, and already J. Proeser has taken in hand the youngsters which ■ recently arrived from Sydney. The Birkenhead-Chant filly, though looking somewhat in the rough, is a fine well-grown youngster, and veiy quiet witb.-the tackle. She is led on a-hurdle borse, and seems to tak» kindly to her instruction. The halfbrother to Danube is growing veiy fast, but his edication is not being neglected, and a like remark applies'to thoStepniak —Armilla colt. The last-named has improve! almost beyond recognition, and good judges assume that he will come to band quickly. Mr. J. Bretfs Malster. filly has had the tackle on' several times, and is led out regularly morning and afternoon. __ The. . Kilcheraa—lshtar .filly, which has beei turned out since November, has grown a good deal, and after being built up a bit is.to commence h«r' ■studies.' The defeat of AJmapai in the TraJ Stakes at Nelson came as something libt a shock to Wellington followers of th* sport, and the money: Kst—well, what would one.have in the."Sport of Que voulez-vous? as our sprightly, expressive friends, the French, have' it Her downfill shows ; how, neees-sary it is to keep horses in their own distances. This'filly thowed by her Feilding and Trentharn running that she could gallopas fast as the best in the country for half a mile, but after that she stops very 'quickly. She may do tetter with racing, but at the present time it is folly to support her in anything tat a fourfurlong race. But it would rather seem that it is good business to be on her ia ra<es. over that distance. •■•..-. The Wanganui, breeder, Mr. G. it Currie. who has been to Sydney to see his Field Battery yearlings' sold, returned t» Wellington by the MoeraM yesterday,and leaves for Wanganai by the mail train to-day. The Nelson and Timaru meetings wS be concluded to-day. The crack Auckland pony Mahinga is at .present in A. PetereY stables at Mutt; and it is understood that she will shortly be shipped to Sydney along with Waiata, Tho northern horseman, A. ; M'Millan, will go to Australia to pair in their engagements. . . Repeat is doing good work at Feildln& and if the weights permit hie owner inUnds taking him to Blenheim...Dervish, -nho is another of Jackman's horses, is still very lame, as the result,of the kick which ho received from Njland wnile at the post on the second day of the Feeding meeting. ... Horses trained by A. Attwood at FeiloV ing now number nun. AH are being kept up to the collar, in view of future engagements. The well-known horseman, W._ Young, who is at present under suspension, intends applying for a license at the next meeting cf the Wanguiiui Metropolitan Club, which is, to beheld on Hajr.i. Should he be sue sssful, cne of his nrst rides will be on Jackpot in the Wanganui Steeples. Mention of A. Effingham's aged gelding reminds me that the dd feUw is standing up to his work at Hastings, and his owner is confident maths will get him to the post at Wanganui.

The ex-cross-coun±ry rider, J. Cameron, who is now training horses at Feilding (including-Nightmare and Blend), has just received an addition to his team ra the shape of. a full-brother to_Hingot The same trainer is Oraving Nightmare schooled over big fences, and she will bo nominated for the.Wanganui Steeples.

The Bona Fide gelding, Genuine, has been turned out at Feilding, and is to to given a, good spell. <.;■■

The well-known handicapper, Mr.- H. Coyle, has taken up his residence at Feilding. At' .the conclusion of th» Hawke's. Bay Cup meeting,; it whieh.ha; officiates, he will lease on ahohday trip; to Australia.

Tlib owner of Memvaiaa has been, advised that C. Jenkins -will be unabla to ride his mare at Hastings, hut he has been fortunate enough to secure theservices of A. Oliver. The same horseman will be up on the Hastings two-year-old Bunkum in the events for which! he is nominated. V- ■ '■; ■ ■ '

Entries will be received to-morrow evening for the Wanganui and Hawem meetings. Acceptances •_' are due ■at the same time for the Hastings fixture. A local sportsman, Mr. Joseph Ames, has been ill with influenza during the last few days, but is now recovering.

The published statement that Watwheni died a few days ago in Australia is incorrect, as the Winter Cup winner ba» been buried over two years. She wa* shipped to Mr. W. ■ Warren's stud farm at Adelaide, and died shortly after he* arrival. ; ■ ' ' '

Seraphic, who was brought back ta New Zealand last week,' along with other horses, owned by J. -M. Cameron, i» doing good work at Hastings, and will be a competitor at that meeting next week. .'.,._ ,' / As indicated.yesterday, a curious position has arisen.in connection with tha. handicapping of the in&re Magneto at Hastings. It now transpires that Mr. E. Coyle supposed that he was' handicapping the Menschikoff filly Magneta, which was not nominated, though Mr. Middletoa Melrose's filly Magneto was. 'Of course, the Wellington owner recognises that a mistake has been made, and naturally, h«' will consent to have his filly jrehandicapped' if she starts, but, as she is suffering from a cold, contracted at Awapuni last week, the chances of her seeing the post at Hastings are remote. Presumably a mistake was' made* in. th» secretary's office at Hastings when ths official list was' compiled for the handicapper, as that official knows the . two fillies well. This leads to another question, and that is this: Is it not time that some attention was paid by the conference to the similarity of.names? After tho name "Magneto" had been allowed, ono would have thought that "Magneta" would have failed to pass the 'chairman of the conference.

FIXTURES.. April El—Nelson J.O. Annual. April Canterbury J.O. Auktma. April 27—Manaia flack R.C. Annual. April 27 and v 2a3—Hawke's Bay J.G, Autumn, 'lay-4 and s—Marlborough R.C..Autumn, May 11 and 12—Egmont R.C. Winter. ' \lay 12 and 13—Ashburton County R,C< Autumn. ... May 24 and 26—Wanganui J.C. Winter. . uuo 3 and 4—Dunedm J.C. Winter.