NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[By Glencoe.l

Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting close to-day at- 9 p.m, . ./■'.• .' .. ..' Owners are'given a final reminder that nominations for the -Wellington. Racing' Club's meeting. close to-night with the secretary, Mr. A, B. Whyto. Telegrams should be .lodged early, so as to arrive Aofore 9 .

:Tho Geraldine meeting takes place on Thursday and Friday. Eoso Noble, who showed wihning form at Eiccarton'and. Ashbnrton, is top weight in tho Cup with 9st. Thoso who have seen the Achilles foals this season-pronounco them to be a splendid lot. . , - ' In connection with tho Wanganui Jockey Club's meeting it is notified that applications for boolcmakors' licenses must ba in the'hands'of the secretary to-' da);. /', Tho H«tt trninor, C,-Pritohard, leaves for Wanganui this morning, and is taking Mon Ami; Rarigikapua and Gold Bird with him. -Yesterday morning F. Porter took charge of Mr, H. Whitney's team at Hutt. ■ . : Acceptances' for the first day's events at tho Marlborough meeting close on Friday. . ./ ~ Recent foalings at Waikanao are Strathspey (Gipsy Grand—Reel), a fine colt to: Achilles, and visits Bezoaian'; on Friday last Rumour (dam 1 ' of Polymorphous), a colt; to' Sir- La'ddo, and visits Achilles;, At IJlderslio, tho Waikanae mare. Angela Happy .Valley) has foaled a filly/to Charlemagne, visits Downshiro. Tho local jockey,. E. Hurtagh, will ride Xpyier in the: Hurdles at Wanganui on Thursday. Ho'left by the'.'mail train yes-' terday, and will school tho Tasman gelding, this morning. ' Hydrant will , not. start in tho Hurdles on tho first day at Wanganui, and his usual pilot, T.i Pritohard, . will rido Gold Bird, who is now in C. PritchaTtl's stables. Tho news of the scratching of Advocate for the New Jlealand Cup will bo . received with considerable surprise'' in local "circles. It probably means that the bay horse .has gone ; wrong, as just: prior to . the Avondale Bieeting ho was supported for tho, Cap, ai.d it was -understood that ,the commission; came from the-, stable." At Avondalo ho showed up very well in the Plumpton, and finished fourth behind Locbbuhio, being only half a length away. For the convenience vof. . Wellington, sportsmen attending the Wanganui races this week, a' special" train has,:been- arranged to leave Wanganui about 7.30 p.m. on: ■ Saturday and . run straight .through to .Wellington, arriving afte?; midnight. : Any day now the first of;ftho'--stock- of the English horse Bezonian are . expected to appear at Waikanae. , The Hntt-trained Penza,; Larea and Rongomai, are undor orders for the Blenheim meeting, and- will bo shipped by Monday's .boat." As C. Pritidiard is unable to. make tho'trip his team will go oyer in oharge of T. Pntchard, who will: rida them ; in their. engagements. . .Weights for tho Otaki- meeting are, due on Friday next. ■/ ''. .. ; , The old hurdle- horse Whafcakura, who has been, spelling . sinqo ■ th) Trcntham meeting in July, will contes!: the hurdle races : --at J Hastings next weelc. 'He will remain, at ..Napior until aftir. the meet--ing on Labour Day. At tho Findon: Harriers tiico meeting, Melbourne, on - Soptsmber 17, the, ' New: Zcalaud-bred Waiata started favourite and easily won' the Epping ,furlongs,• 7 - - Gold; Laco started. favourite in tlio Camellia Stakes, which she won at Eosehill on 17;: Australian writers, do not consider. that she had much to sparo at the finish. .. ;'. . Oil tho day that W. Ryan rode Gold Lacci to victory , in,tho.:.Camellia Stakes: another Ne\v'Zealand jockey;(J. Stewart) rode; Grateful, fie .' winner of the hurdle .race. at the :sa!me: meeting. - , , Next lo Frank Wootton, tho jockey cf the, hour; in.. England at the'present, time' is an apprentice : named .Eickaby,' wlioni Nat Gould described a couple:of months ago ,-as the most promising' light-weight ■in England.;A recent 'edition. of • the London: "Sportsman" says tho feature -,bf thoy Stockton Meeting' 'ex- . cellent-.riding of .young Eickaby.:. In nine he.T/pn, jix iaces,': three; each • At the York (Eng.) meeting. last month, ;Mr;: W. Hall Walker was unable ,to • follow, up ; his. previous successes -in the two-year-old race, 'the Gimcrack " Stakes. iHis representative;':, the* ■Gillinulo--"' filly, Burnt. iJm'ond, ,ran nowhere,: the, winner tiiriiingmp'.in,Mr. Leopold de Eothschild's Pietri, who, in, : .a field of nine, was re;garde'd Jis-a-certainty.;. Second:-.place,was ; tilled, by;; Lord Derby's' King William (F.' Wootton),.; and thirti by.:;Garraveen ■ (S; Wootton),: -who is trained by. Wootton,sen., for Mr, H. Lytham.', l'ietri is by St. .Frusquin from I'io Powder. - ' . RACING FIXTURES. ' September 29 and: October I.—Wanganui J.C. Spring. , . ■ • . , ; o,ctobcr 5 : and , 6.—Marlborough' E.C. Spring. , , i October ,12 and 13.—Otaki ( Maori . E.C. Spring. • ' • October 19 and 22.—Wellingtoh - E.C." • Spring. '■! v.. ; :i