NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 13

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

. ' [BY GLBNCOB.I . Penaites. : has : been ' suffering from a poisoned leg; for the last two weeks, but tie, is now right again, ;and-is- in ..daily work on the Hutt tracks. . 1 Hie TVanganui meeting , will bo concluded to-day. Tho fieldß in the hack rac«s are again- large,' though,' in ! the open events, there is a considerable falling off. ~ :■ The ] .two-yeaMlds''St.'.' Petersburg,Bronze, and Niernno were galloped together over three furlongs at \Vanganui yesterday, and all'three acquitted themselves well. • The last-named, ' which belongs to R. J. Mason's' team, will be sent to Hastings, on Monday in charge of H. 'Gray, as her trainer is rctun* south with Danube, who will not be produced' again; until tlie v>ubiui>.uu i J lato.at Trentham; , ! ' The well-known Awapuni trainer, T. Wilson,: is at present seriously ill, and was unable to take Waikaraka to the Wimgaiiui meeting. • , . .; • It is roported on what appears to be good authority, that Maori King, is'to bo shortly returned from Sydney td New' Zealand. ; '■■■■: 1 ' Roosevelt ia; sliglitly 'lame in front, and will be unable to race for some time. .' .': C. Pritchard's team for the Blenheim meeting consists of Penza, and Rongomai. Space\ has been booked for them by Monday's , boat. . The Karamu filly, Falsetto, got a very bad start in the. Maiden race at Wangar nui, and, at one stage of the race; she was giving j the leaders nearly thirty lengths start.;. She,finished very fast, however, and was close up fourth. The Hunterville-owned horse Ihe Native/who showed such good form- at Bulls, will bo a fresh competitor: in tho hurdle °V(Hita at Wanganui. Ho has been acoepW for- in. both races, but :.will' probably stark:'in'the open event, in which he has the minimum impost. . h b\ s P eoi . al , tr ? in ' s l eav ' n g Wanganui at 7.30 to-night,' and will convey. AVelliiigvisitors. home from. the races. , : ■ _ Wimme r a, who competed in the Jiurdlo Race at Wanganui on. Thursday, is engaged in the principal flat race to;day. ■/. • v Warsong, Multiple;: and- Gold Circle were to be railed from Wanganui to iMapier yesterday to.complete their preparations for the Hawke's Bay meet- _. The; two-year-bid Australian-bred fillv by lositano out of Gireo has been called Perseiß,. She is owned by Mr. E. J. . Watt., \ Lemberg's win. in. the , Jockey: Club stokes on Thursday- would bring his wiiwngs up to more than i 20,000., \His.. owner,: ■ '.'Mr. - Fairie," will now have' won something like £30,(X)0'in'stake's thi§ year.' . - Whether .Countermine's chaaco in the Guineas on Thursday was affected b'y her stumbling should be proved ;to-day by her running in the Owen Handicap, in which she has 7st. ,61b. to oarry. .. .. ...A cablegram:.'received'-. yesterday from Mr. S. .Gibbons conveyed the. news that the New Zealand jockey, A. Oliver, who is at present in- a Sydney hospitaJ,; is not seriously jl].. The - .'message added that Mr: Gibbons's Epsom Handicap candidate, Equitas, was very well. . Golden Loop, who' was ono of' the well-backed .candidates in the Putiki Hack Handicap [ on Thursday, will be a runner in the mile: hack race at Wa-' nganui to-day.

•The Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting will oominenoe atßandwiclc today, when the Epsom Handicap, ' the A.J.C. Derby, and' tlio Spring Stakes will bo run. New Zea|and-bred horses engaged in the Epsom Handicap are Gold Lace, Equitaa, Golden Slipper, Motoa,, Broadsword, Sunburnt. , and Mundi'c. No New: Zealand candidate is likely to .be among the starters for the Derby, but in the Spring Stakes two good Dominion horses in Master Soult and Artillerio .are engaged. ■ In; tho Hurdle Baco Woollooniooloo, Hoonga, and Nelius may be started, and in the Kensington Handicap Sea-toil Dale, Effort, and. Chauvelin are. engaged. The meeting will be. continued on Monday, when tho Metropolitan Handicap and the Breeders' Plate are' among the events on the card. The Manawatu Hunt Club. "has arranged to hold a Point-to-Point Steeplechase Meeting at Manakau next Wednesday, on the property of Mr. J. It. Al'Donald, the site of the old racecourse. The programme will oomprise two steeplechase events for horses that have qualified with the. Manawatu hounds, a hunters' flat race (to be nominated by ladies), and a flat race for legitimate farm horses, to be ridden by farmers or their sons.' Trophies have been donated for first and second prizes in each event.. Commenting on Gold Lace's victory in -the Camellia Stakes at Resell ill, .the

Sydney "Daily Telegraph" said: —Just how Gold Lace wop there was a decided difference of opiriion about, but those who think that she had nearer 101b. in hand than lib. are not likely to be far astray. W. Ryan- rode the New Zealand flyer one of. those finishes that liavo not been common since Tom Hales, O'Brien, and men of their class, wero in tho saddle. He did not attempt to repose Gold Lace by clearing out' from the field and then slowing down; once he had Manchester's measure taken, and there w,as no danger of a surprise from any other quarter, he simply stayed alongside and won in a very confident way. ; '

RACING FIXTURES./ .■, _ October I.—Wangauni J.C. Spring. October S and 6. —Marlborough B.C. Spring. October 12 and 13: —Otaki Maori ' B.C. • Spring. ' October 19 and 22.—'Wellington R.C. Spring.