NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[By Glekcoe.] In'connection with the AVellington Racing Club's summer' meeting, owners and - Wainers are reminded that accoptances for the Wellington Cup and Tclegrnjh Handicap, also entries for tho Trial Plate, Disposal Stakes, and Selling , Plato, and final payments for the Wellington Stakes, close at.9 o'clock p.m. to-inorrow, with the secretory, Mr. A. E. Whyte. Nominations for the Wanganui Jockey Club's* autumn meeting close on' January 21.' ......... Weights for the first day's events at the Pahiatua Racing Club's meeting will bo declared next Tuesday. Tho St, Ambrose mare Ambrosian, which lias been loosed by Mr. F. S. Eastou; will 1 make her first appearance ill her new. owner's colours at Foxton, where' she has been given "st. 21b. in the Cup. J. Stewart, who went to Perth for the Christmas meetings, under engagement to ride P. Bolger's junipers, was not jottunato enough to win n race, and a second was the nearest which he achieved during the four days. G. Prico is keeping Polymorphous hard at it on the Awapuni plough tracks, and the big bay horse will be a suro starter in the Telegrapli Handicap at Trentham. After the Awapuni meeting C. Pritchard handed Naumai to !\ Carmont, and tile latter wi\l keep him in training for the, five furlongs race on the second day of the Foxton meeting. -After this, lie will bo turned out for an indefinite period on his owner's farm at Ohr.u. ! As a racing proposition Bel-cola has been a great failure, and it therefore comes • as no. surprise to hear that all 'attempts: to iviu a r?co with him have been abandoned lor the present, and he has been, turned out. The Officer gelding must, have shown 'l'eiford some useful gallops in private, as he was often asked to put a price on him, and just as often refused to do so. 1 Starter A. Keith arrived back from the Coast yesterday and leaves for Foxion to-day where he will act as starter -at the forthcoming meeting of. that club. The many backers of Mclologuo at' Bulls will probably be on tho daughter of Advance when next she starts, which is likely to be at Foxton. At an early stage of her last effort Oliver got. badly boxed in and he was sent back and back till at the lop of the straight he was last. Under tho circumstances the marc did well to finish fifth. . Properly placed in the South Island Swimming licit should turn out a good winner. While racing in these parts last season he won close on .£SOO in stakes and iii ins is not likely to have cost his owner anything like that sum for working expenses Mr- J- Monk must have done well out of the horse. It has also to be borne

in mind that ho will meet nothing so formidablo in the Otago district' as nc was wont to race against hero. The nomination of Aimwell was omitted from both the' Konini Welter and tho Grandstand. Handicap in the telegram covering the nominations for the Paluatua Racing Club's meetiilg. Jockey W. Ryan has practically recovered from tlie effects of his accident and will be riding at the Trentham meeting. In connection with (he Wellington Racing Club's summer meeting, Messrs. Harcourt and C'o. will hold a salo of the racecourse privileges at their rooms, Lambton Quay, on Friday next, January 13.