NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

- }■:■ ■ . [Bv Gmjncob.] Tho Taranaki Jockey Club's meeting commences to-day, when ""tho,, principal event to be decided is tho Taranaki Cup. Koynl Soult, whoso term of two years' 'disqualification has / expired, , figures amongst tho nominations for the prin-, cipal events to bo decided at tho , South Auckland ;Eacing> Club's meeting this month. •■ . Before leaving Invercargill for Winga- . tui .to fulfil his engagement in.tho Dunedin'(Cup, Waiju was doing excellent work. L. H. Coleman will probablv ride tho'son of % AVaiiikn ! in" the .Cup , ] f£"«, ■Jociccy H.* Gray has received Sinstructions:to proceed south" after i tho New Plymouth,' - meetihg'to ride, Byron) in his Dunodiu, engagements; 'nfist- week. Fliiigot and Uoiirrasquo.wcre not taken to,,the Taranaki meotini;, and will not be Ken, out till the Woodville fixture next week. : ■ . ' ' ■'"'.■■ At the conclusion of tho Taranaki meeting, tho light-weight jockey, C.Emerson, will le.ivo for Duncdin,, where ho : has been engaged to , ride Romany Maid ..in tho Cup. • , Weights for tlin first day's events at the Dannevirke Racing Club's meeting jvill: ba'declared on Friday next. ■ The-Renown—Searchlight gelding that Mr. J. J. Cory purchased at the Christmas' sales has already l>een sprinted Kver.il times on the Hutt course,' and the , other morning' ran two' furlongs'in • Hisec. '■■ - K : ..- . •■; ■ ■ .., Aimwell is being schooled over fences ■ at the Hiitt course In his first two disjplnys he jumped well, but after that he ■wpuldnot look at a fence. 'Probably if he'ihad'n companiori in his tasks he .wpnld go better. . : - ■■ : ' Whilo_ex(ircising at Ellerslic on Saturi'd.iy morniug, tho Leolantis , gelding -Tat- '■' toa'-strucK one/of. his forelegs, injuring Wndon. On 'Sunday.' fsays-tho -'Auckland'."Herald") it was deemed ihadvit- ■' nble ■to . send Tattoo to': Taranaki.' P. M'Mdnethin. ; therefore, abandoned his intended trip to Now Plymouth,- not thinking,' it worth while to send Haku down;. ■■'.■.-"..-. . '.i ' ', :•- ■.. • Ellerslie' trainer, T. A; ■ Williams, arrived at' New. Plymouth by the Rarawa with Sir Artegal and Peggy I'ryde, which pair claim engagements at the Taranaki Cup meeting. By the same eteamor W. Irwin'arrived , with the Explosion mare Zinnja, who is also engaged eti'.Taranaki. Among the recent winners of hurdle races'in Melbourne was the New Zealand horss, Tho Raft, (Tho Possible-Lifebelt), who started a rank outsider in the jump;i in? cv«.it at Sandowu Park on February 1 anjl, won easily. . • V In certain quarters, Kemp, rider of :\ Contralto hi tho concluding event at Ha- ; H'era, has,been blamed for careless riding in allowing Oliver, on .Attention to- , get-up on the rails. It should be remenithe lad was opposed by a more experienced horseman': and moreover one ' who possesses great nerve,, which enables him to send his "mount through openings which to other riders would'appear to be impossible ones. '. ■ . ■ ,:

The scratching of La.dy Lucy in the Australian. Cup caiho ns a bombshell to early backers, though had they used any judgment at all the work'sillotted the New Zealand male would, havo shown them that there was very little chance of her seeing the post. ; . .

t Three of the most prominent'horses in Alawa. Crncinejla, and Lady Lucy have been scratched for tho Australian Cup. In,al>olishins betting with . Ihe'.bookf?> i' At n. cala . n(l ,va3 onlv ' following the lead of tho Argentine, where all speculation is done by means of. the tofalisator. ■■■..., . :; ~ . .

. Tho Oaklrigh Plate, Eve furlongs and a da-nwl! ™ ttt J Caulfi«ld on Satur-

.IV hurdle horso Waterworks is to bo turned out for a spoil. '.'

.The following official scratching* are notified for to-day s races at New Plv niouthl-Avaunoe; St. Toiity, Fliiir-ot Bourrasque, Ksineh, Winning'l'ost, Mciitiform. Theodore, Waipaku, and Ciccdwin Park for all engagements. •

■ The Wnngaiiui'Jockey Club irttiids running a special train to Wellington on the evening of Saturday, March }, which is tho second day of thu Cup nieoting.

Lady Medallist has been scratched for the Wanganui Cup; flull'Rat: is reported to have broken down badly, and has been scratched for all his Wangamii engagements.

Seldom, who has nn in the Hack Hurdles at New l'lyi!i ; ut.i b-uay, fa one of .AV..C. Ring's Iran;. Ffe :s to be ridden by tho AVnng.ruu lip!:'.-w;'igh;, F. Coleinan, who is milcing his first appcaruico in a hmdie nici.

Jockey It. Yoiinj Iμ* loft the ftab'ps of F. Tiilcy, ami has joiiK'd forces with W. Price at AVan^anni.

AV. Youn/i \vaf. .uiiablo to got liacli. from Qisborne owing to - .ne slonny weather experienred theiv. Accordingly another rider will have to In! found for Winchester in the Hack Hurdles at the TaranakL meeting 10-dav. B. Jlnrtagh, who rode him successfully at Ifnwcra, did not make the Irin to New Plymouth. ■ -

Winners at the Egmont meeting have incurred tho following penalties nt the Taranaki Jockey Club's autumn meeting: -Hurdles: Vaul (71b.) 12st. 71b.. Itibsion Pippin (71b.) 95 , .. Jib., Stewards' Handicap: Gladiolo (71b.) S*t. Mb. Tiniarn Ifack Handicap: Con the Shnughraun (71b.),.75t. 71b.; Taranaki Cup: Mendin (rehandicappccl) Bst. 101b.; Oknto Hack Handicap: Smilax (71b.) Sst. 21b., Mamnvnkalm (71b.) "st. 131b.; Flying Handicap: Gladlolo (71b.) Sst. 21b., Tninainupo (71b.) Tit. lllb.; Hack Scurry: Con tho Shaughraun (71b.J Bst. 71b.

Bega, the veteran hurdlo racer, died on November 11 in a paddock at Towrang (Australia). Bega was the nropcrty of Mr. 'Walter T. fianiel, of tlio Gouiburn "Evening Penny Post," and was by Uargo out of n Splendour marc; Ho had a mest successful career, winning in all 54 races. Hβ was 21 years,old. Ho first started 'anions the ponies, nnd won events in Queensland, when he was allowed to compete ngaiust horses. . If is first hurdle raco was won at tho Easter Meeting at Itnndwick some years ago. Breaking down, ho was turned out for three years, and was then takeu over, to Victoria, , and won the Hurdles Doubles nt the Melbourne Cup Mooting.- putting up the record for tho two miles nnd n half for the hurdles at l'lcmington. Afterwards he won nt Willinmstown. Bcsn was again turned out, and tvrelvo months after was on Jtnndwick racecourse again, running second in the Hurdles, though carrying nn impost pf 12st. 2lb. Twelve months later ho won another victory at Itandwick, being 17 years old. Ho was also successful nt suburban meetings. Finally ho broko his fetlock. FIXTURES. . . Feb. 15 and IC—Taranaki J.C. Autumn.' Feb. 22 and 23.—Woodvillo District J.C. Autumn. ' • Feb. 22, 23, and 25.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. . March 1 and 2.—South Canterbury J.C. Autumn. March 1 and. 2.—Nelson J.C. Annual. March 2 and Y—Wanganui J.C. Autumn. March 8 and 9.—Dannevirko H.C. Autumn. March 15 and IC.-Napier Park K.C. Autumn. March . 23 and 24.—Masterton B.C. Autumn. ' : i THE PUMMER-DENNISTON CO.