NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1214, 24 August 1911, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

;i!r Gi.r.NcoK.l Owner? arc Riven a final reminder Hint nomination , ! for Hie Dnniievirke Racing Club's Steeplechase .Meeting cliiso today with the secretary, Mr. J. S. Freeman. The reported sale of North East, St. ftiilp, mid St. Hill is without foundation. North East and St. Gate will leave for Australia very shortly. I.adrnne is now hained at. Awapuni by J. Gibson, who formerly trained Gladiole and Monologue. The last-named two arc now under the care of their owner, Mr. T. U'.Neill. Polymorphous, who was operated on for respiratory trouble in May last, has now quite sol over the operation, and is every day building up into a fine horse. He rfiouid Iμ? ready to race in the course of a couple of months. Ballarat recently foaled to Advance at I'avcwaimi. The youngster has probably been bespoken by now, but if over it goes into the sale ring, spirited bidding is sure to take place for it. A. Julian is appealing to (he Metropolitan Club at Wanganui against his dis(iiiiilification by the Wnuganui Jockey Club. The case combs on for hearing on September 6. Dnil, who went wrong on the eve of the Grand National meeting nt Kiccnrlon, is again in work,- and will bo a runner in the Open Hurdle Race at Waugamii next month. Already we have a horse called Continuance racing, and now -o Feilding owner has claimed the name of No License for a blood relation of Ihe Grand National Hurdles winner. Rendrock, who %ure> amongst the nominations tor the Hnck Hurdle events at Mart'on, is not in commission, but is being used as a. hack by W. Young. Reumac, who looks a. perfect picture at. the present time, is now under offer to n southern buyer. If the deal is completed the proposed Australian trip will he abandoned. R. Young has joined the stable of A. Attwood at Feilrting. This makes three brothers attached to the same stable. As A. Oliver will be unable 1o ride any of the Ilighden' horse? in the Now Zealand Clin it is quite likely that his services will bs secured for Merrivonia. Attention hurt hersplf one day last week, and will net be a runner at Wanganui to-day. As soon as she is sound again sho will rejoin F. Tilley's stables at Fordell. At the Karamu stud the brood mares Intelligence, Tcmeraire, and Mandola have each foaled chrstnut fillies to fie imported sire Ilymettus, and Asiatic has produced a chestnut colt to the same, horso. At the annual meeting of members of the Porangahau Racing Club, held on Saturday last, it was decided" to expend ,£SO in improving Ihe purse, etc., as recommended Dy tl'.e Racing Commissioners, also to apply to the ITawke's Bay Jockey Club for a grant of £b for ambulance equipment. Lady Mildred, who showed promising form at Trentham last month, will bs among the runners at the Wanganui Hunt C'lul) meeting to-day. C. Jackson has Astraea in work o.?ain at Hawera. Con the Shanghraun is to l:i> sent in again to Jackson af'.er his spell, and will be accompanied by a full brother, which is. also owned by Mr. J. Ryau, of Manaia. ■ • The annual report of the Pahintua Raoing Club slates that the coramittoo.rcgrH'; that it cannot prefent ;'.s sati.«factorr a balance-slieet, as had hoped for. The receipts of the club suffrroi owine to the fact that bookmakers were not allowntl to ply their calling at the. race moetjni, .and also though the totalisator lecipts were good, the Government tnx of .{866 odd was a severe drain on the revenue. As far as tho receipts go, they show an increase on former years, but thwa has also been an inrroaw in the expenditure. The Pahiahin Racing Club \v.v anions those cut out by (ho Commission, but the cOTi'iiiltee is plea'od to state lliat a private Bill is before the House now dealing with their position, on.'l tint of other clubs, and it is hoped that the annual race meeting ivill take place as usual. Thn committee has adopted the usual course of writing-off heavily for depreciation.

S. Howie, the well-known Victorian cross-country rider, has niacin his fina' appearance over fences, and will in future cnnfiiiß himself to training, with an occasional Tide over hurdles. During his earetr Howie, who hns liarl nioi-p than his fair sharp of serious falls, has won numerous steeplechases and lumllc races in Ne\r Zealand. New South I.Vaks, Victoria, and Pwith Australia. Hn won the Australian Steeplechase-on Nigel in 190 S.

Says the Sydney "Anw":-I ) rincpFrotp cut nut spvm furlongs fully a second and a half faster than anything eke pssavins that, distance at Rcuidwick on Thurselav morning, and there would se?m little doubt as to his being able tr> gallon every bit as fast ns lir> could a= a With Comedy Kins and Trafalgar'working well at Flemington, and Oadonh and two or three others, in addition to Prince Fo-ite, shaping nicely at Randwick, the A..T.C. Spring Stnjcts promises to be something of a racing treat.