NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1241, 25 September 1911, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Owners nro reminded Chat acceptances for tlio first day's events at the Wanganui Jockey Club's meeting close to-night with the secretary, Mr. Win. Hall. '' Nominations for tho Wavcrloy-Wai-totara , Racing Club's meeting close, to- •■ " morrow with .the club's secretary, , ' Mr. ' W. Macfarlanc. Tho club has drawn up a capital hack programme for Labour ■■, ) Day. The Cup is worth 120 sovs., and I' no race has lea than 70 sovs. attached - to it. J Sea Eaglp is now trained by W. "Wliifcfaker. The latter has returned tho : ' ) Stepniak—lllusion filly to her owner, Mr, . J. T. Blake. C. Jenkins wont through to Hastings > last week to rido Mr. E. J, Watt's ■ • horses in their work. ■ ,„ Weights for the- first day's events at ■ the Marlborough Racing Club's meeting . ; nro duo on Saturday next. F. Flynn, wlio rode Laddio in the '. ' Steeplechase at Avondale on Wednesday, ' returned to the paddock with his left '■ shoulder apparently dislocated. For sonio ■ • time no medical man was availably, and ■ when at last the services of Dr. Murphy . were secured, no bandages could be cot, • nnd a, towel had to be used (says tho > Auckland "Star"). Flynn's injuries were • a badly bruised shoulder, Uk> ligauiente . also being lacerated. It is understood (fays a Christchurch- • paper) that the Ashburtqn police have laid an information against a Christchurch bookmaker for lalleged-■ betting ■ on Iho Racecourse Road, Ashburton, c'mr- , ing (he recent meeting of the Ashburlon County Racing Club, and that the case is set down for hearing next Friday. '■.. On Wednesday morning, at Hastings (says the Hawko's Bay "Herald"), .Foe j O'Oonnell was schooling Castlosidc, when this gelding fell, O'Comicll escaping'with ' a shaking. He then" went ami, caught ; the exnress for To Aute, where' he schooled Scots Fusilier. Tlio latter fell, breaking o'Conne.ll's collar-bone, and . severely crushing one o£ his legs. This ' is very unfortunate, as ho had some i ..•:.!:.... (.„ ,!„ ,i O|nt; ; WailgaUW, ' Hawko's Bay, and Napier Park, ' jir. J- J. Lorry arrived fiom Blenheim by .the Pateena on Saturday night, and • will bo at Otaki to-day to see Indra com- " iwto in (lie Trial Handicap. E. Hatch ■ • will probably have tho mount. - FIXTURES. § '• , September 25.—Otaki Maori R.C. Sprinc. : September 28 and 29.—Wauganui J.C, 1 Spring. ' - September 28 and 29.-Geraldino R.C. ■ Spring. ) October ■!.—Hawko's Bay J.C. Spring. , October 11 and 12.—Marlborough R.C. Spring. October 11 and 14.—Dunedin J.C. Spring. ' October 11.—Napier Park R.C. Spring. October 21 and 23-Wellington K.C. • Spring. ; October 23.— Waverley-Waitotara K.C. ; Annual. j ' October 21 nnd 26.—Greymouth J.C. Spring. October 26 and 27.—Poverty Bay T.C. ■ Spring. ' November 1 and 4.—Auckland R.C. ; ' Spring. ■ November -1, G, 8, and 11.—Canterbury , J.C. Metropolitan. ' ; December 20 and 29, and January 1 and 2, —Auckland R.C. Summer.