NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1310, 13 December 1911, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[Bv Glescok.]

Acceptances for the first day's events at the Manawatu Racing Club's meeting close on Friday next. Acceptances for the Mastcrlon Racing Club's meeting are due on Saturday, Encouraged by the success of Lady Medallist. "Air. 11. .1. Craven" is going in for racing in Sydney and Melbourne on n large scale, and recently Trainer J. AV. Noud proceeded to Brisbane to arrange for the transfer of several prominent horses from there to Sydney. Among, the well-known horses which will commence stud duty in England next year are Bachelor's Double, Swynford, Lemberg, AVillonyx, and Sunstar. D. Maher has won ll!)7 races during his 12 years' riding iu England, and in only one season has his average fallen below 20 per cent, of winning mounts. His best effort in this direction was in ltlOli, when his winning' percentage was 23.17, which nearly equalled Tod Sloan's most successful season in England. H. .lones has been engaged by King George as his first jockey for next season.

The handsome black liorso, Sonito, still docs long trotting exorcise daily at Trentham, and Mr. W. Davics's horse seems to bo thoroughly sound. All descendants of Hotchkiss are better for being given plenty of time, and no doubt this is the Trcnthnm owner's idea in regard to Sonite. At the Saudown Park meeting (Vic.) on December '.'. the Clanranald horse, Sharpshooter, who had been unlucky in a couple of races previously, won tlio principal handicap over a mile. Another New Zealand-bred hor»e, Lord Kelvin, finished fourth. Tyiiedale, the full brother lo Pink 'T'n, purchased by a client of D. J. Price's stables, and who failed badly on several occasions and was subsequently sold, proved equal to winning a welter handicap of seven furlongs at the Wagga meeting on November '!!'). The Now Zealand 'chaser, lloanga, with V. Burn up, was a. strong favourite for the Hurdle Race at the lloinligo meeting early this monlh. but ho failed to stay the course, and was beaten out of a place. It was announced at Woodville on Monday that Tait had been sold to .1. M'Combo for .£3IKI. If the price is correct, the Freedom gelding certainly appears well sold. It was hardly possible to.imagine that the Woodville meeting was a summer one, so bad was the weather. The one redeeming feature—from (lie spectators' point of view—was Hint the fields throughout were of goodly proportions, and several of tho finishes were exceedingly close. W. Young will ridb Morrivouia in the Manawatu Gup. In this race Mr. J. Ames's niaro will endeavour to win for the third time. Immediately on the appearance of tho weights for the Jlanawatu Cup,-Marline was installed favourite.