NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1351, 31 January 1912, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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The Gisborae Eacing. Club's • meeting opens--to-morrow.

Gloy, winner of the Takapnna. Jockev Club Handicap, is a half-brother to Sedition, who was a successful performer in the Auckland district.

Several local sportsmen, who were present at tho. Foxton- meeting, speak in iavQurablo terms of the work of Mr. Angtis Keith, the club's starter.

.Acceptances.for-the Tβ Kuiti Eaclus UUb s meeting close to-day.

/<J%I horses, Julia B (Soult-Kosana) and Ynlobia (ObligadoMtss bimon) were among the-winners at tho Helena Vale (W.A.) meeting on January 13. The first-named also scored at Perth a.week later.

Mr. D. J. Evans, secretary of the WestJand Racing Club, was on a visit to Wellington recently. ■

E.. Barlow, the.Taranaki trainer, did not. enter any. members of his team at the f/gmoiit meeting, nor will he do any riding at the fixture under notice.

loh, whp,:tho cable announced, won the lnal Stakes vat tho. Australian" Jockey Olubs meeting-on January 20, is by Birkenhead from Isolt. She is owned by Mr. John -M'Donald, who gave 1000 guineas for Isolt at the dispersal sale of the late Mr. tr. O. Stead's stud. That loli is fably speedy she prorod by running tho mile m lmm. 41is«j. ■..■-, ,

The-Nw. Zealand hijrsemnn, W. A. i[ys.n, had the mount .on Britain when the latter ran second to Son of the Marsh in tho Centenary Stakes at Ranmrick la»<, week.

A fair sprinkling of Auckland horses at 1° M O f an i aW , , J ?£ d Wanganui meetings should lend additional interest to the rat ing; A few seasons back tho West Coast trip was a regular one with Auckland owners, who generally finished the tour with a visit to Hasting and Napier Park, which meetings were then held in March

The Sydney cable man, who during tho past few months has sont a largo number of messages 'bearing reference to the placed performances, of a fillv nim*.. Chaste Twilliam Rufus-Elopin* £tdvT forgot to roport that she ran second in tho January -Handicap at Ramlwick on January 20. Chaste is by tho same sire as Mr ? : n^ lrl S' 8 ? in ?, t Ru / , i s -- Ecd Knight (a full'brother to Chaste) was successful at the Queensland Tnrf Club's meeting last Saturday week. ...Ho carried .Ost. 01b., and ran ten furlongs in 2min. Ojsec.

The Porirua team for the Egincnt meeting will be railed to Hawera on Saturday morning. It will consist of Dearest aiwl St. Petersburg, both of whom look well after their Trentham trip, and Dirge and Aloha, who will run in tho hack events. Jockey 11. Grav arrived in Wellington last evening on his way south to attend the C.J.C.. midsummer meeting, whore he has riding engagements. Deeley and Whittaker, who were to have- accompanied him, preferred to do the Gisborue meeting instead. Later the throe jockeys named will proceed to tho Egmont Racing Club's meeting.

Mr. T. H. Lowry, of Owaka, Hawke's Bay, arrived in Wellington last evening.

At the conclusion, of the recent Treiithain meeting, Mr. R. T. Turnbull mndo a present of Laius to J. 11. Prosser, and, in future, tho Merriwcc horse will cairy the colours of the Porirua owner-trainer.

Returned visitors from tho Takapuna meeting state that Soultoria put up a wonderful performance in winning the Cup. Entering the short straight the maro' was la6t but one, and Deeley secraod hopelessly blocked, but, by a wonderful effort, he got clear nnd snatched victory in the last stride by a head only. Had ilio. race -been wou by La Beina,

who was second, a very big dividend would havo been returned.

According to the "Hawkc's Bar Herald," a yearling colt by Achilles—Marseillaise, purchased by Mr. E, ,1. Watt, of Hastings, at tho salo oi the Waikanac yearlings at Wellington on Tuesday last, at a cost uf 2GO guineas, died on Saturday. Mr. Watt also lost a filly by Achilles from Bluo Ktver a few week? ago. Two of the most notable events during the past season in England were tho departure, of Your Majesty (Persimmon— ITours) for South America, and tho bale of Sundi'idgo (Amphion—Sierra) to an owner in France. From England comes word of tho death of Mr. W. Taylor Suarpe, at tht> age of sixty-eight. Though his residence was at Baumber, ho had stayed at Newmarket for tho past few years, and had bceu nearly all the time in failing health. Deceased was proprietor of tho Baumber Stud (where hi? chief sires were Oboron and Father Confessor), and tho most notable horse which he bred was the famous Galopin, who has been so successful as a sire, and won the Derby for the late Prince Batthyany in 1875. It was Mr. Sharpo who conclusively settled the onco doubtful question as to the sireship of Galopin, and proved conclusively that ho was by Vedette. Another horso of sonic note, bred by him was Grey Tick, who was sold as a yearling at one of the Cobhiuu sales, and won tho Cesarewitch iu 1903, and many other races.

Lady Kilcheran was entered for the Flying Handicap at tho Wanganui J.C. Cup Meeting instead of tho Stewards* Handicap, in which list her name inadvertently appeared.

In discussing Lord Eoscb'ery's purchase iJf Signorinetta, tho special commissioner of the London "Sportsman" states that it will give Bezoman's half-brother, Cicero, yet another splendid chance, as no other stallion in the world will havo upon his list nest season two maws who, between them, won all tho classic races. Having already bred three Derby winners, his Lordship is evidently fixed in his purpose to breed a fourth or more, and ho will probably succeed. Tho No. 23 family to which Signorinetta belongs has produced several good classic winners, notably of the Oaks, viz.: Caroline (1323), Cyprian (1836), Songstress (1852), and Limasol (1897), in addition to Signorinetta herself. Moreover, Barcaldino, the grandsire of Signorinetta, was of this same family, No; 23, and closely in-bred to it. Bruce Lowe wrote- of this.family as "a valuable oue, and the. above example (Barcaldine) shows how easily it assimilates with tho best Tunning blood." The second maro referred to by the special.commissioner is. no doubt Sceptro.

The Wairarapa Racing Club will give J51335 in stakes at'its autumn meeting, which is to be held on Saturday and Monday, April G and 8. The programnio is the same as that of last year, and consists of fourteen races, the principal event on the first day beinu the Easter Handicap, of a.mile and a qnarter, worth 200 sovs., whilo on the second day t.ho Autnmii Handicap, of a niile and-a distance, is endowed with 150 sova.

"Mr. Sydney Harrison," owner of Captain, takes exception to a paragraph, whicb appeared in this column on Saturday last. This paragraph referred to Captain as a "brown Miding, who' was continually going lame last season." Mr. Harrison states that Captain is a bay horse, and adds that the statement that he was continually going lame last season is quito unwarranted, while he hardly thinks that tho horse would havo won twice, run second twice, and onco unplaced in five starts if he had bccu continually going lame. "As a matter of fact (tho horse's owner continues), tho only soreness which has ever affected Captain was due to thrush.... .....To thoroughly eradicate'this ailment I drove, him regularly, in harness, frequently giving him 25 miles in a. day on hard roads. Tho efficacy of this treatment is now" becoming manifest, and similar treatment would, in my opinion, prove beneficial to 75 per cent, of tho horses in training." !

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