NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1368, 20 February 1912, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[By Glen^ok.) The Now Sou Hi Wales-bred Saniencp (Amnion— Sili'iiiilinH* among tlic horses engaged in the jumping races at Wnoilvillo. He lias \kvu a cli. s nppoinhiipn< on the Hat. Ohinp was engaged in the Maiden anil Scurry evonls at. \Vondvillp, bill. having wcin ill Tnrnnaki. i> not n«««- eligible In ccnippfo in I ho events mimed. The. "illy reprc-onlalivo of I ho nll-po«-crfnl Iliglidcn ,*lal<|p al W.oodville is liiM-liwnnd, who lins been engaged in thp M:\idrn event "ii Ihe first day. He is n two vp:ir-rild rhe-tniil mil by SI. Ambrose —YVailemnln. dnin of T.ipmvai Mam of Silver BuIHK Hip Now Zealand SI. I.pger winner I'orirun, Sir Frisen. and other nerfnrnier». \Vailem;il;i hud mi progeny between Sir Frisco and Loekwnod. There are only si* horx>? in the TTiirdlos nn Hie fir>t ilny at Wnodville, and I en on Ihe >pciiml. The new ones are Jackinnn. Merrii- ijid. Kiinrtw. and Eiya. 'Hie lasl.-nniiied failed al Foxlnn and Tlairera, ami appears In have Inst his dash. Winner- at Taranaki engaged at Woodville ore. Clpmoe* (in 'he Whariti Hark UaiidiciiPi seven furlongs) and Ohino (in

I lit l County Hack llnndicap, six furlongs), lioth horses have incurred. 1011). extra. Miss Jewel, who is engaged nt Woodville, is a four-year-old by .Marshal Suult (sire ill Tripoli) from Jewel. .M«sm-<. J. JO. Henrys and 11. Whitney lelt I'm' the south yesterday to assist at the Diiiiedin Autumn meeting, which o|tt'is to-morrow anil will be continued on Thursday ami Saturday. 'Plio Nut, Loch llabcn, and Happy New Year, winners at Wairoa, are engaged at Woodville. The Nut. is bv The Possible -Miss Heck Willi, and is therefore a fiillliroiher to Appin, winner of the Century Hurdles. .Loch Mabou, who won the by; event each day, is by Pun Fran—ll.M.S. J'inafore, by Dreadnought—l'ardingale, by Gidogan. On the second day Loch Jlnbeh carried lOst. 311)., and ran a mile in liniii. 13 .'l-ri-pc. Happy New Year (Merrie Kng-hm.l-Lady ViM), who used to be raced by Isaac Freeth in (he Wairarnpn, scored three times out of five starts. She carried list. 81b., and ran seven furlongs in Imin. :il 2-sspc. Shn looks the most likely of the Wairoa contingent to score at. Woodville. The 3-ycar-old fillv Mliie Laka was railed from the Hntt to Woodvillc yesterday. She is engaged in the Telephone ITanaicap, of five furlongs, and will be ridden by C. Price. Strong opposition will be encountered in Rangiatua and AltcaT. Acceptances for the Dannevirke meeting close this evening. W. Davies (with Abercoed, Royal Jlarine, and Khamsin), and A. Craw-ford (with All Guns) are leaving Trentham for Woodvillc this morning. When T. Pritchard left Wellington on Friday last, he was endeavouring to get down to Tst. 101b. to ride Odessa iu the Dunedin Cu;;. This will probably be beyond him, and his mounts are more likely to lie Gold Bird in the Hurdles, Naumai in the Publican's Handicap, and Turna in the Welter. | Before the Caulfield meeting started Comedy King was putting up some great track gallops at l'lemington. However, Waiter llickenbe-thani was confident that ■ Trafalgar would beat Sol Green's imported horse. The result of the St. George's Stakes on Saturday proved that the old trainer of Carbine was correct. Trafalgar is Wallace's best son, and the latter is the best of the Carbines. Wonderful performers, and long-lived ones, Carbine's sons and grandsons are keeping his name green. Two of his sons, Grcatorex and DumlonaUl, are the most successful sires in South Africa. It is no uncommon tiling foi two or three of the progeny of Pistol to win in different Stales in'the Commonwealth the same afternoon. In the Dominion imported Camnfire has started to make a name for "Olu Jack.

In nil probability Merric Lnil will accompany Wcoloomonlon to Melbourne in the winter. The former is showing much aptitude for the jumping Rime and is likely to win races on the ether side. ■Wtev' a long spell of ill-luck, broken only by a hall' victory in the St. Albans Handicap on Kose Noble, K. Hatch snecraled in winning a race on Gladinlo at New I'lvmoulb. Tim victory did not come out nftiirn, and thick and thin supporters of this jockey have lKen haviiuj a bad run lately. Uladiole, who is particularly smart oil' - the mark, was in command the. whole way.

Home Kule, winner of the. hurdle race nl Caullicld on Saturday last, is an Auck-land-bred (joldiiiß by AVairiki, who ended his career in the Melbourne Cup, and would probably bo ridden by the New /.calami horseman, P. Cahill. He ran in the nomination of "Jack" T.oughlin, who was a successful owner-trainer in Otngo before hn nut the bag on and migrated to the other side. Perhaps the best horse Loughlin owned in the south was Don Pedro, a North IslnmUbred gelding by .Yasco tli Gann, one of Mr. Allan M'Lean's Tuki Tnki breed. He won the Duncdin Birthday Handicap and other races. Don Pedro, paid Bo;v.ij" remarkably (rood dividends. After winning several Cups as a five-year-old, lie paid half a century in the 'St. Clair Welter at the old Forbury course.

Owners are reminded that acceptances, for the first day's events at the Dannevirke. Eaciug Club's meeting close tonight. FIXTURES. Feb. 21, . 22, and 2i-Duncdin J.C. Autumn. Feb. ai and 22-Woodvillo District J.C. Autumn. Feb. 23 and 24—South Auckland E.C. Ani lnialFeb. 29 and March 2—Wanganui J.C. Autumn. March (i and 7—Dannevirke Ji.C. Autumn. March IS and U-iN'apier Park R.C. Autumn. March 18—Ouunake T{.C. Annual. March 2ft and '21—Nelson J.C. Annual. April 8 and 9—Canterbury J.C. Autumn.