NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1552, 23 September 1912, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

. '•.' [3y Ulencoe.J . . Acceptances for the Wanganui meeting close this evening, and, at the same time, a payment for the Guineas is also due. Otaki. will be the rendezvous for local sportsmen, to-day and to-morrow, tvlicn tho llaori Club's Spring meeting will be held. Judging by the acceptances, good fields art likely to bo seen out in most of the event*. In the hurdle race. Fashion Plate, Strathmoira, and Strategist ' have been running prominently of late, and will bo more seasoned than the Temainder ■ of the runners in that event. Marten form will no doubt cause backers to plump for St. Serf in the Te Hiwi Memorial- Stakes, in which the opposition will be very weak. I'cggy. showed such a great turn of speed in the Electric Handicap at Jlarton, after being tied up in tho tapes, that she will douhtess see a short price in the Maiden Plate (o-duy. The handsome-looking Expect (Advance—Endeavour) is likely to'be her most (lunger-' ous opponent, and rumour ' credits . the Feildiue-tra.ined animal with being a very useful horse, and in his track essays he has shown that he cangallop fast. Several of the-starters in tlw Dominion Handicap, are likely to" bo. backward, but Odessa, Xgatiinuru, and Lord L'enown have been racing .lately, and this will stand to them when pressure is applied over the filial furlong.. If Peroneal is to bo' nominated in the Stewards' Handicap at liiccarton, she will require to show some form in the six furlongs' hack race to-day. E, Hatch will have the mount, on My. '\V. Nidd's marc, who is reported to be going well, but the race will jjot be any good thing for her. Eocene, King's Favourite, Lady Louisa, War Queen, Aratiatia, and .Paimmarama can all gallop fast, and the winner of Has race, will require to 1)? wr.ll forward in condition, as the pace will be on the whole way. Allurement, and Makaia ore the local favourites for the Flying Hcndkap, but Mount Vicbrin, who can gallop well in the mud (there is likely to be plenty of it to-day), and can begin very smartly, will be at a big advantage on a course like Otaki. Kinn is such rt rare beginner that he is sure to be difficult to dispose of in the welter event, with which tho meeting concludes. - Last year the chestnut gelding won this nice and paid a big dividend, but there is little chance of his supporters obtaining such a return this evening, for the field is a weak one, and tha horse (being.locally trained) will start favourite. . At tho Tarannki Hunt Club's meeting on Thursday, the two open hack races went to members of J.- O'NoiU's team. [Carelah won the Kvc furlongs event, with , White Crane second, ■ and the , latter filled the same position behind Paoli in the half-mile race. Halaphin, who carried the colours of .Mr. B. H. Chancy, a well-known hunting enthusiast, was successful in the Members' Flat Race, and also in the Hunters' Kurdles. The, Marton Jockey Club made a pront of .£516 over its Spring meeting. Special train arrangements have been rjade for the conveyance of excursionists to the Otaki meeting .to-day. Excursion fares will be i«nod liy' train* leaving the Thermion Station lit 7.1(1 ii.in. mid S.iO a.m. The Mo.'terton rnrn.i (iy> ip b» hrld on Thursday, October 1", Xomuiations close

nith Hie si-crclary (.Mr. A. liatli»u-»yi, Maslcrton, on I'rid.iy next ill [I.IHI p.m. Arrangements have been maclo with Ihe Hiiihvay Dopariincnt lo cimble' i : .sitcirs from \Vellin','tuii t;i iitleml the nces and return tho Mime ui'klil. Capital noininalioiis have been received for I lie Napier I'ark ]\'acin» Club's .incutin?. Handicaps for the dilVoreut evenu will not be declared until October 0. It is said that Crown I'earl's n'aiiiination at Avondale was misread by .-ome accident, and that in cuii.-eiiueiic'e, . thu_ hoise was.jiot lnuidicappod lor the race in which his owner intended him to be. This is said ta. !>e the eaiiti , of his withdrawal. •• . ■ Owners are reminded that noininatioTis for thi! Wavci'ley-Waitotara liacing Club's nicctiiitr close on Friday next. ■ Karclali, Marconi, and lied Lupin were to have been" shipped from New.Plymoufh to Onelumgsi on-l'iiday'in : order to fulfil their, at the Avpndnle Jockey ('hilj's meeting. There wa-, however, a heavy sea at the , time, and on the advice of the steamer's captain they were nnt shipped. On Saturday they left by train for Auckland, and iyill_ reach the northern city this eVeiifiig. • I'aisano apparently had an oa'fy "task to wiii"the'hurdlc- race at the lio.-ehM] 'meeting on Saturday, but- the -New-Zealand■ liousoa. encased in the. flat races djd .not gain iiliice-monev. It is probable, however, thai several of Hien. will benefit with (.he. ,r:ieini; they are having, and they may strike form during the A.J.C. meeting next month. . ... '