NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1559, 1 October 1912, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

IBt GlkncoeJ The spring meeting of the Ifawke's 1 Baf. Jcckey Club will bo held to-morrow. Tue principal' events are the Hastings Stakes, tour furlongs, lor two-year-olds; and tha ; Hawke's bay GuiUeas, one mile, for tlireo-year-olds. > The New Zealand Cup favourite Allegory is engaged in the Trial Stakes (ona mile and a- quarter) at the Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting, which opens at Kandwick on Saturday, it will bo interesting to-note whether he.will.show form- enough to warrant his present price in tile Cup. It. is noticeable that Peary has not been nominated tor any of the big handicaps at liiccarton, other than the New Zealand'. Cup. This will probably mean that th«' .stable will rely solely on Haskayne for. the big tivo-milo race. Stirdancer, a member of Ci. MurrayAynsley's Eiccarton team, who showed good torm as a two-year-old, is a wurtn favourite for the. Electric Handicap at Dujiedin next week. The Trentham lightweight jockey, U. Berry, will go south to rido tho filly. The form of Blairgour in the Rowley! Mile at Haivkesbury on Saturday draws attention to that horse's chances in tho lipsom Haudicap, in which he has only, 7st. 101b. to carry. As a three-year-old, Blairgour was one of tho most Brilliant sprinters in Australia, but in tho effort to train him for a distance last season he seemed to lose his pace. To beat horses like Volsloane, Woolerina, and Hot Air is a good performance, and the five-year-old is probably now one of the favourites. Prior to winning on Ladies' Man at tha Hnwkesbury meeting, B. Deeley had duiv ing the previous week won a race on Molthusinn at EosehilK These successes will bo the means ol securing a great deal o£ patronage for tin crack New Zealand horseman at the big Randwick 'meeting which' opens on Saturday. Says a Sydjey exchange:—lt is questionable whether there is'any business or sport in which even temporary success counts for so much as iii racing; Auy,, trainer who turns out three'or'four will-' ners in quick succession can fill his stabiV lb 'overflowing' men who had scarcely given him a thought previously being anxious to place horses with him; and most owners and trainers are keen to secure the services of the jockey whose winning percoutage happens to be slightly better than that of his fellows. It is tha same with betting, and when some punter is having his run of luck his "cleverness" ■s loudly voiced. However, as quickly .is tnony come into note, so they go out is connection with racing. The joc-key who is pronounced a marvel to-day may be advised to "ride in a cart" a few months later; the trainer who misses turning out a winner for any length of time will ba fortunate if ho does not have doubts thrown on his probity, in addition to losing a patroil or two; and the "wonderful judgment" of tho punter is treated us somewhat of a joke by many who, whoa his luck was in, would back almost anything he suggested. In racing you mn«t practically bo on top all the time in order to command respect. I heard a well-known trainer express himself to tho effect that lie "knew how lie was going" according to whether he was addressed as "Mr." Blnnlc or just plain "Jack." And that about sizes up tho situation. . C. O'Neill, the New Zealand eross-cotm. try rider, has decided to settle in Ado-, laide, and has taken up his residence wit'Jji the ffopwood brothers at Glenelg. Penza, who was until recently trained by C. Pritchard at Trentham, has been retired to the stud, and is to visit tha Waikanae sire Achilles. Merry Roe, winner of the Avondalo Stakes, was shipped from Auckland on Saturday lost, and will contest tho Hast> itigs Stakes to-morrow. An Auckland exchange states that the double event layers in tho north were "hard hit" as a result, of the" successes of Bleriot and Waiowera on the first day of the Avondale Jockey Club's meeting. Just before the Avondale Cup was tub, J. Rae, the trainer of Bleriot, purchased tho two-year-old full sister, to that mare for 2Gogns. The fill) 1 has bcon under Rao's charge ot Ellerslie for some mocths, but has not been yet asked to show her capabilities.—Auckland "Star."-

Domino received a kick just before the start of the Islington Handicap at tha Avondnlc .meeting Inst Wednesday, but'it' is not anticipated that it .will seriously interfere with his New Zealand Cup pre. paration. \ Swimming Belt (Captain Webb—Chats* laino) was m a generous mood in Melbourno on September 23. At Richm6nd Racecourse he wou n <£70 rote over seven furlongs and o half. After reviewing the form shewn 1)7 Manchester at Randwick on September 14, and Kosehill on September 21, the A.J.C. stewards decided to disqualify that horse, with his joint owners, T. Sexton and H. Coulon, and jockey, F. Hickey, for twelve months. Reversal of form disqualifications rarely meet with approval, but as Malt. Chester' started' at an outside price, at Rlmdwick and finished nearly lost, and then at Rosehill, when backed down to tlie position of first favourite, won most decisively, the action taken by the stewards did not creato much 'surprise (says the "Referee"). Sir (Jeorge Clifford has given the lightweight jockey, C. Emerson, permission to, remain in Sydney uutil the close of the A.J.C. spring meeting. . Several of the Melbourne division who have arrived at Randwick within the Inst few days (say.s the "Referee") are of opinion thai Rathlea is goinj lo prove the best of the three-year-olds, trained down Hiufh. If' t.his" should prove ■ correct,- \\. Kelso will have reason to feel annoyed with himself for selling the son of Royal Fusilier, even if, as slated in well-inform-ed quarters, he received l-500gns. for bun. It was' after peeing Wolawa run that t ho Sydney man decided lo accept what seemed at that time a particularly gcod efter for his colt. Now that there is doubt as to Wolawa turning out as well as nnlicipated, and there is no certainly as lo tlvc t.hree-venr-old form at Randwick next month "(icing particularly high-class, llathlen nun- not piwo anything near jh well soid as at first suppose;]. Kathlen is net among the A.J.C. Derby acceptor!-, his owner preferring, to reserve him for the southern meetings, and if Mr. Chafley should win the Victoria Derby few shonhl begrudge him that honour, for, when he wants a . horse, he is not a buyer who haggles, as to price. ...