NOTES.AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1597, 14 November 1912, Page 7

NOTES.AND COMMENTS.

;■■.,:, ; : . [Bt GtENCOB.]'.'.. .... . . ■'■<■' Nominations : for the Eangitikei meeting, to be .'held on December 11 and 12, close to-morrow evening at : 9, : .p.ni... :■■'':' :.■:.■ Owners contemplating making-the BlenleimtTip are.reminded that acceptances: ,Sloso to-night. : : .-■( .' •■■ ■■• ■ . ■". '■ Y Nominations for the Wbodville'nieetih'g . -are due on Saturday night at '8 'p.m. • ' i Acceptances; fot the .. Feildtng Jockey Club's spring;meeting close on Saturday, Bvening/with the secretary,.Mr. E. Udod- . behere, at'B.3o o'clock... ~ • . , ....;. '. Ladin6,,-in charge of ;.T..,Higgins, - and. Borsil, in-Williams , care, are to be ship-, 'ped'to Blenheim on :Saturday next. .'j,; . The. name oflAchilleus has-been:chosen . for the'.chestnut , colt by -Achilles: from Dexterityi, in'H.'Gillett's: stables at Blenheim. ' • The youngster is (o make his ;first public' appearance at the'.Marlbprough . ineeting next week. •'".' ~;■' ■:' -.- " : ', '■'■■■ Trainer" H.f Fletcher Tetiirned from the : south yesterday,, and.went Carterton by the afternoon itrain. ' : :He"will Teturn' ■to-morrow with' Longstep, ,who is'to race at the Blehheiui .meeting, next week,' .;;, ,■ ■■ It .was .stated .in, "Wellingtoh. yesterday. '-that .two. '.prominent.downers intended changing stables, but so far. nbtliing .defiiir. ite is known on. the. sybject.;. . ,-.'-,•.-.;_.-,.•; : :, E. Lewis-has .now won;five. Victorian, Derbys.' •;■ His.-'- : successes have ..been on Malster, Hautyilliersi- bylVanite, Alawa,.. Bhd Wolawa. •; .■'.■':'• ::-. :.V-'-.:' -.: '. ; ,-.-. : ■ 'Viee'Admirai, ;the herd of the' CJ.G.' •:■'spring'-meeting' , of; 1911, : .was sold by. auction on'Monday'-last fpr:soogns.' 'His new •"■ owner 'is- , 'Mr."F. 'H. Pyiie,:and■ the■ bay; . eon,of:Multiform is to be-trained-by M'. : Hobbs, , 'at Kiecartoii. ''At.' the. same sale .' 'Allegory;-was sold'lor 350gns., but■ Teviot-■ dale and' Canute were passed'in; ;.:'•; Beacon were -shipped to Bleiiheim yesterdnjv-and ,will .be racing there:next week; "B;.Deelcy is to rido : the first-named in the Blunheini. , : IJandicapj. ... •'',.. ''■...:.', '~.-; '.■■", ■';..- Usually, at tliis.-ti'me of:.the year, a great many ■.horse3.-.;ai-e..teniporarily.'. incapacitated, .as : the • result: of-.their eier.tions at the G.J .C. Cup.:meeting. .Thanks- to a ' plentiful l .supply?of rain:this.:year, the horses'; '.generally^.speaking; , - , .finished'-, up. fresh.aiid well■•iiffel-riicing:at Ricoartpn; and this, being;tlie ease, tlioEeilding - ceptances''.-are'--Uikely. --to'■ be '; unu=uaily ; •large. , -.;; V.~v,.--' ■■s'.'...;;■■:,--^'^';:.-/' : : :,:;■■- j ; . Since.- the.-'■Eaiigitikeii'.E.'acing Club was •■ given"-a-facing"' permit, ib .'h6ld ; t\vb days' .' 'TacingJ r iand ,; the dates" : fiijal!y : .approvedDecember'll'and 12-r-its"'executive has beeil busy in ■inlproyiiig the groimds nnd ap s " ipointinents in-'view-cif , . a large , attendance iif the'puWic and'hbrMflwners.' The tuilding lised , 'ns'ii totalisator: house !has been dismantled, and a uew _building erected which' contains 17 receiving, win-'dows7-ll i]iside"ahd J six"outside/[ and ten ■pay-out windows. A;.24-hof£e'sils:it.ma-.chine'will- be'in'st|illcd' l an'd'a 'conipetent'' .Btaff has'lbeen 'iecured-'U 7 work 1 it; /'"Theclub's accomnwdatioii; house' and stables ere;hpw;reacjy for occupation;'; - •' - .'""■' .'■' ' A.'Sba«'ahan., tjie'ruleivoft.the. Cup winner, pfe-' ■ sentations-,ilu,riug .the inten-al at,Wirths' ' CiMUson'fhe evening. ifter..tho''race,.'these' taking , the of;a": gold-mounted whip. (Wirth.- Bros.' annual' gift) arid a racing saddle-made and donated by Mr.--Kiii.iifar, ■ of Bourke' Street.' Shauahan was further honoured at the : Melbourne Opei'a: House on Wednesday'night,',when he was presented ■ with-a- gold.vwatch, the- gift of Jfessrs;-;".G; B. : ,Lovell .and Co., of Mel-' .bonrrie;f... .~-x.,::■>';:.■.'.■' •:. •■ '.■.'■■.'' J. Piggottjithe'.Californian jockey, who revolutioniscd'.race ridinj-on'the Eussiaii ' turf.iis Tod Sloan did ia-.Englaiid, is dead. ' Piggb'tt--went'-.to"-Moscow, ten/.years- ago : (says' an"esch3iige),'>w.hen 18 y*ars of age, ■ to ride-for the Liizareftistud (the. princi- ■ pal racing 'stable' in , Russia), at a retainer of X 2400 a year; He had anainprecedent■ed record of 'successes..More : . taking:■:• to .- drink, owing to whichUlie' LaznTcft staple eventually dispensed 'with his services.; • 'last season--Pigg-ptt', tri?il to .pull himselftogether; but uiisiiccessftilly,' and finally ended his .life-by.: taking poison,,. , •-,-,,;: Ambrosia, the 'winner -■' of -the "Ascot, thousand," run in Melbourne on AVednesdoy, November 6, is 'aisix-ywilvold gelding by the AVilliamst'oini - Cup "winner • St. Ambroise. .'Ambrosia.. w£v br«d in New ■Zealand, .and «eiit. over to. I). J. Price; ■who raced him- as -a, ..two-year-old; but lie was , afterwards., takea'in hand by. E. A. Connolly, who won a Trial Handicap with him atWilliamstowh in. .Tanuary, 1910. Shortly afterwards , . hp. : passed into., the •possession of Mr.,W. T..Eowe, who leased him to a -trainer- , iirid : .owiiei , . of .racing ponies.named T. Jones, and the latter won. ■ ty racewith liim'at Eichmond: ..He sub-;, eequently ian.a couple 'more good.races'for- ■ 'Jones, in.whose , '-.nomination he won on. : .November• 6. ''• - i ; .. ~. ■■'•■•; . Piastre made the fourth Melbourne Cup ■winner sired by Positano, ...that horsos ' previous■'successful, representatives being Lord Cardigan, Poseidon, ami.Lord Nolan. ■ Positano has a fine record in long-distance handicaps, as though notcredited with'i-n Australian, Cup,'Lord Cardigan won him d Sydney Cup, Poseidon two Caulfield •'■' Cups, Mooltan .two Metropolitans,', and May King and Post -Town Terth'' Cups. Positano, who was imported, in 1897, was foaled in 1893; so that, according to our time, he is now:2o years old, though he. will-not 'actually.- be that -age until next year. : "Wallace, whose progeny have not ret won either a Melbourne Cup. or, a Metropolitan,..has--done uetter in. classic jnces'than Positano.. The former is creditd :with five Victoria'Derliies—F.J.A., Lady Wallace, "Mountnin . Kin?,. .Wilari, and "Wolawa; four V.E.C. St. L»g6rs, two Caulfield Guineas, one A.J.C. Derby,'and three A J:C. St. Legc'rs. Wallace's age is ■■ now. 20.-■-,, ; ■■■'-.:•. : '■':: ;;■■-. .-.! FIXTURES. . -;,'■ .WoTeml]«r2o and 21-Marlborough; E.C, November' 20 .and: 21-South- Cnnterbury J.C. Springi ■■ , : „■ ' ' , November 27 and '.'3o—Takapuna- J.CSpring. • ' ■':■■'. November 30 and December 2-Feilding J.C. Spring. . . . ■ . December 1' and 5-Woodville District J.C. Summer. December 11.. and 12-Rangitikei R.C. ' .' ■■: Summer.. . . I ■ December 26. and 27—Dunedin. , J.C. Summer. ..- . 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