NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1626, 18 December 1912, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[BY dt.F.NCOE.I Acoaptancas for the Hutt Valley-Trot-ting Club's annual meeting are due on Thursday. - - ■ ' , ' On Friday next acceptances closo for tho Taratah'i-Carterton meeting, and also for tho first day's events at tho Marton meeting. " . Acceptances for the Wairarnpa Racing Club's meeting ara duo next Monday.

,' In' connection with tho Wellington Eacing Club's Summer meoting, owners are reminded that nominations for all events, with tho.exception .of the Trial Plato, Disposal Stakes, and Selling Plate, I oloso at 9 p.m; on Friday next with the club's secretary, Mr. A. E. Wliyte. [ The Canterbury sportsman, Mr. JVC. N. Grigs, is- sending a team to compete at the Southland liacing Club's meeting at Invercargill, on January 2 and 3. Somo .of-his'horses' will also race at Wycdlistin on Now Year's Day. Down at.Fuverton (says tho "Southland Times") Mr. A. Provnn has, in hand .a big North Island gelding by Sylvia Park from War Medal,- and consequently a half-brother to Queen's Prize. . He will probably be - raced across country in tho event of. - his standing a preparation, aa he has shown himself of considerablejumping ability- Bo was" originally brought to Southland in company, with Quean's Prizo and Cassshot, but injured liis'-back in some way on Hie journey, and in consequence had to be treated to a very lengthy SKell. A repo:-i was current in the city yesterday that Los Angelos had como into tho market for the Auckland Cup. Thero dees not seem to ba much foundation for .the report, though it would cause no surprise wore it so, for the San hrancisco gelding is not harshly treated. However, in view of tho manner in which Bon lon retains his position as favourite, it will perhaps turn out that the mission o. Los Angelos.will ba iu some of the weight-for-age events. . '„„".■, Unless it. bo that the Wellington Cup winner has gono wrong, it-rather appears as if the owner of Undecided, acted too hastily in scratching him for the. Wairarapa Cup, and a closer examination of the figures would, as it often docs, reveal that, really speaking, the horse was well, in.. Tho Tauheviuikau race is run over a tea-furlongs, course. Now, the last occa-. sion on which Undecided was seen in a race over a similar distance was in the Masterton Cup, and he won this event with 9st. 51b., Mira (7sl. 121b.). being second, and Sinapis (Sst. 31b.) being unplaced. -On New Year's Day the big bay gelding is set to meet Sinapis on one pound better terms, and Mira at a similar, advantage.. Opinions are divided as to the manner, in which Undecided won at Masterton, but most of the scribes present at the meeting characterise it as a very easy victory. M.aybo the gelding is backward, and might be seen to more advantage about Wellington .Cup time. He smihs to ba a horse that comes on fast, lor at. ,I'aratahi last Boxing Day, ho was beaten out-of a place in the Cup, and, a week later, suffered defeat by half a length only in tho Cud at Tauhc-rinikaa.. ■ ■ ■ ■' Sar'tovna" (Sarto-Eeel), a "filly that showed much promise in tho spring, and which was to. carry Mr. Lance Woods colours at Tnuherinikau on New Years Day, met with a serious accident at Trentham yesterday morning, and will require a lengthv spell. She was being ridden to the tracks when she took charge of her rider and ran into a fence, severely lacerating-one of her hindquarters. -11" ■ owner has been rather unfortunate with his Woodstock-of late. Only -last June. lChamsin was jo bidly injured that sue had to 1» relirKl to the stud. ■•• . A letter from Msllrourne- states that E-oiiald Cameron has been offered the ijosition of private trainer to a leading Victorian sportsman, and. owing .to Ins. increasing weight, there, is every probability that he will accept the post. Vire-Admiral continues-to receive, sup-' port for the Auckland Cup. When.passing through Wellington early this week, it was noticed that the Multiform horse was heavily bandaged .in front.. This, of course, may mean nothing, for it is usual to bandage horses when travelling, but again it may mean a lot, ■ and there are those people who say that the New Zealand Cup winner is.Miono too sound ,in front.' This idea may receive impetus from the fact that 11. J, Mason allowed him- to go at what was at the time considered to be a low figure, and the Eicciir'ton mentor does not usually - allow good horses to go out. of his stable.