NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

".■■■■-.■■ .■:'■'. (By GlencbeO '■■;'■: ' ':;. :.1 There'are no races tliis" week, .biit on ■soSiii& l>ay'-aiid the two succeeding days the Manawatu. summer, meeting will bo held.;' With, the -spScial ti'aiii- seftie'e Svlrich has teen arranged by the club, there will doubtlees be a large assemblage :'of ; . Wellington visitors on each day. of tllh meeting. . .... :., .. . ...- ~ ~-. . ■ ' ]:t: Trifcklebaiik will jrobably ride'Bir'kliheSin the Mtinawatu-Cup.- ■ :

The.owner of the Eosalie colt has sent word ; to' Tre'nUianl'tb have the gear .put oh the younuster early ill February. Jlr. ■D\vaii is 'of. f lib opinion that the colt tvjH fcoiiie quickly, and he .is desirous of racing hijn ras a., .^■β-jrdafiolfl.

The lighWvdight jockey, M. M'Doßald, who is '-attached to J.'ritchard's stablee at ;Trentham, has been■grante'd a'.liCThsc liy the. Wellington Metropolitan body,, and onb of his first "nioitnte fince'being reinstated will be ■ flics locally-owiiwl Keinnphbre in the JFitzherbert Handicap at iUvapuni on Boxing Day. . ~.: ... ■ . Prdsjier has built up a good deal lalely, and at-A\WlpuUi next'week lie itill life found, to be a very different horse to thp fretful, wasting animal * een et Wan({anni in. the spring! 0. Ed a big iinproyenient in the Advance gelding, and he is not now nearly 60 es.citablfe'hs lie ; was.; "' .....

Mira nnd Obligantj. ih charge bf J. W. .Lowe,: are to be railed to 'A'wapuni oh Monday next. , The grey liorsewfll run iii .the Cup,.and the bay. in the Flying Han*dicap, arid both will be riddeii by 11, .Berry; The prospects of the former soem Jto bo very bright, as he is coining on with :eVery gallop. But the six-fiirlohjis cbiirss 'maybe too .'short for Obligaht, ■ ivho cannot begin with the like of Erriicngarde • and Gladiolc.

Two weeks hgb the New Zeaiaud-b'ri.'d Ashliy finished third in the Epsom Handicap at 'Melbourne, but 'the bwiier (Mi-. T. Dwyer) was very dissatisfied with the Obligado geldinK's showing, and has requested the V.K.C. stipendiary stewards to investigate'his running. The li'orse was ridd?ii by S. Cusden, a prominent Victorian light-weight jockey. There (vas sOinq excitement in spurliny circles in the city yesterday .when, the Auckland double (Bobrikoff and Aptllon) was blocked nil over the Dominion. It is understood that over ,£3fl(!0 was secured iii Wellington,, some , of tho wagers being 1200 to 8 and 500 to 5 three, times;,.

"With four big meetings in the North Island on Boxins Dat there is likely t<i bf

a dearth of rider? Nt some nf them, arid m tho ilanaw.itu Cup, several owners will be hard put to find suitable riders for their hor>es. ' Deelcy, who generally rides Sliuipis, Byron, Men'ivonia. and Sir Solo, will be at 'Kllmlie,' so will L. Wilson, wlio rides jUendip ami Ceylon. A. Oliv6r will bo at Awapuni, but lie will have to ride for his own stable, which is starting Bronze; and outsidu Bell, Berry, AV. Price, Tricklebanlc, W. Eyan, and JO. Jjowe, there is not liksly to be much of an assortment for owners to choose from.

W. Adams, who was injured at the Danileyhte meeting in September, is still having trouble with his leg, iind is not likely to be sosiv in:the saddle for some lime. A similar ifoiiiark applies to T. Pritchard, who has been laid" uside since Easter.

Manawiikaha, who left I?. Brqugh's stables.nt ihe-conclusion of the I'eilding meeting, is now trained by J. Barlow at Norman.by. . .

Th 6 Stratford Racing Club recently decided not to have a ten shilling totalisator at its meeting on New Year's Day, but at present there is. a great outcry being raise'dj/aml'itispitobable that the management of the club will reconsider its dee'isign; ....... '■ .

Owners are given a final reminder that nonivhatibhs : for the AVellington Eacing Club's Summer meeting close at 0 o'clock to-night,..with .the club's• secretary, ill-. A. B. AVhyte. ■ • Apcepinivccs for the Taratalii-Carterton Raciftg CluL's meetihg close to-night. The meeting- takes place on Boxing Day. : A Home exchange reports that the Yarmouth , Eace ; Conimittee have made a, Rr'ant of iIOOO for the relief of local rates frpm.the .profits of .the last meeting. lii connec'tionwith the Marton Jockey Club's meeting,' owners are reminded that acceptniie'es ;for the first;day's events close to-night. L The. .Außtralmrirbred stallion Great Scot is repvesented by very few youngsters in England, , but his two-year-old daughter At. Last, .winner of the AVitherfe,lack. Pliue, vLiverpbbli last hio'n'th, is said "to be'distinctly promising. At-last does h&t "resemble her sire in any particular, being a...bay without any conspicuous mftX'S. Gi'eaV Scot.was a chestnut, with plenty of white about him.

...Acceptances-for .the .first dsiy's events •at' ifche '-Auckland- Racing Glut's 'Meeting close to-night. . . .

i 'On Monday next, acceptances are 'due for the iii'st day's events ■ at the. Wairarapa Racing Club's Summer meeting. :. The, '.'Sport Welt" loads to .the belief, that the "doping" researches have Been abandoned for the . moment.- Of, course, the. -Austrian and -Hungarian- 'authorities could not ,go back pii the 'sentence, jMy nn'd ' passed ,011 Charles .Planner (says a Parisian writer in referimeo to this). .Tt probably.never struck the. gentlenVaii\yho received and acted oh the report of the 'analysts that.it was quite possible for a horse to "tie drugged without the knowledge or connivance b£ 'owner or trainer. Such-.-an., eventuality was, however, admitted when .another.well-known trainer unwittingly • incurred the . punishment' hieled but .to his colleague. lii' his case the sentence was-,. however, rescinded, and 'amends-were, ihatlo by a remission of ttt'e sentence ;ifiyiting the trainer to lieep a more ca're'fiil eye on tha . men in. his. .emp10y.,,... In .Planner's, case Ms owner?, Prince flohflnldhe-Oehringen, Prince T. ■Festofcies, .and Count 'E. Batthyany, declined to believe : in, tlie charge- fastenedon him. .They have: expressed, their iitmb'st confidence in ■ him and -the result bf Hie "interview between the latter owner' and -Ms erstwhile trainer at Hamburg is ifoiind in the fact that the Union Club •-the Turf ..govi>rmhg body in .Germanyhas -just.-accorded, a trainer's license to 'Charles' Planner, who resumes all rights aiVd'■• privilege's acci'r'd'e'd- to. others of his profession. He hits ..secured'-the .lease'of the premises formerly occupied by Herini.t's rider. J. Daley, at Hoppegarten, !v»"hera he will 'establish himself as public 'trainer, with th'e,.proinise of having his stables. 'fuHx. occupied, by those, who de'clined to believe the 'accusation brought hgainst'hinh •..-..-.•.. . ;. .