NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

: TO-MORROW'S RACE MEETINGS,, [BT GLEncob-I • Special train . arrangements are '. an,, nounced in connection .with the Wairarapa Racing Club's Summer meeting, which is to' be held on. the' Tauherinikau racecourse, Feattarston, to-morrtw and Thursday. Excursion trains will leave Lambton station for Feathersfon, at 6.40 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. on both dayS, and there Will be also special trains for the return journey. Capital acceptances have, been received for the first day's events, and interesting racing is promised: The principal race, to-morrow' is ' the Wairarapa Cup, 'in''which a.rood lrt of horses mil compete. These include Sir Solo, Obligant, Jlira, Sea Queen, Merrivonia, and Sinapis, all of whom have shown good form during the last month. : j

F. Davis,trainer /of t Bobrikoff, now holds a record which will not bo easily beaten: He is the/only trainer who has trained the winner of tho New Zealand Cup, Auckland Cap, and Great' Northern Foal Stakes wlo has also ridden the winner of theso'events. Davis rode Lottie to victory ill the Auckland Cup. j Mr. W. li/Bidwill's gelding Exertion lias been scratched for all engagements at the WairatApa' Racing Club's Summer meeting .(/ays our Featherston . correspondent)./ 1 The t/o-year-old Prince Laddo, owned by a Wellington sportsmaa, is likely to bo mining from the Nursery Handicap field ,At. the Wairarapa meeting, as he showed signs of soreness after racing at Awiipuni on Boxing Day, and his owner then decided to spell him. He is a very big colt, and should be alt the better for a'spell till well into tho autumn. / After racing in tho Manawatu- Cup on 'fioxinj Day, Bronza was entrained on the following evening for Auckland, where she. is to contest the big iIOOO handicaps on the last two days of the meeting. Though at'times'exhibiting something like her best form on the■ tracks, the mare lias, been a complete failure in this season's handicaps, and, on hor public form, she oan have little chance of sucooss at El" lerslic. ■ < ..

The New Zealand apprentice, I". Eraser, who accompanied T. "NVilson to Melbourne, rodo two- winners-at .the; Victorian Club meeting on-December St.- . • ■ ... Several of the candidates in the President's ..Handicap .at. the North Otago Jockey. Club's meeting have incurred penalties,, and others, who have not incurred, penalties, will; be feeling- the effects of racing at Wingatui and Waikouaiti. It' therefore appears as if Gnome, being a fresh horse with only a featherweight (65t.,131b.), will meet tho field on. very advantageous terms. The Summer .Cup, at Ellerelie yesterday went'to Labour Day with La Reina and Los Angelos in , .the. other'places. The victory, of tho Soult.ninre indicates hnw smart elio is when anything like well,' but, unfortunately, she suffers from'sore-, ness, and it is impossible to d*> much wmjk with her between the meeting's . During the progress .of the Awapuni meeting several racehorses changed liamld Amongst the number were ManUaii, ■ St, Elmn, Ngakau,- and Golden Sky. .leton'jrinc to the Dousks Bros., of Hwt-Jus. wi4

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v'Alecto, who formerly belonged to Mr. F. ilarhn, of Palmerston North. . - Nominations close: on tliis day week-for-the Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup, which are to bo,run at the latter end of March'.- ; It'is expected that several New Zealand Jiorses will bo entered, amongst ;them being representatives'.- fromYsild- , hurst, and also Bobrikoff, with perhaps .Ventura and Midnight Sun. . The Marlon Jockey Club's • summer meeting,—which commences-, to-morrow, ( should, on ..present indications, be'a vcrv successful one." The club's racecoursi is situated quite, close .to' the..railway . station—only two or three minutes' walk from the train. . Though "'eighteen horses have nccep/ed for the JJartou Cup it is not likely that • more .than half this number , will go" to the post.-. Bronze is at Auckland, tifhilo Sea Queen .and Merrivonia will be at/Tau- • -herinikau. North:-East pulled- up/lame after .racing; at New, Plymouth, fnd a V. similar, fate I ,befell- Vibration.at the Awapuni meeting. •./ . -, ' ... The Auckland Racing . Club's/meeting will -be continued to-morrow; jrhen theGreat Northern Derby will be ran. ' - . Tho victory of Bobrikoff in, the Isling-, ■ : ton Plate' ak-Ellerslio. has checked the i career <of Bop Eove) who, up till, this' time, was unbeaten.' The performance of / Mr. T. H. Lowry's horse-swws'hiin-'to-s bo as .well; now-as ever he/was. , Considering that he is eight /ears old this is extraordinary, for very./few horses : ;in the past' have retained their, form up till this age. With . the exception pf: CJarbine Bobrikoff has now..won;'9«>nsiderably.moro money in stakes than ,any_ other horse that has raced in the dominion. . , . . When Souitoria - w'as/sold in Auckland on' Saturday, the'following sales also took : place .-Delegate, b. V-, aged, by Phoebus Apollo—Pretoria, Eoalston Bros., 350gns.; brown geldingi; 3yrs.,. hy Soult— tody Winnie; Mr. J. .Gleesou,' SlOgns.'bay. : . mare, 4yrs., 'by Seatoir Delaval—Pretoriai: Roulston -Bros.-, 50gns..; -brown. Ally.. by Soult—Pretoria, Mr. K. 11. Madill. 27, i ens/;-bay. gelding,:-2yrs., .'by- Soult Lady Winnie,' Mr. 9- Alexander, 155gns.; brown filly, lyr., ..by ..Marble Arch—Pretoria,, jtoulston Bros., DOghs.; Pretoria, b. ..m., bv Onirassier—Winnie,* served by General Xatour arid with' foal at- foot, Iv. _ ( H.-'<-Madill, 16ogns. On - account .of Mr; 'J. Toomari. was also sold , the brown ally , Blue .Bose,, Syrs,, by. .Gluten— Pansy, to : Mr..W. Moore, for- 30gns. Monodon andMonotone; on account.of >Jlessrs..H. Laing .- and .P.';'Masmaneihin,' respectively,, were . passed in at.2ogns: . .. ■- , ; ■ The; action arising . outof . what is .known <as- the '"Wa-ve" case,, ana whioh ;.was - remitted from tho Supreme Court: ■ ,to-.be--'heard.-.-before..a^ Judge and jvirx, ' .; came .before the Melbourne County.-.Court last Wednesday (says, an Australian exchange). - This case is ono in which.-Albert , : Seastream, jockey, of • Princes . Street, . .:Flemington,, is ; suing:- F. :G. . 0 Neill, :. bookmaker, ; ofV ..Elizabeth - Street, . . Melbourne, for .£IOOO damages for alleged Blander and false .imprisonment. < Plaintiff fiflt out.that defendant falsely and ■maliciously spoke of him on October.7, " and said:-'"I.-give this man in.charge for - liiackraail," and that;.he. him .in chargo on a' false charge of blackmail, ;-. and caused him, to be. falsely imprisoned. It .was alleged that .the:slander:;was pub-, lished to. Detective Ashfon, to, stewards of ; the ; Y»rra- Glen and Lillydale_Huut Club,'stipendiary stewards of .the V.E-.0., , and others. Mr. Starke, 'who appeared for the defendant, applied at tire outset . [or leave to amend the defence to include the plea'for justification,'and asked'that the hearing - should, be adjourned ..until February, as it was not likely - that. it ' would be included'.before the ..vacation.' . . After. argument the adjournment was :; granted; . ' ' : - '-'.. .