NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 13

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

!'..\;'..' v'/.''. . [Br Glbncob.] ■ ,;,';. ,' It is, no ■ doubt, hardly necessary 'to remind' owners" that acceptances; for: the first day's handicaps at tho Wellington L and Foxton'. meetings close on Monday. ..evening next. • V-./;...• ; '! : -■ ■'■ :■',,■■.'; - , \ During The West Coast' holiday .'■ meet- ' ings. the' Hawota jockey, ■¥. Homos,'rode' .ten winners. 'Saven'of his .victories, were' gained' on Irish, Gift, who started eight times. '':':-[ '•'" '"''•".' ''■■;'■" ■'"'■" ■' ■■'. ■"'•■, :l! ißoiTy Consols; 5 the 'Statitlish' Handicap (six' furlongs) at Flomihgton on Now Year s Day, yros successful > ■ in \ tho, same event last-year;,;, Ho is : owne'd I 'by,' tho .Victorian sportsman,; Mr. Vf. R, ; j Morgan, who also'-'iron the bvent in', 1907-' 1908 by. tho aid of Miss Bobbyi ■' : I .;' ■'~■'■; \ "On tho popular subjects.of ooups.;that have failed,' a writer in a "Home .-paper', comments:—"l wondor how many peoplo nowadays "peruse tho.' entries, for tho Cesarewitch with ; anything . beyond an apathetic interest?: The ; times •when: gigantic coups'could bo engineered and horses backed to. win considerable for-,, tunes';simultaneously' with 'the/publicationof tho nominations, havo' long 6inco posseVi away.' The bring-off of:the'oldfashioned "coups,'/ as, they aro'termed,' niiist have engendered.'a good' deal of anxiety : and many sjoepless ' nights oh-, tho 'part of-.'thoce most imme-J diiitely concerned.' Mr.'. George' Hodginan, who in this partioular line, was, perhaps, ' tho : cleverest.man 'of his,- day,.'always heaves a big sigh ,of, disappointment and regret when ho talks of John Davis, who, representing'tho' biggest: and most; concrete certainty-of all times, was beaten for. tho Cesarewitch owing to tho 'egregious foolishness' of'his jockey, 'Sammy? Marden.■-.- Had John Davis won, ..which he most assuredly' ought to. have done, the ring would, have been poorer by 6omo .£120,000, ;which was tho' suin for' which Mr. Hodgmn'n and his friends had,backed the, 'liorss. - However, I don't suppose, that owners lay themselves out for these sort of things at 'the present time, ..for: tho simple reason' that' they, cannot get ;tho money on. Thero is practically no market until almost'the' eleventh hour,- and, what is, more Ho -the point,' there aTe no leviathan''.bpokmakers.,' prepared, bo lay. Tho phingingMarqnis of, HnsHngs is said to have won no less than JC75,000 over Lecturer's Cesarewitch alone." ' Tho West Coast champion; Irish Gift, is by the Soiilt horso Cordon Rouge, and was bred in the Hawera district. Ho was taken to the West Coast'last Easter,' and .was-then sold to Mr. J. Bevan for mo. :■■.■:■}■:.■.'■->, •' ."■•'.'.: ; ; r;

,Tho Ellerslie trainer, ,T. A. Williams, is returning .to : Sydnoy. next- week, 1 and will'take with him the Menschikoff gelding Turbine. i . ;-.,.-'. ■'-.; During the progress of the A.E.C. Summer .meeting' Mr. E. J. Watt purchased Sea Pink from Hfr.'H.de Lautour, and tho son.of Seaton Dalaval was taken south on Monday. There is ft probability of Sea Pink being taken to Australia with others of Mr. Watty horses. v : 'Although-' nothing definite has .been made public, it is understood-that there is every probability of La Eeina being sent south to contest the Wellington' Cup. The To Kuiti Racing Club have received record "nominations": for their annual meeting, which is fixed, fof February 6. Mr. E. Wynyard's weights are duo today. .J'''. As Valido has been nominated, for the Doncaster Handicap,'it appears as if Mr. G. D. Greonwood's colt is likely to stand another preparation, Probably B. J. Mason will go to Eandwick to finish off the preparation of tho Englißh-brcd', colt, who, at tho present ; tirao, is under tho caro of J. Burton. The new owner of Manitau is Mr. W. Cooper, of Masterton, whose colours were last carried by the Seaton Delaval mare Sunbonnet. .Those who saw St. Petersburg—halfbrother to Danube—win at Oamaru, assert that he has built up into: a, fino horse, and is Jikely to win many more races for.his N new owner, who. purchased him from Mr. J. Buckley for',£lso and JISO out of his first win, .'.•■.' If Bobrikolf starts in the Wellington Cup .it wilt bo his first appearance in' that race, Tho presence of tho Auckland Cup winner will certainly lend great interest to tho meeting It ia reported that Trainer. J. M'Laughlin is dissatisfied with tho weights allotted Allegory and Eocene at the Trchtham meoting, and that the pair aro to remain at Napier. / Sir Knox and Sir ,So!o are both considered 'certain starters in the Wellington Cup. The former is credited with doing splendid work nt Opaki. / Sparkle, winner 'of this season's Perth Cup, is a horse of much experience, and a fine all-round performer generally. Previously ho had won nine races, including Onkaparinga Cup. Ho also ran second in V.K.C. Grand National nurdle Kace, and third in Adelaido Cup, in tho former to Arquobuse, and in the latter to Eye Glass. Though tho total prize money is not so big in Austria-Hungary or in Germany as in England, tho chief winning owners thoro won much more money during the recent -flat-racing season than the bigr gest winner in England was credited with, [Mr. T. Pilkington, .with £20,822, headed

tho English owners, while Baron G. Springer,' whoso horses won 84 races of tho \aluo of £28,684, occupied a similar position in Austria-Hungary, and at tho top of the Gorman winners wero Royal Grafton Stud, with 17 races worth £40,073 10s., and Herr von Weinberg, 52 races, of tho valuo of £27,514.

A writer in the Sydney "Daily Telefrraph" tolls the following lnterestiair history of the-beautifully-bred Radnor, who was ono of the, consistent runners at latI tersall'a meeting last week. Ho ran twioe, and each timo was returned a winner, and, to judge by tho stylo of his display when he spreadeagled the lot ho met in tho Nursery Handicap, his party must have smiled while helping themselves from the rinp on the first day. It must have appeared to be a particularly choice thing. • Radnor is owned by I. Earnshaw, who purchased him for 400gns. at tho- yearling 6ales. But Earnshaw bought the colt for a patron who wanted to purchaso on that trainer's judgment. However, the gontleman for whom Earn : shaw was acting did 'not appear anxious to take the colt—he thought a' mistake had been as Earnshaw. was equally indifferent as to whether he did or not, tho Buriletta youngster, now known as Radnor, was not passed in, upon which Earnshaw has good reason,to congratulate himself. '-, ' •Mr. J. 0.-Inglis, the V.R.C. judge, met wilh rather a nasty acoident while returning with a party of friends in a motor-oar from the Moonee Valley races onu December 28. The car ran into a greyhound dog, and was overturned. Mr. Inglis landed on the dog, which turned round and bit him in the faoe. Mr. Inglis tried to force the dog off him,',when tho animal :bit him severely oh the arm. In addition to these injuries, says "Goodwood'" in tho Melbourne "Age," Mr. Inglis was severely shaken. Ho was removed to a surgery near by, and, after treatment, left for Scott's Hotel. His condition is not particularly serious, but the injuries he sustained , are pAinful. Tho greyhound, a valuable one, died from his injuries. ' *■ •