NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

1- [By Giencoe.] , '* Mr. ,J. Buckley's horses which were eoli !: privately last year are all proving gooi

', purchases. Jan, St. Petersburg, and 1 Chnmpagno havo won races. Dearest is r0 the only one that has yet to win since "' changing limmls. . "". The defection of Anna Cnrlovna from „j the Wellington Cup is stated to bo due to a t bursting a hoof recently, ts The Martian filly limner, recently purn- chased by a young Wellington sportsman, ,7, may go into C. Pritchnrd's. Trcntham, is stirblcs. d- It was moutiouwl a little wlrilo back I that Aborieine.. who dcad-heatcd. Bluo.

Book for ihe Caulfield Cup, wa9 to be il tried as a hurdler in India, and that .in 8 future he would race ns Kecrit. no made | a good beginning as a juniper, as at Cnl- R cutta on December 7 ho won a hurdle g race in which he carried lOst. 311). and I started favourite: g •Soultoria, who changed hands recently, 9 is to be shipped to her new stables in I Sydney on' Monday next in charge of I'. r. A. Williams. .•"-• '•,'■''. I Mr. Henri.Pain was absorit from the R; weighing-room at tho racecourse on Box- fl ing Day (says tho Wostport" 'Times '■ and I; Star"). He is fully entitled to retire- g ment, as he has weighed riders at the H Westport races almost cOntmuoUsly'for 44 9 years. Ho officiated at the first races held, |'| in 1808, in. a-paddock on, the town .side of g the Orawaiti River. ..••'. I Private advices received in Wellington. fl, last evening make it plain that. Royal I Scotch will be an early favourite in tho 1 Newmarket Handicap,-to be run at Flem- fl ington early in March. | St. Toney, who went wrong at the.last g Woodville'meeting, is to be fired and B spelled. ''■'.'' ';. ■ ' '■-•'''' I The owner of Sea Queen fully intended I entering his'mare for tho-Hawera Stakes' lat the Egmont meeting, but he overlooked the matter, and the St. Ambrose mnre figures in the; Egmont Cup; and;'Atkinson ■ Memorial Handicap, r.' :'-'■;' '. • ■It is intended to'raco Prosper.in the sprint events at Treritham. If he'.does not 6how better form than he.has.; been ' doing of'late,- his owner will' probably take him home and give him a prolonged M spell. ' , .'•■' ,"■■ '.■ ...'■ .'.!'*'. ": The Stratford Racing Club had. to pay a Government tax of, .£571 over its NewYear hjeeting. The Hawera, trainer, C. Jackson, has returned Empress to her owner; as the St. Paul mare' did not show enough promise to warrant his persevering with her. I A trio of P. Coffey's charges in'Patro- . bus, Compass, and Wild Lupin (states the Hawera "Star") are doing a good deal of road work at present, preparatory to going into regular commission, , later on for winter racing. , Smilax, who had been showing signs of soreness for some time past, was put out for a. spell after the New Plymouth meet- .'. ing, and will: not be brought in again for some months. ' Weights'"for the Te Kuiti Racing Club's meeting are due to-day. Acceptances close on, Friday. ,■; • .' .' ; Nominations for: the Wangnmii Jockey Club's autumn-meeting close on January 23. .'. ". - .0. '■'•-. '■'.' ; ■. With an acceptance , of. twenty-one in the Wellington Cup and fourteen in the Telegraph-Handicap Mr. Pollock, the Wellington Racing Club's handicapper, has reason to bo .well satisfied with tho response from owners. Presumably Labour. Day has been left in to bo a second string should anything go wrong with' Bobrikoff. Bon Rove's absence, was forecasted some time'ago and the dual Derby winner is to start in the Telegraph Handicap,, in which the Yaldhurst stable has also <pajd up for with Culprit. The.latter, however, may race in the Electric. Handicap earlier in the day. Culprit, Blue Lake,, Peroneal, and Lady Georgia figure in both the' Electric' and; Telegraph Handicaps. Mannkau has dropped out of both the Welter and the' Cup, which may - mean that the Ma'niopoto gelding has gone wrong. ; ..-. , , . ' > Tho Dunedin-owned My Lawyer arrived from the south on Sunday and was railed to Trentham yesterday. He is to start in the Cup and will be ridden by H. Price. R. D. Dunnell, with Los Angelos, Culprit, Bon Reve, 1 and Somniform, is expected from Christchurch. on Thursday next and at the same time H. Cutts-will bring Masterpiece and one or two others of the Chokcboro team. -' '

\ - FIXTURES. ;..

Jan..2l and 22—Foxton R.C. Annual. I Jan. 22, 23, and. 25-Wellington '•;. Summer.' t-,1'.. Jan. 22 and 23—Gore E.C. Summer. Jan. 23 and Feb., I—Takapuna J.C. Summer. Feb. I—Canterbury, J.C. Summer. Feb. 5. and G—Egmont B.C. Summer. Feb; 6—To Kuiti Annual. Feb. 6 and .7—Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb. 12 and 13—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. ~, Feb. 13 and. lir-Gisborno B.C. Summer. ; Feb.lOand. 20—Woodville Districts J.C. Autumn. ' - Feb. 19, 20, and 22—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 21 and 22—Thames J.C. Annual. Feb. 27: and March I—Wanganui J.C. Autumn. '...'■• - March 12 and 13—Nelson J.C. Annual..