NOTES AND COMMEMTS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMEMTS

/■''• ;-£Bri:GiEif(;oE,]-v:, h ': .-' ; ; :;; '/; .'.•;':;•;; 'next-.is nomination day^'for the .-■/':■..JSelsori Jockey; Club's ..'annual '.'meeting;' this" year.t wiirbe held f o'n'March ■.i".-/; 12^ahd'l3.: ; : W-)j> '-.r .<- >h'-' : •:'•-: ■•! / '. y.v--ii/;;.,' mbrrow <md Thursday; .and;at Gisborne '■■.;■. on; Thursday and.Friday.*/^- *•-'-.''-■■-.• • ! ,;.'THeiTe Kulti'race-meetingi will be held . "■•■:• J 'on Thursday: next;--/; : ./:/, ■■ }<} //;,/ h '/■- ■ ~ \- 4 '*> ".' 'Wejghts.ibr,'the-',Wan'ganui:''Ciib. and' -:-.i'•;,' Flying.Handicap's l aro?due S: on Saturday ->■' /',Vv/v'\ ! ' : '' : '' 3 ; ';.,' Ai;9.pltn;:; : on.'Saturfiay^^ : R. Takle will:close nomination' lists iot •the Danneyirko-Club's Autumn meeting.' •:--, Dearest, uncharge of H. Telford, left for ':.',. :■'Hawera Oii■■Saturday'last. The Soult mare ■.has-quite got "over the leg trouble that ■\'...'-,v;- , .Bifcctcd-h<>rvai';l^ , enthftni;'- i vShe i ,ls'-'to'b9 v .ridden by-B. Deeley in the Flying Handi' v. ■■' cap .iit Hafrera': on Wednesday';.:/. , -: who 'has had a.lot of experience■ ill the .'''■ .'.Australian' States, .and' also -/in'' South .':.,'.' v Africa -has arrived in- AVellington, . and. was, last evening, granted a ; license by : the -Wellington rKacing Clubj Childs can •'■.' go to scalo at/7st. ,61b., nnd Beems to be a ......; ; good lad.- Considering theidcarth of-suit- ..-'■'■'■■ atjb! light-Veight jdckeys,"there should be ; ' : 'ft'good .opening for the' Flomihgton '-.'.•', .trained/horsoman. / "■ : -y : .(^,\; '.',-,' ,' ~,/.;.' M!ira,.'the,'grey : horse.,in;J. W.. Lowe's .stables, oame. its':peculiar*oaitid, in a / / '■'< (iiirious/fashiohi/iTheex-Cabinot Minister - [: /Mr;.J.VA. Millar'/ls a great friend of Mr. 1 ■'. .-lVHaiWh«;hors'e's owner—and the.latter ./.-)called the hbrsb'Mira,- which hi thb nenr- /'..'.: ait ■■ the -Mao.'i can get'to Millar. ,

V Blue' Lako,: is hoiv running but on • her f/owher's' property at Hastings,.and will not ..-bo/put intovWoik again/for tomoj.tiuio' ■'to cprte.s,'i'i;.-:-;.-. ; !;,. •.';"■/'../-,v y-' : -"^'\' ■:;.;:'■ : ; •■■N .Williams;- of; Clare'ville./ie now the downer of •Leapaki.'. It is hid intention to stihool .thef Lotlw gelding ; bver fences,'and, J. H«rcoCk:w6nt from' Hastings-yesterday to-ride/this horse and'Full-Rate iii their ■ graining;tasks,:-:i-:/- ; ;." !,.:■/,;./' -,^:.' :•:-' Thb Masterton, Raoing. Club /has decided to offer JBI3IO In stokes for, its autumn ../liit'oting;.'/;,':'/;:■'k.' - ; '■;''/■;■,/' ■:..■•;•','>..'' Goverhmcht tax to be/paid over/ tho ■'.Wellington,meeting amounts to i2590'. V Considerable Surprise was > eviwed. (says /"Phaeton," in' the "Now Zealand- Herald").;wheh /Overtime's, number did not : go/up on the semaphore as a starter for the, Zealhridla Handicap at Takapuna, for his chance of/success'appeared, second to ;nbne. '.!/It./subsequently .transpired ..that the Musketry geldings 'defeotion Was bfbught about through his attendant having- missed the ;last. horse-boat in the morning. .. Judging by, his showing at tho end of -tho day, when ho won the Stewards' handicap, :'■'. Overtime must have, landed the double but .for the incident above stated.,/.; ;/' .. -..■, :\ : '■.'•■; The stewards of the WelHtiftpn Racing Club have decided to proceed immediately ■with further Improvements at Trentham -■Tacecb.n.fse. ■ • . , - - i;'.'■•-. ; Aijibng'the recent winners in Brisbane' is thb'half-brother (by Vasco) to Obsono. • The comparative worthlessness of times, even though taken under apparently similar conditions,-/was "further demonstrated in connection -.with the two six-furlong sprints, run at the A.J.C. Anniversary Meeting (says the ''Referee"). In the Challenge Stakes on the. .opening day Malt Mary (Oat.) was.beaten after a great' finish by a hnlf-ncck only in lmln.l3js(K;.; while on Monday, with Blb. more, and untlcr similar'pressure, it took tho \Ncwcastle marc lmin. HJsec. to feet over the fAmo course in the Flying Handicap,, in which sho had to b« ridden right out to win by a head. /'•.-,''. ■'■'.-•:,' : : : '•/.■..' ;T Acoo'rding to, the Perth correspondent of the "Refei'M,". it is quite likely that before long action mil bV taken by certain parties to'prevent,bookmakers from operating on ■racecourses. ',: The West ; Australian Trotting Association h»a been in existence a couple of years, and the members have battled along bravely in ".spitb'.-of seyero opposition. .'.They had affiliated with the Victorian and other kindred':bodies; but recently the wmmittoo were informed that the affiliation with the Victorian body had been cancelled, and that the Wcstral Trotting Association had-been taken info the fold. Following bri this the, Goodwood Race Club, a body "not recognised by the West lustra-' '•'liiin Turf Club, announced that they were providing-n race.- for trotters on each nf six days on which they would hold meetings. It is alleged that soveral horses

which have been raoing at the West Aus-, tralian Trotting Associri.ion's ( meetings have been noniinntcd for these races without the consent of tho owners, and more trouble has arisen. Men who raco ponies and horses at Goodwood aro complaining that Whilst they have been racing for i;3O stakes tho club can-put on .£IOO for eiioh. race for trotters.' Anyhow, there is likely to be n climax soon; for' the West Australian Trotting Association'has the legal right to use tho totalisator, whereas the Goodwood Club has not, and if action is taken to prevent bookmakers ■ from operating, racing on the latter course would soon end. It looks, therefore, as if tho Goodwood Club, by including trotting, has been making a rod for its own back.'

FIXTURES. Feb. 5 and G—Egmont E.C. Summer. Feb."6^-To"Kuiti Annunl. •■'■''■ Feb. 6 and 7-Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb 12 nnd 13—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Fob. 13 and 14-Gisborno E.C. Summer. Feb. 19 and 20—Woodvillo District J.C.

' Autumn. ' ,'. ■ . . „■' , ■■ Feb. 19, 20, and 22-Dunedin J.C. Autumn, Feb. 21 and 22—Thames J.C. Annual. Feb. 27 and March' 1-Wanganm J.C, '.-■' Autumn. ... ■■ ' •., - . ~ March 12 and 13—Nelson J.C. Annual.