NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1685, 27 February 1913, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

, .. . [Bi QLBNCOE.] • .• ls i l re P° r te(l that., the price ..paid, for Mnt-.at th&. Banawick/yerfrling: sales^:'• • , 'One W ,;the. b'esfc : 'gatt^':;recorded : ' 'at WOTCTnni . Yesterday. .\-wa3"" put tip :'by ■Gladiole/' who; carrying VT. f . Qeoffii'or!' r Flying Handicap l weight, -cover- r ed five • furlongs ?;"3soc. ' She js~ to bo riddeti to-day b.V SJ'Roid;- ' fnrloitgs_ yesterday, it/, is..;' probable, that ■ Labour Day must olist Bronze from, f he' . .position • of favourite'fir 'the'Wahaanui' tup to-day. F, D. Jones;-who'is to ride . the Sonlt.mare, came,tip from,Lytteltonyesterday, .and,.after a visit'to' thg Turkish baths, went on to'.Wangamii Ijy tho Auckland mail train. ■ ; ' Before .being taken to WariganuL : tho' Otaki-trained Merry Frank ran ■ a verv V conytneing gallop,' arid is to be well the .'Stewards" Handicap ■ to-day/ Tho brown gelding is to be : ndden by C. Emerson. ■ Postillion;' has • been rneing a lot 1 better ; , lately than lie was in the early sprin*. r The son of Advance still pulls very hard, ■ but he . is more seasoned now, and should .-be! able to go six furlongs well. W. Price, his usual-pilot, will bo'in tho saddle in the Petre Hack .Handicap' to-day. ~ Mr. 6. Morse seems to have settytckers rare puzzle, in .the. "Wanganui Flying Handicap. Tho first seven horses on tlio : card (with! ; Makara, Patronale, and Xnenrn) will have a large following, anil tho j'ssuo'is, on every 'side, • voted very open... ■Tfie 'successful Auckland horseman, A. J; M'Mynn, ,haa come ..to Wanganui to Tide Sandy Paul and Timothy to-day. In the Juvenile Handicap at Wanganui to-day, the Welcome Stakes winner, Pcrouilla, will-be ridden by J. O'Halloran, who will claim o 51b. allowance, making her weight Dst., . . General 'entries for the Auckland Racing' Club's autumn ■ meeting close tomorrow.; ' Acceptances for tho first day's events at the Nelson Jockey Club's meeting are . due .to-morrow. Owners are reminded that nominations !.. for the Wairarapa Racing Club's .meeting close on Monday, next. The slander action in which, the hurdle ■ rider, JI,.A. SSsastrcam supd a.bookmaker. nam«l F. G. O'Keill for damages, was; concluded at tho County Court, Mel-

buirn'e, on February, 18, Tlid jury ; Returned a verdict for Seastreom, assessing the damages at JGIOO for slander nnd J!300 for false, imprisonment, with costs. Bribery, winner of a V.R.C. " Grand National Hurdlo Itaco, and both a V.Ii.C., Grand National and Australian Steeple- 1 chase,'has been given away, and will lye pensioned olf by his new owner. •The Australian Jocltoy Club continues to progress in tho matter of prize money, and, as compared with 1912-13, tho slakes for 1913-14 hi\ve been increased by ,48000 (says an exchange). As' usual, tho w.t'.a. races have received particular attention, and nowadays the'ownor of a first-class-horso is a man to be envied. The valno of hurdio .races and steeplechases lias been greatly increased, but while steeplechasers'opportunities in this . State, are practically 1 confin'id to Eandwick, very iew owners are likely t<) bother themselves with .that class of horse, and,' as in tho past tljo rich prizes will mainly go to visitors from other Stato3 or New Zealand.; Owners pf hurdlers are in a better position, as tho suburban clubs are forced to-cater for them during several months .la.tho year, and the programmes of somo. oft the; country-clubs occasionally include hurdlo- races.' Tho factor tho Victorian Government grantinjthe V.E.C.'s request to be.allow- • a.charge for admissionifo the. ■ flat: at'.Flemingtjn will come as a shock tv those who had an idea that tho.leading sbufhtrn racing 'bo_dy was of, too 'philanthropic a turn to'either expect lor attempt to get'.anything from tho, "flatites." It hasjfrequently been pointeil out what the ;sh<)utd do in the matter of free admission, but for .my own. part';l hove" always.-held "that any man : who. felt' he could..hbt.alford' , tp;pay a shilling to,witness a first-class race meeting was better, absent.; Now tliat a charge., to' the'' flat' is permissable; perhaps the :V;R.C. : maybe. inclined to tack ar.oMier shilling .on tho; admission to'. the paddock and hill. I this would make a tremendous difference to-the club's revenue, but even if such a step 'is deemed inadvisable, a shilling u head from patrons of'the flat will mean a few extra thousands .a year, t and may permit of a:retu'm to d .£IO,OOO Melbourne) t up,—Sydney-'Arrow." ;, '• FIXTURES, leb. 27 and March l—.Wanganni J.C. Autumn, . , March 5 and o—Dannevirke R.C. Autumn. Starch 12 and 13—Southland B.C. Autumn. March; 12 .and 13—Napier Park; E.G. Autumn. ■ ■ March 17.—Opunake E C. Annual. March ,22, 21, and, . J.C. 1 Autumn. ■ , March 24—Waipukurau J.C. Annupl. March 24 and2s—Canterbury J.C. Autumn. March,24 and 25—Feilding J.C.Easter.' ■ ■ Maroh 32.and 2i—Auckland E.C. March 22 and2l—WairarapaE.C. Autuuin. March 24 and 25—RivertonR.C. .Annual; Maroh 26—Westland E.C. Autumn. April:2—Reeftcn J.C. Autumn. i April 2 and 57-Wellington B.C. Autumn.. April S amlllO—Manawatu K.C. Autumn. April ■' 16 and ■ 17—Hawko's Bay J.C. : Autumn. ,