NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

...'/ IBt. IJoii'.Ton to. Lyttolton by the Maori last evening, and will not/be Keen out at tho'Awapunui fixture. ' As Bcrtnula will only carry 7st. 111b. iiv the Sires' Produce Stakes at the. Manawatu mooting, the Highdeii'filly Aviir be i'ldden by AY. Bell. ' A. Oliver will -not bo without a mount in tho race, as Mr. W. has secured, his services tor Peronilla. " ' Boolle was' galloped on in tlio Suburban Handicap 011 Saturday, and one of his hind legs'w'as badly cut. It is likely to bo somo timo before the Karamu horse. wilL race again. This is exceed- . higly bad, luck for his as he rail his best raco this season in tlio event in "t|uestion, and appeared to be on the cvo' of striking form." Visitors to the Manawatu meeting to- , morrow w,ill, appreciate tho excellent train arrangements' which have been made by tho grub's executive. Wellington patrons can travel, north by tho .New. Plymouth or Napier mail trains, ' both of which itop at Awapu'ni. Oil tho return jonriioy the New- Plymouth mail will pick up passengers-at Awapuni, and there will .also bo a last special leaving tho rncecourso at 5.32 p.m., and arriving in' Wellington at 10- p.m. It would appear as though the report lhat Mr. IF. Hall intended sending and Qbligant to Elierslio to, he'trained is : incorrect, tfOr the last-mimed, horse is> nominated at tho Opaki' and Blenheim : meetings. ' . Though the balance-sheet has not yet beeii fully mado up, it is announced that .the! committee of tiie Wellington Racing 'Club will bo advised that thero is a handsonie credit balance oyer tlio meeting just concluded. . , The special train from Trcntham to I'alnierston' North yesterday was fully . loaded, there being ho less than twentyeight horse-boxes on it, in addition to a couplo of carriages. li. Hatch has been engaged to ride Blue, Lake in tho Flying; Handicap, at - Awapuni to-morrow. ' Nga.tiuiaru, .who is, now .a member of A. Attwood's team at l'dlding, is to . make his first appearance in a hurdlp, race,at.A\vap.ui)i. tojnorrow, and. will bo ridden, by K., Jfoiuig. Another npw aspir:. ant for jumping honour?, is. Sam Pan.,' • While being. schooled, at Elierslio, on Saturday, morning, in company with Adherent, the'gelding Pyrinont struck tho hurdle by the number board hard, hi 3; rider E. Conwayi" being 'thrown heavily and struck by both horses as lie lay on the ground. . He was conveyed'' by the, ; cardt'a'ker,' Mr. A.' Hill, to; the casualty-' room,' where aii examination, by Dr. DudIcy disclosed a nasty wound on head and a badly bruised back,' arid his removal to the hospital was, ordered. Tho advisability "of "ridcrsweuriug skull caps while schooling' horses wa3 again borne out in connection with the present accident, for had Conway not had a cap on it is almost a certainty that ho would liavc been, killed oqtrigbt. : . As. ,tt. .was, the force of tho fall was sufficient to ?pnt* the cap-right across.—Auckland , Our Otaki correspondent writes:—Mr. \v CK Hart, who has parted with his horses, Paremata and Clovelly, intends to turn the fleet-footed Invicta out till spring, when tli,e horse, will be entered for (Several meetings. If Comedy King fails to make a nahlo for himself, at the stud it will not ho for lack of opportunity (says an exchange); as no fewer than 27 of M*.. Sol. Glen's best mares were mated with him this season. '.Fifteen outside mares were refused, and it will only bo at a very high fee that the'cervices of tho soil of Persimmon will be available next reason.; 'Phis ltiay lead t? Mr. Qreen having almost 11 monopoly of.his own horse at the stud for another seas&i 01 - two, but if the iir.-.t lot of Comedy King two-year-olds should include a. :'ew top-notchcrs, the ownerwill benellt when yearlings b,v that horse are submitted to auction the following wail. Commenting 011 the Valido .case, a. writer in the Sydney "Referee" says: - There i<s 110 doubt ai to the verdict savouring of the "not proven" order, and this has led to Mr. Ct. J). Greenwood appealing against the decision with a view to having it expunged from the records-. The experience has been a galling one for ,Ik)I;Ii Mr. Greenwood ami his trainer, .1". Burton, but it was simply impossible, for the stewards 'to overlook such a ease. On \the opening day the stable's first jockey was allowed to ride something else in I lie snipe race, and Valido, who started at a loiijf price, way among I lie rrai: division until the straight was reached, 'On the second day, with t'inn Riil>stili|*cd for Burke, and sharing favouritism with two otlivis, 'Valido won all tho way over tho . last half-mile from a stronger field than

■ on Saturday.' lit llie case of a "battling'' owner or tiaiiier,. !!9 ojit of 10(i racegoers "would at once lufvp jumpoii ar one_ conclusion, .and prpbsbly a iiiajprity did H) in this;inSlahco,'f(U', as far as m)' experience goes, iioman-, is <'oosidercd above suspicion. on a rac«courie. As regards ;;Vnlido being, a trier on tjio _ first (lay, I have no doubt as to eveolhing being ill order, and that Burko rndo was probably due to his master (.Surlo.u) wishing to : givo him a chance, weD as the likeli;hood;'qf- getting' a'loiiger price than.- if ;Pi pn were-in the .sartd/i'. At the inquiry 'it transpired.. that .Buitlfnn had .loss -pu iValidb..'. the.second day than'tho first : wliilp; Sir/ 'Greenwood iml.y invested '.t2 ; TOs.V'aiull'one bi; two piintctrs who backed ?tho horse 'lit his second, : rdu. stated' they did so because they :'sa,w' : !iim finishing fast in tlia Hightw&igllt • R'andicajj alter 'getting a bad "As., is generally iknon-u, it is possible for a boy to make a . b;id ; run for" hiimielf, a'lldilvUicn. I'inn got Vaiido.to (hp froutisn eai'ly un the laying I Handicap., it was nnturally • ifueried how -^urk't 1 ,. bn. such a Maiiingly guod ' beB'iuuer,' caine to meet: Willi >'<• much bad . Irtck oii i-ittnrdav. In tlieir consciousness ■ of. : innocence, ' Messrs. • Greeurrood aiul ;'Burton; naturally, what, to them, iseemedj'a long-drawn .inquiry.; .lint I think' tJiey-must'admit-that if the stioendiary. stewards had not gons .i.ito Valido's run-, niiig. they could-'" hot, Irell have, toiiolicd upon "reversal of' form" at any futuro time: .'Mr.' Greenwood's appeal' ivill bo : dealt with, at the A.J-iC- couiinitteß meeting. on the 21lh ;of this' anonth. FIXTURE'S. ; April. 9 and lOT-Jfanawatu. P.. C. Autuann. • April. IG' : and; 17—Hawkb's'Bay J[.'C!'.Au-. ; tiumi.,' • . ' Aprit. 23".and ,21—South' Canterbury J.C.i' > '.Autumn. " / ' " ' ':; iApril.2l ( aud.2s—Masterton. E.C. Autumn. ; April. 39 and 'May ''I—Marlborough E.G: ! ' 'Autum'i. ; jSlay.' ?—Ashburton County B.C. i ' Autu.'nn. " (Aprjl 16. and 19—Avondale J.C. Autumn, |Maj-, li.'antt I»—Egmont B.C. "Winter. ' [Max. 22 and 21—AVanganiii' .T.C. Winter. ; Jimp 3; and. ■!—Du.iiedin ' J..C. Winter.