NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1723, 14 April 1913, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

IBr Glbkcoi.l Nominations for. tho Egmotit wlnl'fl meeting close to-morrow night. Thero will be racing at Hastings and Avomlalo on Wednesday next. A Sydney writer credits Jlr. E, J, Watt's Atheilic with being tho fastest 2-year-old m Australia. Mr. Angus Keith, the well-known handicapper and starter, who' is engineer at tho Longburn Freezing Works, was assisting to unload a truck of.bullocks, when ono suddenly rushed him. Ho wr.s tosfed, but recovering his feet, made for the corner of tho truck. Another rush by tho animal resulted in Mr. Keith sustaining a torn forearm, ono horn entering tho upper the nrnk. The accident will prevent, Jlr. Keith performing his duties as starter at the Pahiatua meeting. Last year Sir George Clifford won the Maiiawatu Stakes with Autumaus, and oft the following day provided tlio runner? up in the Sires' Produce Stakes, Brown Owl being. beaten by Ermongiiril' l History repeated itself last week, when Autr.mnus again won the Manawatu Stakes and Nightwatch, a brother to Brown Owl, Jilled second placo ill tho Sires' Produce Stakes. , A. .lulian has boen"at Karamu during the past week schooling somoof the jumpers there in view of their winter engagements . . . The. local sportsman, Mv. H; "Whitney, - will be represented at the Avondjle meeting '.by, Naumai and Aetna. The nnir are' the only "foreign" horses engajed at the: meeting. The success of Glenli.mnn in.tho Open Flying Handicap at Awapuni, when the son pf Clanraiuiid come from a good way behind and won.in lntin. H l-j.*:ec..,shows that he is a somewhat uncertain ous-> tomcr. At Trentham a w:ek pre-' vious he was beaten in seven-' furlong welter rnco which took ltnin. 29 l-ssec. to run. a very inferior gallop as compared witli the Awapmii one. It lias to be said further that. Auluimius took iniin. lSsec.'to run tho Manawatu Stakes' distance and then only beat, Bon Rove by a Hood after a close finish. Acceptances for the Masterton meeting are due on Friday night. On Friday next Mr. G. Morse will pill), lisli his weights for the Marlborough meet- : ing which takes place on April 30 and May 1. The good-looking Advanco gelding, Prosper, is shortly to commence training work again at Awapuni. He wo.s on tilt courso both race days last week aud looked fresh and well. For Children's Hacking Cough lit Nlsht Woods' Great Peppermint Curo, li. 6dL'