NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1835, 22 August 1913, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

1 IBr Glkncoh.l Nominations for the Wanganui and Daivnevirko spring meetings aro duo on Monday. It lias now been arranged that tho Rangitikei Club's annual meeting will take place at Bulls on March 2j and 2G. Weights for tho Marton meeting aro dub,-to-day. A. Oliver arrived in Wellington last evening, and leaves for Sydney this afternoon. Ho will not return until tho Trontham meeting in Oetofccr. Mr. Dudley Gibson, ivho recently resigned his appointment as stipendiary steward', leaves Wellington, next week for Sydney whfcre ho will reside.

Last week Sir Geo. Clifford's horses Briar Patch, Nightwatch, and Downstroke were scratched for tho A.J.C. Derby.

Mr. Gerald Stead had intended .running Tim Doolan in the Hunters' Plate on tho concluding day of tho. C..T.G'. meeting, but he was unexpectedly- called away north through the death of Mr. Hoadley, his father-in-law.-

by Soult—Vexation, won the socoud division, of the Flying Handicap at tho Victoria Park race meeting on August 11. At the eanio meeting Ridiculous, by Martian—Oly.tie, won tlio EnceuiM.go Stakes, of GO sow., starting at an outside price, i This is prol>ably the filly owned at one time by Mr. 11. A. Knight, of Racecourse Hill, and raced under tho name of Pert.

The steeplechaser Pilot, by GunboatMermaid, was sold at auction in Sydney this month for fifteen guineas. Pilot made a big reputation as a jumper at Ricearton, and later on lie performed with great success in Australia; but he ha.s been unsound for soanc timn.

The Now Zealand jockey 11. Cairns, who holds a license from the V.R..C., is also riding on Wren's courses in Melbourne.

The three-year-old, colt Lord Burnside, by Vasco—lima, and thus half-brother to Cibsono, won tho Ascot Handicap, the principal sprint event at . the Queensland Turf Club's meeting this month.

Gangway, by Castasliore —Stephanie, was well backed in the Arkaringa. Hurdle Handicap at tho Victoria Amateur Turf Club's meeting on August 9. Ho lost, a lot of ground by faulty jumping, and finished last. Ho was ridden by an amateur rider (Mr. N. Ilighett), who seemed ,unablo to keep him at his fences.

J. Smyths R. Wootton's apprentice, ha.s been falling foul of the English stewards rather frequently of late. Recently ho was fined .£SO for neglecting to weigh in after winning a race, and his mount was disqualified. He won a race last month, on Gaston Boco.rd at Salisbury, and was then called before the stewards, fined .£25. and suspended for the Test of tho meeting for orossing. Gaston Bocanl afeo lost the race.

• Wellington owners wlio contemplate being ropresenfefrat the Ashburton .meeting next month, should note that Tuesday next is nomination day.

Tho racehorses Calley Bridge and Field Force arrived from the south yesterday, and proceeded oil to Gisbornc by boat. Both horse swent wrong at Rioca'-ton, and were unable to start at the meeting. Superstition? Or mere coincidence? In the Grand National Hurdles Red Earl, who . fell and broko liis neck and whoso rider (F. Ellis) sustained a broken thigh, carried the oft-mentioned and (as some have it) unlucky No. 13 on tho saddle-cloth.

Tlia Achilles colt Styx, who went lame on tlio eve of the C.J.C. winter meeting, 'is now reported to be sound again, aud will commence training at once.

Dearest, who failed to strike form during the whole of last a-ason, has just been tataen up again after a three months' spoil at J'orirua. The Soult mare has put on a lot of ilesh, and it will bo somo time before she is ready to race.

D. Bannatyne, the ex-Auckland trainer, wiio was stricken down in Australia recently, at latest was able to get about again.

The crack cross-country horseman, A. ,1. M'Flynn, has not yet thoroughly got over the effects of bis broken shoulder (says the "New Zealand Herald"), but hopes to bo seen in action at Avondale. On Tuesday morning he was riding work at Ellerslie on the flat.

L. 11. Hewitt, the ex-New Zealand jockey, is still located in England. A returned visitor states that Hewitt maintains a most expensive Hat in London, and appears to make a hobby of collecting old sporting relics. Altogether lie lias almut. .451100 worth of furniture, which includes a bed which was previously tho property of Fred Archer, the celebrated jockey. Hewitt secured this at auction for .CSOO, after outbidding several noblemen who were anxious to secure this old relic.'