NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1914, 24 November 1913, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

fßv Qi.tscQfel , ■Sportsmen will have three rate meet- ■ iiigs to interest them this week. On Wednesday and Thursday tlip SoittliCanterbury Jockey Clifb's meeting will be held, the Takapumt meeting will open oil Wednesday and be concluded, on Saturday, and tlio Feildiiig meeting will be' held 01.1 Saturday and Monday next. Weights far tho,/'Wflodville meeting will be declared on Friday. The'whole of Mr. H. Whitney's horses have been allowed to drop out of their Timaru engagements. With the exception of Bravest ill the Hurdles, tliero will ho no North Island, hors.e at tho Tiuiani meeting. Included ill the runners in tho Tiri Hurdles at Takapuna on Wcdnos'day is Mr. Q. F. Moore's Australian-bred mnro, JPliroso, who showed good form ■over tho battens at Wanga.mii in October. A line as to her capabilities can bo gauged Ijv tho form of Timothy, ruiuicr-uf) to l'.er. on tho opening day, and winner of tlio; open race- on the second day. The public will doubtless send tho inare out a good favourite for anything carrying the Kai M hre«tor's colours has hut one mission in a race, Corinthian (Kenown —Coralie), who has been racing without, success in tlio Hawke's Bay district, and who was reWrtainty taken south by the Hastirrgij trainer, L. Ciirtieks, was a dual win*, lier at Tapafllii last week'. F-quitas is at present nt Mr. J. B. Reid's plaw ut Elderslie, \vhcro she has . been ofi a visit to Kilbroiiey. As soofi.. as the present industrial trouble is settled the daughter of Advanco will be stilt back fe> Jiarton. Wnllingford,. a New Zealand-bred tl;rec-ycar-old, has .been shewing good form amongst the galinwavs; at Sydney of late, having won mile- races at Eeit-1 •siugto.n and Kosebery Park, and a mile and a fn.rlolig ra.es; at Ascot. Bo is by Harrow, from Morvcilletix. A. Oliver has abandoned his intention of journeying i.o the. Tiikapuna Jockey Ohib's. meeting. He will rsma.ln at .homo St Awapuni until tlio Feilding lixttire oft Saturdav nest. '

Despite the fact that thei'fi has been plenty of ruin in. other parts o.f the Wellington proviiico,, Ot-alji lias escaped for some tiirio pastj and the tracks there are now very hard, After gallop- ; iii.g thora on Saturday Mr. \V. Xidd's mare I'eroiieal opened tip ;m old cut fn her hind leg, and it may be impossible for lior to start at Feeding on Saturday. Brawn front, who broko down at the last Otnki meeting, 'was further injured by a kick from another horse yesterday. One of his legs was found to be broken, and a friendly bullet did the rest. G. .Price will tako five hors.es to tiio Feikling meeting. His team will include) Erniinigarde, Bertrada, And Gar-. an.ee. J miner lightened up a lot with lifir raoing at lticearton, and at present she is being given a few days' sjJell at Treiithsm, The same courso is being followed with Mount Victoria., who has liad mm than his share of racing and. ■ travelling lately. } Mcrric Yalot will make his first ap I pearatieo i.u tiio south at.the Dunodin I meeting on Hosing ttftyy There are two : hurdlo races ufc Wiiigafui and two at Oauraru tiio following veck, so that tho brown geldi.iig Klvoulil bo able to pifik up a race very Soon. Vj The light-weight joclsoy ft. Berry had: |a mount at the Wairau I rots last ]'riday, and succeeded in getting into secmid place, Mr. K. Ci.wlhchero telegraphs to say that tho final payments for the Qroua Stakes wore incorrectly puM'siied aa tiio. final payments for tho IMdiflg Stakes, tia Saturday's isstte t " •'«*.