NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

I riir Gmncoz.l Nominations for all lianclicap events to bo decided, at. .the Wellington Summer Meeting arc'duo wHh Mr. A. E. W'hj'ie at !) o'clock to-night. Final payments for tho Auckland ' Cup, Shortiand Plato, Railway Handicap, Great Northern Foal Stakes, Groat Northern Derby, and tho Royal Stakes arc duo at 0 o'clock to-night. Acceptances .for., the Marton, Taratahi,; and" Hawke's Bay meetings aro due to-night-. W. .Price has now been secured to rido Ladoga ill tho Manawatu Cup, and the Wanganui horseman can bo depended upon to get the best out of the Sir Laddo gelding. Assuming that ho has gons qji the- right way, a. win in tho big event should not be past theTrentlmm horse, for outsido tho tbrco top weights the company _is much tho samii as ho defeated ill tho I'curco Handicap at Trcnth'am. A. Hall lias Deniae Urmo galloping in bold stylo at EHerslie, and it will bo surprising if the chestnut does not run into tho money this Christmas. H. Gray will have tho mount, on Warstep in the Islington Plato on the second day at Ellerslio. Tho Finland —Pas' foul no'lt at Awa> hilri is said to be a3 promising a foal as olio would wish to see. Pas Seul, who is a halt-sister to Nyland, Boanerges, and Fariform, was purchased sonio timo back by Mr. I'. K Baldwin, and subsequently sold to "Mr. Highden." There was a.„ good drying wind at Awapuni yesterday, ancl it is expected that the plough track there will bo available for use this morning. Tbu course proper is still very heavy, but a few* clays' fino weather will put it right for tho Clip meeting. A. Oliver will bo on Bronze and Bandiera in the Manawatu double, and W. 801 l will be on Midnight Sun and Gladiole. Tho last-named will bo a better maro for he.r efforts at Fcilding, and her connections expect her to again account- for Bandiera. Owing to the heavy stato' of- the tracks Pariform has donu lit.ilo 01 unthing in the way of work lately, and it is unlikely that be will bo saddled up during the "Christmas week. Bon Ton, in charge of R, O'Donnell, Was railed to Ellerslio last night. . He will bo ridden in ibo Cup by H. Gray.. In tho event of the horses named starting for the Auckland Cup they will probably be ridden by tho horsemen whose names appear in parentheses:— Potoa (J. O'Slieu), Bon Ton (H. Gray). •La Rcina. (J. Buchanan), Jack Delaval (J. Conquest), Prince Merriweo (Phil Brady;, Sir Solo (W. Ryan), Santa Rosa (C, Brown), Colonel Soult (11. JJ. Brown), Sea Pink (L. Wilson), Qnaran- ■ tine (B. Deeley). Royal Arms (11.. Bern'), Jolie Fiile (S. Lindsay), Guiding' Way (H. Young), Soultikoff (V. jpDevitt), Marshal 'M'Donald (A. . Tricklebank), Marconi (Carmont). The New Zealand-bred Gold Seal 11, by Gold Reef from Seal Brown, by Ascot from Last Chance, by Tho Painter, won tho Blaeklrcrry Selling Handicap Steeplechase, two miles, in' which he carried I.'2st. 31b., at tho Linglield (England) November meeting. Ho started second .favourite. During tho session 1012 i Gold Seal II won half a dozen races in England, worth in . the aggregate £362 l()s. It is reported from Melbourne that tho New Zealand-bred mare, Anna Cnrlovna, has been sold to Mr. Sol Groen, of the Shipley Stud. Colour is lent to the rumour by tho fact that tho mare is turned out at the stud named. The Multiform.-horse, "Lord Kelvin, changed hands recently in Melbourne for ilOgntr. Tho aged Merriwoe gelding,- Moiiarty, is now being schooled over hurdles at Caullield. It is expected that H. Hatch will be seen in the saddle again at the Tarn-tahi-Carterton meeting. Two of hi? mounts will ' bo Master Lupin and By ion. ■