NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

TOT GLENCOB.I

There ivill bo racing at Oamaru and jiW'anganui to-day, A private telegram received from the south yesterday stated that it was rain-; ing-there, ana tho prospccts were for heavy going to-day. This will tell against tho top weight, Thrax, in the Cup, and also against ltinaldo. Both of these horses have regularly failed', in tlio mud in the past. " Palisade is engaged in two races at Oamaru to-day, but tho Winton horse is likely to bo reserved for the final event. News from Riccnrton states that starter H. Piper ia seriously ill. Another item from the south records that 11. J. -Mason will take his usual Sydney trip this winter, and leaves early next month. He will take Cherubini, Valhalla, and a couple of two-year-olds with him. ■A. Oliver has been unablo to get down to tho woight to • rido Bertrada in the Connolly Handicap to-day, so W. Bell will be on tho Oharlemagno II filly, and Oliver will take the mount on Byron. FIXTURES. May 21 aiid 22—North Otago J.C. Winter. . May 21 and 23.—Wanganui J.C. VfmJunoTand 4.—Otaki Maori R.C. Win-t-cr. June 3 and 4.—Dunedin, Jockey Club Winter. June 3, 6, and B.—Auckland R.C. WinJune 17 and 18.—Hawke's Bay J.O. Winter. . , Juno 24 and 25.—Napier Park R.C. Autumn. „■ , , July 2 and 4,-Gisborne R.C. Winter. July 15 and 18—Wellington R.C. mtor.