NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2160, 28 May 1914, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

TRt GKBJJCB&i P.acing mat!.fi'B . tliroiighout the Dominion are decidedly quiet .at present, but there will be..plenty doing next week; On King's Birthday operations will bis in progress at KHerslie, Otaki, raid \Vingat«i, whik devotws iif tsottiniv will iiavn their vents' catered for at (JVuytowu, wiiero tho Sputti Wa.ira.rapa Cl»b*s Mceting will lie held. Canfite hrtS' Won sufl'erini; from kidito.v troubios !«kl,v» hut At latest wdviws lie.was recovering. Tise crack cross-coiiiitry rtdor, J, K. I'ormorl.v. «'o!l known in tlie DoHiinioiij btit who hits ken located hi Melbourne for swne yeors past, was Sot-elet,v iwjwrod tferousti :> .fall i-etrdived ivhwi ruling Athier. in the llnrtfl-ea at Moonee ValK'V on Slay 20, The griding Mumlercd. ami unseated him at the llJircl fAstacle, and must citljer Iwve struck h I til w he must have Iwtm hit by another horse, for his left leg wss very Uacilv broken below thu kneg, tlio'lwne. which was unshed and splintevorl, pfotmcHlig through tlio skin. Immediate attention was fiivea to the »

jury, and as soen as possible M'Givgor was taken t« St. Vimvciit's J-liospital. At ihe best, lie will !m iti<!ai;:icitat«<l Cram riding f<l1 1 a ccwsidcrablo time, while if cuniiiiicalious occur be inav Jqso his k-g. ' ■

ft was generally i« par ted that Sister Vindhis- wotild bv srnt back to D-nnetlin after her fniinrcs in Sydney, bnt this wns not tho case, atni. Mr. HstKfctt's !i!-srG is now racing in Melbourne. , Recently she carried 'fist. 121b. into third place in the Wetter Plato at Moonec Vnllcy Late last- soason J. H. Prosscr sent four of. his own mares to the St. Ambrose horse St. Felix. The quartet aro all ufniiJHtakabiy in foal, :w<J the Porirua mentor has decided to stand tin: bay horse this coming sea&in. St. Felix is a- very aristocraticatly-brcd Irofsfi, I and should do well as a sire.

Thosp conccnietl should note- that I nominations lor ali events in connection -with th« Hdwfco's Bay jockey Club's Winter Meeting dose with the Secretary W. J. Strattoii on Friday next. The Helensville Citp, wliieh. was ciecid«d Ifust- week, wewt to tlie iifjod Soult golding Ngapuka. The op)»sitioli j was very vre"ak,""and consisted oniy of a ] couple of "unknowns." The Porirua jockey. H. M'Sweeney, { who lias been engaged to ride Paritntu ■ iu this Great Northern, left, for the north on Monday evening, and will givn the eld Castor gj-Ming a couple of schooling tasks., He will than return to ride at Otalsi, and will Ijo back for ■ the second ..day of t-ho Auckland meet' ing. ' The »e«'s of tho fatal acciJent to : Mr. Orton Stevens came as a gr«>aT slioek yesterday. The deceased pntloI man was a prominent steward of tho Wellington Hacing' Cluh, Jijid was pen--eriilly found nctiug on tho Judicial Committee. A Christclmrch Poirespßiwlcnt states that Sir Cliffwl will use Antagonist ns lii.s chief sire at Stoiiyhiirst ue'st season, awl that proW'; , Snn Francisco will he- leased. Otte of the best foals at Stonylrarsi i« the youngster by Antagonist from tfu> iuijwrted marc ElSusivft. The Jlaniapoto frokliug Encore, sold oarly this month to Mr. A, "W. Rnthorfurtl, .jim., for 450 tjaiueas, has beMi lame sinro his arrival at Rieearion, It is thought that tho .trouble is in the kidneys.

Owners of horses likely te rate ,-rt Otaki next week will ire pleased to tina,f that the course is. in . splendid crttar, and if the present fine weather holds tiie tracks will bo vt-i'y. fast. At Melbourne, Sol Grcort lias recently jitit into work a filly by Fositnno, from tbn C.J.C. OnliS winner' Artillcrie. Fntiik Wcotton, oiw of K-nglflßifs «*ack jockeys, is probably ere this installed its a trainer. It was his father's httoiitkm to set hint up in that busi* jjc-ss, giving him some ot his own horses ■Id prepare, soon after his return to i'ng'aml, some weeks ago, afld lie could count upon the patronage o( <>tlief racing men.

FIXTURES. Juno 3 and -I,—Otaki Maori R.C. Winter. Juno 3 and 4.—Dunedin Jockey Club Winter. June 8, 6, and B.—Auckland R.C. Wintor. June. 17 and 18.--Ha\vk<i's Bay J.C. Winter. June 24 and 25,—Napier F.irk R.C. Auiumu. July 2 and 4,—fiishorne R.C. AVintei I .' July 15 niKl 18.—Weliington H.C. Win- ' ter.