NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 5

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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While schooling at Gishwrne on Monday last the Auckland geM-iiig kci felj '••'.| brfl.-e-.ft fetlock. A-Ueinpis art be* toe; made to save the life of tjje job of

Tito Possible, hut he will never be any g<?<?d -again for rating purpw.es.

i _ Jockeys Deploy and Oliver .wilt V seen in the saiidle- at i-ite Gisborne r.inetini; to-dn.y. Tiro tot tiler will' ride liiatma- . kaka 'and Sir Dan're!, aitd Oliver will : ho np on Melodist, Koriunlmm, and ])is- • patch Carrier. ■ .

| Tho mnch-bfiO'iicd Moiiifid gelding, I Chortie. is e-ngflpfld ijl the (Open Flying • and tlw Hack Flat at Gisbornc tn-dav, blit it'is generally understood that he will start- in tiro fon'n-:-r ev«sit, in which ; i-hs .acid, outside, of Dispnicii Carrier, . does not appear to he very formidable, j for Otir King has (jonc very liulo work since his rytuni torn K.Vili'.oy, and [ tic is hiirdlv of the class wis-iisspocts fo jijicot in-aii open Fiyirtg Han&f»p..ok. tipii S'ill lis scratched in this event, and will probably be favourite ill t!:o "Winter Oats. Lady Alicia is not ttp to weight,: and both Microbe awl Multiplicity will lie troubled to get the distance iinder welter weights.

The tv.o-year-old, Slicphei'd'si Rush, will not- be nt ruiiucr in tho 51aiden Hack Haeo at. Gisbornc f<i,day. In her ab--s'enco the grey gekliiig, Ra.i'.pani. wlui was seen i.n action at Trentlinii'. and Awapuni in the «utunin, and wini is h:1djfub'te.d'ly ft horse with a lot of pape-, will lie dettbt bo a hot <irdi?r, _110 will be tidctai by his traiiiEt, P. C. Poftor.

Tilt Open HttMles field at Qisborne toflay tvill be a decidedly weak out. Grev ■Kii'ig is an Unlikely starter, and a similar remark applies, to.Cloudy Dawn ain'l Killa'oo. (.'ha twos and haiitsdnrft iv ill no -dcniht ho the best supported of the remainder, but; goml vepoi ts are to jhaml concerning The I'olpj a five-year old Han Remo grfdji-ig -heiongiji-g to tho Gisbo.rne tfaker> F. £. Looirtb'. .

The Gisborne Steeplechase may he a Watch between tire fen'o old warriors. Sir Lethe and The Chief. Both are perfect f ewers, autj aro sure to get roasd safely, while it is not -certain that this can ' lie. s.gr!d with safety i about any .of the others.

. _ After an absent of several weeks Multiply will again Ise seen in ac'tiijii at Gisbori'm to-day. He still has a sns- : r/ieious-tookirig joint, and judging by his appearand his trainer has done very little with him. Tat.imi, the piobablo favourite in i,he Winter Oats at Gisbome, may ho troubled by both the weight aiiii the distance. He will bo ridden bv V. C. Porter, while Pinkuns, half-brother to Sir, Daniel, will have the services of Deeley. Sir Duikl i* r< - . ported to have galloped very well lu>- : fore leaving B ; a-stiF!g.s.''

li. Wilson has already Tceeivrd four offesfs of a retainer for nest season. Mr. E. J. Wa-tt is anxious that ho fhould continue in his employ either here or in Sydney. Another well-known Ha-wkfi'-s Bay sportsman lias made him. an offer., -anti so lias, ii YVairarapa owner.

The ''Sportsman' 1 says that when the King's Friar Marcus cantored. Imilic for the Great- Surrey Fool, Stakes at.Epsom on May 28, the cheering bega» nearly a quarter of a mile from, noitte, asd when it was sec-n that the Friar had the race in hand it was continued kmi; alter j» had passed the judge's bos, aitfi renewed again and again when he returned ■to weigh i-n. His: Majesty appeared to thoroughly appreciate his victory, '•i:oU!-;h he did hot comply with the- constant request from the cheap- ring that Ire. would "lean l.ijn in." Acceptances for i.he first clay's events at the Wellington, Jkciitg Club's Sumliver Meeting close oa Monday nest. . Noiuinafeus for the, Sew Zealand Cup close witii the seoi-et-ary uf the Oaaiterbury Jockey L-lu-h to>morrav i-iigijt,. Vice-Admiral, lio wo-fi the Kevv Zealand Ctrp three years ago, ha-S gunc to liie dish let. 4b take up s.Uid duties.