NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2211, 25 July 1914, Page 17

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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■ C. Pritchard will take four horses to the "Ricearton mooting. H. Kijigan has a like, jiumber/engaged, and J.- Lowe anii J. Ayres will take one horse apieco. Fronr Gisborne comes word that Grand Idea' has .changed hands, and will in future carry the colours of Mr. W. D. S. Mac Donald, M.P. The consideration was 200gns. The Winter Cup candidate, Mummer, was expeoted. to arrive from Hastings last night, and will he snipped to Lyt.telton by to-night's boat. The wellknown .horseman, Luko Wilson, will havo the mount on the Gazeley gelding. , ■..■" Tho local trainer, A. Crawford, has shifted his team to Otaki, and will in future reside there. Several visiting horses are still at Trentham, and as yet no arrangements have been made towards shifting south. Amongst the number are Crown Pearl, Royal Arms, Paritutu, Sir Letho, Golden Glade, Hereford, Try Fluke, and Beacon. The Penury colt, Want, is doing well .at Trentham. Hβ is engaged in the Avoudale Guineas, to be run in September, and so far his owner intends to send him north for the race. . According to reports, Garanco is becoming affected in the wind If this is really tho case, it is bad luck for his owner, for tho good-looking son of Vasco gave- overy indication that he would act up to the higlrstandard of the rest ot the Madder family. The Southland candidate, Peter, was scratched for the Winter Cup at 2.45 p.m. on Wednesday. The St. Clement? gelding is in t'he same stable as Magdala, and evidently drainer A. l>. . M'lvor intends to rely on the former. Some of the southern! critics think Grey King is very light, and tho suggestion is that his trainer has been very busy at him: It may" be pointed out that the grey gelding is a. very light fleshed animal at'any", time. ; Owing to a slight accident received .while being ontrained at Wellington, joints has tilled; ana the hurdle horse has. not boon worked on tho tracks since his arival at Ric-. carton. . ... ~ ' The Auckland trainer, B. J. Eao, arrived by the Main Trunk express yesterday, and went south last night to supervise- tho final gallops'of tho National Stooplechase favourite, Captain Jack. Encoro is galloping extra well at Ricoaiton, and' tho Maniopoto, gelding is spoken of as a likely winner in the hack class at the coming C. J.C. Winter Meeting. '•■ • , ■■'■■■.. ■Tho Gisborne Winter Cup candidates, Chortle and Multiply, wore aboard the south boat yesterday, but R)iupani was missing, and it is said that' consequent upon the decisivo beating given him by Ohortle in a track gallop, the connections of tho grey horso have decided not to send him south. ••'■ Zophuron, winner of .the V.R..C. Grand NatiorialSteeplechaso, hails from Gippsland. Ho was sold in his younger days for 25 guinoas, and subsequently to his presont owner for 90 guineas. During his racing career he has rim in 32 races, of .whiclr he has \von 19. •When tho last mail to hand left'Lon'don S. Donoghue, an Irish jockey, was at the head of the winning horsemen's list in England with 40 successes to his credit. Tho well-known cross-country horse; man, H. Can , , who has been tho victim of many.accidents in his time, met with another mishap tho other day. While he was engaged topping some trees the axe I glanced, and caught him on tho shin, making an Ugly wound. , Despite the rumours that v; ere abroad as to,all not being well with Olyflelish, the Oairiaru horse was well supported yesterday for the Winter Cup. ■ Chatting with tho writer yesterday, Trainer G. Jones was very optimistic concerning the chances of Multiply in the Winter Chip. The Multifid gelding is. certainly well handicapped, "and when at his best .he is a clinking good horse over a. mile; None, of the riders engaged at: the •National Meeting should lack anything, on the score of condition, for at the present time the leading jockeys in both '.islands are training assiduously for the annual football match, which takes place on Saturday, August.B. . . Advices were received in town yesterday, of the sale- of the. gelding- Try Fluke to Mr. B. Goldwater, of Auckland, tho price paid being 300 guineas. Tho celding will continue to- be trained .'by ~K. Irwui, and he will fulfil his engagement in the Winter Cup. S. Reid has beon specially, asked to ride the black' golding, but it is urderstood He ' has already Deon engaged for Mount Victoria. ■