NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2263, 24 September 1914, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Glbncob.l At the Wanganui Jockey Club's Spring Meeting, which opens to-day, principal interest will centre in the Guineas. There aro no Auckland three-year-olds engaged, but otherwise the licld is a representative one. Representatives of Boniform have won the last two contests and this year the South Island sire will be represented by Pari-foi-ni and Mia Cara. In view of a capital showing in the big handicap at the recent Marten meeting, Hyefctus (Hymettus—Asiatic) may start favourite. As a two-year-old some of the form shown by Hyettus was moderate, but his best performances stamped him as a .particularly brilliant gelding, and ho appears to be able to gallop a mile quite satisfactorily.. Nominations for the Masterton Racing Club's meeting close to-morrow 'light. .'...■ Weights for the Dunedin and Napier Park meetings will be declared on Monday. Only three Trentham-trained horses are engaged at Wanganui to-day, viz., Rene, Rerehau, and Want. The Otaki Maori Racing Club's meeting takes place on Monday and Tuesday next, when a special feature of the racing will'be the steeplechases. Sir Solo is to leave Masterton for Melbourne this week in. charge of his trainer, W. Garrett, who will himself superintend the Sir Laddo gelding's final preparation for the Melbourne Cup. Provided Sir Solo goes on the right way o'i arrival, his owner; Mr. P.' Dorset, will go across next month to see the horse run. The Geraldine races commence to-day and will be concluded to-morrow. In the Cup race, the candidates include the hurdlers, Corrie and Parable, and if both go to tho post it will H interesting to see if they can hold their own with the .regular flat racers. At tho conclusion- of the meeting, Parable is to join H. Goodman's team at Dunedin, ' Kooya, who, is top-weight in the Spring Handicap" at , Wanganui this afternoon, won three of the four last races in which she started last season. Mr. G. D. Greenwood will have no representative at the Wanganui meeting to-day or on Saturday,.but some of hie horsos will be racing ii- Dunedin next month. . , Holiday excursion tickets to Otaki for the Otaki Maori Rac.uig Club's meeting on September 28 and 29 will be issued by the Railway Department. The tickets are available for return up to ::nd including Octobor 1. . , FIXTURES. Sept. 24 and 25.—Geraldine B.C. Spring. Sept. 21 and 26.—Wanganui J.C. Spring. Sept. 28 and 29.—Otaki-Maori B.Cj Spring. Oct. 3.—Napier Park B.C. Spring. Oct. 9 and 10.—Dunedin J.C. Spring. Oct. 10—Hawke's Bay J.C. Spring. Oct. 15—Masterton B.C. Spring. Oct. 15 and 17.—South Canterbury J.C. Spring. ■ Oct. 2-1 and 2G— Wellington E.C. Spring. Oct. 26 and 27.-Gore E.C. Spring. October 27 and 28.—Greymouth J.C. Spring Oct. 29 and 30.-Poverty Bay T.C. Spring. Nov. i and 7.—Auckland E.C. Spring. Nov. 7, 9, 11, and 14.—Canterbury J.C. ' Metropolitan. • Nov. 18 and 19.—Marlborough E.C. Spring. Nov,' 28 and 30.— Feilding J.C. Spring.