NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2270, 2 October 1914, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

_ The Napier Park Racing Club's meeting takes place at' Greenmeadows ■tomorrow./ ' j .7 Handicaps for the Masterton and HawksV Bay meetings are due on Mon-day-next'; • '; ■ ' _ Carissiraa (dam of Mia Cara), who ia visiting the imported horse Hymettus, has ijoaled a : colt to Signor. '•In connection with .the . Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting, owners ore reminded'that nominations for all 'events. close at 9 o'clock this .'evening with tho club's, secretary,- Mr. A. E. Wliyte. Entries for the AVellesley , Stakes ■ 1915, ; Wellington Stakes..l9l6, Challenge Stakes 191G, and' New Zealand' St: Leger. Stakes 1917 are duo "at the same time". /The Australian Jockey Chili's spring carnival, commences at Randwick to-, .morrow and will be continued on tlireo days next week. / . • .Mr. 6. F; Moore, of; Bushy Pairk, Kai Iwi, will, have sis yearlings to'offer at auction in Wanganui Cup week. They are: Black colt by Signor—Oriana; bay colt by Sigrior—Helen, Portland (dam of Bonny. Helen).,• brown.colt by.Signor— Armistice; bay. filly Iby Signor—True Sliot; chestnut .filly ' by' Signor—RanRau. (dam 'of Coronetted); and black filly by Sail Fran—Ma . Mie Rosette .(dam of -Signor).7•'; •. • • Owners are, given a reminder that nominations' -for several important events at th© Canterbury Jockey Club's Metropolitan, meeting close this evening with' the club's secretary,. Mr.. W. H. E. Wanklyn.' At-Bushy Park stud, the following foaliligs have taken place:—Fairy Gold (own sister to Gold Crest) a brown filly to San Fran;. Te.Buia (San FranQuilt mare), a chestnut colt to Espartero; St. Evangelino (BotchkiEs—St. Evelfn), a chestnut colt (dead) to Signor ; Lady Nell (half-sister to Meriwa), a cliestnut filly to Sweet Simon; and Simonia (dam of Derise Orme), s a chestnut filly to Signor. .The.following, mn.res have yet to foal at this stud: — Merrivonia,. Happy Maid, Pnngaroa, Ora, Fairwind; Sea Spray, Crucinella, Helen Portland, : Armistice, St. Bill's dam and a bay mare by^Malachi—Sea Spray. . ■ ■

; The receipts from the recent- meetins held in connection with the Horowhenua Trotting Club totalled £380,. and the' expenses £355. The gathering was tho first of its kind in Levin. Efforts are to be made to get a totalisator permit for the next meeting, and to increase the stakes/ -

[:. . FIXTURES. Oct. 3—Napier Park B.C. Spring. Oct. .9 and 10.—D.unedin J.C. Spring. Oct. 10—Hawke's Bay J.C. Spring. Oct. 15—Masterton R.C. Spriilg.. Oct. 15 and 17.—South Canterbury J.C. Spring. Oct. 24 and 2G.—Wellington E.C. Spring. Oct. 26 and 27—Goro R.C. Spring.• October 27 and 28.—Greymouth J.C. Spring Oct. '29 and 30,-Povertv Bay T.C. Spring. Nov. 4 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 JiC. Spring.