NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2376, 4 February 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fßr GiJNcoßil. The Egmont Racing Club's Summer Meeting will be concluded to-day, and the Uisbome Kacing Club's Cup meeting will oouimence, . Accoptaaces for the Canterbury Jockey Club's Summer Meeting close to-night, Final payments for the Middle Park Plate are due at the same time. On Saturday night at 9 o'clock nominations for tho Dannevirke meeting will close. Yesterday "Mr. P. Soatnes" disposed of his filly Martian Princess for fifty , guineas. ■ ■ Nominations for the Wanganui Trotting C'lubJs meeting close to-morrow at 8 p.m. A striking feature of the racing at Takapuna yesterday was the manner in which tho first day's form worked out Marble Star, Spalperion, Toreador, and Bedford were winners on both daye. ' Tho Winton "Record" reports that two Bports-«ne the owner of a local pacer end the other tho owner of an Oreti trotter—have, it is rumoured, made a match for .£SOO. Tho event is to take place on April 1 (a suitable day) over a tbrec-imlc coiiree, owaore up.

brother to Noctuiform, has been purchased by Mr. H. M. Campbell, who will probably put him to'hurdle racing. Mr. A. G. Wood, of Napier, has been appointed starter to the North Otago .Jockey Club. . Mr. W. G. Stead, of Flaxmere, Hawke's Bay, is negotiating for the purchase of four fillies from the English owner and breeder, Mr. J. B. Joel. Twolbf them are by Sundridge, *nd should''the deal eventuate, the batch will bo'mated with high-class sires prior to their departure for the Dominion. • At the conclusion of the Egmont meeting Sea Pink is to be shipped to Sydney. This will account for the name of the Seaton Delaval horse being missing • from the Wanganui Cup meeting entries. ' , Byron, winner of the Egmont Cup yes- ■ terday, waa ilso successful in. the Marton Cup on New Tear's Day;,.. Has form at Trentham was very poor,,'.but it may have been that tlje hard sti'te. of thel going here did not suit the Martian, gelding- ; y"' . , : Wisebird was, a good favourite., in. the , Flying Handicap yesterday, but ' the speedy Astor carried too many 'guns for the Chokebore filly, who, however,'finished- in second placs. " , The Dodger was withdrawn from the Mero Mere Hack race at the Egmont Meeting, and his stable companion Tyson was a strong favourite on the machine. The latter finished but of a place, and the race went to a rank outsider' in Fortify, who gave his supporters a very big return. By . scoring in the Egmont Stakes yesterday," Emperador gave his owner some consolation for the defeat of Sutala and Bimeter in the Wellington Stakes. The dinner ft certainly in the first Tank of sprinters, and he put up a good performance to defeat Flying Start, who is. undoubtedly a good two-year-old. ' Auckland's crack two-year-old filly I/>yal Arch put up another good performance yesterday, when she carried 9st. 131b., and won. the. Hobson Handicap (four furlongs). , It is not often that ft two-year-old is asked to carry such a big weight, but the Marblo Arch fiily seems to be in a class by herself at Auckland. " FIXTURES. ■ Feb. 3 and I.—Egmont B.C. Summer. ■ Feb. 1 and 6.—Gisborne E.C. Summer. ! • Feb. 6.—Canterbury J.C. Summer. , Feb. lit and l.l—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 11 and 13.—Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb., 17, 18,. and 20.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. ■ 1 Feb. 19 and 20.—South Auckland E.C. Annual. March 12 and 13.—Napier Park B.C. Aui tumn.