NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2385, 15 February 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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The Autumn Meeting of the Woodville District Jockey Club will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next.. Weights for the minor events at- tho Wanganui meeting will be issued on Friday.. Nominations -for the Autumn Meeting of the Masterton. Racing Club close on Friday, February 26. Tho programme is a good one and well worthy of the attention of owners.' The Cup oaxries -300 sovs stake money, and the Waipipi Handicap, which is the big /ovenc on the second day, is endowed with 200 sovs.

Good ' acceptances have been received for the Dunedin Cup Meeting, which opens on Wednesday next. The only notable defections from the Cnp are Byron, Don Francisoo, and Honesty. The top weight,- Warstep, holds her place in pub.lic favour.

The much-boomed Taranaki maiden, Lord Multifid, who was shipped to Australia a few weeks ago, claims an engagement in. the St. Clair Trial. Plate at Caulfield next week.

The Riocarton trainer, G. Scobie, left on a visit to Australia last Friday. While there he will probably pick up a few, high-class handicap horses to bring back with him.

After doing light exercise at Trentham a few days ago, the well-known 'chaser, Exotic, dropped dead immediately on jiis return to 0. Pritehard's stable. During last tfeason Exotic won .£'lols in stako money, and at the time of.his death was being got ready for the. coming steeplechase campaign.

■ A gold nugget, weighing 50z., and valued at .£2l, the gift of the citizens of Kumara, will be presented to the winner of the principal event at the Kumara meeting on Easter Monday.

Dispatch Carrier, who won the big Handicap at the Poverty Bay Turf Club's meeting on the both days, nas been racing very consistently of late. At the Gisborne Racing Club's meeting he was third in the Giaborne Cup, while in the principal event on the second day, after finishing second, he was awarded the stake through the disqualification of Multiply for boring. Dispatch Carrier has improved a lot during the last few months, and he should win in oven better company yet. He is a four-year-old by Marsnal Soult, a brother' to the Southland sire, Canrobert, by Soult—Hotcherina, his dam, Castorlace, by 'CastorNecklace, being a raster to Annilla, tho dam of Armlet.

Land of Song, who' appropriated the St. George's Stakes at \Caullield on Saturday, is an Irish bred horse and races in the colours of Mr. N. Ealkner, of Melbourne. Prior to coming to this 'country he won the Irish Derby end his owner is 'said -to have given 4000 guineas for him. As Mountain Knight was run-ner-up to Land of Song, the form is first class, and it looks as if • the imported horse will have to be seriously considered in all the weight-for-age events at the coming meetings. On his showing on Saturday he will soon return his owner his purchase money, for no doubt he is capable of considerable improvement.

Mr. E. J, Watt is sending back Ventura and Tatterley to race hero, and the pair are expected by Tuesday's boat from Sydney. Football, who was shipped to. Sydney after the Wellington Cup meeting, is destined for racing in Brisbane, whero he should quickly make good for his form hero suggested that he was on tho up-grade. Trainer T. F. Qninlivan was sorry to port with the All Black gejd r ing, but he was doubtless pleased to see the back of Sea Pink, as he had become incorrigible and simply would not try in his races. R. Berry, who rode him in the Egmont Cup, told the trainer, named that at no stage of the face did he take hold of the. bit. The hurdle horseman, F. W. M'Cabe, has gone to Dunedin to ride at tho Cup Meeting. He will depart next week for Melbourne. It is stated in a southern paper that Query is to be sent to Sydney for-hurdle racee.. FIXTURES. Feb. 17, 18,-and 20.—Dunedin- J.C. Autumn. Feb. 19 and 20j—South Anckland R.C. Annual. March 12 and 13.— Park R.C, Au- . tumn.