NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2457, 10 May 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Tlie Egmont Racing Club's WinteT Meeting will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Present indications point to Royal Arms being the favourite for the Great Northern Hurdles. Last year's National winner is well treated with lflst. 131b., and if he shows any form at the Egmont meeting this week he will soon be at a short price for the big Ellerslie event. Vascular (Vasco—Pellicle) is nominated in the hack hurdle events at Wanganui meeting, and ia _ the Great Northern Hurdles at Ellerslie. When he raced at Hastings the bi£ Karamu representative gave the impression that he will want a lot of racing over fences before iho could win a raco. ' The well-bred Snowraker (Charlemagne ll—Happy Valley) is to be tried .over hurdles. ■ He will accompany Daylight Bill to the.Wanganui and Hastings meetings to race in hack hurdle events. Bercola, the top-weight in the Grealt Northern Steeplechase, was ofToral for sale at Kandwick last month, but not a singlo bid was forthcoming for the old chestnut. A noticeable absentee from the flat races at the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting is Merry Roc. The SouK mill'.! is engaged at Wanganui in the Connolly Handicap, and after this meeting she will bo spelled during "the winter. Ladoga is again doing useful work at Trentham, aud if the weiglilts suit the Thompson Handicap winner will bo raced at Ellerslie uext month. Starter A. G. AVood, who has left Napier to take lip his residonee in the south, was l'arewelled last week by a large gathering of Greenmcadows and Taradalo residents. Ho was presented with a suit-case, a caeo of pipes, and a. itravolling companion. The King has given the name of Neiivo Cliapcllo to his brown yearling filly by Sunstiir—Prim Nun. In the current issuo of the Racing Calendar the name St. Eloi appears, which Mr. W. At. Singer has given to his chestnut colt by Torpoin't— Lily of the Valley. Tt. is expected that Jockey A. A. Oliver will make his reappearance in the saddle at the Egmonil. meeting on Wednesday, and one of his mounts will bo Crown Pearl in the Tawhitt Handicap. Since his illness Oliver has reduced his weight considerably, and next season he expects to bn ablo to do Bsl. 21b. with ease. Several prominent owners are already on the lookout for riders who are willihc io aecbpt first retainers for next season. As the supply is niit anything like 6qua.l • ill toa'w #6 U ft jeg-ok.

the leading lights of the pigskin will be able to command bigger fees than was the case m previous years. The Manawatu Trotting Club is holding a, meeting this evening to fix a date for its annual meeting. On present appearances the club should have a highly successiul turnout at its first meeting wnth the machine operating. There aro over a dozen horses at present working at Awapuni in anticipation of the gathering. ° Imarose and Byron arrived back from their unsuccessful trip to Blenheim on Saturday morning, and lator in the day ! they were railed home to Awapuni. The last-named appears 'to be a bit shin sore, and may not be raced again this season. According to a prominent owner who was present at the Marlborough meeting, nothing but inferior horsemanship w;is responsible for the defeats of several of the runners on the two days. It was rumoured after the Blenheim meeting that Achilledes had been a prominent Woirarapa owner was named as the buyer, whilo tho price was givon at 400 guineas. Trotting owners are reminded that nominations for all events at the South Waira. rapa Trotting Club's annual meeting close tonight, at 10 o'clock, with Secretary u. Armstrong, Greytown. The Telegraph Omce at Greytown closes at 8 p.m.