NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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"JV Telegraphic, advices from- Gisbo'rne' l last evening' state that' a lot of rain fell there, yesterday, and .the. weather was anything but-'premising. for .to-day's' taces. v '■/A well-known Victorian owner 'recently cabled, asking for a • price to bo put' on Chortle and..-Multiply,-but-the .offer.'was /declined... ! ..;.;YY~Y Y' \'YY : "//.: . Tavistock and. Zeus, who'-'have Y been spelling, ' have agaiii been taken up, and are in future to be trained by their owner at Waipukurau.: ; Mr.:. 11. J. Watt has. named his 1 All 'Black—Orlay filly Galore, and' his ■■ Maori ,King-r-lSrley. Bree' filljr;Barley Sugar, . - The .Gisborne Racing Club's Winter . Meeting 'will ;• be. concluded In' the Maiden : Handicap,' Astrologer is an un- ■ likely starter,/and 'in'his: absence Glucian, a. placS-getter-.on' the/opening .day, , may. be first choice'...' : • V'Y Y Player; was very. close'to the .winner. of the' Gisborne/ Hurdles, and •' as. lie meets his conqueror/ on much .better terms. to-' day Mr. B.v G:' Halli'more's gelding may bo oil; hand at/the .finish.: of. the Park. Hurdles. . •-- , -There is a big field in the Second Hack Flat Handicap,, five' furlongs. - After his ■good showing, in the-'operi race on the first day, the public, .will. perhaps select, M-uUifuai'i(B. Deeley), but it should be remembered that he is' only a little fellow- and is likely to bo troubled by the big weight. . YBirklirie ran an exceptionally' good race in the Winter Oats,: and he only: dropped out', of 'it at''the! finish. The race shoUd do him a' lot of good, and the distance ;of the Farewell, Handicap .will suit him admirably. . ' ). ' The New. Zealand' Country Eacing Club's Association, . hold ,a . meeting in Wellington-, on tho Tuesday .' prior , to thoNew- Zealand Racing. Conference. ■ In a circular issued to clubs, . j:h6 association says:—"We'know that our enemies from without, by combination, succeeded in reducing the'number of days' racing, by 43 days in 1910," and that' our enemies from within wiped out 17 country clubs and reduced _the days'racing of the small clubs, principally. to ■ make up these -43 days;: the metropolitan and larger country oliibs being ■ practically, untouched. By strenuous eflorte; and keeping the in-: justice to country clubs'constantly before Parliament and the!, people, the. association beat down opposition to the extent that the Gaming Amendment Act of last feession was got through.: Parliament practically without'opposition.' The unfair-ness-to country clubs exhibited by the Teport of' the 'Racing Commission is another proof of the necessity of combination. - While we are solid such'a report itill never again be presented in New Zealand. The association has .received full recognition by : tthe Government, and was .consulted in. regard to the distribution of the 15 permits granted to country clubs undsr 'the Gaming Amendment Act, 1914, and we ' have been assured that the association'will bo. consulted in any future redistribution; of permits.";, ' V 1 Owners are reminded that acceptances for the:first'day's handicap events at tho Wellington: Racing.. Club's -' Meeting close on Monday. Entries-for the.Trial Plate are due. at tho same time. The electric starting machine used at Ellerslie will, bo- also used at Trentham this month. Soporific is evidently to take Ibis placo. in the field for ',the Wellington Stceplecbaso, as accommodation has been booked for him at Trentham,