NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2517, 19 July 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Tho Ifanawatu Hunt Club's • Stooplechase Meeting takes place at Awapum on Wednesday.

Appin ■ weis scratched for all engagements at the C.J.C. Grand National Meeting at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. '

Mr. R. E. Hall has recently found it necessary, to destroy the maro Pus? owing to old age. During her career on tho trotting track sho was successful in winning the first juvenile event in Christchurch. When retired to the stud sho produced no fower than eleven foals.

Owners are reminded that acceptances for the Pahiatua Racing Club's annual meeting and for tho - Woodlands Hunt Club Meeting close to-morrow.

The New. Zealand Cup candidates Banksia and: Xanthos were sprinted over half a mile on the tan at Riccarton on Saturday. .Though the' former had most weight tho handicap was compensated for by the. fact that her companion was unshod and took the outside running. Both finished together freoly in 50sec.

Magdala is reported to be shaping well in his schooling tasks a.t Wingatui.

In. addressing the Trotting Conference the president (Mr. John Eowc) estimated tho amount subscribed to the Patriotic Funds by New Zealand Racing Clnbs as £20,000. Sir George Clifford, on -Thursday last, gave the figure as about £15,000. These figures are interesting because of the fact that in Moibcurhe, where there is no totalisatoiy a single club has already given £14,445 to the funds, while another club has announced its intention of handing ovor all profits until the end of tho war. If the Now Zealand Racing Clubs aro really anxious to ovoid special taxation,, suroly ii is about l time they loosened their purse-strings. ..

Tho Winter Cup candidate, Peg, was responsible for a pleasing display ovor six furlongs at Riccarton on Saturday.

Daii Cameron (Martian—Lady Jehu) has rejoined M. Hobbs'e team at Riccarton. -.

El Gallo'was scratched/ for the C.J.C. Grand National Steeplechase and Hurdles at twenty minutes .past 11 o'clock on Friday morning.

The Southland trainer, J. Munro, has purchased in Christchurch tho pacer Coldstream, Bells, and tho pony stallion Duke of York.