NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2534, 7 August 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Glencoe.] The Australian Hurdle Race will be mn at.Caulfield this afternoon. Tho Steeplechase comes, up for decision on Saturday next, J. Buchanan, who is to have the mount on Bluestone at the C.J.C. Winter Meeting, leaves Auckland for Riccarton tomorrow night. , Amongst those reported missing at Gallipoli is C. Hodder, who was associated with TV: Ring's Waikato team for some time, and later had Ngapuka under his charge at Ellcrslio 12 months back. The Otago horse Kim, who figures in two races on tho first day of the Grand National Meeting, will probably fulfil his engagement m the Grand National Steeplechase. . He ibas never taken part in a cross-country race yet, but ho is credited withi ljoing a fine jumper. Among the horses now in work at Ellerslie is a three-year-old bay gelding by Seaton _Delaval from the renowned mare Tauriki, who caused a-sensation in sporting circles a few seasons back. Mr. AY. l'\ James has again been appointed by the Dunedin Jockey Club to run the totalisator at .Wingatui during the coming season. After tho Pakuranga Hunt Meeting J. Fryer, the. Taraaaki trainer, left Ellerslie for Masterton to take charge of the six-year-old gelding Collector, by ConquerorGrecian Maid. So far Collector has failed to earn' a winning bracket on the turf, though) ho has finished inside tho.placed division on two occasions, Both Cheddar and Scots Guard' met with slkht mishaps in Australia, which plaoed them out ot commission temporarily. Advice, received in Auckland states that tho pair of fencers should bB ready to shovy. their best form in the early spring. , The Avondale Jockey Club, liko the Dunedin Jockey Club, has decided to increase the prize money for tho comipg season. The Wanganui Jookey Club is another body that will distribute big prize money during the season. Its spring programme has .been framed on a very liberal scale, and it is certain to receive big nominations this month for tho fixture, Apropos of the proposal that the profits of all race meetings at Flemington should go towards somo of t'ho Patriotic Funds until the termination of the war, it will be of interest to learn that this year' 6 profits ran to cC19,7G2 lis. 4d. Last year the profits wore £3i,000 10s. 4d., and two years ago tlio figures were >i! 30,022 15s. 9d. Writing in tho "Otago Witness" this week, "Sentinel" says:—"lt. would havo been pleasing if the various clubs had sent in to tho Racing Conference tho extent of their donations to the Patriotic Funds. Tho publication of- a list showing a contribution from every club iu the Dominion would certainly tend to strengthen the position of the totalisator. Some clubs have been liberal, and others may have just given sufficient to marls a donation. So far the writer has never heard a word of protest from any member of the racing public against c.lubs helping the most deserving cause—that of helping to keep tho Empire alive. It is tho public who supply the money, and the jjublio .would so doubt like to eea a

complete report of liow generous the racing clubs have been with the public money." Nominations for all events at the Marton Jockey' Club's Spring Meeting on September 1 and the Rangitikei Hunt's totelisator steeplechase meeting on September 2 close on August 13 at 8.30 p.m., with tho secretary, Mr. A. Way, at Marton. FIXTURES, Aug. 10, 12, U— C.J.C. Winter. Aug 26—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Steeplechase. Aug. 26—Amberloy Steeplechase- Club's Annual. Sept. I—Marton J.C. Spring. Sept. 2.—Rangitikei Hunt Annual. Sept. B—Dannevirke R.C. Steeplechase, Sept. 9 and 10.—Ashburton County R.C. Spring. Sept. 23 and 21—Geraldine R.C. Spring. Sept, 23 and 25—Wanganui J.C. Spring,