NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2543, 18 August 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Giencoe.l Nominations for the Steeplechase Meeting of tho Dannevirke lUiciug Club close with liie secretary, Mr. Bobert _ Takle, on Monday .next. . Acceptances for the Egmont-Wangunui Hunt Club meeting close to-night. Soveral increases have been made to the stakes, for the Waluganui Jocikey Club's Spring Meeting, to be held next month. Tho value of tho Guineas lias been raised from ,£IOO to ,6500. Additions hare also been made to tho Open Hurdles, Maiden Ka.ce, and Hack Races. Entries close on Monday, August 23. After tunning B«Kx>nd to Crih la. .Hunt,or* 1 rt Jfowtw, Qxwclm.

was sold to a southern sportsman, and he mil race for his new owner at tho Ambcrley Meeting next week. Mr. H. Alan Currie, owner of the V.R.C. Grand National winner, and o member of the Victoria' Racing Clnb, is going to England this month to oner his services'to the military authorities. It is -reported that tho Auckland Racing Club will probably follow the lead of the Canterbury Jockey Club and devote its tirofits to patriotic funds. Tho Auckland sportsman, Mr. E. W. Alison, jun., headed the list of winning owners at the C.J.C. Winter Meoting, with >21050, credited him by Ngatoa, winner of tho National Steeplechase: Hura/fcio. earned .£855 for Mr. F. J. and third place was*occupied by ''vJ-'• Armstrong, for whom Morning won <0. Tho Aflelaide Grand National Hurdles, two miles and half, will bo run on Saturday. Tho Sarto—A for filly, purchased by a Sydney sportsman, is now m work at Caulfiold under W. Finn. Tho Signalman gelding Ballyhar is a new arrival at A. Goodman's Trenthain stables. A youngster by Multind trom Erin is expected shortly. Jn future the Queensland Turf Club will pay totalisator dividends to the nearest penny. The "practice in the Dominion is to pay out to the nearest sixpence, lne fractions and unclaimed dividends go to swell the profits of the various racing clubs. ' F. W. M'Cabo, who. came over from Melbourne, under special engagement to rido Multiply in the National Hurdles, left Auckland on Monday on his return home. If the totalisator can be taken as an indication of the amount of surplus cash in circulation ,it is quite evident that the extraordinary demands on the r<> sources of the Dominion have not crippled speculation. During last week no less than £231,481 was invested at Eiccarton and Addington. as against £187,069 twelve months ago. Of the big total R-iccarton contributed £134,586 ' and Addington' £96,895. .