NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2568, 16 September 1915, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Nominations for the Napier Park Eacing Club's Spring Meeting close to-mor-row night. Forfeits for the Duncdin Stakes and Guineas must be declared to-morrow night, when entries for the Spring Meeting'close. The Olago Hunt Club will hold its annual race meeting on the Wingatiii course on Saturday. The meeting will be a totalisator one. The Auckland trainer, J. Williamson, is leaving for l Sydney on Monday, and will remain over the Spring Meeting at Randwick. Mossman (Vasco-Mossie), -iunner-up to . Te Papa in the Maiden Plate at Avpndale, is a most unlucky horse, and is continually filling minor places. Twice last winter he was placed second and once third. Lady Jack, who annexed the Avondale Stakes yesterday, is by Carl Rosa, from Miss Jack, and is a half-sister to those two good performers, Jack Delaval and Monojack. Like her relatives, she is owned by the' Ellerslie trainer, F. Stenning, and was Tidden by B. Deeley. At El!ers : lie last month she won the three furlong 9 sprint for juveniles, and cm the tracks last week !>he was timed to run. three furlongs in 37sec. This would get-her' well inside Msec, for tlie half-mile yesterday. Ladv Elysi&n, runner-up in tlie Avondale Stakes, is by Eljsian from Lady Flora. She is owned by an Auckland sportsman, but is trained by A. E. Nealo at Greenmeadows. ■

Owing to. the horse not being registered, Colonel Sonlt's entry for the Rosehill meeting-, which opens on Saturday, could not be accepted,. and Trainer P. Nolan has now entered him for the Menangle Park and Hawkesbury meetings, in case it is thought advisable for him to have a race Irefore the big Spring Meeting at Eandwiok. After being exercised on the'Greymouth course a few days ago, Rurik was taken ill and soon expired. Like most of Irene's progeny, Ruiik could gallop very fast, but lengthy courses always found him wanting.