NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2622, 18 November 1915, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Final payments for the Tenth I'eihling Stakes tloso on Friday night, when acceptances for the first doy's lunirlkvips at the Hummer Mooting are also due. The Marlborough meeting will be concluded to-day. Stepney, winner of the Blenheim Handicap, curries the colours of J. H. I'rosser. The Achillos gelding is the only representative of the I'orirua. stables at the meeting. It was difficult to imagine Pall Mall getting beaten in the Maiden Handicap nt. Blenheim yesterday, and the good return paid by tlio full sister to Iromer was gratifying to her connections. Hntries for the Woodville Summer Meeting close to-morrow night. The Ashhurst-J'ohnngina meeting will take place oil Wednesday next. Southern papers dilTer materially as to the ownership of several of the yearlings wild last week. "The Keferee" gives Mr. K. Acton Adams as Hie owner of the Hokoby—Crimson linse filly, but 'Mr. J). S. Wiitkins. acting on behalf of Mr. Erie. Riddiford, purchased the well-bred youngster for HCOgns. Jlr. G. Hunter, M.l\, is giving a thoroughbred filly to the Waioukuron A. and P. Show, Tils filly ic to form ;i iirwe for a weight-guessing wwjßctitioa.

Horses owned liv Mr. T. II." Jxiwrr won X'IOSIO at the C..1.0. Meeting. P. Davis could not got his learn home from Kiccarton until to-day, hut he went through himself earlier in llie week to have a look at some of his yearlings.

At the horse sale at Chriitchurch on .Monday the .1-year-old mare St. _F.wc changed hands for 25gns. On Friday, Oxenhope, whose term of disqualification (fill shortly expire, was sold for 'IflOgns. Disdainful, who met with severe internal injuries during the running of the Welcome Stokes at Riccarton on Saturday week, lias (.-avs an exchange) made no improvement during the just few days. A doubt lias been expressed as to whether she will be seen out again as a two-year-nld.

North Island stables won seventeen and South Island fifteen races at the recent meeting at Riccarton. The visitors, however, capt'ircd most of the leading events, and their share of the prize money nearly doubled that credited to the South Island contingent. It is reported that A. Hall, the wellknown trainer, contemplates removing to New Plymouth abouit Christmas time to reside permanently. If lie does make the shift it will mean, of course, that lie will take- his team of horses, comprising Deniso Ormc, Marcavis, Master Lupin, and others, wilh him. Hall thinks that the cliango might suit him from a health point of view, and help him to throw off an attack of sciatica.

During her short racing career Desert Gold has started in 17 races and never lx'en unplaced, ller record to dato reads: 11 firsts, 5 seconds, and 1 third, while her total winnings amount to Jidfilu, with two cups valued at X'Ofl thrown in.

Tangihau is the first aged horse to win the Now Zealand Cup since Waiukui was successful in 1897.

Mr. E. J. Watt's Maori Mat, winner of the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield, started favourite in tlio Hopeful Stakes at Brisbane on November (!, but missed a place. Chaminade, who once gave promise of turning out a useful horse, was sold recently in Auckland for 2f>gns. Mr. G. Hume, of Featherston, has leased tlio yearling full sister to Danube from Mr. J. E. Buchanan. When tlio time conies for handling tlie filly sho will go into A. Godfrey's i-tables at I'eathers-

ton. Mr. P. C. Davis, lato owner of De Gama, returned to Wellington by the Ulimaroa, which arrived on Monday. Trainer J. O'Neill and A. Rhodes were, also on the same boat. Mr. Davis saw tlie race for tlio Melbourne Cup, and while proclaiming Tatrohas a great colt, he thinks the favourite Lavendo was unlucky not to score. He was sideways on when the harrier rose, and then got mixed up with the fallen horses. After this ho actually hit. the front as they raced into the straight, but the gigantic effort to get there had told its tale, Reputation looked well enough, and P. Jl.'Grath declared him to ho a good even money chance, but lie was never dangerous. Patroljas, the V.R.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup winner, was. sold at the Sydney Easter sales as a- yearling for SOOgns. He was a late foal, or lie would probabl.v have brought considerably in excess of this figure. He hung for a long time at 270gns., which was the bid of a wellluiown "Wellingtonian, who subsequently went to 2!)ogns. and stopped. The astute Victoria owner, 15. A. Connolly, was much taken with Patrobas, and he thought the "Wallace colt was knocked down to him, but to his surprise the auctioneer called the name of the Victorian trriner, Chas. Wheeler.