NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2665, 10 January 1916, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fßr Oiencoe.l The Wanganui-owned Master Lupin and Denise Orme have been engaged in tho principal handicap events at tho. Takapuna meeting, to be held on January 2G and 2D. Owners should not lose sight of tlio date of the closing of acceptances for the Wellington meeting. They are duo on Friday nest, when entries for the Trial Plate anil Disposal Stakes must bo made. In the season 1911-12 Sir Geo. Clifford won jClli,o3o in stakes. It looks as if Mr. T. H. Lowry will beat this figure this season, as lie is already within reach of the total mentioned, anil several good weiglit-for-age races look to be at tho mercy of Desert Gold. The threo Boniforra yearlings, purchased by the Messrs. lUildii'ord at the Auckland sales, have arrived at Trentham. The Cvoesns disqualification has been confirmed by the tfawke's Bay District Committee. Tho parties are appealing and the District Committee will hold a special meeting to hoar the appeal on Friday next. . Tho success o& King Lupin in the Grandstand llauilicap at Ellcrslic has tempted his owner to try liim over a further distance, and with that end in view he has been nominated in tho Takapuna Cup, one mile and three furlongs. Mcoiuar, who was recently acquired by a patron of A. Scale's stables, is intended for hurdle racing in the winter. He will race in his new owner's colours at tho Gisborno and Poverty Bay meetings next month. There were snmo well-bred horses racing at Aniuri 011 New Year's Day. Amongst the number were Siiowrakcr (Clmrlcmagno ll— llappy Valley), who formerly carried the colours oi" Mr. D. Eutheri'ord. but now races in tho name of I'. 15. Croft. SIIO was successful in the Flying Handicap, live furlongs. Tiiga (Charlemagne 11—Siberia) won a double, as did Waterepray (Glenapp—Pnawai). The veteran Kilts started twice during the afternoon, !but failed to gain a situation. liocent mail news from England brings eorne informatita concerning tko Austru-

linn-bral horse Cranberry, by Cranbrook —Tiwoona. Soon after his success in tho Australian Jockey Club's Derby in 1699 lie was sold out and sent to England, where his name was changed to Htoccado. He ran well in several important races, though without winning, and at the stud lie failed to make a name for himself. Recently lie was offered at auction and was sold for halt' a sovereign, which must surely be about tha limit for a Derby winner.

A small bono near tho hoof in tho oil fore leg of St. Limn wont wrong as the result of mishap during tho runiiing of the Grandstand Handicap last Monday, anil the gpldiug could not bo entrained home with Kooya. lie is qnartcred at the Harp of Erin stables, under the carc of J. Deercy, .and is-being attended to by Dr. Ring. Tho brown colt by Demosthenes from Gold Treasure, knocked down at Alexandra. Park on Tuesday to the bid of Mr. ]•;. V. liiddiford, was, it transpires, subsequently resold by the Wellington sportsman at an advance. Two Aucklanders are now tho owners of the youngster in question, aud he goes into Prank M'Man.emin's stable to receivt his education, Oil the dam's side the Hold Treasure colt traces to tho Lord Clifdon niaro Pearl Ash, whose daughter, Industry, gave the turf a braco of Melbourne Cup winners in tho shapo of Gaulus itild The Grafter. At quite a large number of the holiday raco meetings there was a substantial decrease in tho totalisator receipts. The most notable falling-oil' was at Clreymouth, where the business dropped to less than half. Prior to the holidays most of the meetings held this season showed an increase. It may be that the drain on the spending power of the people on account of the war is responsible, but it certainly looks as if tho tide has turned. No fewer than 53 yearlings changed hands at the recent Auckland bloodstock sales, making a total of 4G2lgns. A very smart two-year-old, half-sister by The Welkin to Rinaldo—being from tho Wallace mare Demeter—won tho Nursery Handicap at Itandwick on Boxing Day from seventeen others. Slio was bred at the Melton Stud by Mr. E. H. D. Clarke. A race meeting—the first .with _ a totalisator held at_ Iva'ramea, in tho Buller district, on New \ears Day. Tho pntrouago of local residents was disappointing, only some i'soo being put through the machine. In one race the winner was not backed, and the machine paid out on the second horse. The scratching of Wishful for the Wellington Cup and Telegraph i Handicap probably means that the Yaldhurst colt is to be reserved for the Waterloo Stakes, a vfcight-for-ago raco, one mile. Mr. u. L. Stead has already won this event twice by the aid of Bon Ton and Sauci. C. Emerson has been engaged to l'ida Taringamutu in the Wellington Cup. The stamp duty payable in connection with the recent Wairarapa K.C. meeting is ,£1915 10s. Id.

FIXTURES. ' Feb. 3 and 5.-Gisbor.iie E.C. Summer. Feb. 5. —C.J.C. Summer.

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