NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Weights for the Dunedin and Woodville meetings will be declared oil Monday. . Tho'Te Kuiti meeting, to be held next Saturday, promises 'to be tie, most'successful yet held by this club. Most of the leading horsemen have been engaged' to ridi) there, including Deeley, Buchanan, Hatch, and Emerson. The C.3.C. Midsummer meeting will be held at iviccartoli to-day. Though the meeting is practically a local one, the fields are big, and the racing promises to be interesting. ■ Several of the North Island horsemen went south last evening under engagement-to ride to-day. Racin? will commence at 1 p.m. ivith the Trial StaKes, seven furlongs. .There is a big entry,' but the favourites will probably bc llalvolia and Silent Way, both winners in the south. Forest Belle, who has been galloping well on the tracks lately, »vill also be strongly supported.. In tho Hornby Welter Handicap, c.no mile, .Pabrikblf, 9st. 71b., may carry most support,, but Slogan, with a ..pound less, is sure to" be in at the business end. Should the rain como 011 the last-named mity mist Ifabrikoff from the position of favourite, as he is a good mud horse. They are not a' first-class lot in the r,yttelton Plate, live furlongs, but there are a couple' of winners' in Thestius and Don Paciilco, at tho top of the handicap., Kilkee, wlio gallops as fast as any''of. the youngsters on the tracks, but usually races green, may be moro at home oil liia ; own course., He is to be ridden by ' L. Wilson.

•Th© Wellington Cup winner, Bee, holds j prido of placß in the Handicap, but 9st. 111b. is a lot of weight fa* a pony;-and it has to-be remembered tliat she failed under a big weight at In-' vereargill just prior to the Trentham meeting. At Riccarton,- on Thursday, IfindUoin U supposed to have done a smart gallop before the arrival of the track watcher*, and as in the case of most secret gallops, it will probably be magnified considerably, and Dcrrett's chavje' may sturt -first choice on the machine.

. In the Craven Plate, seven furlongs, there are several horses engaged that may bo raced earlier in the day. The topweight, MeltichikolT, will get the distance well, but fieval aud.Nighiwatch. are both backward. . Raininotie :has shown no form since his change of stables, but Peronilla is credited with being a greatly improved mare. It has to be remembered that the Achilles raare was thought good enough to win the $orth Otago Cup, but she bolted a couple of' rounds before the start of the race.;?. She may be a dangerous opponent to-the top-weight, as in EmersonV charge she is sure to get out, and Avill compel MeltchikofE to carry his weight the'wfiole way. So impressed are the, Pincarton- track watchers with the work* Peronilla has been doing that ehe is certain to be much in demand;

. The Middle-Parle Platewill 6eo Nones throwing down s *the. gauntlet to tho two-year-olds. . Decley has gone south to ride the three-year-old filly, arid she can be depended upon to run n. good race. The best of the two-year-olds is Tho Toff, who is to be ridden by Emerson. i Peg lias only a solitary engagement dining tho afternoon, and this is in the Post Handicap, ono mile, with which the meeting concludes. Most of her opponents will have raced earlier in tho day, and under these circumstances Mr. Hobbs's mare, who showed winning form at Diinedin, may be the best fancied. The Gisborn? meeting will be concluded to-day. In tho Hurdles Scorch, who scored easily on the. opening day, may b© equal to the task again with a rise of 141b.. Tho mare has .not had a race fop some time, and should be better for the gallop on Thursday. Lady Multifid, runner-up to King o-f Athol in the Kailway Hack on Thursday, may l>o tho public choice in the Scurry Handicap, ana in the Gisbornc' Stakes that good finisher, Hythread, may account for* tho lot against him. • . • . . At Takapuna on Wednesday two lockeys wore lined *£10. Thompson, rider or Bogey, was penalised for interfering with beniso Ormc, and a like sum was imposed on. Jl. Robinson, rider of lung Lupin, for interfering with Lady Penury. The disappointing Ormesby has been sold, ami will in future race in tho colours of Mr. J. Painter, who formerly raced Grit Lawless. Ormesbv will probably be tried over hurdles. .Another sale is that of Deviation, who has letfc tho lioioiawa stables. A southern paper says that all is not well with -First Glance, and the last has probably been teen of her on til© racecourse. Tho San Francisco filly Snapdragon, who ran into the money at each of tha pant February, meetings at Riccar-

ton, will not bo a. runner in tlie Midsummer Handicap to-day. She pulled up sound after galloping a pleasing mile on Ttie.-day, but later in the day became *"?ry lame. The trouble is thought to be with her round-bone. After Troublesome had won the Steeplechase at the Winslow Meeting (Victoria) on New Year's Day, a protest was lodged on the ground that Troublesome was nominated by F. W. M'Cabe, who is a registered jockey. The protest was dismissed, but. 'L'. Carmody, the owner of the second horse, Plum Pie, appealed to the V.R.C. Committee, who dismissed the appeal, and confirmed the decision of the local stewards. It seems .M'Cabe trains the horse, and nominated him for the owner. RACING FIXTURES. Feb. 3 and s.—Gisborne B.C. Summer. I'eb. S.—C.J.C. Summer. l*'eb. 9 and 10.—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. 10 and 12.—Poverty. Bay T.C. Summer. Fob. 12.—Te Kuiti B.C. Annual. Feb. 16, 17 and 19.—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 18 and 19.—South Auckland B.C. Annual. Feb. 19.—Tologa Bay J.C. Annual. Feb. 23. —Rotorua .T.C. Annual. Feb. 24 and 2G.—Wanganui J.C. Autumn. Jan. 25 and 27.—Wairoa County B.C. Annual. March 4 and G.—To Aroha J.C. Annual. March S and 9.—Nelson J.C. Annual. March 10 and 11.—Napier Park B.C. Au. tumn. April 22, 2-1, 26 and 29. —Australian J.C. Autumn.