NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2714, 8 March 1916, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBT 'The Nelson Jockey Club's annual meetiug vill tommeiioo to-day, and -will be concluded to-iuwrow. ' for tlio Hastertoß, Bieetmg Dltse on friday niftt. Entries for tue autumn meeting ot tne Wellington arcing Club close on Inday, March IV. uwners of jumpers should note that tliere is a Jumpers flat flan, dicap on the programme on each day. Good fields are engaged m the diltoreut events at Nelson to-day, but sevoral of the uoia.y havo dual cngageiueiits. Oi the lot engaged iu the Maiden Hack Humorist (A. lteed) and Trickery are the best known. . ~ Want is sure to fitart favourite m the (Jup, in which ho will be ridden by Deelev, but he-will'want to be at liis test 'to defeat Stepney (Emerson), who roes a mile well when fi-esh. In the Hack AVelter Eongora (Deeley) and Wailaud (Emerson) will carry most monev, while Need and Heather, who are to have the services of the same liorsomen, will bs tlio b&st supported in the Grandstand Handicap. " While working at Otaki on Saturday last Manu got away with his rider, and bolted three circuits before being pulled up. It was then found that lie had ! broken, down. Sunny Clinics and Eevalenta, who are Do represent the Higliden stables* at the Napier niecting, were railed from Palmeraton North yesterday. Wirokmo was sent across on the same train. Mr. AT'. J. Stratton, secretary of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, has resigned his position, and the vacancy is being advertised. A. Oliver, the well-known North Island fiat raco rider, made a trip from Palmerston North last week, in order to rule tho pacer Branston iu the AVairewa Trot Handicap at (he Akaroa County Bacing ] Club's mecETflg on Saturday. The horse was a strong favourite, and his success was in no small measure due lo the munner in which.bo was ridden. Like many other prominent jockeys, Oliver is fond of riding pacers, which he handles well. JIo has several times finished in a place but this was his first success in a trot ting r-icn. Cherubini, winner of the Australian Cup, is the first New Zealand-bred horse to score in that event. The Marltaii horse was bred by Mr. J. 11.I 1 . Buchanan, of Little River, and was raced in the Dominion by Mr. G. 1). Greenwood. Ho ivon both liei'bies here, and while at Randwick was subsequently sold to "Mr. J. Birks" for laOOgns. The latter could not win a race with him, and sold him at auction tor 120gns. He went to the South ■ Australian sportsman, Mr. J. T'imm3,' but for a long time it appeared as if ho would do nothing for his new owner. Later on lie showed improved form, and was runner-up three times in minor handicaps. Subsequently he scored at Caullield, and now has capped all by winning the longest handicap in Australia. Ills owner, Mr. J. Timms, is u railway contractor, who hat. sunk a fortune in racing, but Cherubini is the first winner he has owned. He gave iOtWgns. for Noxberry, who went wrong on the eve of the Melbourne Cup, and a similar amount for Do Gainst, who also went wrong immediately. After such an exasperating run of ill-luck liis success in the Cup would be very popular. Clicru. bini is trained- by Fred. Burn, formerly (lie crack cross-country rider. Wishing Cap, the runnor-up, is a stayer, bill lacks the dash necessary to win races. lie ociupied a similar position to Lempriere in hi-t year's Cup, while he ha; been placed iii many important races. A feature of this year's contest war, the failure of lb<; threcyw-old?, of .ichow sained a place.