NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2718, 13 March 1916, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

{By Qle.icoh.i Mr. Henrys' adjustments for the Great Ivister and Autumn Handicaps am duo on April .'I. The lUastcrton R-acing Club's Autumn Moeting will be heid on "hursday and Priday of this wfliik. Lnglisii-bred Paninure figures in both the Great Easter and (jurat Autumn Handicaps. His half-sister, Hevulenta, is also engaged in tne oeven-lurloiig m-em. Thp Finland gftlding White Cockndo hiid to lie destroyed recently, as the Jesuit of injuries sustained to nis back, When racing in Mr. .Wtsterman's ec-lours White Cockade won la races, including the Greymouth Cup, Tiraaru Handicap, and i'omiwuLai' Cup. ill later years nis energies were devoted- to hurdle raci ing,_ at -whicli ho was fairly proficient-. Wheii racing 011 the first day ofi the I Nelson meeting Heather broke dotvn badly, and will not sport silk again tnis season. . C. Emerson rode on both, days at Arel6on, and then caught tho second day at Napier, where he rodir Hytfrus to victory in the open six furlongs. • Emperador and Chortle, who finished first and third in the Great Easter Handtcap last year, ligare 111 the coining contest. New Zealand-bred horses continue to win races in Australia both'at large and email meetings. Amongst tno most recent to do honour to their biitliplaco aro: —Zeus (Martian. —Stephanie), Lovely (Afartiau—St. R«gis), and Brissis (Achillea —Celaenii;. The New Zealand-bred mare -.Carlita still continues to show high-olass form 111 Australia, and at the big I'lemington meeting just concluded she annexed the Loch I'lato, two mite, and tho King's Plate, three miles. Coleraine, the aged son of Lupin and Jet. claims the distinction of having won more races than Desert Gold during the nressnt season. His list to date roads-.— Ona at Bay of Plenty, 2 at Auckland, 3 at Thames, .3 at Wuan&».rei, and 1 at Te Aroha, making 10 in all. The well-known hurdle horseman Jerry O'Uonntll, who was badly injured at tue spring: meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, is now quit® himself again, and is doing riding work at Hastings. At ths Wairanipa Racing Uiub's meeting, to be held 011 Easter Saturday and Monday, the stakes will total .£2155, an increase of .£305 on the. sum provided in stakes at the autumn meeting lust season. The chestnut horse Ked Book has had a change of ownership, and is now tho property of a Chnstchurch sportsman. iTe is to be trained by if. Coker, and his late owner, R. Berry, intends taking out ft jockieys license again. If he can make the. weight, ho will bo on Ardcn»«hr i:i the Waimatc Cup. Tho erst-New Zealand rider, L. H. Hewitt, had a winning ride at tho Victoria Amateur Turf Club's meeting on Pebruary 20, his mount, tho English-bred horse Flash of Steel, scoring a victory in the Woodciiff Handicap. J. P. Buchanan has sold the .three-year-old gelding, Ascalaphus, by MartianGipsy Girl, to Air. H. J?. Nicoll. Eo will go into IS. Scoullar's stable at Eiccarton,. ro bo prepared for future engagements. The fact that Indigo has not been nominated for tho Groat Autumn Handicap suggests that the chestnut v geM'ng will probably have his last race for the season in"*'the Hawke's Bay Cup, and that probably he will b? allowed /to re-main-in his box at Easter. The entries for the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps, tho two-prin-cipal faces of the Canterbury 'Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, are quite satisfactory. There are forty-one engaged in the seven-furlong race, as against fortyfiv« last year; while there are twentynine in tile mile-and-a-hal'f event, ius compared with twenty-six last year, Panmure, Tete-a-Tete,- Emperador, Bimeter, Nones, Plying Start, Chortle, Robert Bell, Eligible, Eorlce's Drift, Battle Eve, Sweet Corn, Bee, Martins, Charmilla, and Fiwlhorn art! amongst those engaged in the Great Easter Handicap and in the twelve-fui-loiic race there are Bee, Eligible, Blnckail, Tnngihou, Snub, Balboa, Emperador, Afdenvoluy Rorkc's Drift, Moulu and Wishful. At Napier on i'l-iday Purseiiller was a starter in the Cup, but after delaying tho start for some time she was eventually badly left, and was pulled up attei going a short distance. On Saturday J. O'Shea succeeded in setting her away, ami, after a good race, she won handily. Later in the day she contested the open six fftrlongs, but failed to.secure a place. The totalisator investments at tho Nelson Jcckoy Club's meeting last week ■ M'-feiled ,£17,015, an increase of JG3OIO (not J6l-J0 as telegraphed) on the amount handled last year. Tho amount wns £618 better Hinn the club' 3 Tecord of 1914.