NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2771, 15 May 1916, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBr Omnoos.l Weights for the Ot-aki meeting are due on Friday, and. acceptances close oil the following Monday. There being no suitable races left forhiin, J. P. Jeffered was compelled to throw Chortle out of training, but Multiplication and Multiply are being kept going, ■and will bo raced at Ellerslie nest month. Emperador has been given Bst. 31b. in the Connolly Handioap at Wangamii. This is 141b. less than he carried _ last year, but lie ha 3 been beaten in handicaps on divers since then. Judging by the look of the entries for the jumping events at Wanganui and Ellerslio, not many fresh horses will be put to the jumping game this winter. It is understood that Daylight Bill is an unlikely starter in the Wanganui Steeplechase, in which he had list. 61b. The grey gelding would require to be at •its very best to win with this weight. The new owner of -Lady Kilworth is Mr. T. E. Welch, of'Wanstead, who formerly raced Impostor, Merrie Lad, and Bandalero. s 51r. I. H. Lowry has recently lost a rising .two-year-old filly by Demosthenes from the 'Hotchkiss mare. All's Well. The youngster, which gave considerable promise, was running in-a paddock, and, becoming frightened, dashed her head against a tree, causiDg injuries which necessitated her destruction, Sir George Clifford will be represented at the Auckland Eacing Club's Winter meeting by Flying Start, Battle Eve, aiid San Sebastian. This is the first time that the Chokebore horses have raced at Ellerslie in the winter. ' Tho Marlljorough Eacing Club has received ttttisfactory acceptances' for its Autumn meeting, which takes place on Wednesday and Thursday nest. Most of the competitors in the leading events hail from the North Island.' There are eleven acceptors in the Cup, with the Porirua representative, Gold Soult, holding pride of position. He will be ridden by Emerson, and with Heeltap (A. Reed), may have most followers on the day. Piriform, who is in the same stable as Heeltap, will probably carry the colours in the Tlyirig Handicap, and now that the Bonifonn gelding has ntruck form ho may go on winning. C. Pritchard's charge, Humorist, whose owner is at present "somewhere in Fraace," may be the elect of backers in the Electric Handicap, for the Provocation filly is very smart out of the barrier. Several New Zealand-bred horses in training wero sold cheaply in Sydney this month. Issue, a two-year-old filly by King Kufus—Holj'robd,- realised llOgns. i Red Car, a two-year-old colt by King Bufus—Carmania, oOgns.; and Alado, a three-year-old gelding by Sir Laddo— Aello, 22-igns.' ' ' Seamonn, a thirteen-year-old sister to Seahorse, by Nelson—Moonga, in foal to the imported horse Sands of the • Orient, was sold in Sydney this month for 17Jgns. Riccarton trp.iners do not often patronise the Otaki Maori Racing Club's meeting, but it looks as if several of them will have representatives at the forthcoming fixture. The lists of entries includo Emperndnr, Grecnstreet, Daytime, Sfimisen, All 'War, and TannhauEcr. Visitors to the Blenheim meeting this week should note that the Takapuna leaves' for Piclon on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. The yearling colt by Flavns—lady Content, purchased by Mr. A. W. Eutherfoitl, jun., at the Sydney Easter sales,