:P NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 13

:P NOTES AND COMMENTS

i fß.r 'xtcxca-E.l ■' Acceptances for the Wanganui meeting, close on Monday. .. ...... . . - .Five first : favourites prevailed on the Opening day at Blenheim, but backers' did not do so well on Thursday, when Anzac and Franbonnet.were tho only favourites to score... ; h On- Tuesday/, Juno, 6, the 'seteretai-y ..of the Australian ■ Jockey->. Club .will-take ij'ntnes lor the Epsom ,ajiil Metropolitan Handicaps, to be run' at' the spring meeting, and also for the Breeders' 'Plato and Gimcrack Stakes.

According. .to many people who were present (it the' Marlborough meeting rough riding was much in evidence there, and several liorses got .Kid gruellings during the two days. -Martial Airj who contested the Open Welter Handicap on the first day, received a very bad .bump, and was sent from , .a forward ; position to absolutely last.. v ■ . Visitors to the Blenheim meeting speak highly of Anfcac,. a dual winner. ■ The 'Advance—Splendid Idea gelding was bred ■ by T. Wilson,'at, Awapuni, but is leased by. J. Jamicson, of : Ma'sterton.' Jamicson also traiiiSj Franbounet, another dual winner at the meeting. . The local ihorae, f Mount: Victoria, seems to have struck-form again'. At Blenheim ■ on. the : opening ; daywbn.^the Inlying Handicap in : a canter, and. in. the Telegraph . Handicap,' 'oil' ; the . second day, ho was unlucky .to lose, to Bradamante. The last-named, was later on successful in the \ Seymour Welter Handicap,, defeating George, the ' first day's winner.. 'Bradamante appears to be, well handicapped in the Bahui Handicap at'Otaki. ; The Gaming Act doeß allow the publication of dividends in thi? country, but their publication in; Australian papers cannot ho stopped./ A'prominont'Sydiiey paper regularly 'publishes 1 the dividends paid here, and/it certainly seems absurd that : New"Zealimd. papers-' should be 'debarred from giving' this ;, information'; to readers. ," ; Jloinbassa . (All Black—Killindini) yron , the Jumpers'.Flat-'Race at.Gosford ; on May 11. ' He started favourite, and, ridden by'W.H. M'Laehlan, won easily, He is still owned- by* Mr../®., J. Wett, This was'M'Lnchlan'? first win ;sincevhe was'reinstated last month. ." . ,' . ■At Riccarton.'. K.D. . Jones has been ■ haviDg a lot.of .trouble.with Bandy.'of late, but lie hopes' to,get'the Sarto gelding to the pnsl. for the Oamarn.Cup next . week, in" which he will be ridden .by' C._ Emerson. '.- C. Emerson, and J. -lO'Shen." each rode three .winners at. the Blenheim, meeting, and the pair have been fully. at thp ■ Oamarri meeting, which takes plfico on Wednesday and Thursday' next. Eniereon: has ridden' 1 in South/.lsliind . Cups this season, and has won seven of them,, while he was on the runner-up in three others. While being schooled - over the bis fences at Porivna this week Naupata-fell heavily, but. "beyond n "'shaking, H. M'Sweeney was unhurt. The Jfahnki gelding, also escaped injury/ find all going well will-be railed;to Wariganui on Monday next. , . . . • -F. T. Smith, with .Daylight' Bill.'Mescal, and Free,, and- K..^'Scoullar,.' .with Art, passed throneh here yesterday on- their way. to . the <, Wanganui: meeting.- ••' Jockey W. Scobie"also- made the. trip, and will ride! the. horses mentioned in" their, engagements. '. '■' • v: ' King . George' has' a couple . of 'colts engaged ill the.Ncvr. Derby. Lady Genoral, winner of. the Maiden Hack Race at the' Marlborough '.Racing Club's meeting, is a two-year-old filly by the Roult horse. General Latour from Romola. by Wallace~Tjis£adurn, by Bill of Portland—Cooya..' She isithus. a halfsister to Mulliiigar, while she bears an even closer relationship to Master Theory and Tragedy King, the last-named pair beiwr by Sonlt from Romola. Lady General cost 105 guineas as'a yearling- and though this was her first success, she has ;been placed several times' X' : iii: tiyo-year-old events earlier in the season. La Fleche, by St. Simon, whoso death was Cabled .last week, was bred. by Her Majesty :Queen\ Victoria";" and . Sold"' for 5500, guineas,' the.irecord pi;ico-'for.a. yearling at 'that time. ~ John "Porter", in" his book, says that the' thert Prince of Wales was responsible for Earoii de Hirsoh outbidding thevDnke of Portland for La Fleche. She was the pick'"of the Royal yearlings, but neither Lord Marcus-Beres-ford nor " John Porter felt justified in advising the Baron to go'to such a price for her. However, the Prince was so taken with the filly that. lio persuaded Baron do Hirsch to,bid until he got her. "The price," says Porter, "was enormous, and to many shrewd judges appeared out of ail reason." As it turned out, she

was a great bargain at the money. From first to .last La Heche won 431,153 in stakes, and after the death o£ hoi owner, :in -189G, , she was sold for 12,600 guineas;" .while'her yearling'filly La Veiiie brought 3100; guineas. Thore was a rumpus over the sale of La Fleche. Lady Sykes bought her without any authority from Sir. Tatton Sykes, who repudiated the transaction, but afterwards took the mare* and did very well out of her. J. Williamson intends retiring Black Northern from the race track, and the son: of Sal.vadan . will in future bo used as a hack by his'owner. Nntwithstandr; ing. his moody disposition, Black Northern has been a good stake-earner for his owner-trainer, and is well on the right side of the ledger. Acceptances for the Otaki meeting close at 8 p.m. on May 23, with Mr.. 0. J. ■D'Ath; secretary.' The Otaki Telegraph Office doses at 5 p.m. FIXTURES. May 21 and 25—North Otago J.C. Winter. May 25 and 27.—Wanganui J.C. Winter. June 1 and 3.—Duncdin J.C. Winter. Juno 3 and s.—Otaki Maori E.C. Winter. June 3,:5, and 7.—Auckland E.C. Winter. June 15 and',l7.— Gisborne E.C. Steeplechase. June 23 and 24.—Napier Park E.C. Winter. ' .. June'Bo and 'Juiy I.—Hawke's Bay J.C. .Winter.