NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2857, 23 August 1916, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

.'• . ' IBT GIENOOE.I ' The Dannevirke meeting will be held on"the Tamaki racecourse to-day. Good fields are engaged in- all the events, and if fine weather is experienced the club . should have 'a successful gathering; ' : There is a card of eight' events, and a start' will be made with the Trial Stakes, five furlongs. No- less' than twenty-eight horses of all ages are entered, and they are to meet on level terms. The draw at the post will,make a big difference, but if Eio (A. "Oliver), Plying.Spur OV. Young), and Black Lake draw anything like decent numbers, will doubtless be in great request. . The Hastings trainer, H. Neagle lias both Bon Eeve end Surtax engaged in the . Hack Hurdles, but he will probably rely on the Derby winner and keep. Surtax for' the big steeplechase,' run later in. the afternoon. A lot of beginners are: amongst the remainder of the field,'but the Trentham pair, .Ormesby and Prince Delaware, may show up we'll.•'■'■■ "In the Spring s'ix' r furlongs, Jean Laddo, flst. 31b., will be meeting a nuniber'of half-ready horses, and may go out favourite, as ler showing in the Stewards' -Handicap at Trentham was good. She finished fourth behind Sea Lord, Ladoguer, and George, and tho beaten division. included ■ Bisogne, Sea- . down,.and Pyjama, all of whom have . since won races. •In tho Dannevirke Steeples, two miles and a half, there is likely to be a weed. /ing out. The field will, not be a 6trong . one, and. if Marton has got over his . soreness, he may be tho best fanoied,. with Surtax second choice- ' • ' 'A field.of eighteen has been paid np . for in the TTmutaoroa, Handicap, and as in the Trial Stakes, the draw will be eagerly awaited. Pocman is reported to be an improved horse, while Shaki and flojden., Glado have both showed fail' form lately, . Amongst those engaged in the Hunters' Steeples -Merry Jack' and Lady 'Renown are winners, but the best "backed may bo:---Mr:»T. E. Taylor's : Chabani by Strowan/.-who. scored in tho Hunters' Hurdles at the Eangitikei' meeting Inst year, and since then has been regularly hunted by his owner, with Jackman as' a schooling master. ■In, the Hack Welter Handicap Maraetotara, runner-up to St. Omer at.Hastings, is likely to show up, but good reports are to hand concerning Coral King, who is to have tho services of E. , Hatch. . Orleans (S. Eeid) may bo the choice of backers in the Otanga Handicap, one inilo and a quarter, with Merrio Gain, ' who won tbe same event last year, second choice. Latest reports from Dannevirke stato that Bon Ecvo is likely to run in, tho 'big' handicap to-day, and not in tho Hack-Hurdles. Tho Gisborne horses which raced'' at lUccartou passed through Wellington yesterday. Goldenlyte is to race at Dannevirke, but the others have gone home. Fagot appeared to. bo quite , knocked out with tho racing ho hadj and will require a lengthy spell. .. J. Gravestock. with Bransfield, Amber and White, and Manaia Park,. returned home to Opaki.last evening. The firstnamed horse was unlucky at B-iccarton, as he fell over another horso on tlie-first day, and on Saturday his rider was bumped oivt of the saddle, though tho ' borse did not fall. Amber and White failed badly, and seeme. to stay no better over hurdles than she did on tlfo flat. The Hawke's Bay trainer, A. J. Shears- '• by, who succeeded the late -Mr; Goodwin in charge of Mr. P. Armstrong's • tenm, was the most successful mentor at Pic--carton last week. Three successes camo. liisWay through the agency of Cherry Blossom and Sleight,of Hand. Of the others. E. Longley did woll by landing a double with Art, as did tho ownertrainer, Mr. W. A. Nicolls, whose representative Varnish also landed a double. The Paliiatua Easing Club will hold , its annual meeting on September 13. Nominations for all nvonls wil close on Friday evening next, August 25, at 8 o'clook. Weights will be declared on or about September 1, and acceptances will close on. September 8.