NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2878, 16 September 1916, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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Acceptances for the Wanganui and Otnki meetings close on. Monday. . ' There will be a race meeting at Rosehill to-day, in which several New Zealand horses are dowu to compete. ■ The Avondalo meeting will conclude to-day, when the Guineas will be run? Loyal Arch, who finished third in the Plying Handicap at Avondalo on Wednesday, is reported to have got a very bad passage, and is expected to do a. lot better to-day. During tho running of the Avondalo Cup, 'Viuopai fell, and his rider, 11.

Robinson, was badly shaken. Two other falls occurred during the day, but witli no serious results to horses' ot riders./ Evidently ths Marble Arch" stock caiuo to. hand early, as ou;t of the last four contests for the Avondale Stakes tiie progeny of the imported horse won three times. The successes were by Castalia, Gold Lac, and.Gwent. ■The Robert the Bruce—Puhi colt,raced as Scottish Knight in the Avondale Stakes, in which, after drawing a bad marble, he finished second toGwent. With the winner absent, Deeley'ti mount may be" a good favourite in the Nursery Handicap to-day., : The, Queensland light-weight jockey, P. S. O'Neill, will do the riding of '!'. F. Quinlivan's horses at the Randw'ick meeting next month. ■ Amongst the runners in the big handicap at Avondale to-day is ' Royal Irish, •ivho finished fourth in'the Cup on Wednesday. 110 is meeting Chortle and Housewife on mu.cb better terms, and is always, «i> better horse after a race. J. O'-Shea' will have the mount. • . Colonel Sonltj winner of the Avondale. 'Cup, has-earned a penalty'of 101b. for the New Zealand Cup'. This will bring his weight' up to 9stv Fiery Cross, winner of the two big handicaps at Ashburton, hn9 also earned a penalty for the Cup. / The' AvondMe ' Stakes, tho "first two-year-old race of the season in the Dominion, attracted a field of sixteen, so that there should be no sbortago oi competitors for juvenile events in Auckland this season. The Australian-bred mare, Housewife, appears to have run a good Taco in the Avondale Cup," and in ' finishing second she added to her already long list 'of unlucky performances. As a two-year-old she took part in ten races, and was placed in seven, without scoring a win. Last season she won twice, while she was-placed four times. She experienced bad luck at the autumn meeting of tho Auckland Racing Club, as she was second in tho Easter and Autumn Handicaps; the two leading handicaps of the meeting. She is again engaged in tho bijr- handicap at Avondale to-day, and has 61b. more than she' carried on Wednesday. Waiutu, who is to contest the Avondale Guineas to-day, in which she will be Tidden by W. Young, had .a! fall, m tho Plying Handicap on Wednesday, and in consequence may rot be seen at her best to-day. ■ Auckland writers mention tbat Glcnroy got a very bad run in the Plying Handicap at Avondale oil Wednesday. It was the Glenap gelding's second Tace, he having scored earlier in the day in the Henderson Handicap. . fixtures. Sept. 21 and 23 —Wanganui J.C. Spring. Sept. 25—Amberley H.C. Annual.. - Sept. 25 arid 26-OtilkiMaori . K.C. . , Spring." !■ , Sept. 28—Horowhenua Racing C'uJj. Sopt..2S and 29:-Geraldine;R.C., Spring. Sept:"3o —Napier Park R.Ci Spring. Oct. 7—Hawke's ..Bay. J.C. Spring. Oct. 12.—Masterton R.C. Spring. Oct. 13—Dunediii J.C,. Sirmc. . Oct.. 23—Waipawa County h.t Annual. Oct. 26 and; 27.-Poverty Bay I.U - Spring. ' • ' ; 4Zealand # | A CADET FINED

FOll FAILURE TO ATTEND ' PARADE. 'By Telegraph-Pres? Association.Palmerston N.i September 15. John Max, a senior cadet, oft. 10m. in' height," was brought before the Magistrate (Mr. J. W. Poynton) this morning charged with being absent from parades. Tho excuse given was that lie objected to wearing "shorts. Tho -Magistrate -remarked that thoro 'Were" cases ' before"_ "where six-foot youths had to drill in ''shorts. Ho 'thoughOhero ..should" bo.. SQme...e]asticity, fieiglit .should bo ■permitted" : torSear" cmlian; clothes. . It was pointed oufc---that •• defendant, had .not attended parades for sis .months. The Magistrate imposed a. fine of £1. and costs. Defendant said- ho would liofc pay', and'was ordered to bo kept :■ in custody for fourteen days.