NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBv Glfncoe.l ' 'Nominations for tho Autumn meeting of the Wnngamii Jockey Club close with tha, secretary (Mr. W. Hall) on Friday, January 26. | Acceptances for tho Bret (lay's handicaps at tlio Foxton meeting closo on ; Monday night at 0 p.m. 1 The racehorses Bradamante and Amity returned to Otaki yesterday after a successful tour of tho West Coast. > Tho following entries havo been received for tho Bgmont Cup, of 500 sovs., one mile and a half.—Depredation, Paraoa. Harbour Light, Panmure, Bunting, Blackall, F.gypt, Bjorneborg, Tango, Crawford, Bronk Dolaval, Master Lupin, : Analogue, Sunbirtl, Einaldo, Mastor Mouloa. ' Acceptances for tlio events at'tho "Wellington Trotting mooting closo with tho • secretary (Mr. ]?,. W._ Short) this evening. A two;year-old nt Ilasting? nith a reputation.* as a, galloper is tho' Demosthenes filly Silver Tongue, who is owned by Mr._ H. B. Troutbciik and trained by K. Quinlivan. An abnormality about" the youngster is that she i>ossesscs two distinct tongues. Nones is still out on Mr. CI. D. Greenwood's station, laving an easy time, but will probably como in again after tho Wellington meeting io bo got ready for the Eastor racing. Princo b'oult, who was knocked, down to }lr. J[. Deoblo at tho recent salos at Auckland, has gone into ,T. Williamson's charge. An. offort is to bo made to convert. the wayward son of Soult into a jumper. Speaking in the Now South Wales Legislative Assembly on tlio Totalisator Bill, Mr. James said that in tho Trans- ; vaal last year tho amount put through by seven clubs was .£1,328,000. In ' Franco 15 millions was put through, and in Now Zealand four millions. Taking all the figures presented to him, lie estimated that tlio amount put through in New South, Wales would bo from livo to six millions. On that basis tho re- ■ venuo to tho Government would be from .£150,000 to ,£.{00,009. Tho State was taking a larger percentage than any other ' Stale—7 per cent, to tlio Government and ■ per cent, to tho clubs. 1 Trainei* H. I'ritchard, of Opaki, and 1 A. D. Webster, of Otaki, have been rail- ] od to the colours. The English jockey, -i T. Metcalfe, who is attached to tho 1 Highden stables, has also been called up. This makes tho l.hird jockey from this J stable that has been called for service. ■ liepresentatives from Mr. T. H. 1 Lowry's and 13. J. Watt's stables havo ; freely nominated at,tho Egmont ] meeting. Tho_ former has Egypt, Tete-a-tete, and Bjorneborg engaged in tho handicaps, and Bunting, Blackall, ami Hendra will narrv Mr. Watt's colours. < Bimeter is in tho Egmont Stakes, and i evidently 1?,. .1. Mason intends taking the ' black liorso north, as Thames is entered ( for eome of tho hack events. I At Tliccarton oil Thursday morning Bee. ] was slackened out over six furlongs for ( the first timo sinco her return from Aus- i t.ralia. She was a bit tender idler pull- ' ing up, but soon walked it oil', and was Quito sound afterwards. c At tho conclusion of tho Wellington , meeting M. Hobbs will (ako Mr. W. G. , Sload's horses to Eiccarton, where they ' aro lo be trained in future. At the Ta.panui meeting on Wednesday ' tho Cup was won by Itorke's Drift, who I carried 9st. 121b. and ran tho mile in f lmin. <12 3-ssec. The only other starters \ were Eedowa and Ogier, and they finish- ] ed iu tho order named. } T. Quinlivan, with tho Cup candidate t Bunting and, the importer! mare Llani- j shen, will arrive at Trentham on Mon- [ day nglit. K. Quinlivan with 'La Tasso j and Form XJp is coming by the same i train. Polymelus, who is ,i half-brother to J Grafton, by Cyllene, for tho -third year 0 in succession is at the head of the list of • winning stallions in England. This is, , of course, excellent testimony to his , merit as a sire, but by no means a 1 record. Stoclcvrel], for example, headed a tho list, for three consecutive seasons b from 1860 to 3882, and subsequently ini- p proved upon that performance by com- v ina j oiit on top from ISGI to 1807 incln- f< sive. But for being relegated to second placo in 1863 by his old rival Newminster, who beat him by something like 1500 sovs., the mighty chestnut would have had an unbroken sequence extend- , ing over eight years. As matters now j; stand the record is held jointly by St. '' Simon and Hermit, each of whom figured n at tho head of affairs for seven consecu- fi tive seasons, Hermit from 1830 (o ISSti, o and St. Simon from 1890 lo 189(i. In 51 moi'o modern years St. Simon's best son, p Persimmon, was at the head of tho list of winning sires on four occasions, viz., „ 1002, 1008, and 1012. j!.