NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2977, 15 January 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

18l GIKNCOE.I The acceptances for the Wellington meeting are entirely satisfactory. Seventeen horses stand their ground in the Cup and sixteen in the big sprint event. The disappointment of the first clay is the poor acceptance for the Waterloo Stakes, in • which only Desert Gold, Egypt, and Chortle have been left in. 1 So far matters have been on the quiet 1 side on the training tracks at Trentham, > but to-morrow being galloping morning > { there should be plenty of fast work to i interest visitors. The recent rains have : kept tho tracks in good order, though the > tan is mostly favoured. The stewards had arranged to have the course proper and • grass, gallop watered, but after the rain ' of yesterday this may not be necessary. ' A Sydney writer mentions that the ' Chokeboro cast-off Snapdragon has again '. changed hands. This time the consideration! was lOOgns., and tho mare will in ' future carry the colours of the young i owner who races as Mr. George Marlow. , Tho Hokitika double winner Kiljoy's | engagement on the opening day at Trenr tham is in the Ruapehu Handicap, in. ' i which she was awarded 7st. 9lb. Despite | her two prominent successes at the YVest- ' land meeting (Bonar Memorial and Jubilee Cup), the daughter of Kilbroney and Soberide incurs no penalty. , >. At the Whangarei meeting last week the northern trainer J. Lambess, who plaKes , his team well, won the Cup with Soldier , and a double with Kauri : King. Another , dual winner was Erroneous. Yankee ) Doodlo won the First. Hurdles and Te [ Onga scored on the second day. In the , First Hurdles Lupcriii fell and broke ; his neck. An interesting if unsuccessful record ' has been registered in the Great Nor- - thorn Derby by members of the Boniforin ; —Class familv. Bon Ton was second to ; Bon Reve iii 1913. Eligible followed » Desert Gold home last year, and The-Toff ; was runner-up to Sasanof this year. -. > In furnishing, a statement to the A.R.C. ; Committee last week, bearing on re- » ceipts at the Summer gathering, the scc- ' rotary, Ml'. J. F. Hartland, reported that the 'sum to be paid in the shape of Gov- [ eminent tax was .£12,623 lis. 6d. j Bunting, who ranks as favourite for ' the Wellington Cup, has so far not been ; out of a ' place in any of his engage- ' merits, this season. : I sVfr. T. H. Lowry has allowed Egypt and Beltane to forego the Cup engagement, ' thus leaving Bjorneborg as his represen- '. tative. This young Finland gelding has '_. shown rather in-and-out form this season. \ He started off full of hope with the Wa- [. nganui Guineas, and then after several poor displays came out in the Great ' Northern Guineas in November and ran f second to Hyllus. Then again his form fell away. However, returned visitors '. to Ellerslie state that Bjorneborg raced ' well during the carnival and gave pro- ' mise of improving. ' A big contingent of Auckland horses '. has been enterd for the Tarnnaki meet--3 ing,' which takes place next month. Blackall has been nominated for tho Gteboriie and Taranaki Cups, which are , Bin nt the same time. The disappointing ' gelding will probably race at the Gisborno meeting. Tho Waverley-trained Analogue has been paid up for in the Wellington Cup ; and Anniversary Welter, both of which are run on tho opening day. The Seaton '. Delaval gelding stays well, but the difli- [ culty will be to get a rider who can do . him justice iu the Cup, and on this ac- [ count his trainer may elect to stilrt him in the Welter. E '■ It will be a thoroughly representative . field that will contest the Wellington i Cup on Saturday next. Included in it are horses from Auckland in the north [ and Invercargill in the south, while tho ( Hawke's Bay, Dunedin, and Christchiirch districts, are also well represented. R. Gooseman with the Cup candidate j Indigo and the welter horse Hazaina is y 'expected to arrive at Treutham ironi ! Hastings to-night. S. AVaddell with the Karamu team is due at the same time. Owners and trainers are reminded i that nominations for the Marlborough Racing Club Summer Meeting, to be 3 held on February 7 and S, will close i with the secretary, Mr. L. Griffiths on Monday next: Tlie programme'for this • meeting is the best yet issued by the , club,, .the .Cup, including a piece of plate worth dilOO, 'being endowed -with . 325 sovereigns. There is no race on the • programme. worth less than 100 sovereigns. The Marlborough Trotting Club Annual Meeting, to be held on February 9, 1917, at Blenheim, promises to be more thau ordinarily successful. The ' stakes have been increased, in fact, almost doubled, and, in addition, there are two trotting events for X'lOO each on tho Racing Club's programme, which ._ will.bo held on tho two previous days, " which should be a considerable attraction to trotters from all parts.