NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3036, 24 March 1917, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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.. '"• / . ' The well-known horseman A. Oliver, who has been in camp for the lost three months, is now attached to the Artillery Reinforcements at Peatherston. Oliver should be quite at home riding one of the horses. News by this week's Sydney mail 6tates that Mr. Sol Green intends .selling off ' the whole .of the blood stock at the Shipley Stutl, Warrnambool. The stallions include the English .Bires White Knight and Comedy King,' and several high-class mares. The sale will take place in-No-vember next. , ...• On Thursday next the Highden yearlings, which are to be offered for .?asi at Bandwick at Easter, will be.shipped by the Moeraki for Sydney. The youngsters, which number half a dozen, will go over in charge of Jasl Hathaway. Of the threo' handicappers, Messrs. Coyle, Mofso and, Henrys, ,who • have weighted Sasanof and Eilboy,:;.ithe.v,two former consider Sasanof'''6lightly/thfe"'better of tie pair,.wKileT([r. them out eaual.'- •- .-:..;!.....,■.. ~ This is a slack time with those,who, follow the fortunes of racehorses,, and from now until Easter Saturday" there will be no racing in the North Island.' ,■ The Wanganui ttud owner, Mr. Geo. Currio, recently enlisted, but failed . to pass the Medical Board. Mr. Currie left for Sydney last week taking across six ■yearlings for the Sydney autumn sales. Kilkee and Kilflinh, who were recently trained by G. Mathews at Oamaru,. have now'joined tho'team controlled.by : M. Hobbs at Biccartori. .- Comment, a 'double winner at Masterton last week, is a four-year-old mare by Provocation—Wailethe. by, Lethe-Wai-roa, by King Cole—Wain'ui, by Ravensworth—Waimea. She had not previously won this season, though she had been placed at several meetings. _ The Melbourne Cup winner, Sasanof, w now a 'ta' favourite for. the- C.J.C; Great Easter, Handicap, whilo his stable companion, Ktlboy, who annexed the A.J.C. Derby,' is a like order for the Great Autumn. Handicap. ■""'. 6 The Achilles—Panawai gelding, Waimatoa, won his first race at Tanheremkau on New Tear's Day, and since then he has added six other events to his score. "'..'. L. Traill has been asked to go south to ndo Peromlla-in the jumping events at tho Easter., Meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club,. The-Achilles mare- has only started'once over hurdles. This "was at .the Akaroa Meeting, where she achieved an easy win. ... ...

.rhe standard bred trotting horses of Mr. Fred Amor,, of Doylcston, are to U offered fo'rsale by .public awtion on April 12. Tho list of horses to be sold conssts of 2fi animals, which will bo offered by Messrs. Pyno and C 0.,: and H. Matson and Co., in conjunction, at Doyleston. .'...'

The Warrington Stud, of ton thoroughbred marcs, the property of the late Hon. Sir George M'Lean, is to be sold by public auction on April 10. The 6ale will be conducted by - Messrs. TyjiS' uyd Co. at Messrs. W. .Hayward and Co.'s stables, Chestor. Street,..Ch'ristcSrurch.