NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3108, 12 June 1917, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBy (jlbncoe.l The Gisborne Hncing Club's Winter Meeting will take place on Thursday n.jicl Saturday of this week. The acceptances received arc on the big side, end the racing should bo interesting. ' Secretary IT. B. Jtoss. of tho Hawkc's Bay Jockey Club, has an advertisement. In this issiip calling attention to tho closing oi noraeinations lor tho winter meeting, also entries for coming weight-for-ap) events. These aro duo on Friday, Juno 15, at 8 p.m. Tho Auckland-owned Lady Penury has been shipped to Gisbornc, and will fulfil her engagement in tho Oats Han(licai) on Thursday, when" she will bo rid<li!U by h. Hewitt. The chestnut morn did not. run up to expectations when fancied at Kllerslio, and fourth pla«e on tho last, day was tho nearest she not. However, the Gisborno track a,lways offers good going, and Mr. TT. R. ifKcmic's mnro should do o. lot better on> top of tho ground. After his yood showing in the York Welter Handicap, in which sho led till well down tho straight, ajid was- only hoalcn by Parisian Diamond, tlie Soult gelding Kauri King may bo well supported in the Plying Handicap at Gisborno. He will bo riddon by S. Kflid. Messrs. I'. Hunter and H. L. TVilliama havo 'been elected Hawkc's Bay district Teprescntativcs 1o tho Racing Conference. At Gisborne on Thursday Diavolo may ejicouuter strong opposition from Troublesome, wJio was runner-up in tho Great Northern Steeples. Troublesome is not «. reliablo jumper, and was probably morn at homo over tho Ellorslie hill than was Diavolo, who was racinjr over it for the first time,, so tho.t it is jiot too much to expect the Napior-ownod horso to reverse positions with the Spalpeen gelding at Gisbome. J. Jamicson lias ,paid np for both Municipal and ilontana in the Park Hurdles at Gisborne. but ho will only start one of them. This will probably be llulticipal, who is no stranger to tho liuralo game, whilo JContana. may be reserved for the Winter lOatg Handicap, in which he is nicely treated with, only 51bs. above the minimum. BJorneborg, who recently joined 0. Horse's team a.t Gisborno. lias been accepted for in both the Flying Handicap and tho Winter Oats Handicap at Gisborne, as has his stable companiou Multifual. Indications point to tho la;Vnamed contesting the sarint event and Hjorncborg racing over tho ten furlongs course. This is the reverso of what one would expect, as Bjorneborg has ehowu more paoo than staying ability in his races, whilo Multifual's best efforts havo been over a. bit of ground. On the other hand, Midtifual has often shown sprinting ability on the tra.cks. mid in tho Thompson Handicap he went with .Shrill to tho home turn, while tho latter showed this form to be. good by winning: the sprint event, on the. next day. lijornej liorg ran one oF his best raens ovnr a bit of distance in the Longburn Handicap at Awapuni, when he beat all '>ut ! Ikhiltifual, who conceded him 131bs. Amongst those who finished behind the pair were Ohortle and Bee. Mr. Ternon Stratton, secretary of Iho Egmont Racing Club, who has been an inmate of tho Bowen Street Uosoltnl for some time past, is nnw convalescent, and hopes to bo able to leave for home some time this week. Amongst sportsmeu drawn in the last ballot are P. Tiitchen, who rode St. Elnui to victory in tho Winter Steeplechase, on Wednesday last., also tftc trainer and partowner of that gelding, J. Cameron. .J. Lamboss. trainer of Kauri Kin? and Co., is also booked for the medical test. There is a probability of Waimai, Lnperino, and Tenacions being takon across to Victoria -very shortly. E. J. Kao and his son Bert will accompany the trio should the trip be undertaken. Providing the trip eventuates, Waimai's main object is to make an attempt to caiptiiro Grand National honours. A southern writer points out that it was something of o, coincidence that while Gladful was winning tho Great Northern Hurdles at Ellerslie. at the other end of the Dominion his full-brothe.r was equal to winning tho Ota go Steeplechase at wmtfatui. When Gzaronns fell during tho running of the Winter Steeplocliaee on Wednesday he had a bono in his noso broken. Tho mishap is not cipcctcfl. to keep the son of Patronns idle. The Go-remment, tax over the recent A. 5.0. Winter Mectins amounted to £7027 15s. Thfl Winter Meeting of the Wcllinston TCae.ine Club will be held on Wednesday Thursday, and Saturday. July 11, 12, nml 14. At a meeting of the committee or ' the club held yesterday it was decided not to curtail the stake money in miv I way. " ' J

iris? T7na Car'cr. of the IVcllineton Km Company's staft\ will p>o ft dcmonsfivilion of gns raoltintr at tile company's lecture room, at 3 o'clock; to-morrow aftnrnoon. The ni-bjeot. will be "Bread and Home-made Sweets." The Hov. J. 0. Nicholson, and a native chief, named Bula, from the Solomon Isnil 'ni e?™ addresses at the Wesley Hall. Taranaki Street, at 7.45 o'clock this