NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBV GIiEKCOE.I The annual meeting; of the Pahiatuaf Racing Club will be held on next. Good acceptances have been received for the various events, and the club,, which has not been fortunate in the past' in the matter of weather, only wants ai fine" day to have a big gathering. A risiDg three-year-old filly by Glenapp —lied Gross, who ranks as a full-sister to Fiery Cross, lius had the name of Glencross conferred upon her. Weights for the Taranaki Meeting wills be issued to-day, and acceptances close oiv* Friday next. Owing to a family bereavement, Mr. H. R, M'Kenzie withdrew Lady' Penury and! Montmore front their Takapuna engage-; ments. , , • Silver Link, who was successful in tlitf. Calliope Handicap at Takapuna on Saturday had only started once previously* when she filled third place behind Revocation and Madam Ristorl at Taranaki.; On that occasion she was meeting tliO' older horses on level terms. —The owner of Seadown has evidently, dronped the idea of trying to make tlia gelding stay, as ho has not been entered for the Wanganui Cup, though he figures in the middle distance events at the samo meeting. „ ~ The Yaldliurst, trainer H. ODonncll has already arrived at New Plymouth wltn Wishful and Koesian, who are to raco at the Taranaki, Egmont, and flanganut Meetings before returning home. The following horses have been nominated for the Wanganui Cup, one mile ana three-quarters—Wishful, .Sasanof. A lino, Snub, Impediment,. Whakahoki, Colorado* Tressida, Mullingar, Lord Kcmlworth, Cynic, Menclaus, Mascot, Client, Adjutant, White Blaie, Midmghli Star, Nobleman, Toa Tere, Lady Beaufortj Devotion, Paraoa, Housewife, Hulticipal, Dincle, and Polydamon. Though Biplane has been freely in the leading ovents at the Australian Autumn'meetings, it is by no oc£ tain that he will malte another trip acros* the- Tasrnnn Sea, says a Sun writer. Recently Mr. G. D. Greenwood the writer that ho was not at all kecu on the project for several reasons. When Biplane did so well in the spring it was generally anticipated most ° f stake money won by him would be clea nroflt Such was anything but the case, far, by the time the Federal Government, had claimed its excess war * big hole had been made in Mr. Green wood's cheque. This tax apparently opcr at'es on racecourse winnings just as it does on an ordinary business, and aB Mr. Greenwood had not won ■ Australian state monev in the previous season all tna stakes appropriated by Biplane were trea - .ed as excess war profits and hcauiy taxeo accordingly. As Mr. Greenwood laughingly dec ared the taxation was bo oxeessive and the general expenses so abuoN mal that at the end of the ti p he naa little moro than two blue ribbons to slio as the result of his venture. If the samo taxatiop is applied to state Gold may win m her Australian c paign, the Federal Government is likely, to oroftt more than the Par otic funds, fnr "which her exertions are directed. When Mr E. J Watt paid 400gns. for tlu» yearling son of Comedy K ng and Problem it was generally anticipated that lis hfd' secured a high-class racehorse. Such did not turn out the caso for the jmen ile Who races as Pro Tern, now. a four; vear-old, won his first event, a J U ®P®' 8 to handicap, at the of tho fluitarburv Park Club (N.S.W.), Uis dam, 'Problem, who is known to fame chiefly as thn nroducer of the brilliant Solutiou. is 22 years "old. She jr., brood mareß disposed of at the buipiey sale, falling to the bid of Mr B. bad iior it 35ens. When Mr. Sol puichased Problem at the i'aldhurst disper-£h,h?S-;,S,£SStp f which 6 sheSiad previously been our ff Miss de Val, another smart galloper by there has been an epidemic of what is known as the ." sl , d V rt? Waiamongst the horses trained in the Wai rarana The ailment has been prevalent 5t thte time of the year for some seasons nast and it is not confined to one town. far it has bafilcd the veterinary surgeons Horses usually become aHlicled if nftpv «-allomne. but it is not rcHrfed matter as it does not make any seeming difference to a horse 9 "owners are reminded that first' forfeits for the Hawke's Bay Stakes are due on Friday next.