NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 162, 28 March 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[BY 01ENC0H.1 The autumn nieotins of tile Auckland Racing Club will la Ucld on Saturday uu<l lloudaV. . The Feilding meeting takes place on Monday and Tuesday. The Australian Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting will l:e opened on Saturday, whoii the Boncaotcr Handicap, cue mile, and the Aulumii Staltoe. ono mile and a hall, will bo decided. On Easter M/viday the Sydney Cup, two miles, will be run. At tho Opotilii meeting this month a rider named T. Williams, rode live of the Bovcii winners on tho day. In threo of tho events \Y". Kccpii was on the Bccoud horse. Four yearlings, all bred by Mr. G. h. Stead, have taken up their quartare at the Yaldnuret Btablcs, where E. O'Donuell is buey. with their education. They arc by Nassau, a woll-pcrformcd English horso, by William the Third. The only flllji in the bunch is a half-eistcr to Almoner, from Oaßsock, by Ladurlad—Urania. The other three aro colto, as follow :-£)ranijD Pip, from Bonny Bigg, by Catty Crag— Dhulochan; Orango Flitters, from Ormolu (dam of Moulu), by Ormc-Hey Presto; and Surveyor, from Pedometer (dam of Speedonictor and Recorder), by Stepniak—Demcter. Silver and Slosk. who \?a» recently purehased from Jlr. E. J. Wait, by Mr. J. S. Barrett, ln.s gono into I'. I). Jones's stableat Kiccarton. 'llic Hawcrii trainer, J. T'rycr, took tho hurdler Collcolor tnntli by last night's boat. So far no lider baa been engaged for tho Wanganui winner. An was anticipated, Desert Gold and Blf piano havo boon nominated for tho AwaI puni Gold Oup, and if a mooting between ' tho nair takes place it i'b safo to eay tio

llanawatu Olub will liava a record crowd presont on April 17. The cntricß leceived f« (.ho autumn meeting or llio Maiiawatu Olub arc easily a record, nnd total 637, or ail average of nearly forty a rucc. A newcomer in J. M'Laußhlin's stables at, Trenthaui is Die All Red-Ancilla marc, formerly owned by Jlssers. Kiddiiora. Bagdad has arrived at Biccarton in ohareo of S. Wnddcll, and will raco at the 0.J.0. meeting next week. Tho Hyniettus gelding is ono of the fanci°d division for tho Autumn Plato, run on tho opening day, Bon Iteve, who line not raced over fences for some time, will probably make his reappearance amongst the hurdle division .at tho coming Miinawsitu meeting. Tho Feilding Cup winner Multicipal Iβ this eoaßon lo ht> tried over fences. The Opiiki-trained animal is just the cut of a gelding to nialiu a i ! >-6t-clas3 timber-topper. Coalition, who has been doing good work at Trenthim for tome time past, will navo a publio outing over foiiccs at the Awapuni meeting. This will assist his preparation for steeplechase events later on. Tho Provocation lUly Transmission, a place-getter at Tauherrnikau and Hull? this month, is engaged in tho Maiden Race, eoven furlongs, at the Waipukurau meetIn? on Eastor Monday. The two-year-old nay Chantry. who <»a»y defeated Dcmat-oguo airJ Oratress at wo Kapier Park meeting, u engaged in too Orlnffl Handicap, live lurlougs, at tho Waiuukurau meeting.