NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 168, 5 April 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

. ■ [By Glencoe.] Acceptances for the Hanawatu Meeting close at 9 p.m. on Monday next. Tho .Autumn Meeting of the Avondalo Jockey Olub Will take : place to-morrow. Kodfern. winner rf the Ooogee Handicap at ])anilwick, is i> n imported horte, and raced several times this season without notohin? a win. Ho cost his owner 5000 guineas in England, and up till now has been a most expensive purchase. Thoro U a big demand for accommodation both for men end horses at Awapuni. and Palmcrstou North,, and tho autumn meeting of tile Manawatu Olub only wants fine weather to ensure it being a record one. Aβ the two istar- Desert Gold a,nd Biplano, eaoh won at their last outing, their followers are not likely to waver in their allegiance to them when tho Awapuni Gold Cup comes on for dooision. l'hp race is the one topic of conversation in sporting circles throughout the Dominion, Und it is eafe to predict that visitors from MI parts will bo on hand to see the long-looked-for struggle botween tho two champions. The hurdle golding Jaok Eice retains his form in a wonderful manner, and despite the heavy imposts ho is always called upon to oarry, he regularly cornea up fresh enough to defeat the opposition. Ho is a much bettor horse at Eandwiok than ho is anywhere else, aud in his attempts to win races in Melbourne ho has failed regularly. The lefthanded going at Plemington peems to hampor his jumping, which is not anything like as good in Victoria as it is in Sydney.

Multlfual broke down in the Fcildlim Onp, and has been . sent homo, to Glsborne. He will not •be an acceptor at Awapum.

Tho Advance gelding Monologue came to an untimely end en Tuesday eveniiir, being run over by a passing train on tho Foxton line, near Monrad's Crossiiiit Ohiwia (Elysian-Wairakau) is to Ij'o retired to the stud after the Autumn Meeting of. tho Manawatu Baoing Club this month. The Klyslan marc who ig owned by the, popular Oringi sportsman, ¥$• F'a Gal6for(l . is to bo uiatod with All Bod.