NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 185, 25 April 1918, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

TBY GLENCOS.I Tho only mcetinz to engage the attention of racegoers this week will bo mat of the liawke's Bay Jockey Club on Friday and Saturday next, its chief attractions will be the flawke's Bay Cup on i'riuuy, and the Hawke's Bay Stakes on Saturday. Jinnies for tho Marlborough Meeting close to-morrow night. Visiting trainers can have accommodation arranged by communicating with Secretary Harvey, Blenheim. Nominations for all events at the Wanganui Meeting close to-morrow night at 3.30 o'clock. Entries for the principal cventß at, the Great Northern iieetiijg close to-morrow night. Tho Welkin gelding Gloaming has again joined the active brigade at Iticcarton. It is stated that it It. J. Mason takes Biplane to Sydney for the Spring Meeting at Itundwick Gloaming will form one of the team. On his best form Koesian would appear to bo a dangerous candidate in the open sprint event at Hastings. At Wangamii in February ho won the Plyiug Handicap with Sat. 31b., and on tho second day finished within a head of Croesus, 9st. 31b., when carrying 9st. Sinco then Orocsus has won twico with 9st. 131b., while Koesian has finished third in tho -ereat Kaster Handicap. Howover, sinco then he. has been raced over ten furlongs and is probably not at his best at present. Though there has been a substantial weeding-ont in tho listß for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, the holds aro ot sufficient dimensions lo en suro high-elass racing. Twenty stand their ground m the Hawke's Bay Cup, with Client in the position of top-weight. Thero are several promising sorts amongst the light-weights The Yaldhurat trainer, H. O'Donncll, disposed of a filly by Nassau from Formless, dam of Melee, for lOOgns., at tho Sydney sales this month. Mr. J. B. Ecid sold three Kilbroney youngsters, a filly from Gamhode for HOgns., filly from ltuthful for SOgns., and a filly from Wendolinc for 65gns. Mr. li. M. Currio fouml a, good market for his King llitfus jearlings, which sold as fol!ow:-Colt from Grnn"denr 200gns., rolt from Bronzo 350gns., colt from Moira-Ma-Chrep Wo?ns., filly from Ursula lOOgns., filly from Lysistrata MOgns.., and filly from Eulogy, 180gns. Mr. G. F. Mooro disposed of a. filly by Hallowmas-Mimonia for 50gns. The meeting of Fiumark and Hymestra 'in the Hawke's Bay Stakes on Saturday i-.ext is being looked forward to with a lot of interest. That tho former is a, really first-class two-year-old admits of no doubt, hut in moasuring strides with the brilliant Hymestra over six furlongs he will be thoroughly tried out. Both colts will havo to put up the maximum penalty of 141b. As there are several useful two-year-olds engaged that have not incurred penalties it will be no surpriso to find both tho colts named beaten. 1 It is stated that Mr. T. H. Lowry purchased tho stallion Finland in the hope that he would sire another horso equal to Bobrikofl. The Bill of Portland horse lias not done bo yet, but he has produced fistland and Finmark, and thero is no saying how tho latter will yet turn out. Finmark, who stands to-day as the best two-year-old in New Zealand, is a wellbred colt, as his dam, Warscare, was by .Martian-Gossip, by Wallace-Caroline. At tho recent Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney, Emu Plains cleared 7ft. lm. in the high jumping competition, making a, record for tho Sydney Show Ground, the previous best being Landlocks vft. A feature of the leaping competitions at the •diow was the performances of the u z pony Black Jack, the property, of ColIcano's Circus. In two competitions he cleared 6ft. fin., and in two others 6ft. 3in., also 6ft. lin. twice. Tho little fellow has even better performances to his credit at New South Wales country shows, viz., 6ft 6|in., 6ft. 9in., and 6ft. 9}in. Black Jack must rank close to a worlds pony cnampion.