NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

'■■''' ' ' ■' ■'•■' [Bt , Qeencoe.]- ; '■ ■';.".(,'• '■■ ? ;The, .'postponed' Spring 'Sleeting.,6f,.lhe Auckland'. 1 l&cjng Club .will.be .held , at tn-djiy;' 'Considerini{..'.tli.at -tho three days' nieeting;.is. just oyer;the.'accoptances receiVed are very good,..and the raeiTiK/'snould be full .of interest.', '.'..'■. Ehtrips .for\aU hack everite at the ,Wel-: lingtonnieetirig: are due on Monday, iiexf. ■'No.ininajioris foi ,, Ml : events at thej'o> tbn'meetiV to be Iheid on January '22 ■ close to-niight at 8. P;in.';.■..■ f :','':'; ,' Owneri who•lnteucl 'racing■ their charges' at-Piihiatua this inonth".should notejthat 'n6uiihatrong';for all events cloSe 5 'pVm..oir.-Tliurfl_day : Bext.''. ' '7, , ,- .;2 '■ '<•'■ .As'.'Silver ■'Link' -showed such' , a 'great ■ ■'bjirSfc;of 'speed-in the Railway HandicKp ■At Elieriliei- the Achilles filly may go'ptit, favourite for. the,'open five furlbhgs' at jth'er.Sprinjf! Meeting ' ''" : '■ 'As , was fully-expected, Bon Spec easily vplaced the AreiialWeltor.Handicap , .at Jhvercargilhto'his'Dwner's'bredit.' Though 'there was.a' big, field- the , 'public weiild, not hear.of tliej'defeatof'Boii SpecJ'-whp - -' gaS-e'n very small'return/.. .■'■: ;••'■' ;. :-..Sweet-Corn, Avho is shortly-'to-retire .to ; -.tlie.-matrons' paddock,- , won both open six .-furlongs; races' at .the Hastings' tiicpt■inp.- ■Th : e--3r,a I lster:'mnre carries-'weight .•well;-' and -.-wh'en : vin a 'galloping''liumou* . ft .-hard to'.-: dispose ■'■of...'She 1 'mw'-- races in the nomination: of Mr. J. H. bourne, who-leii3cd her-from Mr. W. Gi iHetii.:-, /<;.''•■ •;• -.-.■■■ "■ ■;'■'•'■■ .'- . r ■• =Athensil, runner-up to Lionskin in : tli© ■Robinson .Handicap 'at Ellerslio ( : -js ■pnped--in'itlie<3reat Northern 'Giiineiis tor. ■day,' : and' will .be ridden by 8.-Deeley,, •jh , e''. ; Dem<jsthencs. gelding .was . very ■'.ml-' ; luoky: qn ..Boxing-Day, arid 'he got .a . very bnd .nassitgp. The extra- furlong .today shonld suit-'hiiri, and:the : field , is not ■a. "trong-.-one-.'-::.■■. . • .-■>■■-. ■, =/-!9'he;-H(i«i"e's;B«y sportsman JtriH/Ei I /Troutbecki' v whosescolours haye:nofcbeeri ■.BBen'-onm' racecourse some ,; .tihle;'ilind ' :a »Tiiiiing:i'e'presehtative: at Hnstiiigs .iri■••the-. Demosthenes- two-year-old Nighttiriie; ivlio scored in the Nursei'y Handicap-.and def°ate(la (jcod'fiekl. . ■ ■-'-... .v, ■ .OnehiingaSteeplechiiso •fit .Ellerslie to*dny is not a strong -ono; arid winner Tirau-.may be -.■jent'oiita good-favouritp. ■',■■'.. -h.--'--- ■ • .-.'As I'eka,.-\vhs-no_t unduly,,taxed- ; at-.tho Eilerslie meetinjr just concluded lie.-.may be the,-public selection for the-Mitcliell- , son>C<ip ..to-ijp decided: tq-<lay.-, Hβ is., to ...be , .ridden Grny.- ..-":••••'>-" "v/. .;. -He'niiy rClay, -who .has won. the>-<?hriefc .-inns-'HaiuUcapiat.New...Plyinoutli an<l ; .the Clip, this ■ season.':has ■.striick fnrraviniMli-eiirfiet'-than.' lie., did -last , ■.spasjii; ■', This.time last yc'nr he'fniledto itin' in minor events' at the TJu-anaki. ..meetings.' The-;chcstnnt gelding nets, 'well Roini. and' this assisted him .to '(scoVe'.at. '.■'.■ : ; .-;.v.'. .; .'..Tjio-Same.'of Linden,' .wh6.\voh ,'tne ■/Kief', event at., Invereargill' 'yesteWfly,. Va3:'nbl;- inclifded in''the ; list;of acceptors' •teflegraphe'll by the A.B?opiatibn.. H.is -Jatable'-- companion EoyaJ : . : Star Jiriis "rijpae'wi't'-'tq him 1 yesterday, so'that back- ': t|ie- ; bracketed pair 'received': , 'the : w-'h'nie' oT'the 'dividend.■'-"■ ''' ■.'/' "'■■.'. .' : Npniinatiohs for the-anriual meeting of ■tile -'Jlifrlbbrough Trotting Club ;tl6se '.J||. Blenheim '.on- January 1C- -'.' •■;■:■•■-. :\r ; - ;

! f---oAvners and"tntrners"tirß"reininded"that nouiinntions for the- itnnunl meeting of the ; Foxfoii: Racing, Club'close' to-night at . 8 o'clock. Nominations "fdfc'ftirb'vents ot the an- . nuftl meetingtoj .the Nelson Trotting Club, ! to bo held 1 on -I'ebruaiy 12, 'close on Janu- ! ary 9. ,