NOTES' AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 86, 6 January 1919, Page 7

NOTES' AND COMMENTS

.. ... fßv OiyENCOE.] A . final reminder , is given' those cerned' that entries for the lifick, events at the Summer Meeting of tho Welling- , ton ltncing. Club close to-night at i) o'clock. ■"Eiitries'for tbo Pahiatua Meeting close on -Thursday next at 5 p.m. Subterfuge, who- finished: second to Mnrsa' in tile Invercargill Cup 011 Thursday,' was runner-up in the same race last year, when Asealnphus was 'siiccta'sI nl. From what can be gathered (says all Auckland;'authority)-there is very- little possibility of a finding being arrived at as tho result of the inquiry into happenings irt connection -.vitn tne Auckland iiailway Handicap.;' The evidence ' from, either side ! is uncorroborated, and although certain ciicuinstanccs favimr one of the parties the stewards have' luirdly enough before them to warrant their dealing with the case in a definite manner. The hurdle - jockey, Alan M'itonald, who had to enter the Palmerston_.\'ort.li Hospitul a's the result of a fall oli Waipurioa,' was' well enough to attend the ' Mnrton Meeting, thoiigli lie did not ride lit th« fixture'named. ; The 1 Sydney "iieferee" of December 18 Eliys'i—lt in understood that legal action 'is - being'-tiiken ili Sydney bv a -jockey against ii|j oiviier who is alleged to have besmirched 'his character. It the case is 'proceeded- ivith—and at the tune ot writiiic. it is'^probable—there will be "standing room only" ut the Court wliere it is heard. '. . , A peculiarity in connection with the hurdle events nt the ..Ellerplie carnival just concluded was that Loyal Aroli-nml . iJitto each won- two events and were . placed in the ot'hers. .■ . , • ' Tho local.sportsmen,, iicssrs. V. ana 'E:Utiddiforil'" were at the _hea,d of the _list nf- winning'''ownei's'..it" tlic Auckland, Cup Meeting. The successes of Mascot' and. Solfnnetin: brought .L'2930..t0 their owiiers. ; Mr. .1.'.11.-'l'.errclt .'has..been. appointed judge.tu the Itawke's .Bay Jocko* Club., This -year the Wangajiui Cup will again lie'worth. '.and tlin .Flying Handicap ..1:000. . The meeting is to. lie held 011 February 20 and 22, nnd entries for all events close!oil Friday, January .24..,.. ..Nbmina.tioiiß.-fov aIL events at Ine.EgBi'oht .Kiicjiig Club's Summer Meeting, to lie- held (in February 12 and .13,1 close 011 , . Friday,-January 17, at S, p.m. Tha prill- ; ,'cipal event .is the Egmont Cup, which . carries. OOQ- sots, as stake money. It. is,reported.that the English Joclcey Club .contemplates sending a commission, .of inquiry to.lndia and the Dominions to "study racing conditions. .. The'owner., of. Teka.-can, consider Wmjjel/i iiufoi-tu'ni'ie in not winning th.e.Mitclielfoii Cup, ior Undo K-ed, who scorcd : ill the race in question, was xiot. amongst . -tho-origiiial,acccptoi'6 in, November..,.... Hethua,-winner of the'A.R.C,-Welcome ' Stakes,,; .imistr-.be • a - good solid- sort of . •youngster,, -for lie had a race each day at Ellcrslie, and was in a place in all his 6tarts.. , . . The postponed-.meeting of the Fc-ilding .Jockey.-Club will be lield. 011 Saturday,

1 I next,... Winiiexs.since .the publication, of I f tho .weights aro. to bo ,j'ehun(licapped.