NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 113, 6 February 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By ,Gi,kncoe.]

The Taranaki.meeting will be concluded to-day,- and the Gisborno and Methven meetings will be held. !..-'•.• ■

The Poverty Bay and the Taumariinui meetings are set down for Saturday. Nominations are due to-day for the Hamilton,-Rotorua, and Akaroamectings. Torday- the Poverty Bay acceptances are due, to-morrow, acceptances close for Dunediti and,To Kuiti, and on Saturday acceptances are to be made for the -figment meeting. .One of the .great, events of the racing year is to.be. run, at New Plymouth today—the meeting between Gloaming and Desert Gold. That people have-gone from all parts of New. Zealand to see the raco i 3 evidejije that- the sporting public follow racing largely through, love of sport itself,. for .no one can suggest that the long journey 'to tho Taranaki capital would be undertaken- with a. view to making money. Owing to shortness of time and the fact that the nice truck and grounds. were under cultivation the officials of the Cheviot Racing' Club decided on .Saturday last to inform the Minister that it'waa. impossible- to' hold a meeting, this, season, but thatMhe ciub would resume operations next year. Tho following horses have, incurred 101b. penalties for the Methven Racing .Club's meeting :—Methven Cup, Adjutant and Kilrush; Welter. Handicap, Trenthani Rose; Mount Hutt Handicap, Daytime. Mr. H. Chisholm,. the well-known Sydney stock' salesman; arrived in Christchurch'a few days ago, and has gono on fa'Oamaru'.to assist at the clearing sale, of Mr: J. B. Reid's Elderslie stud. It is .reported .that. Mr. .1.. Cameron, formerly a" well-known rider and trainer, has been'appointed to act as judge for the Raiigitilvoi Racing Club. ' In a gallop at'Riccarton the Dunedin Cup candidate Heathercpte was. easily too good for Onslaught at. tho business end of a mile in lmin. U 3-ssec. It was a good gallop on the part of the fomier, as lie finished well on,the plough. On tho same morning Kiljoy, on the plough, got to the end of a mile in good style, leaving the distance behind in lmin. •1:1 3-jteec.,' a; gooiL.performance. ■ If#§ feared that Gaziquc has broken a shuKh bone near the knee.

Glcndower, one of the fancied division for the Dunedin Cup, was noticed to be slightly, lame, behind a few days ago. • Lady General was galloped on during tho Pahiatuh meeting, but it is expected that she will.be a runner at Wangauui. Starland,' a . two-year-old by Nassau from Stardancor. has tan purchased by Sir. G. L. Stead.

The following are the nominations for the Wanganui Cap, ono mile and threequarters :—Rewi Poto, Henry Clay, Jiu Jitsu, Blue Cross, Client, Dusky Eve, Bonnie Maid, Nobleman, Bingham, All Over, Menelaus, Mascot, Master Mouloa, Depredation, Form Up, Cyrisian, Marsa, Housewife, Wnrlike, Glorify, Vagabond, Cora ■ Ora, Battle Song, Karo, Alteration, Cynic. .