NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 129, 25 February 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

' [J3y Glencoe.] The autumn meeting of the Dannevirke Racing Club will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. : Wangmiui form is not likely \to work put so well as in previous •years, as.there;is a big list of horses enRaged that did not race last week. . Entries for all events at the Rangitikei meeting close to-night at!) o'clock. It is stated that JS160I) was refused, for Bnrrangong aflor the Dunedin Cup meeting (reports "Sentinel" in the "Otago Witness). Burrangong was a, very unlucky horse at ithe D.J.C. meeting, but, even 60,; it is big money to turn down for . him; - r. The Southland .trainer G. Hope is at - present an inmate of 'the hospital at Invercargill suffering from a broken log. •B. Deeley is to ride Mr. T. 11. Lowry's two-year-olds at the Dannevirke'meeting. • During the racing at Wanganui;- jV H. Jefferd had the Martian—The Hague filly in the paddock getting accustomed to the crowd.' The filly-takes very much after her dain. Rude, who won the. Stewards' Handicap'on the opening -day o£ the Wanganui meeting, will make: his next appearance ill' the Hamilton Clip, to bo run oh SatuTdny next. ' 11. Telford is also taking his team north to the same meeting, and aftor competing there they nre to race at the Te Arohf. meeting the following week. . J. O'Shen was riding nt Waipa on Saturday. ' Ml'. W. R.'Kemball lias cabled him to' roturn • to: Sydney at .'once,''so O'Shen has booked'his passage by the Riverina, which leiives Auckland on Saturday next. The annual meoting of the Itotorua Clnb will bo'he!d tO-morrow. There is a bo/tor class of horses engaged than, usually figures at'this meeting. At the conclusion of the Dannevirke meeting this week G. Price will again tako charge of Mr: Goring Johnston's hones. 8. J. Rei'd intends, rejoining •T. H. .TefFerd's The National winner Waimai is to be a runner in the hurdle race at Hamilton on Saturday. He will have the services of F. Tutchen. ' ■ ; ' Though he was scratched lor his . engagement at Wanganili on Saturday it is understfiod that there i-i nothing amiss with Simonides, and 1 the Demosthenes gelding is likely to be a'runner in the open sprint event ot Dannevirke tomorrow. 'If ho staVts B. Deeley will have, the mount'on Mr. J. Hnrle's'representative. j There are some fast' maidens engaged in the opening event.'-at Dannevirke, Amongst them may' Ik quoted Restful, Volito, Vance, and Ilymarty. J. W. Lowe, who took Menelaus "nnd Cooing til the' Wanganui meeting, scored a win with each of then:.' The lastnamed hni an engagement in the Xolson Cup to be run next week.