NOTES 'AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 143, 12 March 1919, Page 9

NOTES 'AND COMMENTS

'.. ' . [By Glencoe.] Owners who intend entering for the open sprints at tho Hawke's Bay Cup Meeting l will appreciate the fact that winners'-will not be <>enalised at' tho Auckland or Canterbury fixture Entries for all events at the Hawke s Bay Cup Meeting close on Friday next. iccepfances for the Woodvillo Meeting close' to-day at 5 p.m. For the AVairarapa Meeting, which lake* place on Thursday and Friday , , spscial train arrangements have beon made. Trains leave Lambton Station at 6.50 a.m. and 7.50 a.m., and return at i p.m. and 5.33 p.m. .. R. S. Bagby rode four winners on tho opening day of the Te A'roha Meeting. 3. Deeley has arrived nt Tauheremltau to fulfil riding fiigagemente there to-morrow and Friday. One of his mounts' will ibe- Bonny Maid in the Cun, The St. .Leger winner may 6tart favourite; in. Thursday's race. . ". There was a substantial increase--in; the t.otaiisator receipts on liotli days of tho Napier Park Racing Club's Meeting, the grand total being as against .£35,787 last year. C. Emerson increased hie winning record by four at the' Napier Park R.C/ Meeting.: ■~.... . ...,.' The two-year-old Margery is ancliTiblo for the Trial Plate at Waimato, owine to her win at Oamaru. Kilbarry and \Ruddy also have to drop out. for the samo reason. • Cielo, who won the Oakleigh Plate, five.furlongs and a half, at Caulfield on Saturday, is ono of The Welkin tribe. Ho is trained by Jas. Scobie, for Mr. E, E; D. Clarke. . \ '

a: u. uiai'Ke. . » ■ Mickey Free, who is down to contest the Trial Plate at' Waimate tomorrow, is one J. M. Combo's Riccarton team. He is by Advance and finished third in. a hack handicap a!t Akaroa eo,rly this month. , Uncle Ned was' made a good favourite for the Te Aroha Cup, but it was a good pool,' arid All Talk, Killard; Mangamahoe. and Lord , Kenilwortli were well backed, tho order of the others in the VeHins being Blue , Cross, AVindorah, and Royal Irish. ■. .They left in line,-and it was nearly a furlong before they could ba picked out. Then Lord Kenilwortli, Windorah, and Uncle Ned .were seen in the lead, and they showed! the wav out of the straight, followed by Blue Cross, Killard. All Talk, and Mangamahoe. with Royal Irish last. Lord Kenilworth was out clear as they raced along the back two. lengths in front of AA'indorah, who wn.s followed by-Blue Cross, , Uncle; .Ntd, All Talk. Mangamahoe, and Killard. Royal Irish boing last. \But the' field was not strung out to any extent, with the exception of Uncle Ned, who fell back last. The field bunched up as they crossed the top, and as- they .turned for home it was anybody's racei Onco in a- line for the post Killard shot out., and, finishing un his task in good style; won by a length from Uncle Neil, who made up'A lot of ground from the turn home, -with Mnnganiahoe a neck away, third. All Talk was fourth, and then ,came Blue Cross. Lord Kenilworlh, and Royal Irish, with AVindorah last. The winner has.run somewhat, disappointingly since goiiig north, but ho made some amends,on Saturday. . ■' Rebekah, the dual ElHiam winner, has ■been penalised lGlb. in th<> Mahnki Handicap at Tauherenikuu. This will mako her impost lOst. 21b. The .follbwins! horses have incurred penalties at .AVondville:—Ore Ore (101b.), Bn.ttle. Son?- (Ifllb!). Retard (51b.), Ethionian (101b.). Siveet Corn (81b.). Transmission ■' (10)b.), -XJrosswords' (101b.)",•' -Statuelte (10il>,),.aml.Stutber.(iqib.). ' Tho Railwny'.pepartinprit is running a special train from Wellington , ni .(i.iO a.m. on Thursday and Friday for FraIherston races. ' The special' train will run 'through to'the camp siding. A return train wjll start from the camp sid-ing-.'.at S.lO p.m. Intending passenjers should , travel by. the special .train, as there will be only, limited accommodation on the; mail train at 7.50 a.m./- ■ The AVairarapa Racing Club has deri.dcd <o nßmit. returned soldiers free at. the -Tanherenikau , race meetine. All thev will l)(i required to do is to show their badge and produce their discharge or loavp conce.«ion ticket. The South AVairarapa. Trot.tin? Club will lmld its annual meetinir on tlie Tauliercnikan course on June 3. The stnke. money has been' increased from .£M to :£GSO S ■