NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 212, 2 June 1919, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[BY GLENCOE.I

Tomorrow —King's Birthday there will be races at Hllerslie, Otaki, mid Dunedin. Local interest will centre mainly in the Otalci meeting, and patrons aro advortisocl that spccial trains will leave I Lamblon Station at 7.45 a.m. and 0.10 a.m. l'lw return trains will leave OtaKi at 4.20 p.m. and 4.40 p.m. ' ' Soldiers in uniform will be admitted to the Otaki racecourse free of charge to-morrow and Wednesday* - The English Derby will be run at lip' som\ on Wednesday. At the conclusion of the racing at Oaiiiaru Sir. J. Biggins, owner of Ivi - brogan, purchased Julkee, and the geld1 race in his interests at the Dun* eiliu meeting this week. The Horowhenua meeting will be held 011 Friday next. Visitors from Wellington can mako the trip both ways by the New Plymouth train. The racing will commence at 11.30 a.m., and will finish in time to enable visitors to catch the New Plymouth mail. . After his good showing m the Staiden Steeples at Ellerslio, Tenacious may bo fancied in the big event to-morrow. It does not look if the field will bo ~ a strong one, and after their failures" on Saturday, both Sleight of Hand and SlaSter Lupin may be left, in their boxes, and not asked to undertako such a trying couvso. Tenacious does not incur a penalty for his win on Saturday. > One of the most pleased about the result of the Great Northern Hurdles would be Sir .lames Carroll, who purchased Cynic in Ireland for Jlr. H. do Lautour. Considering that he has been a complete failure up to the present it was doubly gratifying to see the imported horse winniiiK such a good stake, The heavy s,'oing on Saturday would suit the son of Henry the First, ns ho lias been regularly schooled on peat going in Ireland. At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockev Club last week mention was made of tlie prevalence of sprint events on most programmes, and the conference is again to bo asked to legislate in the matter of more races over a distance of ground. This is a move in the right direction, and it is to be regretted that some clubs-to bolster up their totalizator returns —aro in the habit of catering for speedy squibs only. Frequently ono has seen the principal race of tlio day run over a shorter course than a mile, this move being adopted to secure a better field. The Canterbury Jockey Club lias several times sent a remit to the conference, asking for longer races, but Ibo country clubs havo always been too strong, anil regularly the proposed rule has been thrown out. ■ When Bigaroou won the A.J.C. Chauipagno Stakes he did so in the colours of ''Mr. Constable/' who holds the colt on lease'from Mr. E. J. Watt.