NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 301, 16 September 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

• (By Glencoe.)

Entries for all ovents at the Horowhcniia meeting closo on Thursday nest at 8 p.m. The Spring meeting of the Otaki Racing Club will open' on Saturday next, and will be concluded on Monday. ~ Acceptances for the Wanganui meeting close on Friday nest. ■ ■••- -Mr. H. Coyle lias been reappointed handicapper to tho Tarunaki Jockey OXib. On Friday, September 26, Mr. A. E. Whyte, secretary of tho Wellington Racing Club, will .receive nominations for tho Spring Meeting - ,: and also entries-for the Wellesley Stakes .1920, Wellington Stakes 1921, N.Z. Challenge Stakes 1921, and the N.Z. St. Leger 1922. These races are all 'for present yearlings. ' Several writers havo fallen into the error of stating that the Australian three-ypiir-old Bigarodn is owned by Mr. E. J. Watt. As a matter of fact, nn ex-Wel-lingtoninn, who races as "Mr; Constable," owns Bigaroon, who is- trained by J. Whitworfch at Randwick. '

J. Wairoa, who generally pilots Mattock and Stetson ; in their engagements, came in.for n'substantial Cegacy recently, but it has not caused .him to give up riding, Fabriquc'tte, winner of the-bte handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt Club Meeting, is by Vasco from Fabia, and is.one of Mr. Harvey Patterson's breeding.. She generally races well on the Ellerslio track, and has boon snoceesfulli there previously. While being landed from the- Port Melbourne at Auckland on Monday of last week; Some Boy'hung back in the box, and as a-result his off hind heelgot cut nboni'a bit. The horse was walking very tender on it, and will in consequence have to b9 given an easy time for a while. This is bad luck for Mr.'E.W..Alison, jun., for it may prevent him fulfilling his engagement! at Avondale. -In Melbourne nowadays all entries closs At 4 p.m.. Considering the'assistance such i change would make in office working,' it is a wonder that the custom is not adopted in New. Zealand. ';

Irritation, a mare R, Wootton purchased ■ in England for 800 guineas for,an Australian sportsman, beat a fairly nigh-etass field in the Flying Handicap, at the recent Mooiefield meeting, Irritation, according ' to Sjdney.'exchanges, was backed in the most confident fashion by. her connections, and. going to tho front in the straight, won with so much in hand that her next public appearance will. bo watched with considerable interest. The mare is not engaged in the big spring- handicap. • After.a .spell' of a few/weeks, the New Zealand 'chasor; Gladfivl' has again been put into work at Caulfield. He will pro'bab".y be found racing at Randwick next month. ' | Sweet Corn is to fulfil her engagement in the Avondale Cup, and space has been booked for the Malster mare on the Arahura, which leaves Napier for Auckland to-morrow. B> Reed is to .ride Sweet Corn in her engagements. ' . The Avondale Club is fortunate in being go situated that- tho railway "cut" makes little or no difference to it. There are cough horses in the north to run a suci i.sfu'l! meeting at almost any time, and, in addition, the Avondale Club has been -lucky enough to get horses from Tnra- ; -ki, Hawke's Bay, and Gisborne, while |. : d it not been for the withdrawal of he Pateena Mr. 1 A. M'Donni'd. of Masi t'f.rton, intended sending Murihiku and ; the. Kilbroney—Grey Linnet filly to the m noting. , . « . •' Ontside of' Gay Lad no other horse is : inquired for in connection with tho New ' Zealand Cup.. Some of the turf writers in the'south'are inclined to doubt the , staying ability of the imported horse, but viewed in any, light it is not easy to imagine him as a.non-stayor. -.His finishing effort in the CJ.C. Great Easter Handicap certainly pointed to him as able to go on well, and, in addition to this, he is bred like a stayer. :