NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 49, 21 November 1919, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Glencoe.) Aeceplanees for the first day's handicaps at the Feilding meeting closo tonight at SiO. The Takapuna lAeting wijl opcn on Saturday and will bo concluded'ou \\ edncsday next. Jockeys S. Iteid, J. O'Siiwt, and H. Robinson returned from Sydney on \\ ear.esdny, and will be riding at tho lalcapuna meeting to-morrow. The Feilding meeting will be held on November 29 and December 1. Tho Timaru meetinc will bo concluded to-day. . After a lengthv discussion the committee of tho Wellington. Racing C nb decided not to alter the distance of the : Wellington Cup. Tho Wellington-owned Simonides w one of the favourites for the Cheltenham Handicap. to be decided «t •l"™" puna on Saturday. Iliu C.J.C. H <jlcomo f&akes winner raced prominently at Ellerslie last week, and is evidently returning to form. He will be ridden by 11. Gray and tho same rider will have the. mount on Depredation in the Alison Cup. Tho Australian-bred Landslide, winner of the Avomlale Stakes, is meeting a, • very weak field in tho Cambria Handicap' at the Takapunn. meeting on Saturday. and in the circumstances ho may start a good favourite. . BoiMttor. winner of the principal handicap at Timaru yesterday, is provm? a good etako winner for Mr. G. L. Stead. As a whole the Boniforin mares have not ranked as high as the colts by tho same sire, but Bonetter is proving ■ the exception, and bids fail* to take a high place in tho winning list this season. Pretty Bobby changed hands recently and is now owned by Mr. H. Good, of Wanganui. He is trained by P. Colley, who is getting a big team together at tho river town. At the conclusion of the Ashhurst meeting jockevs A. J. M'Flinn, A. Peed, • and B. Reed "left for Takapuna, vliero i th'cy have engagements to fulfil to-mor- < row. J Jlomac, winner of the concluding event j at the Ashhurst meeting, looks to bavo Ti-iiiterod well. She was sharpened up by .the race she had at Carterton, and . oil Wednesday she won in very decisive fashion; Slio looks like doing further , ssrvico for Trainer P- Jlazelnian, who holds her on lease during the absence of Mr. H. Card, who is at present on a hoalth-seekin? trip to Samoa. M. Hobbs. who is still confined to his room, has sent Gay Lad homo to his owner nt Longbeach for a short spell. The following Coalings have been re- . Dotted from Spring Grove Stun':—Remission. a chestnut filly, Prayer Wheel a c.h«b)ut filly, Lady Marina a brown colt. Sunglow a bay colt, Sobersides a chestnut filly, Woterspray a brown colt, . all to Winkie; and Good Sign a chestnut filly to Masterpiece. At Takapuna on Saturday D. O'Sliea is to ride Mountain Qold in flic Alison Cup and Canzonet in the Borough Handicap. The. value of the first prizo in tho recent Melbourne Cup, won by Artilleryman. was .£7022. It is estimated that Artilleryman's total winnings up to date run out to over