NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 61, 5 December 1919, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Glencoe.)

Entries for tho Wairarapa,. Hawke's Bay, and Marton meetings close tonight.

Acceptances for • the first day's handicaps of the Manawatu meeting closo on Tuesday next.

As was anticipated, Macduff easily annexed the big event at the Mothven meeting yesterday. The Chokeboro three-vear-old was a better class than the opnosition he mot in the south, and tho distance suited him. Macduff seems to scav on well, and he should later on be seon to advantage in better company than he defoated yesterday. Olvnthus went wrong after racing on tho first day of the Feilding meeting, and the "Demosthenes gelding will reqitiro.a soell. This is bad luck'for Mr. C. Louisson. as tho tlirec-year-olo.' was galloping well, and looked certain to pay his way during tho holidays.

Ladify will be taken to the West Coast at Christmas time, and engago in tho rncinu circuit which takes in tho.Eecfton, Greymouth and Hokitika meetings. Trainer J. Ayros, of Trenthnm, is suffer intr from an internal, complaint, and has had to enter a private hospital at Wellington. H. Burt is leaving for Woodville on Saturday morning in charge of Goldstream. who is to contest the hack liurdlo events next week. F. Carmont has received an ao'dition to his team at Foxton in tho shapo of a fiix-vear-old gelding by Gold Crest from Vallance. dam of To Ifahurangi. The nnweomor is tho property of Mr. J. 31. M'Donald. of Lovin.

The local horsemnn "It. Heed has been cneMsed to rice tho imported horse Arrowsmith in his Woodville engagements. Tt is stated that Arrowsmith will join S. Eeid's Hastings team at the conclusion of the racinsr at Woodville.

.T. M'tauehlin is leaving Trentfiam on Monday with tho two-year-old Fortune Teller, who is to contest the Maiden Plate nt Woodville on Wednesday next. Previous winners of this rnco include flvmestra and Midni|?ht Sun. Tho event is for horses of all ages, and is a wci<rht-for-ai» : Tacc, so that two-year-olds havo a b'K pull in tho weights. This vear's field includes the Doraesthenes vounestnr Tessires. who started favourite in the Feildinf? Stakes, but was left •Acceptances for the Auckland Cnp and Bailwav Handicap are due General entries are also due at 9 p.m.