NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 85, 5 January 1920, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(Br Glencob.) Entries for all events at the coming Foxton Meeting, to be held on January 22 and 23, close to-night at. 9 o'clock. On Tuesday up to 9 p.m. Secretary A. E. Whyto will take entries for the hack events at the Wellington Racing Club's Summer Meeting. Great interest is being taken in the Wellington Cup weights, which are due to-morrow. Nomination? for the Doncosler Handicap and Sydney Cup close at, 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Secretary A. V.. Whyto, of the Wellington Racing Club, is. empowered to take entries for the ovent.s named. So far there have been four hurdle events run on the West Coast circuit, and the Miramar-trnined Arlington has won the Int. The Signalman gelding carried I.lst. 131b. in his latest victory.' Arlimrfon is a fine big horse, and a bold jumper, so that it takes a lot of weight to stop him in a wo/ik class. However, the handicanper has made a gallant attempt in this direction for 10-dav'.s race, and the chestnut has. been awarded 15.4. 71b. Should he again be successful, it will be a weight-carrying record for tho Dominion. By all accounts, Rose Wreath performed most creditably in the Great Northern Derby, and now that AffeHation has to be spelled, the Kilbrouey filly will probably be Mr. A. M'Donald's representative in the Wellington Cup. Tt would seem as if there is a. great future for racing in this country, judging by lb" inrwod patronage bestowed on all club-- that have held meetings since the war. The totalisator returns are poine up by leaps mid bounds everywhere, and even at a small place like Waikouaiti the sum of .^17.090 wa-? nut through the machine on Year's Day. On present app°ar,''iH-es the Government will receive double the amount in taxes for the present season. A very gratifying item is the fact that .several n»v owners _ are coming inlo the sport. This will give a much nendpil tillip to the breeding industry. and in the course of a few years there will probably be found tn be ns many studs in the Dominion as was the rn-e twenty vears ago. Poval Stag.'wiener nf the Great Northern Derby, and Moorfowl. winner of the Midsummer Handir.in at the f>me meeting, are brother and sister. Thev were bre-' by their owner. Sir George Clifford, while their sire, Autumuus, and their dam. Kirriemuir, were also products of the Stnnvhu'-st Stud. Prior to his victory in tho C.J.C. Derby. Po=sini always hod the reputation of being a sprinter inore than a stayer. Even though lhe Derby at Ticcarton was a fal=e run race an-1. developed into n half-mile sprint, the vietnr was riven full credit. Now that he has been defeated in a soundly run test, the id"n that he is not a stayer is certain to bo revived. In selling Arrowsmith for £S(\W, M.-. •I. nislon,' who imported tho Engli4i horse to Auckland some few months back, must be accounted to have secured a j?nod return for lhe son of Chaucer was se : cured in England for Rfiflgns. Assuming thnt (be eo--t of transport would nbsnrb an additional .£"300, there is still a handsome return. !md, apart from the sale money, (he value of the Iwn races won respectively by the brown horse at. Woodville mid Awapuni have to be taken into account.