NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 147, 17 March 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(Br Gl-ENCOE.)

Nominations for the Manawatu Racine Club's autumn meetinK close on Fndaj at 9 p.m.; also forfeits, for the JfopaMtu Stakes and Sires' Produce Stakes. On hoth days the bur handicap is worth 40D sovs., and the open .sprims are both ot entries for the OJ.CI mccti.is close on Friday. • -Acceptances for tlio Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps are due at the same time. The Masterton Itacine Club s ""f-' 1 ™" meeting will be held at Qpaki on > at'irday. Very stood acceptancc6 ha\o been received. . > $ Owine to the altered date of arriv.U or the Prince of Wales, the Auckland Racing Club has decided to nostponc The raco meeting to be held at EUerslie on the ofr casion of his visit to Auckland till about April 26. and poft-nonn the date for tak« InT-entrlec untirifarch. The locally-owied Arrow6tmth has been awarded But, 81b. in the Doncaster Handicap. and his stable companion hilrusli has hecii eiveu 7st, 91b. in the Sydney Gap. Neither of the pniv is likely to make the trip, but probably they will be raeme nt Iticcarton at the same time. Arrowsmitli. 8?t..131h.. is first favourite for the (j.J.O. Great Easter Handicap, seven furlongs, and: he is closely followed by the three-ymr-old Amythaß. When the last mail left the crack threes year-old Artilleryman. 9st. 21b.. was a. good favourite for. the Sydney Cup to 10 run on Easter Monday. This is a. very big weicht for a throe-ycar-old. hut Ilia Comedy Kins: colt is in the first eh ss. and it may jnot be beyond him. The cx-New Zealand trainer. M. 1. M'Grnth. who has been located at Uulfield for some years, is to nay a visit to the Dominion, and will arrive here by llio Ulimaroa. on Monday. , , r A. D. Webster, in charge of Jla-rur Moutoa, and Fislicr. will leavo for Sydney by the Ulimaroa, duo to'-sail next week. Their owner. Mr. Harry •Raynor, may co over by ft later boat. If placed vicht y Master Moutoa and Fisher should bold their own in jumpinc events on the other side. . . . . . Jockey F. Oress is at present in town, and la tryinu to ieet to Sydney by tho Moeraki. which is due to eail on Tliund.iy. If his health.- which is poor at present, permits ho will ride Master Moutoa and Fisher, in thoir encasements at Sydney. Artilleryman. has now won £1?,284 in stakes, and the only horses who hav» raced in Australia and won more aro Carbine, Oftijrne. Desert Gold. Trafalgar. Poseidon, Glcamine. Saranof. Carlita, and Lanius' (who, however, secured a pood portion of his winnings in England). Ono win in Sydney will place the colt ah,-.-..d of Rasanof. Carlita. Lanius, and Qloamlnir, leavjrc only five ahead of him. As a three venr-old .V'tiUeryman has won tlio record total of £16,357. At the Fame net) Prince Foote wen £14,564. Pairobn* #113,700, Poseidon .€12.947. Gloauiinr XIV f6. V.lpiano £11,773, Cetigne £9830. Richmond Mn'ii has won £9426 this season. Though Bindle and Punka claim e:ifn?i>mcnts at Riccarton. it is reported that they-will do their ICaster racing at Ellern lie. where boxc* have been enricod for them. J. Pearson' has put Vascular nilo steady work airaln and the old 'chaser looks frc«h " Tho W Wolkin (imp.) recently had a- seizure at Mr. E. E. D. Clarke's stud at Meltni. Victoria, but is now well on the road tn recovery. Sasanof and G6ldcn Hubble were scratched at "2.20 p.m. yesterday for all eneacemeitts at the Auckland Racing Club's forthepminp meeting; (reports the Press Association).