NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 185, 1 May 1920, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

; " >. (By Gcencob.) Three Kilbroney from Simper., Snrie: of Erin, and Blrectolre, .have been handed bv Ur. W. T. Ilazlett to 8. Wart dell of Hastings, to train. Affectation has been gelded, and at tlio present time is enjoying a spell, A oleasant gathering took place at Ellersllo on Monday last, when a-presenta-tion of a purse of £220 was mado to the veteran clerk of tho course,' Mr. T. a. Krown. The fact of Mr. Brown bavin,? noted as clerk of the course at Mlerslie on the occasion of the meeting .held in honour or the visit of the late Duke of Edinburgh to Auckland fifty-one years ago. added much interest to the presentation, which was mado bv tho Hon. K. Mitclicleon. president of tho Auckland Hacing Olob. , , Three more ycaMings from Sir Gcbrgo OlKlord's Stoiiynurst Stud Rave arrived n.t Kiccarton, and have taken up their quarters at Cutts Brofiicrs' stablcß. They aro Purple SfiUr, a bay colt by Antagonisti£flath®rhrn«) Acgalo, brown colt.by Kil-

teone'y—Angelina; anil THant Killer, chest«nut colt by. Autumnus—Bravo Heart, Tho fomvyoungstcra, who came down about a .week ago. aru all progressing well with their education.

The two imported fillies, owned by the Southland sportsman, Mr. A. Chisholm, are settling down in their new quarter? in F, D. Jones's stable at Kiccarton. 'l'lm "chcstnut by Sunflower II is well grown' and full of Quality, wlulo the hay by Fowling Piece, is low set, but a vory attractive younsler.

1 Mr.,o. Q. Dalgety has sold the two-year-old gcMinc Jazz,, by 3olfcrino—.Stardancer, to Mr.. P. Hanlon. .Tlio youngster lias,not Won yet. his only money-earning eliort being third in a race at tlie Duuedin Jockey Club's summer meeting, but ho has shown himself a smart galloper on I 'the Iticeai'tou tracks.

At the Sydney yearling Bales a brown colt by llopoaiit—Jessie liewars, ranking ms a half-brother to l'haddeus Mielmela, and Adulina, was disposed of at 500"ns. In writing of the youngster tlio Sydney "Beferee" says:-"A neater colt it would . bi> hard to find, and. had he been by a fashionable sire instead of an uutricd one, it is likeljr. that he would have made.the highest price this Easter, for he is a perfact.. model.'' ■ - ■ \ . ■ Tlve .salo of the Monoform gelding Eockfield to Mr. Emanuel, of Morrinsville, for £1250, has been announced. Rookfield proved himself a vory useful performer during the season, and must have paid his breeder, the Hon. ; E. W. Alison, well. Golden Rose, dam of Eockfield, was a very good mare,, and Rockilold is tho best thatMonoform has left. Itose Pinlt and Trentham Itoso aro again in commission at headquarters. Acceptances for all events of the Royal Race Meeting of (he Canterbury Jockey Club, to lie held on Riccarton racecourso, on Wednesday ■ next. A.J.C. STAKES INCREASED: . By Telograph-Press Association-Copyright • ' Sydney, April 23., !lhe Australian Jockey Club lias increased the added money for the 1921 Derby, to .£6000; for tlie St'. Leger, 1922, to =62000; for the Sires' Produce Stakes, ,1922. to i£4MO; and for the Epsom, 1920, to JSOOO. . ' . ■'