NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Br Glexcoe. Tha Hanawatu Hunt Club's meeting will be held ou the Awapuui racecourse today. The first event is timed tor 11.45 a.m. Tho spring meeting of tlie Rosehill Racing Club will be bold next Saturday, when it is expected that the New Zealand horsci —Gloaming, Vespucci, and Dewdrop J will make their appearance under silk. Gloaming will race in the Spring Stakes, and the three-year-olds in the Roechill Guineas. Diamond Nap, "runner-up to Otauru Kid in the Hack Hurdles at Morton, is meeting the Foxton horse on much improved terms to-day, for at Jlarton Diamond Nap carried 61b. over-weight, which will not be carried to-day, while Otauru Kid has to Bboulder a penalty. This week's Sydney mail brings the i.ew» that Mr. TV. Riordan'a Eardol won the big handicap on both days of tlie Bcndigo meeting last month. Tho well-bred Miramar ia to-be seen out in the Hunters' Hurdles at Awa.puni today. When owned by Mr. P. Armstrong Miramar was very highty thought of, but he hardlv van up to expectations in public. He liaß had a long spell, and should be a much-improved horso now. The New Zealand Cup candidates Nobloman, Gasbag, and Printemps are down to compete in the TVaikanne Handicap at Awapuni to-day. The distance is seven furlongß, and the Bhowmg of Gasbag will give an idea as to whether it is worth while Bending him north for the Avondale Guineas. Gasbag was not hurried aB a two-year-old, but ho showed considerable promise in the autirjm. unfortunately he went slightly wrong, and had to be thrown out of training. _He Is owned by Mr. A. 13. TVilliaraß, who is beet known to tho sporting public as the owner of Chortle, ar.d more recently Humbug. Included in the field for the Maiden race at Awanuni to-day is the New 1 lymouthowned Prodigal, runner-up to Mmtaire in the Trial Plate at Marton. Prodigal will have the services of H.'Goldfinch, ana ns the Danube gelding racsd at Otakl m June, and at Marton last week, he will be more forward than the other starters. ■ A returned soldier, who in his time was an accomplished amateur cross-country rider, and who! saw a lot of rnriiif during the years he waß m England. Has a, high opinion of tho horses taking part in jumping races there. In the courso of a conversation he expressed the rmnion that it. was doubtful if the Prince of Wales would be nblo to win even military steeplechases with his gift- horso Kitlark, as these events are run over n-oder-ate-sized brush fences. Some v 7LI?„ E i„ loner's take part in them, and pimply fh the obstacles, and Kinlark is by no means a dasher. r ~ Sir Archibald Wcigall. Governor of South Australia, appears to be a very ciifhyslaßtie sportsman. It is said of mm that ho is a frequent visitor to Tlctona Park training grounds for ridir.g exercise. Tho habitues of this track find thai- His Excellency talks most- entertainingly concerning the breeding and training of horses—especially jumpers—in tho vld Country.