NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

! Br Gl.encok. The Spring Meeting of the Tdkapima Club will open to-day. Tho principal evont is tho Alison Cup. Amongst tho runners are Uncle Ned (Oil. 31b.) and I/6rd Kenihrorth (6st. 101b.). The lastnamed was much 111 demand for tho Mitchclson Cup, run at-'Ellcrslie 011 November 6, but it is reported that he was backward in condition, so he may bo expected to do much better to-day. The Cheltenham Handicap is tho /ipen sprint event. Spanner (9st. 51b.) is at the head of the list, and included in the iidld is Lucullan (Sst. !>lb.). On Opaki form, the last-named should possess u jjreat chance, and his trainer, P. Davis, evidently rates it very highly, as he has arranged to, return' homo by Sunday's ei-press. A. Reed has gone north to ride the Woodpile representative. . • - Writing to a friend in Napier. Mr. I. H. Lowry, who is at present 111 England, giveti it as his opinion that Hector Gray can' be classed amongst ■ tho iirst ii\e horsemen in tho world. . The annual meeting of the Ashliurst Club will bo held 011 Wednesday next. Amythas has been blistered, and is to be given a lengthy spell. Hie Auckland trip has .been, cancclled, and ho will l not raco again until the autumn. Some time ago the famed Yalumirst training establishment was submitted to Ruction by Ct. L. Stead, but it failed /to teach the reserve. B. Jarden has now purchased tho property,- and will shortly mate it his headquarters. Permission has been granted the ftotorua Jockey Club to hold'its next annual meeting on the Claudelanus course, Hamilton, The cliie* reason for ♦he application' was that the Rotor 110, course at Arawa'Park had been considerably damaged by the Maori camp during the Prince of Wales's visit. _ Mr; J. Swainson has been appointed secretary of tho Pahiatua Racing Club in place of Mr. S. T. Tiimey, who has occupied that position 1 for some years. Dainty Step was a trifle sore after the four hard races she had at Eiccarton. She is to be given a'spell. . . , Kipling has been a great disappointment since his owner gave 800 guineas for the half-brother to. Bobrikotf. His trainer is at a loss what to do with the rood-looking chestnut, who seems to have grown cunning, and will not try in his tIl Mr. T. H, Lowry pai3 toWl guineas for the filly V Sunstar—Teat which he purchased at the recent English yearling B °h! Howe'intends taking Johnny Walker to' Ellerslie for the Auckland Cup Meeting, but none of the other rrenthnm trainers are likely to make flic "trip. A novel suggestion is put forward by an Australian writer. It is no less than. & continuous totalisator on.eay, the Jielbourne Cap, to be opened from the timu the weights are first declared , and keep operating till the Tace starts. The proposer of thief novel scheme suggests that the results should be issued, daily, and 1e of opinion that if those who now patronise tho ring Were to support it as they do the fixed price form of wagering the Tesult would be something enorJnous, as doubtless it would, and very laree dividends might accrue.. The following are the entries for the Woodville Handicap, of 600 govs., one and » quarter miles, at the Woodville District Jockey Club's summer meeting:— Demagogue, Miss Maid ( Athens 11, Scornful. Moutoa Ivanova, Hurry Up, Titrritya, Kilgour, Volo, Marqueteur, \utaire. 'Red .Ribbon, Demand,_ Voluable/ Rebuff, Dusky Eve, Rose Pink, E3pcrMice, llaioha, Sunart, Molyneaux, Sycorax,. Bagdad, Railand, Walton, Nobleftan.