NOTES AND COMMENTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9791, 15 October 1917, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

(Bv “Tohtmga.") Otvners and trainers are fciven a final reminder that acceptances for the first day's events of the Wellington Racing Club's spring meeting close at 0 o’clock to-night with the secretarv at Woodward street. Forfeits for the Champion Plate are due at the some time. The first of the North Island N.Z. Cup candidates is already on the scene of action. Sleight-of-Hand* having proceeded south during the week. He laas with him a chum, in the shape of a pony, the nair being inseparable. Sooner than run any risks of the gelding fretting, Shearsbv shipped the pony to Riccarton with the soi* of Mystification.

G. Price has arrived at Trentham with Nystad, Birkonvale, Sunny Climes, and Cherry Mart, a two-year-old filly by Birkenhead from Martia.

Most of the Trentham trainers who raced their charges at Mastorton returned on Saturday. „ certain amount of work was got througn ac Ra-caxtun on bacurday. Margcrin© and Sisyphus went a sound seven furlongs, being joined by Argento over the last five furlongs. The whole journey took th© first-named pair linin 34sec.

Disdainful, who is looking well, covered a mil© in Imin 46sec, finishing the gallop in good style.

Wardancer and Adjutant went over one and miles, the time registered being 2mia 13 2-ssec.

Donnato ran four furlongs in 30sec. Love Token and Red Rose went nicely over five furlongs in Imin 42sec.

Phil May ran half-a-mile qn the plough in 53seo.

The imported English mare, _ Wild Oats, has produced a filly to Vice-Ad-miral. Wild Oats is said to be one of the finest-looking mares in the Southland district.

Tip Up registered his best performance to data by putting down a good field in the Electric Handicap at Timaru. thereby justifying the support accorded him when he got left at the post in his Oamaru race. For some time he has been in the private sale list, and ns m many previous instances of this class of announcement it heralded an important victory. In view of his 1 seems a pity that the son o[ AH Ked was not given a nomination in the C.J.C. Stewards' Handicap. The heaviest weight carried to n the C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap since i?s inception in 1890- is the 9.0 under which Vladimir prevailed Under the circumstances the task set Heseit Gold, 10 5 in next mouth’s race assumes formidable pretensions.