NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10279, 14 May 1919, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By' "Tohunga.")'

Tho Horowhenua Bacing Club will tola its annual meeting on the Lonn course on June Cth. There are seven races on the programme, nominations for wmeh close' on Friday next 8t 8 p.m.

Miss Do Val. who is in foal to. Bcmlforin. has been booked up to visit Kubronev this season.

Swct Tipperary, who won her raoo so well at F?ilding, has been accorded a well-earned spell, and will enjoy a roam in the paddocks "midst the gentle green blades for some weeks to come. The stock of Sienor continue to turn out as winners. The last successful one was Henry Clay, who won the Marlborough. Cup at Blenheim yesterday. Henry Clav was very much due for a win too. Jack Fletcher, a one-time prominent horseman in Auckland, has been riding work- of late at' Ellerslie. Fletcher sticks to .the old style of long leathers, whioh is in .striking conflict to the Tod Sloano methods of to-day. The fields on the opening day of the Marlborough Eacing Club's meeting were not too healthy numerically. In jthe Ooawa Welter and the Marlborough Cup there were but three runners.

Cetinge's half-brother, by Tressady was passed in at the Bandwick yearling sales for 430 guineas.

Tho bookmaker? get off very lightly a* Bandwick; the fee being but £A 15s per day. Most of the proprietary concerns charge the penciUers ■ £5.

Mr.' George Harlow, well known in theatrical oircles. has issued a Supreme Court writ against the Camden Park Co., Ltd., Sydney, claiming .£SOO damages in respect of the care and attention of the race mare Trinobantes. The Futurity oI 1821. the big two-year-old race, to be run at Saratoga (New York). ■ attracted 931 entries, the. principal subscribers to the stake being J. E,. Madden. 8S: H. P. Whitney, 75; and A. K. ilaoomber. 56. The stallions with greatest numerioal representation are Friar Bock, 36; and Light Brigade, 31. Stallions' represented total 132.

The Prince of Wales has been elected a' member of the English Jockey Club (says a Sydney writer), and tho Governor of Viotoria (Sir Artihur Stanley), while ai Whangaratta on Saturday, said that the man who abstained from horseraoing not only lost a deal of excellent sport, but. what was more important, a great deal of very excellent company. This., from a man who confessed to not being interested in horse racing before his arrival in Viotoria. will be productive of lamentation in *hose circles wiiere presence at a race meeting, or indulgence in a bet, condemns anyone.

Mr W. Beid and the secretaries, of a couple of the Melbourne proprietary clubs have been indulging in a tilt regarding the profit alleged to be made bytha latter bodies, says the "Beferee.' The secretaries state . that ■■ Mr Beid s ideas on the subject are exaggerated, and point- out that he selected particular days. In his reply to Mr J. R. Orobke, Of Aspendale Park, Mr Beid remarks: "I can assure Mr Crooke my grievance is'not 'that proprietary concerns exist, but- with the grasping, niggardly treatment of man and horse which they entail- At the same time I would certainly not like to.see Flemington a. proprietary "concern,* with a Melbourne Cup of '£looo, run over five furlongs, as would most ■ likely be the case, if it took its cue from down the line." Mr Reid wishes to. know why the big Melbourne clubs' and the. country olubs publish balance-sheets and the proprietary clubs carefully refrain from adopting a similar oourse. It may be added that it is not only' in Melbourne considerable curiosity exists concerning • proprietary clubs' balance-sheets. In Sydney supporters of racing would. like to know, but there is not the least possibility of their curiosity being, gratified.

'ln regard to the above [paragraph the Australian publio should adopt the system obtaining in Now Zealand and do away absolutely with proprietary clubo. They would get more satisfaction then-

It seems rather a pity that the English rules of racing do not allow a partnership horse to be entered in the names of both partners (says a writer in the Loudon ■ "Observer"). This matter is governed by. rule 79,. which stipulates that "an entry shall be in or assumed name, of one person." I believe that regulation is peculiar to the TTnited Kingdom. Take the cases of Mr Lionel Booinson and Mr William Clark. In ; England their jointly-owned horses must run either as Mr Bobinson's or Mr Clark's; but in Australia Magpie and King Of/a race as "Messrs Eobinson and Clark's." The Australian records, therefore, give both gentlemen credit as owners of those horses; but in England one or other of them has to lie low and leave the turf historian of the future to discover as best he may tho fact that the "sleeping" partner had a share of the honour and glory. Turn to the list of St. Leger winners. In 1891 Sir Frederick Johnstone's Common was tho victor; in 1804 Lord Alington'a Throstle inflicted the sensational defeat of Ladas. But Lord Alington was just as greatly interested in Common as he was in Throstle, and Sir Frederick Johnstone in Throstle as he was in Common. The peer and the baronet were partners for long years. They came, indeed, to be known as "the old Aim." Surely it would have been more sensible to lee posterity know that they were joint owners of the many horses with whom they gained such notable triumphs. _ It should bo .optional to enter a horse in tho name of one or both of the partners, or. better still, make the latter alternative compulsory. An Australian writer has compiled tho following figures regarding Gloaming's winnings;—

Despite a 101 b penalty Gloaming had no difficulty in winning the C.J.C Challenge Stakes at Riccarton (Christchurch) last week, the two-year-old Surveyor runnins second. This made Gloaming's 13th win in 15 starts, second place being- his portion in his other two races. Inclusive of a .£IOO trophy. Gloamings earn inks this season total JE12,176, so ha is now ahead of 'tho £i 1.746 wqn by ais exstabla companion Biplane at the ume ago. With two three-year-olds wLose winnines in eirccessive season total nearly .£24,000. Mr G. D. Greenwood has reason to be satisfied with his racing experiences. Gloaming's record is as follows : First. Chelmsford Stakes (Randwick} 687 First. A.J.C. Derby 4724 First, Wellington Champion Plato 650 First. N.Z. Derby 1050 Second. G. G. Stead Memorial Stakes 150 first. A.H..C. Winston Plate 500 First. Great Northern Derby 1100 First. Wellington Stakes (500 First. Kelburn Plat* 325 Second. Taranaki Stakes 100 First. F/trmont Stakes 400 First. Hawcra Stakes 400 First. Jackson Stakes 400 First, Wanoranni Guineas 390 First. C.J.C. Challenge Stakes 700 Total 12,176* Some New Zealand compilers of Gloaminjr's earnings have been at the disadvantage of not knowins the value to the winner of the Chelmsford Stakes, and have also omitted the -C?SO that went ;f» sfr E. E. D. Clarke as breeder of the A..T.0. TWhv.. That nmnnnf- ,-iraa »n.irt