NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 93, 13 January 1908, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

;■ Owners' and trainers are ■'reminded \ that > • accspiarftes for the first day's events at the Wellington Racing Clhb's Slimmer .meeting * close at 9 o'clock this evenifig With the see're-' "i ) tary, Mr.- A. E. Whyte. At. the sjiihe time ] s ■ final payments for the Wellington Stakes ( : snd ..entries for ,the. Disposal Stake's are alsarrj I due. ■ .'». W i*>£ -j !i * i Wednesday next is acceptance day for the first dav.'s ; ClnbV meeting, wlieii entries for the Trial J Jtack and Masden Hack Scurry must bo { mado. :■ , j Weights -fw' tho-- Pahiatua • Racing • Club's 'j taeeting arc-due torday. * i\' ~ ; ' \ . Nominations for tho Egmont Racing Club's ' i ■ < taeotmg closo on Wednesday next. ;• An offer of £400 for S'lr Artegal is'at' ; present being considered by .tho owner ;of " s . the colt. -' h.. ' 1 • •• i i, Mr. D. Price's reccnt purchase, Munjeet, i has been doing good track t ■: .ton. Sho is expected at Trenthain about s Thursday next, and is, • I understand, a sure c !■'■ starter in the Telegraph Handicap. i i .Crests yvill ,■ most//likely.- be .the ,'solpj j . representative"'of tKb Porinia' stable ~in "the ■ (Wellington Cup, as Margiierite'jis nofc'liKely; > •' to start. • t

. Up Jo the time of writing it has not been s, decided; who. is to have tlie mount on Maniak i . poto in tho big race next Saturday. i

The Committee. of,; the,;. Wellingtqii sßopk-i makers': Triceti''tcwlSy : row for the purpose bf drawiiig up rules to be submitted, to a general meeting. ■■ ,/SSjf i) .F

It is now stated that Zimmerman's'front 1 joints caused S. Waddell some-trouble prior i . ' to the Aiickiand Cup • and'4>W--fffs > the going being suitable the'son of. . head and \ Solitairo.. might i ; started.' . ' '• . fi. -Mr.;'J. Bull, !••' will arrive in town week.''

Tho Hutt trainer, .-W?/DdVies'Mwill-Vsli'6Vtly < ' be removing his hoadquartfcrs to Trentham. His new house has just been completed, and . , tho stables wilLsoon = bo«u-nder coiistructidir.f £mce the Raciii'g Club secured tho Trentham course, the Hutt trainers havo slowly but : Burely been .moving north. : H. Telford, vfith ; Ti'ti|anini;' and.fHi'Kingj.- . with Tangimoana 'aiid 'Raugipapa,' are exV. . pected at Trentham to-morrow. : ■ ■ i.. J> Lowe ,hiis : tiow - got '•■Aeolus ; well, and tho -\Eiirhplycldfi^'lir)irsp.' : : wti ably be a starter'iii ;: tho'-A'nriiversiiry 1 Haii-' . : dicap. . Tho. Conqueror .mare' Blti6 v xieU; : itKfcii folH tvhilo .racing at Tanherenikau,'is '-mikiiig'A' , good recovery , from • tho injuries glio ceived. The Pilgrim's Progress colt Paragon may not be seen out at tho Wellington meeting, . but when the Dunediu-Jockey • Club's nominations appear I expect to see him entered for the C'jp. The Palmerstoli jockey, Hugli.Telford, willbe engaged at. tho Poit-bn meeting, next' .... week, but lus services will be available on f\ the concluding day at, Trentham. .. , Though Suttee had very easy fields to beat on t/ho West Coast during the holidays, sho ..is not likely to. uroyo a, failure -in.lbigper-. ; company, for reports'' crcclifc her with cxcellont Work on "tho' traihiiig tracks.' Though the Finland nlare, Vardo, is ii good track worker, she is of no use to Sutteo. BobrikofE was very his'effort's at tho Auckland Cup meeting. ••ci,^'i? :C , ll °' cc ' J . 0 . r0 sta Wo may not depend on ileotfoot .to wi.ii the Wellington Stakes,.on account _of tho penalties-khd will havo to carry. Peihaps Ulencullcch mav bo given a <hance toiiinprovo on his last year's effort.