NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

' Lord Soulb broko down after tho Newmarket Handicap at Foxton on 'Thursday. It is improbable that- ! hc will race again for some considerable time.' l, > •V Lady Disdain was sold 3t tho Foxton races to Mr. W. fine for.£2oo. She almost immediately won , a stake • of £80 for her, new owner. Consequently, shei may. prove'a very cheap purchase before long. Acceptances for .the Gisborno Racing' Club's summer meeting close to-night. General: entries for the Canterbury Jockey Club's summer meeting aro due tomorrow night-.' At tho same timo acceptances for the Midsummer Handicap and filly Stakes are. also duo, as are the third forfeits for tho Mid'dlo Park Plate. At ' tho 1 Wuiroa County \ Racing Club's meeting . lart week the hurdler Earmark was Sold to Mr. Barry, of Gisborne, for. thirtyfour guineas. , The Tprquoiso gelding won the Fraeortown Handicap on the. first uay of ■the meeting. . , Shanks, Who won a race each day of the meeting, was put up to auction at the samo time, and passed in at 40 guineas., The brown mare Formidable, who; is now trained by tho Hawko's Bay trainer, J. Lawry, won the first event on tlio oponing day of the Wairoa meeting. i ,Jno. Proscar has half a dozen horses in work at x ?tfohaka. Lord Bobs (Hotclikiss—\ Lady Emily), one of tho toiim, recently won a/double at Mohaka and a double at Wairoa. .The.New,Forest gelding, Ngahaere, who also hails from this stable, won tho Hack Scurry on the second day at "Wairoa, but was disqualified for weighing in without the whole of,his gear. ' ■ - In connection with the'above incident" tho : totalisntor paid out on'Tapuko and.Matiti. who were second and third Behind Ngahaerp, but: the; bookmakers .rsid out' on tlio .'disqualified horso." Tho Hastings trainer, .T. Camerqn, sent Commander and Wai Ariki to tho Wairoa meeting last week. Commander was started four times, and ran second on each occasion, while Wai Ariki was placcd once sccond .and once third.. Tho Taka'puna Jockey Club's meeting will bo continued to-morrowi .The principal orent to be ruu is the Jockey Club Handicap. R. Broadfield rodo four winners at tho I Wairoa meeting'on Tuesday and ; Wednesday last. •

The aged gelding, Snotty, winner of the Takapuna Cup, is one of tho last of. the . St. Lowers. Thi3 is bis eighth season on the racing, track, and lie has been a good st-ako earner in his time, his total winnings amounting to, nearly £500(1. .His most suecessful yoar was in 1004-6, when ho won the Auckland Racing Club Handicap and tho Auckland Easter Handicap, but ho has boon most consistent on tho Takapuna, Club's course, and must havq won nearly every handicap at the Summer' Mooting. IJe Ims made four, attempts on the Takapuna Cup, and this i 3 his second successive win, while in his other attempts ho was placed second and' third. Tho .son of, St. Logor and Janet lifts been iv frequent place-getter, and has run many meritorious seconds to good performers like Nonettc, Quarryman, and Landlock. This season' he ran second to. Uranium in the Arondale Cup and St. Andrew's Handicap (Taknpnna), and second to-Shrapnel in tho Spring Handicap (Takapuna), and this is a real sample of his consistency throughout his career. His price as a yoarling was 205 guineas, but it was not until ho reached tho ago of-five that ho could have been looked upon as a cheap purchase.