NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The eight starters in. the Settlors Hacl Handicap went off to an>br# start; t'Eohnk Boon soon took the lead- and .triod-,to-wir ali the. way, but she was caught, aiid heater a few yards off the po'st 1 Robin Link gol away smartly, but could'not Otmv going 'wit]: Bonnie Doon. Seaton Dale,-'tile -favoiirilici 'if not a good beginner, but h'6''l«H6n'3 tffll r a'i the business end. He' .Jfist 1 Doon on the post, but Ihitch nppcaTod to*bc riding confidently. iN'iiolievo' was' last' : the ivholo way; . " /■ li_ •').'! \wiiii_. -JJItflV Pap'at'awa; was' dies, For which, PJayniat9|wj^'.ii^tol.li^>'. l tt(it farourite. Ho,won cbmfqr^jity'at thqYiViiishi Royal. Bine ran better than (io'has'done foi a long time; He is evidently -Jjijili to form. Mount' Cook pljjt" \!])'a; but had; no clmnbc; With; tli§ t * vyniiorj who is a much improved horse. '"CoiibuiisiQri found the'pace too warm'muie'' firsi'lpal'ti but ran liko a stayer. 'J. Of tho seven starters injvtlj6 11 aHanctj Hsbk •Somali was sorted-out jjjyj Diplomatic next, in tfemandj,-. ; heayy weight told .'its. tale on.;Spmali,-./and,:Jaffei' leading to tho straight/, ? 'sho beaten. Hatch had Lethean, in, aj.iucOj.posS tion the whole way, and once in tbq.jstjjiigljtj ho assumed command ansVjjpjj,gasjlyjijsb9jicrj' began better to-day, but-k(io never,', had-; a ohance. Brown Belt and Jet do Moro Viover got. within striking distance.'-* who recently ran into .places' .at Trontliani and Pahiatua, seoms to b'o' slowly gaining form -- ■ - ' Loirofc and Rangihaota wore tho withdrawals from tho Autumn-Jlandicap. Waipaku, who was a slightlst„botier. favourite than King's Lynn and'AßerfatriStf, had the services of T. O'Brien. She was not lot go to the front in her now tactics did not improvo her chances., liatch took Kurawaka to the ffdlt'fc 1 fro "thij' 2 and had a little over in the straight, but the San te'ibo shaken up to stall off iv-iitrong Cha'llongoiby Aberration." Tho latter through on the rails, but failed, 'and;: though ho' was finishing iti the race, ho was too KiiriiWakav King's Lynn ran an honestrr'aco;': bufcdid -n'ot finish' as strong as preyiou? sday. Silver Shell was 'going wcll»'_at a «mije, fas' was Waipaku, l but both •":bcaten"' r jn i; 'thb ond.' ,v;i£ Blue - 801 l was a slightlyivbetiter"favoiirito than- ; Rangipapa for thW:Kuinero'a>*/HaciL Hydraulic was first to shew. out,- and", maintained his lead all the yvaY; :w(nningicomfortably by half a length.' Bliio 8011--was racing second at the stunt, I but! Rangipapa soon disposed of her, th r vory little impression on-Hydraulic.. Supplement was hampered by the tape?.;and never got up to tho field. Ari'cjMo-sWveUMto-'pacQ whatever, and .was tlio-lastictp,-.finish. ,4ko;i finished,just behind, tho . All 'tho acceptors, ?jio-;:Wprts Handicap, whi<m was who was quickest to be|^,^d,lea : /thrQUghout the journoy,.' phicane ' Began ,iwcll, . but; could not keep paco winner, Sun-, bonnet, was icci tho outside, and was slqw to find her feet. Sho ,ma^l(^ | (ij„gqpd run going round tho bottom . turn^^t n pqii]d. not. got within reach of tho two leaders,- 'Aboriginal, ran very badly. . '" ! ; Clarabelle, Teot-auo, Hotia? fiiridrftiaßapo'tin we.ro scratched for;'the wai began smartly, but tcorildilnly ,:keip,;tKe, lead for;,tliree furlongs. .'Drbjim ,wasTslov? 3 't(i ino.ve, but.-she put in. solnoiifastLwdfk i;>>tlie f straight, and got within > a length of..tli& ivinnur. First Mate, ridden- by Oliver, had a nice position from tho,start..and' with a well-timed run, g'ocured ja" nico'fiqiory; San Lass showed-a good doahrf-pnee, and should •not be long in winning aiSguuj. /liftferwho was favourite, had a bad passage, .ami aid: not get: through -his' fiefd'^tiFt ! bo rj )BteT',:' fllli il.-i r 1 ' • Gauzo' [and Prohabillty^Weti 0 * backed 'fbr 1 the MahirahaTa -%aSai&n.;4W 'former began well, but Probability jvas'wiiifi 1 her..in a 'few, stride's, great, pace. tb. col-' ; lapso,- but .tho. -pace (also'jtqlH foni'Tli'e; dfecer" inaro, >vho stopped to a : 'Chioaiio was I', -.stages,' but Price" kent.h'et wpll'in liaird*4iivd T ; won '. iiicely : .it, tho. finislK ..Scotei-Reel Anif ! Jlaiigihabta, ,wero going7'w'islft?a\!"'f:tKe u, Hbititf .. .-tarn, -but'.-lmd no I, dmtknee, ■~... ... ' -miCT'f'.'iDWln? Vi'TOi.W i ' R. Hatch headed the list. r ofjwinning'joeliri .• :oys. at the , meeting- by.-ijiding'-r'gTb^WJTOers.! ~ Borne .of his ;finishes wwe..draw® i.VfiJ',YoB!)Oo f W. Price (2), .Wv Young ; .(g^^Y^M,\ I T. Pritohard, H ; Price, : Q,-; PrjM,- .0. n'Kric'b, ; i and -A; Oliver, were theiiwrfb'ep-, iuc'cossfnl! ■ joekoys.' ,-. - , w ,aA -".-io.oiw;