NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Tho 'Opnnake -Hact. B*cinB s ;eifib takoa -placo'.to% 1 »y. raw s 'Tho autumn moetingi; Racing Club takes..pJacjjr. wlayj-;iiT[henit-'tho Carnival Cup .will yi, B .',vw/ c .;, 'I Lull (Handsome; Jack—Zfebhjj-i'V is '-still, an': inmato of A.. Hall's l'ccoivcd o, very tempting offer iforHlio' hlifdlis' horso last treek, but'',Trould;vnptj part vrith him. ■ ' :-.- It is possible.that;.-'hare tho mount on, Arclight .in the - Napier. CarniTal' Cup if Kurtwak& is.noti ivmotig the starters. Prior to' the. DahnerirkoVQup. race,, the trainer of Arclight ,thcmght the 'mare would ;bo sure to,irin, fi^it'shSi^ail^ -'iq'iliuhi'if.'plami' She is »n in-and-out customer, and' hasiet her oonnections down-frequently: .Two seasons ago sho won a hack race at the Woodrillo Doeember: -Meeting,' 's62i'gO off H® 1 . Aw*-' purii, scored 1 an etsy rictoTy in the Nursery Handicap;'but on'the second day of the.mect;ing, when she was mide. 'a'hdfc 'fiYdurite';- she was beaten ont of 'a;plßCf ; i Shfl.ilfjakfd jrell at Dannevirke, and. it may be that she trill perform more. consistently -jn future; The) Hutt' trainer, W. ;Parifcs,i.di.da)ioti-...takb'; any ( horuea to' the Napiera'Ejis 'Meeting.>!?u f o , "Cyrene 'w(mt.'h6me:'WWAW\Pljm&WK the DanneVirke races,'.;i'ha .TriH'-bej-BeenYpufi'-'at; the Taranakij Jockey ; Club's"' ; Meofcing- : "ueiti l vyeek;- . ' : "C- ' : s.

.A^£tai^B\fOT.\the^fi^' f tho autumn meeting (Ohlb close With' thel'secretarj-j .Mr:-''A'rHath r ' away,' on 1 Thuriday : • •.' •<

Mahuta, .with Bst. Gib.,' iinVow-'afe-.thonhead' of; tho.Taranaki ■ black -lidrso-'irbn tho Cupj wth. ; Bs'ii llh'.'vln-the'-Wan-: ganui Stakes, with Sat>. 41b:-, he-lras'Ttinning, Breond.; to' MarguCTite' ,! at-' ; the'■ end-^pf-'.'a TmilO'.: He '.is;; scarcely ; almatehjfpr'i'chktnpibns.iibut when vroll' he is:.a' champion'- among. secondraters. 'VJJ. "-lay. ' .-..v t•; ! Handicaps for'>the-ANelsp : n' ! Jockey CCliib's' Mating will be declared'ffijlTiursdiy'iii'oi't-.-; 1 ;' 1 The' annual rii'epting of ,;the' Warrerigatb-i Jockey Club' takesJ.placß:.on,Thursday.,'j.,Tho principal; event, to' bd,.rnn.,is' Cup, worth 40 sovs.' . ; v V' . Mahiapoto is -,in _Vorkvi'at'--H(i.wofaV{but' the; son • of;.Soiilt itij]|;''BhbWs.v'aii^;f6frW»6 i " nes's...; Some' few". : days r , before -the;:-Waliganui-meeting he reEistered'.-a good : gallop,'.-biit'-iras' not well enough; to he'faced at-thV rteßting,"-

-There H'aTO.beOT-somil'-ijig^MiMvifl^he 1 prices of.-Maui; it ,is : quito, likely. thaK-sprne',. I jf,,ncty'all;';[bf; them Trill change..'hanSs jbbfpr.d; Iqtig.''^v .Harry..Jackson; Holen Portland at Dorchester maro will'-have 1 to'-shapa argood .deal :better- thiri: she didv'at Wanganuij- if alio: is to secure any.prii:o'iiwnoy;-'i^;f^,r.vr-:«;f. ;

' Sines-Mr. G. W. M'Donaldl«cc"urod '^Jlolu3V : the .Euroclydon ■ .'h'as Ish^u'.Ve?^'poor form ,indeed. lor several months he'*has been carrying big irfcights,' 'but lib- is' noTr commencing to come down m,the handicaps;' iuid; as •LoTi;e.:.haS;'hi4V|W®s^!;,Te{3^ ; i?9lli' < his luck may turn any day: , " 'i\ The, Nelson mooting lut week, to purchase an up-to-date startins' machiiiis.

, Tho Lirerppol Grand.'Rational- Sferolfcha'so- . will be inn 'next •traliani.horse York. Ilv'-ia amenj.-this rear's * Candida tea. .... . T-kS* ..^rv^'hße^v Gan/niode«, winneriof:tlie."St:''iCild'a"Cup/. . i«;a Eix-year-old br Port Admiral— ,He hails' from. South -Australia,' Vhc£e ;.lio has.' won sareral' important erents. -- As a three-' yoar-old, ho won the South Australian-Derby, ead was secosd to Dcmaa in the St. Leger-■ . Mnltifid (MultifomirrHenot). has •feriiig from infiuencaiiTbufelie . ,'s-ork again, and will'.moot']ikelj:."be.' : aiMart6r'at Neir Plymouth .flexfcvwoekvu-?;': : Tho Daysi-ar celdmg*'StVrin"a/:'TKajTrns'pur- : ohased by Mr. A. Rhodes last month, appears among the the ..Taranaki, Pup, and, as he; satisfactiirily' will, probably be amto'i}.'tlife; , row \reek.-.- - .; Ktsgrafton.who ,;la3-i''wpii*,'.tho last' two Viceroy Cups in India, iaeems to be continu-r ally on tho improTea+siThorlndian correspoiident of an English paper "ireports a'-:remark-ablo trial accomplished by'tho Graftoii horse' in January; when he;:cover6d' av mile; and /half on a\ sand tra'ek,:in:r2min.v 35sec. ; rf5ii;. " v . A', writer in'tho-'' Sp;o'rting'' i Ju(ige ! '' 'lias'tha following to : say': of ftntonid.' v wifinerv'of ''tlie? GaulfielcT Futurity Stales ir-Wh^ii 1 Mr. G/; •Allen,-of .Wamho.Stucl, ' tonio r at tho NeTrmark^ v If 1906, tho horso was g^eraflyßelieved' .to 'be'' hopolossly broken down,"otherwise it is morally certain that tinental buyers would not have permitted him to end the. 1 biddiijgj oomxietiti j qij I .at,.tho co.mparativeJy -insignificant 'sum- of ;30(). gns.p but. Mr. 'Allen : took.-his'-'chaucc',*.:. and- tlio princely ciipplo in due' ; 'dDjir«):.{inndvhis -iray' to Australia'. Antonio^y.as.,purchased chiefly: as a sire,, but ho di(l sp::Avell' : p^Varri7,ai;iijN.S.W. that I..'Earnsha , iv\.rM;'omincnded.'liis' going into training, wdn' sereralraees since, rOn the ..Englishturf, Antoniowon six ' races of the - and ' when ho retired just prpvious'to his'.sqlb.'jth'o' ..horso was up in tho weights.'.'- Antomp-is- a. son-of Prisoner, and,'Ava^,:bred, by,-Captain; Long in, 1901. His ] 3 adua, was :rbroivji,: bred,by.Mr. -her' prodiico being Padisbile,'.'Pinlcwall,":"Eadella;.''! and Paddington, to •• t ! NAPIER PARK RACING CLUB'S MEETING;',"- ' '• ••'.; ••■ (BY TELEGBAPH—SPEOIAI, COBBESPONDENT.) " Hastings,' March 16; ' Tho autumn meeting '.of -' Napier 'Parik : ' Racing Club .opons to-morrow. : " Th'is'-'towii' • and Napier-aro crowdod, witlij visitors,'-'aiid■ •' the meeting- should bd-.T r«»id.7ono:'t' i '' ; ''>,'-. r ' i Owing to his inability' to secure ■' hors<s i, .boxes on . tho mail 'tfftin, :J. "waa'■ uuablo to send Kuravi-alta up'- ?! Cup. This means that ; -tho I] without a .rpprosoiitatlvo'at'the-meeting, r va'j !] Marguorito, .• Ataahua, 1 ' '„aiid : - ; Tttitok6' v lriro ii already boon . withdrawn., buyers'• h hay 9 boon inquiring .the 'prioo 'of l AtaaliuH,' jl and' probably both ho-andyMaui 'will'shortly 11 be trained at Easting? ./"'v?---

• Bushranger. was.resfibnsiblo' for' an.'attfactivo gallop over,a milo;this mbnung:-and'h'o ; 'Moms to liavo beon improved by<-Tii3!rac©s at' Daimevirke. .Tlio successful "lightweight

;jockey, R. : Hatch,' will rido 'Loirct •in tho; Carnival Cup, and Berengaria in the Sapling :Stakes. ' r ■ i , "^•^9T e V s Bluebell arid hero since ■ tho Dajinovirke races. The; latter' Trent- Very ■ well on tho track yesterday morning, but the ;Hard gojng, .will. not suit. Mr. M'Donald's .horse. \ . WARRENCATE JOCKEY: CLUB!S ; \ ;■ MEETING. ■ . I'kte.TEMGßArK—resia .iraociirioiu'-\" . J..,,. ' .Wangantil, March 16. " ; lho * following i acceptances hare beea ro ? jCGiyed. for tlio -Wfirrencata " Jockey • Club's '.annual meeting;-to .be held on Mnrcb 19> I HANDICAP llUßDLliis.'—Speciosa, lOst. ?»!&««**•» 9st., '121b.;; Cloudy Morn,' 9st: 81b/p Waterworks tot." |olb.; Green ; 13oj/ 9st.' 51b. j Galpola;--' 9st. .Contour,; 10*t. 81bj;» Mereahct, Sat. alb. ;' •Casciopea,-,05t;,.31b.; Sadgenxpor, S»t. 21a.. •• MAIDEN .'' HAGK.— 121b. ; :Lotus, Bst. 121b;; Sst.clSlb.: Diieipl# i ll'i' i ' 'EyM-'iEVwjt,- 'B#4:vl2lß:Vaterjsh6d,»vß»t. -'.gut.- 111b.: ; iNirfjtmare,-: bte&llb. >iw 111b. . :;Bod££6, Bst. 111b.Wgerth, Sst. 111b. ; Nw' .port,3lb. v ,\". ■' ■ . I' bi niCAPI—KRi .• Emij, 9sfc, v !i*lrv .^ u '',21b..';, Saip, v 'B*fc.7slb»: Al* i : J 3st; .; Sfi Wpctre,' 8st.;;: Resembl®, Sst.Y ;iilack..Boy,- Bafe. ./" 1 ; :v

L y> O&EJJGATS. GUP.-Belarioj, lOst. 71b;r ; !W rl ». •^v.W|hWiorix>v9sfc. «}b4 ! . , fi" '7]' . Btt; ' Morn,I Tokatapn,' lOsfc. 10 u' l|M,w^lb ; ; ;:-:;v!o6mbm e) 105t..; >.' roiu'' •n'VW"- ,W*t. t2lb: ; i)lack Boy, 'lOst. IM; 121o; • i-Grecn;Boy,' <13/K •*Rangikura l lllb.iiwicdote;- : in S s' "4-fn:' l lOst^llii).; >Kairkitii,-. -; lOsb. lllb.; _>itkomsni 1 -.-.loßt. : illlb'.. •j.-PjviTlIGE'S-HAND!CAP.— -Sedgmoor!. , •lOst: ,7 b.; Kzi ; En-in, • 9st:*: 71b; ;-Ttiipo,; 9st! j 51b.; ri jrolight,TF»iit.,2lb.;;. Noifoi''gist.'i 101b>;' .Sjnp,..Bst; 81b..; Watariihod,i<Bft. .'Tlblioßoi ; issmbld, 8rt...4!bh;.;-A'lpi^ine,t; Bst. :.81b':Skltw,...: 'Bat:'';'3lb.';*'.Disciplei': jofifc; 31b.; Cowbinc, Set.V'.