NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 241, 4 July 1908, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Cachuca'and Ataahua, both of whom dropped out of tho V.R.C. Grand. •' National Hurdles, • are, engaged in a two4nilo hurdle raco at Flemington ,on Wednesday. In addition to Waipu, the New Zealand bred horses Putty; Kamo, and Delaware aro engaged at Flemington this afternoon.' They -figure among the entries for tho Winter Handicap, on© mile and a quarter. .

Mr. G. Hurst has been engaged "to ridii Gold Seal iii tho Hunters' races at the Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National meeting- ,

King Post is to be spelled until the end of nest month.

Tho Seaton Delaval horse Carl Rosa will shortly be placed in work again at Ellerslio,

Frank Lind is to ride Lull in his Trentham and Kiccarton engagements. The Handsomo Jack gelding is doing very well in his schooling offorts over the big country at Wanganui. The Auckland jumper Omati has _ gone wrong, and it is improbable that he will fulfil his engagements at; the Trentham meeting. Omati shaped very well on the threo days of tho Auckland winter meeting, but failed to win a race. Tho sou of .Leolantis was nicely handicapped at Trentham, and it is rather unfortunate for his owner that he should go wrong at such a stage. ;

The Birkenhead gelding Ajasj wliich' will probably represent the Karamu stable m the Hunters' Steeplechases at Riccarton next month, is said to be a splendid juniper.

The Foilding horseman, W. Young, will again pilot Shrapnel in the Grand National Hurdle's. .

The Auckland horses Cinque and Marangai leave Auckland for Gisborne to-day.

, The Auckland lightweight jockoy, A. Whittaker, arrived in Sydney yesterday. . H©' has gone over to ride tho ponies Mighty Atom and Ngakapa in their Australian engagemens..

The chestnut, gelding D'Nil,- who won a hack race at Otaki last season, and . has not been racing since, will probably be placed in work again at Wanganui this month. ■ Maniapoto is now a regular, attendant at tho Hawora tracks! Tho Auckland horse Scott,y is booked'for

the Trentham meeting, but nothing definite has been decided concerning his stable mate Celtic. - • ;

Although- Waipu kn'd : Paraloch' aro likely to start favourites for the Victoria Grand National Hurdles to-day, a cablegram from Melbourne last night stated that Philip Worth had figured prominently in the betting yesterday. Philip Worth is a six-year-old chestnut gelding by Philip-from'fashion, and is ' owned' by Mr., E . A'Connolly.' 'Some of his recent performances read exceptionally well. At AViiliamstowUj on' May 8> lie won the Jumpers' Flat, one mile and three furlongs, beating,- among othors, tho Grand National candidate Bribery, to-i whom he was conceding weight. ' The distance was covored in 2min. 29sec. On May 23- he ran second in the Jumpers' Flat at Epsom; beating several Grand National candidates. At Flemington, on. Juno 8, be won the York Hurdles, two miles, and again, there were several National candidates' . among tie /beaten division. Tho " Referee,in describing the result,-says: "Won easily by-four ilongths." .Evidently Philip Worth is :auseful sort .of hurdler. , ■