NOTES ANd COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 7

NOTES ANd COMMENTS.

■ [BT Glbnoob # 1 . . ...' Tile Poverty Bay Turf. Club's meeting \<ill •lie concluded tfl-dhy; ■ v . ■' : Wpights for tSiG -Wanganui Cup aro 'tluo tomorrow. . ' TliO Fdbhiary of thfi Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club ddirtmences fid'-mofrcW at MirShiar'. ' for tho autumn meeting of; the Dannovirke Raoing Club cloee on Monday next. :■'.- Bddkmakers desirous of-. betting . >at. theMiramar pony, races ; to-morroiv- should apply' for,.licenses;.tliife aft'oriiooli. 'U: \ '. -v Xaxior is yet aiiethor instance of the first, day's httfdlo \Vifirter boing victorious on the:' second day;. 1: , Whon' Tiptoe' won tho Atkinson. Memorial] Stakes at l'lawera yesterday ho carried' 1411). loss than .wh'te hd. fah^tinpla'ded'ifl. tho .Flyihg Handicap on the first day,..". . '. - . The'Ffilding Cu'p wimior,Mclodeon (MedaV 'lion-jfMelddia), dhangod hands rnSydney're'. oeiitly for 150 guineas. . .' Whth .tlie fesult of the. Yideifoy'r i*eaehdd England, the 'Halite papers made' tlie sailfie'- mistake: fts, A-jsttiiliaU papers. in stating that . Banieckj . who: ran .'third, !.wa'S ; tho . Ne_>v Zealand-bred .liorse. ;by .Cyrcnian, from Hinehioa. ~' Iney i-aii a SOdond on each, day of .t-hft Giii. ' borno: Racing" Club's meeting- -laBt; week, and, followed that form with aliothei' second' Attho l'dvcfty Bay. Turf Club's mdctikig yi>B- - v.", . received; .very solid support for the .Farmers'; Plat-o at ,tlie: Egm'ont) : meeting' yesterday, : biit :fief 'haekers did'-not! llavo ;the : : pleasure of coUdcting thd. iISUal 1 dividefldi". asshe could 6nly rim thifd.- • ' y . • ■ At the beginning', of. tlie CllmaS appeared': ttt : e!ie; hurdlers on tliG coast, and: now that ho has .Struck Avmningsform:,hs long ih raiding out of tho hack-hurdle division. . T' l6 Hotellkiss oolt, Dallyheigh, is'a rather . ift: and: bufr.'poi'fdfniei l ;.: On the fivst day of the. Gisborne : riieoting he. daSiiy! acedlifltdd fdr ; .Dardanns and Hinotitama - in tho Summor Handicap,-- but'pn ;thß,«eCodd'rday.;he finished . behind, thaf pair-, in thoj-tirandßtand-'Bandi-: clip.. I '-:,\dßtorday^h(i;;.ffaß M iih i '."'.jyinhiffg.' vciff Cbantcuso and-.Hindtitaraa. .

;. Qf-'-tliS' ■' ci\lHiig : "•bKa/ Bcasort ill Mdlld' (sayd aiV exchange), it is rt .nbte^prthy'.'-faofi..tliat".'6'iily. : . one of' the 'leading five is -rio\v- J^ii;.-th^.i febiiiltr^V-". : '" ! JifesterliliV : at. the top. of the list, ib : ; dead. Gfflioi-'nl Sy.mons, : sccond . oil' the list, idrdSpoiisiblß-: faV... Mia winners or nb fewertlianthirty .races. Vi.fWild? foWlfifj third On iltft list,-lias gone to :Ffft)i?e.. Haobler,;ftiltttlr oil 1 tllo ftod,':ffliil&.' Show .;iveek, : . togethor with''HiC sMV Jiepilblid,! to .serve half-bred 'lilarfes in Germany. .lYesterdaj-'s-rrairi.would'ym a-:' able, to" the., Mifamar racccourse, which ivas ill lld'cd of a, floiiple of shciwers to ffeshen ,uj> the grass foiv't'S'Mofroff's ifaciilj;. viynderghie.was 'the'ntedilliß' of^ : a^'small ciini- 5 mission. : again yesterday,- ' . but-let. his' backers down in the usual inftiiiieJ'.. f . ~ • Thtf totalisatdr in'vestifiefits on tins -yeaf'R Egiiiant Ciip': constituted a rctford fof iiiy olio race in the history of tho Egmont Racirtg Club. • ■ . X -i\) 'Sixteen bookmakers «-ero licensed to bet on the flfst day. of the HawOra races. ;A New Plyffiofitlv-tfbjfet ''si;at«S'.tliat thei% : fras- soiiie' or the .titty, : ; wheli' :ofle :of the,'pencillei's re- , fiised to pay; out on ft double for ■ ! ivbich ; - he had been'struck.:y ; " .V".Tllo: Trei'ithafn';liglit-Weight-; 1 jockey, Ri Hatch, .had' a number of ffloiints on ithV firit d6y« of.-the 'HaTfei'a Jacee,' but 'he'failed 'to catch the judge's oye. iC, Jenkins, ; A:: Oliver; I>. Deeley,: and.'L.r AVilson each -rodo a- winI;--:' Ifc i« told', (says' "Sir jlodrtfdf-'iii the Southland "Times") that Abiisiye,' a Stejlniak' liofso; it-.orie lime tb6ligHt .-gdiaethihg: ; fif ;in- ! Duiiedin; -.waspartly disposed .ofvth'ei.bth'er 5 ;His;.t\yo oWiiers '. aiid ; sevOrhl" '.frierid^- ; wbre talking over - racing mattersv' genefallj', as eporfsmen'aV ill}. wlleii .tb6.>^iof. v 'f fired - his: Shard.-, ill : : th& - aiiliftal uiidef notici t<s the'junior; sharthaldfer-Coffdition'fti oil the latter . tfeating i tlid. circle to This spWtiiig'itter was; iffim'cdlatelf. aceepM. and at; a -cost: of- four'and; sixp.erioe.>Ab'ttsiW; bccamo the sole property, of -lils previous-'paTt! proprietor.-. -Th« horse ' has .'days 'of :usefulness in store -afid; it would . liat-. be. -surpris- ■ »lg to find him winning in his turn .'at a future date. >■'

Tho nfld Oaltfl were W6ii bv an : Yankee, tho One Thousand GuiiieaS by an 'If ish'American'. tho A scot' Cup by ah Irishntan, whilst: tile. St. Leger,. felipS<s Stakes, 'JoS&y. Cliib Stakes, City- ihd. SuMfbalii' Liverpool Cup,•• stewards' Orip, N an'd; Goodwood and .Doucastor Cups,Wero borno o5 bV.Bfais af this ancient rack: :We have ail idea. that jf we went fftr inotigh back, we should find a strain of French "bided 111 Lady dfe, Bathfy who IVOII tlife Cesarowitcli,- ahfl if we ovof : saw-a"'broth df 6, boy?' it is Mi'. George ; :Edwai , dos,; wli6 ■ iVdil' thti'Liverpddi' Autumn Clip. A Scdtehniatl, toOe' bdre away tho Great Yorkshire Times." v ,\v £; V .7 ; y y,i \.;<,?•