NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 495, 30 April 1909, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

.. i rßi GLENCOB.'I ■'. The Christchurch Racing Chib's Autumn meeting takes place; to-morrow.. , '. ■' -i Support, was accorded Twinkle in the Ava Welter at Awapuni yesterday, but the Daystar gelding, paid no dividend. ■■•/.• ~Sir Geo. Clifford/ Mr. W. E. Bidwill. and Mr; E.: Ji Watt, were present at the Manawatu ■"■ Hacing' Club's meeting to seo their horses.run in the Manawatu Stakes; Master • Soiilt. was; not. at.- the Manawatu , meeting../.lt is understood that he, is .being reserved .for tho Hawke's Bay Cup next Wednesday... "■"'/': ■Scenery was supported for tho Linton Hack Hurdles at Awapuni on the first day, on the' strength of "a good gallop - which she had registered before leaving Foxtail. She was expected, if she-, ran up to that gallop, to beat Rangihaeta.-'but.'any chanco which she .had. • .was extinguished;;', at tho second fence", where she came'to grief. In the Karere Hack. Welter, on the- first day of the Manawatu meeting, < Ukraine' ran 'her best race to date, and it looks as if Mr., Lance Wood will shortly receive a return for the uigh price he, paid for the filly" as a yearling. : Mr. E. J. Watt recently disposed of a fullbrother to', Moriarty for 100 guineas. ■'- - Half-a-dozen yearlings have recently been taken in hand by S. Waddell, at Hastings. The youngsters are all progeny of tho imported horse .Birkenhead. ,-.'■•. Grenadier showed up well, in his race at Avondale on Saturday, but the son of Soult is said to. bo still.on the.big sido. .. ' \ K. M'Miken came.all the.way from Auckland- to Awapuni with Explosive, but .tho, son of Explosion was: not good enough to win in either of his race's at the meeting. M'Miken left Le l*e au behind to. compete in the Avondale Steeplechase') in which tho Leolantis gelding was beaten out of A place. H.'Cutts is sending two horses home to Kiccarton to-night, and will havo a fresh' candidate for Hastings, making a team of three to compete at the Hawke's Bay meeting., '.' ■"■' •„'•'•. '.■ ; . ~v - . .■' Konald Cameron, who has been riding with success in Australia during tho past two months,' arrived in Wellington, by Wednesday's boat from Sydney. Roosevelt is one of thogamest horses in training just now and ); when'not overburdened with weight, must always be'hard-to' beat up to a milo and a quarter. ■ 'When'thoroughly well, Effort is one of tho best fillies in training, but Bhe has been causing her trainer no end of trouble during the past; few weeks. She was not .herself when she: ran last in the Thonjpson Handicap, and, though J. Lowe took her to Palmerston for the first day's racing, she was not able to start ill tho Longburn Handicap. Yesterday, however, she annoxed the Farewell Welter. Mr. B. Coylo's adjustments for tho Hawke's Bay Cup have resulted in n splendid acceptance, and next Wednesday's race should be one of tho besx. that has been seen at .Hastings. Particular interest will centre in the meeting of the three-year-olds, Master Soiilt and Kopu, while the presence of Downfall, California, > Moral, Tangimoana, Sir Tristram) and a number of other recent winners will set followers of form a stiff problem to find the winner. \. Provocation's time for the Manawatu Stakes has'been beaten, but this in, no way detracts from the ' merit of the colt's performance, for ho -could scarcely li'avo won more comfortably then lie did. His total; winnings now total over -. £2200, ana should Mr. Bidwill elect to send him if or the Hawke's Bay Stakes a win in thsit' event would bring his season's earnings close to tho record winnings of Multiform as a ;two-year-old. ' ; ■'■,'■■ Brilliancy was one of the seventeen starters

w tho JKarereHack Welter at Awapuni on Wednesday, and, had he won. thoro would, have been only three pay out on by the totalisator. Yesterday he won the I'lying Hack Handicap, and again ho was not heavily, supported on the totalisator, but tho bookmakers' operating away from tho course will relnomber that ho won for soma considerable time. ': ; •. •, .•( . Jljuoi'u's only win as a', two-year-o' 1- was m the Great Surrey Foal Stakes, in which lie beat Vivid, who' was about' ttio best of the two-year-old fillies. On that occasion Minoru ran tho fivo furlongs in.sßscc. Hia form however, does not appear to havo appealed to the. critics, for the Special Commissioner of the London "Sportsman"' in" analysing tho pedigrees of tho principal tlireo-ycar-olds mado- no mention of Minoru. liicorctically, tho chances, would bo against Minoru, because ho was by Cylleno, who bolongs to Bruco Lowo's No. 0 family, for tradition has it that horsra of this family aro cursed as sires. Cylleno has, however," been mated with the very best nlaros, ,a»id ho appears to, havo escaped the curse, for lie lias sired a Derby winner in Cicero, and now .v winner of tho Two Thousand Guineas in nd" n 1 ' 11 "' Last scason ' Cyllene was sold for £20,000 to go to South America, so that tho tick of. tho cablo recording Minoru's: success .should sound as joyful music, to tho plucky South American breeder who secured the son of Bona Vista and Arcadia. His Majesty the King, when Prince of Wales, won tho Iwq-- Ihousand" Guineas- with Diamond Jubileo, but Minoru's Two Thousand Guineas is his most important victory-'since bis accession to tho, throne.' "Those desiring to' attend .the Ifarlborousb races, to be held at. Blenheim /oh Wednesday and Thursday next, .will --thosteamer arrangements which, the racing cluh have 1 made.. On. Tuesday tho s.s. Mapourika sails at 12.45 p;m., and on Wednesday■; a special steamer will convey the visitors to Picton, leaving at 7.30'.a.m. At Picton a ■ train will await tho arrival of the excursion boat, and will reach the, iWcouree' in, time for tlio first race. For returning excursionists to Wellington a boat will leave Picton on Wednesday at 8 p.m., • and - on Thursday at 8.30 p.mi : , , ' : i A notice to bookmakers by the Marlborough Racing Club is inserted in this issue. Applications: for licenses will close' with the secretary ,(Mr. L. Griffiths),. Blenheim, oj» Monday next, May 3. : .".,-'■■■ ; • ■ - HAWKE'S BAY AUTUMN. MEETINC. . CBT TELEGRAM—MESS ASSOCIATION.). , /','■ ••'-..' Palmerston.North, April 29. Tho following rehandicaps, havo been de» clared for tho Hawko's Bay Autumn meetiing.by Mr.. H. Cbyle .—Hack Huidles, Coriizon (101b.), lOst. 91b.; Porarigahaii Handicap. Flitaway (71b.)| 9st.' lib.; Hawko's Bay Cup, Sir. Tristram. (61b.)',:: Bst. ■ 21b.; Karamu Hurdles, Kaironia (101b.), list. lib.; Pcu-' kawa Hack Handicap, Illustrious (31b.), Bst. :Ib." v.:" -.-: ";■".- ■'):■. ; - -" :}■•■■ PONY AND CALLOWAY RACING CLUB. For tho first day's events at tbb Wellington Pony'and Galloway, Racing Club's, Maj meeting, Mr.') J; M. dimming has declared tho following handicaps:— ','.'' BONA Hii.NDI.CAP.; Four- furlongs .and a half.—Auriiera, list. 101b. i Heathcrlea -Lass, lOst. lib. ; Mytre', 9st. lib.; Inkorman, Bst. 101b. | Miss Ivy, Bst. 81b. j Anglican. Bst. 41b.; Princr Roy, Bst. 41b.; Mutiny, Bst. 21b. MAIDEN HANDICAP.' Four furlongs and a half.-After Dark, (Ist. 31b. j- Silence (late Lady Louise), Sst. 101b.; Sequestrator, Sst. 91b. j Revolt, Bst. 51b.; Mermaid, Bst. 51b.; Sirrah,:Sst. Sib.;-Stranded,'Bst: 31b.; Oueenie,: Bst. 31b.; St. Paul colt, Bst.. 31b.; The Monigan, Bst. 31b. j Vim,' Sst.; Kotiro Mahi,'Bst.; Bobs, Bst.; Reititi, Sst.; Destroyer, Bst. t .■;;'.;■" -..'•■ j, MAY HANDICAP., Six!'furlongs.-Auriferai list. Elb.; Mii'Ctta, list.; ijbata, lOst. 131b.; St. Helena,. lOst. 81b.; Lavinin, lOst., 51b.; Billy,' lOst. 21b.'; Himitangi, lOst. 21b.;. Sweet Lethe, 9st. 121b.; Taumano, 9st. 121b.; Pctronol, 9st. 51b.; Firefly, 9st. 21b.; Inspiration, Sst. 121b.; Picotee,Bst. 51b.;, Psyche, Sst. ,51b. ' ASCOT HANDICAP./Four fnrlongs.-Wee Nannie, 9st, Gib.; Trixie,'Sst. 131b.;, Dorina, Bst. 91b.; Lady Daupliin,-Bst, 81b.; Revolt, Bst 51b'.;;,Mutiny, Sst. 51b.; .Bobs, Sst. '. ROYAL HANDICAP. Five furlongs and a , half.—Aurifera, list. ' 131b;; St. Helena', lOst 51b.'; Firefly, Sst. 111b.; Mytre, Sst; 81b.; Psyche, Bst. 51b.;. Miss. Ivy, Bst. ■ 41b. ;■■ Anglican, Sst. 21b, ' .' : •'. '..- -....'■■■.'. . . '■•, _ 'DOMINION Four' furloiiga and ■a : half .—Himitangi, lOst. 101b. 5 Lavinia, lOst. 101b.;,Sweet" Lethe. lOst; 21b.j; Taumano, lOst. 21b.; Heather lea Lass, lOst. lib.'; '■ Billy, 9st. lllb:;: Petronel, 95t.;111b.; Lorna Doon'(late Chattel), 9st. 101b.;' Inspiration, 9st. 61b.; Inkerman, Bst;'. 101b.; -. Merrimnnu, . Bst 101b. j Picotce, Bst. : Gib.; Anglican, Sst. 21b., 1 Queenio, ■ Sst.' • . ■ .. • '-.' '-, ' -,- Acceptances fo\\ tho May Handicap and tho Dominion Handicap .close at noon on Monday,.(May, 3. ':''.'.-•'■'' "" '■'; .'■'.'