NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 13

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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.Tho.'annual meoting of.thb 'Waihi; Hack Encing Club takes place to-day. .; , : .. • Nominations for the. Wellington Pony and Galloway Racing Club's December meeting close. 'on Wednesday next.- . .;. ■-■■■■";; ,-. ■■ U Acceptances • for : the Hutt Park Handicap and Flying Handicap at the-Hutt Park Racing Club's meeting close on Monday night with the managing steward, Mr. E. Coneys, Columbia Buildings,. Cuba Street.- - -•- ■-'/-.' .'.'..- ■ .. It is understood that Naumai will not fulfil his engagements on the first'day of the Wood-, ville District Jockey".Club's meeting. ■-."■■:..; '. Mabinga was allotted list, in-tho pony race: at the Otahuhn Trotting. Club's meeting to-day. The minimum weight is'!7st., and the second' pony in the handicap has 9st. 31b..; .- , C.. Jenkins is making ■ good ■ progress from his accidont at Eiccartoni and it'is believed that he will bo,well enough to leare for" Wellington by Tuesday-nights steamer. .It may however be'some little, time bof ore ho,will.be able" to ride'again. :'; v> , "'...:' . ■_..' ■■}'., ; ■Only nine horses in tho Auckland Chip Handicap .are- weighted above -Bst! ;i:-s ■.■■.'. ■■■:■> ■ In all probability Tangimoana and Roosevelt will both ■ make their reappearance at the Woodville meeting in-December. : !.-;. '; ■■' I .-■" Lady ■: lucy. - and the) other members , of .' F. Tillers team that , competed at' Riccarton passed through.Wellington on their"way home 'yesterday.': .■: ; ■-; ;;.,; Y^.::;;;'.; , . '\- ■,'.': ! .. \ Gold Crest : has been, in physio .during 'the last couple of days. It ie'hoped'to'have .'him well enough; to contest the. Folding Stakes,, op November 30. ■■■;;■:•'■ ■: ■ --'-.•'■ -•'-/ !: -;-'•-..-, '• : '..'\- • Tho Toxton trainer, S.■'.- Messina, ; -usually commences.the season ;at Feilding,. and this, year ho has several members of .'his team engaged at-the spring fixture.'/ :'. ■;-';'- ,;': ~ .■ : . Gladiole' showed. plenty.": of pace "''"at the Dannevirke meeting,' and with a -little-.racing, she should provp useful.- She isby.St.,Clements from Daisy Clipper.' '. :\ \"■ ; .:.-■■.'-, •■•■■■• ■■...: ■J , :-^m'Me'a'iid:Bine;'-£h : e , .fali-''sister''to-;Biile Ribbon, has been sent to her owner's station at iOamaru. Itia.not likely, that she will be seen racing for:a considerable.tiinfl. ''.' ;.:•'■■ :.;'..' : jockeys H. Gray and J. Buchanan, who' were 'riding at'Dannevirke, berth;return home io attend, the JTakapuna -Jockey , Club e .meeting-next Saturday.: Both..are; riding;very ■well at the present time, and H. Gray is having .i'really wonderful run. of liiok..:';;. .v;j.v.;. ; Waipuai is etill 'a'' failure, and not much .ex'onse can be offered for' his poor-filrm., He was a ado second favourite in the concluding event the' Dannov'irke fixture, but.,.the', beat; he could do was.tofinish'third.'. :.-{ '.."■■-.{■'-:. .■'■■'••. ■;';As ■V'risa had-behaved badly'at tho post in:the Weber■• Welter,'-the,services of V. O'Neill.were secured to control her at tho. barrier, on the '.'seobad: day.;., With ..hie ~assistonce;.,the. Finland-niare:got-.an excellent but; failed. io;.£ee. i.the mile out,:.and,finished; among,the,.unplaced : ,dWsionV■.-'■.'.■:i'.'-i': ,, '^*. L '-'- : ','i.'■•.■:'.■ 'is'',.•}•>'■■' 'A : -->.v 'Feu de Joie waaivery EoreonUhe eecondday . M lof • the' Dannevirke meeting,.and that was; the ' reason why she was not started' for the second time in the hurdle'race.. The stewards at firet insisted that she .should, start; but,' seeing mare, came to that she ;was not fit, to run'-aeecoiid.,.tim'&;;.,'.''.'; ; ''-."''; ' ! .' "Sir '•: Modred," -in ■ : the; ."'Southland > News," ;i3aTe'that / >few-.'b6rßcs" have equalled- the peri&n^'ofthe'B4WefleW(gcldin|iV Emfc: :eure,\from an all-rou'iid point of view. Last season- he won a .-number of - races on-the flat, : and concluded 'th'6'-' hunting:,term' by.;;carrying 6fE. the Birohwood '. Point-to : point; Steejilephaee, while this- season ..he -secured 'sprint .eventa at Otautau, ■ Centre Bush, and Gore,. raced again at -Winton, and ■ was -last week awarded i'the :ohief:'honours!.at. the show; in .tho: class .for ;lady'a.hacks.;'; '-.•,..• {■■,■:'. ■'„■..■■ ':■> ■; -.',,•.: •- .•'.;;.'.■■'■. ' .It is .not often that a- race • is ; run"iwicej as was the case \ of the hurdle race ■ on , , the second .day of the-Dannovirko meeting.<-In 1902, at the New Cup. meeting, a field of- fourteen went'to, the post'for the Fendalton Handicap and Hftlberdien who had annexed,the New Zealand: Cup,: won ;by, .ft neck fronr.Glcnelg.'WUli the favourite 1 Siege.'Gun .'ampng' the- beaten 'division.- •On .tHe'Rtartor/doßlarinß start,: bnly-Tortulla, Cameo, >.l'akir,- :>and Punamu went to the post ■ for, :the second: race, .whioh ; was won;? by .Cameo, , ' with Fleka; second. Three seasons ago, at'the Cup meeting, Xeeside' beat ; : Sardonyx. in. the ■'. Suburban: Hurdles.-. at Riccarton. ,; As the; race' had .been started Jbeifore time,' the 'stewards 1 ordered it : .to..be run • over.again,' with'tha : result that Sardonyx reversed- :positions; with; ; Lepside.;;."One;of tho oaadida-tes—Magnificent—did not :start in; the second race. ■ At the Wellington Cup; meeting two yeaTS ago, theiTongal-iro'.Handicapwas run before .time,'' and; Suttee ,won' from' Lochieln and- Naphtha.' The race was run' over, again and' Suttee .was: beaten: by Culmination. :The owners- of, both Suttee and Culmination, received the stakesV \ Reumac's case Iβ; unique, bohe. won m-'both contests. 1 ■;.,;, ■;;.; !'• ".'The New York correspondent of .the London "Sportsman,", writing .in October,' had :; the following :< inleresting ! para^rpph:—\yhen 'it comes down to' the' law' arid administration we are a pretty,difficult proposition from every standpoint.. .V.As \<X mentioned, last, week, - our little reformers had their, first and: only -outing right after .the Gravesend meeting-opened, with 1 the result, thatr.seventeen layerslwere ar- . rested. They "were brought to'.court/the cases were adjourned,. arid the defendants.-immedi-ately ; released, on: • bail, '-with. the 'result ■! that they, at once motored- back. to' the track and resumed-business.- on the :i"oral .and.r'memory'V plan.,:, '• —.";: Y - '-:.-:\-'\..' -.-..'-.'' ':■. V;;;: ■

FEILDING J.C. ACCEPTANCES. (By Telegraph-Press Association.)' ' Foilding, November, 19. • Tho following are the acceptances for the Feilding raceai— FLYING STAKES. , Six furlongs—lrish Itille, Bst. 91b.; Longhor, Bst. 91b.; Sharpshooter, Bst. 41b.; Golden Eagle, 7st. 121b.; Kquitas, 7st. 91b. j Mon Ami, 7st, 71b.; Truga- - nini, 7st. 71b.; Miss Winnie, 7st. 71b.; Vi, 7st. 51b.; Nyland, 7st. 31b.; Sir Antrim, 7st. 21b.; Merrhonia, 'hi. lib.; Merchantman, Cst. 131b.; Dolce, (ist. 121b.; Nicotine, Gst. 101b.; Bliso, fat. 71b.; and Royal Marino, 6st. 71b. AOItANGI HACK WELTER HANDICAP.! Seven furlongs.—Miscast, list. 131b.; Sublime, 9st. 121b.; lung's Prize, Ost. 91b.; Astraea, 9st. '51b.; Marathon, !)st. Mb.; Thetis, 9st. 21b.; Teotano, 9st. 21b.; Guiding Step, Bst. 131b.; Parable, Bst. 131b.; Captain 8011, Bst. 121b.; Midian, Bst. 81b.; Paparaohi, Bst. 71b. j Rangikura, Bst. lib.; Envoy, Bst. lib.; Chauvelm, Bst. lib.; Marton,. Bst.; Silva, Bst.; Eastwind, Bst.; Arcadia, Bst.;.' Rangikapua, ;Bst.; and Motukawa, ■ . , , ST. ANDREWS HANDICAP. Ono mile and u half.—Lady Lucy, Bst. 71b.; Roosevelt, Bbt. 61b.; Kopu, Bst. 51b.; Waitapu, Bst. 31b.; Taskmaster, rSat.; Bourrasque, '7st. 131b.; Compass, 7st. 51b.; Mendip, 7st. 21b.; Adria, 7st. lib.; and Bismarck, Gst. 71b. SPRING HURDLES. About two miles.1 Tyrannic, list. 91b.; Moidi, list. 41b.; Gold Dust, 10st. 121b.j Xavier, 10st. 101b.; Mario, lOst. 101b.; Stayboy, lOst. 91b.; Whatakura, 10st.; Whimper, Ost. 51b.; Rcumac, Ost. 31b.; Feu de Joie, Ost. 31b.; Nova, Ost. 21b.; and I'apahura, 9st, WAITUNA HACK HURDLES. Ono mile and a half.—Polyanthus, list. 131b.; Rfeguiation, IHI. 51b.; Don Carlos, lOst. lllb.j Genuine, lOst. 01b.; i'cu do Joie, Ost. 131b.; Chaso Mab, Ost. 10lb.; Pearl Reef, Ost. 81b.; :Master Paul, Ost! 51b.; Mooso, Ost. 21b.; Cauldron, 93t.; Eblis, 9st.; - Linn Finn, 9st.;. and Chossc, Ost. KIWITEA /WELTER .HANDICAP. Ono mile.—lrish Ri/10, 9st. ,121b.; Paisano, 9st. 91b.; Osiris, Ost. 01b.; Tiptoe, Ost. 71b.; San Foriiniulo, Ost. 31b.; Strntogist, Ost.; Flingot, flst.; Full Sail, Bst. 131b.; Bridge, Bst. lOlb.; Diamond Star, Bst. 81b.; Climax, Bst. 31b.; Hiro, fist. '21b.; Waipunni, Bst.; Cyrene, Bst.; and Reformist, Gst. t FITZROY HACK FLYING HANDICAP. Six furlongs.—Sublime, Bst, 131b.; Shannon Lnss, Bst. 91b.; Royal Murine, Bst. 21b.; Toanna, Bet.; Magneto, 7st. 101b.; Golden Loop, 7st. 101b.f Idealism, 7et. Gib.; Dervish, 7st. 41b.; Lady Doris, 7st. 21b.; Loahora, fist. 131b.; Siinter, Gst. 121b.; Amphianscr, Gst. 01b.; Nuku)ieu,.Git. 01b.: First Battery, 6st. 01b.; Bravery, Cst, 71b.; and Handsomo Maid, Cst. 71b,

'■;'■ '. ■■"'■■ ', ; ; . . ; ;^.l-.' v MAIDEN HACK SCTRRY.-Amphiiaser, Moree, Merrio Lawn, Amaru, Plantation, Miss Sylvia, Nukuhau, Nelios, Separator, Pilgrim's March, Petrobus, Kimmerian, Eastwind, Kaitangata, Handsome Maid, Captain, Idolatrous, Jactman,: Idealism, Blend, Vida, Melalogue, and Wharoponga. . ' ' .. SOUTH CANTERBURY J.C. HANDICAPS. IBj Tcleiiraph-Press Association.) • Timaru, November .19. The acceptances for the first day's races c! the South Canterbury Jockey Club are as follow:— .■-■" : ' ' ■■. ■■'".■ i SUMMER HANDICAP. , Six furlonp.~ Kopek, Sst. 81b.; Lord Clutha, Bet. 101b.; Loyola, 9st.- 41b.; Miss Dorie, Bst. 31b.; Eoglestohe. Bst. lib.; Equivocate, 7st. 131b.; Fulmar, 7st. lllli.; Glenfield, 7et. 71b.; Chameleon, 7st. 71b.; Musterer, 7st. 51E.; A'agrance, 7st. lib.; Platinum, 7st. 41b.; Narrangarie, 7st, 31b.; Aunt Sally, 7tt.; and Lady Eta, 7st. .; ■: ' SHORTS HANDICAP. Tour furlonps.Lupulite, 9st. 131b.; Silkweb, Dst. 121b.; Lady Orizoin, 95t..101b.j San Severo, flat. ■ 91b. ;■ Claymore, Bst. 91b.; Millionaire, 7et. 101b.; Benzolipe, 7st.; 71b.; and Teodel,.7et. 71b.. -..-, ' ■:■ , OTAK) HURDLES. Ono'mile and threequarters.—Southern Cross, list. 131b.; Ringman, list. 41b.; Sea Dog, 9st. 131b.; Kailcomako, 9st 1111).; Antony, 9st.; Fruitful, 9st.; Bay Lupin, 9st.; and Cast Out, 9st. . . .. . - '■:■'■'.. PRESIDENT'S -\VBLTEE' HANDICAP.' Seven furlongs.—Zetland, 9st. 91b.; Grand Slam. Bst. 131b.; Montreal,-Bst 121b.; Ard.Reigh, Bst. 101b.; Gold Braid, Bst. 101b.; The Orient, Bst--71b.; Monkey Puzzle, Bst. 71b.; Brazenose; Bst. 71b.; Obligate, Sst.; and Bay Lupin, Bst. TIMARU HANDICAP. One milp and a quarter.—Cznr Kolohol, 9st. 31b.; Oi'yoi, Bst 131b.; Dabohick, 7st. 101b.; Stratagem, 7st. 71b.; White Cockade, 7st. 21b. ; : : .. ' •.■.■' FLYING HANDICAP. Five furlongs.-Silk-web, Bst.; Lady Orizoin, Bst. 121b.; Balaclava, Bst. 111b.; Vologda, Bst. 91b.; Claymore, 7st 91b.; Blue Bell, 6st. 91b.