NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[.: '■ .■■'. ■■' '' ' [By 'Glencoe.l

;_ .The_ Australian Jockey Club's meeting will be continued at' Randwick tosday.'v ■.■.'.•'..•..,' ;.,•.■.. The presence of Tribulation in. the. hack race at Hastings to-day will probably frighten out. most of the .'others. . Mr. Bidwill' s colt showed by. his Guineas running at Wauganui that ho is more ;than useful. !.- Warsongwillbe a much better horse .to-day than, at •.Wanganui, for tho race which he-had there will have sharponed him up. HeVis engaged in the Flying Handicap to-day, and has only Sst. to carry/ ...■': ■..■-••

'■ Tho Kilcheran colt St. Petersburg, : with C. Emerson in the saddle, ran half a mile at Hastings .yesterday in 49.sec: He will have C. Jenkins in the;saddle in the Hastings Stakes to-day.'. •

'. -ippin is 'reported to have made great improvement since racing at Riccarton. .He will be a runner in tho Tomoana Hurdles at- Hastings to-day. ~- Other starters - include Captain/Jingle, who .will be.ridden by Ji .O'Connell, and ■Centaur, a.dual.' bracelet winner, at Napier, .who -will have tho services of F.-Flyiw.'.. ■'-.'■■ '•■■.• ~' :■ , ;

Jenkins will iride Lord Kelvin in the Hawke's/Bay.Guineas on Thursday. :/ H. Telford-has not been "able- to rido "sinco ho sustained tho fall off Tauira at Riccarton, but it is stated that he will make his reappearance at ;Blenheim : today, and will rido Succession and Ohiro.

;,;- The, Hutt owned and trained Lares is engaged in the. Maiden Race at the Marlborough meeting to-day. He showed; good form at Levin last month,- and, being- a gross colt, the two races, .wbiclr he had tliere are sure'to improve lum.

■ Wild Bird, who raced, so consistently at --the ■; last, Marlborough l meeting, is engaged 'in, the ■.Welter Handicap at Blenheim to-day,' -This horse. is "a ■' fullbrother to the well-known hurdler' Gold Bird.

~; The reported: lameness "of Roosevelt proves,, to:-be;'.incorrect, and:' A. Jack;so'n'S; game'little colt has gone 1 over to contest the Blenheim Handicap. Judging ... by his present: appearance ■ the. raco .'which, he'had at -Bulls has done him a lot of good;'. .-;-.■■-.•.-;.■'.■': ; v ■-'■ ■

-Frank ■ wiU'.bo ; ridden' in his Marlborough engagements'' by the. Wa-,pga.nui.'-horseman W.' Price:' This geld:|ing was taken .to , Lower Valley, but •;Was scratched, in the Scurry in 1 favour of ihis»stableJ-coni.panion 'Grand';Jewell- : After.the. race' for. -..the■■'V-Mararigar Handicap .at- Wanganui.last \yeek, ■ W..Price;, who - rode, :;Cieinora,. '. iad to ,bo • assisted 'to"weigh', in,,'andiater,: receiv-? 'ing .medical-attendance, l was found-to-. .have,broken'a:small blood T vessel in-tho head.'.'The. injury,' however, did ■. notprove serious,'...and .Price will-be well enough' to ,ride at the ,Hawke's Bay: meeting to-day and to-morrow. .-

. Penza's; running 'at tho- Blenheim' meeting will be watched', with : a little 1 additional.' interest on;.account: of- her engagement;in;the,Stewards' Handicap. -at,Riccarton. "■,-.' '.

Weights for 'the Wellington Racing Club's. meeting are. duo this, week; .-' v:; Maori King:and who'raced ;at Randwick. this, week,..are .engaged in the Stewards' Handicap at Riccarton next month, but Gold Lace "-is not. • '.:■ To-day is really.' the .off-day' of the Australian Jockey Club's 'meeting,' at Randwick, but considerable interest will centre in .the race for the" Craven Plate,'one milo and a quarter, m'whipli Prince 'Foote, Comedy/King, Trafalgar,'..and .'a■number of other first-class performers .are<engaged.;'„ ; ' ■ / ';■'". " .),..,. ':■'■, Nominations for:'-the Mastertori Racing -Club's spring, meeting close- with the secretary on Priday, October 7. •■'•■'. ;.; RACING FIXTURES. .; '\; October 5 and .; 6.—Marlborough, ,R.C. Spring. "■■ '.' , :: October'l2 and ' 13.—Otaki Maori R.C. .Spring. •'._. October '19 and;.'.22.—Wellington'-. B.C. :.': -Spring.-.: ,-■'■. ■■-~■;-. ■■-...•■. ; ';■::.■•