NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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.. There /will :be racing": to-day ..'at' OtaM," .Napier,-' arid: Bnneain.V.i Several. New. Zea-: land- Cup ■! candidates, will ",-be.: among': the starters-at reach "placed;, -.;.,;.£?;■• /;.;;./7.:-) : ;: ■ Mr;' J. ;'E. /Henrys, "who..arrived-from 1 Sydney, via Auckland,. ; on ; Monday -after- 1 noon,..left;the.same evening for.Dunedin.' ':' Master ;Laddo,; though.-.still. a .maiden' perfbnner, :, has'this, season; run ; . mostly'-.in open' events.;../His.'qniy engagement : tin" day..; is: \ in; the ; Maiden /'Plate, -in. which" he ■wallVmeet'.much.' poorer ..company ;,thatf' he' has ■ been .against • lately; . : : ,'■ -.■ *'..'.;.• ■; : : "At' Otaki; to-'day: those t who '/follow I the ! crack' 1 'jockeys.- will: probably .''notice -Mm. fact,: that-W.': .Young'"iasi-.'-le'ft -Napier, "where .Te..Whetu'is engaged,:*to ride.-How-; leryr'an^' i al^: ; .tha : t.'iW/.;m'ce;'''..'ivhftl'6cowii' on Cleindra'iat ,Watigahui,'.'will to-day.be l -up ;on:Golden; Loop;> ;^;v/;: ■;:'. r,;

. The.'Porirua>stable .willbe represented'! by.'ta , o;.:lior^s.'.m;',tlie.' : Flying.':at '-Otaki; to-day. 7 Jenkins" will. 1 ride*.Gipsy ' Belief-' and Traill, will/take the- mount 'onDear,cst.-.." The former as e'ngaging":in 'lier' first: race this seasbn, but. the. latter' has. raced : at' four 'meetings, and is 1 likely' to be more .forward .than heritable companion. ;:'T.orpoint,/,who; is. a :double.' .winner, at Levin and .who' is said beating Sir/Frisco on. the/tracks,; has bnly'.beeh given. ; 71b, ■ above' the. minimum in-the.Te-Hiwi Memorial Stakes at Otaki : to-day.. : .'■...'. :7":' : * //'.:'v ; '"! ; 'i : ',:i /.;/'■.;:■'■>>7 . Oiyoii.who ■ is :bne. ; of r the well-backod' brigada;in- the : Newj/Zealand Cup;.-'-Syill" be; a:.runner/ in :thei;,'Mosgiel .Handicap, one mile'.:and' a.quarter,:at/Wihgatui today'.;./;.-;../' 7;:'.;' '.{'. : ','"::'; i: :^ ■.:;.;;.; ; v/'- : ; x; ■-. Masterpiece,'*a*;fuU-bTOthCTVto ; Kirrie-, muir,':will■ represent Sir. Geo. Clifford -in the. Dnnedin;Stakes, for! two-year-olds, 'to' ■ be Tira/'.tbfday./';..'■.■■'•;.'.■';■.■" : ,- 'i. ■'?•.''■;.': ■'''■•' 3ia«ter Pari,. 12s't. 71b., seems to'.have caught it hot: from the Dunedin Jockey, Club ; handicapper,'; but' on' closer' examination this..supposition: is not bornb : .out for,, the class', opposed ~ to .him is very weak./ .; '■ ■.:; ■', ::/'-"" ■,•.•-'•■ ■~;/: ;■ Horees like Jack Ashore and Rifle Range would always get the,-minimum in open hurdle, races, in, these.parts, and as for Coy and Roya;l Shell it would bo diffloult: to bring them into a line, with Master .Paul.. ;.;/;;■, ■-.'.■ ~;.;,?.:' >;•.■;.: ; Golderoar/who'is ! engaged in.the Trial Handicap at Napier 'to-day;- finished third in a hack-race to Tribulation. and rNi\varu at Hastings last .week". It would bd: difficult to, maintain that:there is (anything as: good; as. the .' Hawke's Bay. Guineas winner in" the field,which■■■ Goldemar""will meet to-day. ./i°" , '■ "Te',"Whetii and /Captain Jingle will fight,theirVHflstiiigs.-battle.over again : at Napier to-day. ■ Last weak. the -good jumping of the former, took him to tie front" early, .and thence /omvards ho hod the Captain in trouble.... However, the fences at Napier- Park are not. as /stout as at Hastings,, so .(all i-other things; bang equal) it will ■ occasion no surprise if Hennah's horso beats, Te Wlietn to-day. Rangiatoa, Bra full-brother to Rangipapa, is to make his debut under silk at Napier to-day._ ~He is in the Juvenile Handicap, and mil carry 7st. 121b. . ■:■' ■:■ ~; ' ■ ■ : ... • Niwaru,; who; has always had a great reputation on .the track;, but who up txlj no,\v has l>een a-failure in. public, .ran two really good races at.Hastings,.,being placed second each'time. It.seeins as if it/will not. be long er,e. she / credits her; 'ovvner, Mr.-A. .Helm,/srith-aa-jvia. ; . -

. As Salute is.nbt .among, the accepters for the. first'day's; events at' the Wellington "meeting: It. may bo that the Scralt, filly wiU.a& : dec&e.her Engagement.in. the, Champion';'; Plate. :'■ ..', ' . '.. Both Provocation and Tribulation are among;the "acceptors for the -first day's events at. the..Trenthamfixture..!. ; -;-v, —Advice from Napier last evening stated that the tracks ■at • Greenmeadows'. were, very hard, and, unless rairi fell; during the night California-was looked! upon.'as a ■ doubtful starter, .in: the bjg race. to-daj\. .-.- Probablewithdrawals' from 'the- jumping'events at-'the Napier Park meeting are...Tyrannic, ;,who ;has a bad-lee, and Sleacombe, who has riot recovered-from a fell received at.the Hastings nKeting.•>:■ . Kopu, 'who: is engaged ; ;in .•: the'; Park Stakes.at Napier to-dayi is. at' present' in- great .heart, 'arid .some, of. the'track watchers" aver,, that he, has. now almost regained. his - three-year-old form, which enabled. him. : 6o. defeat. Aborigine; :arid .Gokl Lace in the Hawke's Bay. Guineas...' Stakes ; at Caulfield, to-day,';.has .won .the .last two contests ■ for.,the race. Last year. ;the'-MafeteT, horse: carried 9st.',-and' rah the mile and: three-furlongs .in the smart, time:of.,'2rain.\2oJ>sec. •: judging by- his running. on'. Saturday, Alawa.. may .not at present be as well as.he-was'last seasoh; when' ineight/: races, he 'was five .times placed first;-..twice- second'-and- once, un-, •,plwd..V-:.■.•■'v..;;■;'•.-.:','.';:'.■, i :-. ; '-.'.., [:-■': . "V,"; : ':;.Gontsnderit; is.'.very.; well■; at. present ,and ■'■ promises. "'to start. : favourite.',in 'any event, which : ;he! contests:,at; the .Napier. Park; meeting. > ','.'-:■''■,' .! s> : --v-'-. ; 7■:...;'■> -

.' No:fewer/thari 19* remain-in the: WcllingtoiL:Handicap; the principal him-, dicap/event on the; first ;day of-the forthcoming : ' Trentham'. fixture.. .The ..accept-: ancesiin'.aß'.the'other .-evenfaVareC.very', large;; .and it --'must.; be /said;,: that .the' prospects-for,the meetingare,very bright; Some .excellent/performers ..will be'. seeh|, 'at: the 'fixture, including. California; : . Lady Medallist,' Sir; Frisco," Sir; Tristram, ; and Sir: Antrim' in the .big'. race, and Diabbloi. Bridge, .and "-.Tribulation-in,', the ;Wainui, Handicap. '.''.-'Among, .the ""sprinters' that have I 'accepted,-for ■ the . Shorts f; Handicap' are.'Provocation,. Boanerges,. Naumai,' and. Penates;; '.The./Wellesley;'Stakes,field,includes ,- several /two-year-olds.- that'; 1 .: have recently performed;well.l';,..- '('. /'":•.''*.,.-. -

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