NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1306, 8 December 1911, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Glzncoe.] .

Now that the ' elections, are oxer, , sportsmen will uo doubt be able to turn : their attention to the" Woodvillo meeting, : which takes place to-morrow and on Holiday. / The programme is a good one, : and has, been well responded to by owners. The- first race is. the Jlaide.n,. Hate* in which the Hastings • horses, Mirjam and Easy, are expected to play a p;,-ominent part.,. The former. , is afpsr.-- ' year-old brown mare,.and a full sister to Arioia, while the latter will represent Mr. E. J.. Watt. ■ Outside this pai-r the,.remainder are not of much account. In i;he Hack Hurdles several' horses, not seer out at Feilding, will be found amongst the. runners. Included in this brigade is Captain, who will probably be iound to be.backward and in want of a nice, Mahuta and Sunray are also on the fresh side, and Cullinan and Puketotara may go too fast for the remainder First Battery, who will be riddon by C. Emorson, and who is usually soon at his : best over a ten-furlonst course, will carry the .bulk of the public's money in the big handicap. . He may encounter most opposition from , two other light-weights -rMidian, -and Bellah. Taffs form at J: eliding was most consistent, and, if the pacei-; i 3 not too fast in the first conple of lurlongs, he may-succeed in gettine to the. end of the six furlong in the 1 J: lying Hack Handicap. Feilding form reads ,wel for Master Sylvia in the Bontnph Handicap, in which the Auckland Cup candidate, ■ Mfdnight Sun, will be Seen .under silk. Tho Mastortonpwn.;d Sir Knox is reported to be gal--Wpiw freely at Opaki, and may have somdtnm? to say in the decision of tho : Kact -Welter, run over a mile course. This distance should suit a slow beginner hko the Sir Lnddo gelding. At Trentham, m the Winter meetrin:;, R. Knor's J Bdding finished very i*t bohind "insdale. Backers will wait with interest tho postins of the draw for places at Han.hcap. If n good beginner, such a% ' I.an;aai, Sea Eagle, or Gold Battery ' draws tao rails, it will go a lon* way :

Tho horses owned by Sir Goo* Clifford which aro intended to race nt El So Jill ltave Lyttelton on DecemW u nnd bo token north on the extra maif train on tho following day. On snceca>ivo days the teams controlled by E. .T Mi«on and B. O'Donnell will make Ui.tri^. The pbli.crado Rsldin;, Kahia. returned from the West Coast yesterday and will be railed home to-day, J. Barlow, who weat in charge of tho horse, states thn< the coing was very heavy, and the bar Reldiag was unablo to act in it Two offers were received for him, but neither was up to what the owner required,- and CdoT^ra^il^ 110156, " 11^ 4:sT^ O^o U and vi .owners are reminded that nominations for all events close fo-nkht. ..dominations for the Futt VaHoy Trotnng Llubs meeting close to-ni<rht! Nominations for the Wairarapa Eacinj Clubs meetmg, to be held on Deoombe? "0 and January 1, close this evening. t Ownors are. reminded that nominations -or j,,is laratam-Carterton Eacin? Club's meetuw. to be' h«d on December 26 close this evening. fx G "«u rice ' s l €am for Ellerslie wiU leave for the north on December IS. Other stabl -2 1™ race »* Awa! wM KiiieJr and A - ow

The half-brotliar to Qipsy Belle, pur- f chased by Mr. J. Monk at the salo of j Eldorslio yearlings, has already been handled at Porirua, and is daily led at eiercise. FIXTUHES. Dec 9 and 11—WooJvllle J.C.Summer. Dec. 21 —Masterton U.C. Syring. Dec. 26—Taratahi-Carterkm • B.C. Annual. ' Dec. 26 and 27—Dunedin J.C. Summev. Dec. 26 anil 27—Taranaki J.C. Christmai Dec. 26, 27, and 29--Maaiwatu R.C. Sam mer. December 26 and 25., and January 1 and i. —Auckland R.C. Summer. Dec. 30 and Jan. l--;\Vairaiapa U.C Summer. ; Jan. 1 and 2—Hawke's Sij- J.C. Sniuuiei,