NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1897, 4 November 1913, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

± [Br Grr.NCOE.I The V.R.C. meeting will bo continued nt Flemington to-day, wlieft tho Melbourne Ctin, of' 8000 sovs., will bo derided. Tim principal fancies will be ridden as follow: Beragoon o\. H. M'Laehlan), Sen Prince (.J. Killorn), and Crosska (C. Emerson)* A. Oliver left Palmerston North fop Auckland yesterday. Ho is engaged a« Ellerslie to-morrow, and amongst liis mounts will bo Soltano, Chime, Baonkoff, and Los Angelos. _ To-morrow is an important dav witli owners of horses engaged at the C.J.C* meeting, for on that date final payments aro duo for the Now Zealand Cup. Handicap, C.J.C, Oaks, and C.J.C. Derby. Acceptances for the minor events are duo at the samo time. Three New Zealand-bred ponies, _ in. O.uesnio Soult, Fireglow, and Carnation, were successful at Victoria- Pork (Syd* ney) on October 22. Sonio of tho times recorded at Doncaster during St. Legor week caused considerable .comment, and in part explanation of tho races deoidod on the. Round Courso a London writer says "It may bo jroiiited out that withm tho last two years tho turns, which had hitherto occasioned careful manoeuvring on tho part of jockoys, have been so eased that horses can bo raced round them without being called upon to diminish their speed. Moreover, tho hard state of tho ground has boon of material assistance to stayers with sound limbs. Night Hawk, tho St. Leger winner, is apparently 011 a of tliesn, Amongst'tho events to be decided ali Flcmington to-day aro tho Cup Hurdles and tho Cup Steeples, in which the New Zealand jumpers Marlon and Glemnoro arc engaged. Tho former win inocfi with strong opposition from Dominican, ono of E. "A. Connolly's team,.who is to bo ridden by Joe O ConncL, and Glenmore's most formidable opponent will bo Uullawarra, the Australian Steeplechase winner. Carlita (Clmrlcmagiw _ll—Couronno), runner-up to TraqueUo in the A-.iiib,>r-nong Plato on Saturday, was ridden by, C. Emerson. The owner of Beragoon states, thati he had bis horse inoculated as a yearling by a veterinary surgeon, with a particular serum, as a precaution against Ins taking cold in n serious \vny» Valido took strangles after winning the 'i'oorak Handicap at Cin.ilfield, and when tho last mail left Melbourne tho ex-Now Zealander wns still in tho infirmary. 1 Thoso who liavo scon the; training work at Ricearton stato that tho New Zealand Clip, so far as it concerns tha horses already en tho spot, is, very, open.