NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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The Woodlands Hunt Club' meeting will be held on .the Pahiatua. racecourse tomorrow'...- :. : .-' •-.'" -.'< ' .:, Weights', for , the-mirior'- events' at the Canterbury' Jockey, Club's Winter Meeting are due on Friday. ~ At ftt;fl»te}Dieeting oni-Jjily 15. O. Emerson rode Balfournia, who etarted h. red-hot favourite in tho Sires' Produce Stakes, and. was beaten ta a- lengtJi. Emerson failed to jide a' winner during the>two days, but the: Sydney horseman Myies ConneH saluted the 'judge on sit occasans. ■ . . :.- '.-.■. • '. The .calibre of- Grey, runner-up in the V.E.C. Grand National, and the present favourite, far the ' Australian Hurdle race, to be run on Saturday, may ba gauged- froni his performance in the big handicap at the Victorian Amateur Turf Club meeting on July 18, when he finished second to Sheriff Muir. The winner is the horse that unexpectedly defeated Wolawa in the V.E.C. Sires' ■Produce Stakes in March, 1912. ■•' At Caulfield on July 18 L. Hegarty won tho. Godfrey Watson : Steepleohase on Weenobah, who ; started, second favourite. ■ The New Zealand-bred Di Gama (Vosco -Tea Cup), ridden by W. O'Halloran, started ■ a good favourite in the Welter nt Caulfield on July 18, but in a big field ■the best' he could do ivas to finish thirVf. Eeports to, hand state tha{ the .favourite got a very bad run during the race. -^ The Feilding horseman W. Young has been engaged to ride. Salzburg in ■ tho Winijer Cup, but so far no rider has been chosen for the stable companion, Gipsy Belle.' ■■■-..' 3. M. Cameron went south >last evening with Sir Lethe, Golden Glade; and Hereford. ■•;.-• . ■■< ■ ■ : v The jumper Hatana was shipped at Napier yesterday, and should _pass here to-day en route to Eiccarton. Hβ will be a runner in the Jumpers' Mat on the opening day, and also in the Sydenham Hurdles. S. Lorrigan will pilot him in Irs engagements. . . '. ."The Hastings trainer, H.- 1 Hickov expeated to torive heiie this evening, nitß. Player, Immensity, Rigo Park, and Haumalfnka.' The latter has been suffering from a cold lately, but is now himself again. Hickey has recently received a'couple of additions to his team in the Gisborne-owned Soultio and Gazette. H. M'Sweeney went over from Porirua to Trentham yesterday and .schooled R«yal Arms over hurdles. Those who .witnessed the Taranaki horse's efforts say no horse could have-jumped better. • When Lucille (Soult—Postmistress) won the .Plying -Handicap at the Maitland meeting on July 38, sho was ridden by C. 'Bolton, and. started a rank outsider. The chestnut mare Ventura was entered for three Taces to be run at the coming Q.T.C. Winter Meeting, and it. is understood she is to be sent-to Brisbane to be trained Nailon. It was anticipated that The Tetrarch's . otud fee. next, season would be 40Qgns., but it has beon fixed at 300ftns. However, nominations have to be takon for three eeasons straight off, so that every'owner wishing to senda mare to the'flying grey incurs a liability of SXKfens.' Sir.. Joel, it may berememboTed, adopted a similar course in connection with Prince Palatine. Veronal, who was purchased for 400 guineas at a sale in Melbourne early this month,' is stated to be destined for racing in tho Dominion. E. Connolly wag tho buyer in tho sale ring. Professor Hobday, veterinary, surgeon to Bfie Majesty the King, records in tho "British Veterinary Journal" the results of operations for roaring, performed by him since 1909. He'finds that 75 per. cent, of gallopers (racing and hunting) are benefited by the .operation, whilst ik horses used foT slower (harness) work the percentage of-these. «j benefited is hipther. tie also mentions that a considerable number, though rendered more useful, still made a noise. ! In winning tho Manchester Cup., Junior, with Bst. 121b., was oredited with running Vile mile and a half in 2inin. M 2-ssec. It is mentioned in a London exchango that at the Newbury meeting on Juno U an envelope containing Bank of England notes to the value of ,£390 was picked up in the paddock by a visitor, and lodged by him in the police office on the ground. The money was subsequently discovered to \>e the property of C. Peck, a well-known Newmarket trainer. .