NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3011, 23 February 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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The Wanganui meeting will bo -concluded to-morrow, when tho Jackson Stakes will be decided. The meeting between the crack two-year-old llymestra. and Bimoter should provoko a lot of interest. . Nominations ior tlie Jlastqiloii nieuting close to-night at 10 p.m. Acceptances for the Nelson meeting close on Monday. Up till' Tuesday next, nt 9 p.m., Mr. H. A. Goodall, secretary of tho Rangitikei -Racing Club, will leceive entries for tho annual meeting to be held on March. 21 and 22. Tho Cup is worth 300 sove., and the other events all carry good stakes. . An inmato of A. Goodman's stables at Tientham in the Mystification—Searchlight gelding,'purchased at Palmerstou North at llr. G. Hunter's clearing sale, has turned out a champion buckjumper, and- so far no one has been able to sit him. Already lie has badly injured ono stable hand, and the owner is at a loss to know what to do with the fraotious animal. H, Gray has been in the city during the laet few days, and as the result of legal advice lio is appealing to the Racing Conference against the decision of the District Committee in refusing (x> grant him a jockey's license. The imported ms.ro Shrill, whose name appears among the entries for haok evente at Napier Park, is not eligible to compete therein. J. CShea and. B. Deeley had a couple of great battles at Hamilton on Friday, the latter getting the best of it in each instance. In the Cup Deeley, on Bedford, beat O'Shea on Lady Penury by a head, and in the Stewards' Handicap Glenspire beat Kauri King by a nose. ■ For some time past, remarks an. Auckland writer, it has been common talk that published acceptances for certain meetings have not been as genuine as they ought to be, but no aotion. was taken in the matter. Happenings at a recent fixture in the, North Island, however, have caused inquiries to be made, and the officials of the club in _ question have been asked by the District Committee, under which they race, for an explanation. .It will be interesting to note the outcome. ■ The following from a New Plymouth exchange is rather good:—"Py corry, said Mrs. Tuka-pa, "that Iβ goot dream I have. I see to black pig—te toa teresittine on te end o' to bed. Phat to tip! , I yell. * Tβ boss, he jump Tip an give mete crack. 'What for you wake joe up te middle o'te night? You te werry bad housewife for te sleep. Fy corry, taht te tip, too! I go to te races, an' 'back te,double, Toatre-^Housewife! When doing, a gallop at Ellerelie last week Arran toot charge of his rider and crashed through one of the ™ils near the-shelter shed.. Fortunately both the horse and his rider escaped serious inRed Pennant, who was taken to Sydney by T. E. O'Sullivan last spring, and was then gelded and turned out, is a recent addition to H. Rayner's team. Bed Pennant is a three-year-old brother to the Wellington Cap winner Buntinff (All Black—Red, Plume), and is owned by Mr. E.-.T. Watt. .. _ The Hawk'e'e Bay sportsman, _ Mr. F. Armstrong, has decided to_ retire from racing during the war peiiod, and most - of hie horses have been turned out. Paramahone one of his team, which has been in charge of E. J. Rae for some time, has been leased by that trainer, and will oarry: his colours in his future engagementß. "" ■ ■