NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3037, 26 March 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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The programme for the Winter Moetr ing of the 'Wangamii Jockey Club, is adyertisod in this issue.. Entries for all events close on Friday, "April 27, at 9.30 p.m.' -.-■■■ Up till Friday next Mr. D. J. Evans, 6ecretary of tho Westland Racing Club, will receive entries for tho Autumn Meeting to be held on Wednesday of Easter week. Tho entry foe in each case is £1. ■ . . At Christchurch on April 12, Messrs. Pyne and Co., in conjunction with Messrs, H. Matson and Co., will offer by publio auction the whole of the trotting stock of Mr. F. Amor, of Doyleston. Full particulars of the. sale will bo found in our advertising columns. J. W. Lowe, in chargo of Mcnolaus, Mascot,- Ayah, and Soadown, hoe made arrangements to leave for Ellerelie early next week. The first-named figures <ie' an acceptor for the Great Autumn Handicap, but it is understood this is a mistake. f ' i ' ' The Cambridge trainer, R. Hannon, has no fowor than threo representatives in the A;R.C. Easter Handicap, namely, King Lupin, Rebel, and Tinopai. The reported death of the well-known Hastings trainer, D. Munn, proves incorrect. The veteran is. still laid up, and is dangerously ill. ', Twenty-four horses still remain in tho C.J.C. Great Easter Handicap, eeven furlongs, and thirteen have been:paid "up for in the long race;

When contesting the Hokonui Handicap at Gore-on Thursday, Lady Cali'bro collided with the rails through hanging in, and sustained suoh injuries as to necessitate' her destruction. Her ride^ - , R. C. Reed, an apprentice attached to F. Holmes's Riccarton stable, had the. misfortune to break a thigh.

C. Emerson's suspension will expire next week, and he will be riding at Ellerslie at Easter. Amongst other mounts 'he will bo up on The.Toff, Ample, Koesian, and Wishful,_who will represent Mr. G. L. Stead.

Consequent on the death of Sir George M Lean, the Warrington Stud is to bo dispersed. The broocl maree will bo offered at auction in Obristohurch at Easter. The All gelding, All Ready, broko down last week, after winning tho chief •event at the Lake County Jockey Club's Meeting. .Tho imported horse Shepherd Kinir, who won the Caulfield Cup this soason, has finished his -racing career, and will ■take up stud life next season. He is by Martagon-St. 'Windoline, by St. Si-mon-Queen, of the Spring, by Sprinjneld, so that h'e combines some of tho most successful lines of the present day. Tho death is reported from Queensland of tho stallion Corroboreo, by, Harmonist from Grand Canary, tho dam of Trafalgar. He did, most of his racing in Victoria, and was a good performer, wnonjr-his successes being tho Caulfiold JJutuiity Stakes, when ho was a six-year-old. Ho was a great weight carrier, and ho continued to race till four seasons ago, being then'twelve years old.

New York, who raced in Australia lost spring, in. the colours of the late Mr. Carlisle Studholme, figures as top weight with' 12st. 61b., in tho Great Easter •Steepleohase, to be decided at the Onkaparmga Meeting, South Australia, on Easter Monday. A reminder should be given of nominations for the Westland Racing Club's meeting at I Hokitika on ' Wednesday, April 11. The entries close on Friday next,. March 30. In the interval since the Jubilee Meeting, which passed off so successfully last January, the improvements of the course have been completed. The Easter Meeting, which falla in tho fiftieth year of the club's existence, has brought forward an excellent programme. There aro seven- events, including two well-endowed trotting races. The club is offering , i>7oo in _ stakes, and with the other, coast meetings in close sequence, the Easter. West Coast oircuit should be attractive for outside owners.