NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS

' (Br Glsncos.l ' . Acceptances for the first day's handicap ..events, also tho Maid.en. Stakes, ran on the second day at the .Feilding; Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, to bo hold on Easter Monday and Tuesday, oloße with Mr. Edmund Goodbehere (secretary), at B.SO. to-night. , , ■

In connection with ths autumn meeting of tho -Jlanawatu Racing' Club, to bo held on Wednesdav and Thursday, April 25' and 20, all profits go to'the patriotic funds. Owners are reminded that nominations for all handicap events closo on Wednesday, April 4, at 9.30 p.m., with the secretary, P.O. Box 52, Palmerston North. Lady Zetland raid iiw daughter,' Lady /Lillian, both won tho Great Easter and Great Autumn double. Thero aro ton horses' eligible for tho same feat this year. Imported horses figure prominently among the nominations for the Canterbury Juckoy Cliiib's Autumn. Meeting. They include Panmnre, Winter Cherry, Love Token, Shrill, Cheloma, and Bayonne. The field for tho Great Easter Handicap may be' materially reduced beforo the post is reached, as Adjutant, Multifual, Miss de Val, : Beltane, and Cincinnatufl' ar engaged ' in other evonts on the same day. . win of Fiery Cross in tho Southland Cup will involve a 51b. penalty in the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps, bringing his weight for these two events to Sst. and'7et. 91b. respectively. , With the _ exception of Kilboy and Marc Antony, all the horses engaged in the GyeatAutuinn Handicap also figure uu the*. Great. Easter Handicap. - It'is reported that the owner of Wishful iB dissati.6fidd\with tho treatment, of the.sonnof.Boniform. by the Auckland handicappor, and the bay horse .will not be sent to Ellerslie. Amongst the horses engaged at the Southland Racing Club's meeting was one rejoicing in the strange namo of Gaberlunzie. When translated from N the Celtic the cognomen is said to mean the equivalent of the colonial expression "Jiard case."

• The De lay Rey gelding Neuroma, who has been on the sick list for some time past, dropped dead at Riverton last week. Amongst the winners at Invercargill on "Wednesday was Hot Air, a three-year-old sister to All Ready. Sho was bred by the late Mr. J. Buckley, and at tho sale of his racing stock was secured by Mr. W. Marshall for 47 guineas.

A further payment for the Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps falls duo on Wednesday next, when ' acceptances for the minor evonts must be n»de.> It is expected that Bee, Egypt, Adjutant, Beltane,' and Cincinnatus will drop out of, the first event, and probably Sasanof arid Marsa will, retire from Tuesday's race. A win for Multifual, Miss de Val, Varnish, Fiery Cross, or Red Ribbon in the Great Easter Handicap would mean a stone penalty in tho Great Autumn Handicap. \ ,

The late Mr.- J. N. M'Arthur, who died recently in: Melbourne, was .for many years a prominent' owner, and he raced horses up "till his sudden demise. Tho Flemingfon trainer, Jas. S'cobie, always had a few horses, belonging to Mi\ M'Artlnm The deceased was one of the very few owners wh» raced without betting. Ho had no narrow views on the subject, and always held that people' were entitled to, do what they liked with their own money.

Rivernook,, who won' -the Nnrong Hurdles at the Caulfield meeting on March 17,' carried the colours oj| Mr. Andy Math eson, who formerly belonged tor the WairaTapa district, but somav years ago migrated to 1 Melbourne, where he raced- horses with varying success. -