NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3083, 14 May 1917, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

IBr Gi.encoe.l The adjourned Autumn Mee ting of the Manawatu Racing Club will take placd on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Train - arrangements are advert tised in this issue. • , The local light-weight, A. Reed, who has been suffering with influenza lately, is now making a good recovery and hopes to be in the saddle at Awapuni on Wednesday and Thursday. The surprises of tho acceptances fop the Great Northern Hurdles was the defections of El Gallo and Hylaus, both, of whom were expected to make a bow showing. Apparently the top-weight is to be reserved for stecplechasing this season. Mr. G. L. Stead, owner of The Toff and Plymouth, arrived here yesterday and wiil be present to see_ his horse? race at the Manawatu Meeting. Gaziauo aud Multifual. winners at Hastings, have both incurred oil). penaU ties for their races at the Manawatu Meeting,this week. Taneo, who won the Marlborough Cur* end has been placed several times since, is being kept eoing and will race at the Otaki Meeting next month. The lease of the half-sister to Pavlova exuires shortly, and as her owner- hag leased a younger half-sister again, ha may return Tango to her breeder aB 00-maru. • ,-r , , i Having won Taccs at Hawera last week. Miss Sation and Salutary are not now; eligible to contest the Maiden Plate ab Awapuni on 'Wednesday. The Formative gelding, Waterform. who made a good impression by the way he scored at Hastings, is an unlikely starter at Awapuni. ' Jockey S. Reid, who was drawn in the last ballot, has failed to pass the medical test, and has been accepted for home service only. If the weather keeps fine and the «h ing is good, Chakwana is expected to start in the Autumn Handicap at the Manawatu Meeting in -preference to the Telegraph Handicap. Mr. Riddiford has always had a desire to try his mare over adistance of ground, and he was greatly disappointed that owing 'to tho heavy state of the going, she could not race in the Thompson Handicap at Tientham. The three-year-old filly Killjjy, by Kil-bi-oney—Soberside. has rejoined F. Christmas' 6 active team, after being off the scene for a few iccctbe. She looks a trifle rough, but otherm'se is in pood health after her spoil. Like many of the Kilbroney fillies, Killjoy is inclined to be fractiou6. Shrill and Cheloma were scratched fop all engagements at the Auckland Winter Meeting last Monday at 1.15 p.m. There waa a fear in some quarters that the hurdle fices at-some of the win-, ter meetings of tv. south might tarn out badly, but the -?csx-cnse from ovr*;-s for the North Otapo locke-' Chb's meeting does not bear but tii*< vV»«\ Air the Empire Hurdlo Handicap the tions number sixtee:i.- ; Mr. G. L. Stead's steeplechaser. Tim! Doolan, is to make another attempt to win the V.R.C. Grand National Steeolechase, and is to be sent to S. Casev'a stable at Caulfield. to bo prepared foe that event. The Manawatu Trotting Club's races will be held on the Awapuni Course on Friday, the first race starting at 11.30.