NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3089, 21 May 1917, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Owners should uoto that acceptances for tho Wa-nganui and Olaki fixture* close 10-nigbl. Mr. V. B. Slratlon, secretary of thn Egmont Racing Club, who recently underwent an - operation at tho Bowon Street Private Hospital, was yesterday reported to bo doing well. Owing to the abuencn of the ueual train facilities Secretary D'Alh and the Otaki Club io arranging for an early start of the racing on both days oi the June meeting. Thia will enable patrons to get back to tho oitv by the express trains. Tbn victory of Desert Gold in the Awapuni Gold Cup last week was so decisive that her supporters generally regretted that.the crack three-year-old Kilboy was not. one of the field.- Mr. h- fc. Luttroll, owner of the colt, was amongst those present, a.nd after witnessing the

way tho mars romped home in heavy going he was probably inwardly glad rnat Ilia colt was not there. This is by .no means a sn-estion l.Ut th* southern owner is not sportsman enough to take a. heating, but there is room for tho ne1W that his colt caught, tho mare ou an off-day, and if over they meet, aKajnwhich iB doubtful ae ttilboy is oB to Auetai.lia.-tho mare will be the sa.mo hot. favourite a« in the past. It ig too late now to raako excuse* for Desert Gold, but: those who ea,w how distressed ehe was uftar. tho Twntham Gold Cup will asree. with the opinion that she was not properlv prepared for the race. t. Davis, ou being questioned regarding this at. Awapuni. told the writer thai, his real difficulty was his inability to «et anything to work with the mare and ebe will not extend ■herself when, alone. Unfortunately, «s stated above, there is not much chance of Ki boy and Desert. Gold meeting again, as the latter is not Htaly to visit. Australia, but should Buon a contingency arise, the tween tho two champions in the hpring Stakes, one mile end a ***!, f-ni the Randwick Plate, two miles, w« *»the occasion for a big influx to Randwick of New Zealand sportsmen. Gunner R. A. Cooper, who formerly owned and rated Full Bate and Chillies recently cabled eomo Jnende in Maeterton, stating "All well. J R. ,l'. Mason, expocta to leave for Sydney about the firat week in June. Biplane is still spelling on hie owners i station in North Canterbury, but ho will return to Rjocarton shortly and » likely to bo ouo of the touring team, which may also include Bimeter and tho maiden two-year-old*. Kilowatt (Martian .-Torked Lightning) and Immortelle (Martian— Everlasting). A .f. MTlinn. has recovered euffiwentW to leave the hospital, nnd is now at hie homo.at Green Lane. Hie injured knee has mended well, and it. should not be long before he is. able to get about again. A census is being taken of the number of people deriving their living from racing, and thn number dependent upon them, which will bo-presented, to the Government in duo course..

The New Zealahrt-owned Two Lights, withi 7cti. l£lb.. in. tho saddle, won tho Seooinir v »toiao!r Handicap of six furlbragu ■at tiioiWXsnliMejiloho (Vic.) meetiins. Jteo iliigltai started, at long odds, and won <hy tTteistiHi irn linin.. 15sec. His euocese wottfti .-vompersate- in a measure Hot ftb sSiersU BarnoTW defeats of Three. W.t a,rswntCStulfieldl meeting tboetewarife $did~ ax sutipriso. visit to tho jockeys;' Teoiri. nnd! searched the bags and Isilfii ISeibttginK to riders engnged during the afternoon. Nothing of a suspicious nature -was found, and .it is understood that the official objective was electric batteries. IV D. ,lone<s has just broken in a yearling filly by Birkenhead-Sequinetto, by St. Ambroso-Sequin, by Cuirassier— Radiant. Sho is a sho-pelv youngster, and a likely sort, save for tho fact that her hooks, are unsightly. They may not cause serious trouble, however, in which case the filly ehould be very useful. Hot dam is a half-sister to Seadown, whom the youngster resembles in some respects. .