NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3112, 16 June 1917, Page 9

NOTES AND COMMENTS

LBi Glenoob.l

Tho Gisborno Mcetinc will be concluded to-day. '

Amongst tho New Zoaland stallions nominated for the A.J.CL mid V.R.O. Sires' Produce Stakes are Nassau, Martian. .J&l----broncy, and Sunny Lake. The Wanganui District Committco has already got. to work on tho reduction question. At a liieetinK held on Wednesday it was decided that the Wanganui Club should loso two dajs and tlio Maiiawatu; Feildiutr, Marton, Foxton, and both Hunt Clubs ono dav oach. So far none of tho clubs have decided which mectiUES will bo cut down. There is a difforenco of oninion about tho i claims of Foxton and Raugitikoi. and it is probable that tho former club will appenl.

• Achilles is now standing at the TerraKong Stud in New South Wales, aud hia feo is '20gns. Achilles is represented by several good horsos vaeing on tho other side, including Venerable, one of the best horses in Queonsland. The Sabretache gelding Sabremii, who won th 6 Hunters' Hurdles af tho last Graud National Mectinc. is amonest thoso entijed in tho Napier Park Stooplechaso.

Mr. H. Whitney's horses Mount Victoria and Rumania aro to race at tho Napier Park Meeting next week, and will be railed from Treutham on Tuesday.

Mr. E. J. Watt states that after the war ho will shin the whole of his bloodstock, inoliidins the stallions AH Black and Wolawa, also tho brood mnrcs, to his stud at Molong (N.S.W.), and that T. F. Quinlivan will go over and take full charge.;'

It is cabled that Lord Mauhain's estate in England has boon nworn at £1.005.498. Testator directed that all his horses, iniiluiline his racehorses, ahoulil lio destroyed It is hardly likely that mioh a ridiculous provision in tho will will be nevmiLlcd to ho nut Into ellecl by the Government, especially when thousands of horses for war inirnosos arc bcinc imported from beyond the seas to Franco.

Silver Monarch is to fulfil his cnenEonicnts at Napior. and tho aged ircldinc will be railed from Trcntlmin on Tuesday. Private advices received in Wellington Blato that the ox-Aucklaudor, V. W. M'Oabo, is now iu a hospital in England. Ho recently Rot leave from tho Australian oamn at BaJlßbury l?lain to rido a bora?.

The animal foil at the first fence and M'Cabe , reoeivod a badly broken arm. Tho four liorßes taEeiv over to Sydney by R. J. Mason are now comfortably housed at Randwick. and have made several appearances on the tracks there. So far they have only been given the easiest of taßks. , Now that the seasbn is drawing lo a close the leadiucr jockeys are makiuK contracts for next, year. As far as can be gathered there will not be many alterations in the oxistinc order of thinss.. It is oxpected that B. Deriey will asain lw found riding for 11. J. Mason, A. Reed for tho Messrs. Riddiford and Mr. Lorinc. O. Emerson for Mr. G. L. Stead, and J. O'Shea for Mr. T. H. Lowry. Sloirau is the latest aspirant for iiunnintr honours at Riccarton, and his lirst 'efforts over the pony hurdles suuncet that he may develop into a useful jumper. At one stage of his career the St. Laddo celding gave promise ot taking hiKli honours" on the flat, but ho was very unlucky, meeting with moro , than one accident, and he liaa dono no'thinc for sonic tlmo nast in kocpinK with early expectations. Ito is only a six-year-old, however, bo there is still time for him to win cood races over obstacles, provided he stands the necessary nrcparation. Tho Treutham tracks aro now very heavy as tho result of "the recent rains. Thoso trainers who have horses with immediate engagements aro making full use of the Band track. It is stated that there is no truth in the published statement that Mr. W. If. Field. M.P.. is to represent tho Otaki and Horowhenua Clubs on the District Committee which will meet on Monday to so into the question of tho curtailment of racing in the Wellington district. Mr. Veruon Stratton, secretary of the Eemont Jockey Club (Hawcra) who has undergone two severe operations in a private hospital in Wellington, left there yesterday on tho high road to health. Tho total entries for tho Epsom llandicau number 207—a record—and for the Metropolitan Handicap, 178. Shrill and Swoct Corn aro Included in both.—Press Assn. , A Press Association message from Sydney states that tho ycarlimj colt Registration (by Demosthenes—Culmination) has been sold privately. The price is not dis-