NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 23, 22 October 1918, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

rar GMNCoE.i 'Owners should bear In mind that entries for nil events at tuo Ashhurst meeting closo on Saturday next. -Tho Telegrapn olhce at Ashhurst closes at 5 D,m. rho sprinc meeting of tho Poverty Bav Turf Club will bo held on Thursday an d i'riday of this week. Acceptances tor tho opcnintr da-y'3 handicops at tho Avondalo nicctins rtvs?. on Friday next, at S p.<n. All Over has been allowed to drop out of tho C.J.O. Stewards' Handicap, so it may bo taken for granted that JU- J. Bull intends him to' race at the Ellcrslio lucluve, which iB .run at the snmo time. Tho well-known horseman, J!. Hatch, was before tho Medical Board recently, and was classed 01. • J. H. Jcft'ei'd has arranECd to rail his team to Auckland at the conclusion of tho racing at Trcnthum. Tho trip from 'lrenthatn to EUcrslie now takes two days, so tho horses will bo in plenty of timi< for tho Avondalo meetinc. ' Arch Jlarella. runner-up to Kennaquhair in tho A.J.O.' Metropolitan Handicap, it engaged in. the Melbourne Cud with 7st. 31b.. and is one of tho fancies for the raco. B. Deeley's winning ride on (Hoaminc in tho A.J.C. Derby brought liim in a fee of £222 Mb. » Though he has been allowed to drop out of his Wellington eniraEonicntß, Kurnalpi has been entered for tho Avondalo and Auckland Steeplechases, to be run next month. It looks as if Mr. G. L. Stead intended dividinß Jus teams this sprimr. for be ias paid up for Kilmoon in tho Great Northcm Guineas. Hotana, who is engaged in tho two-year-old cvonts at tho coinine Trcntham iixturc, is a half-brother by Demosthenes to the three-year-old Maioha. At the conclusion of tho Tacinc at Masferton trainers -shifted their teams to Trcntham, and a lot of visitintr horses .worked yesterday moraine. Amongst tho numbor wero Vagabond, War March, Tigritiya, and Gatherer, in chareo of J. If. .Tefferd, Jlandrake and Manila in charge of S. Waddcll, and Sasanof, Cashmere, Lallah Book, I.ady Ball, and Good Day, iu charge of G. Jones. Athens 11,. tho half-brother by Demosthenes to Los Angclos, is to bo a Btarter in tho Great Northern Guineas. He is to bo Riven a, race at Gisborno on tho way north. Mr. J. Hart, who used to raco Tclta, is now the owner of Athens IT. Tho local owner, Mr. .11. W. Brown, is to bo represented at tho Avondale «ml Auckland motings by Form Uu and Cyrc- | fliun. Sinco his win in tho Final Welter Handicap at Mastcrtou Oyresiau is ,'onc of the favourites for tho Avondalo Guineas. Tho disappointinout of the Masterton moetinp was Mansamahoe. The Waikatoowned animal was expected to show up in the Masterton Oup, and 81b. overweight was put up so ho could have tho scrvices of H. Itobinsou, but he failed badly. and on tnis form can .have little ehanco of success in the New Zealand Cup. Tho Weliineton Trotting Club has decided to have tho Stewards' Handicap, of ono mile, in Baddlc, and the Electric Handicap, of one milo and a quarter, in harness, handicapped by yards, and the other six events under the seconds syßtcm. The names of Queen Abbey (Eiinutaka Handicap). Manganiahoe (Wellington Handicap). King Abbey (October Handicap), and Mill o' Gowrio (Shorts Handicap) wero omiticd Irom tho list of acceptances for •tho Wellington meeting, which appeared on riaturday. Tho acceptance of Marker did not reach the club's office until. 9.30 on Friday, half an hour after the closing time, and could'not be received. Though ho figured in some of the published lists ot acceptances. Koyal Chef was not paid up for the Bymg Haudican at the Masterton meeting. Trcntham Visitors—When in Wellington see the smart showing of Men's Wear ot Herb. Price's. 54-56 Wills Strcet.-Advt, • Trainers and Joclccys.-Wc arc aseuts for Burberry Coats and Stetson Hats. See ' our window displays. Herb. Price s, 54-56 Willio Strcet.-Advt.