NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 88, 8 January 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

':. : ■ ... [By Gi/Bncoe.]' . ...-.• .;. : . Entries for the Pahiatua meeting, close on Thursday ■next, at 's'p.in;- ■ : ■■•■ The Feeding meeting, which -\yas postponed on ncco.iint of. the recent epidemic, • will be held oil Saturday next. "Weights'for the Wellington. Cup meeting are due on Friday, and.acceptancesclose on Thursday/ January . 16,S at: .0. P.I". : : '"'"'- ■'■"•■'• • .'.'.■- :, '■■■ i' .-...- ' ■ •Entrica for tho'Nelsoir Trotting Club's. Aimual'Mceting l close on Thursday, and' for the Marlborough .Trcitting'Club's :"aii--nual meeting on Friday-liext;-' Botli thoso.fixtures" should command'-the- attention of the; AYelliiigton'owners. ■ ' ■ . Demosthenes was' Rive- a. good , advertisement at Auckland on Saturday, whim three of his representatives .in Athens 11, Kipling, and Demoiselle,. : vol-iil-;{]id. places in the Great Northern Oiii'iieas, and another of his.progeny,'Tntaiin, ;V.oi;'■ the Welcome' Stakes. . '■',->"'---.. : - '■'■'<■■ Returned visitors from- .the AiickViml. meeting are lo.id in their p'raUos of .the women ticket-selic-rs in. ihe tojalis.itor, and tho'opinion, is held tint ■ they, will eoori be found on all : rnceo.ouisfs.'.>.-;:Tlicj l have this ; .to: recommend-them, iliut they' are at all times courteous to investors,, end'they are.not interested,-in .-the re-; salts of'the races,, which- enables them to devote the whole of their time to their work. • "■• ■. . : '.■. ... Those who .witnessed the racing., at Auckland state that Onslaught was very Bore, and this accounted: for : . his ~poor Blowing. ' . V-γ;-. , ~ ' ... 'Rose Pink- ; was'taken joff.'the train'"at 1 Feildihg yesterday, and she is to race, there on Saturday next. Considering the amount of travelling and racing the little mare does she lasts wonderfully well: She is favoured with a very sound, con-.

sUtiition, and her ti'airici' says she never ' misses ;a.feed. ..."■■.. ■ "'" .. At the Ipswich (Queensland) meeting last 'moiitli, : the- Fourth Division Hiuidi-, cap M'as won by liili'lleot, who is by' Hymettna, from thu Kuramu-bred Intelligence. .A peculiarity ' in connection with Uio entries rfor 'the Wellington Uneing Club's .Summer 'Meeting is. that the total number, 452, is exactly tlio iiimubor that wnii received for tlic'snhi'iiier liieetiug last ''year. ~ - ■.>-,- ■:'■."'■ : Ho;.far Ilymestra hns not sfrnek form this-season; ; it' is stated thai he lias; ■bse'ii ■•■ siiirwMiig from an iileer in his liioulh, Svliich ffo'uld proveiit.'liim showing lili'best form.- ■":'■-■>. Qu'nm's Post lias'tu'riied roguish, and will "not''do. his best on the Hat. It. has b?en■ decided to .try-him -over hurdles, and he fis to'.bfi seen out in the Hack' Hurdles at (heFoxtori meeting oil',Tan'unry 22." - '• ■ . -•'■ '■' • •' B'attlo"' Soiig, ' Bose Pink, and Bewi Pdtw/who are entered .for: the 'Wellington ■' Oiip, : a're 'also ■•nominal cd for' the t'oxton • ■f!iii>; to be run oii the same day. ... • 'The : yraxmere-ownqd- 'two-year-old Fliienc.vhva's ti;ltehro the- Auckland meetin?.' but'iwnt sbro, and could not .i"ne« the ctntter. ' Fluency, .who'is i\ full yister .to Atlipus IT, i?.,spol.:en of. as.- n'very ■ «ppedy ybungstef.' '•.'■' •' ::' ; ■ It'is eviili'iitly'the intention of the'exec- ■ iirhrs..of..-l;lip'-estat(P of (lie- late Mr. W. .T; Doiijrlhs tb'lteep-.vhe stud trointj. tis.at the Auckland sales the iimjdrted mare, P.etitor,''by WrffV Ci-nis—Ponpy, was sold; 'the'■buyei'' bi-ing Mr.; Tlids. Koulstoii, iO.'io' is one "(if the Meeutfirn. '■ ;: Afthe Glenora'-FaVk snle last, week ('lie ■ Hiiiiterville "sports'ma'n,; Mr. .Inmts Biill, inirclias"d't'.ie brnniVraarc s Lady Neville f-niiU—Merry ;Nif)' and7.Carinn (Soult— : TTOTtliOTinii). IJoHi' Ti'iirci' ;ire lo be' ; mated with-Alll'ed-next sonspn. .'.On Hie ■ enrn' , •'■•(inv jiTv.' Bull aiiother Soiilt'innrp in'riolf, who used to curry ?,.' .T;"l?;ae'e'coloiirs/- .''".y' •■,-■.■' Gni'lin'T W-tt t/d"' of?rr"il nt miction. at'' Anclcli'nd "IKst"jvpi>lc, li"t tber" were no bids fAr the .l)lnfk'ifoldii!" , . who i-s best Tfima'iibered as; t|i» ho'-=« that yi&.\ lliree lui'nllo' raeefl at the' , Tiikapuntv niseting twn'-vcars ngai- ' ' A. Press' .Vwinl'nn inp'^ii , Pvdn?y state?- that' the "icp' , or'-'i Rrefr has bpon iWirohased : by : H. R. Denisori for 1025 guineas. <.-.,;.■ -,' .• . .