NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 89, 9 January 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

'.',■!'.;. fJY. OLEXCOE.] : ■ . A , final reminder 'fi given thiit entries for the Pahiatua' Sleetinp must be in the hiindsof Secretary S. T-. Tinney by 5 p.m. to-day.' ' . . ' • Nominations for the Wanganui Cup Jfeeting, to be held on February 20 nnd--22. close on Friday, Jn'nnary 2-t. ! It was the intention, of Mr. F. f>. Enston to npell Mouton Ivnnova and MoutoaCamp, ;b;it-apparently he has Ranged his minn.-innil the horfes named" nre , to-race nt, th'D'Fraton.Mectin?. The first-named, who -is ix ■ full-sister to Sasanof, has a' great private reputation, but so far shp has not acted up-to it in public.' • - The Waverley -trainer, Jl.' Gardner, who ha.i'J)een on a health recruiting.-trip to Auckland, has now recovered and he ivillr shortly take, up-the position, of. private, trainer to Mr. A. Symeis, owner of Hyginns.. Gardner has sold his hurdle , horse. Calais to an Auckland sportsman. MrVi.-W.■ -R. ■ Kemball. was anxious' to purchaße Crenides.at Auckland, but fit 'the,price aslcpdr-lMflgns.—no business resulted. Creriidcw is a full-brother (i> Simbnide.,;, and -by . winning the Royal Stakes'last-week--he. proved himself to be, ii verv smart two-year-old. ■ " . The* Signalman elding, Arlington, whp scored over hurdles at Awapuni _ last month,.is to be racrd on the flat at Feild-■-'iigoh Saturday'.. He has bee.n : galloping frsely ;on. the. training tracks. ; Hindi," the. two-year-old fuH-brothei: to fiidiso,- .who is trnih«l bjl Gcospmnn ■nt many to , b? jhe, bwtf youngster yet sired Tjy. Mys,fiflßhtirin.. . Hindi .-raced, .'at'-'Hastings, lasf'week,. but, was. too backward ,to show .'Hip.' ' ■■■ [' Lady Genbral, who.figures amongst.the I ncceptances for,.tlie open!.sprint event, at, Feilding, has gone amiss, and is not to bo .ft! runner, on Snturday. .. . -. .. ■■■ 'Ojvin'g,.(o' : the.enal shortage'it is not ht all certain.Uiat.the Railway Department will lie-able .to.provide any special tmins to , .Trentham'on.,the occasion of the Cup Meeting-this. nionth. Wild Night," n four-year-old full-brother to Onslaught, has been sold'to'the Southland sportsman, 'Sir. W. Stone, and will in future be trained by H. Coker. Mr. J. D. Winghnin has had the misfortune to lose the services of War Tax, who was kicked at the post by Tyson' during the .progress of ilie Greymonth,races,, says -the "Grey.River Argus." Examination has , proved that the horse sustained a broken rib. •