NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

fBY-GLKICJE.]

To ieniible-STr'. ;Henrys,to witness-the .Feildiiig form tho'handicaps for the Tpxtoh' meeting ha\e boon postponed until . Monday, next, and. the: acceptances wiil 'close on Wednesday. •'".-. : ''The "Feilding meeting, will >bo held tomorrow. Visitors- from-'-Wellington- can 'hialreiho journey,by the New Plymouth JUail train and return -by the 5.i0.-.piin. strain frohi Palmerstoh North,'.

."-Jl.'-. Hobbs Ims engaged-foiir boxes nt TrenthamJ.and he is,expected to arrive on Sunday -with Punka, Tavorila, Tortrix, and Winter. Cherry. .. . ~' .■■!-•

I .'lt is said that there is every ohanco "of ;Teka. and Athens .II romai'ning -in Auckland.'u.ntil. after the Tnkapuna mee.tJ ; ins..., If '.so' the .former.will. not. bo- -a runner in the Wellington Cup, in which he-is. nicely treated .with Bst'..2lb '.. '.> .'"' I'Depredation' met. I rouble ', during .the Auckland Cup'rnce, .arid lie is not likely to. be seen-out at Trentham. . ■ ' |

; :v .The"Auckland .moritor", D. Moraghan, been in ill-health fo'r'a long timo ' past', o intends ; spending a fow. mohtlis .in 'Australia,, and he is.; distributing', his iteam amongst other traiiiefs during his 'libsence;■.,;'' - ; .:'•■'■■'..; .'"• ;/ , ''"■.'.'

-With the exception of Happy. Cnptain,' who has been 1 sent home, -the Chpkobore team which" raced at; Kllerslie will also don' silk ■■ at the' ! coming Trentham 1 meeting; . ;'.' .-.: ■. ' . ■'• !

According' to- a writer in the "Otago. Daily Times," a race meeting was .held at St. Boxing DaTf "when ■the Utmost 'sobriety arid - good-fellowship prevailed;" •■United Service, 'who 'three season's ; ago' captured; the Midsummer. Handicap at' Bicca-rton,' was Been to advnnta'jje in the St. Bathons Handicap, but later m the nfternoon -more than met his match in Vaultino- in the Cambrian Handicap. Calabria, by Calibre from La Russe, accounted for both hock races, while both' trotting events : went to Golden.-Age, '.llf. William Cooper has been elected to succeed the late- Ifr. -James Macara as ;vice-president of .the' Masterton 'Eaciiig, Club. During the;last'few months the club .'has "lost by death its handicapp'er, 'jridge;;a:.:vi.ce-president, and one of its principal stewards. '..'„ '.'.'.' .'. p.wiug to th'e'bad condition of tlie training tracks at Opaki; lliv W. E. Kemball,' according to our Masterton correspondent, intends;' removing •'- his horses ;to : other tiuarters..-' •".-;'. .';.','.;

. .Tho. Masterton Hacing Club has at pre'sent'.a credit.balance.of d£Bl9■3si.Bdlv. .. ] ;'The. hanilicap. for, the' Wellington Cup,; .which .appeared .yesterday, seems to,;be framed on flattering, lines. Client,-, the |-top-weight, is. not required to carry any •nioreWthan 9sK,..which' is slb. less .than he" had' at Awapuni.'.He meets Noble-' man.on 121b:abetter tei'ms, which should bring "the pair together, llenelaus.-Bst. 111b., is nicely placed, and it will be iiiteresliiig to know which of its pair i (Men&lain.-or.-,--Mascot-)...the stable will j:reiy..v wjfeu.'- '• • Snub, -' Sst. • lib., usu[ally shows ;up in., a handicap,, and tlie weight, adjuster has shown in unmistakable terms what he thinks of his, Canterbury Cup-victorys. Eed Hibbon, , Sst. lib.,- is improving all the .-'.time, and 'she' is sure..to. be one of the earljr,fancies. JyUm,M.n'/.'&t!',;,rnj4."below.|iprn);.i>t ..li.e.'.'and; ho'J,ni9y iiot. freshen '.up. in -time . for-jtlie ".local." meeting. Lower down,the list are the two' three-year-old. fillies, Punka, and Karq. Both appear to bo' nicely -weighted.'and are sure; to be well sought: after. Heathercote, a ;throe-year-. "old colt, is on. the same mark; and though he has only won'over seven ;fnr'longi 'this season he appears ..to. be .coining on' with .'racing. The tail is. .a long one; ..'but.not a strong one. The acceptances, which close.next IViday.;are sure to bring, a' good.response; from ~'.'.;'., .': .■ . ' '.-, '■':■'•.;..- •

.The sum of .£1)30 will be. offered "in stakes at '. tho summer meeting' of the. Wa'iiKatiiii Trotting Club, to be held on February,. 21.'.- 'Nominations close at's ..p.m.'-,qnV Jijiiuary : 3l.