NOTES AND COMMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 122, 17 February 1919, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By Gi.entof,.]

• There are thrqe race nicotines to be held this week. The Wairoa Club will h«lds its annual meeting on and Thursday, tho North Otaso Club., will race on Thursday and Friday, and the Wanganui Jockey Club on Thursday and Saturday. The annual nieetins of tho Wanganui Trotting Club will be held on Friday and tho following Monday. Nominations for all events at the Wairararci Meeting dose with Secretary C. .T. _ Carlyon, Fcatherston, at -5 p.m. on Fridav next. Dusky Eve, who figures in the Wanganui Cup with 7st. 31b., was runnewip in tho last Ilawke's Bav Cup to Client, and he occupied n similar position behind Afterglow nt Hawera last week. Mr. W. Scott, who has just returned to Wellington after a long absence in Sydnev, stales that the onidoinic which racked New Zealand during the hitler liart of last year., is now very prevalent in New South Wales, and all racing i-- in the mollinc-pot. Mr. Scott reckons that the Health authorities are doine wonders in keening down the death'•"le. At Hie time" the New Zealander left Sydney no one scenmd to have any iileji v'leu <'. u >j||» would lie resumed nenin. 'Hie situation is be-in* taken nhilosophieally by sportsmen who arc agTccd I hat if the closing down on racing will assist to stamp out the epidemic," then it is n, wise course. At th(> Aspendale Meeling on February 1. tho Hastings-owned Lingerie, who was virtd"n br R. Cairns, ran n dead heat in the Welter Plate with St. Mira. In the run-oft', the New Zealandcr was favourite, but was comfortably beaten. On the same day the Yaldhurst cast-off, Sauci. won the big handicap, for which he started at a good prico.

A recent issue of the Melbourne "Age has it that, according to a private cablegram received by his .wife, the wnll' known cross-country jockey F. M'Cabe last week rode the winner of tho Gatwick Steeplechase, in England. M'Cabe has been on active service with'the A.i.F. in France and elsewhere.

To mark the conclusion of peace 't m probable that the V.R.C. will make the next Melbourne Cup a "Peace Cup/' and the added money will be .£IO,OOO.

This year tho Jackson Stakes is run on the opening day of tho AVangiiui J.'i.eting. It is expected that Gloa a.ng will again meet Desert Gold, but after the form shown at tho Egmont Meeting last week tho three-year-old is likely to bo more in favour than tho mare. On the second day of tho meeting Gloaming is engaged in the Wanganui Guineas, one mile, and the event should bean easy victory for him.

Acceptances for the first day's han. dicaps at Wanganui close at 8 o'clock to-night. \ There is also a subscription duo for the Jackson Stakes and Wanganui Guineas.

Bon Spec is proving a good stake winner for J. M'Combe this 6eason. His latest success was achieved at Wingatui on Saturday, when ho was backed down to a very short price ih tho AVaihola Handicap, and though he had lOst. 31b. on his back ho pulled, his backers through.

Mr. J. E. Henrys has been appointed han/licappcr and Mr. Walter Armstrong for the Autumn Meeting of the Masterlon Earing Club.

Acceptances for the Danuevirke Meetins close on Wednesday next at 8 n.in.

It is expected that there will be fully a dozen acceptors in the Wanganui Cud. The four top-weights are to stand their ground, and Client and Eewi Poto havo a lot of friends, as have. Depredation. Karo, and Dusky Eve. Advices from Melbourne state that the ex-Wellington jockey, H. E. Cairns, who is an enthusiastic motor-cyclist, met with an accident recently and broke hia left arm.