NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 9, 10 July 1912, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Returned visitors to the Gisborne Meeting report favourably of Master Theory, winner of a double at the East Coast fixture 'laot waek. He is said to be * clever and finished fencer, with plenty of pace, and comee ut the right end of his races like a stayer. At Trentham this morning he looked fit and well, and appears none the worse for the travelling and racing he has done. Gkbome form in hurdle races has been found well worth following during the last decade. Medallioue and Hippowai ran first and second at Gieborne, and were similarly placed in the Grand National a, month later. The Aucklanden Cuiraßno won on both days at Gisborne; the Final Hurdles on the second day of the Wellington Meeting and the Grand National. More recently the Gisborne district produced a couple of topnotchers in Te Arai and Paisano, who, after winning in their own district, scored at Txentham, also at Riccarton. Master Theory has an excellent chance to further add to his successful tour, although he is opposed by what appears to be the best field that ever contested the' Winter Hurdles. Among the lightweight division are several recent winners over hurdles in Bollin, Silver Cluse, Darby Paul, Goodwin Park, Bismarck, and Nescot. The thoroughbred horse Peter Pan (Stepniak— Armilla.), recently purchased by Mr. W. Corlefct, of Carterton, for 200 guineas, arrived from South this morning and was railed through to the Wairarapa this afternoon, Armilla is the dam of Armlet and Ingoda's dam Armigera. Cra.vat, Collarit, and other £ood performers in Australia also belong to the Castor—Necklace family. Peter Pan is a good looking young horse, and Bhould prove an acquisition to the blood stock ol the Wairarapa. Sir Frisco has contested the P&riiaj mentary Handicap on four occasions, and would have taken part in next •week's race only for his owner missing tho acceptance. He won race two years in succession. He also finished third to Bollin and Merrie Zealand, and was unplaced behind Electra'koff last year. Mr. J. B. Joel is giving Frank Wootton a retainer of £2000, in addition to a percentage on winnings, for second claim on his services this season. A condition of the engagement is that he ehall be able to ride at 8.7, if not lobs. La Reina claims engagement in two races- on the opening day of the Wei'lington Meeting. She has recently won over both distances, seven furlongs and a, mile and a quarter. The field for the Winter Hurdles, to. b)a decided next week, Includes The Rover, who won the race twelve months ago. The veteran performer in the race is Compass, who on the present occasion will contest the Steeplechase. The old Daystar gelding won the Hurdles four years ago, and two y^ars later was unplaced behind Paisu.no. Last "season he ran second to The Rdver. The Auckland-bred pony Master Dix, by Seaton Delaval— Miss Dix, ; by .Phoebus Apollo, was among^ the 'vVinWr^ 1 at the Ascot (Sydney) Meeting?"" kiss 5 Soult (who raced in the Dominion, as jGloss when carrying "Mr: HighdenV,' colours) ran third in the same race. Master Paul, White Cockade, and Sea ■King, the Riccarton-ti'ained horses '"engaged at Trentham, are expected to put in an appearance at headquarters on ■Sunday. '■" > TheHori. J. D. Ormond has a partial, mortgage over the Trial Plate, run at the Wellington Winter Meeting. When Mom-u, owned by Mr. G. C. Ormond (son of tho Squire of Karamu) won, The Stake (carrying the ceriße jacketi ran second. Mobility (an- Auckland Easter Handicap winner) won the following season. Wirral repeated the performance a year later. Wallasey bumped Up against a top-notcher in AH Red, and' had to be content 'with second money. The last thre© contests for the race went to Dreadless, Morecambe, and Ainsdale, all Karamu-bred. Will Peary (fullbrother to North Head and North Pole) add to this excellent record next week? Peary has been engaged in the Winter Cup and New Zealand Cup. Wingarara had to put up 71b penalty in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles. A week prior to the decision of the big race he scored ,in a two-mile hurdle race at Williamstown. In consequence of a> satisfactory trial with Merry Monarch he was sent out favourite in a field of fourteen, and won easily in the good time of 3min 47£ sec. In connection therewith the Melbourne correspondent of th« Sydney Referee reports that Mr. E. A. Connolly, who is "Lou'* Robertson's adyiser-in-chief, had a. rattling win over Wingarara, and he also hit up the "books" earlier in the day over the Winter Handicap, for which his gelding Brookong, in % field of twenty, startea at a fair price. He must have won a. pot of money over this race. It was a very good thing for Brookonjj, who led off and won pulling up by six lengths, the five furlongs being covered in lmin 2Jsec. Brookong, after winning the Maribyrnong Plate, was purchased by Mi. H. Alan Currie for 1000 guinea*, but he only won a small race with him, and sold him at auction, for 110 guineas. Mr. A. M'Cracken, his next owner, won a few races with him, and now Connolly has him. Brookong, who is by Orzil from Kettledrum, blows a good deal in pulling up, but his wind is apparently all right—^anyhow, for a short distance. In the Point Cook Handicap, Connolly, who id very much in the racing public eye at present, backed Tiercel, bub he reckoned without Dumfries, who is owned by Mr. " Tot " Murray, a member of the ring. Dumfries, in a field of nine, went out at a long price, and led all the way, beating Tiercel by a length. Dumfries is a two-year-old, and hitherto has failed to stay out even six furlongs in his own class, while this race was run over a mile. He is by Scotland from Miss Muriel, by Amberite, and only cost 40 guineas up & yearling in .Sydney. The successful light-weight horseman B. Deeley, who has signed on to ride the members of Mr. G. D. Greenwood's team during the co-mine season, leaves foi* Sydney on Friday. It is likely that some members of the Canterbury owner's team will be in commission at the Rosehill meeting on the 20th inst., as Mr. Mason cabled Deeley not to delay hie departure until after tine Wellington meeting, as intended. Deeley's record for the season was eighty-eight wins, being one lees than C. Jenkins's best record. The annual report of tho Wa.irara.pa Racing Club contains the announcement that it is proposed at an early date to further increase the accommodation for visiting trainers and jockeys and complete the fencing around both enclosures. Ifc is to be a recommendation to the ajinual meeting that a sum not exceeding £4000 be allotted for stakes. Six stewards will retire by effluxion of time — via.,-Me*r«. W. J. Nix, A. M. Wi|kj B .

eon, Allen Donald, A. C. Pearc*, George Hume, and k. D. MacLeod. Th« balance-sheet of the club shows the receipt* for the year to have been £7971 la fld and the expenditure £8585 18s 6d. The year was commencod with a debit balance of £711 2s 6d, which has been reduced .to £305 19s 3d. The receipts include £4514 11* lOd totalisator commi66ion (£3146 6s 6d was received in 1910-1911), £288 in members' subscriptions and entrance feoa (£263), £994 10s nomination and' acceptance fees (£952), £484 10s lawn gates (£476 ss), £475 9s outside gates (£454 16s), £349 7s 6d, catering (£334 16s 6d), £269 2s race cards (£250), and £256 '1s privileges (£261 • 9s). The expenditure on Btakee was £3265 (£3210 for 1910-1911), stamp duty on totalisator, etc., £1112 8s 4d (£782 13s 6d), buildings and improvemente £646 4« lOd (£257 2s 1 4d), salaries and wages £1349 Os 8d (£1254 12s). j printing and advertising £243 10s 10d (£250 0s 4d), property account £140 6s 5d (£240 15s 3d), loan repaid £200, donation Sports Protection League £48, donation Wardell Memorial Fund £25. AUSTRALIAN SCRATCHING By Telegraph.— Pre«i Association.— Copyright (Received July 10, 10. 15 a.m.) ~ SYDNEY, This Day. Theodore has been scratched for the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps.