NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1914, Page 2

(By Sir Bcdivere).

Nominations for the New Zealand St« Lcger, the lVcntham Gold C»p, and afi ■ handicaps to bo decided at the Welling' ton Autumn Meeting are due on Friday, when second forfeits must bo declared for the North Inland Challenge Stake** Final payments For the Easter Hntidi* cap, Great Northern Champagne Staki«, and Great Northern Oaks, together with acceptances for minor events to bo vutl ■ at iSllerslie are due on Friday next. Acceptances for all evnnta to bp urn on tho opening day of the Foilding Meeting aro due on Saturday. 11. Telford has decided to strike tmfi for himself as a public trainer, and has mude arrangements to take over the stable built and controlled by W. Duvieis. Ito had had a, lengthy experience among thoroughbreds, and should have no dim' cully in securing ample patronage. The following penalties have been in< curred in connection wth the Mtwtertori Meeting :— Cup, Ratana 7lb, Lubriline iOlbj MiUiteuon lla-ndicß[j, Vityoamalama. 71b ; Ruamalumga. Handicap. Orleans 71b , Optiki Welter, Rivtana 71b, C. Emereon is back home agaili) and! went on to Christchurch last mgltt. Ha returns North to-morrow, and will bo present at the Masterton meeting. Ac* cording to report, lid will pilot Saucil in the Great Easter, Handicap and Mouiu in the Champagne Stakes. Owing to t having secured Sunstar'a brother, White Star. Mr. Sol. Green has decided to dispose of Positalio. who will bo offered at auction at the 'Rand wick Hales. Posituno is by St. Simon from Penna, and has already been represented by high'dass horses m Posiedon, Lord Cardigan. Piastre, Mooltan, Lord Nola^ Jacamtit', and others. According to a southern writer, Bon Ton and lion Reve arc likely to be offered for sale aftei^ fulfilling their engagements at llandwick. The Auckland trainer, F. Ross, left for Austinlia last week in charge oE Marangai and Old Old, who will probably be raced at the Melbourne suburban meetings. In commenting on tho fact that Sinapis was generally regarded in. New Zealand as being well treated in the Sydney Cup. an Australian writer says s "This is satisfactory, because it is unpleasant to learn, in tile event Of- defeat, that the owner of any particular horse was dissatisfied with his treatment. It -is always to be regretted in the case of New Zealand horses. They como a long way (at considerable,, expthse, and flat racers have%oV.'of late htidnriuclvluck. This, 1 however, may have been due more to* tho quality, or the lack of it, of the Dominions representatives. Some \*ero palpably overrated by ( those'who knew them' best. When -horses '-of. Class repre. . sented the Dominion tft.Randwick theft left their mark, and it,, is hoped thaft Sinapis deserves all the good things B&ici of her. 1 ' A South African pony club has decide ed to _ follow the example of _ boxing author! ties, and draw the colour line in respect to jockeys. Referring to thiß departure, the Johannesburg Sporting Star remarks :-»"0f course, the dearth of white 'jockeys available at country meetings made it imperative for the' Jockey Club of South Africa to allow of the use of the native, while in tho caily days of the Auckland P&rk Sporting Club white boys were rather scarce, and this club, too, was forced to Jake, the coloured horseman. However, it is satisfactory to note that the latter club has now among its license-holders a sufficient number of white jockeys to dispense with the services of the coloured boy, and the management is to be eon* gratulated on its intention of shortly, prohibiting tile native from riding in races. The competition of the two races in horse races has often led to trouble and animosity, which, if shown in the iiclual racp, is likely to culminate in foi.l riding, Happily, by the careful supervision of stewards and the fact that white license-holders at this club have been a well-behaved body, there has been an absence of any uncalled-for incidents during the carrying out of the sport, but it cannot be denied that there is always & danger of tin's undesirablestate of" affairs creeping in. Over and ■above that, it is undermining the supremacy of the white people to allow thenative to compete on equal terms with them, and the restriction on the native could well have been, introduced years ago. Reforms are, however, seldom too late, and in this' case, at any rate, eeriotis thought lias been given the matter 1 before any material damage has been done." In reference to the fatal accident) which befell Continuance. "Pilot 1 ' remarks :— "While being schooled over the brush steeplechase fences at Randwick, the well-known New Zealand juniper Continuance came a tremendous cropper, and so badly injured his spino that he was unable to rise. He was later removed from the course in an ambulance, and taken to Mr. J. Stewart's veterinary hospital. Unfortunately, his case was hopeless, and he was destroyed. Continuance, who made a. name for himself as a hurdler % and steeplechaser in New Zealand, previously visited Sydney in the spring of 1912. and distinguished himself over the big jumps, lie won the Bowling Steeplechase at Rand wick with 12.10, and at, Flemington the following month was successful with 13.0 in the Cup Steeplechase. F. Cress did not at first seem badly injured, but he subbcquently collapsed, and on removal to St. Vincent's Hospital was found to be suffering from concussion of the brain. Did you see the start? You would see much better with a pair of good prismatic binoculars. O'Connor and Tydeman, Palmerston North, sell them from £5 10s. — Advt.