NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Sir Lancelot.")

K&uwairoa, Mystified, Tirana, and Interlude, winners at Feilding, have incurred penalties for the opening day at Woodville. \

The Manawatu Eaoing Club has issued a most attractive programme for, its Summer Meeting, to be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 27th, 28th, and 29th December. All profits from the meeting, without any deduction, go to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers Fund. The Manawatu Cup is worth 700 soys, President's Handicap 300 soys, and Liverpool Handicap 400 boys. The sprint events, each run over a distance of six furlongs, are the Fitzherbert Handicap of 300 soys, Awapuni Handicap of 200 soys, and Kawau Handicap of 200 soys. There is a hurdle race and hack welter each day, while owners of hacks are well catered for. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events close to-night at 10 o'clock with the secretary, P.O. Box 52, Palmerston North.

ft. J. Mason, who returned South last night with Bimeter, informed me that the Maltster horse would fulfil his engagement in the Railway Handicap at EUerslie. ■' Nones was not engaged in the Great Northern Derby and would not make the trip. Those who were looking forward to another meeting between Warstep, Desert Gold, and Nones in the weight-for-age events at EUerslie would be doomed to disappointment. Mr. Greenwood intended to visit the Auckland Meeting, and Mason intended to take Xanthos and a maiden for the Royal Stakes. The well-known trainer said he had no two-year-olds good enough to take North. Mr. Greenwood had relied on the young. Danubes, but so far they had been a disappointment. Mason has an excellent record with two and three-year-olds at EUerslie. When he was with the late Mr. G. G. Stead Mason trained the winner of the Royad Stakes on eleven successive occasions, except when Renown beat Menschikoff. He also-brained tho winner three years in succession for Mr.- Greenwood. Mason greatly regrets the loss of Sutala, whom he considered much superior to Nones and who he hoped would have been as good as his sire as a three-year-old. At that age Elysian won the Hawkes Bay Guineas, Champion Plate, Canterbury Derby, and Cup, which events were all won by Desert Gold this season. The performers named met on several occasions last season. At Riccarton in the spring Desert Gold finished in front of Sutala in the Welcome Stakes and Irwell Handicap, -fin the Great Northern Foal Stakes Desert Gold beat Sutala a neck, and the result was the same in the Royal Stakes. Emperador, who was coming up to contest the Palmerston North Stakes, would be the only representative of Mr. Greenwood at the Manawatu Meeting.

Mr. W. 0. Rutherford, whose 'death was recently announced, was a, prominent patron of the Turf in the North Canterbury district for many years. The North Island-bred Tornado was a useful performer in the deceased gentleman's colours, while Lapidary and Jibboom were others to win races.

Mr. J. F. Hartland (secretary of the Auckland Racing Club) will receive acceptances for the Auckland Cup and Railway Handicap up to 9 o'clock tonight. General entries for the minor handicap events at the meeting and first forfeits for the Great Northern Foal Stakes, Great Northern Derby, and Royal Stakes close at the same time.

Mr. F. H. Pyne, whose death at Christchureh was announced on Thursday, was well known in sporting circles. In connection with Mr. Alex. Boyle, he conducted a bloodstock auctioneering agency, and was generally recognised as one of the best salesmen of thoroughbred stock in the Dominion; tie bred and raced horses in partnership with Mr. Boyle and on his own behalf and was treasurer of the Canterbury Jockey Club. J

The weather notwithstanding, the i'eilclmg Meeting was a great success, both from a racing and financial point of view. Mr. Skip with had some large nelds to deal with on both <!*ys, but effected good despatches, with little delays. Mr. Henrys's handicaps were productive of good ■ finishes, and the management of the meeting, in Mr. Edmund Goodbehere's hands, left nothing to be desired.

The programme of 'the Auckland 1 rowing Club's Summer Meeting, to be held on 28th, 29th, and 31st December, is the most attractive that has beau issued by a North Island club. The sum of 2500 soys will be distributed in stakes during the three days. Owners are reminded that nominations for all events close at 9 o'clock to-night, -with Mr. C. F. Mark (secretary).

Neither Messrs. Greenwood, Bidwill, nor Lowry was present at Feilding to see their horses compete. Probation and Deviation both ran disappoiniing-

The Porirua team for the Woodville Meeting will consist of Kauwairoa, Martyress, Merry Dale^ and Stepney. '

The programme of the annual meeting of the Taratahi-Carterton Racing Club, to be held at tha Clarsyjlle course on 27th December, comprises half-a--dozea gallops and two trotting events, worth 50 soys each.. The principal gallops are the Wairarapa County Cup, of 150 soys, and ths Railway Handicap, of 100 soys. Nominations for all events close to-night at 9 o'clock with Mr. J. B. Bail-stow, secretary, Carterton.

Mr. J. H. Perrett, a steward of the Feilding Jockey Club and fiangitikei Kacing Club, -will act as judgs at the iaranaki Jockey Club's Christmas Meet-

Sir Solo was allowed-to drop out of his engagements at Woodville. He and Red Ribbon will be taken to Auckland. Both horses wer» galloping well at Feilding prior to the meeting, and may have besn affected by the going. ..

Had she not put up a stone overweight and taken a good deal out of herself by continually breaking through the barvier, it is thought Tino Atua might have won the Feilding Stakes., Like Nystad. she is a two-year-old Finland, and was actually better backed than Nystad and Jigypt. The two ana three-year-old progeny of Finland wiii probably place that hoj-se in a better position on the winning srre»' list this season, than h© hue been sine* hs had Bobrikpff rcpraoaating

him. Mr. T. H. Lowry did not go to Feilding to see his colours carried to the fore in the Feilding Stakes for the first time, and this was his first important win. Other owners represented in the race who had previously won it were Messrs. W. E. Bidwilf, . Highden, and D. Buick.

Mr. George Hunter, M.P., will act as honorary judge at the Porangahau Meeting on Boxing Day. Mr. Paul Hunter will assist as honorary starter.

Among the horses remaining in the Tasmanian Derby, to be ran on Boxing Day, is the New Zealand-bred Ralph the Rover, by All Red—Lady Pilgrim.

The principal ©vent on the second day of the North Otago Meeting at New Year time has been named the Buckley Memorial Handicap. The race was formerly called the Eed Castle Handicap, after the late Mr. Buckley's property near the Oamaru racecourse.

Since Desert Gold developed such marked \>rif!iaiicy, much cunoßity has been evinced as, to when and tow her breeder, Mr. T. H. Lowry, became possessed of her dam, Aurarius. In a rec«nt issue, the Australasian clears up the matter thus : —Aurarius was by Maltster from Aurous. Mr. C. L. Macdonald, who bred the Maltster, mare, had her in training for a time, and then sold her privately to Mi. Lowry for about 400 guineas. .She was a wide-hipped, lengthy mare, and was a fair size when sold. Aurarius was put to the stud at five years old, a.nd her first foaJ (by Royal Fusilier) was Croesus, her second foal Desert Gold (by Alb. Black), and her third Egypt, who is also by All Black. It was indeed a fortunate day for Mr. T. H. Lowry when he effected the purchase of Aurarius. Aurous, dam of Aurarius, it may be remarked, came to an untimely end. While being conveyed by train, she was injured to such an extent in a shunting operation at Albury that she had to be destroyed. The Australasian remarks:—-It was an unlucky day for Mr. Leslie Macdonald when the railway people at Albury smashed up Aurous. She was not killed right off, and great efforts were made to save her; but she had to go. Mr. Macdonald has said that Aurous -was not more than 71b behind Wakeful at the time she (Aurous) ran second in the Newmarket Handicap.

At a meeting of the committee of the Auckland Trotting Club held on Friday last it was decided to make a further donation of £500 to the patriotic funds.