NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 102, 30 April 1921, Page 12

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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jfhft next meeting of importance in this afetrict will be that of the Otaki Maori ißacing Club, to- be held on Friday and Saturday, 3rd and 4th June. The Rau,'kawa Cup, the principal evont on the opening day, has been increased in value to 850 soys, to which has been added a cup valued at 50 soys, presented by Mrs. M'Beath. The Huia Handicap, /on the second day," is worth 500 soys, t«nd the principal sprint ovents 350 soys I and, 300 3ovs respectively. The two «Bosa-country events are worth 300 soys !«nd' 250 soys respectively, while owners jof hacks are well catered for. A reminder fis given that nominations for all handi(cap events and entries for the Maiden /Eat Race and Final Hack Scurry close (on 7fch May, at 8.30 p.m., with" Mr. (Ben Ling, acting-secretary. ,\lt is stated that Galore, wJk> is now jfeained by her owner in' the Wairarapa [district, will make the trip to Blenheim.

Secretary Arthur Way (Marton) was (among the Rugby Uniou delegates who (met in "Wellington this week. The light-weight jockey W. Kitchener accompanjed Insurrection to the Ipther side, and will, ride him in his enieagements there. '

, Pacific Slope is doing useful work at iH>entham, and will probably be seen out !at Otaki; a]*> Bitters and Malincourt, n>ix> recently joined D. Hands's stable. ' v *Die last-named is a brother to Whitri —Belle Agnes), who is a year (younger. i Prior to leaving for England, Mr. J. jj. Corry leased War Baby to the Awa\puni trainer, T. George. j , Acording to the Duuedin. writer i"Sentinel,' Lochella has broken down, Wod will require a lengthy spell. : ( Johnnie Walker is being kept going at flieadQ,uarter6. His owner-trainer has not jyot decided whether he will race at Otaki ' ]©r Auckland next month. ' The North Island-bred Manawapango, fVho has competed successfully over crossjcountiy in both islands, will probably be . to competitor at Egmont and Wanganui. lie has 11.9 at Egmont, and is meeting ; 'Master Strowan and Waimai at sorae;,what worse than when he defeated j them in tl>€ Renown Steeplechase at the Royal Meeting at Riccarton. , A. Goodman will probably take two or Area horses across to Blenheim. Jackiaroo and RimuUika will make the trip, >and another member of the team may ;«kfeo go. x j The proposal that T. F. Quinlivao {•would take up his residence at Trenthani during, the next few weeks has evidently ,been. altered. Although the alterations to the Ijoxes at the property purchased !by-Mr. Eric Riddiford had practically ibeen completed, the work has recently > jbeen stopped: . It may be assumed therefore that the Hastings trainer* will not J«hift for some time. Trentham Rose and Hallucination will jprobably represent Mr. W. H. Ballinger at the Blenheim meetings. Trainer F. 'Smith is at present handling the yearalings by Sunny Lake—Killena and Kilfcroney—Coronata purchased by his patWon at the Chmtc'liurch spring sales. i, Mr. Ebb Simpson has settled down at phe property purchased by him since he peold iv.s- horse and stables. He has had boxes cud, feedroom built. PTho present occupants are Bonnie Maid iano the yearlings by Absurd—Derelict Vand HynioitiiE—>.?jss de Val. There is a fpieoe of ivuive busli on the property, (which will iji-qvide splendid shelter. Prince Hal (ridden by H. M'Sweeney) |jumped five of liis schooling hurdles at liTrentham recently, and gave a good disfplav.

Qrp.it Effort (Provocation-Effort), a 'ißvenibcv of K. U. Biowue's team, was |'«n|s,»rod at Hien'ioi-n, hut is not to make ttfce trip. Toka".<i\--r.n2, ridden by R. j , /Styles, wr.s cv-jit n round of . the V>ifif (►schooling foirv-3 ono momhi£ this week |£nd jumped well. ' '•.Royal Exchange is to be tried at the (jtunping business this winter. On {Thursday morning, ridden by H. pt'Sweency, she was given a trial over phe schooling hiudleo and got around , __ ]?. xELlis hr»s four rising two-year-olds -fn Iris team which hts is getting into ixacing ahape. Thoy avo a bay gelding ■Vy Solferino—Ailsa, black filly by Martfem—Hebr&w Maid, bay filly by Bonifiorm—T.«ady Joan 11., and chestnut gelding by Egypt—Pourparler. The lastnamed, a well-grown youngster, ia'un-'fortnn-ately blind in the near eye. The steamer arrangements to Blenheim irfext week makoit quite an easy matter fcv attend tho races on Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th ' ' May. Ths boat loaving Wellington at 11 p.m. on Wednesday enables a day to ■bo spent in Queen Charlotte Sounds, two 'days' racing, and home again by 11 p.m. |€-i Saturday night. The Friday boat (.makes it possible to leave Wellington jat 11 p.m.,. attertd the second day's Eivvces on Saturday, and be back in fiWeilington. by, 11 o'clock that night. . C. J*ritchard'B stable will probably be t-rcpreteeirtod at-Blenheim by Espoiance, j£wec?t Memory, Busy, and Dcracement. ■ rOpiato is back in bia old quarters after ia spell.. La Paloma and Can you have (been given a lot up and va&y not race fagain until the. spring. Battle Song and Battle Array have fflga-in joined the active workers in J. .Ayres!s team. .Halifax, who boars a Lbright ai\d. muscolar_ appearriiice, will be j pacing'at-the winter meetings. When KRoset (King Bufus—Ma Mia Rosette) Wacesit wjll.be .as a gelding. Silk Rein : [will be tire only member of the team to fgo to Blenheim. Moutoa. Gift (Absurd I (—Princess Moutoa) is a well-grown Lfcrown filly. She is a better colour, with *a small star, and has kes wliito than \ finest of tho Absurd tribe. - J. Donnelly, v/ho his been connected i«ith P. Ellis'a stable -for nearly a year, riwas attached to tho remount depot at JiUpper Butt during the war, and there KEasiated in the breaking in of some J,thoucands of remounts, including some Wood back jumpers. Tho writer had not [\seen Donnelly, who baa a reputation as 'a. rough rider, handle horees v.ntil Thurstday afternoon «t Trentbam. He rode a, fibig gelding by Signor—Princess Cole, pvho has parted company with more than gena pitet since he v/ent into D. Harris's IsSaible at Treniham, put him over one £ef the brush fences, <and afterwards disknoonted by sliding over tho horse's tail. fee also handled the Sunny Lake—Killlana filly, on whom h© stood up in the feadcHe. ; .-Probably tho greatest compliment iihs-t cowld* be paid to any horseman was (to couple his name with the late Fred lurcher. At the send-off to H. • Gray in •■ Wellington this week one of tho speakers referred to him as tho second Fred ■,'Archer. The English rider, known |as Th-o Tirmran, was, in the writer's opinjion j\tho greatest rider of all time, and it is il his equal will ever be seen. He rodo successfully in England, Ireand Franco. During twelve sueI cessivo years ho hoadedi the list of jockey's," and in tha tliirteenth year he '■wii* only beaten by two for first place iby IT. Gonstab'e. From 1870—when he ..etarted riding :ind ha/1 only fifteen '•.jnownts—until 1886 inclusive, Archor had 803^ mounts, and rode 2501 winnoTs. This is a v/onderfu! iccord," and better than that of tho sacoessful New ZeaJar;der. - . , ' T\lan»wa-pango won Nover the Kapier Park country, also Hawkes .Bay and Riccatton onii« first appearance, a&ohw «w* ond, and then ran thiid; to Q*n^ Awa and Waimai - Ho did not run agaan un«

til the bade end of last season, when he won at South Canterbury and the Eoyal Meeting at Riccarton. In the Otago Steeplechase he ran third * to Master Strowan, who was conceding 81b. This season, he won the Hurdle Race on the opening day of the Dunedin Cup Meeting.

To go to Blenheim from Nelson where he is now owned, Sandy M'Donald had io be brought here and shipped to Picton.

Atlas White left for Blenheim yesterday with Wamba, who will be ridden by E. Lowe in his engagements across the Strait.

There are four horses in the principal event at the Blenheim Meeting. Two of them arc owned by Mr. J. J. Corry.