NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1922, Page 13

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(II "SIR LANCELOT.")

Captain Cuttle, the English Derby winner, ran ■in the ownership of Lord Woolarington, the new title of ; Sir James Buchanan, of whisky fame, whose first success it was in the English Blue Kiband. S. Donoghue, rider of Captain Cuttle, had previously won the race on Pcmmei-n, Gay Crusader, and Humorist. At a recent, committee meeting of the Nelson, Jockey Club, the secretary stated that he had been approached id regard to tne club racing during the first week in i'ebruary next, when it was stated that it was proposed to hold a carnival in Nelson. Tne ilarlborough Racing Club advised that it ha-d applied for Bth and lOtb March', 1923, for. its next race meeting. The question of altering the dates was discussed, but no action was taken, pending the result of a preliminary public meeting to lie held to consider the question of a carnival. It was agreed to <tisciiss the matter at the annual meeting; in the meantime to communicate with the Marlborough Racing Club, asking how a proposal, to alter its dates would be viewed. The placegetters in the Janefield Handicap at Wingatui on Thursday were making their first appearance at , the meeting. The winner, Sweet Water, is by Sunny_ Lake-yAphaea, a member of the stepniak—Britomart family. Lady Gratton, dam of Khartoum, was by Retrenchment, an -unknown son of Musket, from a daughter of Traducer. Miss Grizzle (full sister to Lady Gratton) is the dam of Dungannon (by Penury). Khartoum is a good performer for a horse with such a short, pedigree. Some Kid and Calitration, who were -withdrawn from their' early engagements at Wingatui on Thursday, ran first and second in the concluding event on the card. The Wellington-owned Callaghan finished among the unplaced division. The announcement that the Earl of iStradbroke, State Governor of Victoria, was the purchaser of a bTace of yearlings at the recent sales in New South Wales and that his colours will probably be sported next season, has been received with enthusiasm iv Australian sporting circles. The entry of the Earl of. Sfcradjbroke among horse-owners revives meonories of the past, wton tho. King's representatives have sparW their-colours. Sir Hercules Robinson., who -was Governor of New South. Wales in the early 'seventies, raced horses, and his'colours (Zetland spots) were carried to victory in the A.J.C. Derby of 1874 by the King, atpn colt Kingsborough. ■ When Sir Hercules Robinson was appointed Governor if New Zealand in 1881 his love of the thoroughbred was soon manifested, and his purchase of tie Yattendon mare Lady Emma evoked much enthusiasm in Turf circles in Maoriland. Trouble in South Africa, however, brought about the transfer of Sir Hercules to thatpart of tha -Empire, and. he did not have the satisfaction of seeing Lady Emma carry his colours; but in the hst of Dunedin Cup winners this line appears : —"Sir H .Robinson's Lady Emma." Lord Carrington andi Lord Dsranan, the King's representatives in respective posts ■in Australia, were also, numbered among raoehorse-owners. The late Sir George Grey, when Governor of New Zealand, raced Dainty Ariel in Auckland in 1865, winning with him. Lady Jellicoe's. colours have been registered in New ZeaV land, and sportsmen all over the Dominion will be pleased if the two young thoroughbred) .who are to represent her next season turn out above the ordinary The ex-North. Islander, Pawerewere, scored on both the first and second days at Dunedin. On the opening day he won by a dozen lengths, and on the second day, when raised Islb, he won more easily. The class of opponents he had to meet was evidently only moderate. , L. H. Hewitt, in a letter to a Melbourne friend, states that he has been riding successfully in Ceylon, and spent a couple of months in that country, says the Sydney Referee. Hewitt rode at the Prince's Meeting in Ceylon, and Major Owen Symons, secretary, and Major R. V. Doudney,; D.5.0., ' stipendiary stewards, called the riderß into the committee room before ■ the meeting, and asked ( them to help to make the' fixture a big success for the Prince. The speech had a wonderful effect, and some fine racing was witnessed. Hewitt rides in India under engagement to . the Chief of Kagal, who is a fine sportsman. Hewitt now goes to scale at 7st 81b. v . The programme for the, Winter Meeting of the Wellington Racing Club will be published next week. The sum of £12,050 is to be given in stakes. The Wellington Steeples and .Winter Hurdles will "bo each worth £1500, and the Parliamentary Handicap, £650; the Winter Oats and Charity Cup are each worth £500, and a like sum is given for the Open Hurdles on the first day, also for the High-weight Handicap for hacks, hunters, and hurdle horses, and for the Hack and Hunters' Steeples. There is no race on the card of lower value than £350. The Wellington Steeples will be run on the opening day, and the Winter Hurdles on the concluding day. Weights for the latter event will be issued at the same, time as the first day's. races, and the winners will not be penalised for the Winter Hurdles.. The Otaki Meeting will be concluded on Monday, when the Auckland Meeting will be continued. Racing at Ellerslie will bo concluded on Wednesday. The A. J.C. Winter' Meeting, which failed to attract any competitors from the Dominion, will also be brought to a conclusion on Monday.