NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 25, 30 January 1923, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BI " SIR LANCELOT.")

The Woodville District Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting will be held to-morrow and Thursday. The club has made arrangements for a special train from Palmerston North each day. The club's Dannevirke and Masterton patr.ons will also be able to return home by rail each night. ? . .. They are not a particularly good lot in the Hurdles. Kail, who beat Black Art at Napier Park and Malingerer at Horowhenua, may be good enough to give his opponents weight and a beating. The half-dozen youngsters down to contest the. Sapling Stakes are more ,or less unknown quantities. Misgovern ran second to Ransack &i Woodville, and third, to Civility at Awapuni. Fairy lling ran third to Simonette at'Hawkes Bay. , On public form' this pair appear to be the best of them.. J

In the open sprint event Ambitious will probably be ridden by E. Garrett, who will claim the apprentice allowance. Mountain March, who scored at Pahiatua, will probably only carry 6.13, and may be in the money at the finish, also Crown Star. '■

Tussore and Ronibrook, whichever A. Oliver rides, may be the popular pick for the Whariti Hack Handicap, seven furlongs. If Taipairu could reproduce her form shown in the spring she. would beat more than beat her. '

After winning over the distance at Trentham, Comical may be favourite for the Woodville Cup. "if he is allowed to run to the front, Sunart will probably find it difficult to concede, him two stone. Crown Star ran third in a mile race at Trentham, and.-with only 6.7 on his back should get in the money. Deroulede is conceding most of her opponents in tha. County Hack Handicap a lot of weight. The popular pick will probably be Merrimas, who ran second in the Camp Handicap at: Trentham. It Gilmer again has the mount she will only have to carry 6.7.

Cotrespondent will have to put up 9,6 in the President's Handicap for the Foxton win. ■ Island, who ran second each day at Foxton, may be the best of the others.

■ If reserved for the Victoria Hack Handicap, Taipairu may /carry top. weight to victory. Queen's Ferry and Redlogue, who ran a good race on the last day at Trentham, should also show up prominently.

■ After running four "seconds, Treadweli (Treadmill —Thetis) scored her first win on. the concluding day of the Foxton Meeting. Both first and second in .the Maiden Race, are trained by M. Williams at Otaki. That trainer is shortly taking Gang Awa' in hand again for the jumping meetings. , ■

After the good performance he put up in the Islington Plate at Ellerslie, The Hawk should be much fancied for the Hawera Stakes, a mile race, to be run at the Egmont Meeting.

A. Goodman will probably take Prin'temps, Patuki, and Rimutaka to the Nelson Meeting. !

P. Reardon, Mr. John Corry's trainer, came across from Blenheim, on Saturday and took back with him yesterday the yearling filly by Kilbroney—Rebekah purchased at the Waikanae yearling sales. Maritza and Dick, who lfave been racing in the Blenheim owner's colours in New South Wales, returned from Sydney to-day, and are to be spelled in the Marlborough district. lour of Mr. Corry's mares, whc* have been to Auckland on a visit to Tea Tray, return home this week.

The three fillies recently imported by Mr. Vivian Riddi-, ford were, being worked in company on the track on Saturday morning. They have got over the trip and settled down to their new surroundings. The chestnut is the best grown and the black the smallest, but the brown one probably has most admirers.

The filly imported by Mr. T. H. Lowry last week has been railed through to his station in the Hawkes Bay district. '

Mr. Len R. Freeman, secretary of the Foxtoi Racing Club, writes me that'the Diamond Jubilee Meeting was one of the most successful yet held by the club, and came out with a substantial profit. Apologies were received from Lord Jellicoe and the Right Hon. W. F. Massey.,

Some ofi the Canterbury clubs are following the'lead of the Auckland district clubs, which held meetings at Ellerslie. It is announced that the meetings of the Cheviot and Hororata Clubs will be held at Riccarton. So far the Wellington district dubs have been able to struggle on without coming to Trentham.