NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 28, 2 August 1923, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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Tinokaha was shipped South la6t night. He is to race in the Brabazon Welter Handicap at the Christchurch Hunt CJub's Meeting on Saturday next.

The stakes at the Wanganui Spring Meeting have been reduced by 425 soys. The principal reductions are in the big events. The Guineas has been cut from 650 soys to 500 soys; Eclipse Stakes, 500 soys to 400 soys; Spring Handicap, 400 soys to 350.50v5; and Higgle Handicap, from 350 soys to 300 soys.

The Winter Cup candidate Pitprop has.;not been seen out this season. In the season of 1921-22 he was saddled up for five races, of which he won two and was second on another occasion. He was beaten a length when attempting to give Sembric 121b in the Allenton Hack Handicap, run at the Ashburton Spring Meeting. On the second .day ho won tho Fairfield Hack Handicap with 9.0 in lmin 15 1-Ssec, but the opposition was rather moderate. At the Geraldine Meeting he carried 9.6, and comfortably defeated Bonny Mac 8.9, Sembric. 840, by two lengths, in lmin 29 2-ssec. He was unplaced in two engagements at the New Zealand Cup Meeting, and since then has not appeared in public, although in training for some considerable time.

The fact that M. M'Carten only received a license subject to his being in permanent grnployment gave rise to discussion in some quarters. M'Carten has only been placed on the same footing as other riders not attached to any stable. He is a great worker, and is at present in Sydney with F. P. Jones. This means that be will be-getting all his expenses paid and so much per week instead of spending his own money if he went across for a holiday.

The Dunedin scribe "Sentinel", states that Mr. L. C. Hazlett's negotiations with Mr. M'Cann in connection with Loughrea- are now copsidered to be at an end. Me. Kazlett gavo Mr. M'Cann an option up till the 25th to complete the purchase of. the horse, but this option was not exercised. The horse was returned to Pnnedin some days ago. In allottina the untried three-year-old King Sol 7.13 in the Melbourne Cup. perhaps Dr. Lang handicapped him on his breeding. King Sol is by Shepherd King from Otterform, by Multiform— O'.terden, by Sheen- He» is therefore closely related to Martian, Sungod, Boniform, and Co. When Newhaven won the race he carried 7.13. and Auruni ran third with 8.6.

The Waikanae Stud sires again occu. py a prominent place on the winning list. Paring the past nine years Boniform's stock has won £81,139 in the Do. minion, an average of 9000 guineas. For the past five seasons Kilbroney's total amounts to 78,078 soys, an aver, age of 15,600 soys.

According to the president of the Avondaje Jockey Club, the Racing Conference has outgrown its usefulness. It has become a big burden to the clubs, more especially to the country clubs, ivho find difficulty in making ends meet. At the recent conference it was decider] to increase the accident fee from 10a to £1. Recently tho South Australian Jockey Club reduced the fee from £1 to ss, and the Australian Jockey Club from 7s 6d to ss. According to tha report submitted to the conference, the ''ft ,h/ ve *n hai>d °r invested £14,102 16 8 lOd, and there should not nave been any necessity to increase the accident fee only for the enormous amount of upkeep. The stinendiary stewards account amounted to £4136 3s ocl^and racecourse inspectors' to £3301 4s 7d. The latter amount includes a donation of £800 to the New Zealand Sports Protection League. Kick Off, who has. had two trips to- bydney without racing there, is not to make the trip this spring. Stream and Axle leave for South tonight to fulfil their engagements at the Chnstchurch Hunt Club's Meeting on Saturday.

Isla. Bank, who is engaged in the Urancl National Steeplechase, on the minimum mark, was recently sold for 300 guineas. Isla Bank, who is a six-year-old- gelding, by Buff GauntletSylvia, won a couple of steeplechases recently, the honours coming to him in the St. CJair Steeplechase, about ■ 21 miles, and the Tahuna Steeplechase about 2 miles and a furlong, both of which events were contested for at the Winter Meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club last month. In his first score Isla Bank carried 9.12, and 10.13 in the Tahuna. Steeplechase. .

Mr. John Corry, the leading Blenheim owner, who has been on a visit to Auckland, returned home to Blenheim yesterday. While in the North he visited Mr. Alison's stud at Brown's Island, and reports that Imaribbon and his other mares look well on it. and appear to be m foal to Romeo. They are to stay there for another season. Mr. Corry considers Dick only has an outside chance in the Grand National Steeplechase, but thinks that Gladful has the best chance of winning the Grand National Hurdle Race. Gladful has half a stone less than he scored with in his two previous successes.

R, S. Bagby, who won the Great Northern Hurdles on Kohu and the Winter Hurdles on First Born, will have the mount on Explorer in the Grand National Hurdles. He will also assist L Amour in the Winter Cup. V.. Colello intended leaving for the South-to-night with three horses, but the Mararoa is loaded with cattle, and the Hawkes Bay trainer will delay his departure until to-morrow. Black Art, who claims an engagement in the Grand National Hurdles, is one of Colello's lot.

Writing about Glenotus earlier in the week, the writer failed to give that fielding credit for a win in the Tamaki Steeplechase, two miles and a half, on the concluding day of the Auckland winter Meeting.