NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 12

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BY " SIR LANCELOT.")

Owners and trainers who intend patronising the Hawkes Bay Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, to be held on 2nd and'3rd .May, are reminded that nominations close on Friday, at 8 p.m., with Mi\ H. S. Moss, secretary, Hastings. Some surprise has beeu expressed at Many Kittles name appearing in. the Great Easter Handicap field after acceptance. According to a Christchurch writer, he is an unlikely starter hi theavent named. There is rio doubt he is a good," but unlucky,. horse, and would have been well. sold ai 2000 guineas, which, offer his owner, turned down. A copy of the programme of the wiiiT ter meeting of the Otaki Maori Racing Club is to haud. The gathering is set down for Tuesday and' Wednesday, 3rd and 4th June. The principal events are the Ruakawwa Cup, of 400 soys, one mile and a quarter, and the Huia Handicap, of 300 soys, one. mile and- 55 yards.'' ■ , ■''.'' Messrs Dwan Bros, have sent a yearling gelding - by <■ Boniform—Northern Rose / (full brother to Alabama) across to. Sydney for -the Easter sales. Mr. T. .B. Dwan may go across for the ■A.J.C.' Meeting. t ■ Iv the absence of Razzle Dazzle,.who will.be racing at Riccarton,''the Great Northern Oaks nray provide a very interesting contest. The Riccarton pair, Parody and Zaragoza, are generally regarded, as sprinters, but Parody ran a good second to Razzle Dazzle in the Oaks at Riccarton. Queen March has also failed to show t much stamina this, season, but in her case it may be added that her form over any distance has been a, disappointment, compared ■with her brilliant two-year-old efforts. Penelop'hon had a good field behind her when she;won at a mile and a quarter nt the Manawatu Meeting) and a repetition of that effort'must .make her hard to beat. ; ■ ' i ' • ■ The name of Dale Ogden has been claimed for the filly by Kilbroney, from Ukraine, sold in Wellington recently. Epinard, the champion French colt, has wintered well, writes, "Robin Good-, fellow." in the "Daily Mail." He does not look so coltish as ■ha . did last year, but Jie still has the same happy disposition, never, misses an oat,-'' and enjoys every gallop. ' He has developed' 'p:i magnificent lines, and ■ now pore than. ever appears" the horse of quality his previous racing proved. But' there 'is a" big programme marked 'out for him this season,, and a choice of races is,necessary. Emphatic statements have been broadcast that Epinard will run in the Gold Cup, ' and also spend i the autumn . racing in the United States against the best of the' American 'foiir-,year-olds—the latter contests'oyer "relatively short distances. it is ,obvinuß that the .horse will not be called upon to got through. any such programme. Nothing definite .has beon settled - regarding the visit to America, and if that proposal |be entertained, M. Wertheiiner will not have the.colt trained for the Gold Cup.. Epinard, indeed, Is not. likely to be trainedj for the- gro-it lone-distance trophy, but if all gops .well' we shall see: him run'in other races at Ascot.' '•.'!'■'■,•'' . Gloaming . was allowed to run along at Riccarton on Tuesday morning.. He loft,: six furlongs behind;-in lmin 18see, and : did it comfortably. ' Gloaming has won the • Challenge Stakes three* times, and looks' like winning it again,' which record will stand for all time. Multiform won the race three times, aiid other great performers in -Cruciform ?■ ■Achilles, and Autumnus each won it on two occasions. ( . . ■ ' The progeny of Absurd have won over £21,000 in stakes during the present season.' . Thirty-nine horses have aggregated this total, the leading performers being Motley £3500, Parody ,£2675, Tukia £2305, Loyal Irish £1500, Inferno £1345, t Rational £1270, mm Gaillard £1035. . ■-.' '. .;, The New Zealand Racing Licensing Committee, has. decided that for the future all trainers shall notify to the New Zealand Racing^ Conference any change in; their addresses. For some time -a similar, regulation has beon Tin force as regards jockeys. . ' ' R. D. O'Donnell left for Auckland to--day with Solfanello, Ares, Vindictive, and Lake Uru.■•' G. Young will do some'rapid travel-' ling in order to pilot Mr. G; D. ,Greenwood's horses at the Easter. meetings. On : tlie Saturday he will bo at Auckland, handling Parody and' Cupidon, ' while "lio expects -to arrive'back in Christcliurch on Tuesday in nice time fpr/ thn mount,on Gloaming 'in the Challenge Stakes. " • i.The Gisborne-owned,. bred, and' trainad youngster, 'Rowley (Polydamou— Musket's Necklace) arrived from Gisborne the other day. He is engaged m the Oringi Handicap at Waipukurau on Easter Monday.; His performance to date is one start for a -'miss. .Mr. J. B.> Reid, who,finds tho English winter too _ severe; is expected back in the Dommion about' September.', In c recent letter he stated tha£>.the -,Cdoltrim" mare. .Punka had foaled a' cojt toS Mr lUsid sent. Home from.. New" Zeaafter being mated here .to; English Likelihood won- the hurdle race at Amberley. In the Glasnevin Hack Handicap, run later in the day he was not so, successful. According Z\l ll Tiu« n£- XHsich?l eh PaPel'3- the rider ?o ? MVu- (the winnel') wa* asked furlong after the start. His ex^hna tiouble Main Gay Life, interfering with out under punishment. The rider was rnmmm In 1922 The Tetrarch had only U h V liiSSf borough (4Co"ns) 12 ITO> ' Gams'theh- yeSungs 0"8 '^ °Ie n™4*«