NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BT " SIR LANCB|.OI."I'

Probably because it is the first jump-, ing meeting of the season, considerable interest will be taken in the Egmont Meeting, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday. The runners in the principal event will include the Wellingtonowned Dick, who was successful recently at Trentham. He is no stranger to the. Hawerav fences, having run third to Whipcord and War Loan a year ago.; Khartoum, who ran second two years ago, and got the stake through the Auck-. lander missing the last fence, is in the field. No.less than seven of those down (p. run are in the-more, important ever,* at -Wiinganui a week later. : . Proceedings .open-with; the Tohgahoe Hurdles Handicap, a mfle and a half. The writer doubts whether the lot down to run includes anything as good as Tinokaha, last year's winner. He went on and won the Century Hurdles, and Tan second in the Great Northern. , The distance seeps.altogether^^tao short for a hurdjp race in.the jumping seasonl .It may. suit Prince Bufus. At Takapuna he carried a.pound less and ran.a mile and a half in 2min- 46 3-ssec, v/inningv/ith something "in haiid.'r The Telegraph Hack Handicap will be run in divisions. Blue Peter and Lady Merriwee are. in the /first division, and. The Lamb a^nd Kehutai in the second lot." -■- -.:-:■■ '■■,;.; ;. y ! ■; ;'. :■■ .-.-. Sir Eosebery will have to do better than he did at Trentham to have a -wjnning chance. in,tho Ha,ck arid: Hunters' Steeplechase. ' Those . engaged, include San Forte, second in the;same'race a year ago, and: Paasin' Through, a' placegetter in the open event on the concluding day. ;. : , -. .■ ' j ■■.--•'■- Starland has. probably more pace than his. opponents.in, the big race, and it'is a"question of him.completing the course safely. Dick must, have .a jumper'schauce, ,as may also Passin' Through if reserved. :'for it. . . .-'.' ' '. v If Bational is .produced in the Flying Handicap he may take beating with all his'weight, . He' meets Civility on 131bbetter terms thijn \vhen they ran "first and second. Civility, may. again'claim the apprentice allowance^ which wouldr reduce her weight to 7.12. ' With that -.weight she. >'should beat .more than bent -.her.'- . ■".- ■";-, ':'.':'.': "' ..'.'. : Tame Fox, a clfampidn mudlark, was allowed to forfeit his-engagement an tho .M'Rae llembrial. Tiie ;two top weights." Bqnetter and Marqueteur, both have re cent -form.-.-'tp' recommend them. .'They may..find it difficult to: cpncedq-so'mucn^ v/eight-' to'.-.Snatcher, runiier-up to Trespass in the Feilding: Clip..:{ Snatcher demonstrated at: Feilding':that he can stay the distance,-; arid-.if an apprentice rider is put.up he^ will only have to carry 6.7 -—a stone less than at Feilding., .-■.•■