NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 6, 8 January 1925, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

RACING FIXTTJKES. _ •January 13, 14—Vincent J.C." Annual. January 13, lS—Wairoa E.G. Annual. January 17—Bay of Islands R.C. Annual. January 17—Wairio J.C. Annual. January 20, 22, 2i—Wellington R.C. Summer. January 21, 22—Foxton R.C. Annual. January 28, 29—Pahiatua R.C. Annual. January 29, 31—Takapuna J.C. Summer. Handicaps for the Foxton .Annual Meeting are due' on Saturday. i Nominations for the Dunedin Cup Meeting close on Friday. . Soma flattering- notices wera written about Subjection before the New Year racing, but ho failed again at Tauherenikau. There does not appear to bo much doubt about his galloping ability,l, but there ib every justification for doubting his courage. Sottano'and Starahell are now being trained by G. New at Trentham. F. T. Quinlivan, their former trainer, is contemplating a change of residencei, and probably will settle in the Waikato district. . • ; . . T. F. Quinlivan, the trainer of Royal Divorce and Co., did not return from' Ellerslie with those horses, but went to Hawkes.Bay for a short holiday. Lady Ben.and Insurrection area pair of Wairarapa-trained horses due to come in later on _to- ( be prepared for winter racing. It is questionable how much of preparation Insurrection will stand. Last Crust trained by J. Ayre3 at Trentham must have been the ; most consistent performer during the holidays. At Awapuni on the first day he was runner-up'to Suggestion, and occupied a similar position behind Mireusonta on the sacond day. On the concluding day he was third to Dangle and Master Sandstone.-- Going cm to' Tau-hei-enikau, he was again second, Peneua being the winner. Better fortune attended his second day-effort when t he scored in the Russell Handicap.' Although 1 Last Crust appears to make a noise, it does not affect his galloping, and at' present he can run out s a_ solid seven fur,longs. as witnessed by his second to the sterling performer, Red Wink, at Riccarton. . ." . '■ _ An apprentice who came into the limelight at the holiday meetings was D. C. Trills, who rode Cleasanta in the'Marton Cup. R: Miles, who did the lightweight riding for his-employer, J. Morris, also showed a fair amount of promise. • ' ' 'j : ... ■-'"-■„■ ' Kilris looked a much ; improved filly at Auckland, and she raced accordingly. Her second to Merit was quite an attractive performance. .On the' concluding day she was first into the: straight in the Grey , Handicap, and was narrowly .beaten, into, third place at; the finish by Princess, Bonnie and v ;-Kilns,,, who is engaged in- the' hack races at Trentham, is by'Kilboyi t r? m.J^ ris > % dam of Tigerland and llgritiya;, '-\ ■'■ ,•■-.■' „ ;: . • . .:■■■_ , Steel Bar,, who has. been entered, for the.:;. High-weight Handicap onithe first' day at Trentham, and the Douro Cup on the .second, day, was a very-much" "expected" ;.candidate in the. -Waitemata Handicap (one mile and a quarter) at Ellershe.. In the big field of 27, however, -i he.;lost his chance by getting into;'a hopeless, position-.early in. the race":- -; He is a-five-year-old -Australian 1 bred gelding by Bardolph from Steel- Belle; trained by J. 1 I. Jamieson for Mr. F. Earl. > ■■'■' I It would be.foolish to say every horse' does his best at Melbourne meetings,, writes '.'Cardigan,"-but.'-the percentage of non-triers is probably very small, and racing is as clean,as it .would be pps-; sible to make it. Racing men are not all angels, and.the human element enters into the game much more than most' people imagine. ' "• -..- . „ a The Moonee rValley Racing Clvb 1 executive is noted for its progressive- policy;V states, the "Australasian," and;for; the next January Meeting the usual;. Plate a u • Purso haTe been dropped, and. in their place the club will put on" a Wtandartf N,ei|ght-for-age race and 'aCliiglH. weight handicap. [This, is. in father, sharp contrast to the action' of Wellington _ Racing Club, which has scrapped'a semi-classic race—the Waterloo Stakes—' and replaced it by a very ordinary hackrace. The Wellington Club" cannot' be congratulated on its. change.—"Vedette^It is stated in France that nearly all the stud nominations for ;Epinard have b.een secured -by English breeders .There could ■■ be 'no better illustration of thegrpwth of Sydney's sporting public than pictures-:of the 'crowded ,stands• at Moorefield and Victoria Park, states the Sydney correspondent^ of the "Australasian. > It is well :■■ within memory where a crowd of two thousand was reckoned a...first-class attendance r at a week-end meeting- and the'added money x would not, total over £300. That we ;had no fewer than 24 races run off on one .afternoon recently, .making a total 01-41 for the week, at which metropolitan. racegoers were" called upon to attend, showa how farcical was the idea that the vsiit-ing Aot of PartiamenKi," dealing with the sport, would curtail, racing. It was a fair summer day, and the fact thas-these Icing programmes were conducted to a- satisfactory conclusion without any serious, accident, and in good time, speaks well for the methodical in which our racing is now conducted. . ,

(BY "VEDETTE 1')