NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 13, 16 January 1925, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BY "VEDETTE")

ANSWERS TO ' CORRESPONDENTS. T.0.T., Wellington.—(l) The last New Zealand Trotting Cup was for horses who had done 4min 30sec or better,; but it is quite likely the • ':-■ class, will be a *.29 one next November; (2) the Metropolitan track is faster, weather conditions being equal, but that at Hutt Park is very fast for grass. . . '

Nominations for the Egmont and Gisbbrne oMfeetings close 'to-day.' • . - The.rearranging- of the autumn dates of the various clubs in the" Wellington province, caused by the necessity of the Wellington Eacing Club's change frfom Anzao Day, has caused no little trouble. Some members oi the Masterton Kacing Club objected very strenuously to the suggestion that that club's dates should be altered, and it was said that Masterton was being sidetracked in" the matter. Further,, that it was not-right that five or six clubs should be disorganised to suit N.he convenience of one club. However, the whole arrangements have been satisfactorily,- settled, and Masterton is to"'race .on 14th February, nominations for the meeting closing on the Monday following the conclusion of the Wellington Meeting. ; The Trentham-trained horses, Master Sandstone, Jubilance, and Star Ranger, have..been..nominated for the: Dunediu Autumn Meeting. Mr. W. 11l- Kemball has usually been represented at this fixture, but he has no'horses engaged this year. ' , ; Jubilant and Jubilance are engaged in the hack races at Dunedin. If both horses go to the post it seems long odds on that some bettors will back th~# wrong one of the pair. Such similarity of names does not often get past the Racing Conference. " Good acceptances have been received for the.Foxton Meeting, which,- although it ■clashes with the Wellington Cup fixture, is usually a most •■ successful gathering. Ten useful.handicappers have been left in the Cup, and eight in the open sprint event. Taken all .through', the class is very fair, and a pleasing feature is .the- large field left in- the

Hurdle race.S * "'.■'*'■ : ' * ■-'..] Beyis,, engaged in the Hiniitangi Handicap at Foxton, is a useful hack trained: in tlie Auckland province. 'If taken to the West Coast Meeting: he should pay. his way. . • „.-.' ] ' Appellant, the two-year-old teing trained by T. F. Quinlivan at Trentham for the Hon. E. W. Alison, is a burly, almost coarse juvenile. If he furnishes with age in proportion, his appearance should go a long way towards disproving the ideas■ of those opponents.. of racing who allude to thoroughbreds as "spidery squibs." At the same 'time Appellant's appearance does not suggest speed. . .

Commenting on the ill-luck attending F. Tilley's hprsss at the holiday meetings, Tamatete's fourth, successive win, in the Palmerstoii Stakes was over-

looked. The_ Absurd gelding saved tjie situation for "the Fordell stable, and his meritorious feat should not have been, forgotten, even with such a superabundance of racing. Auckland writers are very keen on Merit's chance in the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham. The English filly is very well, and certainly will be hard to beat. . '■■■'■ •■•, . : . ■- :

Loughrea, .Red Wink, Sun Up, Count Cavour, Baldowa, Moorland, and Pilliawinkie are the nominations for the HazJett Memorial Plate (weight for age, one inile)/ v to ibe decided at the coming Dunedin Meeting. . , The Bay of ' Islands-: Meeting*-in the Far North, and the .Wairio Meeting, in the Far South, will be disposed of tomorrow. -

. Accordingto. the official lists J. Barry 36, C. Emerson 33, L. G. Morris 31, and R. Reed 30, are-the leading jbckeya to date. J. Donibroski; 15 winners, D. Watts 12,-and W:H. Jones Hi, are the most successful apprentices. S. Trilford, who has turned out 14 winners,, is the most successful trainer, then comes F. W. Ellis, H.. S. Greene, and ,J. Morris, each with 13 winners. V Musk, the dam of Musketoon, in foal to.Hapsburg, was to have been sold at the December sales in England. One thousand six hundred horses were to have been offered, including mares and foals, and horses in training. In order that the Te Kuiti Racing Club could frame the programme lor its annual meeting, the Hon. R.F. Bollard,. Minister : of Internal Affairs, has granted an additional permit to the club, making a two-day meeting. He emphasised, however, that it was only a temporary concession, and without prejudice to the permanent allocation. Red Wink galloped rather disappointingly on Tuesday morning ,at; Jliccartoii, and possibly this caused his connections to discontinue his Wellington Gup engagement. Possibly the*severe races.al Invcrcargill have found him but tern-" porarily. ';-"'•" ■'.■.' '*„ An interesting record for New-Zea-land-bred horses was 'connected."--with, the Flying Handicap run at. Randwick on New Year's Day, the whole of the places being filled by horses from this Dominion. ■ Quixotic (by Absurd —Los Vegas) was placed first, Kilkenny Lass (by AbSurd —Pennon) second, and Giggle (by Absur.d—Chuckle) , third. ■. Quixotic," who won by a length and a'quarter in the fast time of'lmin 12sec, formed one of the collection- of youngsters sent 'across to Australia by Mr. W..G. Stead in the spring of 1923, and the tilly was bought by Mrs. P. H. Oeborne for 1300 guineas. Quixotic carried that lady'B colours when she won the Flying Han^ dicap on New Year's Day.: v It was. understood that Landslide changed hands privately after •he left the sale-ring at Ellerslie on the 3rd inst, stales the Auckland "Herald," but it now transpires that, though a would-be buyer of the. Kenilworth gelding was engaged in negotiation, no business resulted. Landslide, who is still owned by Mr. Ernest Alison, ia now included in the team trained by J. T. Jamieson at Papakura. Haerera, news of whose victory was cabled from Sydney last week-end, is a' two-year-old gelding by Heather Mixture from Piraeus, owned by the Aucklander, Mr. Y. Casey. : Alaric ha 6 been put into work again. His connections have designs on some of the big hurdle races in the jumping season. . Merle is to accompany Gaillard to Trentham. This two-year-old showed : a;l6t of pace at Marton, and she should be worth noting for the; Wellington Meeting.' . . .. . ...'.':": .-