HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 8

HERE AND THERE

'■, ■••Sir...-;Ros'eberyiVKipling > ...Tuki, Boiii;brook,. Erie, and- Golden Prince, all engaged in .the Qrarid National • Steeplechase, have ■• been winners ■over:? country thisseason. :'5:. ; : ',/•..' .:■:;,:-

Dick will- not; be asked to-.race over the Kiccarton.country this year. : The uiennels double,would, see him out of the race even if, a starter.-. : ,^.'.:-■;;:: i;. Master. Peter, has .been entered for the .big jumping-race at Eiccarton.. Evidently ..there -is.'some'.hope'-of getting'him to tne;-post.: :>;. ; . -.., . l .. " \:, .:

js a:surprising entry- for the Grand. National Hurdle -Eace. Ratiorial: is another name to .take .the': eye '-■pit^^^i, to'S^ by the .It. is- being 'suggested / thatVvKah'gi Ihompson will be riding at.Trentham Ihompson was still hobbling about with ■difficulty and tTie-aid:.of a stick ■at Hast--,ings:this week, so the possibilities of his' being seen in the saddle' in' ten days' time are very remote:' . „ :'■ ■ - -; t_M^A-: t M'Dona]a.has a:full;represent ie Forte, .at present, in Australia,/has bee^ nominated for the Grand: National Hurdle Eace. ;-■ :■ ■: .■■ • -.-,

Mr. •-. H. :M. 'Campbell, the owner" of Comical, is abroad, and T.'Clark, the trainer has cabled-to him for instructhe; Hawkes . Bay gelding has been entered for the. principal hurdle races it the Southern fixture. •• ' '■■■"■ 'A ' H..Burt.and H/"M'Sweehey did not wait for the concluding day at Hastings, .but were due to school: several horses at Awapuni to-day... : v ,