NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1926, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

KACIXG FIXTCRE3.

'.'December I—Metbven E.G. ■J)ecenib«r i— Tauiyaruuui K.C. 8. 9—Woodvllle District J.C ' December 10. 11-South Canterbury J.C.. December H—Wsipa K.C. ■ "December Id, IS—Dargaville K.C. , '■'■ Jfominations .for the Manawatu Racing Club's Summer Meeting and forfeits for ;jthe 21st Palmerston North Stakes are due to-morrow at 9 p.m. : General entries for trie Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting jifid forfeits'■ for the Great Northern Derby, Royal Stakes. and Foal Stakes arc. due to-morrow at 5 p.m. . : Acceptances for all events on the. first jday o£ the Woodville 1 close tomorrow, at 9 p.m. The telegraph office at Woodville closes at 8 p.m. '•; Lysander and the rest of W. Rayner's Warn will be taken to EUerslie at Christinas time. Lysauder has done well since ..racing at the Auckland Spring Meeting, tout as yet his owner (Mr. G. M. Currie) ;is undecided whether he will run him in the Derby or not.'. ,The two-year-old Da(Tnaris is still very backward, and, although she is to go to-Auckland with the others, ■it is unlikely that it will be any more than .'an educational trip. '.;■ _F. Tilley's team, probably will be divided at Christmas ■ time between Awapirai and EUerslie. Nothing definite will Jje decided until later on. Most of the'leading North Island horsemen will be at lillerslie on Boxing Day, but will be at Awapuni on the Tuesday '■for the second • clay -at the ■ Manawatu' ■•Meeting, at Kllerslie ..on Wednesday, and •then back ip . Awa'puni .for thei lasV day.' -They will then1 be at Kllerslie on Saturday and Mosd'iy, Ist and 3rd January. 1 Tempean has been sold by Mr. P. A. Jensen to a West Australian buyer. Tempean has been a bis disappointment in New Zealand. ; Rascal was under offer to an Australian huyer this week, but the deal fell through. ' Mr. W..H. Gaisford stated at F.eildin.tr this week that fall haft-gone well with. Commendation since his "i-aces at'Riccarton, ,antl;,he.willj'be at>his best for Ellerslie, always providing no misfortune intervenes. .... ' ' Alarip" was-sold prior to funning in thn concluding eyeht at Feilding yesterday, *nd in futiure--ivill .be trained by C. M'Kay.

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