NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

RACING FIXTURES.

June 22—Hawkes Bay Hunt Club.: ■• Juno 24, 25—Hawkes Bay J.C. ;'■ June 25—Oamaru J.C. July 2— Ashburton County B.C. July 12, 15, 10—Wellington 8.C./ July 21—Walmate District' Hunt Club. July 28—South Canterbury Hunt Club, July 28, 30—Gisborae B.C.

•'■• Nominations for the"Wellington Steeplechase Meeting close to-night at 9 o'clock.

Tuki bears scars above both knees where he struck heavily when running >in the Great, Northern i Steeplechase (writes "Sentinel;" who: inspected the gelding on his return to Wingatui). S. G. Ware statedj.that f the...Quin Abbey gelding had a blind run at a fence when leaving the steeplechase, course for the main track, and flattened out the. obstacle. The mishap completely settled his chance, but he made no mistakes when he won. By the way, some of the Auckland critics made, lengthy cbmnient oh Tuki's "reversal; of form," but apparently they did not see the mishap which;"wrecked the, horse's chance in his principal engagement at Ellerslie.

The Auckland jockey T. Williams has gone to Suva to follow his;calling, and expects to be away for three moiiths. Mr. G. M. Currie, who is spending a two months' holiday in Sydney, told me at Rosehillthat-he had received a cable from England saying Liinond's half-bro-ther^ Pombal, had been purchased on his behalf ■ f^rites; "Pilot").- Pomba), who is by Pommerh, was unsuccessful at two years, but won four races in succession at three years, one being at eleven furlongs, another at. ten, and two at a mile. At that age he also ran second to that good horse Inkerman, in the Doncaster Three-year-old;, Stakes, being beaten only a length and a half. Subsequently Pombal was sold,;arid was sent tolndia."" I do not know how he fared there, but his English form, and his relationship to Limond, make him?* desirable addition to New Zealand's bloodstock. ■■'.-:

H. Nurse has taken over Rapier again. It appears to" be- generally agreed in the South th?it the Greyspear horse should, never have left;hjs-stable.. '_■■•. , ';. \ Charlatan probably will:,have His • preliminaries to the" Grand National at the South Canterbury arid Christchurch Hunt Meetings. : .-'.-"•

A. M'Aulay has made another start with Sir Roy and Sagittarius, but in the meantime they are being restricted to light tisks at Ficcarton.

H. Nurse has Chickwheat and Cornstalk engaged at Ashburton next month, arid if they show sufficient promise they will probably come on to Trentham.'

J. Boyd hag Nincompoop doing plenty of useful work. The Absurd gelding looks well, and as he has demonstrated that he can act in heavy ground, he may pay his way in spring races at Trentham next month. ■■■""..':

Archibald, who lias been unlucky in big hurdle events in the North, is having a two months' spell. '•':" .' It is understood that the Tractor filly Dismantle was priced a few days ago, and the figure quoted ran to 1000 guineas. Dismantle is "a rising four-year-old sister to Overhaul, who was sold at 1000 gum eas during the Dunedii- Winter Meeting.

' (BY "VEDETTE.")