NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 21 June 1929, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BY "VEDEiiB.").

BACING FIXTURES.

June 22—South Canterbury J.C. June'22—Hawjcea Bay J.C. June:29—Wayerley R.C. . ' , • June 29^-Ashburton County B.C. JulylO, 11. 13,—Wellington R.C. July 25—Walmata District Hunt Club. , July 25,27T^€lBborne B.C. July 27—Sputh Canterbury Hunt Club.

Trial Platers a.t Hastings^ _, Tvvo • interesting, entrants for the Trial Platfe, five and' a half!furlongs;; at Hast-' ings to-morrow are the two-year-old geld-' ings, .I'm Alone and Grattus, :both of whom are also engaged in a similar event afc/Trentham./The Hastings race is at fixed -weights, two-years-olds, 9.3, three-year-olds 10 stone, four-year-olds and up-' wards 10J2, with a 31b allowance for mares and; geldings. The late Stewart Waddell did so well- in the Trial -Plate", at Trent-hain.that-Grattus,,who hails from his successor's stable, will be well scanned. Grattus is by Lbrd'Quex'from Earthshiner by ; All Black from^Selene, by Birkenhead from Eos. So far he has not raced, but good "reports have been received about him. Like Grattus, I'm' Alone has yet to face the starter. He is also by Lord Quex,_and from the imported Bayardo mare Bayonne. He has been working particularly: Veil •at Hastings, and it is understood that. R. Reed is to ride him tomorrow. _'..'. . ' ■'■ ' ; Pendavies and Wiltshire.: The latest advice concerning Pendavies is not tod reassuring.: The Archiestown. gelding developed trouble in one of his feet a: few "days prior to the Auckland Meeting, at' which' it was intended to jump.him, writes "Martian." The damage got so bad, however, that his trainer,-R. Symei had to leave him behind. Veteri-nary-attentipn was called in this week arid the diagnosis revealed that it may not be possible "to" get the' Arehiestown gelding to stand another", preparation. This is very unfortunate,, as-the Te Rapa candidate lookedTa good proposition for further jumping honours'. ' . : ■In conversation with R. Syme; his trainer-rider, regarding' Wiltshire's fall at the hurdle at the entry to the straight after-a round 'of the Great Northern Hurdles had been completed, the writer learned that the contact with the hurdle in-question- was only-a light one. The tall was due more to a slip than anything else.: When he knuckled over on landing, some of' Wiltshire's back muscles were strained-as he crowded on to his forelegs in falling. Naturally, Wiltshire was not himself on the other days of the meeting-, although he appeared well enough to the eye., The Day Comet gelding'was 'going: well iin the Winter Steeplechase on the concluding day when an iron was lost while-jumping the;stone.wall,'the second fence from home. Wiltshire, will be. quite himself again ■ by the time he tackles the Trentham country next month, with the Grand. National -Meeting at Riccarton to follow. Steeplechase Never Finished. Jack Patterson, who'figures as vicechairman of the South Australian Owners' and Trainers' Association,' holds the rare distinction of having participated, in a steeplechase which was never finished, states, the Australasian." Patterson in' his. younger days was a jockey, and afterwards!, w.as;.at :,the .top of the 'ree among the: gainers: in. Adelaide.. He rode Blue Mantlervinithe' first steeplechase held at Broken. Hill: The ieyeiit' was held: about 30-years ago, and after-the- course had been -pegged out heavy rain fell There were .several starters,.,and /all of them ran; off at. the first :fenee: : Blue Mantle was a _ puller,; and the ;reins being slippery the.:horse ■ took charge of Patterson and bolted into the.scrub...He was brought track; and made- to jump, but at the tiext" fence he,.again.refused, and this time carried his Tider • into -, the • town. Patterson; wa|. 4|te^mme ; d ; to. complete ..the course, Blue jMantle. to go ahead,: the last, obstacle Charlie ,Kidman, greatly ?ffl&\^ yzphiag-iveniß ov a hack. t?W' d<l? c- Jafk. fW toy, only one more to go, he excitedly shouted. But Patterson, never reached that obstacle, , as Blue. Mantle, in negotiating a: watercourse, slipped- and;;broke, his neck,, his rider being rescued from between the gelding's legs in an unconscious condition. So it was-that there is one steeplechase in Australia that has never been completed. ■ E. O'Sullivan Acquitted. . ■The E./O'Sullivan, was on trial at the Old Bailey (London) for n»mi?^ he T 3aw i° f \ ttotor mechanic named,-Wheeler .whom he ordered off his trajpmg grounds at Devizes. Owing to pic--nickers breaking bottles, and leaving deb-, n^about, O'Sullivan.had to.encloie his gallops .with barbed wire. . . ' Captain Desmond, O'Sullivan's- Derby representative, had to be scratched: for that race consequent on : 'cutting himself on a broken bottle. According- to the -cvi-"' dence. Wheeler struck : O'Sullivan first, and had h.is jaw broken in the ensuing, fight, ilie,case was heard, onDerby Day, and £|- %Jl>^ hovt l«"«w; the box, acquit ted O'Sulhvan. ,; . i Unusual Procedure. - v ; y n,Sfni deV Ov- an'oWnei: r^ning' a race meeting-at ■ his own private track is strange-to, Australians,,but one American is -dbrng/ so , The following' is. from the Le^Sßt° n • "Thoroughbred Record'?:— ! Tl ,Vrifv. Wa|f oner, owner of the Three £?, -Raping-Stable, announced through hislramer, G. E. (Boots) Durnell, that he will-stage -a 10-day,race meeting at his -Arimgton track next.October, immediately folldwing^the 13-day meeting at the State -Fair of: Texas, in Dallas.' . '.. < "This unexpected;move on the part.of the .-wealthy Texas oil magnate and Turfman is ; taken. to mean ' that the Waggoner .interest^ will, make; a. strong effort to :create;pnblic sentiment in favour of the-passage of: a .Racing. Bill at the nest session, of . the . Legislature: A Bill proyidmg,for. operation .of pari-mutuel machines was,barely defeated in the = Legislature at Austin laat_ March. , The October Meeting will be held in such a manner as to avoidl violation of the Texas ahtigambling statutes."