NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 3820, 24 June 1919, Page 1

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Thiuoo, who i.s amongst, th* 1 . lion-ies nominated for Iho Hawke's Buy .J'.C Meeting, continue lo progress satisfactorily in his work, Myles Oonuell, (lie: well-known Aui'fralinn jockey, won his thousandth race on Nautch. Girl, a 2-yonr-old, nt Aloorefield. on June 3, and rode tho winner of tho Carjlon Mile the same afternoon, thus starting off on Jiik second thousand well. Glo.itumg shows no lameness, lmj, the fall ho had at Trentham has left the Welkin gelding with an enlarged or displaced muncle on his near hind, quarter. There, won- only lour acceptors for tins Nottingham Handicap, wortfi 400sovs. and "The Baron," in Lloyd's Sunday Now-, .said thai sum wan probably above tho value of any. one of them, in referring to the fact.. Jack Delaval broke his leg tho other day while galloping about hia owner's i'arm at 1-nkckohc (Bays tho Auckland Star.) ■Says the Auckland Star: The late Albert Whittakor nearly won the programme at a no tote meeting at Huntly, and quite a number of th* rases of the kind Inn*-* bn**n known in different mrls of "Vow Zen laud at coirrilrv ■>-iH'* , Mnri'«. The nnidi-lravel-led L. TT. TTowill has m-obnhlv llin I'fst record for nietronolifan meetings that fiiy horseman in New Zealand an diow. nnd corfninlv the best as reenrds number and imnorlance and value of the slakes. He had eight winning rides at 7?andwick at the Soring Meeting of IDOrL and at the Spring Meeting of tin: Canterbury Jockey Club of 15)0-1 won 1-1- races, was beaten a neck in one race, was third'in another, and rode six times unplaced, thus having 22 mounts during the meeting. There were six races, including four hurdle races, Ihat be could not vide in, one being for gentlemen riders and another lor apprentices so that he put up a, great record to win 14 times.

Sinil) carried 8.12 wlion he won tho fiaJidrinrrhnni Ilandicnp. one inilo nnd a quarter, at Floininston on tho 7th. , P. McGrath has taken in hand an English-bred colt, for Mr. J. F. Buchanan. Ho is named Mo lor Patrol, rind is hy ("son of Cyllouc) l'roui Maud, hy Dosinoiul—-Julia i\!nnneriujj,, hy Hneburn. "laud was imported from EiijdaiKT in 1915, and Motor Patrol was foaled early the following year, no that ho now ranks as a three-year-old, nr-rordin'*; to New Zealand time. There is a substantial falling-off in the number of entries for tho Canterbury Jockey Club's classic races th-rt closed on Friday last. Twelve months as*o the seven race.-* drew 739 nominations, as against G3O this year. The .Auckland Raciim Club intends to provide three totalisators at Ellerslie. One of the buildings will be erected in the centre of the course. WELLIN C TON NOMINATIONS. Wolliugton Stoo'rlechase, of £1000, about three miles a_ul a. quarter.—Vacuum, Or nit's by. Turero, Poltliogue, Wainini, Cynic, Diavolo, Troublesome, Torehy, Bollin, Coalition, Aurore, Master Strowan, Vascular, Don Rove, Sip-nature, blaster Lupin, Manawapango, Foernan, Mchhie Lad.' Winter Hurdles of £650, two miles. --Toka, Multive, Paraoa, Lochella, Sleight of-Hand, Loyal Arch, CH/nic, Sir Solo, Rewi Poto, Thrace, Jeaunot, Seadown, Movement, Whiro, Master Moutoa, Calnia, Yankee Jack, Omahu l-uripos, Ivahumangu, Cello, Multiply. i Parliamentary Handicap, of £400 one mile and a quarter.—Crosswords, /ola, Pacific Slope, Athens 11., Manm i , i, B l^ dail - Clieut ' L °y al Arch > Blacka 1 Tn-ana, Vagabond, Gold Kip, Rewi Poto, Paddington Green, Alteration, Sonnino. Classification, Detroit, •Sir Ralph, Battel Array, Comedy :: * n r llCe ',rF^ n ' ofc ' Hofc Air - Sir Agnes, i V oJo All Over, Protty Bobby, Kilkee ; Hythrcad, Ohmowairua.