NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 5 July 1921, Page 3

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

.(By Maecenas.)

\ The Rangitikei Hunt Club meeting is set down for to-morrow (Wednesday). Several Taranaki trained hoises are engaged. Rational has wintered well and gives promise of developing into a commanding looking three-year-old. Coroglen is due to travel south, and is a certain starter for the Wellington Steeplechase. His form at Trentham will decide whether a journey to Riccarton will be taken. >. After showing most consistent form at the Napuer Park and Hawke's Bay meetings Prodigal was taken to Dannevirke, but, unfortunately, developed a cold there.

G-ray's successes jn England were pleasant reading to his ma!ny admir* ers, but his recent censuring at the hands of the English stewards was just as great a setback to his friends, many of whom predict an early return to New Zealand of the Taranaki. horseman. / ' .

The sport of trotting is making amazing progress in the Axidriand province, and it looks oxAy ?, matter'of time when our no them friends will be rivaling Canterbury for supremacy. Bert Jury, who has been training Grab and Actrice at EUersHe, has had the offer of chief lad to R. Hannon, and in all probability will accept it. Gdorge Jones has a formidable team well forward, and it will occasion no surprise should he win many of the early classics with Mermin and Co. Climatic advantages greatly favour the H^wke's Bay trainer where spring racing is concerned.

If at all fit Papatere would have little difficulty in beating the lot opposing him for the Hunt Club Cup to-morrow.

Ruddy ran a couple of excellent races at Ellerslie last month,, so if All Red's son is saddled up for the Heaton Park Handicap to-morrow he \should command a big following. Despite a load of 12.13 Signysian will stand in a class by himself if sent to the post for the View Hallow Steeplechase at the Rangitikei Hunt Club meeting. Beloved ran consistently at Otaki when the track was heavy, so the going should be to the liking of Crazeley's daughter to-morrow. Just in what condition Applaud is I cannot say, but if well the Hunters' Hurdles should find him prominent tomorrow, Mr.' G. Currie has Tivoli in the Trial Hack. The daughter of Absurd showed great pace at the last Wanganui meetj ing, and with Demoness may be the I choice of the betting public. I The once promising Marble Alley, \ which cracked a cannon bone not long since, is still in slings, and it may be a considerable time before they can be dispensed with. When Prodigal ran third on the second day at Napier Park he was paying a double figure dividend, and as Steep, holm, which got second place and dividend, was ineligible (hf§ trainer did not hold a license), Prodigal backers were unfortunate that they did not receive a. good dividend for second place.