NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10521, 24 February 1920, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "Carbine.") Opunake nominations arc due to-mor-row. The meeting is one of the most popular of the smaller gatherings. To-morrow the Te Aroha acceptances close. Gamecock was interfered with and knocked right back during tho running of the North Otago Cup. A well-known South Island trainer has been lined £5 on a charge of having used abusive language to tlie stewards ol a certain club. C. Pritchard proposes to take a team across the Straits to do the Nelson and Marlborough meetings. The imported Saxby was backed again at North Otago, hut again he There are evidences, -however, tnat an turn will como soon. A while ago it was mentioned that J leading jockey had been thinking o buying an aeroplane so that ho could fly K from meeting to T, 6 U iNow it is stated that Mr O. O'Connor, the well-known ***£• and Mr R. B. Lusk, who does some judging, are arranging to fly. trom Thames where there is a mee«">»«» March 6th and Bth. to Blenieim wncre there will be racing on March XOtn.

J. Campbell, who has been -*°»"8 well lately..rod* .a vigorous.finish when he got Belgian King horn, by a *<• Oamaru, when the southerner wan sup. ported for big money. -A. patron of J. Ayres's stable has a two-year-old brother to Bonnie Maid and IS by Panmure-Farore, wine* Ayres is to take in hand shortly. The Trotting statistics compiled to date show E. McDermott to have steereu the most J McLennan b next with 17, and, as usual. J. " well up, ie having driven 14. So lar Br ce is the most successful trainer ot winners! and he is closely followed by F Holmes and A. Fleming. Harold Dillon, Rothschild, and Petereta, in that order, head the winning sues list.

For the .Sydney metropolitan area, wins G Heddick 18, A. AVood l,i, H. Connell 15, K. Bracken 10, J. Mahoney 14, and L. A. AVaker 11 are his nearest rivals, • A Press Association message from Sydney states that Poitrel’s owners (Messrs Avf and F. A. Hoses) have remsod an offer of JB6OOO made by a Bombay sports man. Poitrel is regarded as the champion stayer in Australia, and has the unique distinction of having defeated cnicb. wonders as Desert Gold and Lrloaming at weight-for-age. He is a five-year-old horse by St. Alwyne (imp.)-Pomard.