WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2823, 22 April 1908, Page 55

WELLINGTON NOTES.

J»t Okeoohb.

April 18. The Wellington visitors at Ellerslie will include MessTS A. E. Whyte, secretary of the Wellington Racing Club; J. Monk, and K. Duncan. Rain set m fromi tbe south last night. ■ and m consequence of the steady downfall ■ this morning it wrs decided to postpone the - opening day of the Wairarapa Racing Club* meeting until Monday. A fair number of ; local sports journeyed up by special train, ; but turned back on learning the news after gojng halfway. - [ The postponement will somewhat upset Jhe - arrangements of jockeys and pencillers, who ' bad arranged to do one day at Tauherenikau and two at Feilding. Mr -Bidwill received a wire from, his trainer ' on Thursday that Elevation had broken down badly. Judging by the gallops Elevaition • did during the short time be was m Sydney, he would require a strong heart and a constitution like a eteami engine te stand it. : It was bad luck for Mt Bidwill to .get the : ••edit knocked out before he got a race out ocf < him. - Notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather, the Wellington pony and galloway : meeting opened this .afternoon. T'he rain seriously affected the attendance. The meeting will bs concluded on Monday, when the :■ Easter .Cup will be decided. The programme , for the next meeting, to be held on May 23 ; and 25. was circulated to-day. The v principal event is the Empire Handicap, of 50sove. ; The San Francisco — Waitemata oolt, Sir ; Frisco, who acted as runner-up to Elevation ; m the Palmerston Stakes, -was taken to the . Wairarapa meeting with J. Lowe's team. He has also been engaged at the Marlborough meeting. i£olus will make his first appearance as a hurdler at the Wairarapa meeting. H. -. Cairns schooled 1 him at Trentham. He was engaged to ride him, but has to go to Fei'd- » ing to ride Aorangi, and another jockey will have to ba substituted. None of the Trentham or Porirua-trained horses apnear m the list of entries feir the ; Hawke's Bay Cup. Weights for the Thompson Handicap will appear about Wednesday next.