WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3348, 15 May 1918, Page 42

WELLINGTON NOTES.

CFeom Our Own Correspondent.) May 9. G. Price, the Highden trainer) has gone into camp, and S. Reid has taken charge of Mr Goring Johnston’s team. Reid has been notified to appear before the Medical Board next week. Mr T. H. Lowry was in town this week farcwc’iing Jiis son, who is a member of the Aviation Corps. The yearling colt by Demosthenes —- Fedalma purchased by Mr Lowry at the Christchurch November sales arrived hero on Wednesday, and was railed through to Napier to F. Davis. After a gallop on the flat at Trentham. one morning this week the Boris gelding Thoughtful fell and broke one of his legs, and was destroyed. He was a fair performer last season, but had not done any good during the present term. Coalition has been doing -well in his schooling efforts at Trentham, and is to make the journey to Wanganui. His stable mate, Seadown, hae been tried twice over the schooling hurdles, and has shaped in a satisfactory manner for a beginner. A colt by Cooltrim—Folly San, by San Franci.'co, one of Murray Hobbs’s Sydney purchases, caught cold on the voyage across from Sydney. The colt was landed here, but inflammation of the lunge set in and ho died. Your correspondent understands he was purchased for Mr Luttrell. The Highden two-year-olds for next season are; Brown filly by Solferino—-Miss Dalrymplo, brown filly by Martian —Bee Bee, bay colt by Martian—Adelccia, brown colt by Hollowmas —Pas Soul, chestnut, filly by Hollowmas —Overall, bay filly by Martian — Ermegardc, and bay filly by Hollowmas— Par era.' J. Hay, the Kai Iwi stud groom, returned from Sydney this week with three brood mares tha£ did not find purchasers on the other side. One of them was Helen Portland. They had' a rough trip across, and Armistice received injuries which resulted in her being buried at eea. She was by Mahaki —Melinite, and was the dam of a useful performer in Battlo Song. Last winter the programme of the Wellington steeplechase meeting extended over three days. This season it null be reduced to two days. The programme will probably be tho same as the. first and third days last year. The nominations received for tho Otaki Maori Racing Chib’s winter meeting are satisfactory all round.