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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 100, 17 June 1911, Page 2

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.notes from here and there. I;i addition to Lady Lucy, another New Zealand Clio winner, in Bridge, claimo a nomination for the Meioounie Cup. Bridge is also entered tor the next .Willminsi own Cup «1 Jot)!) Amongst Hie New Zealand-bred oouincs enleved. for tlio Alelhournc Cup arc Broadsword, Nobel, Tanekalm, Kerlio, Martyre, Fornieden, Midright 81111, Baa id i era., Vice-Admiral, and Los Angeles. 'l'he Egmont-Wanganui Hunt C lub’s meets have invaiiably been characterised by muon spirit, and it is pleasing to lind that this season the prospects are highly favourable lor tlie popular sport to make further headway 011 the West Coast, a northern scribe writes. Lady Medallist, who performed so brilliantly in Now Zealand prior to leaving tor Australia, has been nominated for the Caulfield and Williamstown Cups, and the Toorak Handicap. Smilax, who made his first appearance at Stratford, winner of the Fork Welter at Auckland, was to have returned home on Sunday, but remained at Elleislie, owing to the heavy weather on tlio West Coast. He was shipped for New Plymouth by the Kara wa yesterday. The next racing meeting to engage attention in the Dominion is the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s winter fixture, which opens on Wednesday next, and concludes on the following day. When Cera/.on defeated Antarctic in the Groat Northern Steeplechase lie \\as in receipt of 171 b from the latter. 4t Hawke’s Bay Corazon was brought vifciiin.Glb of Antarctic, and has already declined tlio engagement. Peggy Pryclo has been sent to her owner's farm at Mangerc for the wintor,. accompanied by Sir Artegal, whom T. Williams is giving a short respite from work. IHo Racing Commission is to moot again on Monday next when the longdeiayed report is to be .again considered. It is given as a reason for the further mooting being called that certain formalities have not been complied with : but the report should soon be available. According to Sydney exchanges, Hautapu was well in front when he fell in the first steeplechase at the A.J.C. Winter Meeting, but, making no mistakes on the second day, won as ho liked. Ho was ridden on both days by the ex-Auckland horseman G. Phillips, and competed on the first day in, the name of J. Gallagher, hut on tiie second day lie raced in the nomination of T. Tobias. During the running of the Campbell Hurdle Race 011 the concluding day of the A.R.C. Winter Meeting, Delegate over-reached and cut himself rather badly, and is in consequence being treated to easy exercise at present. All going well in the meantime it is the intention to send Delegate south to compete at Welling* ton and Christchurch. The Dunedin champion, Obsono, is to spend the winter at his owner’s place at Queenstown. Apparently the notion of a trip to Sychiey has been abandoned.

Mr. T. H. Lowry’s cast-off Clm.iteuce won the Coronation Cup at Singapore recently, boating the Australian horse Silver Hampton by a head. Seddon.i Sweet Home 1 , ! and Grey Plume were amongst thb‘Starters, 1 1 j ’

.A Christchurch correspondent writes :—The nominations for the Now Zealand Cup are father disappointing, .Numerically they show If fading oh, being,.only 61).compared'-witlv 80 last year. As aisflal tne North Island is well represented with MO, leaving' ”5 trained on thesi,do of Cook 'Strait. There are nine threc-year-bids, 18 roin -year-olds, and 31 (ive-ycarmids and over. -M the matter, of duality it must. bo admitted that with tire exception of Oiyoi there is nothing missing which might; ha,o been expected in tho list. At tne same time this, year’s nominations is far from impressive. The six.horses Ahi eh headed the list a year ago, have disappeared, and of the horses handicapped at Bst and over: then, Lady Lucy and Boanerges arc tho only two which now appear. It is hard too ro lind whoic tho stars are to take their places. Los Angeles, of course, has developed high-class form in the interval, and Bridge, Gunboat, and a low others have improved, but “class” certainly does not road strongly. Among the younger division Miscount and Bandeira are the only two to represent the best two-year-old form of this season, the other stars are evidently being reserved for shorter journeys. All tho same, despite the •unpromising outlook, 1 expect this year s New Zealand Cup will provide us with plenty of interest during the next few months. A ./angaiuii writer says:—A pccubar accident befell Koran on the Waycrloy racecourse last week Tho gelding was doing a gallop on the course proper with his stable-mate, buboiir Day, on tho adjoining track. As the pair wore passing one another Labour Day lashed out. and kicked Koran outlie log, which filled, and as a result Koran had to he withdrawn from his Otaki engagements. Tho Pil;>:rim s Progress gelding had boon jumping tne small sticks in groat slylo, alul was expected to win at Le'Mn. it will bo a bod t three weeks boloio ho will bo lit to race again. Hie (11 iy Labour Day has been noniivvLlh lor tie New Zealand Cup. The i laughter of Sonlt is very fast, hut ms not done anything iii public to wan ant anyone hacking lier for such i race. . F. Coleman has quite a •eputation for riding winners which riv lug prices, but it was surprising rn [earn that Smilax paid such a <mnd llvitlend on Wednesday as be did. D ;s rather peculiar that John should aave won over hurdles the first time •us was ridden over the sticks by Colouan, who has tiro nnioue distinction . having ridden tho Cuirassier .**-r>lcl_ mg in five races—foifr on the flat "and me hUrdlo event—and won on every '"■canon. It is ouP.a evident tint lolm rims nxoro .kindly for Coleman than for any other rider.